Spring is coming to the North Sea. #copenhagen #denmark #upintheair

Darth Vader is in that film for 15 minutes. Meanwhile Peter Cushing delivers by far the best performance in the film as a theatrically menacing middle manager fuelled mostly by spite towards the rebels standing in the way of meeting his quarterly KPIs

Abandon the em-dash in your human writing? The irony—and it’s a big irony—is that real writers use em-dash frequently, and for reasons. As a written signifier of verbal speech pauses, it means something different than what commas and semi-colons mean. It connects while separating. 1/4

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Before you next present your ideas to colleagues, clients, or a paying audience, check out these useful speaking tips from Andrea Grassi. givemethechills.com/author/spark... #PublicSpeaking #SpeakingTips #presentations #tips

Catching on @kobobooks.bsky.social as it opens that I'm 89% done a book I'm really enjoying. That tinge of sadness something is almost over. #kobo #reading #books #scifi #sciencefiction

I kind of like @gandersocial.bsky.social … not an easy thing to make elegantly and so many expectations on what you expect in a social app, but so far good feel.

Morning coffee, for me the elixir of life. #espresso #morningcoffee

Circle of Life Christian Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

I'll think about this at every checkout now until the end of time. 🤣

Well. He’s a list of actually credible defense people to follow I suppose.

Hard not to think this is all happening because a military-grade disinformation operation convinced a small percentage of Americans that the worst thing happening to them was a bit of sensitivity training at work.

Nabbed a lovely sunset in London this evening. They’re getting later and I’m so here for it. #london #sunset

There are so many worse things in the world but just to say it, Siri is just awful. #siri #apple #music

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

As always, January dragged on interminably and February flit past in an eye blink

Tech tizz time! Is the AI tech overvalued and shit? or is everything else overvalued because it's about to eat your job? "A market that moves 3 per cent on a blog is a market that does not know" - as.ft.com/r/10437de7-7...

Morning coffee and croissant, always have gratitude for these small things. #espresso #croissant #sloanesquare

The Bayeux Tapestry up in lights at Piccadilly Circus! Tickets on sale from 1 July for the exhibition at the British Museum, opening in September. First chance in 1,000 years to see this iconic object back on British soil.

The Italians have done a wonderful job with the Winter Olympics this year. The world needed to see a positive symbol of sportsmanship, class and joy. I hope they’re very proud. #closingceremony #milanocortina #olympics #winterolympics 🇮🇹

A year ago my beloved little sister passed away. I think of these words often as I work to have as good a day I can, each and every day.

Some of the best drone shots from the 2026 Winter Olympics. [youtube.com]

how the fuck is this ok

Quick take on the tariffs news, from me and @stevenmazie.bsky.social: www.economist.com/finance-and-...

The Other Side of the Inlet Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Syilx 2021

For visibility! Miss checking all those sites although I still follow @slashdot.org via RSS in @feedly.com using @netnewswire.com 👍🏽

Did I visit three coffee shops this morning, no? No, no, don’t be silly. #espresso #morningcoffee #sloanesquare #london #chelsea

When the sun comes out, England doesn’t disappoint. #bluesky #devon #countryside

I don’t think it’s going to get fully automated. But I’ve used caude code for three weeks and it’s clearly going to become a core part of the process to get shit done. The more refined the process the fewer people you’ll need running it. So this is the Industrial Revolution for white collar jobs

I wish I could carry new headphones around to give out to people who listen to videos on their phone we can all hear. I remain really confused by this.

Why do I like getting up and having coffee before the sunrises so much?

At the hotel breakfast this morning enjoying my coffee and I can’t help but overhear a founder a few tables order pitching his business (I’m going to ask for his card). I feel you my friend. Deep respect to anyone who tries to will new positive things into existence. #startups #founders

Fir Trees Emily Carr 1935

The #Olympics are a great way to figure out who to follow on here because #bots just kind of suck at happy.

Happy for the Italian figure skating team. #olympics #figureskating

One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about. Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards. From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:

I like the Milano Cortina font. #milanocortina #olympics

Very excited for this!

One community. One country. One team.

I'm a sucker for an Olympics opening ceremonies ring raising. Beautifully done Milano Cortina! 🇮🇹 #milanocortina #olympics #openingceremonies #olympicrings

One thing that works for me and removes drama is that I am not in competition with others, I am only in competition with myself. And I celebrate the success of my fellow creatives.

Go see Hamnet. Take a break from this messed up world and see beautiful art, acting and storytelling. #hamnet #shakespeare

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs) Good tech. Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales) Bad tech.

This is who runs this account

I appreciated Chris Ashworth's TikTok thoughts on Claude Code. As someone who works in the arts he's a a natural generative AI skeptic - he builds QLab, the theater sound/lighting automation software www.tiktok.com/@chris_ashwo... More of my notes here: simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/...

I’m long LLM’s helping with a lot of things but as a boss let me tell you, I am EXHAUSTED by AI meeting notes getting shoved at everything. A good manager wants your opinion not a CVS receipt. #ai #productivity #llms #granola #gemini #chatgpt #claude

Absolute coffee. #london #espresso #morningcoffee

I think about this a lot "things are tough in tech right now, I don't know what to do about job security" "have you tried developing your skill with the highest leverage new tech" "no because I have rebuilt my entire personality around believing it is uniquely evil compared to previous computing"