Tory MPs queuing to leave…

the swan on her nest, by the canal towpath on the way to the pub

Huw van Steenis is just so good at writing financial history in real time.

well I'm not going to lie, my first week in the new job doing crisis PR was a bit of a baptism of fire, but at least I've been able to prioritize self care, sleep in on Saturday and go for a long walk. now to just fire up Twitter and check my client hasn't done anything else

amazing thread review! thank you so much Paul

Time for a glib payoff? I think he could rewrite that old saw: What can’t be measured can’t be managed; As: What can’t be communicated can’t be managed.

Nicky Campbell

It’s no secret to Italian investigators that Canada is a money laundering centre for the ‘Ndrangheta. This is a good illustration. A faction of the ’Ndrangheta based in Toronto allegedly relied on staff at two major Canadian banks. occrp.org/en/investigati… #cdnpoli

Cautionary Tales - the Fraudster's Guide to Magic Money. Enjoy!
Bonus: at the end of the episode I talk all things Ponzi with Robert Armstrong
timharford.com/2024/04/cautio…

Terrific podcast episode Robert Armstrong Tim Harford

One of Darfur's biggest cities, El Fasher, is now a 'kill box', analysts say. The city is under a tightening siege by RSF forces, with its escape routes cut off. Fuel and water are running out. And the RSF has committed massacres in other Darfur cities.
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

tales of the amazingly predictable, local edition
exeterobserver.org/2024/04/24/exe…

ht Nick Smith - this is the way of the future. we might not like 'accountability sinks' for aesthetic or moral reasons, but practically we are not going to stop creating them so we might have to find a way of living with them. ( B O O K I N B I O )

Reading the “The Unaccountability Machine” by ⁦Dan Davies⁩ and “the accountability sinks” reminds me of faceless freeholders and the UK’s complete lack of regulation of their activities…

Lovely to see ⁦Carla Denyer⁩ in #Exeter today, and really looking forward to hearing her on #bbcaq tonight. Go Greens!

related question; in this world of generative AI, would Stafford Beer still leave the top-right box empty?

Good stuff from Rupak >> OPINION – Goldman is back but with Jane Street snapping at its heels ifre.com/story/4541532/…

The “inventor of the hoodie” – Colin Dingwall, a Conservative councillor in West Oxfordshire and former Levi’s product manager – has resigned as a councillor after being convicted of three counts of unlawfully claiming council tax discount.

a longer than usual Friday post, leavened by two illustrations (ok, one is a picture of some text but even so) open.substack.com/pub/backofmind…

“AI chatbots” like Amazon AI powered in India 🤔
Analysts in India “AI” will be too busy cleaning data for the 🤖