Very good.

Passed on a few teaching tips tonight, including one I got indirectly from Bernard Williams. If you can, look everyone in the eye at least once during your talk or lecture. They will worry you might look at them again and are more likely to concentrate harder so they will look attentive if you do.

Ukraine’s Plan to Starve the Russian War Machine Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands. ​​​

Back in September, I wrote about Ukraine's long-range drones. Now that they are regularly and accurately striking Russian refineries and oil infrastructure, I think it's worth reading again, for those who missed it. Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This paper examines how #federal land‑grant programs—beginning with the Morrill Act—transferred millions of acres in the western U.S. into state endowments to fund public #highereducation, focusing on #Arizona.

Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I can't see any reason why Europe can't in principle have a full stack capability in a lot of technology. But it would require a lot of policy changes. And an ability to think more strategically.

I was looking for that as well. But overall it's measured and sensible.

This report is surprisingly good.

A Fulham fan would use python.

He would have exploded.

Stewart Copeland played drum on the first Young Ones band.

I can highly recommend working with Ian. Especially if you’re interested in meta-science, this is a great opportunity

I'm so sorry. That is really awful.

BeneathTheChip | Substack AI governance researcher uncovering the ideologies and institutional dynamics underlying AI development.

AI governance fun. Substack.com/@beneaththechip

This performance is pretty poor. I was once at a Fulham match in the away seats and an Arsenal fan swore so much i measured it. 22 times in 10 seconds.

A policeman told him to cut it out of he would be thrown out.

His 7 word reply included ywo Fs and a C.

THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026

* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
1/10

This is just daft. With what staff? The UK can't even deal with the claims we already have.

Updated thoughts on industrial policy Economic consensus is changing, but it has a long way to go.

Updated thoughts on industrial policy

NEW on Wonkhe: Director of The Post-18 Project John Blake sets out why thirty years of policy struggle has left England without the higher education system it deserves post18.co.uk/blood-debt-t...

This is very good. Abundance is a good book about the US but not very relevant for the UK.

Also populism = 'avoiding difficult choices' is a great definition.

The Starmer-shaped hole where a prime minister should be Mandelson scandal shows he has never successfully made the transition from an opposition mindset to a governing one

Ah, it’s actually up already:

It really was. The context to my tweet was a discussion of a policy proposal to deal w a shock to energy markets by having a huge wealth transfer from poor to rich people (who have bigger cars, homes, jets). It would also generate huge costs for the poorest people in the poorest nations.

I 100% agree with you on the huge negative impact of dismal housing policy.

There are lots of things to criticise us for, but you chose the thing we are #1 on.

That is understandable because the richest man in the world is flooding social media with lies about immigrants in the UK. Loads of people believe what you believe. His lie machine clearly works.

And will progressive people from around the world be welcomed?

Well yes. The UK is #1 in the world for that! Again world values survey data.

There are lots of things you can criticise the UK for but attitudes to immigration is a really bad choice!!

You say the UK is not a progressive country, to the point that progressive people don't feel welcome.

This is nonsense.

World Values Survey data clearly shows a nation dominated by center/centre left views.

Its like you have El0n's lie machine plugged into your veins and you just repeat the lies without thinking.

Do you ever think for one second about why people who want to establish a racial ethno State might want to lie about successful European nations? Hummmm tough one!

What do you mean not a haven? We aren't like you. The progressive won here. This is a progressive European nation with a huge welfare state. You can spout your ethno-nationalist BS all you like about how all European experiments in social democracy are failures but it ain't true!

"If your local bakery loses one of its ovens, the whole neighborhood ends up having to get by with less bread."

That's the whole game. Markets can calm fast; physical production can't.

The Bitter Lessons Thoughts on US-China Competition

I used to be critical of UK policy nonsense about "winning the global race". This is a very clever critique of it and a much better alternative - on US and China AI industrial policy.

The Bitter Lessons - by Dean W. Ball - Hyperdimensional share.google/njIrphKNGcML...

urgh god what a fucking cameo from Weev, loathe that being a long-term online person in 2026 means occasionally being reminded that some of the worst people alive are just........very still actively around