Billy Billy Billy
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He / him. Internet dinosaur, publishing tech, runs The Cat Reviewer: @thecatreviewer.bsky.social
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
I feel that gays should get a discount for making an establishment cooler too
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I feel that gays should get a discount for making an establishment cooler too
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this keeps happening, couldn't possibly because these tools are dumber than rocks
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#aifraud #claude #fraude #anthropic #openai #agentic
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#aifraud #claude #fraude #anthropic #openai #agentic
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December 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
this keeps happening, couldn't possibly because these tools are dumber than rocks
www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c...
#aifraud #claude #fraude #anthropic #openai #agentic
www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c...
#aifraud #claude #fraude #anthropic #openai #agentic
I think FIFA might be corrupt
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I think FIFA might be corrupt
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Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
Harman Kardon Soundsticks v3 vs v5, what a travesty :(
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Harman Kardon Soundsticks v3 vs v5, what a travesty :(
WORST FREELANCE GIG EVER
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
WORST FREELANCE GIG EVER
This is the sort of thing that I have nightmares about. Imagine being a freelance dev, putting a doc up on a web page and suddenly being a national news story. Also, fuck WordPress 🚮
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the sort of thing that I have nightmares about. Imagine being a freelance dev, putting a doc up on a web page and suddenly being a national news story. Also, fuck WordPress 🚮
I faced hard economic truth when I was 16. Could afford Debut by Bjork or Rid of me by Pj Harvey, both unheard, essentially by which CD looked cooler in HMV Bromley one Saturday. LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES.
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 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I faced hard economic truth when I was 16. Could afford Debut by Bjork or Rid of me by Pj Harvey, both unheard, essentially by which CD looked cooler in HMV Bromley one Saturday. LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES.
NFB (Normal for Blackheath)
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NFB (Normal for Blackheath)
The Same Height Party
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Same Height Party
Art
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I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Art
So I listened to all the stories about cheap supermarket honey being mostly sugar syrup imported from China so I splashed out on a expensive fancier jar and it is RANK, feel like pure shit just want the fake stuff back
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So I listened to all the stories about cheap supermarket honey being mostly sugar syrup imported from China so I splashed out on a expensive fancier jar and it is RANK, feel like pure shit just want the fake stuff back
Pam Hogg stood on my foot at an opening event at the Hayward. She had bright yellow hair and was carrying a blue carrier bag from the offy, iconique. RIP.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Pam Hogg stood on my foot at an opening event at the Hayward. She had bright yellow hair and was carrying a blue carrier bag from the offy, iconique. RIP.
She should scrap the OBR
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
She should scrap the OBR
I’ve been ordering things in my sleep again. This time, a dvd of the fifth element (??). I do not remember ordering this but I do remember dreaming about trying to find it to watch on streaming services.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I’ve been ordering things in my sleep again. This time, a dvd of the fifth element (??). I do not remember ordering this but I do remember dreaming about trying to find it to watch on streaming services.
I’m sure the budget is fun and all but we can all agree that this is a banging outfit
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I’m sure the budget is fun and all but we can all agree that this is a banging outfit
I can hear a rat scurrying about in my roof
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I can hear a rat scurrying about in my roof
Troye Sivan popped up as child Wolverine in the bad origin movie last night.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Troye Sivan popped up as child Wolverine in the bad origin movie last night.
The maga right are up in arms because of the colour of this sweater, whereas I’m offended by the terrible fit and styling
November 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The maga right are up in arms because of the colour of this sweater, whereas I’m offended by the terrible fit and styling
