28 Years Later (Odds and Ends #69)

A post that – surprisingly – isn't about HS2.

28 years later… there were YouTubers.

POD! Don’t forget to check out this week’s episode of The Abundance Agenda, where we dig into what went wrong with HS2, the downstream consequences of autonomous cars – and talk to technologist Tom Forth about his ideas for the National Data Library. Listen on Apple, Spotify or Substack.

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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-regular selection of the most interesting links I’ve seen recently, plus some shorter takes of my own.

This week, I’m featuring:

• Yet another unforeseen consequence of Britain’s lack of energy investment

• The disturbing phenomenon of mainstream political figures adopting the “White British” dog-whistle

• My pitch for how 28 Years Later could have been done better

• How Britain can’t even do its election paperwork quickly

• The most annoying news I’ve seen this month

• And a pitch-perfect pastiche of the nu-metal of my youth

So let’s get started!