Me: *pops in to see if Bluesky has got any more progress-y* Median Bluesky post:
@kmeinnes.bsky.social
Appoint Blair from the Lords as the War Prime Minister so he can finally destroy the Triple Lock, then resign so someone else can take over.
The rise of Nigel Farage could lead you to believe that a more abrasive way of doing politics is popular. So, we wanted to test: Does the public want politicians to swear more? Should politicians try to be more colourful, by using more colourful language? The answer is ‘no’(-ish). A thread 🧵:
New episode of THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA podcast is out now! ☢️ SMRs vs Big Daddy reactors (technical term) 🚄 Does govt support for Northern Powerhouse Rail secretly save HS2 to Manchester? 🪪 And we speak to @kmeinnes.bsky.social about "BritCard" www.abundancepod.com/p/smrs-vs-bi...
SMRs vs Big Daddy Reactors
Plus has Northern Powerhouse Rail saved HS2? And we dig into a controversial digital identity proposal.
abundancepod.com
Seems like a lot of people don't realise that UK police can - and do - stop people and ask for ID. There is little to no connection between the state requiring that you have ID/carry it with you* and the state *giving* everyone ID.
Today @labourtogether.bsky.social called for a Digital ID for all UK citizens and residents. There are many good reasons for this - convenience, efficiency of public services, avoiding another Windrush scandal, but also the impact on perceptions of migration. www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...
BritCard: a progressive digital identity for Britain — Labour Together
In government, Labour has committed to reducing migration. Labour Together is supporting this agenda with a series of papers looking at how to create a migration system that puts country first. In Oct...
labourtogether.uk
I’ve never understood the irrational opposition to universal ID in this country so very happy to see this in my inbox today
Some thoughts on our report, www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...
BritCard: a progressive digital identity for Britain — Labour Together
In government, Labour has committed to reducing migration. Labour Together is supporting this agenda with a series of papers looking at how to create a migration system that puts country first. In Oct...
labourtogether.uk
@kmeinnes.bsky.social · last yr.Thank you for the thoughtful critique - I do appreciate it. I think it's helpful to have these arguments in public, so here's some thoughts in response:
There is a grey area. I am the product in some hard to reverse engineer way of everything I've read, seen and heard, yet no-one is coming at me for a share of the revenues I've generated with my own writing. Same for every other book, piece of music, work of art.
Can't stop thinking about the tepid bath of managed decline. What a weirdly intimate metaphor. I'm kind of nervous about the moment when the grumpy dripping civil service finally hauls itself out and grabs a towel
OpenAI's state of the art video generator Sora has been launched publicly in the US and "most other countries" - but not the EU or UK 😭. Brexit or no, we will keep being seen as a high regulatory risk jurisdiction until or unless we make our stance clearer
www.labourtogether.uk/insights/ins...
#5 Inside Labour: Rewiring the state means getting to grips with AI — Labour Together
Congratulations to Chris Wormald on his appointment as Cabinet Secretary. As Shadow Health Secretary, I worked with Chris during the Covid-19 pandemic. I am confident he will deliver the "complete rew...
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PLEASE someone cheer me up by explaining why this is not totally disgraceful bullshit?
oooh Google Calendar just automatically added all the right people to a meeting I was creating based on its title ✨
Who's your pick for Cabinet Secretary? Wormald/Romeo/Finkelstein/Robbins or other?
omg is there seriously not a bookmarks feature here? or am I missing it?
"Claude, create the worlds most annoying CAPTCHA" "Make it more annoying" "Make it REALLY annoying" (apparently this is all technically solvable)
This by @yiu.co.uk is bound to be excellent - hacks from the mind of the hands-down most effective person I've ever worked with secretweapon.substack.com?r=z3u2&utm_c...
Secret Weapon | Chris Yiu | Substack
Crush whatever work throws at you. Click to read Secret Weapon, by Chris Yiu, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.
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OK, @dieworkwear.bsky.social @emollick.bsky.social and @komaniecki.bsky.social are here, maybe I can give up Tw*tter