Jonathon

Brick Lane street artists not holding back

@ppfideas.bsky.social finally upgraded to PPF+ - loving the mine of bonus episodes to carry me through a wet grey February. Recommend to all.

The govt you elect is the govt you deserve. Makes you wonder what the hell America has been up to.

Im going to judge you as economically illiterate at this point and step away.

Understood. But when you have $7.7 trillion of federal debt it may make more sense bringing that down a bit first. States may be in surplus. Trump really not

They are. But sovereign wealth is generally a precondition

Going to see how much Canadian stuff I can buy at Tesco this weekend. Pancake Sundays will be a thing 🇨🇦🍁

Also - given the size of the US debt limit - hilarious

Quality news hack 👍🏻

America (and to some extent the UK) trashed its international brand with the war on terror, but it still had allies that felt their interests were served within the US zone of influence. This will shake loose the outer tier - not alone but much reduced - far less trust, cooperation, and soft power

Approve of both process and result

Is the plot of Wargames. It’s been fun guys 👋

So religion is basically populism

As non Americans the rest of us started with ‘Carrie who?’

Yes - in which case it’s a hell of a goal. Delusional it is

He must mean rate of growth. Or he’s delusional

European Central Bank joins Bluesky, rival to Elon Musk's X The European Central Bank began posting on the Bluesky micro-blogging platform on Monday, joining a rival to Elon Musk's X just as the U.S. billionaire ramps up his political campaigning in Europe.

European Central Bank joins Bluesky, rival to Elon Musk's X
www.reuters.com/technology/e...

This is nuts.

Ballot measure stopped insurance companies in California from modelling fire risk.

They could use historical data. Because they could not accurately price risk they ceased offer cover to the market.

bizarre for a country so committed to free markets

#theeconomist

So 150k - 200k every 24 hours. 30 million in a couple of weeks at this rate

Yes! When I looked last week it was 1.7

Elon Musk’s attention economy Why BBC News is the key to the X owner’s fixation with British politics.

Interesting article in New Statesman on this - mostly about Musk interest in UK politics but makes point about massive global reach of BBC website and how they are actively trying to tweak content for these markets

magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/01/08/e...

Suspect that the 7% also concentrated in Cardiff and Swansea?

I get that, and I try to be careful - Putin not Russians, Bibi not Israelis, republicans not democrats. But the sense that we are allies, that we see global issues through the same lens - I think that’s crumbling. Obviously I can only speak for my little London bubble, but that’s the feeling

I don’t think it’s pity, but alienation. We have our share of dodgy politicians but voting for this guy just bewildering.

After being culturally dominant for decades, now it’s abortion bans, school shootings, and Ten Commandments in school.

We’ve never felt more different from you.

Personally not torn at all - she has no status, has no credibility, says nothing of interest, and this shibboleth of left wing media bias does not remotely constitute news.

This is true - very rare I get anything unpleasant and it’s generally very strong view that seem genuinely held. I think I’ll stay down here where it’s nice and quiet

Ok 23 up. We good 👋😀

Thanks guys - I’m just getting highlights in London - hard to follow the flow

Looking sharp from deep tonight 🎯

Good to see - starting 5 do way too many minutes most games