Chris Hunneysett
@chrishunneysett.bsky.social
Oh, not now, suspected dangerous infection released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia where a researcher died
Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a suspected dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died. https://cnn.it/4i2BCfj
October 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Oh, not now, suspected dangerous infection released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia where a researcher died
"Disagree about facts." Wut?
The best cure for ideological bias is find someone on the other side and go to lunch with them.
Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right
Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right
October 4, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"Disagree about facts." Wut?
James Cameron right now
October 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
James Cameron right now
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lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd.
October 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd.
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Dark thread.
Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
October 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Dark thread.
Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
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Thread. The chamber of commerce basically calls the shots in Asheville city hall, to a degree ridiculous even by local government standards, so this is worth watching.
Worth noting #avlgov has already hiked taxes and cut services to pour even more cash into the police department post-Helene.
Worth noting #avlgov has already hiked taxes and cut services to pour even more cash into the police department post-Helene.
Yesterday we received a "public safety survey" being circulated by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce and it's a doooozy. It's also worth taking a closer look at since it shows how the crime panic propaganda sausage is getting made...
October 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Thread. The chamber of commerce basically calls the shots in Asheville city hall, to a degree ridiculous even by local government standards, so this is worth watching.
Worth noting #avlgov has already hiked taxes and cut services to pour even more cash into the police department post-Helene.
Worth noting #avlgov has already hiked taxes and cut services to pour even more cash into the police department post-Helene.
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Why doesn’t this person understand the of point of private schools is to prevent social mobility?
My loosely held contrarian view is that private schools probably have minimal impact on social mobility, because they are one of the lowest value-add things you can do with that amount of money.
When private schools lose the Spectator...
The fact this article could be published in this publication shows why - whatever one thinks of the merits - Labour's VAT policy was a political free hit.
spectator.com/article/bewa...
The fact this article could be published in this publication shows why - whatever one thinks of the merits - Labour's VAT policy was a political free hit.
spectator.com/article/bewa...
October 1, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Why doesn’t this person understand the of point of private schools is to prevent social mobility?
I appear to have signed up to a 10K run next May
Roland Zombie
ALT: Roland Zombie
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September 27, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I appear to have signed up to a 10K run next May
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Shot (BBC) / chaser (Basingstoke Gazette)
September 25, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Shot (BBC) / chaser (Basingstoke Gazette)
Trade wars lead to the Dark side?
September 24, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Trade wars lead to the Dark side?
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Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
September 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
www.ft.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:10 PM
A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...
Share a TV or movie villain or villainess you find sexy 🥵🖤
September 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Share a TV or movie villain or villainess you find sexy 🥵🖤
Monday attacking me like a detail from a Lewis carving
September 21, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Monday attacking me like a detail from a Lewis carving
Speak for yourself
I don't think we disdain the center-right enough.
First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation;
Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers;
Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.
First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation;
Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers;
Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.
September 20, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Speak for yourself
Start your Sunday like a Lewis chess piece
September 20, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Start your Sunday like a Lewis chess piece
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my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform
www.ft.com/content/f270...
www.ft.com/content/f270...
September 18, 2026 at 10:54 PM
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform
www.ft.com/content/f270...
www.ft.com/content/f270...
Damn capitalists trying to muscle in on our socialism again.
Alex Karp of Palantir says the AI industry must be nationalized to protect it from lawsuits if it accidentally destroys the world. More likely, he sees the bubble about to burst and he wants to be bought out with our tax dollars before that happens.
September 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Damn capitalists trying to muscle in on our socialism again.
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North by Northwest (1959)
September 19, 2026 at 4:02 AM
North by Northwest (1959)
Billionaire hammered by Amazon ie the free market capitalism that facilitated his accumulation of wealth (assuming he wasn’t born to it) argues for tax cuts to offset his losses
That wouldn't happen to be tax paid on profits made, in no small part, from the delusions and often outright misery of thousands upon thousands of his fellow countrymen, would it?
UK’s top taxpayer says he would ‘not wish to be reborn’ in Britain
Betfred founder Fred Done threatens 500 shop closures over tax rises that have left him fearful for the UK’s prospects
www.ft.com
September 19, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Billionaire hammered by Amazon ie the free market capitalism that facilitated his accumulation of wealth (assuming he wasn’t born to it) argues for tax cuts to offset his losses
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It's terrorism.
September 18, 2026 at 6:59 AM
It's terrorism.
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Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
September 18, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
The Olympics just got a whole lot more interesting
River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The Olympics just got a whole lot more interesting