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Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Dec 14

London's grey was yellow this week, big thanks to Snapchat. Spectacles are:

-powerful
-non techie friendly
-outdoor viable
-highly sociable
-dev available now

Snap devs can mash http, passthrough, and an array of APIs for ace rapid prototypes with Spectacles ✨

Ahoy #XR devs, you tried them?

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Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 14h

It's not and never is an "immigrant problem" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

www.theguardian.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 1d

he escrito como los bloqueos de #laliga afectan a tantos terceros en españa que no tienen nada que ver con la retransmisión ilegal de fútbol acmeis.org/como-nos-afe...

Como nos afecta los bloqueos de LaLiga - ACMEIS

Al igual que miles de otras webs españolas, ACMEIS está sufriendo los daños colaterales de las medidas que LaLiga está aplicando, con bloqueos indiscriminados.

acmeis.org

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Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 6d

i say it happend about the time RSS was buried... #enshitification www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 6d

@jordipc.bsky.social esto está cada vez peor: afectadosporlaliga.palbin.com

Afectados por LaLigaAfectados por LaLiga

Plataforma para registrar y visualizar los dominios afectados por los bloqueos indiscriminados de IP de Cloudflare por parte de LaLiga

afectadosporlaliga.palbin.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 6d

Yo no me explico porque no hay más ruido de este tema. Apenas hay info en los medios. Mira afectadosporlaliga.palbin.com

Afectados por LaLigaAfectados por LaLiga

Plataforma para registrar y visualizar los dominios afectados por los bloqueos indiscriminados de IP de Cloudflare por parte de LaLiga

afectadosporlaliga.palbin.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 6d

“Lo más grave de todo es que muchas empresas y gestores de sitios web ni se están dando cuenta del impacto”, dice Pons. “Los bloqueos afectan a determinados usuarios y muchas web elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

Desde X a una app de pádel: los bloqueos semanales de LaLiga en internet ya provocan quejas sobre derechos fundamentales en España

Servicios como Redsys, X o los videojuegos de Steam, aparte de miles de webs, se han visto afectados por las crecientes interrupciones para intentar castigar el pirateo del fútbol

elpais.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 8d

Price of chocolate eh?

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 10d

"Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit | Devi Sridhar www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit | Devi Sridhar

If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpart, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinb...

www.theguardian.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 16d

just another day for me and you in paradise...

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 23d

plus I don't find his accent and style fatiguing like too much of YT.

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 23d

His review of the new Meta Ray Ban Display is quite good youtu.be/NTKC-LExZlI?... although I tend to agree with @skarredghost.bsky.social impressions

I Tested Meta's Ray-Ban Display Glasses

YouTube video by Mrwhosetheboss

youtu.be

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Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · 23d

In case you hadn't noticed the enshitification youtu.be/wVYG1mu8Lg8?...

The Internet is starting to Break - Here's Why.

YouTube video by Mrwhosetheboss

youtu.be

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Sep 8

Dismaying Disposable face masks used during Covid have left chemical timebomb, research suggests www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Disposable face masks used during Covid have left chemical timebomb, research suggests

An estimated 129bn were being used every month around the world at height of pandemic, with no recycling stream

www.theguardian.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Sep 7

It's foul plastic packaging people can't seem to realise how damaging that stuff is. Outlaw their sales I say

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Sep 7

Because people prefer baby wipe pollution which costs millions in their water bills and taxes to clean up ?

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Sep 7

Deberíamos prohibir la venta de este material. Es una lastra de contaminación para la sociedad: Alcantarillas #Murcia | Las alcantarillas de Murcia se ‘libran’ de más de 230 toneladas de toallitas share.google/I1ja2uKTcpza... #plastic #pollution #babywipes

Las alcantarillas de Murcia se ‘libran’ de más de 230 toneladas de toallitas

El Plan de Prevención captura dos millones anuales y se ha actuado en 420 kilómetros de tuberías en el primer semestre del año

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Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Sep 4

Crecimiento brutal detrás del 'sin' www.xataka.com/magnet/cerve...

La cerveza 'sin' es un negocio tan grande que ha activado una nueva carrera: cerveza sin alcohol capaz de emborrachar

Viernes. Ocho de la tarde. Estás en una terraza del centro con tus amigos y te apetece tomarte un par de cañas (quizás un par de copazos) para aprovechar el...

www.xataka.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Sep 1

so read.ai is the limpet of 2025 tech it so seems devforum.zoom.us/t/how-to-get...

Meeting Summaries, Transcripts, AI Notetaker & Enterprise Search | read.ai

Read AI, the fastest growing AI meeting assistant, ever, delivers real-time transcription, smart summaries, and enables AI search and discovery across all your content including meeting, messages, ema...

read.ai

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Sep 1

Removing read.ai from Google calendar is a good bit of detective work level of effort I could do without on day 1 from holiday

Meeting Summaries, Transcripts, AI Notetaker & Enterprise Search | read.ai

read.ai

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Aug 31

Pet peeve n°463 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fruit stickers are annoying and bad for the environment. So why did an Australian ban come unstuck?

Governments flagged fruit stickers for the chopping block but then South Australia shelved its September deadline after industry asked for more time

www.theguardian.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Aug 30

Didn't realise how comprehensive a poor value scam Avios points are. Transferring points between family members is charged at £50 per transaction and cannot be transferred between Iberia and British Airways despite both being Avios and owned by same company.

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Aug 26

Mad when you pause to think about it www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Modern Dentistry Is a Microplastic Minefield

Dentists and orthodontists depend heavily on plastics and are beginning to weigh the tradeoffs.

www.theatlantic.com

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Aug 20

always street

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Aug 18

Hace falta esto en #Murcia que acaban de talar un montón de ellas en el Valle www.hoy.es/caceres/proy...

Un proyecto para renovar 70 hectáreas de eucalipto en Cáceres recibe luz verde ambiental | Hoy

Se llevará a cabo en Rincón de Ballesteros sustituyendo la actual plantación por un clon que resiste mejor las temperaturas extremas

www.hoy.es

Paul Gailey @paulgailey.com · Aug 17

My cat doesn't purr, she dribbles instead then bites. Something streetcat about her she cannot outgrow