I’ve noticed that elites tend to use “intelligent” as a shorthand for “narcissistic, Machiavellian, self-serving” rather than, say, “insightful, inventive, clear-thinking”. This informs elite views of “artificial intelligence” - both what it is, and how it will be used.
The staff canteen has been replaced by a staff food-bank. You know when you’ve been Toried.
Still wrestling with a working (and workable) definition of political centrism. My latest is “bourgeois populism”. I know it’s an oversimplification - centrism applies to the credentialed elite more so than the wider bourgeoisie - but an ever-increasing share of the bourgeoisie is credentialed.
From the media round today, it seems Keir Starmer has decloacked. Disappointingly but unsurprisingly he’s a “centrist dad” neoliberal.
Citadel. OMFG. I don’t think it’s ironically bad, just absolutely, utterly terrible. Still, attractive leads - though Richard Madden’s brain-wiped character is rather grating. I’m sure if I get the lobotomy and watch the season the sexism will be re-upped with racism, homophobia and transphobia.
I can recommend Belvoir - pronounced Beaver - Farm Ginger Cordial. I make it at double strength with sparkling water. It’s lovely.
I don’t get the mint business. Does it really make sense to airlift bagged sprigs of mint from Ethiopia to Blighty?
When I see people with their Instagrammable dogs, I think of chickens - 3600 years from prestige pet to discarded bones in a polystyrene box with chip-bits picked over by pigeons.
Schrödinger’s civil service is both woke, lazy and incompetent, and orchestrating a devastatingly effective deep-state conspiracy to frustrate Brexit and derail the Tory government.
Fox News has collapsed beyond degenerate matter and, spinning wildly, has become a griftar.