Political parties and political comms are run by degree-educated professionals from “elite” institutions. Why is it that the right espouses antivax? Because it helps identify followers: ignorant, selfish people without compassion and solidarity, and heedless of the consequences of their own actions.
Crucial Track for 19 October 2025
"Ashes" by Embrace
Embrace always sounded like a Celtic band to me. Who knew they were from West Yorkshire? Anyway, I have a soft spot for "Ashes".
New Met for London 2.0 video is looking at 3 to 5 years for crimes against typography
Bought some Fiio SnowSky Wind on-ear headphones from Advanced MP3 Players. They sound a lot better than you’d expect for the price, and they look great.
Our politicians cannot defend liberal democracy because they no longer know what it is.
A “major update” announcement from Microsoft today isn’t a ringing endorsement for AI (but is good news for web standards, I guess):
Support for Events from email in Outlook is changing—Schema.org markup required for reliable calendar extraction