Not sure how you'd use AI to learn a subject if you weren't the type of person who questions everything.

Is there a term for the algorithm lying to you or flattering you as a form of sales pitch?

"Random gun man in USA doesn't shoot president" - not sure we need ongoing multi day coverage for this type of story #r4today

Government doesn't know if it's pro or anti EVs - two stories side by side.

Night time electricity rates going up 32% for me and day time by 10%. Now, whose fault might that be?

Rarely watch #Kuenssberg but switch it on and within 5 minutes they switch to Scottish election coverage and...oh, look, it's Reform that gets the focus and Honest Bob shows up. 🤷‍♂️

Switched on the BBC News #bbcwato #wato where they are seeing if they can cause a food shortage by talking about a food shortage. 🤷‍♂️ (In the UK, you only have to say "shortage" to cause one - pasta, flour, petrol, loo roll etc).

It's hard not to be overwhelmed 😉

The news is nothing but lunar trips and lunatics.

Thinking back to the time when I thought that the Phone Link app acting as an extension into Windows Explorer would stop all the problems with content on my phone not showing up on the desktop app. But, no...the explorer extension seems to be constantly "syncing" and the content is out of sync.

What?!

Reminded of the classic "Some humans ain't human"...by this clip from today's FT. youtu.be/uIWotODqidE?...

@theguardian.com Piece of feedback - you do an amazingly poor job of promoting the existence of the digital edition of the paper to subscribers. (although based on the reviews, maybe it's not such a win). play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Oh look, house insurance wants 42% more than last year for exactly the same thing. What a surprise...

OSSOFF: Your statement says that as a result of last summer's airstrikes, Iran's nuclear program was 'obliterated.' Correct? GABBARD: Yes O: The WH stated war was launched to 'eliminate the imminent nuclear threat' G: The only person who can determine what's an imminent threat is POTUS O: False

I've found it!

He gets worse by the day... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Only one letter separating a class act from a crass act.

Lots in the news this week about Bezos and Amazon. (none of it good).

@itvpeston.bsky.social Key question is was that a rat or a mouse that ran across the carpet during your interview with Kemi Badenoch tonight? 🐀

This episode of "Trumponomics" was a very good listen. Under the mildest of questions, Farage has nothing to say beyond "blah OIL blah USA blah CRYPTO" and wanting to smash up the BoE and the OBR. (he's also super keen on "tech" but can't work his own PC) www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Government's Warm Homes Plan site...registering interest leads straight to a 404.

"The world is a region. I'm calling the world a region"... ( Trump's batteries are running out this morning )

Unfortunately, Trump has started saying "Iceland" when he means "Greenland" in his Davos speech. 🤷‍♂️

He's decided to go with the "Biden was terrible, I'm amazing" opener. 🤷‍♂️

Lunchtime #r4 #r4wato news using the term "The Special Relationship" 🤣

Address Bar -> Search Bar -> Prompt Bar. ( I find I have to switch stuff off just to type in a URL )

"I'm Waiting for the Van" - Updated Velvet Underground song about sitting in for a parcel delivery.

How reassuring...🤷‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Rumours spread that the Chinese are working on a Self-Riding Horse.

Any truth to the rumour that Nvidia is working on self walking shoes? 👟

Crikey...also Gold and Silver...

Robert Wilkie doing a poor job on #r4Today right now of explaining how Venezuela could be an active threat to, erm, US universities. 🤷‍♂️ ( Also talking of a US "hemisphere" )

BBC #r4Today can't say "Resident Doctors" without reminding us that they used to be called "Junior Doctors" almost as if the audience is a goldfish. ( But do they keep reminding us that "Andrew Windsor" used to called "Prince"? 😉)

Xmas time and Frosty the "Brexit negotiator" is back. ( "Negotiator" meaning he took a look at it and ran away ).

Yeah, that'd be great except the view of my photos in File Explorer is coming from some cache of my phone that's about 2-3 weeks out of date. Phone Link, on the other hand, is displaying what's on the phone's actual filesystem.

Uh oh, hope I'm not heading for one of those $10bn lawsuits.

Eh?

"Members" of what? Can they vote for a new leader? No, thought not. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What signal does this sort of to/fro send to the car industry and consumers? UK should make some plans and stick to them but, of course, that's a pipedream - our politics is 1 step forward, 2 steps back meaning we get little done. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Just an everyday interaction with the AI...

I like idea that Trump "loves London". 🤣 Has he been there? Walked the streets? Stopped in a pub? Wandered through the parks and galleries? Taken in a show? Ridden the Tube and buses? Done a bit of shopping? Of course not, he's 100% clueless - he's no idea what London or Paris are like.

Not at all surprised to find that, having left BT a month or more ago, they continue to try and charge me for a service that they are no longer delivering and which they have long-since advised me has been terminated. ( how do these people stay in business? )

I've a feeling that a "Thanks for browsing our website" email has exactly the opposite effect than was intended.

For me, Royal Mail parcels works every time. No idea why a business uses anything else. UPS - random dates, times and lost parcels. DPD - parcel goes to delivery hub miles away. Delivery hub denies all knowledge. Evri - Parcel? What parcel? Have you checked your neighbour's bin?

Harborne, Farage, Bannon, Banks, Tether. What a mix... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Today I learned that UPS can tell you that a parcel has left their warehouse when it hasn't. ( Hopefully, it's not lost in their warehouse along with my old hiking boots 🤣 )

Conservatives and Labour both on the #bbcwato lunchtime news explaining how great Brexit has been and how the future will deliver more of the same. ( Conservative tells us that "we owe Farage a debt of gratitude" ) 🤷‍♂️

"presidentially designated narco-terrorist" - quite a read... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meanwhile, The Telegraph thinks "middle England" lives in a £2m+ house. 🤷‍♂️