On Jim Ratcliffe: just because you've got a lot of money, it doesn't mean you know what you're talking about

My interview on Sky News.

The Indisputable Maths of Migration How Demography, Not Dinghies, Will Decide Britain’s Future

Jim Radcliffe pissed me off, so I wrote this about the inconvenient truth of migration.

tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.

(I'm not trying to make friends)

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I don't want to read the article so could someone please tell me who gets to play the Palestinians in this scenario? The Scots or the Welsh?

The White House posted the first frame. Here is the rest...
(source: Pepel Klaasa on the other place)

Writing as a Boomer -- I think you're probably right.

We regret to announce that the emergency mission to retrieve Farage from Trump's colon has failed.

I apologise. This was uncalled for and totally appropriate. But I really love roast potatoes. Please forgive me.

Selfish bastard. I want some.

Bad things are bad.

LET THEM FIGHT

Thank you - for being here and for brightening my day.

Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.

Man on the platform (looking up from his book about mindfulness): Shit. I’ve missed my train.

OMG this has made my day. It's wonderful.

For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵

You are insanely good at what you do.

In which James Delingpole tells us (in The Spectator) that Russia is great.

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I'm hoping this is a bit like the phoney war at the start of WWI, with Europe playing nice with Donny just to buy time to rebuild local defence capabilities that don't rely on Uncle Sam.

I have no idea what's going on here, but I truly believe the most masculine thing we can do as men is go around making people happy. The strongest men I know lift up the people around them.

You say it however you want to mate. I really couldn't give a shit.

It’s getting harder to tell the humans from the spammers - @stephenkb.bsky.social is so smart on this issue

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I would support a ban on wider cars in some 20 mph urban areas, when alternate routes are available. Our local shopping street is essentially single file now because even when correctly parked they leave no room for two 'normal' cars to pass each other in the space left behind.

Well this is rather good

I'm never going to wear a pullover again. I've no idea how I do it! (I'm 68).

I hope we don't. I think US citizens are going to need somewhere to go for respite care, and I've never met an American I didn't like - and I've worked with many.

Could this be made more palatable, but still increase government revenue, with a reduction in VAT? Reversing the trend that allowed income tax rates to fall in the first place?

Reminded, once again, of the story of Franz Reichelt - the tailor whose lust for fame and fortune and extreme case of Dunning Kruger led him to leap off the Eiffel Tower.

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