Helen Simmons (She/Her)
@littlehen.bsky.social
A bricolage of things. Nature, creativity, community, kindness…
Unbothered. Moisturised. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
Profile picture: me in a pink jumper smiling
Header image: me in a purple hat taking a picture of myself in a broken mirror
Unbothered. Moisturised. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
Profile picture: me in a pink jumper smiling
Header image: me in a purple hat taking a picture of myself in a broken mirror
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Different ways of living are possible, and are already taking place all over the world. They’re ways of love, kindness and joy. They’re quiet, humble, slow, small. They’re vital and restorative, regenerative and inclusive. I’m pledging to celebrate, support and amplify them. Will you join me?
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A fitting moment to bring back this old transit meme. However they’re powered—gas, hydrogen, electricity, or driverless—leaning on cars instead of investing in quality public transit is still a poor long-term strategy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A fitting moment to bring back this old transit meme. However they’re powered—gas, hydrogen, electricity, or driverless—leaning on cars instead of investing in quality public transit is still a poor long-term strategy.
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Our emotions and beliefs are contagious. By choosing to share hope and optimism, rather than despair or anger, you have a positive ripple effect
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our emotions and beliefs are contagious. By choosing to share hope and optimism, rather than despair or anger, you have a positive ripple effect
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
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“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
There’s something magical about letting people be.
Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
There’s something magical about letting people be.
Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
There’s something magical about letting people be.
Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
There’s something magical about letting people be.
Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
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The fallen leaves have revealed this honey bee nest, in the woods at Haughmond Hill. #ukwildlife #photography #Nature #wildlife #insects #shropshire #bees
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The fallen leaves have revealed this honey bee nest, in the woods at Haughmond Hill. #ukwildlife #photography #Nature #wildlife #insects #shropshire #bees
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The Bike Bus has made it!
On one strange morning, 180 kids rode into the Upside Down. A ride filled with adventure, joy and friendship. #BikeBus #StrangerThings #Netflixpartner @netflix.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Bike Bus has made it!
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Are you using AI, as a professional? Check your insurance cover, because a lot of the big insurers are about to pull out of insuring it. Which means that if you let it write your stuff or control your operations, you are potentially personally liable for its errors...
“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, said Dennis Bertram, head of cyber insurance for Europe at Mosaic. “It’s too much of a black box.”
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Are you using AI, as a professional? Check your insurance cover, because a lot of the big insurers are about to pull out of insuring it. Which means that if you let it write your stuff or control your operations, you are potentially personally liable for its errors...
ChatGPT is racist
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ChatGPT is racist
if you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
if you see this, post your getaway vehicle
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
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Cyclists despaired in 1930 when they were called on by the government to pay tolls to pay for the cost of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This was because at that time bicycles were the MOST common transport mode on Sydney’s roads!
www.youtube.com/live/KnXEgSX...
www.youtube.com/live/KnXEgSX...
Two wheels to adventure: Bikes and why we love them
YouTube video by National Library of Australia
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Cyclists despaired in 1930 when they were called on by the government to pay tolls to pay for the cost of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This was because at that time bicycles were the MOST common transport mode on Sydney’s roads!
www.youtube.com/live/KnXEgSX...
www.youtube.com/live/KnXEgSX...
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Every time I cry from loss it is because I am remembering joy, and I am grateful for having felt it.
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Every time I cry from loss it is because I am remembering joy, and I am grateful for having felt it.
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My little girls (now big girls!), adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions - but each had been given a box of books by @booktrust.org.uk. These books, read together, became our first shared memories.
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My little girls (now big girls!), adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions - but each had been given a box of books by @booktrust.org.uk. These books, read together, became our first shared memories.
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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All the ways the next generation gives me a lot of hope. A thread/
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
All the ways the next generation gives me a lot of hope. A thread/
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WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
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Huh, I had never thought about emojis being problematic before, but it seems like I'm doing okay by adding mostly only one at the end of my text or at least at the end of a sentence?
uxdesign.cc/emojis-in-ac...
uxdesign.cc/emojis-in-ac...
Emojis and accessibility: How to use them properly
Who doesn’t love emojis? I’m willing to bet that the recent 10 messages you sent or received from different people on your phone, there…
uxdesign.cc
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Huh, I had never thought about emojis being problematic before, but it seems like I'm doing okay by adding mostly only one at the end of my text or at least at the end of a sentence?
uxdesign.cc/emojis-in-ac...
uxdesign.cc/emojis-in-ac...
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I've written up the findings from our work with people and organisations who have used AI notetakers in meetings, identified 9 risks and a bunch of mitigation strategies. www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
Nine risks caused by AI notetakers — Careful Industries
AI transcription tools are not currently mature or reliable enough to be regarded as an always on, single-source of truth for meeting notes. Nine common risks, and six possible mitigations.
www.careful.industries
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I've written up the findings from our work with people and organisations who have used AI notetakers in meetings, identified 9 risks and a bunch of mitigation strategies. www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
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Today is St Clement's Day, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers.
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today is St Clement's Day, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers.
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters