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Justin Stach @stach.uk · 22h

Dr Manhattan meme about time.
Frame 1: IT IS 1999 AND SEMANTIC WEB AGENTS WILL BOOK MY HOLIDAY AUTONOMOUSLY. THE ONTOLOGIES ARE BEING
DEVELOPED. I AM VERY EXCITED.
Frame 2: IT IS 2016 AND CHATBOTS ON FACEBOOK MESSENGER WILL BOOK MY HOLIDAY. I DON'T NEED TO DOWNLOAD AN APP. I AM CHATTING WHERE I ALREADY CHAT WITH MY FRIENDS. I AM VERY EXCITED.
Frame 3: IT IS 2025 AND OPENAI ARE INTRODUCING APPS IN CHATGPT TO BOOK MY HOLIDAY AUTONOMOUSLY. OPENAI HAS PARTNERSHIPS WITH BOOKING COM AND UBER. OPENAI IS BECOMING THE PLATFORM LAYER BETWEEN ME AND THE WEB. I AM VERY EXCITED.

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 23h

Thanks, done!

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zuz @zuz.bsky.social · 23h

Maybe signin.account.gov.uk/contact-us-q...

A suggestion or feedback about using your GOV.UK One Login - GOV.UK One Login

signin.account.gov.uk

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 23h

Hmm there's no feedback link on the page, it appears shortening the URL to base domain doesn't work either 😑😑😑😑😑

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 23h

This is irritating. My business and personal emails are different and keeping the separation is important to me, why is it necessary to change the email? Surely the whole point of validating my identity would make this unnecessary?

identity.company-information.service.gov.uk

Options listed on companies house website requiring me to change my companies house email to my personal one, or my gov.uk one login to my business one.

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 1d

Ew no hate coconut, resolved the raisin drama in Lidl this morning though 😁

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Zack Fox 🦊 @zjfox.bsky.social · 1d

It'll be wild when Charlotte Church reveals she's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 1d

Hahaha what a legend 👍

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iam8bit @iam8bit.com · 2d

This October marks the 35th anniversary of The Secret of Monkey Island 🐒

🎨 Aled Lewis, from iam8bit: A Love Story

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 1d

Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .

Alt: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .

media.tenor.com

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 1d

Ala out of raisins 😢
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

Unfortunately I'm out of raisins, sad day 😢

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

You lot make more fuss than the kids 😆

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

BEHOLD!

Curry on a bed of rice with sliced hard boiled eggs on top, no raisins alas 😌

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

Unfortunately I'm out of raisins, sad day 😢

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

Finally an enlightened person 😆👍

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

Ha!

Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

Don't knock it until you've tried it 🙌

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

1.Make a curry as you usually would.
2. Bang a tin of new potatoes in it.
3. Hard boil some eggs
4. Slice the eggs up and served on top with raisins

Done 😁

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

Sliced hard boiled egg and raisins on top after serving too 👌👌

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 2d

Yeah the world's going to shit but I just put a tin of new potatoes in the homemade curry, always makes it better 👌

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 2d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Si Manby @cthimon.bsky.social · 4d

We're recruiting for a Bilingual Content Designer (Welsh and English) on our team, please spread the word to anyone who might be interested! www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit...

Bilingual Content Designer (Welsh and English) :National

www.jobtrain.co.uk

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Karen “the good kind” @kpsinging.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible paragraph
👏🏼

Microsoft mandates return to office — claims Teams and all remote work solutions are inferior
Story by Sean Endicott •

Imagine being on the Teams team and getting a team Teams call that your team needs to work on Teams onsite because working on Teams on Teams isn't a good way to work in teams

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 3d

IMPORTANT

All freelancers, self-employed, creatives

This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices

Deadline to respond is 23 October

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 3d

Two photos side by side. On the left is Karl Urban as Judge Dredd, labelled “Karl Urban”. On the right is Karl Urban as Eomer, labelled “Karl Rural”.

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