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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · 16d

Posted as someone who still has Prime, at least until I can own the movies I've bought differently.

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

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Sep 7

In case you've ever wondered what the opposite of the French Exit is, I can now declare it to be the Mid-West Goodbye.

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Sep 5

So YES to this!
I made it abundantly clear that I didn't want breakfast in bed.
Make me a gorgeous dinner! Take me out for a lovely brunch!
But never breakfast in bed.

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fellow transport people!
Please help me understand why getting through an airport (today #BHX) is so unpredictable.
Surely the airport knows how many people are expected to depart per hour and can ensure the right level of manning?
Surely!

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Aug 29

It begins!! 🖤🤟

#supersonic

#supersonicfestival25
#curiousminds
#homeofmetal

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Aug 29

I know it's only 10am, but this has won today's internet!

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Aug 28

Toploader lives on in European airports.

Eno, all is forgiven.

#CDG
#lightlydelerious

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thanks, Geoff!
And "Hi!"

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Aug 25

In Atlanta for ITS World Congress! I'm this picture I'm just about to speak on the hard work we've put into achieving UK data standards to help the US DOT.
Great panel with colleagues from Taiwan, Germany and mobilitydata!

#ITSWC2025

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Aug 3

Amid the general discourse about Mental Load, I've yet to hear anyone discuss the extra mind-space that trying to remember which messaging app you use for each person takes up.

WhatsApp?
FB Messenger?
In-app on LinkedIn or Insta?
Or just plain SMS?

I want that space back.

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Jul 22

I do!!
justdroppedin is an excellent record shop and a lovely venue. Which gigs would be on your wishlist?

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Jul 5

Oh no. I feel you.
I do a lot of responses to bids and have been complemented on my writing.
A lot of my team have resorted to AI. One once proudly told me that the 50 pages I had to review were written by Chat***. I was insulted that they thought my time was worth so much less than theirs.

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Jul 5

In 30 years,
Rock n' Roll will be 100 years old.

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Jun 29

Hi Geoff!!
Great to connect again!

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Jun 25

Good luck to P!!
Did they hold the plane for you?!?

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Jun 22

Ditto sleeping bags.
"Stuff sack" I can manage, but "punch down for 20 minutes, with added swearing" sack can get in the bin.

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Jun 1

Yes! Even better!!

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Jun 1

That's my kind of place!!

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · May 17

#Switzerland have just delivered a 21st century Jacques Brel. Curiously nice!
#eurovision

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · May 17

#eurovision
I'm watching #Finland and thinking that's my kind of country!!

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · May 17

#eurovision
Was #Latvia not disturbingly fleshy?!

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · May 15

I wish #SacredPaws were on Bluesky so I could tell them just how much their music is a balm for my soul.

Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · May 12

Disappointing!

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · May 4

All #Freakzones are good, but tonight's is stunningly beautiful and glorious.
(And largely un-shazammable.)
Respect.
Always respect.

@bbc6music.bsky.social
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social

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Sue the Walnut @walnutalways.bsky.social · Apr 18

Not true!!
I rely on leaflets for political candidates for 2 things:
1) to find out what the person stands for, and
2) whether they care enough about my vote.
(Also, if you don't have a meaningful candidate profile that I can find online, you don't want the seat)

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