I learned this fact about medieval war “horses” about halfway through writing a medieval biopic for my MA, and it made it so hard to finish because I kept giggling through the battle scenes.

Tangential to DLSS 5 yassification: I demoed a project using Nvidia's genAI NPC tech a few years ago, and one of the things the dev told me they were working on was fixing gender bias that was baked into the AI. They had a female character named Iron, but the AI kept using 'he' to describe her.

Fun and successful evening #geomobLON #geo100

This is excellent news, although following on from both Mary Berry and Prue Leith, she has some pretty big Chouxs to fill.

So here’s why Palantir is keen to get its mitts on UK health data, possibly at a ‘best in market’ price… so it’s all ready to offer a Farage Fascism App with address data that people have to keep up to date for their health…

The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact. The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC

In celebration of #GISDay I'm delighted to share the winners of the #GEO100 2025. Go to www.geo100.com/geo100_2025 to view the full list! 🎉 🙌 And if you're not in this year's list, make sure to get your nomination in early next year! #awards #geospatial #gisday

Let's be clear: The flood of hatred sloshing across Britain right now is 100% a product of the political and media elite scapegoating minorities for the harms that those elites have visited upon the country.

She's a great rider, but we do need to acknowledge how well-trained that chicken is.

Last call for ratings on our #GMTKjam submission… if you get five minutes between now and 6pm we’d love your feedback!

The tone of this is just 🤌💋 ...

How brilliant is this www.weregildcalculator.com

And scoring is LIVE! If you spare a few minutes it would be amazing if you could play and rate our #GMTKJam submission. It’s a nice, creepy little time capsule. Enjoy! itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

And that’s a second #GMTKJam completed! All code and design by eldest (15) and this year youngest (13) got involved too and made all the art.🎨 My role this year limited to QA and keeping everyone fed and motivated. 🥪 So proud of the little slice of digital playfulness they’ve made 🙌👾

Great piece from @barneyronay.bsky.social today. Captures this summer’s silly season *perfectly*. @stevenfeldman.bsky.social @daveafloyd.bsky.social

I've made a browser extension that replaces _that_ dot with a random emoji. github.com/symroe/GOV.U...

So, a few weeks ago I thought it would be fun to run a community awards programme for folks in the UK geospatial sector - from established leaders to the brilliant individuals who contribute so much (but don’t always get the credit!). So here it is 🤗 Apply now or nominate a colleague! www.geo100.com

Chefs kiss. No notes.

Amazing

I fear I’ll be using this sentence a lot if the IveAI thing takes off…

My biggest advice to new managers relates to this: Create safe spaces for failure. People have to fail to learn. They have to fail to innovate. They have to be confident they can fail to report issues. The happiest and most effective teams are ones that treat failure as a necessary part of the job.

Someone’s dad got a bit too ambitious with the den building…

How does the new Pope like his Pizza? Deep pan, crisp and even #Chicago

Sorry for venting but another example today of how What3Words have engineered an over reliance on their platform in UK emergency services. Came across a car which was up on the verge at a strange angle, obviously not parked - 3 cars ahead of us drove past it but experience makes me always check.

It's What3Words accounts filing day 🎉 The good news! They reduced yearly losses to £10.6m from £16.4m, and turnover increased from £1m to £2.1m! The bad news! They achieved this by laying off 36 staff, and that £1m increase is probably from a single EU client. They have £15m in assets remaining

[EN] 1/2 Since 2016, Twitter (now X) has been our primary platform for sharing the objectives and activities of Geochicas. However, on March 31, 2025, we will be closing our account. Moving forward, you can follow us and stay connected on Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Mastodon.

@lauredm.bsky.social just wanted to let you know how much my 12yo daughter *loved* Botany Manor. It’s a really special piece of work. ✨ Can’t wait to see what you and the Balloon Studios come up with next!

This is superb!

I missed this absolute gem of a post the first time around. Even more applicable today as we try to extract value from AI.

Every single person is of huge and equal worth. I need to keep saying that, because some pop by to tell me I'm being prejudiced if I don't fantasise that half of autistic ppl are 'severe' (severe= whatever they think it means at the time). Nope. It's about correct provision of correct services/

My big project: The Death Generator. It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything. deathgenerator.com

Does HS2 have a future? And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?

In matters of map-based data graphics it’s good advice to always start with @kennethfield.bsky.social

This video stirred a surprising amount of controversy on Twitter. So I want to talk about how to think about the fit of men's pants. 🧵 www.tiktok.com/@wisdm8/vide...

Oh my days. Those are beautiful 🤩 #MapSky will love this…

thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion" (more examples below)

🧵[1/44] Ok, let's get started 😊🛰️ Most of You already know me, so there's no need to introductions. I'll start with a megathread of my favourite satellite pics processed by me in 2024. Various dates, most of them were taken by Sentinel-2.

You had me at Tiger.

Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues

🧵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

Alex Notay dropping truth bombs in the opening keynote today at #GeoCom24

Heading into London for the #geocom24 conference organised by @geocommunity.bsky.social. Quite like this schematic map on the station platform. Strong retro sci-fi vibes. Will ask @kennethfield.bsky.social to critique later!

Post four indie games you think more people should have played * Lorelei and the Laser Eyes * Genesis Noir * Planet of Lana * Tiny Glade

Re-e-wind, when crowd say Mode SELECTOR

I have a little eINK display that I've turned into a badge. I just change the pics on it everyday. Black and Red. Sometimes comes out very well.

I joined a place full of fascinating and obscure explorations of literature, philosophy, semiotics and medievalism. It was some kind of Eco chamber.

Awesome. Top marks for the Multipass option. I love colour eink displays. Something really appealing about the slightly lo-fi, almost analogue look and feel. This is a wireless picture frame I made last year. Much nicer than an LCD 😁