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Looking for the good stuff.

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@birchlse Such a great paper - think about it regularly

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@trussliz Really quite weird vibes.

Very strange for an ex PM to behave this way.

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@an0n_Nic @k3nn3h Plenty of competent people in local govt.

Of course a society that valued public service more would see local gov have more choice of staff

But the UK is so highly centralised that along with a particular cutting agenda, councils are v hamstrung. Surprised you’d not see that.

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@calcsam Book

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@peterrhague @debreuil Interested as to why think that?

Places like Leeds have great scenes, and in a way are much more liveable for young ppl… and so there’s a lot of creatives living in a way that only the privileged could in London.

Check English Teacher in Leeds etc etc

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

If you’d kill your dog because you can’t hunt anymore…

You probably shouldn’t be allowed to have a dog

[Annunziata Rees-Mogg @zatzi]

There are an estimated 20,000 foxhounds in the U.K.

Those who want to ban trail hunting - hounds and horses chasing a scent trail laid by man - would lead to them all being put down.

That’s what ignorant “animal rights” campaigners want.

20,000 dead dogs.

So here’s an AI photograph of what a small proportion of that might look like.

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

Open Call for new exhibition @HPBCLeeds

Curated by George Storm Fletcher, writing & visual arts welcome

Apply via @CuratorSpace

https://t.co/i18ddFcVgt

#Opencall

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@ColinBrazierTV This is such a bad argument.

If the people you’re describing would “destroy” a dog that’s no longer useful to them, they shouldn’t be allowed animals.

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@Nigel_Farage Ridiculous reasoning

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@newstart_2024 This is such a poor understanding of the issues described.

People think a system that has poor distribution is bad & won’t be resolved by just making a “pie” bigger. Pretty simple

He doesn’t seem like a liar, so it’s a lack of curiosity or motivation that seems the issue here.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

The Vanity Fair photographer.

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

Super nice launch of the Turner Prize in Bradford. Great to have this as part of the year of culture

Only got round half of the exhibitions but really enjoyed. The Zadie Xa stuff is lovely

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@vigil_trac23368 @elonmusk @Ofer_binshtok I didn’t infer anything. V bot vibes

[Mariana Mazzucato @MazzucatoM]

DOGE wasn't just a failed experiment—it was the latest chapter in a fifty-year project to dismantle state capacity. The question should have been obvious from the start: efficient at what, and for whom? New piece examining how efficiency rhetoric serves as cover for systematic value extraction ➡️ https://t.co/dG5vHlCdrn

More on the myth of ‘start-up government’ with Rainer Kattel ➡️ https://t.co/yl29DlCxO6
More on the value extraction of Generative AI with @FaustoGernone ➡️ https://t.co/raH5ee8LP3

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@elonmusk @Ofer_binshtok Appreciate your concern Elon. But what about the madness you’ve just been involved in, in your own country?

Obviously difficult if you’ve been successful in a particular area, but it is possible you don’t get the politics of all the countries you dip into

[Mariana Mazzucato @MazzucatoM]

Labour pledged to halve government spending on consultants, yet it rose by £150m in their first year. #TheBigCon continues: without serious investment in public sector capacity and a mindset change to empower government delivery, departments will keep outsourcing core capabilities to private firms.

Read The Big Con (co-authored with @RosieCollingto) ➡️ https://t.co/JXmelXzk1e

https://t.co/AXwAK142yi

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@iamtomskinner Ahh Tom, don’t get sucked into this shit. Will be mainly bots. We can’t lose bosh energy to the culture wars :)

Keep on the positive vibes. Bosh.

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@StuartMaconie Definitely stranger. Not as much general chat / discussion, lots of what appear to argumentative bots saying that every village in England is about to erupt & people asking Grok who follows them.

Not sure it’s ok tbh :)

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

Euros taking over the country, Oasis playing huge shows, a new Labour Party… how very 1996 this all is

[Jack Simpson @JackLSimpson]

@spectator The interviewer drifting off & texting in the middle of this really sold how exciting this was