Look how handsome Percy is in the sunshine (No we still haven't mown the lawn after no-mow May)

I have regretted my purchase. We've all been there

City AM issues broadside against flood of AI slop being submitted by writers for its pages: "if you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" www.cityam.com/there-should...

Editing day Pomodoro day

Has anyone done any research on the awareness of eligibility for Universal Credit? 👀

My memoir, A Mind Of My Own is now available in paperback which means it’s cheaper. Hurrah! If you’d like a dedicated copy repost this and I’ll do a random pick of five winners in the next couple of days. If you’ve already bought/read or listened to the audible version thank you! ♥️📚

This is jargon-tastic but I understand from my more technically minded pals that this is about system resilience and also introducing new digital stuff more easily (Thx @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com )

Scientists provide inspiration for a hipster horror film

I have weird shaped ears it seems, as there is only one sort of headphones that doesn't immediately fall out. They are wired, so I'm absolutely Team Wired.

Please vote for which animals you would like on bank notes. The Bank of England have a list: you can’t just be annoying and write in capybaras or Boaty McBoatface or whatever. But OMG this is so difficult. ALL THE ANIMALS ARE GOOD

Back from a conference. Deeper thoughts to come, but my goodness I'm glad I don't have to drive to work on a regular basis. Trains up the spout due to engineering and driving saved me an hour each way. Thousands of people on their regular commute on the M4 sitting in queues 😫

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

in this video in like 4 different ways and I hate that

There's an advert for sheds that talks about mountain bike hoarders and none of the bikes they show are actually mountain bikes and it annoys me an irrational amount.

We are going to this! Looks brilliant

They seem to be constructing an actual deep state - a parallel digital infrastructure with no transparency or accountability.

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

For a second I thought he was doing the examining. And I was less surprised than I should be

It's almost like they don't know and are just saying the most financially beneficial thing in the moment

These people do not care about your mental health

Well this is news

Lovely thread

It has just been brought to my attention that the greatest ever video in this genre is, in fact, cat jump fail vs Sail by AWOLNATION...

Full newsletter here - www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital... And sign up to receive it yourself at the bottom of the page

i hope this isn't a spoiler but is there any chance this research will say it's super smashing great and a benefit to all humanity? as.ft.com/r/2f8e46b7-d...

If the wind could just change direction and send the thunderstorms in our direction I would be very grateful

Why am I more sweaty now than I have been all day? Why?

#Disability Rights UK is doing a survey on disabled people’s experience of PIP. Those wanting to inform research, policy discussions and recommendations on PIP, please do the survey. Responses before 28/05 will be part of a separate submission to the Timms Review. disabilityrightsuk.org/pip-survey

Sweltering in the UK heatwave?? Why not visit your Local Archival Repository! Low temperatures and humidity GUARANTEED* And we throw in the history for free😍 *by regulatory standard BS4971:2017 Archives - Where the records are cool and so are you.

If anyone needs and inspiration for a horror movie script (which is also a climate change metaphor)

It's like being in a hairdryer out there

Unsurprisingly, we went from silence and shame about menopause to monetisation very quickly. It's good that people are talking about their experiences, but damn there is some shite out there on social media and in the shops.

JFC, Rosenbaum refuses to take responsibility and he's still promoting the book on his socials without coming clean. His book is supposed to be about truth. AI-Writing Scandals Are Getting Very Confusing www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

A neighbour a few doors down spent around 2 hours jet washing yesterday. They are back at it today. We really don't have big gardens. I cannot imagine what they are washing.

It's warm.

One might suggest that it's precisely that endless hype which has put a lot of people off. "Use this or your life will be terrible!"

That friend who overdid things at their hen and had to be put in a taxi at 8.15pm

Nice to see AI can make up descriptions of women just as bad as many actual human male novelists do

Yeah I got caught but actually that proves why I was right and I'm really clever actually

I can't anymore. These unbelievable shameless shit these people think is ok

You're living the good life, you little kitty.

So disrespectful!

Pete the studio cat’s weekly report. “Another week of keeping this studio running. She does the designing. I do everything else. She wouldn’t last two minutes without me.” 🐾

In May 2019, a reporter from the far-right Canadian sewer Rebel News / The Rebel tried to interview people on the streets of Manchester about Stephen Yaxley-Lennon / Tommy Robinson who was standing as an MEP, and encountered the (NSFW but very honest) Queen of the North.

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

This is one of my favourite times of year in the garden

Taps sign: AI PRETENDING TO DO SOCIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THINGS REPRESENTS A FUNDAMENTAL DANGER TO HUMANS. People will be manipulated. People will be blackmailed. People are going to die.

Yeah that won't be happening in my house

CNBC TV show footage of the far right march in London They've just about filled Parliament square With barely anyone between Parliament square and Trafalgar square On the cover image, look at the bottom, there's a giant screen, with pretty much no one to watch it

Pond experts - is this some kind of spawn? It looks like greenish air bubbles but they are attached to pond plants (under water) and they have been there for several days now #nature #pond #garden