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Frumentatio! ianbetteridge.com

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Ten blue links, \"fork you\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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@ianbetteridge.com Reconstitute NATO without the US. Bring in Ukraine. Ukraine knows how to fight 21st century defensive wars. All the US knows how to do is bomb countries where they have air superiority- and even then, they lose.

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@dannypalmer.bsky.social Someone told me they had to ban AI meeting note takers from meetings after one stand up where it was just them and five bots.

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@kenwhite.bsky.social We have all been there 😀

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@kenwhite.bsky.social Please don’t tell me I need to start adding /s on here.

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The worst of us: ianbetteridge.com

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@ianbetteridge.com Now that is a vision that did not want in my head 😀

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@kenwhite.bsky.social Honestly if there is something that AI might be good for, it’s sparing us all from Naomi Wolf’s ignorance. Just ask ChatGPT Naomi!

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@mers0274.bsky.social I mean, every cloud has a silver lining!

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@ianbetteridge.com $200 a barrel means an almost certain recession, which means mass unemployment. That places greater strain on government finances, which means more cuts. The UK economy, thanks to a lot of factors (including “bloody 14 years of Tories”) is very fragile. $200 pricing would crucify it.

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@ianbetteridge.com Businesses that run vehicle fleets — plumbers, electricians, delivery drivers — either absorb the cost or pass it on. People in drivers in Northern Scotland, West Wales, and Cornwall end up paying a lot more than those in urban England due to higher distribution costs for fuel.

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@ianbetteridge.com That’s just the big stuff. It’s the second-order effects that will really grind people down. Insurance premiums go up because repair and parts costs rise. Bus and rail fares increase. Delivery surcharges appear on online shopping.

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@ianbetteridge.com Because of the way our energy generatio is priced, a sustained $200 oil cost almost certainly means higher gas prices too, which feeds directly into electricity generation costs and home heating.

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@ianbetteridge.com There is a very real prospect that the country would actually run out of diesel. Only about half of UK diesel consumption is refined domestically; the rest is imported, and those imports compete in a global market where everyone is scrambling for the same barrels.

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@ianbetteridge.com Second, fuel rationing happens. At that level of price, it’s not just preventative - it’s essential. he contingency plans include a £30 purchase limit per visit, designated fuelling hours, and priority access for emergency services and the NHS. Speed limits on motorways drop to 60mph.

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@ianbetteridge.com First, expect the cost of diesel to hit over £2 a litre. Why am I focused on diesel rather than petrol? Because the supply chain runs on diesel. That’s a huge knock on prices for everything that has to be moved by road. Everything gets more expensive, fast.

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@ianbetteridge.com Well despite getting half our energy from renewables, the UK wholesale electricity price is set based on gas prices… which have gone up in line with oil. Lovely.

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@ianbetteridge.com But every day the war goes on, the gap between speculative market activity and actual “oh god this is really happening” narrows.

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@ianbetteridge.com Hmmm… not necessarily, I think. If the straight reopened, the price would drop very quickly – it’s mostly the prospect of long-term disruption than actual disruption (I think Saudi, for example, has managed to switch half its production to routes which don’t involve Hormuz).

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@ianbetteridge.com But if Trumps deadline passes without resolution and the US escalates, $144 may not be the ceiling, not even close. Bloomberg has already floated scenarios with oil at $200 if the disruption deepens. www.bloomberg.com/news/article…

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@ianbetteridge.com Short but sweary version: The UK would be fucked, because of debt exposure, along with quite a few other countries.

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@ianbetteridge.com The key variable is duration. A two-week spike that resolves when the Strait reopens is a market event. Three months at $140+ starts to look like the kind of demand destruction that tips vulnerable economies (those already running current account deficits or carrying high debt) into contraction.

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@ianbetteridge.com I heard something like that once, some bozo was on the radio talking about it (thank you @robinince.bsky.social)

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www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m…

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@magicariot.com Oooh you have reminded me – I REALLY need to update that!

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@ianbetteridge.com Well. Clearly the answer is no 😀

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@jbpol.bsky.social :(

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@ianbetteridge.com Also, Kevin Sorbo was 17 and in high school in Mound, Minnesota. I don’t think he had much of a perspective on anything at that point.

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The freedom stack: ianbetteridge.com

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Zen fascists will control you: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links, \"cough cough cough\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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The fundamental error that doesn't exist: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links, \"Cometh the hour, cometh the man-baby\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Watched: Predator: Badlands 🍿

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Well, this was definitely a movie. A predator movie, in fact. But it’s also a kids movie, deliberately, which most predator movies aren’t. I thought it slowed down too much in the middle, but there were enough good fights at the end to make it work a watch.

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Ten Blue Links, \"Greenland isn't green\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Watched: The Walking Dead S1E4, Vatos 🍿

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Never really watched it before today, apart from one episode which didn’t really “stick”. Kind of enjoying though.

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Watched: Annihilation 🍿

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Fascinating film, in part because it was deliberately Not The Book. Garland managed to make something that is profoundly strange, definitely with roots in the New Weird.

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Ten Blue Links, “featuring Peter Thiel, again!” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Of ants, Saul Bass, and lost dreams of a cybernetic ecology: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links – \"Platforms, promises and bad habits\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Watched: Under the Skin 🍿

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Finally got around to watching this after it sitting in the queue for far too long – I think I bought it after seeing The Zone of Interest and it’s interesting watching it with that film’s style in mind. Utterly amazing.

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Watched: Thunderbolts* 🍿

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Best recent Marvel movie. The New Avengers are much more interesting than the old ones.

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Slop Is Slop

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I wrote just a few months ago that I firmly believe generative AI tools not only can be, but already are, used to create genuine art. My problem with AI slop isn’t the AI, it’s the slop.

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I know this is a position which is controversial with those who take a strong anti-AI position (and I understand those positions). But I tend to agree with John. All tools can be used for art. What matters is the art, not the tool.

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Watched: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 🍿

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Look, it’s the best Marvel movie ever made. Equal parts funny, full of action, beautiful to look at and a great cast. Why a sequel isn’t already slated I don’t know.

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Watched: Eternals 🍿

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Hey, look, it’s not as bad as you remember. Don’t judge me.

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Ten Blue Links “Orion rising, EV prices falling and ads arriving” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links, “Pop goes the bubble” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links “Don’t Be Evil (some conditions apply)” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links, “forever blowing bubbles” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links \"Toxic optimisation\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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