My theory of employment in 2026 is that Boomers are choosing to squat their tech jobs so my 40 something yo friends struggle to find opportunities unless they promote their work on the platforms that millenials engage with.
Alexandra D-S
@designswarm.bsky.social
Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. designswarm.com
Off to the airport with porcelain, 2 bottles of wine and a glass jar of baked beans in my luggage. Absolutely reckless behaviour, I agree.
My local picture framer is 71 yo and thinks he can beat prostate cancer by cycling around France. I had to inform him that dad, who was fit as a fiddle, was diagnosed in his 50s and died at 68. Take the pills sir. #menarenotok
My relationship green flag is that I’m loyal enough to get hugs from my local barrista and my favourite waiter.
3 months in and this is what I think you should know if you want to work in the NHS as a designer. It’s only been 68 days though so I could be wrong. www.designswarm.com/blog/2026/08...
Weeknote 8: what it means to be a designer in the NHS
I’m on holiday so I shouldn’t really be writing a weeknote but I’m getting lots of designers reaching out to me on Linkedin who have never worked in the NHS, wanting to work there…
designswarm.com
Applying for Arts Council England funding for Papercamp 5.
The fact that one of the assaults started in Shoreditch house and ended in the (now closed) Ace Hotel nearby in 2013 is not a surprise for anyone working in the area at the time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Three - Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret
Multiple women accuse Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Jared Leto of sexual misconduct.
bbc.co.uk
Only 12 tickets left for Papercamp 5. it should be a grand day out. Saturday September 19th 11am-5pm at St Bride Foundation (near Blackfriars). Get your ticket and bring a friend. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/papercamp-...
Papercamp 5
A day event exploring the many aspects of paper through talks and hands-on workshops.
eventbrite.co.uk
Someone from OpenAI has asked to follow me on Linkedin so I'm considering making this account private.
Tell me I’m not the only one who giggled at the ‘fidget toy’. youtu.be/m8uUUUsMD3Y
Introducing the Codex Micro
YouTube video by OpenAI
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I am too old to be cutting and pasting text from a Mural screenshot to a spreadsheet.
My barrista tells me I look like Claire Saffitz (who is 39). I will put that in the bank for a rainy day.
To live on an island that doesn’t know anything about water management explains everything really.
I know everything feels terrible but i had lunch with @meghaw.bsky.social who told me all about the Cockroach Janta Party and things are possible if you really want them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroa...
Cockroach Janta Party - Wikipedia
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A crypto company buys a s*x doll company and decides to make a teaching assistant for students they’ll pilot in a mostly Native American high school. Is Nathan Barley running the company and have I died? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school
Robot from company that acquired sex doll maker to be introduced in school with large Native American population
theguardian.com
That title should really be ‘cost of living crisis drives young man to act like a clown for likes’. #menarenotok www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Influencer who left bathtub on Pen y Fan apologises
Tom Christopher carried the tub up the mountain in flip flops, before bathing in it at the summit.
bbc.co.uk
My italian neighbour ignoring the hosepipe ban reminds me of Brixton market during covid. South London is another country.
In Boston for less than 2 days next month so of course trying to get into a Harvard Library for some home economics history research.
National ID cards are mentioned in the first episode of the Thick of It (2005). Some policy ideas just refuse to die I suppose. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/identity-car...
Identity cards 20 years on: 2005 Lords bill second reading debate
In 2005, the then Labour government proposed the introduction of a national identity card scheme and register. Having passed the House of Commons, the government’s Identity Cards Bill reached the Hous...
lordslibrary.parliament.uk
My relationship red flag is that I’m secretly a Late Majority adopter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technol...
Technology adoption life cycle - Wikipedia
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Considering reading some Anthony Powell because even if I didn’t read English at Oxbridge, I want to have ideas of my own. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dance...
A Dance to the Music of Time - Wikipedia
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