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Rikki Price
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A flibbertigibbet, a will-o‘-the-wisp, a clown
Oof
Remembering this absolute GOAT from the old Twitter - "I help DJs" vs. Terry Farley 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Free access to British Newspaper Archive
BTW some of you may know this but others won't. If you're in a place that's free WiFi is _TheCloud then it will give you unlimited credits to the BNA.

Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Take a minute.
this is mesmerizing
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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No we don’t! We literally do not! Do I have to engage with my air fryer? Do I have to have a co-dependent relationship with Google Maps?
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@duncanexley.bsky.social this is at your level
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🎶 Imagine there’s no heaven - it’s easy if you try 🎶
It's been SEVEN hours and
fifteen days
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Not Recommended!
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Guilty as charged (it did seem awfully plausible)
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Postbox bollards outside the Post Office. Absolutely delightful.
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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'Watson!' Exclaimed Holmes, his voice crackling with urgency. 'We must move quickly if we are to prevent that devilishly cunning Professor Moriarty from making good his escape'.
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Shot + chaser
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Innocent Smoothies vibes but for people who want to shit themselves.
Half are called "pickled yum-ions" and the other half "rectum destroyer"
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
this isn't fun but it's reminded me of something i feel like everyone should know just in case, like a form of first aid:

if you or someone near you has a traumatic experience, playing games like Tetris ASAP disrupts the brain's creation of intrusive/sticky memories and will help prevent PTSD
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I've not actually seen this interview but judging by the expression on Chris Hope's face I'm guessing the PM told him there's no provision for a Royal Yacht in the budget
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Mahmood/government should say explain *objective* of increasing time to settlement for 15 years for care workers who arrived 2022-24

Is it

A) to get them to leave? Why?
B) to save money? Then why not just restrict benefits?
C) to "encourage integration"? How? Will do opposite.
15 years for people in medium skilled jobs and care workers too. I believe this goes down to 10 years if they earn over £50,270. Someone in a high skilled job earning over that qualifies in 5 years.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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It's the most wonderful time of the year: Scotland's gritter tracker is back! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️🧊

www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Every time Dominic Cummings spouts forth again I am reminded of @daveyjones.bsky.social's Dogshit Puppet Master from 2021 in @vizcomic.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Time to finish my migration from all Google products
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Roman bronze dragon’s head standard, AD 190-260.

Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked!

Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM