Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.https://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mzdoilmgms2dastonishing that this level of insight is virtually free to read02 Nov 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdoilmgms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mzd47tdrfc2y"[Trump's] approval ratings are at least a net 10 points worse than in 2025 before decisive Democratic victories in New Jersey&Virginia. They’re a net 12 points lower than...2018, when Dems won the national vote by nearly nine points in a “blue wave”" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/upshot/poll-times-siena-senate-midterms.html02 Nov 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzd47tdrfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mzd2ejujrc2vmassive blow to the Republicans [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Nov 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzd2ejujrc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mzb2zbcey22ohttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/trump-speeches-rallies-age.html?smid=nytcore-android-share "His vocabulary remains about the same, as does the reading level of his speaking, which hovers between fourth and fifth grade. (The average modern president speaks at an eighth-grade level.)"01 Nov 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzb2zbcey22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mzaxzxqluc2lwent for a run, somehow traced the shape of a runner next time, I may give him arms01 Nov 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzaxzxqluc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz72gxhp622yBy the way, ban fireworks31 Oct 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz72gxhp622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz5yzyoaes2l$6.3bn in 30 minutes: how the world’s biggest heist unfolded - https://www.ft.com/content/e84eceda-040b-4e5f-b906-09768085933a?shareType=nongift Reading this, a curious mind might wonder if the very features these characters so love in their funny money are what makes it so attractive to gangsters31 Oct 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz5yzyoaes2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz5vhsaeq22l"When asked to define what he meant by socialism, Vance tellingly did not mention rising deficits or public ownership". - https://www.ft.com/content/c344ed8a-4e4b-43f8-a570-d8101864d929?shareType=nongift SO MANY banging quotes in this @edwardluce.bsky.social piece...31 Oct 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz5vhsaeq22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz4qgjoiy22sAbsolutely delighted the Traitors winning money went all to refugee charities!30 Oct 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4qgjoiy22shttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz4hac436c2sHave reached the point in the Caro book where I learn about the horrible W Lee O'Daniel, one of the worst politicians to gain elected office and surely an obvious precursor to you know who30 Oct 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4hac436c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz4d275tgs23finding it amusing that the newsreaders are doing the Binance story in that sort of uplifting, lilting tone you normally reserve for a novelty story, like "a duck near Ilford has been heard quoting Dickens", unconciously (and rightly) assuming that for the great majority it is a fun story30 Oct 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4d275tgs23https://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz4azth2vs2l"It was not meant to fire the starting gun on an investment boom...Anyone expecting otherwise who now feels disappointed should blame themselves, not the chancellor. Growth doesn’t come from headline grabbing budgets. It never has." https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/budget-2026-business-and-growth by me30 Oct 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4azth2vs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz3ofyge2c2xAmusing that a letter on the future of mathematics should foreground such a very questionable number https://www.economist.com/letters/2026/10/29/what-does-openais-progress-mean-for-scientists From The Economist30 Oct 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3ofyge2c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz3nxjndes2xSome phenomenal wisdom here. Recommended [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3nxjndes2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz3byhoh4s2x"After the second world war, the US Air Force spent over $1bn, roughly $13bn in today’s money, trying to build a reactor to power long-range bomber planes".- https://www.ft.com/content/da1af660-c1d0-4c8b-8f94-e84052344448?shareType=nongift https://static.klipy.com/ii/35ccce3d852f7995dd2da910f2abd795/df/a7/8n2zVHkY.gif?hh=362&ww=498&mp4=TANnnKVJ&webm=rmsZYCPjWVVUHF8a8I30 Oct 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3byhoh4s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3mz37acd4ps2xThere is only one perfect method for reading the FT of a morning30 Oct 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz37acd4ps2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3myzz7rjsos25now let's see [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzz7rjsos25https://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3myzrajrog227https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/world/americas/flavio-bolsonaro-trump-brazil-us.html?smid=bs-share so not every immigrant is unwelcome ...29 Oct 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzrajrog227https://bsky.app/profile/gilesyb.bsky.social/post/3myzfmve6l22oNote that the (excellent) @alexclegg.bsky.social and @resolutionfoundation.org are careful to say this is about *incomes*. It is not the same as *living standards*, because you can and do fund your CONSUMPTION out of more than income, but also changes to savings. Consumption still rising: [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:cdklqekun5o7gvz4sbujp3b3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzfmve6l22o