Representation does not have to convince in order to succeed, it has only to occur
Feb 28, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
this is really important. The Ukrainians planned ahead of this to disconnect from UES and put the grid in autonomous mode on 24th February, a date that was publicly announced
They also did it. Running successfully in autonomous mode is a criterion for membership in EN-TSO-E, the EEA++ wide synchronous grid
Feb 27, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
so, simultaneous nuke-waving and peacemongering? this is so...Wilhelmine.
as so often, it's possible to think of a strategy that would include both actions, but this is true of nearly any combination of actions
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9… > ok, practical exercise in reading the newspaper carefully. Note the quote from Zac Goldsmith's PR, which denies either financing the No.10 zuzz up or being asked to do so. He's not mentioned anywhere else in the story
So why is the Mail even asking him about it and why is it telling us?
May 22, 2020 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
oh look what Companies House just sent me! a treat! 🔥🔥🔥buckle up because this one's spicy! beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/117705…
so you remember UK THE INDEPENDENT CHANGE FOR GROUP? apparently things didn't go well for them with the whole shut the cashpoints to force you to talk to bank employees thing
Feb 3, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
not only do @mediapart keep dropping incredible investigations, the people in them keep getting arrested: mediapart.fr/journal/france… > probably best not to send a €1m euro bribe from the account name "Central Intelligence Unit, Tripoli", either. one for @matt_levine that
@Mediapart@matt_levine the recipient took more care (not just a Swiss bank account, an account in a Lebanese-controlled Swiss bank, at the Lebanese-controlled Swiss bank's Bahamas branch) but tbh that was never going to be a good look either
Aug 2, 2019 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
People insist on treating Dominic Cummings as a second Napoleon in part because he bought the AI hype
Similarly, he thinks the civil service doesn't have enough scientists and too many classicists. This is a cliché going back to the 1930s at least and possibly Lloyd George
May 18, 2019 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
In case you don't speak German, Austria's rightist/populist government is falling apart after party chief and deputy PM #Strache promised a fake oligarch contracts in exchange for campaign € and buying the no.1 newspaper
Strache and his parliamentary leader Johann Gudenus have resigned; the pro-Russian interior minister may have been sacked
Feb 16, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
lejdd.fr/Politique/excl… > this is just incredible. A long, detailed story about Macron's government preparing for a referendum that doesn't mention anywhere what it's a referendum *about*
Apparently the presidency could add or even remove questions right up until the print deadline!
Nov 10, 2018 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
IIRC asking @dsquareddigest what the attraction of Twitter was as opposed to blogging. He said something like "here I can shout at David Aaronovitch and he responds"
@dsquareddigest There is an interesting story in how the norm developed that prominent people respond and engage with Twitter, while they refused (and still refuse) to do the same with blogs
Aug 4, 2018 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Has anyone else noticed supermarkets putting in old school high racking? Extra shelving for unopened stock over the racks? Two of my locals have done this in last 2 weeks
This is something I haven't seen in British supermarkets since I worked for Kwikkies back in 1996-1998
Jan 31, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
otp.investis.com/clients/uk/cap… > important point from this Crapita statement: breaking up centralised sales function and giving sales back to the operating divisions 1/a few
This implies a classic "salesmen in charge of the biz" problem. Remote from people who will have to deliver whatever they agree with customers.. 2/a few
