"Imagine the person you disagree with most in politics... "Imagine what they could do with this type of [Digital ID] system if you didn't have the right safeguards in place." "We don't have a written constitution that has privacy protections." 🗣️ ORG's James Baker www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

"Even long shots make it in..." That they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T68...

"Guaranteed paid work" FTW

Today's exercise is to find the most "average" game of baseball between 1960 and 1964. Nothing spectacular, no first, no anolmalies, just a run-of-the-mill game. I'm still in the early stages of the baseball radio recreations, I don't want to 'burn' something interesting. Find me vanilla ball

New #KeepDancingPodcast is here! Featuring vest semiotics, reasonable workplace adjustments and oops all lifts? #SCD #Strictly

In the second episode of Eurovision Uncovered, James Stephenson finds out what it takes to perform on the world's biggest stage and explores just how much pressure the Eurovision Song Contest puts them under. escinsight.com/2025/11/12/e...

I am *so* excited about this! Features my game - and I can't wait to re-type it 😄

Really?? "I am not James Bond' he said. 'My name is Clive; I inherited the name from the previous James Bond, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real James Bond either. His name was Henry. The real Bond has retired to Jamaica.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHZG...

Broadcasters from Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania are returning to #Eurovision. @bensvision.bsky.social asks what lies behind their decisions to return to the Song Contest, why now was the right time, and what Eurovision offers to today's public service broadcasters? escinsight.com/2025/11/10/t...

Hallucinating AI will never guarantee facts. Booka can. But we're not allowed books, just AI trained (for free) on books. Sigh.

All set in the booth to commentate on another Baseball game. It's Wednesday, June 25, 1947, and the St Louis Browns are visiting the Philadelphia Athletics. Let's "Play Ball" as the recreation recording commences!

I really enjoyed writing this piece about the importance of small green spaces to biodiversity for @katebevan.com and the Friends of Brompton Cemetery Magazine. If you're nearby, print copies will be available soon from the visitor centre. fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/our-precio...

The 'problem' with prepping Christmas projects in November is immersing yourself in Christmas Cheer is ... it's still November!!!! Although it does mean I can dip into my "wtf christmas songs" playlist and call up Nanowar! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M68...

I do not know their politcs or anything surrounding these political figures; but for now, for this moment, I share their joy in giving and receiving a really good present.

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

🏳️‍⚧️ This #TransAwarenessMonth, as the world grows colder and crueller for trans lives, we must stand shoulder to shoulder - in solidarity, in love, and in action. Show up. Speak out. Protect and uplift our trans siblings. Their right to live, to exist, to thrive - must never be up for debate.

Occasionally I go down a rabbit hole and my "time to have a cathartic rant" line up. This was one (cough) of those times.

Looking for a small "pre-launch" mailing list app/service, maybe 50-100 signups at most for maybe weekly mails. Any recommendations for someone on a limited budget?

Who's up for a multi-part #Eurovision doc podcast ahead of the Nationals in January? James Stephenson sets out to explain the Song Contest – and why it might not work how you think. First up, "Eurovision Uncovered" shows us why it all starts with a song (and, welcome to the team, James!)

Yes please

A day late (or is it), but it's time (the puns keep coming) to discuss what *exactly* Doc Brown invented in Back To The Future, and why "Big FedEx" doesn't want you to think too closely about it. ewanspence.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

All set to record tomorrow's baseball game commentary... charts at the ready as I prep to head back to 1963.

“[I'd be] introduced as the most positive dude in music. But obviously it’s not the full story.” The singer talks about his comedown after his Eurovision triumph, and how time in Nashville inspired a new sound on his heartfelt new album: trib.al/Lgq45Dm

Studio photographs of #baseball players from @nypl’s @Spalding Collection. The photographs feature players of different teams from New York and Philadelphia and seem to be mostly taken in the 1870s and 1880s. Lots more here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/p... @mlb

Community win! Tue am: MLB announces they'll post less highlights during the games on Reddit's Baseball Forum (aiming for more post match). Tues pm: Community makes it known they want the high-res clips during games. Wed: MLB announces "we hear you, we'll revere this change and post during games.

45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue. 31% of responses showed serious sourcing problems – missing, misleading, or incorrect attributions. 20% contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar. Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet. Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵

This article by @quinnypig.com nails it www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...

Did a new one

brb, just updating the @xkcd.com cartoon

What a view from the observatory this morning

Charlie Stross's latest sums up what I've been seeing of the actual disruptive innovation happening now - energy www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

I last paid for a newspaper 16 years ago. Here's my review of what it is like to try and read physical media when you're unaccustomed to it: shkspr.mobi/blog/2009/10... Have things got better? Should I buy a copy to find out - or is it still the same space-filling dross and glossy leaflets?

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

Yes, my next podcast project does need some procedural generation to replicate the swing of a baseball bat, why do you ask?

Over 400 UK Podcasting and Audio Businesses Demand Government Recognition in Creative Industries Strategy https://podnews.net/press-release/audiouk-recognition-oct

(Certain) Spotify-owned podcasts to be shown on Netflix but removed from YouTube. Well (old-timer deep breath), the word podcast, for a video show, is doing heavy lifting. Again, Spotify is doing its best to disrupt and capture something open into something closed podnews.net/update/spoti...

And for those who need more "Thunderbirds" defence, can I recommend DRK's treatise on John Tracy and Thunderbird 5's role in International Rescue? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jhT...

"Resident Alien" stuck the landing, Really good final episode, just enough threads left hanging to feel "life goes on" (and provide AO3 with some fuel), yet the key plotlines, themes, and messages all arrive at a natural point to close the story out. Congrats.

There is only one Timelord. Thanks to regeneration, The Doctor's timeline is every Timelord.

Monday.

It's almost like OpenAI and Sora think that the awesome power and flexibility and the ability to save mankind (probably) isn't attractive enough to offer "opt-in"

"The Battle In Seattle* went (checks) fifteen??! Wowsers, but I can watch this back without the tension I would have had last night.

A curious few days coming up, as the latest "What Needs Done Today And This Week" notebook is full, and I'm ready to start another one... The amount of "wear, tear, and patina" on the old cover reflects the last two years.

Well, that works for me.

I love how Russell T Davies always uses his platform to fight for progress - I hate how it is always so necessary

Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun. joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.