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Scenes from an autumn run. Definitely up there as one of the top four seasons

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Is the AI bubble gong to be as bad as 2008? @dsquareddigest.bsky.social says it'll be bad, but structurally less catastrophic. 2008 collapsed the foundations. But AI assets are still held as risk assets - meaning less essential stuff relies on them. backofmind.substack.com/p/are-we-hav...

We've written about the 5 things that are needed in any scenario to create an organisation that can design and deliver services well This is for all the people stepping into leading service design, whether it's in their title or not. good.services/writing/comm...

Nobody's saying it, but bike + kids + council fireworks is one of the top 5 kinda evenings

Absolutely sick machine. Nothing cooler than a fully loaded omnium. Will be watching out for this beast around town.

Deadline: *approaches* My brain & nervous system:

Feeling overwhelmed? Don't be! There's a hot new solution in town: Kessler Syndrome! Many of your problems will vanish along with GPS and comms. Total planetary lock-in is just a few Starlink collisions away ✨ Great podcast from T&R: pca.st/episode/2c13...

I love Edward Hopper. This is 'Office in a Small City'. Go and look at some Edward Hopper paintings. They'll make you feel better. Or, at least, a little more delicate.

Folks, I'm looking for a huge favour. We (Transform Wales) are making some stickers to go with the book. There is one that is screaming out for a very specific style outside of our brand. None of us are graphic designers. Would anyone be up for helping design it? Will share details via PM. TIA

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Had a drink with the local window cleaner back in March. He already did our windows, but we swapped numbers. Haven't met since, but he keeps in touch. I think it's my favourite friendship.

I need a version of the Bruce Almighty 'B-E-A-Utiful' / Lady Gaga 'B-A-N-A-N-A-S' spelling trick, but for the word b̶e̶a̶u̶r̶a̶u̶c̶r̶a̶c̶y̶ b̶e̶r̶a̶c̶r̶a̶c̶y̶ b̶e̶r̶e̶a̶u̶c̶r̶a̶c̶y̶ b̶u̶r̶e̶a̶c̶r̶a̶c̶y̶ fuck it

This is why customer research is important, y'all. If the GM CEO had popped out on a bike, she'd see drivers catching up on work, sending emails, and watching their favourite show behind the wheel, even today!

This looks like a joke map, making fun of the UK as not a serious country - calling us "8,000 weird towns in a damp trenchcoat". Yeah we heard you. But it's not a joke map. It's a very serious map. It reminds us to be on our guard against those 'Gramfy croojer' freaks in the next village over.

Happy to report the Scotland East data centre successfully received its Lego v2 architecture update while meeting 100% SLAs throughout

Clichés take hold in political language, a vicious cycle that runs through campaign speeches, through citizens’ expectations, and down into the software we build or procure by cliché, whose accordingly poor performance invites further calls for simplification. mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/design-...

The intersection in the Venn diagram of people who appreciate this is the width of a human hair.

*Record scratch* *Freeze frame* Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here...

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI. Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

"Research? Nah, no need"

Last month I spoke on a panel with Danae Shell, founder of valla.uk. They're great at helping workers get what they're owed... unless the business directors do this One Weird Trick @mellino.bsky.social writes about, which effectively cancels a tribunal award. Cool cool. Good system. 👍

The best bit of tooling innovation I've seen this year is Phil Vandelay's seat post puller. We need one in every bike shop please. www.instagram.com/phil_vandela...

She only misses me cos she's not allowed to chew anyone else in the family

I need 10k words about this screenshot from @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on my desk by 4pm

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Hello. If you would like to buy prints from your old pal Sonny, now would be an especially good time 👍 Share and tell your friends, especially if they have money and bad taste x x x

I made 16 highlights and yelled 'OMG yes' each time

Bike struggled to rev over 5k rpm. Pulled carbs, found the issue. 36 years of vibes had abraided the CV carb slides in their holders in such a way that the front slide hit a teeny tiny friction increase halfway up. Cleaned & swapped the slides between carbs (not the needles!): problem fixed.

Storm Amy may disrupt a lot of things, but it also blasted the UK grid with 20gW of wind power and made my electricity free for like two days, so it's impossible to say if it's bad or not.

This is 11 minutes of Matt Berry and Jermaine Clement presenting a new synthesiser thing. I think it might be one of the finest pieces of video production I've seen this year. By the team at Love+Money. youtu.be/hbO1z13WP8o...

Stressful week gone. Stressful week to come. But spending the in-between meandering through quiet autumnal forests helps a bit.

OMG Becca's at a "drink 'n' paint" meetup and has created ART

It's well documented that local corruption is inversely correlated with the strength of local journalism. It's the tireless work of people like @jim.londoncentric.media, @edinburghminute.bsky.social and the broader work of the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk which gives me some hope for the future in the UK.

Back from a work trip (with a photographer) and I've just found out what my 'resting work face' actually looks like 😬 Thoughts and prayers for colleagues and clients who have to be around my furious demeanor.

New kind of guy just dropped

Asbestos may kill a lot of people, but its also got a big Helvetica warning sign which slaps, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,

Broke my nose colliding with this venue in Newcastle. Absolutely baffled by their inscrutable heading and velocity.

Great thoughts from @gilestur.bsky.social this morning. See also: almost every business strategy

September evenings ✨🤌

so do I still need to delete my old family photos to save water or what

Was gutted to miss this session, but good to read the updates. Especially @thebikestation.bsky.social's continuation of @cargobikemovement.bsky.social's mission. Lovely to see our work in safe hands 🚲

Tonight, we're mostly out corrupting the local youth with ideas like 'what if bikes were longer?'

I'm at the 'listening to calming music for dogs' stage of my current project

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

Incredibly pleased to see that the council has officially made the East Area segregated cycle lanes permanent! 🎉 Thank you to @edi.bike, @spokes.org.uk and everybody who spoke up and pushed hard when this crucial infrastructure was under threat.

Made it. Didn't drown.