Glorious

Happy place

Does the FIFA peace prize mean so little?

This’ll do for the night.

What do you mean we are suggestible…?? What do you mean you just ordered Dominos because the leaflet came through the door today? How *munches pizza* dare you!?

Probably not a good time to watch “Nuremberg” given the US is beyond that particular point in the process… (not the trials, the Nazi declarations delivered there)

Stomach bug been and gone. Still feel a little odd but ploughing on!

Blog Comments vs Social Media Have we lost the power of kind words with the death of blogging comments? Is that why the world is on fire?

Updated 6nations table

BAFTA’s thing is bothering me so bear with. My take. The BAFTA incident was racist in impact. That word isn’t just ‘a word’… it carries centuries of violence and dehumanisation. People being angry or shaken by it is completely justified. 1/5

Drove past the bus stop and saw a row of school kids, sat in silence reading their phones. Not sharing a single cigarette they bought from the newsagent for 10p, not stabbing each other with maths compasses, not kicking the back of each other knees so they fell over. WE USED TO BE A COUNTRY.

In my (not v. representative) cohort of friends (mostly women/NB, professional, elder Millennial/younger Gen X) apart from the odd bit of oblig LinkedIn, everyone's checking out of social media. Can't be bothered with here or Mastodon, fed up of Insta/TikTok. Mostly doing Vinted and a few podcasts.

There must be a way to stop people following me if the ratio of Following to Followers is “wrong”. 12.4K following, 508 followers, for example.

This, too, is part of the performance of make-believe in superintelligence. AI people have accelerated into the public cosplay of playing dress-up with dolls with the hopes that this ritual performance will keep the economy from crashing.

People don't want data centers polluting their cities. They don't want masked thugs terrorizing their neighbors. They don't want warehouses being turned into ICE prisons. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Monday done. Went to gym this morning. Vera filled with LPG. Discussed large scanner installation at work (forklift time!), and Jack and I just went round the block a few times on our bikes. It’s these quiet gentle days I enjoy the most.

Week 8 Notes Still not 100% sure about this format, maybe it needs to be fortnightly. Monthly? We will see. Life As well as this blog I am writing a story (dare I say “novel”?). I’ve got two others unfinished but this one feels more suited to me. It’s set along the West Highland Way in Scotland.…

Always good to catch up with my pal Andi. She’s a good ‘un and I’m not JUST saying that cos she bought me a very tasty biscuit.

There were more viewers of the curling last night than Britain’s Got Talent.

How do the 2026 F1 cars compare to 2025? "We can see that the 2025 car reaches its peak only at the very end of the straight, just before the braking zone. "The 2026 car hits its top speed roughly halfway down the straight, after which its velocity begins to dwindle." [Link in first comment]

Made it to the second cup of coffee (whilst he snacks on popcorn, a recent discovery that he is demolishing with intent!)

Maybe they should go down the hill, like everyone else?

I love waking up and doomscrolling the latest from the USA (U!S!A! U!S!A!). No hang on, not love. Loathe. What a shitshow.

Hey @wired.com how about you do a fucking story about, I dunno, how straight white men basically control tech and in fact 99% of all large American companies?

everyone loved the tech industry's free music and friendship machines of 20-30 years ago. it's unclear what could be causing people to feel the opposite about the industry's new racism and insanity machine

They talk about “smart” like it’s the only thing to aspire too. When an AI company starts talking about empathy and caring and kindness to all, I may start listening. Until then, it’s all dick waving over who is the smartest (aka eventually the richest) and it’s so so dull.

Bums. What a last stone by the Canadian skipper though.

Was on edge of my seat for the Scottish rugby game earlier. Now on the edge of my seat for the Scottish curling Gold Medal game (TeamGB whatever…)

Face painted courtesy of my 4 yr old (Saltire courtesy of my wife…)

Ooooft. What a game. Not sure who deserved to win that one but we’ll take it! #WalvsSco #6Nations

Well done Ireland, well deserved that win! Now, big second half for Scotland ahead. Wales much improved. What a competition. #6Nations

Messy game, mistakes are gonna decide it I think #EngvsIre

⬇️ Inflation down ⬇️ Interest rates down ⬇️ Borrowing down ⬆️ Retail sales up ⬆️ UK fastest growing European G7 economy #Labour

Saturday morning. Wife is at work, so just me and the boy who wants to play hide and seek, and then cars. I’m pottering about and can hear his conversations between the cars. My heart overfloweth.

Had the window open earlier, a nice couple of hours without meetings so head down with some overdue work. Except the guys across the street, fitting a kitchen I think, were in a smoke break and one of them had THE MOST ANNOYING BRAYING LAUGH IN THE WORLD. I closed my window.

Did a gym. Home with coffee now. Little bar of Dairy Milk treat too (cos I did a gym, it's all about balance people!). And then to work, and I may be noodling with AI today. See what it can help me do.

So true, the writing is exceptional but ohhh my heart.

TO THE GYM, HUZZAH!!! (Hey, fake it til you make it, right?)

Need to work more movement into my Tuesdays and Thursdays. Too easy to get focussed on work and realise I’ve barely moved for 2 hours. Too old for that!

"See you on the inside"

Hey @sevitz.com !!

This is beautiful.

Advertise your accent with a GIF

A new Jill Scott album! Huzzah!!!

Yes. I read the Guardian headline and subtitle twice and still flummoxed. 🤷‍♂️

I’m guessing tomorrow is when the insurance assessor looks at our little Mini Cooper and performs the last rites. Only got him (Melville) in October but what a great wee car. Did 110,000 miles and was still going strong!