Carl Winberg
@carlwinberg.bsky.social
TV Editor/Engineer. Ex BBC / Sony Pictures / DreamWorks Animation
Law school drop-out.
Pints enthusiast in Dublin.
https://www.youtube.com/@UKTVCommercials
I have one of those bot things: @classicfilms.bsky.social
Law school drop-out.
Pints enthusiast in Dublin.
https://www.youtube.com/@UKTVCommercials
I have one of those bot things: @classicfilms.bsky.social
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Carl Winberg
@carlwinberg.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Wendy Baked Potato Commercial - UK 1986
YouTube video by UK TV Commercials
youtu.be
It's difficult to explain just how bad food was in the UK in the eighties. This was a commercial. To make people come and buy food. That was this.
youtu.be/Qu8uedgb090
youtu.be/Qu8uedgb090
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I see you're “proudly” patriotic? Well done for being born in a country
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I see you're “proudly” patriotic? Well done for being born in a country
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"My dog's learning to speak a foreign language."
"Español?"
"No, he's a labrador."
"Español?"
"No, he's a labrador."
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"My dog's learning to speak a foreign language."
"Español?"
"No, he's a labrador."
"Español?"
"No, he's a labrador."
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Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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Computing going well, good computing everyone
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Computing going well, good computing everyone
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My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing…
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing…
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Implementing AI will become a company’s biggest tech debt.
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Implementing AI will become a company’s biggest tech debt.
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Friends, I have an incredible update. I met a friend from Jersey the other day who was visiting and she almost got fined on the Luas with no ticket because *drumroll please* she thought it was free!
I had to explain to her why I was absolutely dying when she told me this.
I had to explain to her why I was absolutely dying when she told me this.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Friends, I have an incredible update. I met a friend from Jersey the other day who was visiting and she almost got fined on the Luas with no ticket because *drumroll please* she thought it was free!
I had to explain to her why I was absolutely dying when she told me this.
I had to explain to her why I was absolutely dying when she told me this.
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Premium: This is The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA: A 14k word guide to how NVIDIA makes its money, how millions of Blackwell GPUs have been sold with nowhere for them to be installed, and how NVIDIA's future relies on companies raising hundreds of billions in debt.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA
This piece has a generous 3000+ word introduction, because I want as many people to understand NVIDIA as possible. The (thousands of) words after the premium break get into arduous detail, but I’ve wr...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Premium: This is The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA: A 14k word guide to how NVIDIA makes its money, how millions of Blackwell GPUs have been sold with nowhere for them to be installed, and how NVIDIA's future relies on companies raising hundreds of billions in debt.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
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if my predecessor at my job got ruthlessly merc'd I probably wouldn't talk like this
United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
if my predecessor at my job got ruthlessly merc'd I probably wouldn't talk like this
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I don’t understand why Weiss thinks the desired outcome of CBS News coverage is debate.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don’t understand why Weiss thinks the desired outcome of CBS News coverage is debate.
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I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
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No we don’t! We literally do not! Do I have to engage with my air fryer? Do I have to have a co-dependent relationship with Google Maps?
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
No we don’t! We literally do not! Do I have to engage with my air fryer? Do I have to have a co-dependent relationship with Google Maps?
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Is it called UPS because that's what they say when they keep misplacing your order
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Is it called UPS because that's what they say when they keep misplacing your order
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OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
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Black shirts. Sure.
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Black shirts. Sure.
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Excellent
![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Excellent
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
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Unbelievable the listing says this has had “the same family ownership for 35 years” like some sort of positive, when it looks like the family were dead the whole time and a group of squatters came in and opened a crack den alongside the dead bodies
They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in 75 Camden Mews, Camden, London, NW1 9BY, NW1 for £925,000. Marketed by Auction House London, Hampstead
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Unbelievable the listing says this has had “the same family ownership for 35 years” like some sort of positive, when it looks like the family were dead the whole time and a group of squatters came in and opened a crack den alongside the dead bodies
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80 years ago:
Brief Encounter (UK)
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuo...
1945-11-24
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/851
Brief Encounter (UK)
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuo...
1945-11-24
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/851
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
80 years ago:
Brief Encounter (UK)
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuo...
1945-11-24
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/851
Brief Encounter (UK)
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuo...
1945-11-24
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/851
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I am increasingly moving toward the take that "consumers" don't want to think about any of this shit. In fact, they want to go back to the way TV used to be, before they had to have seven streaming services that cost more than cable and knew when the shows they like would be on or would be back.
I am *always* looking to add to my entertainment portfolio. I am dedicated to yielding peak value from audio-visual commodities.
![Text from article about HBO rebranding
“"[Netflix] is the basic cable of today, and in today's world, consumers still want to add to their entertainment portfolio with must-have truly unique programming that only we can deliver," Bloys told the audience of journalists”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xblzeiuydsyhitgj3vsax64i/bafkreibph3u4uqx5kbbeynno7nreqbfnkjokxzvjqubxkmm2pan2ivpzzy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am increasingly moving toward the take that "consumers" don't want to think about any of this shit. In fact, they want to go back to the way TV used to be, before they had to have seven streaming services that cost more than cable and knew when the shows they like would be on or would be back.
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"AND BRING BACK THE GORILLA CHANNEL!"
A person directly familiar with the conversations tells Semafor that Donald Trump has personally pressed Larry Ellison to revive Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" franchise.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Exclusive: How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise
The president is offering some creative input on potential upcoming projects.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"AND BRING BACK THE GORILLA CHANNEL!"
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My favourite Udo Kier role was a voice performance of his, Professor Pericles from Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated. I'd issue a spoiler warning, but he's a talking parrot voiced by Udo Kier so of course he's going to have sinister intentions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWQ...
Scooby-Doo Pericles tells the gang why he haunted the mayor
YouTube video by Scooby Doo Mystery Inc
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My favourite Udo Kier role was a voice performance of his, Professor Pericles from Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated. I'd issue a spoiler warning, but he's a talking parrot voiced by Udo Kier so of course he's going to have sinister intentions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWQ...