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James O'Malley

@jamesomalley.co.uk

@Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.

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I'm very sorry everyone but I, a British man in Britain, have written a take about American politics. The rationale for dumping Biden is unassailable: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/bye-then-b...
The rationale for dumping Biden is unassailabletakes.jamesomalley.co.uk What Americans should learn from British politics
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Excellent piece on why it’s so hard to get digital projects off the ground in government.
Here's your lunchtime reading! If you want to understand how Whitehall really works, you'll enjoy this piece by @sillypunk.bsky.social (which is FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/why-fixing...
Why fixing government tech is a nightmare (but not impossible)takes.jamesomalley.co.uk Government is an antipattern
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NEW: Why fixing government tech is a nightmare (but not impossible) A (FREE TO READ!) guest post from government digital veteran @Liz_Lutgendorff that’s packed with insight on what it’s *actually* like building digital public services. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/why-fixing...
Why fixing government tech is a nightmare (but not impossible)takes.jamesomalley.co.uk Government is an antipattern
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Just published my new mini-newsletter on how I'd win #eurovision for Britain. (Also featuring a cool robot dog, drone warfare and a surprising story about Neil Armstrong!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/odds-and-e...
Odds and Ends #37: How I'd win Eurovision for Britaintakes.jamesomalley.co.uk Plus Neil Armstrong's Nepo-Baby Vacation, and a clever AI robot dog
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Two short local election takes from me: 🥀 How not to lose your mind if Sadiq Khan loses 💩 The death of Matt Goodwin's "realignment" Read it here: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/odds-and-e...
Odds and Ends #36: Don't lose your mind if Sadiq Khan losestakes.jamesomalley.co.uk Plus the death of Matt Goodwin's "realignment".
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I’ve been thinking much the same (but in a different direction). Who will be the last human to write the background music for a film? Director: “Can you make this bit more scary?” AI: here you are Human: I’ll be back in a couple of days
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