Chris 2e retweeted
I am bewildered, and not very impressed, by the visceral, naked, irrational hatred spat out by some defenders of Jason Arday. If a Cambridge professor is accused of being an unqualified charlatan, the accusation might be racially motivated. On the other hand it might not, depending on the evidence. The correct question to ask is not, ”What is the colour of his skin” but “Is it in fact true that he is an unqualified charlatan?” Please examine the evidence before leaping to the assumption of racism.
As for the idea that journalists “piled in on him” and “hounded him to his death”, most attacks were against Cambridge University. Jason himself was widely regarded as an unfortunate victim of foolish promotion way beyond his ability to cope. In appointing him to a professorship for which he was manifestly unqualified – in ludicrously describing him as “the best in the world” – certain senior members of the university showed a level of patronising condescension towards black people that could fairly be described as racism, while at the same time making him tragically vulnerable to such attacks as came his way.
Chris 2e retweeted
Hi everyone. Here are my Tesla delivery estimates for Q2 2026. The gap between my estimate and the analyst consensus is unusually large this time.
• My estimate: 466,000
• Analyst consensus: 406,024 (based on Tesla's survey of 22 analysts, known as the Company-Compiled Consensus, published on June 26)
Chris 2e retweeted
Let me get this straight, Andy Burnham’s great achievement is £2 bus fares at a cost of £135m to the public and £200m a year ongoing.
LMAO, he is going to be a disaster.
Chris 2e retweeted
"We are not a serious country anymore"
LMAO, we haven't been for decades. We have replaced serious people with career politicians and vibes based student politics.
These people wouldn't make senior management in a medium sized business and give them the keys for running a country.
Chris 2e retweeted
Until someone bites the bullet, slashes spending, and does the difficult pro-growth reforms this country desperately needs, we will continue to have a ridiculous carousel of Prime Minsters.
The truth is the Prime Minister could have survived the Mandelson scandal if people felt better off in their pockets.
While there’s no growth, there’s no longevity of political tenure.
Blair survived plenty of scandal, and plenty of Mandelson, ultimately because everything in life’s wider context didn’t feel so desperately shit.
Until we have a political class brave enough to end the overspending, liberalise the labour market, and *actually* overhaul the planning system - we’re going to be stuck in this same psychodrama of doom.
Chris 2e retweeted
Incentives matter.
Gary admitted on Pier’s Morgan that he made around £2m as a trader. This may seem like a lot of money, but it’s not retirement money on the lifestyle he will maintain.
Gary needs to sell books and awareness. He’s spotted a vulnerability with a particular group so he sells emotional based economics. It isn’t actually economics, it’s whinging and victim culture.
His answers come down to socialism, but socialism harms the people he claims to want to help.
Gary is wrong. Don’t be a Gary.
Chris 2e retweeted
The Iranian regime executed a 19 year old for demanding democracy.
I stand with his memory and the thousands of other young Iranians.
Those who grieve the elimination of Iranian leaders over murdered protesters is telling.
Today, in Iran, in the middle of a war, the regime executed a 19-year-old national wrestling champion for the crime of joining January protests. 💔
After signaling to the world, including President @realDonaldTrump, that they would halt executions of protesters, the regime has done the exact opposite.
Three young protesters, Saleh Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghasemi, and Saeed Davoudi, were hanged in Qom after a sham trial.
Reports indicate torture. Forced confessions. No access to chosen lawyers. Closed-door proceedings. No right to appeal.
I call on @GlobalAthleteHQ to stand with Iranian athletes who are being silenced, imprisoned, and executed simply for raising their voices.
This is not just about sports. This is about human dignity.
Chris 2e retweeted
Hormuz is a weapon that can only be fired once
No one should expect a quick resolution to the current crisis, but across the next decade, even the next 3-5 years, the choke point of Hormuz will be massively substituted for
The Gulf Arab states are all very rich, with high per capita GDP - the best single measure of relative state capacity - easy access to global markets, especially financial, and have the favorable backing of the US
Everyone has known about the Hormuz vulnerability for decades. The Iranians have continually hinted around closing it, but never did. Now they have, but Hormuz is a gun that cannot be reloaded.
Deterrents work only up to the point of use. Once used, they have failed. The purpose of a deterrent is to *not* be used
Many analysts have made this basic mistake. They think that Iran is now in a position of strength, having exercised its Hormuz option. But the opposite is true. A state is weakest after it has used its deterrent. The cost of that deterrence is now priced in. The worst having been done, the targets of the deterrent are now free to make other arrangements. Before, they were reluctant to do so because of the switching costs. Now, they have no choice; they will not allow themselves to be controlled in this way again
Hormuz may never reopen. But the importance of this is a depreciating asset.
Chris 2e retweeted
My information consumption is now 1/4 X, 1/4 podcast interviews of the smartest practitioners, 1/4 talking to the leading AI models, and 1/4 reading old books. The opportunity cost of anything else is far too high, and rising daily.
Any minute now, the useful idiots in uk media will come out in support of the (murderous) Iranian regime
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Chris 2e retweeted
On a scale of 1 to 10—where 1 is fully retarded and 10 is brilliant—this analysis is a solid 1.
Congrats on the engagement.
Chris 2e retweeted
I don't understand how we're not having a global revolution right now.
There are 3 million files of documented evidence about powerful men who
Raped
Cannibalized
Trafficked
Filmed
Terrorized
Tortured
Murdered
13, 14, 15 year children!
And Zero arrests.
Chris 2e retweeted
Labour's terminal problem – for it will be terminal – is that, even though they are the most unpopular government in history, they still think they are the "light" & their opponents the "dark"
Oppose them, and you're racist
The embodiment of a political class completely out of touch with reality
Chris 2e retweeted
Iranians refuse to step on the American and Israeli flags and call a supporter of the Islamic Republic dishonorable for doing so.
If you’re wondering why the global left is completely silent about what’s happening in Iran, this is why. They know a free Iran would not only normalize relations with America and Israel, but become an ally.
They never cared about human rights. The only thing they want is to destroy America, the West, and Israel.
They know that with the Islamic regime gone, and unable to finance Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other terrorist organizations, that goal would become extremely difficult to achieve.
Chris 2e retweeted
Awkward moment for the BBC: having spent two years pumping out Hamas propaganda, they now must face Iranians bravely opposing the regime that funds it.
Chris 2e retweeted
It is important to note that vision only makes this kind of reasoning possible because the context is so dense.
LiDAR and radar would not give you enough resolution nor time to see these trails of road debris. At best, they need to pair with actual environmental photons to reason.
In the end, everything leads to vision.
FSD V14.2.1 avoids and swerves for a ton of road debris quicker and smoother than most drivers could. @teslasi