Andrew Jacobs
@andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social
L&D strategist and innovator. Author and producer of the Women Talking About Learning podcast. Not a guru or rock star.
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Google search spike of “My Eyes Hurt” in United States after solar eclipse: an analysis and future prevention
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John Paul iGhetti Jr@dannybirchall.bsky.social · 14h agoApparently, if you have a pair of those new Meta glasses, they're 100% safe for looking directly at the sun during the eclipse tomorrow.
Strong piece. The deeper problem isn’t just algorithmic bias. - AI changes the behaviour of both sides: applicants optimise for the screeners, employers automate to handle the volume, and recruitment becomes a conversation between two systems rather than a test of capability.
Ros Taylor@rostaylor.bsky.social · 6d agoLot of talk at the moment about how AI recruitment discriminates against older people. I looked into just how opaque the software is for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social. The firms behind it won’t talk to journalists. Meanwhile, it’s destroying people’s lives. www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-s...
I've been around long enough to recognise when someone's pulling my chain, and this bloke set the radar off from the first time I saw him. Nothing changes that view, and this is another perfect representation of all that's wrong with this kind of business culture.
Matt Muir @mattmuir.bsky.social · 7d agoI wrote about the weird and vaguely-psychotic test you're asked to take when being recruited by Steven Bartlett - this is quite fun, even if I do say so myself: www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-muir-ap...
Recording a BRILLIANT Women Talking About Learning podcast episode this afternoon.
I'd be a boxing promoter. Probably the biggest promoter in the UK, hosting bouts at the Royal Albert Hall.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 2w agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney or Ghibli.
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra@fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 2w agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney or Ghibli.
I woke up to find Evernote had taken 249USD as a renewal. Didn't know I had it; did not notice it would be taken. They have a 60-day refund policy, so I'll get it back, but it's not smart or clever.
And we men are so blind; the other men in the room didn't think to ask him to a) stop him talking, and b) recognise Cally's knowledge.
Cally Beaton@callybeaton.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you read Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez or are interested in the topic of invisible women, you may wish to see how we just got invisibler…
"Like the Pied Piper of bullshit, he may have gained a following but it’s hard to ignore the stink." Superb last line in this: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...
How Steven Bartlett fooled the world
His hit podcast that began with business tips has quietly evolved into a conduit for misinformation and some of the world's most controversial thinking. Yet, he remains insulated from censure
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Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
Finally got round to watching Breaking Bad. It's very good .
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I'd go further than that and say the discourse on this is emblematic of the broader British problem of not treating management itself as a valuable (learnable) skill.
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3w agoI don’t think any departmental minister needs to have credentials in their own department. Most of the effective delivery minister, regardless of party, don’t. The problem is that there were only five SoSes you could say had strong credentials on that score under Starmer and WS was not one.
This isn’t halftime entertainment. Halftime entertainment is two blokes dragged from the stands and wearing replica shirts two sizes too small for them trying and failing to score penalties past the club mascot in the hope of winning a free oil change from the garage that is matchball sponsor.
Mrs J watching #Gogglebox and Josh Home is giving his opinion on UK TV. Yes, the world is surreal.
My alt-football connection tonight...#SOAD at Tottenham stadium.
Deftones. Love SOAD (going tonight), Tool, Pantera, RATM, etc. Just can't get into Deftones. Have tried many times but just don't 'get' them.
Rob Chapman@scribblerrob.bsky.social · 4w agoWhat band or artist do all your music tastes suggests that you probably should like and yet you don't. Me Plastic People of The Universe. Chet Baker.
I would guess punk will be popular by the end of the decade.
James Ball@jamesrball.com · 4w agoCare homes should be putting on the beatles and the stones by now. Sounds like a dig at boomers but it's not: residents would genuinely vibe with it more.
A proper horror film; a chiller that makes your skin crawl and is both terrifying and horrifying.
Empire Magazine@empiremagazine.bsky.social · 4w agoQuestion for you – After The Odyssey, what should Christopher Nolan tackle next? Reply with your answer, and you might see it in print in our next issue...
Children's birthday parties are better in the morning than the afternoon. Afternoon parties lead to excited kids struggling to shift into relaxing mode and then bed. But if the party's over by lunchtime they have the whole afternoon to recover from a cake overdose.
