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Political editor @ The New World Opinion @ The i Paper Fellow @ Tech Policy Press Fellow @ Demos PhD researcher @ UCL Laws newsletter @ techtris Latest book: The Other Pandemic โ€“ How QAnon Contaminated The World. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ https://www.jamesrball.com/

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Royalties: ยฃ20.21

Royalties: ยฃ20.21

The joys of academic publishing, when your annual royalties statement lands.

10.03.2026 11:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And so we write to brilliant postgraduate students from Sudan, withdrawing the offers and scholarships they won in open competition with the best in the world. A sad day for the University of Oxford.

10.03.2026 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 430 ๐Ÿ” 163 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
Sitting on the sofa with my laptop and also two cats who have somehow managed to force their way between me and the computer

Sitting on the sofa with my laptop and also two cats who have somehow managed to force their way between me and the computer

Trying to work from the sofa on my first day back after ten days away was maybe ambitious...

10.03.2026 10:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 53 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I almost missed that in a video where the former Chancellor of the Exchequer talks about "Institutional Credibility", the video misspells the word "credibility", which kind of sums this whole thing up

10.03.2026 09:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 229 ๐Ÿ” 72 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

God the DC look is weirdly ageing isn't it? Having just seen his age and a few photos from his influencer era that's really something

10.03.2026 09:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Extremely my mood right now

10.03.2026 00:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay I'm calling it, the Internet has broken my brain.

10.03.2026 00:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 50 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

War! Huh?

09.03.2026 22:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 38 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've had anxiety nightmares that were more coherent than this speech.

09.03.2026 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 102 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I dread to think

09.03.2026 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God, their ads at this point might as well just say "DATA DASHBOARDS FOR INSECURE MEN WITH SMALL PENISES", it would surely save us all some time.

09.03.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 93 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, that's something of a fiction. They 100% waited until significant US assets were in place across the region. The US wasn't bounced into anything this time. It was just convenient to say they were.

09.03.2026 20:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

There is absolutely no chance elon reads books. None at all.

09.03.2026 20:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 141 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

be careful if you pick the wrong one it could ruin EVERYTHING

09.03.2026 20:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's a quote for the ages

09.03.2026 20:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 213 ๐Ÿ” 47 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for your understanding

09.03.2026 20:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Obviously that was just a RUSE to [elaborate gestures]

09.03.2026 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eyyy

09.03.2026 19:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a VC funder, not one I was familiar with

09.03.2026 19:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have not! I'm not much of a joiner, you'll be shocked to hear

09.03.2026 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She's just stepped down as ceo yeah

09.03.2026 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bluesky power users both can't stand Jay but are also furious she's gone because no one can make any of us only pick one dammit

09.03.2026 19:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bluesky's most uncanny resemblance to old skool twitter is surely the full-on antipathy from its power users towards the company itself. It's both extremely 2015 energy but also the most high school thing ever.

09.03.2026 19:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

more like venture CRAPital amirite

09.03.2026 19:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's two separate attacks on desalination plants, one in Iran and one in Bahrain

09.03.2026 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think that accounts for about half of them

09.03.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
How Is The Dow - Auto-Tune The News, Wherein Pam Bondi Discovers An Unassailable Riposte That Canno
How Is The Dow - Auto-Tune The News, Wherein Pam Bondi Discovers An Unassailable Riposte That Canno YouTube video by schmoyoho

@jaredlholt.bsky.social I'd assumed you'd seen this but after today's episode, maybe not? youtu.be/Q71Xb1Sd86M?...

09.03.2026 15:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just realised I've probably said about 200 words out loud, if that, in the last eight days, which is quite a weird thing to realise.

09.03.2026 15:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tbf if it was for the spelling in that post I'd completely understand

09.03.2026 15:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Points to be for the most original spelling of "essentially", though.

09.03.2026 15:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0