Garvan Walshe
@garvanwalshe.org
Civic entrepreneur building broadsheet social media at kronkite.social. Lobbyist for electric planes. I also chair Unhack Democracy, write on foreign affairs do green libertarianism with epicenternetwork.eu My substack: garvanwalshe.org
But if you support what was recently Tory policy on net zero and the ECHR you’re out. There’s a space for the Tory party to be pro business and reasonably small c Conservative for people repelled by reform and underwhelmed by the Lib Dems…this isn’t that.
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · yesterdayNighty night
Britain’s borders have stayed the same because Britain is an island. The borders — and name —- of the political entity ruled from London since 1066 have moved quite a lot over the centuries.
Pascal Jacquemain@jacquep.bsky.social · yesterdayRosindell is mad as a box of frogfaces.
Marie at 12.30 every day
Hélas Charles De Gaulle
Alt: Charles De Gaulle captioned with Hélas Hélas Hélas
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Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · yesterdayI mean this with love - I do! I like many Americans! - and I totally get that things are maddening over there and tempers are running high but lads you must realise that you really do keep ruining it all for the rest of us on here
What do I know but a situation where the Israeli defence minister tries to fire a general and the IDF refuses is a bit more than a “row” even if caused by a government running on fumes
There’s something in MAGA about a rebellion against censoriousness and the strict enforcement of too many values. It’s handed power to distemperate man-children unfit for office in public and civilised office in public. Let’s go back to moderate flawed, but not indecent human beings in politics.
Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social · 2d agoSomething about that seat man – Edwards' predecessor was the scandal-ridden Madison Cawthorn. Texts that will make you physically uncomfortable, personalized Adam Sandler puzzles, "approximately 30" types of ice cream ahead (if you dare): talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-e...
The far right doesn’t want to solve immigration but to use it as an insoluble problem and excuse to get the selves into power. The centre right always loses when it tries to meet those expectations because it can’t meet them because they’re impossible. It just loses centrist voters instead.
This is a sad occurrence and occurs despite Hungary’s excellent record in solar power (though not necessarily battery storage) Climate change makes nuclear intermittent in many places as well as expensive giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Hungary braced for power cuts amid extreme drought
Hungary braced for power cuts amid extreme drought
Record-low water levels on Danube force country’s first shutdown of nuclear power plant
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The question we all wondered about: what would a modern Jeremy Bentham be like, has been answered.
Veerender Singh Jubbal@veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 5d ago
The teachers at @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk’s schools appear to have spoken
Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 5d agoWho are the 2%?!
This is very well written in clear language, devoid of buzzwords and almost all jargon only there because it refers to specific things (strategic authority) on which jargon has previously been imposed. Is Oliver Letwin secretly editing everything for this government?
Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 5d agoThis Cabinet statement on Rewiring the State is fascinating, has clarity about what it is trying to (and the challenges therein) and is full of goodies for place-based advocates like me...
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Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
Patti Smith · Horses (Legacy Edition) · Song · 1975
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La Repubblica@mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social · 5d agoPapa Leone XIV riceve Patti Smith in Vaticano https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2026/07/31/news/papa_leone_xiv_riceve_patti_smith-425504250/?rss
The word “latinx” There are two other ways of doing gender inclusive language in Spanish that can actually be pronounced in Spanish
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 5d agothe Modern Lovers, given everything I listen to you'd think I'd love Jonathan Richman but no, I loathe his voice and his stupid little music, I wish he'd decided to do virtually any other job instead
A positive and constructive migration policy paper by Anna Vindics for the @eurliberalforum.bsky.social Another of the ELF’s consistently high quality outputs. liberalforum.eu/publication/...
From Newcomers to Neighbours - A Liberal Vision for Managing Migration in a Dynamic Europe - The European Liberal Forum
From Newcomers to Neighbours - A Liberal Vision for Managing Migration in a Dynamic Europe
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Gearóid O'Connor@goconnor.bsky.social · 6d agoSpot on by @ciaranm.bsky.social on #BBCToday. The anthropic Claude AI "hack" feels like a "keeping up with the Jones" press release after #OpenAI and @hf.co "hack" more than any meaningful development or news. It was a configuration error. Though I have no doubt the #FUD increase will be real!
This is only €10 billion, thankfully, but it shows why politics is a poor way to allocate large financial resources. And it’s interesting because here is an area where markets aren’t doing a particularly good job either. 🧵
Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 6d agoThe EU launches €30bn plan to establish 7 AI gigafactories, to "accelerate Europe's tech sovereignty & ambition of becoming the AI Continent" There will be "up to €10 billion in EU and national funding" + "expected to unlock at least €20 billion in private investment"
This is only €10 billion, thankfully, but it shows why politics is a poor way to allocate large financial resources. And it’s interesting because here is an area where markets aren’t doing a particularly good job either. 🧵
Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 6d agoThe EU launches €30bn plan to establish 7 AI gigafactories, to "accelerate Europe's tech sovereignty & ambition of becoming the AI Continent" There will be "up to €10 billion in EU and national funding" + "expected to unlock at least €20 billion in private investment"
My low stakes conspiracy theory is that Portuguese is secretly a Slavic language that only appears Romance and is best phonetically spelled using Cyrillic
Bitsy Von Muffling@bitsyvonmuffling.bsky.social · last mo.Perfume and cosmetics testers in shops are better quality than the versions you're actually sold.
I was told “policeman” when I was little but that’s only a partial truth
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
To be serious for a minute Heath is outdated. Improvements in technology mean that net zero is no longer more expensive and will soon be cheaper than emitting carbon. We need to make electricity renewable and electrify as much of economy as we can — change is needed: but this will save us money.
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕@emma-briant.co.uk · 7d agoOmg I'm sure this asshole will be the first to leave for the few remaining overpriced oases of cool.
To be serious for a minute Heath is outdated. Improvements in technology mean that net zero is no longer more expensive and will soon be cheaper than emitting carbon. We need to make electricity renewable and electrify as much of economy as we can — change is needed: but this will save us money.
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕@emma-briant.co.uk · 7d agoOmg I'm sure this asshole will be the first to leave for the few remaining overpriced oases of cool.
The aviation database I’m doing for a client doesn’t take the renaming of codes into account…fortunately it’s confined to Europe! But seemingly ad hoc changes like that wreak havoc with databases. Is it really worth keeping track of code changes for this one damn exception.
James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · last wk.Whenever this person talks about something you actually know about yourself.... (I'm writing on this topic now.) "By the way": Trump's insistence on changing the code for Palm Beach from PBI to DJT has caused huge expense and disruption to aviation databases around the world.
Good news. But Rayner's point that it is un-British and unfair, as well as economically and politically counterproductive, to change the rules retrospectively applies to other workers on medium- skilled work visas (technicians/chefs/etc) www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Foreign care workers could be exempt from tough new visa rules
Andy Burnham is considering an exception to Shabana Mahmood’s reforms that increase the timeline for permanent residence from five to 15 years
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Saving this for the introduction of the word “bollosphere” to describe right wing populist media. It works excellently in English.
Robin Berjon@robin.berjon.com · last wk.Pendant qu'on y est, expulsons Bolloré au passage. www.liberation.fr/internationa...
When AI can and can’t understand things. Quick thread. Warning: May contain epistemology 🧵
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt’s especially funny the KPMG report was called ‘Redefining excellence in the age of agentic AI’ which they certainly sought to do! www.ft.com/content/b382...
We’re bringing back manufacturing though value add is in services We’re cutting immigration even though it’s good for us We won’t rejoin the EU even though it’s FREE GROWTH Not just Britain - a structural political problem with the West 🧵
Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · last wk.So one of the problems of announcing policies via social video is that you end up saying stuff like this
The fight for nostalgic voters and why it’s leading to decline. Is Andy Burnham fleet enough to escape it?
Garvan Walshe@garvanwalshe.org · last wk.We’re bringing back manufacturing though value add is in services We’re cutting immigration even though it’s good for us We won’t rejoin the EU even though it’s FREE GROWTH Not just Britain - a structural political problem with the West 🧵
This is very good: and frames the question correctly: not why has populism come back : but populism is natural in democracy - how do we keep it out of power.
Marios Richards@mariosrichards.bsky.social · 2w agoopen.substack.com/pub/mariosri... Tldr; I don't think the 1930s/2010-2020s are exceptional, I think it's 1945-1985 that's weird - that's the period where Authoritarian voters *aren't* voting for Authoritarian parties - which I'd describe as the Surprisingly Long Suppression of the Radical Right.
