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James O’Loughlin

@jaoloughlin.bsky.social

Frequent spelling mistake. Collector of mental models. Permanently one revision away from a second book.

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Your regular reminder:

The act of paying attention to one thing is also an act ignoring everything else.

Politicians know this people…

03.03.2026 15:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Open a new coffee shop and sell me an out of date Crème Egg and I will never darken your door again.

Ever.

24.02.2026 09:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What a spectacle

17.02.2026 20:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Big Air judge in commentary box:

“You rely on your 1st instinct a lot and the replays are reaffirming your initial thoughts”.

I’d have thought the replays should be used to disprove the 1st instinct - letting it carry the day only if no disconfirming evidence can be found.

16.02.2026 20:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sadly, that doesn’t surprise me Jason.

08.02.2026 11:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just went onto the other place to catch up with what happened to Lindsey Vonn and, of course, it’s full of people raging at her decision to race, who, of course, all know better than her.

Not so this place. Plenty of humanity here.

08.02.2026 11:46 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Charlie Munger: In my whole life, I have known no wise people… who didn't read all the time - none, zero.

07.02.2026 14:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

DAMN YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

DAMN IT!

07.02.2026 09:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just back from a rather large outlet mall.

Saw a lot of really nice stuff.

Really nice.

None of which I bought.

Because, on reflection, I decided I was pretty happy with what I already have.

I’m calling it a new type of retail therapy.

05.02.2026 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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From the other place👇but nonetheless…

04.02.2026 23:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In recognition of #WorldCancerDay

Eight years since mine.

A timely diagnosis, modern medicine and a lot of luck.

No battles were fought. To suggest otherwise would be a disservice to those with less good fortune, who don’t make it through.

04.02.2026 11:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Haven’t read this👇 yet but it’s already changed how I walk the dogs.

As in: less on task.

31.01.2026 11:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just Googling what the Barbara Streisand effect is.

For no particular reason.

None at all really.

30.01.2026 11:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thankfully I’ve never had experienced a panic attack but I have witnessed one first hand, which gave me a much better understanding of what they must feel like. Take care 👍

28.01.2026 15:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Welcome to the American Winter In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0

26.01.2026 05:29 — 👍 808    🔁 480    💬 28    📌 48

Sometimes you have to stand in a cold shower to remind yourself that you are resilient.

26.01.2026 09:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect.

"What if AI wasn't just hallucinating information, but thousands of AI chatbots were working together to give the guise of grassroots support where there was none? That's the future this paper imagines—Russian troll farms on steroids,” @ninajankowicz.com

www.wired.com/story/ai-pow...

23.01.2026 10:04 — 👍 127    🔁 66    💬 5    📌 7

They are not lies.

They are hallucinations.

And because they are hallucinations they cannot see what we can see with our own eyes.

24.01.2026 23:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Really looking forward to the final of The Traitors tonight.

Not so much to the unchecked fundamental attribution error that will come with it.

23.01.2026 09:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ long enough to find a big rock.

Via👇

22.01.2026 16:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Disputes are not about facts.

They are about what interpretation and value you give to facts - which ones you think are important and which ones you think are peripheral.

Dr. Rosemary Hollis

21.01.2026 15:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Oob

01.01.2026 21:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Slow news day over at the BBC

31.12.2025 12:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🤦‍♂️

18.12.2025 20:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Transformational when I first read it. Probably changed my life.

18.12.2025 12:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The one on mental health.

The one to read if you haven’t.

13.12.2025 10:14 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

People don’t believe facts.

They believe the stories they tell themselves about facts.

So the only way to change the world for the better is to tell better stories.

Tim Grahl

12.12.2025 14:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The High Pay Centre's future is at risk - High Pay Centre Support the High Pay Centre to continue exposing runaway executive pay and championing a fairer economy.

highpaycentre.org/the-high-pay...

09.12.2025 09:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Perfect thanks

08.12.2025 14:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The link is not working for me (although the other link below does)

08.12.2025 14:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0