James O'Malley

Freelance journalist and professional opinion-haver. Politics/Tech/Data/Bad Takes. I made @TrumpsAlert. Subscribe to my Substack!

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

Let's *actually build* the future, together!

https://t.co/fLLOPWndYu

[Nick Swanson @nickswan73]

Some recommended reading from @Psythor to accompany the announcement this morning.

The proof with all agentic builds like this, is in the pudding, and that will take time, but the Local Authorities we've worked with so far seem positive about the pudding.

https://t.co/AsQiKFFPJb

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

@maxwell_marlow Cheers!

[Maxwell Marlow 🇺🇦 @maxwell_marlow]

https://t.co/4je4ELfJQs

[Maxwell Marlow 🇺🇦 @maxwell_marlow]

Great piece by @Psythor on how AI is being used by planning departments and the government to speed up the contemptuously arduous and expensive planning process.

🗞️👇

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

Here's how the government is using AI to speed up the planning system (FREE TO READ!)

https://t.co/oKdXy7PIws

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

I have a mildly contrarian take about the SpaceX valuation

https://t.co/dnec8ETL0g

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

@SamCoatesSky @dizzy_thinks This was basically the https://t.co/V6DFeg3EhL Verify programme, which had been intended to avoid digital ID, cost £175m and was scrapped because it didn't work.

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

New YIMBY Pod!

How the Swiss would have built HS2 with @thomasableman !

...And what Zack Polanski gets wrong about food prices!

https://t.co/a6DXAnTEWm

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

This should be a wake-up call for the UK…

(Note that this is a per-capita chart)

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

New YIMBY Pod!

We speak to @andrewhunterm about Britain's EV-charging progress...

...And I try to convince @mjrobbins that the National Data Library launch isn't totally underwhelming.

Listen here, or wherever you get your pods!

https://t.co/dCM0ltMMwz

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

ICYMI!

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

We finally (sort of) know what the National Data Library is (FREE TO READ!)

https://t.co/ANSs6CQKOi

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

We finally (sort of) know what the National Data Library is (FREE TO READ!)

https://t.co/ANSs6CQKOi

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

We finally (sort of) know what the National Data Library is (FREE TO READ!)

https://t.co/ANSs6CQKOi

[Rowland Manthorpe @rowlsmanthorpe]

How much water do data centres really use in the UK? I went in search of an answer
https://t.co/Znr650a509

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

New YIMBY Pod!

- I try to persuade @mjrobbins that space data centres aren't a totally nonsense idea.

- And we talk about new plans to stop vexatious Judicial Reviews that slow down building!

Listen/subscribe here, or wherever you get your pods:
https://t.co/yX1vvtpfzn

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

Data centres in space might actually work, sorry

https://t.co/ZdyMpZ2dgk

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

Did I mention that I WENT TO JAPAN? (In which I turn my holiday into content.)

https://t.co/X5rrxlwDLD

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

Did I mention that I WENT TO JAPAN? (In which I turn my holiday into content.)

https://t.co/X5rrxlwDLD

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

New YIMBY Pod!

We speak to @markpack about the problem with Secondary Legislation - and how it is slowing down government.

And I bore Martin by finally talking on the pod about this little thing called the Postcode Address File.

https://t.co/4EtbAOls37

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

New YIMBY Pod!

We speak to @markpack about the problem with Secondary Legislation - and how it is slowing down government.

And I bore Martin by finally talking on the pod about this little thing called the Postcode Address File.

https://t.co/4EtbAOls37