Dan Wilson
@danielwilson99.bsky.social
Average runner, sub-average cyclist / proud Northerner / Autism parent / closet geek / tea-drinker / quasi-vegetarian / views my own
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Quite possibly, the crack cocaine of crisps. Unreal
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Quite possibly, the crack cocaine of crisps. Unreal
If anyone needs a sell signal for crypto, this is it
Kwasi Kwarteng, the former UK chancellor whose infamous “mini” Budget under then-Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered a crisis in the gilts market, is backing the launch of a bitcoin investment company.
www.ft.com/content/c5a6...
www.ft.com/content/c5a6...
Former UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng backs bitcoin investment company
Ex-politician infamous for 2022 mini-Budget will become non-executive director of Stack Bitcoin Treasury
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If anyone needs a sell signal for crypto, this is it
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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The Times has won halloween with it's photo feature of young Tories.
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Times has won halloween with it's photo feature of young Tories.
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Get your CV in, Andy.
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Get your CV in, Andy.
This will make a fine couple of Christmas gifts
Explore the rich cultural tapestry of North Yorkshire through evocative poetry! 🏞️📖 Immerse yourself in the tales of our charming market towns, each with its own unique history and tradition. Celebrate with North Yorkshire In Verse - Moor To Shore In Poetry and get your copy today. #NorthYorkshire
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This will make a fine couple of Christmas gifts
Why didn’t anyone tell me you can buy *mini*-chainsaws?!?
Furniture lift? Mini-chainsaws? Escape by scooter?
This sounds like a brilliant heist.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
This sounds like a brilliant heist.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Thieves steal jewels of 'incalculable' value in seven-minute heist at Louvre museum in Paris
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Why didn’t anyone tell me you can buy *mini*-chainsaws?!?
What fresh hell is Amazon Haul?!? Proper enshittification
October 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What fresh hell is Amazon Haul?!? Proper enshittification
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There are few more determined groups of workers than Yorkshire ice cream vendors.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There are few more determined groups of workers than Yorkshire ice cream vendors.
In other news, Strava’s enshittification will rapidly accelerate
The leading exercise-tracking app seeks to raise capital for more acquisitions amid a surge in the number of people taking up long-distance running on both sides of the Atlantic on.ft.com/4h8xEj9
October 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
In other news, Strava’s enshittification will rapidly accelerate
Life goals. It’s not Christmas chez Wilson until I’ve had a panettone
October 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Life goals. It’s not Christmas chez Wilson until I’ve had a panettone
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
I’m going to adopt this as an interview question. Anyone who answers “1” is clearly a sociopath
How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*
1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%
*across all windows, on desktop/laptop
yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...
1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%
*across all windows, on desktop/laptop
yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I’m going to adopt this as an interview question. Anyone who answers “1” is clearly a sociopath
You get the government you voted for. The electoral equivalent of ‘fuck around and find out’
Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62
Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters
Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending
on.ft.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You get the government you voted for. The electoral equivalent of ‘fuck around and find out’
What a time to be alive when Tescos starts putting security tags on their shopping baskets
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
What a time to be alive when Tescos starts putting security tags on their shopping baskets
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Still a long way to go but this is a doubling since last year: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-gre...
#decarbonisation #goodNews
#decarbonisation #goodNews
Analysis: Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far - Carbon Brief
Electricity demand on the island of Great Britain has been fully covered by the output of clean-energy sources for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date
www.carbonbrief.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Still a long way to go but this is a doubling since last year: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-gre...
#decarbonisation #goodNews
#decarbonisation #goodNews
Of all the joys you get running the #PennineWay seeing base jumpers at Stoodley Pike is definitely up there
September 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Of all the joys you get running the #PennineWay seeing base jumpers at Stoodley Pike is definitely up there
Pennine Way, stone carvings. What’s not to love #yorkshire
September 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Pennine Way, stone carvings. What’s not to love #yorkshire
Freddie Flintoff needs a knighthood for #fieldofdreams
September 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Freddie Flintoff needs a knighthood for #fieldofdreams
Saw an astonishing number of flags tied to motorway bridges today on the M1. Felt weirdly fascistic, which I am guessing was the point. Where did these all come from, felt somehow organised
August 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Saw an astonishing number of flags tied to motorway bridges today on the M1. Felt weirdly fascistic, which I am guessing was the point. Where did these all come from, felt somehow organised
T’motherland always astounds #yorkshire
August 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
T’motherland always astounds #yorkshire
Ha ha ha #popcorn
Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $35bn on.ft.com/3HvBF3N
Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $35bn
AI start-up positioning itself as a bidder ahead of US court decision that could force the search group to sell the browser
on.ft.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Ha ha ha #popcorn