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John Holden

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πŸ‡­πŸ‡· πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ environmental policy analyst, political nerd/former campaigner, video game designer (Retro Bowl College, Australian Football Coach)

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Andy's right. People don't like puns in business names. None of those businesses in Bob's Burgers seem to last very long

21.02.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When we walked past the first one we saw in London, my friend sincerely doubled over in laughter just on seeing the name.

It's also just a classic overpriced chain restaurant. I've been there a couple times and wouldn't call it terrible, but it is absolutely inauthentic

21.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

no

19.02.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This has been the case for a long time - even with the valley's right turn, Dems have been Silicon Valley-adjacent since at least Obama, and possibly Kerry as well.

Playbook is simple. Work in politics when young, then parachute into an economically powerful place where you can make a lot of money

18.02.2026 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a Glimt of hope for an interesting round of 16

18.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If only there were somewhere I could gamble on this not working out long term

18.02.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could this be about those miniature nuclear reactors which people have been talking about for years but never seem to make any progress?

18.02.2026 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you mostly just playing around with LLMs right now or have you been able to use them in production? I still haven't found a use case for me, but I also really enjoy the process of coding

18.02.2026 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes but there was an episode of Conan's podcast where someone didn't even know he had died so

17.02.2026 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Flemington?

16.02.2026 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hot chocolate is incredible if done correctly. You want the type you essentially need to eat with a spoon

15.02.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If they pilot it, my money is on the guy who rewrites everything in assembler and then unplugs the AI

14.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Polly's shaking her head because he's a bigger threat to her career than Reform even though their personal politics are probably very close to each other.

If your party isn't used to left wing coalitions or your voting system is first past the post, you don't want other left wing parties to succeed

12.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They'll be fine, but I also trust them the least at the moment

11.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Implied bookmaker odds for Hammers dropping are 57% right now which feels about right for one of them not managing it

It's just weird to me that Spurs should be the team in there which unquestionably survive and yet they feel like the team in there which is most likely to get caught

11.02.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

West Ham are on pace for only 35 points, meaning unless they catch fire (10 points from their last 5, but wins over Spurs/Sunderland/Burnley) the relegation battle won't be too spicy this year, but looking at the teams around them - Spurs are the team most in free-fall above them?

11.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I turn my back for four minutes and Burnley are ahead

11.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's wrong with the Moda Center that it needs to be renovated?

11.02.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

sigh

11.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

please do a video podcast of this. please

09.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm out in space. It's kind of fun

09.02.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No Kings includes Draft Kings

08.02.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 26117    πŸ” 6107    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 111

It seems like the problem here has quickly become the definition of this 20%

07.02.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One in out of every 10 of those are dead from too much salt

07.02.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The two longer songs in my music library that have more than 1 million Youtube streams are Open and Close by Fela Kuti and Taj Mahal by Jorge Benjor and Gilberto Gil but it's tough to argue 20% on either of those

07.02.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...that album sold 30 million copies

07.02.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

07.02.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He's been very effective at communicating problems which I believe he's correctly identified, but whether they can deliver on changing those problems will be integral to whether they can run an effective campaign, and this sows some doubt

06.02.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes - easily the worst interview I've seen him give, with the caveat I haven't been following that closely

06.02.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was the timing of this call coincidental to the current market

06.02.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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