smalltruths
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North Yorkshire, plant-based, yet another late-diagnosed ADHDer
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Today in planes are unacceptably cheap and trains are unacceptably expensive: the return flight for my next Cambridge-Glasgow trip is sixteen quid.
The whole thing is fifty. The cheapest comparable train is a hundred and thirty.
Purely conscience-based modal shift might take a while, eh.
The whole thing is fifty. The cheapest comparable train is a hundred and thirty.
Purely conscience-based modal shift might take a while, eh.
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Today in planes are unacceptably cheap and trains are unacceptably expensive: the return flight for my next Cambridge-Glasgow trip is sixteen quid.
The whole thing is fifty. The cheapest comparable train is a hundred and thirty.
Purely conscience-based modal shift might take a while, eh.
The whole thing is fifty. The cheapest comparable train is a hundred and thirty.
Purely conscience-based modal shift might take a while, eh.
Good deed for the day - logging a stranger out of Netflix on the hotel TV.
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Good deed for the day - logging a stranger out of Netflix on the hotel TV.
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His actions speak louder than words: “Polanski… is vegan and does not fly or drive. ‘I have the privilege and the time to be able to make those choices,’ he told The Times. ‘Someone can be an environmentalist and still not be able to make those choices’”.
This is clever messaging because...
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This is clever messaging because...
2/
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
His actions speak louder than words: “Polanski… is vegan and does not fly or drive. ‘I have the privilege and the time to be able to make those choices,’ he told The Times. ‘Someone can be an environmentalist and still not be able to make those choices’”.
This is clever messaging because...
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This is clever messaging because...
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X is not some neutral platform on which we can all jostle for space. It is itself an active agent in all this. The Nazis haven't occupied it - they ARE it.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
X is not some neutral platform on which we can all jostle for space. It is itself an active agent in all this. The Nazis haven't occupied it - they ARE it.
Yes, what is this? So strange.
January 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Yes, what is this? So strange.
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Teasels in my garden & the sunset just now-botanical fractals & Barbie pink clouds, for the dopamine ☄️
January 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Teasels in my garden & the sunset just now-botanical fractals & Barbie pink clouds, for the dopamine ☄️
I don't drink a lot any more. And try really hard not to drink if I really want to as that's generally the worst time to!
January 1, 2026 at 10:07 AM
I don't drink a lot any more. And try really hard not to drink if I really want to as that's generally the worst time to!
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I've been following Yukio Akamine online for 20 years. During this time, the world has seen Myspace and Facebook get overtaken by blogging platforms such as WordPress and Tumblr, which in turn got overtaken by social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. 🧵
January 1, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I've been following Yukio Akamine online for 20 years. During this time, the world has seen Myspace and Facebook get overtaken by blogging platforms such as WordPress and Tumblr, which in turn got overtaken by social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. 🧵
Mine didn't believe it had snowed and we went sledging on my birthday last year but luckily I had photographic proof (he was unimpressed for some reason).
December 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Mine didn't believe it had snowed and we went sledging on my birthday last year but luckily I had photographic proof (he was unimpressed for some reason).
Bring back knobs.
Another reason I still have the (old) MX5 despite having two kids...
Another reason I still have the (old) MX5 despite having two kids...
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Bring back knobs.
Another reason I still have the (old) MX5 despite having two kids...
Another reason I still have the (old) MX5 despite having two kids...
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Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
AI being used to help cut A&E waiting times in England this winter
Forecasting tool predicts when demand will be highest, allowing NHS trusts to better plan staffing and bed space
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thought the @nationaltrust.org.uk cafés were getting more vegan not less? Just the fruit scone as a cake option at Fountains Abbey today.
December 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Thought the @nationaltrust.org.uk cafés were getting more vegan not less? Just the fruit scone as a cake option at Fountains Abbey today.
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Thread. Human connection is a necessity. It is one reason I’m not entirely anti-social media.
You get to read things like this.
You get to read things like this.
Thinking about how moving away from people-first is a growing trend, and how this is something quite important. It's been on my mind since my local McDonald's refurbished, and there's a reason for that.
December 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Thread. Human connection is a necessity. It is one reason I’m not entirely anti-social media.
You get to read things like this.
You get to read things like this.
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Thread.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
December 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Thread.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
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Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
August 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
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Astonished at the number of creative intelligent discerning people who casually use “I asked Chat GPT” when talking about their daily lives.
AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent.
You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail”
I wish people had more shame.
AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent.
You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail”
I wish people had more shame.
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Astonished at the number of creative intelligent discerning people who casually use “I asked Chat GPT” when talking about their daily lives.
AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent.
You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail”
I wish people had more shame.
AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent.
You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail”
I wish people had more shame.
Also filling and maybe healthy... right?
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Also filling and maybe healthy... right?
Side note. Can you be with qualm or only without? Qualmish?
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Side note. Can you be with qualm or only without? Qualmish?
The great thing about veggie sushi is you can buy it yellow stickered from Lidl and eat it the next day without qualm.
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The great thing about veggie sushi is you can buy it yellow stickered from Lidl and eat it the next day without qualm.
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the tech industry was all about making computers better, smaller, and more connected. and they more or less finished that the last decade. they did a good job at it. and since then there's been this weird midlife crisis vibe from the industry that finished its purpose.
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
the tech industry was all about making computers better, smaller, and more connected. and they more or less finished that the last decade. they did a good job at it. and since then there's been this weird midlife crisis vibe from the industry that finished its purpose.
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Suzi summing up world history here.
It's just so senseless. A man can't control his temper, and everyone suffers.
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Suzi summing up world history here.
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"A few weeks ago, I was wrestling with a major life decision. Like I've grown used to doing, I opened Claude and started thinking out loud-laying out the options...asking for perspective"
The author even admits he's been more open with AI than any actual human beings
Insanity
The author even admits he's been more open with AI than any actual human beings
Insanity
Well, well, well…
8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by
www.koi.ai
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"A few weeks ago, I was wrestling with a major life decision. Like I've grown used to doing, I opened Claude and started thinking out loud-laying out the options...asking for perspective"
The author even admits he's been more open with AI than any actual human beings
Insanity
The author even admits he's been more open with AI than any actual human beings
Insanity
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“He said, ‘I’m going to die – please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives’,” Alkanj recounted, before Ahmed tackled the shooter, taking his rifle.
this guy, honestly. amazing.
this guy, honestly. amazing.
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“He said, ‘I’m going to die – please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives’,” Alkanj recounted, before Ahmed tackled the shooter, taking his rifle.
this guy, honestly. amazing.
this guy, honestly. amazing.
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Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”