Christopher Barrie

Scaramucci is increasingly making noises that sound like he's going to run for President

A chart showing that the UK spends £12k more than it raises in taxes on the under-21s, c£20k less than it raises on those aged 21 to 55, and ever increasing sums on the over 60s.

Preview of Monday's newsletter! One answer to 'why do British political parties keep pretending they have a different core vote to the one they have', I think, is that it would be a lot more ideologically convenient for them if they did.

James Orr has now been on Radio 4 as both a "JD Vance whisperer" and commentator on the rise of Reform in the UK.

Last time I checked he was a Professor of Religion and expert in German phenomenology...

Can someone explain these bookings...?!

Ah thank you!

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It appears that football came home. Again. Sorry 4 u

"Puffy"?

Did I just get an R&R at a very competitive scientific journal? Yes.

Did I remain unaware of that decision for several weeks because I had failed to spell my email address correctly in the online system? Also yes.

Today I learnt a new skill and I couldn't be prouder

This is a good joke

Smh what has society come to when even my sunglasses are polarized

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I continue to find it a marvel that the Substack model of jamming everyone's inboxes remains popular.

You're saying you're **paying** to get more emails?

This is a very good book

In addition to the original UK results, we have now ***replicated*** this (TWICE) in the US.

The main findings hold strong: information diets are a lot more diverse in attention than in engagement.

New version here: osf.io/preprints/os...

In addition to the original UK results, we have now ***replicated*** this (TWICE) in the US.

The main findings hold strong: information diets are a lot more diverse in attention than in engagement.

New version here: osf.io/preprints/os...

It was the same fee for credit or debit card! My European mind cannot comprehend

Check yourself before you wreck yourself

oh yh

12k would be a dream

I just paid my daughter's daycare for NYC and I was charged a $70 processing fee for paying by credit card rather than check and can someone please for the life of all of us explain why any of is this makes sense in 2025?

I think it's a Doctor Who thing

Yup and also I want readers to be able to see properly and that can't mean maintaining a website forever

Always

Journals need to start accepting video content that is my opinion of the day.

Eg: we have a paper where we've made a clone of social media. Screenshots are completely insufficient to judge whether this is a realistic and usable mock environment... Video means you can show this.

I'm in London for a wedding and everyone seems to sinking pints in the sun and I haven't been mugged even once yet.

Can someone explain?

I've started reading about human AI relationships and Replika AI in particular and now I can't read anything else

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TFW your replication archive passes replication review with no notes