Plus what I've been vibe-coding, and how I know I'm still mad about Brexit.
**POD! **On this week, Martin and I look at Zack Polanski’s claims about the price of food, and I make myself popular by defending, er, the Big Supermarket. Then we speak to the excellent
YIMBY Pod Thomas Ableman about how the Swiss would have built HS2 completely differently.
Listen here, or wherever you get your pods! Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen this week - plus some shorter takes.
If everything goes to plan, I should have a very cool story later this week, but in the meantime, here’s a slightly more James-heavy Odds and Ends than usual, as this time I’m featuring: My latest vibe-coding adventure
My take on the “is SpaceX overvalued?” debate
A scary picture of what Europe’s AI future could look like, if we don’t fix it
The Brexit documentary that made me mad
And some good
and badnews about climate change.
Now let’s get started!
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