NFTs are jut starting to mature @mrjamesob.bsky.social New UK Property (Digital Assets etc) Bil lets companies tokenise real IP (algorithms, trade secrets, proprietary processes) as immutable digital assets. Not cartoon monkeys but auditable IP that can be sold, licensed or used as collateral.

Sure, the world feels like it's going to shit but I've just spent the last 30 mins designing a potion for a slime monster. Nose bogies 1 💧 of slime Ear wax Spit bubbles Vomit Kids are the best 🥰

Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the cars of 4x4! It's a poor attempt of the two stories @mrjamesob.bsky.social

The sad part for me @mrjamesob.bsky.social is half of my wifey family will have thought this speech was good. It's going to get worse isn't it?!

I heard @mrjamesob.bsky.social discovered an old London double decker bus in the Arctic #SeeingIsBelieving

I'm in a room on my own @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Hold your noses and check out the Watershed Pollution Map to see where untreated poop was dumped into rivers, lakes and seas near you, for a record 3.61 million hours last year... watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-ou...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I hear the doubts. I hear the anger. I hear the voices saying, Why should I fight for a country that has failed me? That has made it too hard to earn a good living, to buy a home, to feel like the promises of the past still mean anything. 1/n

You're supposed to be serious at this stage @mrjamesob.bsky.social not be doing the hokey cokey!

I was brutally attacked by one of these buggers in Aberystwyth when eating my chips @mrjamesob.bsky.social That's a pretty exotic location for a Midlander in this economy #TriggerWarning

Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

It's alright @mrjamesob.bsky.social I thought Starmer did good but after that appalling treatment towards Zelenskyy earlier, the UK should now rescind the second state visit offer and stand firmly with Europe and Ukraine. No more playing both sides, we need to choose and we need to choose Europe.

This is the kind of stuff that I can get behind it our country for ❤️

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What Europe should do RIGHT NOW: Make it extremely easy for US scientists to get long-term visa, create as many additional research jobs in key areas as possible, create new, generous science and research funds. People are losing their jobs over there NOW. Let‘s welcome them.

It's obviously more complex than a message on here but as an argument for legalising drugs @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social a strong argument to legalise some drugs in The Lancet, or flip it to say make alcohol illegal. Great show, as always

Missing word @mrjamesob.bsky.social it's got to be a therapist for people afraid of dogs! #NoMoreRuffDays

Kemi's speech @mrjamesob.bsky.social simply pulls on emotions (fear; anger, definance) and this hyperbole will stir a sub-group to be unhappy and want change. It's poor rabble rousing James, provoke emotions and plant the seed of anger/distrust in the status quo

Promise made. Promise kept. 🚑 Labour has delivered 2 million extra NHS appointments in just five months - seven months ahead of schedule ✅

"Can you eat somebody if they are already dead?" Nobody quite prepares you for the questions kids ask eh?! 😬

And the cool thing is that this petition is now on 113,000… Crossing the 100K mark only accelerated it. 🚀

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue This is what I’ve been afraid of since I heard about Project 2025. I knew that it would be a problem if nobody enforced the laws, but to hear George Conway discuss it makes it real. Again, nobody is coming to save us. It’s up to all of us. WE ALL MUST GET INVOLVED.

Renewable electricity production is the cheapest. Yet the price consumers pay is linked to fossil fuel production prices. Uncouple those. Let people see the real benefits of renewable energy with the option of cheaper bills and then turbo charge the greenification of our energy

The Trump Administration just cut billions of dollars from biomedical funding. Because who wants to cure cancer? 🤷‍♂️

2025: Conservative MP Wendy Morton claims Brexit allowed the UK to roll out the covid vaccine first 2020: Head of the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency explains that the covid vaccine was rolled out under EU law, while the UK was still in the EU

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I could be wrong but I've always assumed "preppers" getting ready for societal collapse largely overlap with trump voters. Big if, but IF that's true then are are they aware they are likely self-fulfilling this prophecy with trump or do they think he will prevent collapse?

Heard from inside the National Cancer Institute, part of NIH — travel through April is canceled. Purchasing with government card is frozen. All public comms are off limits. Can’t even submit abstracts to future meetings. Can’t submit *manuscripts* for publication. All hiring activity frozen. Fuck.

I love dogs @mrjamesob.bsky.social but I don't think it's possible to watch this and not crack a smile: www.youtube.com/shorts/2wXjz...

Every star may be a sun to someone. ~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos

I understood all of it @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social my dad would regularly tell all of us 4 kids (2 boys, 2 girls), the youngest (girl) was his favourite. We're all adults and it's still the case. We all find it funny and take no issue with it. As a parent of 2 kids now myself, I honestly can't see how I could have a favourite.

Soap companies should make a silocone-compatible body wash. We all know why #ShowerThoughts

@mrjamesob.bsky.social very informative this morning but come on - it's all a bit too realistic for what we can actually achieve if the political will were there. You're KING OF THE WORLD James, I want to hear CRAZY ideas for what we could do globally to achieve much more, much faster!

My message to Zuck

Oh and Zuckerberg is removing Meta fact checkers Why? “To protect free speech”. FACTS AND FREE SPEECH ARE NOT THE SAME. They’re removing access to objective truth and reality. To create chaos. This’ll open the doors to unprecedented foreign interference/bots. The broligarchy is well underway.

I was pointed in the direction of this interview with @lewisgoodall.com - it's very indicative of what's going wrong with politics. Of course this isnt one person or podcasts fault but it's very revealing of why we get the politics we've got. youtu.be/1Gy2sTZY6Ds?... 🧵/10

Ohmio Lift is the name of this driverless shuttle bus... ...and Milton Keynes will act as a blueprint for its UK-wide deployment. Fascinating stuff. 👇

@mrjamesob.bsky.social surely if Kier does anything with trade with the EU then he's going to get slated regardless, so he should do whatever is best for the country.

Wow. This is important. Now on BlueSky House of Commons bsky.app/profile/hous... House of Lords bsky.app/profile/hous... It’s happening👏

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I'll have to call mystery hour but, why aren't pants black? I know - chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis & that's what makes leaves green. But in the primordial soup surely a black version would have evolved & been more efficient as it can use green light not reflect it...

A bad accident, sh!t luck with an illness, whatever - doesn't matter if you take care of yourself, bad things can happen to anybody through no fault of your own. We need healthcare that is people-focussed not profit driven #NHS

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social what did Pranaah did to clear up his phone line? Worked like a charm.

In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions www.gov.uk/government/p...

Are you working on this Horizon call on community-integrated PV systems? We at Exeter have expertise in smart grid research, social science and business model innovation, and a potential demonstration site. We’re keen to make links with others working on the call, so please reach out if this is you

To the “man on the street”: Like with abortion, assisted dying is not for everyone. But the choice should be available. I heard the argument “I wouldn’t do it” - it doesn’t matter if YOU wouldn’t. Please try to consider other people’s experiences, not only your own.

My biggest issue with bluesky is, I'm currently decorating and if I open the app, the stars image makes me momentarily think I've splattered paint on my phone. That's it. That's my biggest issue. Thanks @jay.bsky.team love this platform (And no edit button yet)