LukeBMTB
@lukebmtb.bsky.social
Usual Twitter transfer. Dog walks, phone photo's, dad puns, education, some politics, some family stuff, trying to maintain a 600 year old house.
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And it was a VERY good morning
January 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
And it was a VERY good morning
Here you go, twenty minutes training from the Government 54 seconds with an AI and you are a scientist with a paper to prove it and can ask for a pay rise.
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BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Here you go, twenty minutes training from the Government 54 seconds with an AI and you are a scientist with a paper to prove it and can ask for a pay rise.
bsky.app/profile/raph...
bsky.app/profile/raph...
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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A photographer is the obvious candidate for a compact cargo bike. Tasked with carting camera equipment 28 miles, Chris took the scenic route, loaded up for a thorough test of this Ado e-bike.
You may be surprised to find this bike is sold at only £1,699.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/ado-...
You may be surprised to find this bike is sold at only £1,699.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/ado-...
ADO Air One Pro review
The ADO (A Dece Oasis) Air One Pro might look like a small wheeled eBike, but with its easy ride
www.cyclingelectric.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A photographer is the obvious candidate for a compact cargo bike. Tasked with carting camera equipment 28 miles, Chris took the scenic route, loaded up for a thorough test of this Ado e-bike.
You may be surprised to find this bike is sold at only £1,699.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/ado-...
You may be surprised to find this bike is sold at only £1,699.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/ado-...
That's Mick Jagger circa 1968, surely?
Traitors host Claudia Winkleman is artist's latest garden fence creation
Traitors host Claudia Winkleman is artist's latest garden fence creation
The Traitors presenter becomes an artist's latest creation in Stowmarket, Suffolk.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:23 AM
That's Mick Jagger circa 1968, surely?
However bad your working day is, whoever sent this is likely having a worse one.
Amazon reveals fresh round of global job cuts in email sent in error to workers
Amazon reveals fresh round of global job cuts in email sent in error to workers
Message erroneously said affected employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been informed
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Business live – latest updates
Amazon has told workers of a fresh round of global job cuts in an email that appears to have been sent in error.
Workers at Amazon Web Services (AWS) received a meeting invitation from a top executive on Tuesday for the following day – subsequently cancelled – that also contained a draft email. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
However bad your working day is, whoever sent this is likely having a worse one.
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We keep banging on about council funding because the end result is this very real, very depressing fraying of the social fabric. Newcastle needs to save £200k so the park cafes close, the staff is let go, and another community anchor goes. To save pennies.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Newcastle parks cafe staff 'shellshocked' by sudden double closure
Council-run cafes in both Exhibition Park and Paddy Freeman's Park are to be closed down, with bosses saying they are no longer financially viable
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 AM
We keep banging on about council funding because the end result is this very real, very depressing fraying of the social fabric. Newcastle needs to save £200k so the park cafes close, the staff is let go, and another community anchor goes. To save pennies.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
"Free at the point of use" - there's a cost and someone will be paying it.
My, probably cynical, view is take up will be low and cost per full course delivered vey high and ability to measure even short term outcomes poor.
My, probably cynical, view is take up will be low and cost per full course delivered vey high and ability to measure even short term outcomes poor.
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 AM
"Free at the point of use" - there's a cost and someone will be paying it.
My, probably cynical, view is take up will be low and cost per full course delivered vey high and ability to measure even short term outcomes poor.
My, probably cynical, view is take up will be low and cost per full course delivered vey high and ability to measure even short term outcomes poor.
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hell yes. some good pics here: ra.co/features/4361
Inside West Bengal's Booming Sound System Battles · Feature ⟋ RA
In the region's rural villages, ceremonial competitions have birthed an ear-splitting sub-genre of bass-heavy music. Arielle Domb visited the operators behind the vibrant scene.
ra.co
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
hell yes. some good pics here: ra.co/features/4361
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recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
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Homemade mobile soundsystem/behemoths in Africa and Southeast Asia are an obsession of mine. Thai dudes plugging a phin into a bank of effects and turning pop ballads into mind-blowing psychedelica are a particular favorite
youtu.be/66mLK_yV7yI?...
youtu.be/66mLK_yV7yI?...
Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band - Thai-Psychedelia - 2 hours
YouTube video by Ambienne Cyennes
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Homemade mobile soundsystem/behemoths in Africa and Southeast Asia are an obsession of mine. Thai dudes plugging a phin into a bank of effects and turning pop ballads into mind-blowing psychedelica are a particular favorite
youtu.be/66mLK_yV7yI?...
youtu.be/66mLK_yV7yI?...
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But why has Freddie Mercury manifested in the flames of Up Helly Aa's Viking longship? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Famous Up Helly Aa festival sets Shetland's skies ablaze
During the event local
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 AM
But why has Freddie Mercury manifested in the flames of Up Helly Aa's Viking longship? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Curation of access to information will become a thing - the concept that My Trusted Source Only Provides Information From Other Trusted Sources.
The initial concept of search engines - that a greater number of links to a page lent it credibility - is now questionable and AI tainted info is rife.
The initial concept of search engines - that a greater number of links to a page lent it credibility - is now questionable and AI tainted info is rife.
One of the great tragedies of AI and science is that the proliferation of garbage papers and journals is creating pressure to return to more closed systems based on interpersonal connections and established prestige hierarchies that had only recently been opened up somewhat to greater diversity.
We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Curation of access to information will become a thing - the concept that My Trusted Source Only Provides Information From Other Trusted Sources.
The initial concept of search engines - that a greater number of links to a page lent it credibility - is now questionable and AI tainted info is rife.
The initial concept of search engines - that a greater number of links to a page lent it credibility - is now questionable and AI tainted info is rife.
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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hierarchy of evidence
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
hierarchy of evidence
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Jude Law here objecting to plans to build 20 terraced houses and 25 flats ... on a car park. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Jude Law here objecting to plans to build 20 terraced houses and 25 flats ... on a car park. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
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Bonus photo of the most optimistic dog in Reykjavík (it’s still closed)
January 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Bonus photo of the most optimistic dog in Reykjavík (it’s still closed)
My daughter was 5 months old when I broke my hip learning how not to jump an mtb. I was in hospital for 3 days while they reattached my leg. My daughter didn't poo the entire time. I got home, put her on my lap and the whole lot came out at once. It was a messy clean up.
This used to be a refined household of gentle intellectual pursuits. Now it’s one where one of us shouts “We’ve got poo!” across the house and the other one cheers, to celebrate the end of baby’s 36 hours of constipation.
O tempora, o mores!
O tempora, o mores!
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
My daughter was 5 months old when I broke my hip learning how not to jump an mtb. I was in hospital for 3 days while they reattached my leg. My daughter didn't poo the entire time. I got home, put her on my lap and the whole lot came out at once. It was a messy clean up.
January 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Yale dudes became damned communists 🧪😊
Yale University will be tuition-free next year for families with annual incomes below $200,000. #HigherEd ##AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Yale Will Offer Free Tuition To Families With Incomes Below $200,000
Next year Yale will cover tuition for new undergraduates from families with incomes below $200,000 and cover all education costs for those with incomes below $100,000.
www.forbes.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Yale dudes became damned communists 🧪😊
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Happy birthday to Gillian. Photo taken when New Order played Birmingham's Imperial Cinema in January 1982
January 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Happy birthday to Gillian. Photo taken when New Order played Birmingham's Imperial Cinema in January 1982
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I'm indebted to Live Science (and to the incredible work of the Expedition 501 team) for blowing my mind with this story:
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
But also...
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www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
But also...
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Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years
An expedition off the coast of Massachusetts has confirmed the existence of a freshwater reservoir beneath the seafloor. Now, scientists are starting to understand when and how it formed.
www.livescience.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I'm indebted to Live Science (and to the incredible work of the Expedition 501 team) for blowing my mind with this story:
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
But also...
7/
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
But also...
7/
My name's errrm, hang on I had it a minute ago.
January 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM
My name's errrm, hang on I had it a minute ago.
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Chanctonbury Ring.
an iPad drawing a day until I have enough that I'm happy with for a South Downs 'zine.
an iPad drawing a day until I have enough that I'm happy with for a South Downs 'zine.
January 27, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Chanctonbury Ring.
an iPad drawing a day until I have enough that I'm happy with for a South Downs 'zine.
an iPad drawing a day until I have enough that I'm happy with for a South Downs 'zine.