Interesting take. And men mostly don’t see an assistant as one who “helps” but rather one who does the job.

So many big bets, typically using other people’s money.

Heading home after a week in the Highlands and the NC500 and the shared sentiment of our family is that we can’t understand why we hadn’t done it before.

@davidpbmaddox.bsky.social @rsteinholz.bsky.social Wordle 1,808 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 2nd guess left surprisingly few options.

The Last Battle.

We warned Turkey about the risk of an invasion by swarms of Leave voters.

Antiwordle #1574 10 guesses 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛ 🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛ 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

“Still or sparkling?’ The correct answer is neither. You both know that you want the perfectly adequate, perfectly free tap water.” - excellent (and correct) column this:

Wordle 1,806 4/6 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 @davidpbmaddox.bsky.social @rsteinholz.bsky.social So, they have started re-using words.

We were staying at the Scourie Hotel in north west Scotland. It was several hours before we noticed that our room didn’t have….. …..a TV.

This will be good.

None of the figures in this article stack up. Was it compiled with AI?

Well then that wolf should get off its lazy ass.

How many times does this need to be said by how many respected commentators before our government takes note? I can’t even easily locate an official Labour Party account on here. @labourbusiness.bsky.social

🚨🚨" Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as #Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption". Excellent and compelling case against being on #X made by @jonathanliew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A fool and his money…

I posted a review for Amazon. But because it was critical of the service offered by Amazon itself it failed to meet the “community guidelines”. Which hardly came as a surprise.

Marvellous.

New: Job Ad: Immigration Solicitor, Birnberg Peirce Solicitors

RIP Google

Serendipity that the person I most recently heard insisting, on a podcast, that each human person is a moral end, was @iandunt.bsky.social Dunt for Pope? Not immediately of course as I’m quite impressed by the incumbent.

Been trying to identify this creature, found on the north coast of Scotland.

british fan chat

Always worth seeing @mikebernerslee.bsky.social

I’m confident if I’d been given 8 guesses to who would be in this lineup I would have got at least 4 of these nut jobs. The Right in this country really doesn’t have a very deep bench.

Departed Euston at 9pm on the Sleeper and now about 30 minutes from Inverness. No “Strangers on a Train” moment to report.

What happens when the future arrives pre-decided? @carissaveliz.bsky.social and Roger McNamee @moonalice.com explore how prediction systems increasingly shape our choices, possibilities and lives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKy7...

Let's shout out @patmillsuk.bsky.social, including @garyseconomics.bsky.social and @stephenstroud.bsky.social.

Consider this a public service broadcast.

Why does this have such an impact? Why are we all surprised by a "politician behaves like us" story?

Certainly we can’t carry on as we are with a toxic combination of “self regulation” and asleep-at-the-wheel figleaf regulation. @warrenoates1.bsky.social

See you there.

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Political journalists making stuff up? That the noble profession of Johnson and Gove should have been brought so low….

Fair and honest.

So proud of what we do - giving space for this kind of discussion without pretending we have all the answers. Just people having a real conversation. It shouldn't be so rare. If you dislike the state of our media, why not vote with your fingers and give this a listen? Reward what you want more of.

What to read a biting, smile-inciting take down of Jeff Bezos? This worked for me:

The health insurance organisations should reimburse 1% of the costs of homeopathy treatment, and tell homeopathy practitioners that's just as good as full payment

Does anyone think this hasn’t happened and is not still happening here in the UK also? We are so un-serious about protecting our democracy. @cleanuptheinternet.org.uk

Someone posted about the Google search AI overview getting a simple calculation wrong. I was sceptical, so tried it myself.

I never dreamed, while I was training that leopard on face-eating techniques….

Trigger Warning.

Quite a wildlife day. This pair appeared on our lawn this afternoon.

This is a fantastic cartoon. Simply outstanding. Artist: Marian Kamensky (Austria) #Iran #IranWar

Another feckless single mother.

Got my duck(ling)s in a row.

Today’s walk. Hadn’t seen one of these on our canal before.

Will be speaking at Leeds Central Library about the short story with Naomi Booth and @nicholasroyle.bsky.social chaired by @stuhennigan.bsky.social on Sat 6 June 1-3. Tickets below. Hope to see you there. www.ticketsource.com/leedslibrary...

Our local Mooligans out in force today, taking a leaf out of the @extinctionrebellion.uk playbook. #StroudCows