This flu has broken me. It's been every sick symptom I've ever had just taking turns. I've not eaten properly for 3 days and I can barely speak so reading to my kid is impossible. I just want to eat food again and enjoy time with my toddler.

This year has been so exhausting that I suggested we skip the big roast and have jack's meatballs instead (and yes jokes were made when I said it). Now extra glad I wanted the easy route because I'm now 5 days deep into an awful flu.

Okay real talk, the only sense in which GenAI is "here to stay" is that even after the bubble pops, AI is digital asbestos that is poisoning everything and we'll probably be picking the detritus out of everywhere it's ended up for years, assuming there's a will to remove it en masse that is.

Raising a toddler is alternating between the biggest smile you've ever felt and this ten times a day

LETS GO

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

"Why is everyone SO OBSESSED with the Epstein Files," whined the guy who is in the Epstein Files. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Guess I'll post this again

Excellent thread. It also hits on why there’s a lot of people I no longer engage with, due to their need to be correct/right all the time.

just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"

How is people's reading going? (Doesn't have to be goal related) I realised that hitting 50 books is possible if I cram a few short ones in. And considering I just finished Rhythm of War I'm not even seeing it as a cheat.

This time last year I seemed to keep reading books with "Empire" in the title. Now it's "Howl" apparently. Ok ok so one is HowlING but it's still kinda satisfying.

Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does

Pirate the series. Make your own physical media. That's the only answer when this happens and they haven't put it out any other way.

Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

cannot stress how much better the world would be if billionaires weren't allowed to exist Each one of them could solve world hunger alone, they choose not to. The very existence of a billionaire is a failing as they only exist via mass scale exploitation

It just occurred to me that the reason why my friends and I don't share as many cute animal videos with each other is because every platform wants you to have a fucking account to just watch something. Everything has been locked off.

No notes

2nd time I've heard someone say they don't eat parsnips this week. What's with the root vegetable hate? Parsnips are delicious.

Not a bad November but I was disappointed that Un Lun Dun read more like a children's book (but a good one!) Also add to this half of Stormlight #4

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Additional advice from within the machine- click youtube videos from creatives you like and sit and watch them from beginning to end. As an editor I'm never told to try to maximize likes and comments, but I AM trying to maximize retention (and thumbnail designers are trying to maximize CTR)

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.

A cleaner.

I'm an "A.i." abolitionist. No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything. Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine. But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires? No.

Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.

Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.

Passed up for another job. This one was hard, it basically seemed like my perfect next job even if it was only a 12 month contract. Shit is HARD right now. After nearly 3 months of job hunting I've landed a total of 2 interviews... (2nd ones not included). It's like 2009 again.

Some recruiters really need to know the line between "being encouraging" Vs "getting your hopes up"

I think my generation (millennials) lost the art of "popping in". I see people sharing photos of their day out somewhere that's relatively near us and I'm like "hey you could have popped in and said hi even if it's just long enough to have a brew!" Or is this just my friends/ family?

Whoa it's almost like this entire cultural movement is based on fake bullshit at every level and our leaders should stop letting fucking social media dictate policy

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Spending hours gaming is better for your mental health than hours of doom scrolling through social media. Games give you critical thinking, strategy, stories, goals and actual dopamine, as opposed to anxiety.

Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed. I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.

I have avoided social events because I would be around people with living and happy parents. At the time the jealousy and anger would have made me a shit guest. I'd have no problem (or less anyway) now. Sometimes you just need the time.

Just had to point out to this guy that you can't "collab" with AI. It's not a fucking person. 🤦‍♀️

Nuanced take, I see the downside here RE cost (DIY is defs cheaper) but the more avenues for care in the UK + the more people publicly pushing for it, the better IMO. Hope it helps some folks. Based of Jude to put her own money behind it for no profit too, she’s a sweet l’il motherrfuckuerr 🫡

Tomorrow I've got the dentist AND a job interview in 2 very different locations and the cold I've had all week doesn't seem to want to go away. How has this happened 🤦‍♀️

You know what new mothers need? Physical help! You know what they don't need? Emotional manipulation! If anyone tried to give me a fake version of my dead dad I would be insanely insulted and I'd probably have to restart grief counselling.

Always get whiplash when having a normal discussion with someone and they throw in an insane conspiracy theory comment.

The anti-trans movement is from the top down is, to put it delicately, rife with nonces and child abusers, and it's exasperating how it's ignored. I'd detail some of the shit these anti-trans ideologues are involved with, but it would make me want to claw my own eyes out before I got half way done.

If you see this, QTP with a gif of the last show/movie u watched 🎥

Anyone else think modern culture has invented an insane amount of reasons to buy presents? Christmas eve boxes, Easter baskets, Halloween presents (this might just be someone I know) and about a million wedding related ones.

one of the biggest contributors to Elon’s loser energy is that he desperately wants to be cool, but doesn’t understand that a big part of being cool is appearing unaffected. he’s one of the most affected men of all time.

Need to work my way up to being the boss of somewhere so I can ban the use of voice notes. Sending a voice message to a colleague should be a sackable offence tbh. fortune.com/2025/11/07/g...

Love that the Total Jobs website just decides to not work all the time. Click "apply" and then get an "oopsy *that's*! not supposed to happen" page because it didn't load. Brilliant. Thanks.