James Harvey

James Harvey

@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

Liberal. Gay. Green. Countryman. Living in Ebernoe, Sussex and Kennington, London. he/him

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James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

As always I sometimes don’t really understand how much they mean to me until it jumps out and whacks me over the head. I had made my peace that I wasn’t going to see them again and that that long phase of my life was over. 1/3

James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

My god, he actually did it…

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic

theguardian.comElon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epicIt is hardly a shock that Grok AI’s interpretation of Homer is as meaningless as a laptop screensaver. The only surprise would be if Musk accepted defeat graciously. Which he won’t

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John Bull
@garius.eurosky.social

"This could have been an email." Aragorn whispers. "He ALWAYS pulls this shit in 'Any Other Business" Boromir replies, quietly. "It's why Faramir marked himself as busy when the invite went out."

The Shire-Reckoning@shire-reckoning.bsky.social

Elrond tells the long story of the One Ring, from its forging in the Mountain of Fire, to its betrayal of Isildur at the Gladden Fields. Frodo is startled to learn that Elrond himself marched with Gil-Galad in the Last Alliance against Sauron, more than three thousand years ago.

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Dan Neidle
@danneidle.bsky.social

The banks say they’re overtaxed. The TUC says they’re undertaxed. We did the sums across nine countries, and we're going to annoy *everyone*. The UK isn’t a high-tax outlier. There *is* a case for increasing bank tax. But it comes with risks - and could hit households. 🧵:

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Raysident Evil
@sireviscerate.myatproto.social

Spider-Man: Sometimes I regret being bitten by a radioactive spider and being given all these amazing powers. It's so much responsibility. Dung Beetle-Man (doing a handstand and rolling a giant ball of turds with his feet): Shut the fuck up, Spider-Man.

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Asha Rangappa
@asharangappa.bsky.social

“I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I’ve come close to defining it: a lack of empathy.... Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” — Dr. Gustave Gilbert, U.S. Military Chief Psychologist in the Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Diary

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James Harvey
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In reality, most non-executive jobs end up demanding 2x the stated time and effort. You certainly don’t do non-exec jobs in the public sector for the money. Still highly rewarding though - like pro-bono directorships and trusteeships.

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Tom Cox
@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

THREAD. A *big* ask, I know, but I'm trying to seek out a US publisher for this book this week & any further orders from Blackwell's will REALLY help that cause. Amazingly, they do free international delivery, which makes it cheaper than buying many books locally. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

blackwells.co.ukEverything Will Swallow YouHave you ever been curious about how people live when nobody is watching? Have you wondered whether there's more going on than meets the eye? Eric and Carl live
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

Also, 2000+ readers in North America have now bought (via import) this book, which still does not have a publisher in the US or Canada, and which I was told confidently by the British publishing industry had no chance of having an overseas audience due to being "too British".

James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

It will only come if forced on Labour via a hung parliament: they are not a progressive or liberal party.

Ed Davey@eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Reports over the weekend show the Labour establishment is fighting against electoral reform. If Andy Burnham is serious about changing our politics, it will take real courage – and we need it more than ever.

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Oliver Darkshire
@deathbybadger.bsky.social

OSIRIS: my beloved wife thank you for finding almost all my pieces and restoring me to life ISIS: you're welcome OSIRIS: but you really couldn't find my penis ISIS: no it vanished. complete mystery ANUBIS: isis i have the mummified paperweight you wanted ISIS: not now anubis

James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

The contrast with this headline in the SAME EDITION is telling. Clearly women must be protected at all costs against the threat of an ill trans woman in hospital bed - but a desire for women to have some segregated time in the gym free from weightlifting men is POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD!!!

Mark Grimshaw@markgrimshawtism.bsky.social

I actually think the use of the word “finally” is so telling as to the role our heavily right-wing media plays in our politics. Sources like The Telegraph have been pushing successive governments for trans-exclusionary policy for years. They’ve got what they wanted. This is now their victory lap.

James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

Hugely entertaining

Micah@rincewind.run

now that we know how the new season of Reacher is (excellent), a thread about why you should watch What If A Man Was Large, The Show, in the form of a Q&A

James Harvey
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Something deeply wrong here

Kenny Campbell@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social

I have never seen coverage of a live trial, one involving allegations of multiple sex attacks on multiple women, framed in a more distasteful way. It's not 'Fame under fire' it's a rape trial. And it involves actual women. And this from the *checks notes* BBC

James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

I think a lot of people need to take a long hard look at themselves and the smug “banker bashing” that went on at that time, and acknowledge that if there was anything more to this than a witch hunt, it was likely a scapegoating conspiracy to cover up public sector culpability.

thetimes.comThe lives ruined by the City’s ‘Post Office moment’The former trader Jonathan Mathew has likened his wrongful conviction for rigging Libor interest rates to having a ‘grenade thrown into your life’
James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

A classic case of very muddled thinking. Drax ‘s problem is not its CO2 emissions - by definition wood is not a fossil fuel, and if power stations are fuelled by sustainably produced wood on a plantation or (even better) coppice rotation, you have a closed carbon cycle, powered by the sun 1/2

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?

theguardian.comDrax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flightsExclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

Drax’s problem is that it has repeatedly failed to demonstrate the sustainability of its wood supply, and appreciable proportions of this have come from old growth forest. Even this might still be carbon neutral (if the forest is allowed to regrow), but the ecological damage is enormous. 2/2

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Alex Andreou
@sturdyalex.bsky.social

As well as a Britannia Magic Dome, Tories will build a Halo Array, a Stargate, a Dark Tower, and a Death Star - named respectively Spirit of the Blitz, Maggie's Opening, Boris-Dûr, and Churchill's Clacker - funded by sales of a new wellness smoothie made with carrot, ginger, and poor people's tears.

James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

How does AI deliver decades of jumping up and down with other sweaty blokes in a New Model Army mosh pit while they bang out angry banger after angry banger?

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James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social

Very much showing my age - it’s all the games I played in my 20s and 30s that have a real echo for me… My 9 games #My9Games my9games.net/

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social

This was such a pleasant journey into my memories and I got very enjoyably lost in them my9games.net/en/edit