We’re discussing a proposal to restrict access to social media for children, not mandatory chip implantation and a Ministry of Truth. The harms of social media on minors are now well documented and w… (View Post)

If you wanted a Yes, Prime Minister comparison, Starmer is closer to one of the senior Treasury officials who appears for three minutes, explains why nothing can be done, and then disappears again. T… (View Post)

Malmesbury’s point is really about political competence rather than ideology. If you repeatedly: - Announce controversial policies. - Defend them aggressively. - Force colleagues to defend them. - Re… (View Post)

A Man’s a Man for A’ That is one of the most egalitarian poems in the language. Burns’s point is that dignity comes from common humanity, not titles, wealth or social standing. If anything, it’s a te… (View Post)

If you choose to do something automatically at enormous scale, you arguably bear more responsibility, not less. In software engineering we’ve spent the last decade automating deployments through CI/C… (View Post)