EA funded pro-natalist organisation called “Thrust in for Dustin”
I wrote about the animal welfare strategy for England released by government just before Christmas. If you heard about it, it was probably in rows about hunting or boiling lobsters alive. I'm most interested in the measures for farmed animals which could improve the lives and deaths of millions
The animal welfare strategy for England
Part 1: the policies
aveekbhattacharya.substack.com
Some of the things you'd need to believe for the national-security case on nationalising British steel to hold up—not an impossible set of premises, but a weightier than advocates typically acknowledge. Link ➡️ notes.archie-hall.com/p/some-quest...
NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
I signed the 10% Giving Pledge this year, and this week, I decided to donate 19% of my annual income to global health charities. It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
We don't have to sit back and just watch the horror unfold
This month, I signed a pledge to donate at least 10% of my lifetime income to effective charities.
scientificdiscovery.dev
Markets update: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
He is JACKED as well x.com/MarkRober/st...
Anil Dash@anildash.com · 2y agoMark is beloved by millions of kids, which makes it particularly great that he’s teaching them how to inform their parents that Tesla is a danger to children. This is another one of those “we don’t need a ‘Rogan of the left’, we need normal men” examples.
the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team
ABBA Voyage is worth about 3x the value of the UK fishing industry to the British economy.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 2y agoABBA Voyage is proving to be more than just a show—it's an economic powerhouse, bringing millions to Stratford and boosting jobs. A shining example of how our support for culture and creativity drives growth across London.
Spotify playing me the woke version of Fairytale of New York
Urgh, just watched Event Horizon and now I have a fear of FTL travel. Great.
This seems bad to me (assuming not just random variation or a shit study) Cash bad! Used for illegal activities!
Can you imagine a world without constant discourse from suspect data?
Duncan Robinson@duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 2y agoColumn: The British state is blind. How many people came last year? Dunno. Employment figures? Fuzzy. That court case backlog? 🤷♂️. How do you govern when you simply can’t see? www.economist.com/britain/2024...
Wots the deal with Indian monetary policy - are they deliberately running high inflation?
A major new report from @centreforcities.bsky.social calls for the Government to take much bolder action on reform to be sure to achieve its goal of 1.5 million new homes this Parliament! (thread)
The suitcase pile, the lack of window, the sharply sloped ceiling with smoke alarm - prisoners would live better than this.
Matt Reardon@mjreard.bsky.social · 2y agoIdk what George is on about shit was lux
I often encounter the strange view that asking humans about things will automatically produce responses grounded in reality. Humans are not that reliable.
not seen it mentioned elsewhere so: my theory is that Elon has become obsessed with Britain because he's essentially stopped sleeping due to drugs and/or madness but for like six hours of his nights Americans are sleeping so Brits are the one English-speaking timezone awake and posting
Convinced if you showed this to someone from 2010 they would have a stroke
Dad just described the govt as: “Starmer the farmer harmer and his trotskyites” So it’s all going well.
George McGowan@gjmcgowan.bsky.social · 2y agoExcited to defend the inheritance tax changes to my farming family this Christmas!!
