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UK Head of Methods at Verian, but not entirely defined by that. Tend to tangent.
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I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

submitted 3 days ago • 77 comments

I imagine Liverpool's are much the same. If you don't say the magic words, the team will collapse.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Am I alone in thinking a points gap has only narrowed (or expanded) after both teams have played their games?

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Presumably these people are smart in some way, but they are also incredibly naive. Young programmer, ignore these fools!

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Whoever signed this off needs to be removed from their position within the Labour Party.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

These Musk guys in their 20s are banking on pardons they won't get.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

This is the Martin Wolf/Dune crossover event I have been waiting for. www.ft.com/content/0ca2...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

An article to elicit the response 'did an AI write this?'

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Last year I bought a set of fancy headphones: brilliant sound but the playback kept cutting out and I couldn't work out why. Turns out the default setting is to pause playback if you say anything out loud. Or sing along.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Unfortunately, I'm beginning to mentally equate the term 'AI' with all the slop that's making the internet worse. 'AI' powers a lot more than just slop, but if it's widely associated with slop, people may think the government credulous for backing it so strongly.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Another win for the magic beans people.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

What would be the real risk to the UK if government ministers publicly asked Trump to comment on Musk's 'interventions'? Without Trump's backing, Musk is just another white supremacist fantasist best ignored rather than discussed. With it, we're in a different place altogether.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

The in-depth article attached to this post is well worth a read. I have found it hard to articulate my thoughts - really, feelings - about (aspects of) AI without sounding like a fuddy duddy. This is much more compelling than anything I've managed to say...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

There are still people on X - and not on Bluesky - that I'd like to hear from. I've now downloaded my post history & deactivated my X account but it's a wrench to lose their voices. (Turns out my red line was 'genocidal rape apologist')

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

SCORPION: Can I sit on your back so we can get across the river? SCORPION 2: OK *they go into the river* SCORPION: Hang on, we're sinking SCORPION 2: Yeah, I can't swim, I'm a scorpion SCORPION: omg you know what this is BOTH: This is a woke globalist frog conspiracy *they sting each other*

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

I can't get my head around how the researchers at Meta concluded there was a demand for this from humans. (Unless 'demand' is solely measured by the number of humans telling these bots to f*** off.)

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

My eldest discovered this terrible truth because Amazon insisted on a very wide default notification strategy that included the kids' kindle fire tablets. Once he'd received from Santa a notification gift, the jig was up.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Today's dream-sequence headline from @scmpnews.bsky.social

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment