William Neal

Numbers that aren’t divisible by two seem odd to me.

I am sure it is a super clever ploy to ensure that Russia doesn’t have the opportunity to learn and adapt to our legions of hunter killer pigeons and our other highly effective counter drone tactics which would be useful in a hot war.

“But one is that the Tories retained power over 14 years in part because of their divisions not despite them... shape-shifted in ways that helped them defy political gravity and win elections.” Bingo! Boris Johnson ejecting centralists/liberal/one nation tories sent them in a tail spin

Yikes!

What are some of the bangers that you are playing?

Ah yes, Hallowe’en. Where the doors of the underworld open and all sorts of eldritch creatures spill out

I was thinking a bond market vigilante and go and knock on the doors of the French and UK governments

Stop blaming neoliberals for neoconneries One of the things long-time followers on Twitter know about me (besides the most important fact that I am the Stakhanov of the dad joke) is that I like to come up with definitions for neoliberalism.

Most of you have seen this, but in these troubled times, I would like to ask that you open.substack.com/pub/sankaran...

treating it like a podcast then!

MURDERER [sommelier]: *stabs me just a little, waits patiently*

ME: *grimaces in pain for a few seconds, thoughtfully* yes great

Congratulations that is a fab time! 🙌

Euroclear is HQ’d in Belgium and is the custodian for a load of Russian assets. If there is any legal blowback / retaliation it is likely to be directed at Belgium and they are feeling more exposed

OpenAI now has a data residency option to make it more attractive to businesses. From what l have read so far it is still lagging Microsoft Data Boundary which you can apply at tenant level and covers interoperability with other Microsoft applications, and gives you finer control on processing

A bit of a coup for OpenAI, where Microsoft Copilot cleans up with the business use case

A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES

The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem

The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today

With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.

Petition for Multi-Approval Organization Ownership Controls on GitHub · community · Discussion #177729 Select Topic Area Product Feedback Body Summary We are requesting that GitHub implement a mandatory multi-person approval system for top-level organization ownership changes consistent with their a...

We need this. github.com/orgs/communi...

The EU should trigger the anti-coercion instrument to respond to China's rare earth weapon

@jankaoertel.bsky.social and I show why this is necessary and what the EU could target

Goal: a political deal based on mutually assured economic destruction, buying Europe time to decouple from Chinese REEs.

GDP equation is now apparently:

GDP = C + G + I + NX - RT

With RT = red tape.

I've just discovered there's a chip shop in Llangynwyd called 'Frying Nemo' 😭

Thoughts and prayers

Given current market power in the upstream AI market, those providers would be able to capture most of this additional value through increased licensing fees. This would effectively create a funnel through which UK wealth, productivity and consumer surplus is syphoned off to US tech companies.

Your upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop "On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”

Would you say that the piece you’re referring to is this one and that I’m needlessly trying to think of an excuse to reply to you so I can gain possibly one or two subscribers by linking to it in the comments to this post?

www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

The Uncanny Valet

Yes, gotta get the spooky Autumn/Fall vibes in first before being emotionally prepared for winter jolliness

At least wait until after Halloween!

It may have escaped your attention, but the Belgian energy system has quietly passed an important test. During the weekend of 4-5 October 2025, our consumption was almost entirely covered by renewable energy. And yet the system ticked like a Swiss watch. /

Turns out just 16 days. gem.coop

*sigh* my brakes have been stripped from my Daddy wagon bike. Looking forward to the fight with insurance who will simultaneously claim that they can’t be sure parts are stolen but also refuse roadside assistance as it doesn’t cover theft 🫠

This seems like a big deal when it comes to working with LLMs, Dependency Inversion Principle in action…