Andy Northcott
@andynorthcott.bsky.social
I like my sugar with coffee and cream
dementia research, international politics, music
dementia research, international politics, music
Stranger Things spoilers, but Will's ability to get really sweaty and then predict things roughly 2 seconds before they happen anyway does not seem a useful skill
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Stranger Things spoilers, but Will's ability to get really sweaty and then predict things roughly 2 seconds before they happen anyway does not seem a useful skill
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This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
The google image search for Life Of Brian must be hitting an unprecedented spike round about now
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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 3:31 PM
The google image search for Life Of Brian must be hitting an unprecedented spike round about now
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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‘I have too much money, and I’m terrified that a poor person may have an easier life thanks to new tax rules. How much money should I throw in the sea?’
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
‘I have too much money, and I’m terrified that a poor person may have an easier life thanks to new tax rules. How much money should I throw in the sea?’
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It's the "get everyone hooked on streaming so they don't own any music and have to keep streaming" model, but with cognitive atrophy.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's the "get everyone hooked on streaming so they don't own any music and have to keep streaming" model, but with cognitive atrophy.
Mani, Udo Kier and Jimmy Cliff all in the same week???
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Mani, Udo Kier and Jimmy Cliff all in the same week???
Not sure what Chomsky's excuse will be for this but happy to take money that it involves at least two mentions of Nicaragua
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Not sure what Chomsky's excuse will be for this but happy to take money that it involves at least two mentions of Nicaragua
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reform get accused of wanting to go back to the 1970s its usually because of the racism, but it tuns out they miss good old fashioned Cold War spy scandals as well
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reform get accused of wanting to go back to the 1970s its usually because of the racism, but it tuns out they miss good old fashioned Cold War spy scandals as well
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ideas for popular policies that would visibly improve day to day life in the UK:
Permit term time holidays
Make trains affordable
Make council tax rational
Bad ideas:
Taking jewellery from people fleeing a war
Permit term time holidays
Make trains affordable
Make council tax rational
Bad ideas:
Taking jewellery from people fleeing a war
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ideas for popular policies that would visibly improve day to day life in the UK:
Permit term time holidays
Make trains affordable
Make council tax rational
Bad ideas:
Taking jewellery from people fleeing a war
Permit term time holidays
Make trains affordable
Make council tax rational
Bad ideas:
Taking jewellery from people fleeing a war
If the answer to Starmer is Streeting we should probably stop asking questions
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
If the answer to Starmer is Streeting we should probably stop asking questions
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Oxfordshire County Council has clarified that the Ghostbusters hearse would not be exempt from the city’s Congestion Charge. A spokesperson told us “It’s not as simple as buying a hearse. In order to qualify for a permit, you must also be a funeral care business.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Oxfordshire County Council has clarified that the Ghostbusters hearse would not be exempt from the city’s Congestion Charge. A spokesperson told us “It’s not as simple as buying a hearse. In order to qualify for a permit, you must also be a funeral care business.”
Charli XCX and John Cale putting the Velvet Underground back together was not on my 2025 list, but I'm totally here for it
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Charli XCX and John Cale putting the Velvet Underground back together was not on my 2025 list, but I'm totally here for it
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The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Not letting me kids have the Simpsons season pass on Fortnite till they add Superintendent Chalmers as a playable skin
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Not letting me kids have the Simpsons season pass on Fortnite till they add Superintendent Chalmers as a playable skin
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
That Frank Skinner story in Popbitch today is odd. Comedians in Manchester make Shipman jokes. It's local humour.
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
That Frank Skinner story in Popbitch today is odd. Comedians in Manchester make Shipman jokes. It's local humour.
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Zohran Mamdani Refuses To Share Plan For Making Rich Richer https://theonion.com/zohran-mamdani-refuses-to-share-plan-for-making-rich-richer/
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Zohran Mamdani Refuses To Share Plan For Making Rich Richer https://theonion.com/zohran-mamdani-refuses-to-share-plan-for-making-rich-richer/
Wait, she hasn't looked at her phone and read the big story on the main page of the only news source that backs her party? There is literally nothing else to do at Sky News while you wait, unless she really takes her time on Wordle
Labour frontbench doesn't know what it thinks!
Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.
Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Wait, she hasn't looked at her phone and read the big story on the main page of the only news source that backs her party? There is literally nothing else to do at Sky News while you wait, unless she really takes her time on Wordle
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Why do young liberals love Zohran Mamdani? We talked to 3 elderly Staten Island conservatives who can’t correctly say his name.
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Why do young liberals love Zohran Mamdani? We talked to 3 elderly Staten Island conservatives who can’t correctly say his name.
FA: Just stick both the north east clubs on at 3pm. Their fans famously hate football and pubs. Everyone else can be on telly tomorrow at once
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
FA: Just stick both the north east clubs on at 3pm. Their fans famously hate football and pubs. Everyone else can be on telly tomorrow at once
Trying to buy a specific kids Halloween costume a week before Halloween and it turns out I didn't get the memo about having to order this stuff in September when I didn't need it
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Trying to buy a specific kids Halloween costume a week before Halloween and it turns out I didn't get the memo about having to order this stuff in September when I didn't need it
Starting to sound like this Prince Andrew fella might be a bit of a wrong un
October 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Starting to sound like this Prince Andrew fella might be a bit of a wrong un
The Today program was just a bit odd this morning wasn't it? Whole thing given over to Maccabi Tel Aviv's travelling Ultras save for a bit about Taylor Swift mentioning a painting and Justin Webb struggling to understand what a Community Impact Assessment is
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Today program was just a bit odd this morning wasn't it? Whole thing given over to Maccabi Tel Aviv's travelling Ultras save for a bit about Taylor Swift mentioning a painting and Justin Webb struggling to understand what a Community Impact Assessment is