Penny Horwood
@pennyhorwood3.bsky.social
Technology journalist at https://www.computing.co.uk with strong interest in tech sustainability and workforce diversity.
Mother of three. Difficult. Often cross.
Opinions all my own, and I have plenty.
Mother of three. Difficult. Often cross.
Opinions all my own, and I have plenty.
At that point in the festive season where I’m considering burning my house down because STUFF EVERYWHERE
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
At that point in the festive season where I’m considering burning my house down because STUFF EVERYWHERE
We’ll find out today if Trump was right about European weakness.
For all of our sakes Ukraine must have this money.
For all of our sakes Ukraine must have this money.
Why can’t the EU agree on using £80bn of frozen Russian assets for the Ukraine war?
Why can’t the EU agree on using £80bn of frozen Russian assets for the Ukraine war?
Why can’t the EU agree on using £80bn of frozen Russian assets for the Ukraine war?
www.independent.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We’ll find out today if Trump was right about European weakness.
For all of our sakes Ukraine must have this money.
For all of our sakes Ukraine must have this money.
So feet are woke?
Should play well for the 2028 run
Should play well for the 2028 run
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So feet are woke?
Should play well for the 2028 run
Should play well for the 2028 run
Reposted by Penny Horwood
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
So this is the hill the BBC chooses to die on?
Someone make it make sense
Someone make it make sense
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So this is the hill the BBC chooses to die on?
Someone make it make sense
Someone make it make sense
I think the media understands exactly how normal relationships work but also hates Labour and women with the power of a thousand suns.
If I had asked my husband to sort something out with a letting agent, I would trust that everything had been done correctly, especially if I was CX and busy trying to sort out the binfire left by my predecessor. The media clearly do not understand how normal relationships work.
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I think the media understands exactly how normal relationships work but also hates Labour and women with the power of a thousand suns.
Not as convinced as everyone else seems to be that Labour would have won if they had told voters they had to pay more tax.
So many constituencies won on tiny majorities and the electorate has a track record of punishing truth telling and rewarding inveterate liars.
So many constituencies won on tiny majorities and the electorate has a track record of punishing truth telling and rewarding inveterate liars.
There was a time Starmer/Reeves could made the argument to raise income taxes and VAT. There was even a moment they could have made the argument to break their manifesto pledge. It’s far too late. Now it would spell disaster for them and for politics. My latest👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Starmer and Reeves would destroy themselves with a manifesto break
There was a moment they could have broken their word. It's long gone.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Not as convinced as everyone else seems to be that Labour would have won if they had told voters they had to pay more tax.
So many constituencies won on tiny majorities and the electorate has a track record of punishing truth telling and rewarding inveterate liars.
So many constituencies won on tiny majorities and the electorate has a track record of punishing truth telling and rewarding inveterate liars.
Not ideal by any means but it’s a bargain compared to what we’ve paid Andrew Windsor.
And he hasn’t left.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And he hasn’t left.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hadush Kebatu: Migrant sex offender given £500 after threat to disrupt deportation
Hadush Kebatu was given the money to avoid a "slower, more expensive process", Downing Street said.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Not ideal by any means but it’s a bargain compared to what we’ve paid Andrew Windsor.
And he hasn’t left.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And he hasn’t left.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I hope we can agree that this is A Good Thing
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England
Those in need of free emergency contraception no longer have to see their GP or attend a sexual health clinic
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I hope we can agree that this is A Good Thing
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I asked AWS about water consumption for years. In return I’m supplied stats on how efficiently its DCs use water, and told consumption is the “wrong” metric.
It seems the company chose to be criticised for secrecy rather than publish water consumption.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
It seems the company chose to be criticised for secrecy rather than publish water consumption.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I asked AWS about water consumption for years. In return I’m supplied stats on how efficiently its DCs use water, and told consumption is the “wrong” metric.
It seems the company chose to be criticised for secrecy rather than publish water consumption.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
It seems the company chose to be criticised for secrecy rather than publish water consumption.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Well who could have seen that coming?
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings reut.rs/42T5u5Y
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
reut.rs
October 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Well who could have seen that coming?
So, yesterday a single point of failure at one AWS data centre buggered up about a third of the world’s internet.
24 hours later this is the vibe.
I mean, is this not ringing alarm bells?
24 hours later this is the vibe.
I mean, is this not ringing alarm bells?
a cartoon character named lisa simpson says " meh "
ALT: a cartoon character named lisa simpson says " meh "
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So, yesterday a single point of failure at one AWS data centre buggered up about a third of the world’s internet.
24 hours later this is the vibe.
I mean, is this not ringing alarm bells?
24 hours later this is the vibe.
I mean, is this not ringing alarm bells?
Any CISOs or cybersecurity people out there willing to talk at an event about their personal story of how they were affected by a breach or managed one? #journorequests @pressplugs.bsky.social #cybersecurity
October 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Any CISOs or cybersecurity people out there willing to talk at an event about their personal story of how they were affected by a breach or managed one? #journorequests @pressplugs.bsky.social #cybersecurity
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak is joining The Sunday Times as a columnist, starting 26 October. He will contribute a weekly column to the Business section on subjects including business, technology, politics and the economy
October 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Well this will be an absolute tonic for users mental health and totally worth the energy and water consumption.
This is desperate barrel scraping. Well, and content obvs
This is desperate barrel scraping. Well, and content obvs
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Well this will be an absolute tonic for users mental health and totally worth the energy and water consumption.
This is desperate barrel scraping. Well, and content obvs
This is desperate barrel scraping. Well, and content obvs
Reposted by Penny Horwood
Studies are beginning to reveal fissures in the argument that AI boosts productivity, writes Tech Policy Press fellow @eryk.bsky.social. Nonetheless, companies and governments are pouring investments into speculative growth without ample evidence.
Generative AI’s Productivity Myth | TechPolicy.Press
People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
October 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Studies are beginning to reveal fissures in the argument that AI boosts productivity, writes Tech Policy Press fellow @eryk.bsky.social. Nonetheless, companies and governments are pouring investments into speculative growth without ample evidence.
If there’s one lesson we should have learned from Corbyn years it’s that some activists can be unhelpful if your goal is to win elections.
I wonder how many of these are the same people.
I wonder how many of these are the same people.
If you missed the news last night, the Greens (in England & Wales) now have 100,000 members for the first time. At this rate - around 15,000 new members a week - they’ll very soon overtake the Conservatives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
If there’s one lesson we should have learned from Corbyn years it’s that some activists can be unhelpful if your goal is to win elections.
I wonder how many of these are the same people.
I wonder how many of these are the same people.
Truly, everyone needs a spaniel in their life
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Truly, everyone needs a spaniel in their life
Also a lesson that putting any kind of state backing behind crypto and trying to integrate it into the global financial system is like pulling the pin on a grenade then keeping hold of it to see what happens.
The scale of this week’s crypto crash is stunning. $16.6B in losses due to margin calls on 1.6M accounts averages to $10,000 lost per person betting on crypto always going up.
A lesson for many on the downside of borrowing money to gamble.
A lesson for many on the downside of borrowing money to gamble.
October 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Also a lesson that putting any kind of state backing behind crypto and trying to integrate it into the global financial system is like pulling the pin on a grenade then keeping hold of it to see what happens.
Heseltine bang on as ever but what I found really interesting here is how a straight, succinct answer visibility throws Victoria Derbyshire off track.
You can tell she’s just not used to them.
You can tell she’s just not used to them.
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Heseltine bang on as ever but what I found really interesting here is how a straight, succinct answer visibility throws Victoria Derbyshire off track.
You can tell she’s just not used to them.
You can tell she’s just not used to them.
Anyone needing a little boost to their faith in humanity might want to check out Michael Sheen on Desert Island Discs.
Just wonderful. @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
Just wonderful. @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Anyone needing a little boost to their faith in humanity might want to check out Michael Sheen on Desert Island Discs.
Just wonderful. @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
Just wonderful. @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
For some reason I can't fathom I missed this at the time. Janey Godley, legend.
I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
October 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
For some reason I can't fathom I missed this at the time. Janey Godley, legend.