Archive - Odds and Ends of History

The left is missing out on AI (Odds and Ends #87)

Plus middle-class conspiracism, scarily impressive humanoid robots, and rewiring the Civil Service

Feb 20 • James O'Malley

How I've used AI to improve my work

My adventures in vibe coding

Feb 17 • James O'Malley

Europe needs better rockets

Plus how just one complaint killed a neighbour battery project in Banbury, and Zion Lights on why Energy is Life!

Feb 16 • James O'Malley

Jon Stewart is bad again (Odds and Ends #86)

Plus zombie stats about driverless cars, and how Andy Burnham is stealing my ideas

Feb 13 • James O'Malley

Can Reform ever be YIMBY?

Feb 11 • James O'Malley

Does AI make you stupid?

Plus why northern trains might be considered value for money now

Feb 9 • James O'Malley

Theories of power, cattle grids and a blep (Odds and Ends #85)

My round-up of the most interesting links I've seen recently.

Feb 7 • James O'Malley

What even is an 'AI growth zone', anyway?

I figured it out so ChatGPT doesn't have to.

Feb 6 • James O'Malley

Universal's troubled waters

Plus James gets on his high horse at the London Assembly

Feb 2 • James O'Malley

January 2026

Matt Goodwin's ideas are a dead end

Revolting on the right

Jan 28 • James O'Malley

Nobody in Britain is going to see the new Melania movie – I've crunched the data to prove it

I really don't care, do u?

Jan 27 • James O'Malley

NIMBYs vs Bristol Zoo

Plus fixing a broken Civil Service, and building an electricity cable from Britain to Texas

Jan 26 • James O'Malley

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