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Ex , now data . Care about meaning, food, music, econ & cities.

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Joined June 2012

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  1. Dec 19

    Like a cool drink of water in both its amazing clarity and insight porn nature. Steve Davies on the ongoing political realignment

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    Dec 17

    Wow - what a treat! Helped to eat a pig at St John, for the 2019 annual Westlake Dinner!

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  3. Dec 17

    Apparently it’s tradition for the host to carve the head meat. Don’t worry, I kept the brain intact so as not to risk any prions!

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  4. Dec 17
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  5. Dec 17

    The first annual Westlake Dinner in honour of . Stian, I realise this tribute is intangible, but you’re a capital fellow! – at St. John Bread & Wine

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    Dec 14
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    Dec 10

    And instead of democratic elections let’s just see who can “protest” the most on the streets. Sounds fun!

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    Dec 10

    Gilets Jaunes is exposing the intellectual frauds on the left and right whose actual ideological commitments are paper thin, and disappear as soon as a bit of strong horse direct action takes place.

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  9. Dec 5

    Hipsterism is also the radical belief that anything can be good (cf ) ie the new improving mentality. One era of Victorians was amazing enough - I am as excited as Ridley and Pinker for what a second wave could do!

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    Dec 4

    My paper with "Nominal GDP Targeting and the Taylor Rule on an Even Playing Field" is now forthcoming at the JMCB:

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  11. Dec 4

    The balaclava is a legitimate facial garment

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  12. Dec 2

    I usually outsource my opinion on all politicsy things + Brexit to Sam, so I guess I’m also in favour of a second referendum

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  13. Nov 30

    Whatever happened to Sah-B? She absolutely murders the other emcees on this. Her verse (third, starts 2:40) is GOAT level

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  14. Nov 29

    Who knew that a fairly under-the-radar ragga hip house track used the same sample as Britney's "Toxic", in the exact same way, to the point it was surely the inspiration, 7 years earlier

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    Feb 7

    My favourite vegetables: - ground, fermented, baked wheat seeds - potato stem tubers - concentrated, predigested grass stored in animal cells - purified sugar cane - extracted coffee bean essence - tea leaves, steeped in boiling water

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    Nov 28

    This has always been the case. At the turn of the (20th) century, every city with a population greater than 10,000 had at least one trolley system, almost all of them built by real estate speculators in order to bring value to developable land. (6/6)

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    Nov 27

    Why is the British Planning System so Peculiar – the Origin of ‘Planning Permission’?

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    25 Jul 2017

    My case against @AbiWilks: "Fine, clobber the rich, but not with an 100% inheritance tax"

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  19. Nov 26

    This paper is very good! (Perhaps I’m biased: I wrote the first draft of Appendix 3)

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    Nov 26

    New report from calls to make planning fairer and more predictable, calling for a rules-based system from 2030. How do we get there from here...?

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