I think we should seriously think about making public how much ministers are relying on LLMs.

I'm starting to warm up to the idea that politicians should have their "sponsors logos" sewn onto their clothes. Probably their party's sponsors too.

Today is "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" day!

Prisoner's dilemma, if the traitors are loyal they should win and share the prize. But have they lost trust or gotten greedy? Beyond the money, think also about two traitors making it through the entire series and no recruitments #thetraitors #thetraitorsuk

True love is when someone has something to eat in their hands

“How to Talk Minnesotan” is intended to be comedic but I recommend it for every autistic transplant, because no one will explain any of this to you, they’ll just get mad at you and you won’t know why. This outright just tells you the unspoken rules and everything makes so much more sense after that

Latest knitting project T-4, front and back done, snout crocheted, nose and eyes embroidered, ears made with intarsia this time, and mostly stitched up ready for stuffing

I prefer red wine but this is my favourite Chardonnay, buttery and delicious. I'd forego many reds for this. breadandbutterwines.com/wines/

Christmas dinner, roast chicken, mash, duck fat roast potatoes and parsnips, pan roasted carrots and sprouts, braised red cabbage, tender stem broccoli, pigs in blankets, pork stuffing, and chicken gravy. With some Bread and Butter Chardonnay (delicious) A lot of effort for one but so worth ut

I've been learning how to knit, these are the first two things I've knitted (I know, I should have started with a scarf). Trying to replicate my old teddy bear my mum knitted for me and there is no pattern to work from They're not perfect but they've taught me so much, even a bit of basic crochet.

The first step of course is to watch this wonderful video by @ramsesthepigeon.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxfx... >

Only 2 days to go before the media can start speculating again on what Reeves will do in the next budget

I wrote a long feature for @prospectmagazine.co.uk earlier this autumn about how the stats we rely on for our national debate are falling apart, and that basically no-one is doing anything much to address it. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/busine...

A really interesting article from the 1940s and relevant to modern times, the personality types are still around harpers.org/archive/1941...

Bought a harmonica last week, going through some tutorials. Starting to get the hang of some of the very basics. Tried playing single notes and drawing hole 2 is so hard but videos and a lot of relaxation and practice and I can almost get a clean note (nearly as clean as other notes). Long way to go

Once more into the Cinnamon Parkin dear friends, once more

Had the most frustrating time this morning trying to get a taxi. Booked at 9am to be somewhere at 10am. App estimated 10 mins for pickup, at that time of the morning it's a 25 min journey but I allowed 25 mins of buffer. Taxi was assigned and 2 mins away for 20 mins. Finally a taxi arrived at 9:55

First time trying this recipe for a Cinnamon Buttermilk Pie, I think the oven was too hot. Hopefully it will still be tasty

Simple dinner tonight of homemade spicy tomato soup (a bit too spicy perhaps) with cheese and pickle toastie

Made pasta today, the white sauce today, made the Ragu yesterday, assembled this afternoon, going into the oven shortly... It's been a long time since I tried making a lasagne from scratch, hope it works out... Check back later

Another attempt at cinnamon parkin baked

Someone visited my parents (80 yrs old this year) from BRSK. He convinced them to sign for phone line/internet with them on the spot, being fitted tomorrow Sounds a bit manipulative "BT can't cope" & "we're in the area Monday, so if you sign up quick we can fit you in" Does anyone know about BRSK?

Trying something out, a cinnamon variant of Parkin... Self-raising flour, oats, light brown sugar, butter, golden syrup, a bit of nutmeg, a decent amount of cinnamon Tried a little bit and it's quite tasty, may have to tweak the recipe a little

Trying out my Parkin recipe before the proper Parkin season comes along, might have made them a bit thick (took a lot longer to cook than expected) but I did mess up the recipe a bit

Wow the UK government wants us to delete old emails and pictures to "save water" that is used to cool data centres. I'm still trying to find out how many do I need to delete to match one shower? www.gov.uk/government/n...

I have a friend who is really into AI, I think I frustrate him by my complete and total lack of enthusiasm for it. The ChatGPT 5 announcement has him very excited. I'm biting my tongue a lot right now

Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet. IG risolve

Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄 This was initially published in @thetimes and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc Let’s take a look….👀 🧵 1/26 (1/1)

This is a concentration camp. Call it Alligator Auschwitz, because that's what it is. This is America. Never forget and never forgive the people who allowed this to happen.

😲SHOCK: Working People Should "Lower Expectations" - in latest #BrokenNews report. Please share this vital update.

It is 22 years ago today that my best friend, Nick Everton, died. He was 17 years old. Not much time to leave a mark on the world you would think. But those of us who knew him came away irreversibly altered by even the short time we shared together.... 🧵

I wonder how long this feud will go on for, too early to call it #elongate 'd yet

Star Warts

Spaghetti alla nerano with a roast chicken breast, inspired by Stanley Tucci

typical corrupt science

Phew...

Unpopular opinion: Ban opinion polls! They become the news and distort the news. Topic A is put cynically in the news (mostly by right wingers). A is polled as a big issue because it is in the news a lot. Politicians panic and introduce new policies which puts it back in the news

Starmer seems to be saying Farage is right on all the culture war issues and economically he is trying to match the Tories so... Is there a Labour-Tory merger or a Labour-Reform merger on the cards? or perhaps all three could merge into one giant right wing party?

Interesting article about how the tech oligarchs are reshaping the world www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It's Tom Holland lip-sync day... There is some crazy law of nature that it is impossible not watch this multiple times if I see it on my timeline

"The Labour party’s current course is creating the conditions for the Faragists to thrive and drag politics even further rightwards." Keir Starmer's former adviser Simon Fletcher on where Labour is going wrong bylinetimes.com/2025/05/02/l...

Now with alt text. Thank you BFI 🖤

Buttermilk chicken pakoras, red lentil dal, and a mint and coriander chutney... Very tasty but now I want to play with the recipes

“Performing” teams aren’t teams without conflict. They are teams that have so much practice with conflict they make navigating it look easy.

drop whatever you’re doing and watch this video on the curta calculator i don’t know what i imagined when i read pattern recognition but this wasn’t it

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Looking at CSS I can't help but instinctively read "!important" as "not important" and have to correct myself

I swear, the longer you look at this, the worse it gets…