Annie Di Piombo
@wazzock.bsky.social
Here because there's nowhere else to go now. And you know what? I'm rather enjoying it. See pinned post regarding what makes me tick and if you're going to follow me, POST SOMETHING!
Je ne suis pas Charlie.
Je ne suis pas Charlie.
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Annie Di Piombo
@wazzock.bsky.social
· Nov 4
okay, time for a prompt post to distract us all from the horrors. quote this post with your areas of expertise, interest, hyperfixation and/or obsession and invite your audience to ask you questions about them.
In arbitrary order; beer, cats, philatelic history, broadcasting history, buses, architecture, the Peak District, the Yorkshire coast, cooking, jazz, classical, prog, football, cricket, Tom Lehrer, Flanders & Swann, not doing small talk, fighting against the grim meathook future on multiple fronts.
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Gathering suggestions to assist the family with ideas for christmas gifts
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Gathering suggestions to assist the family with ideas for christmas gifts
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Lee Anderson, who makes nearly £200,000 a year, repeatedly calls for benefit clampdowns, and described Britain as a “food bank for the world”...
...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Lee Anderson, who makes nearly £200,000 a year, repeatedly calls for benefit clampdowns, and described Britain as a “food bank for the world”...
...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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*Who's* on his legal team??
Fridman is using ISDS arbitration to challenge Western sanctions — with Tony Blair’s wife, Cherie, on his legal team.
If he wins, other oligarchs may follow.
If he wins, other oligarchs may follow.
Russian oligarch found legal weapon to kill Western sanctions — and a former UK PM’s wife is on his team
If Fridman wins, every sanctioned oligarch could follow.
euromaidanpress.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
*Who's* on his legal team??
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A proper treat for you! 🎛️
New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen
From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in
HP x
New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen
From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in
HP x
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A proper treat for you! 🎛️
New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen
From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in
HP x
New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen
From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in
HP x
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Jonathan Gullis was my sister’s schoolteacher and used to lie to teenage schoolgirls that he went to the Uni of Oxford instead of Oxford Brookes…
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Jonathan Gullis was my sister’s schoolteacher and used to lie to teenage schoolgirls that he went to the Uni of Oxford instead of Oxford Brookes…
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Amazing that Reform UK are just going to run the exact same nativist Tory shitheads that Boris Johnson did in the Brexit election—probably even in their former seats—and they'll win, just with a different colour tie on.
And this will be put down to "an increasingly volatile electorate."
RIGHTO!
And this will be put down to "an increasingly volatile electorate."
RIGHTO!
Ex Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform UK
Jonathan Gullis, a former education minister, lost his Stoke-on-Trent North seat in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Amazing that Reform UK are just going to run the exact same nativist Tory shitheads that Boris Johnson did in the Brexit election—probably even in their former seats—and they'll win, just with a different colour tie on.
And this will be put down to "an increasingly volatile electorate."
RIGHTO!
And this will be put down to "an increasingly volatile electorate."
RIGHTO!
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I was trying to track down the source of Gramsci's "time of monsters" quote and found that it's a "mistranslation" (ie he just made it up) by Slavoj Zizek. Gramsci's line clearly translates as "morbid symptoms" instead. Mad that you can just rewrite a famous quote and get it widely accepted.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I was trying to track down the source of Gramsci's "time of monsters" quote and found that it's a "mistranslation" (ie he just made it up) by Slavoj Zizek. Gramsci's line clearly translates as "morbid symptoms" instead. Mad that you can just rewrite a famous quote and get it widely accepted.
Oh just fuck off already, Maurice. We see you.
Once again doing the "there's nothing Labour about [X]" non-argument, I see. Honestly why are these people so allergic to actually making a proper case for *anything*?
Starmer to launch fresh push for welfare spending reform
Prime minister will risk Labour MPs’ ire by arguing that tackling the spiralling benefits bill is a moral imperative
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Oh just fuck off already, Maurice. We see you.
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The problem with “Strong Floor, No Ceiling” is that no one knows what the fuck it means, and not in the “allows for multiple different, but positive, interpretations” way.
IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOUR SLOGAN IT’S A BAD SLOGAN.
See also “opportunity society.”
IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOUR SLOGAN IT’S A BAD SLOGAN.
See also “opportunity society.”
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The problem with “Strong Floor, No Ceiling” is that no one knows what the fuck it means, and not in the “allows for multiple different, but positive, interpretations” way.
IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOUR SLOGAN IT’S A BAD SLOGAN.
See also “opportunity society.”
IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOUR SLOGAN IT’S A BAD SLOGAN.
See also “opportunity society.”
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
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Apparently reinventing the wheel is what gets you the big bucks nowadays 🙄https://www.ft.com/content/668944f0-4fb5-4d0a-a86a-93a0ffd0e57e
Accenture dubs its 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ as it adapts to AI
Move follows in footsteps of Disney’s ‘imagineers’ and Amazon’s ‘ninja coders’
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Apparently reinventing the wheel is what gets you the big bucks nowadays 🙄https://www.ft.com/content/668944f0-4fb5-4d0a-a86a-93a0ffd0e57e
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Brian Hayes, the broadcaster known for shaping early phone-in radio at LBC and later hosting shows on BBC Radio 2, has died
Former LBC and Radio 2 presenter Brian Hayes dies aged 87
Brian Hayes, the broadcaster known for shaping early phone-in radio at LBC and later hosting shows on BBC Radio 2, has died
radiotoday.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Brian Hayes, the broadcaster known for shaping early phone-in radio at LBC and later hosting shows on BBC Radio 2, has died
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The first three series of City Lights are now on iPlayer, looks like series three hasn’t been repeated since 1988 according to the BBC website. It deserved a long life on VHS, DVD and iPlayer, sadly that wasn’t to be.
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The first three series of City Lights are now on iPlayer, looks like series three hasn’t been repeated since 1988 according to the BBC website. It deserved a long life on VHS, DVD and iPlayer, sadly that wasn’t to be.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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Absolute mayhem! Superb! Magnificent!
No-one can now be in any doubt as to the organisational ability and cohesion of Your Party
No-one can now be in any doubt as to the organisational ability and cohesion of Your Party
And in Wales this happened 'Confusion as Your Party co-convenor in Wales Beth Winter registers new political party with herself as leader' nation.cymru/news/confusi...
Confusion as Your Party co-convenor in Wales Beth Winter registers new political party with herself as leader
Martin Shipton A new twist has occurred on the political left in Wales with the registration of a new party with former Cynon Valley MP Beth Winter as its leader. People’s Party Wales, which also has ...
nation.cymru
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Absolute mayhem! Superb! Magnificent!
No-one can now be in any doubt as to the organisational ability and cohesion of Your Party
No-one can now be in any doubt as to the organisational ability and cohesion of Your Party
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The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
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NEW: Larry Summers was rightly excoriated for his gross correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein. More attention should be paid to what we've learned about Epstein's correspondence with Steve Bannon.
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
www.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW: Larry Summers was rightly excoriated for his gross correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein. More attention should be paid to what we've learned about Epstein's correspondence with Steve Bannon.
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
Not my circus, not my monkeys, not my party.
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Not my circus, not my monkeys, not my party.
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Have I got the wrong person or is this not the person who was in the LibDem part of the Coalition who was jubilant about throwing benefits recipients under the bus in order to get a tax on plastic bags?
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Have I got the wrong person or is this not the person who was in the LibDem part of the Coalition who was jubilant about throwing benefits recipients under the bus in order to get a tax on plastic bags?
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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As many have been saying for a while, sure seems like the “who could AI replace” question has the opposite answer to what the bosses expect
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
As many have been saying for a while, sure seems like the “who could AI replace” question has the opposite answer to what the bosses expect
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Given that 25% of the Cambs county council seats in the city of #Cambridge went to @cambsgreenparty.bsky.social at the local elections here earlier this year, shouldn’t the Vice Chancellor also be meeting with the Greens as well? @zackpolanski.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Given that 25% of the Cambs county council seats in the city of #Cambridge went to @cambsgreenparty.bsky.social at the local elections here earlier this year, shouldn’t the Vice Chancellor also be meeting with the Greens as well? @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Tory student (19yr old) giving out parental advice. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Tory student (19yr old) giving out parental advice. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
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🎵
Ooh, ooh, let's all chant
Ooh, ooh,let's all chant,
Your Party, My Party,
Everybody’s quit the party…
🎶
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ooh, ooh, let's all chant
Ooh, ooh,let's all chant,
Your Party, My Party,
Everybody’s quit the party…
🎶
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day
Sultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🎵
Ooh, ooh, let's all chant
Ooh, ooh,let's all chant,
Your Party, My Party,
Everybody’s quit the party…
🎶
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ooh, ooh, let's all chant
Ooh, ooh,let's all chant,
Your Party, My Party,
Everybody’s quit the party…
🎶
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...