Stuart Orford
@sjorford.bsky.social
he/him geek/nerd lover of nature and spreadsheets you don't need to post
Tremendous selection of pots currently still available on my website at the moment www.roseschmits.com I’m so proud of the sheer variety of shapes and colours I’ve been able to achieve in this series of work, I truly never tire of it Free UK shipping, worldwide shipping available
Remember when Amazon raised over $50 million for independent bookstores? Oh, no wait, that was us. 😎 Thank you for choosing bookstores over billionaires. 💜
I am becoming incredibly exhausted of this pattern: many people: "AI sucks!" Very Smart Person: ah but have you considered (distinct application of ML or statistical modeling that has no real relationship to what the tech industry is marketing as, and people broadly perceive as, "AI")
Megan Greenwell@greenwell.bsky.social · 2mo agoapropos of nothing, here's a terrific feature about a meaningful, life-saving use of artificial intelligence, which I have been thinking about for over a year. it's just extremely stupid to say that AI has zero benefits even if you don't think it should be used in writing (which I don't)!
It turns out, what3words has serious problems with homophones, plurals, dialects, anyone for whom English isn't their first language, or anyone with a vocab less than 40k words. Indeed, UK rescuers have been warning against it's use for years... www.bbc.co.uk/news/technol...
Rescuers question what3words' use in emergencies
Mountain Rescue in England and Wales shows the BBC dozens of wrong addresses it has been given.
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what the fuck do you mean "everyone is using AI and nobody admits it." what the fuck do you mean. who are you talking to. you have allowed a demon to devour your soul. begone
I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:
Nobody ever explained to me what a passkey is or how they work. Websites just started asking me for passkeys like it's something we talked about.
A short thread of MPs who have resigned in order to contest their own by-election: 2016: Zac Goldsmith resigned to protest his own government's policy of expanding Heathrow. Defeated by Sarah Olney, a Lib Dem, who also opposed expanding Heathrow.
Gavin Freeguard@gavinfreeguard.com · 4mo agoIn case you were wondering (from when David Davis quit to fight a byelection in his own seat, 2008) www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
Subtitles as paid upgrade? On behalf of everyone with disabilities, fuck you very much
Welcome to Trainsatlantic. Hosted by @garethdennis.uk and @donoteat.bsky.social. Arriving 22nd June.
Makerfield is the third constituency to be having a by-election on 18th June. Makerfield was created as constituency in 1983. The biggest part of the new seat came from the former Ince constituency. That said, the town of Ince was only in Makerfield constituency between 1997 and 2010.
We’ve been lucky to receive high-profile support since we started our campaign, and we know visibility and vocal allyship matters. It doesn’t come much higher than Sandi Toksvig, who’s done so much for women’s equality and inclusion. Thank you 🙏 notinourname.org.uk
i think i shall avoid paying attention to the current Discourse here
I’m told my acceptance speech upset some of the BBC journalists who were in the room. I said what I said and it’s the truth 🤷♀️
Abigail Thorn@theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm honoured to get the Amnesty Award, but honestly this was a group effort. Thanks to the crew, fact-checkers, lawyers, journalists, and the team at Nebula who helped bring this scandal to light. And thanks to @jessothomson.co.uk for collecting the award on my behalf! Here’s my acceptance speech:
🐶 Where is the best place in the UK to see #dogsatpollingstations ? 🐕 Possibly Cowal Dog Training Club in Argyll and Bute, which is a polling place today! 🐾 Find your polling station: wheredoivote.co.uk
New blog: the 2026 town and parish council elections. - 373 town and parish councils are up for election this year. - Due to a lack of candidates in most areas, only 23% of wards will see a poll on 7 May. - 67% of council seats have been won uncontested. democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/04...
2026 parish and town elections
A data summary of the 2026 local council elections in England.
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hey there are parish elections coming up, so I crunched a few numbers blog-shaped-thoughts.blogspot.com/2026/04/2026...
2026 parish elections - a small crop of farmers
A relatively small crop of parish and town council elections are happening in 2026, with 374 parishes being elected across 31 districts and ...
blog-shaped-thoughts.blogspot.com
Long thread: I've done interviews on Labour's latest anti-asylum policy today, but, unfortunately, had to turn down some for this evening. So, in addition to the clip from earlier, let me just set out why and how this latest Labour piece of cruelty won't work, but will cause far more harm. 1/38
Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 6mo agoSpoke to LBC News about Shabana Mahmood's supposed "landmark deal" with France to prevent people seeking asylum in the UK and how it is just a continuation of the same failed hostile policies of the last government.
My book is out now!! Jacob’s Transition Goals is a positive, hopeful story about an 8 year old transgender boy who loves football. In today’s political climate, trans joy is so needed - you should grab a copy! You can buy Jacob’s Transition Goals in LGBTQ+ bookshops and online all over the world
Why was I invited to Beast Studios? youtu.be/0dwagg5wYY4
Why was I invited to Beast Studios?
YouTube video by Folding Ideas
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"all writers use AI" nope, get the entire fuck out of here with that
The bluesky address is @attie.ai and it really needs to be in the top five accounts blocked on this platform. This is honestly some of the most tonedeaf shit I’ve seen from BS and thats saying something
Jay 🦋@jay.bsky.team · 7mo agoToday, we’re excited to introduce Attie, currently as an invite-only closed beta. Attie is the first agentic social app on atproto. It’s something completely new — an experiment in making building on the protocol more accessible.
As the Adult Substack Babies rot on Twitter, please subscribe to a real newspaper. It is very on sale this week. $75 for a year delivered to your home. I will continue to dunk on them until they die.
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On Friday we revealed the Companies House vulnerability letting anyone access the private dashboard of any UK company. This is the moment I first saw it demonstrated. My reaction says it all. What do we know? What don't we know? What should companies do now?
Happy International Women's Day from your favourite International Woman. To celebrate, why not buy a book about medieval women's history, the cover of which will be marked as offensive on this website? The Once and Future Sex a book by Eleanor Janega - Bookshop.org UK share.google/78MevtXKrK7I...
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