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submitted 316 days ago • 4 comments

This tracks with my gut feeling that AI is the new 3D movies - a fad that the industry is trying to force onto consumers because they’ve already spent vast amounts of money on the underlying tech. There are a few genuinely good/memorable uses (ala Avatar/Gravity) and the rest is forgettable dreck.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

We have a copy of this book to give away. To be in with a chance to win, repost this message Sentencing Principles, Procedure and Practice 2025 Winner, randomly chosen, will be announced on 17th January

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

So... Remember that guy who took Newport Council to court for £600m because he accidentally threw out the hard drive with his bitcoin private key on it? Judge just summarily dismissed his case. And even if you're not a lawyer, the judgement is a pretty fun read... /1

submitted 77 days ago • 36 comments

Well, now I have a word for this, at least! 😅

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

No wonder Musk wants to keep the reasons for the crashes secret despite hundreds of crashes. TESLA suggests the data is proprietary… but this YouTube report suggests that it over relying on cameras rather than eg radar …LIDAR (which is very expensive …but used by other car manufacturers)

submitted 81 days ago • 8 comments

In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change

submitted 87 days ago • 47 comments

The Hawk Tuah Memecoin Rug Pull Is The Apotheosis Of Bag Culture - defector.com/the-hawk-tua...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Outliving the people whose bylines are on your obituary is an absolutely titanic flex

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer

submitted 94 days ago • 265 comments

There still ain’t no high like a trial win high. 😁

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

As if to illustrate the point, I've just had another trial listing for June 2027. Both the weather, and my spirits, are quite gloomy today... 😔

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

A rare piece and interview from @legalhackette.bsky.social with a well-liked, hugely-respected judge who recently retired. Unrivalled insight into the system as it slowly, but surely, breaks.

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

Where’s the second dog that says “you should be doing it every day”

submitted 121 days ago • 5 comments

Webcam not working today for my prison conference. Fine, just add it to the long, long list of broken things. Same issue later with my CVP hearing. Managed to get through it ok on mic alone, then finished & realised I’d done the whole thing still wearing my wig and robe. To an audience of none. 🤦‍♂️

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

“From three friends in high places to essentially zero is quite the feat of statecraft.” Ouch. Janah Ganesh in FT today: How Britain squandered the best hand in the world on.ft.com/3AP6eOO

submitted 127 days ago • 22 comments

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14

submitted 129 days ago • 193 comments

So, uh, unexpected snow day anyone? (In November?!)

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

Wow, this is so hardcore!

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

Ahahahaha - looking forward to see what The Onion does with this!

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

Forget darkest timeline. This is, in fact, the dumbest.

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

This is indeed quite something.

submitted 136 days ago • 0 comments

My friend @iandunt.bsky.social let me borrow his substack to write about the Trumpian Tariffs, their Brexit parallels, and what it all could mean for the UK and the world. Finally, a return on investment for my endless patience teaching him about comic books. iandunt.substack.com/p/guestpost-...

submitted 136 days ago • 21 comments

It's Remembrance Day, and I'm invariably reminded of the Blackadder finale, which remains one of the finest pieces of tragicomic commentary on the futility of war (in addition to being one of the all-time great series finales). Good luck everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgyB...

submitted 136 days ago • 0 comments

Sunday evening homework club. At least the company is pleasant. =]

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

Finally deactivated and deleted my Twitter/X account. Long past due, though I'd only kept it open for monitoring purposes through the US election. There's nothing of value there now.

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

George Conway isn’t pulling any punches here and all of this is true

submitted 141 days ago • 9 comments

Eloquently put. Worth a read.

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

"I think this will go very bad, and the near future will likely be darker than anything most living Americans have ever experienced. I hope I’m wrong, more than I’ve ever hoped to be wrong in my life. I really don’t think I am."

submitted 141 days ago • 57 comments

I see I’ve woken up in the darkest timeline again. Ugh…

submitted 142 days ago • 0 comments

On excluding AI from Google search...

submitted 144 days ago • 5 comments

👋 hello to my new followers from over the weekend. I assume Elon did something else silly to further alienate the dwindling number of decent people left on the hellsite… Anyways, you’ll find the vibe here much improved - I’m certainly not going back. Hope ya’ll have a good week. ✌️

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments

England's criminal courts are in disarray. If you are victim of a crime now, and the police catch the suspect and the CPS charges them, the trial may not take place until 2027. My essay for this weekend's FT on how this happened and what might fix it on.ft.com/401MjpS

submitted 166 days ago • 10 comments

This is some top tier trolling of Trump/Musk by the Cards Against Humanity team, lol.

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

Another Sunday evening wasted prepping for a trial that was then unable to proceed today. No prosecutor, and no spare courtroom. At least this case has been relisted next year, so will only be checks notes 4 years old before the trial is heard...

submitted 200 days ago • 1 comment

Okay I think you are ready for this BlueSky. Let's talk cheese history. More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain. This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵

submitted 209 days ago • 76 comments

Happy #caturday I don’t know what he’s plotting, but it’s definitely something… #proofofcat

submitted 209 days ago • 0 comments

Well, it happened. Today I received my first trial listing for 2027. For a 3 day trial, with defendant on bail. What a joke. #thelawisbroken

submitted 213 days ago • 2 comments

If you’ve not visited the site before, can I recommend this livecam of a watering hole in the Namib desert? It’s fascinating and hypnotic in equal measure. Currently watching an ostrich and an oryx :-) #nature #Namibia #Africa www.youtube.com/live/ydYDqZQ...

submitted 214 days ago • 0 comments

Hello to all my new followers, who join me just in time for a thrilling evening of catching up on my ironing. 😋#theglamourouslifeofanadvocate

submitted 214 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 215 days ago • 8 comments