*Other* billionaires are cynics who think that bosses can be sold defective worker-replacing chatbots because they're credulous suckers for that pitch. 30/
Celia
@celiwool.bsky.social
'The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot,' Werner Herzog. Active travel, probably too much about the #TheArchers, occasional music and brand stuff. Working writer
For example, *some* of the billionaires who put up the first several hundred million for AI are solipsists who just don't believe other people are entirely real and therefore find it easy to believe that AI can do their jobs. 29/
Interesting. Beijing beats London: • You can rent the bikes for equivalent of pennies (a London Lime bike is £10.90 for 30min, PAYG) • The bikes look light. There's been a spate of broken bones from heavy London rental bikes because of where the battery is placed. Child seat needs to be standard 😄
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · 5d agoOver the past decade, Beijing has experienced one of the most remarkable cycling renaissances in the world, powered by an innovation that has quietly transformed everyday mobility: dockless bike-sharing. Millions of residents suddenly rediscovered the joy of the bicycle, without needing to own one.🧵
Children in my neighbourhood have some nice things to say recently about my attire. A girl told me she liked my sunglasses and a little boy said excitedly "Mum look at that lady's top!" ("Is it a good one?" she said, busy doing something else 😄). It was a top I'd found in a charity shop
Was that really necessary, Rex, you plonker? Just keep the collapsible cup. And the video cards 🤔 #TheArchers
Even fire breaks 100m wide aren't impeding the spread of wildfire in the Gironde. What a nightmare for everyone concerned (ultimately, all of us).
EmmanuelSPV@emmanuelspv.bsky.social · last wk.La piste cyclable réalisée il y a une dizaine d'années à bonne distance de la départementale, Le Porge, en Gironde, grâce au coupe-feu qui ici fait 100 mètres de large. Ca parait beaucoup mais en regardant la carte on se dit que l'incendie s'est développé de part et d'autre comme si de rien n'était.
Thames Water's hosepipe ban seems redundant when hyperscale data centres already built in West London are requesting up to three million litres of water per day.
Dirty Water Campaign@dirtywatercampaign.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd here's one of the 125 west London data centres, sanctioned by one of its dodgiest councils. Water mentioned once, in passing. Function (surveillance and marketing data processing?) not mentioned at all? www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Once folk hear that Bert in the village shop is like Wong Kei of Borsetshire, they'll be flocking #TheArchers
Bert: "You should try this one, it's lamb flavoured!" #dogfood #TheArchers
Having to interact with Nationwide's help bot = instant grumpiness
When she finally does go out with someone using Claude, Cyrano style, to tell them what to say, Claude’s feedback will have prepared her for the perfect date. Both of them will live happily ever after so long as they both have enough tokens to keep Claude talking on both sides of the conversation.
Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2w agowe're so cooked www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
How rhetorical patterns reveal character. This is fascinating. Also good on how to use algorithms for your benefit - here it's been spoken about in terms of dating apps but could equally apply to job seeking. youtu.be/grOPcIsJx6M?...
Ready to Date Again? Try the Burned Haystack Method
YouTube video by Krista St-Germain
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Ferran Torres #7 of Spain celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final match between Spain and Argentina at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 19, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
A #TheArchers / Dragons Den crossover would be hilarious. First ep we could have Ian's pizza van, Natasha's overnight cosmetics empire, Chelsea's horsebox salon, and the Cuck Barn "event space".
Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
Summer’s day on the beach in 1869 with Edgar Degas. He was born on this day in 1834.
Is this where Fallon meets the female officer he's been under the covers with – NO, sorry, UNDERCOVER with? #TheArchers
Hot day? Head here. More trees. More planting. New wetlands. Grosvenor Square is reopening on Monday 20 July to cool London. Better for your summer, our city’s climate resilience, and the West End.
The Germans call them Knäckebrottelefonierer (“Crispbread Phoner”).
Additionally: why didn't you just tell me the Important Thing in the email telling me I should know something important? Why make the customer do all the work (Halifax)?
Celia@celiwool.bsky.social · 3w agoRoom 101 for service providers who tell you they've sent you an important message and you should log in to their site to read it as soon as you can. NO. If you've got something THAT important to tell me, you've got my email address - email me. FU Halifax
Room 101 for service providers who tell you they've sent you an important message and you should log in to their site to read it as soon as you can. NO. If you've got something THAT important to tell me, you've got my email address - email me. FU Halifax
“New pitches and leisure centres have value, but children also need ordinary places where movement does not require a booking system, a membership card or an adult with a free Saturday morning” Great write up of new campaign calling on Burnham to “… restore children’s freedom to play close to home”
The World Cup Inspires Them. Their Street Signs Stop Them
Campaigners urge Andy Burnham to ban no ball games signs and restore safe doorstep play for children across England.
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The licence people used to regularly send me threatening letters and one evening even phoned me - I assume to ascertain whether they could hear EastEnders in the background. (I didn't have a TV!) "Shout out to the 3,000 legends who still have a black and white licence"
Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · 3w ago500,000 fewer households with a TV licence in the last year.... people just ticking the box for 'nah I don't need it'. Realising that TV detector vans don't actually exist. Shout out to the 3,000 legends who still have a black and white licence.
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport stats out today. We really should be talking a lot more about the need for action on transport emissions. www.gov.uk/government/s...
Grosvenor square’s had a £25million revamp,44 new trees,150,000 plants & two small wetlands.. opens on Monday the 20th. #London
My all-time favourite tennis stat is that 50% of Roger Federer is 'er'. Respect to whoever first came up with that.
I recommend giving this a listen. London's buildings and streets invariably look away from the Thames but for centuries the Thames was the focus - the liquid highway as @davehillonlondon.bsky.social calls it. How could Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea make more of it?
My goodness - the story of the rescue of two hikers and their 'titanic effort' to call out from the bottom of a ravine www.reuters.com/world/europe...
British couple saved from Spanish ravine after deadly wildfire
Most of the dozen people killed in the fire are thought to be British and Belgian nationals.
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