BBC apologises to Basil Fawlty for edits that make him look like a nasty incompetent snob https://newsthump.com/2025/11/13/bbc-apologises-to-basil-fawlty-for-edits-that-make-him-look-like-a-nasty-incompetent-snob/

YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP. Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people ...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business" It's £10ph FFS! Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger DO YOU SEE IT NOW? Spread far & wide. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

Never flying Boeing again. This is a new issue, not the original "plane ignores pilot input and flies into the ground" issue. youtube.com/shorts/eAhUy...

Picard civics tip: When a foreign power has wormed its way into your institution's highest office, it is every officer's duty to resist.

I only knew the modern meaning of "Luddite" until recently. Turns out, the Luddites were badass, actually. So you get a thread! And now you'll know too!

UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 : Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn** Don't believe the wind power haters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

TDD isn't about writing code first — it's about thinking first https://qualitycoding.org/describe-test-plain-english/

STEAM PRELOAD FOR BLOODLINES 2 IS UP

I can heartily recommend Boost Blue on iPhone and iPad, and I trust that it’s equally good on Android. Base version is free and the premium version is 33% off for a year.

To celebrate Bluesky sharing Boost’s iPad announcement and to welcome all our new users, I’m making Boost’s yearly plan 33% off for your first year! This offer will only last a week, so don’t miss out!

stop the online age verification stampede now. it is Bad.

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

Now that Boost Blue is fully supported on both iPhone and iPad, and synchronises your "last read" point seamlessly, I have no hesitation recommending it to anyone on those platforms. It's way better than the default BlueSky app, which frankly sucks on iPad. No connection except as a happy user.

asking permission from car owners to use their catalytic converters would kill the stealing catalytic converter industry

@theoatmeal.bsky.social absolutely nailing the sadness in AI art and dissecting the myth of “talent” in art/artist discourse. Art is "emotional nutrition" and "consuming AI art is like eating Styrofoam." theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

v2.0.1 is live! This version includes: - Several bug fixes - In app browser/external browser setting - Ability to mute/block users from a post's ... button #buildinpbulic #flutter #mobiledev

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Boost Blue's iPad update is live!!! Download: onelink.to/boost-blue #atproto #iPad #ios Before and after:

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Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

Larry Ellison has given nearly half a billion dollars to Tony Blair's institute. Now, why do you think he'd do that..? Terrific piece by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news

Step-daughter (aged 20) is now in Uni and bringing a boyfriend home for Christmas, which of course we applaud. Wow time flies by so fast.

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My mom's been telling me horror stories from her work because she writes technical reports where precise word choices matter a lot actually, and has been running into the issue that those reports now keep being "enhanced" by AI that actually completely changes the meaning being conveyed.

The way you can now put a simple idea into an LLM to have it spit out a bunch of words that express roughly the same idea, but with some random shit added to it, probably isn't good for the whole "words have meanings and are chosen on purpose, figure out what that purpose was" angle of text analysis

Most people cannot name a single astronomer. If I could change that to one person it would be Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. I've never read her thesis. I think I'll fix that.

While I am no fan of pharma companies and Tylenol does have some health issues involved with it, the drug has no practical connection with autism and I hope Johnson & Johnson sue the dickens out of RFK Jr. (and Trump once he leaves office).

Listen to Pete.

Picard strategy tip: When an egotistical, malevolent person tells you their dangerous intent, believe them.

Have Reform been asked if forcing all foreign nationals with settled status to apply for a new temporary status really does mean renewing on & tearing up the UK/EU citizens agreements after Brexit? I would exoect/hope they would quickly exempt EU settled status from this

Anyway, if you've made it this far, join me for an online concert on Oct. 12th, or hit me up on Bandcamp or Patreon. mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/rain-b... Still writing goofy little songs to make you laugh and cry, just like I always have. Love y'all <3

Oh yay! A Marian Call concert! She has a lovely voice and writes great music including nerd anthems. All y'all should tune in.

“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

Oh this is very cool #MathNerds

South Korean culture has these strange customs that Americans find hard to understand. For instance, their last president was impeached for using the military to subvert democracy, then arrested, and is now facing trial.

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

o7 @cmdrbuur.bsky.social We've been implementing FD's buttonMap format and the results are impressive. You just add this "DeviceButtomMaps" directory to your bindings dir, & BAM full descriptions in-game, complete with icons. We are adding new button maps rapidly! github.com/EDCD/EliteCu...

Here is an interesting video presenting a detailed look at Nigel Farage’s past, including allegations of racism, financial controversies and far-right connections. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfyi...

Looks like every #NASA website is down 🤔

Reform UK disgusts me on every level

You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Boost Blue is live! Boost Blue is an alternative Bluesky client that supports: - Persisted reading position - Repost muting by user - Drafts - Bookmarks - Spoilers - Hyperlinks Available for both iOS and Android!! #buildinpublic #flutter #atproto #mobiledev #sideproject

Just checking….Are we absolutely certain that the British patriots are the people who hate British cities, British law, British judges , British democracy, the British civil service, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and large swathes of the British people?

1.10.0 is live! This release includes support for syncing data between devices (reading position, bookmarks, drafts, settings, etc), and release of the paid plan for Boost Blue. I have a longer announcement about the premium plan in the app, or you can read it here: #buildinpublic #sideproject

Picard management tip: Forgive.

Not to add to the discourse, but… It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’ It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’ It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’ It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’ It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’