David John Smailes
@davidjs-uk.bsky.social
Mobile app dev. Plays guitar. PS5 & Steamdeck.
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Our new report: local political parties are renting out office space to MPs — who claim the cost on expenses.
But in most cases, they pay no tax on that income — or on rent from local businesses.
We reviewed 630 sets of accounts. What we found is a systemic failure. 🧵
But in most cases, they pay no tax on that income — or on rent from local businesses.
We reviewed 630 sets of accounts. What we found is a systemic failure. 🧵
May 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our new report: local political parties are renting out office space to MPs — who claim the cost on expenses.
But in most cases, they pay no tax on that income — or on rent from local businesses.
We reviewed 630 sets of accounts. What we found is a systemic failure. 🧵
But in most cases, they pay no tax on that income — or on rent from local businesses.
We reviewed 630 sets of accounts. What we found is a systemic failure. 🧵
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There’s now a limited run of 50 Japanese style Vader prints in my shop.
A3 giclee print, hand numbered on 310gsm Hahnemühle German Etching paper.
www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/swjap...
A3 giclee print, hand numbered on 310gsm Hahnemühle German Etching paper.
www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/swjap...
May 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
There’s now a limited run of 50 Japanese style Vader prints in my shop.
A3 giclee print, hand numbered on 310gsm Hahnemühle German Etching paper.
www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/swjap...
A3 giclee print, hand numbered on 310gsm Hahnemühle German Etching paper.
www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/swjap...
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There are two problem-solving approaches:
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There are two problem-solving approaches:
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
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This fake Donald Trump tweet is once again being widely shared following the president's imposition of global tariffs and the markets plunging in the aftermath.
Trump never posted this. It's fake.
Trump never posted this. It's fake.
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This fake Donald Trump tweet is once again being widely shared following the president's imposition of global tariffs and the markets plunging in the aftermath.
Trump never posted this. It's fake.
Trump never posted this. It's fake.
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How to remove Copilot AI from your Office 365 subscription: hit ‘cancel’
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/h...
cheers to @garius.bsky.social
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/h...
cheers to @garius.bsky.social
How to remove Copilot AI from your Office 365 subscription: hit ‘cancel’
Here in the UK, Microsoft is now helpfully updating your Office/Microsoft/Copilot 365 subscription to charge you for the Copilot AI slop generator! Being Microsoft, they’re making the opt-out stupi…
pivot-to-ai.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
How to remove Copilot AI from your Office 365 subscription: hit ‘cancel’
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/h...
cheers to @garius.bsky.social
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/h...
cheers to @garius.bsky.social
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SALE! I have all these extra prints floating around my studio this month.
If you’d like one at a discount, then the prices are in the photos and all prices INCLUDE postage. (unless you’re outside the UK)
Plz DM me if you’re interested.
If you’d like one at a discount, then the prices are in the photos and all prices INCLUDE postage. (unless you’re outside the UK)
Plz DM me if you’re interested.
January 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
SALE! I have all these extra prints floating around my studio this month.
If you’d like one at a discount, then the prices are in the photos and all prices INCLUDE postage. (unless you’re outside the UK)
Plz DM me if you’re interested.
If you’d like one at a discount, then the prices are in the photos and all prices INCLUDE postage. (unless you’re outside the UK)
Plz DM me if you’re interested.
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It's early in the morning but I don't think the AI Opportunities Action Plan by Matt Clifford has been published, so we don't know (for instance) if the government is streamlining the visa process as was reported by the FT in an earlier draft www.gov.uk/government/n...
Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI
Artificial intelligence will deliver a decade of national renewal, as part of a new plan announced today (13 January 2025).
www.gov.uk
January 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It's early in the morning but I don't think the AI Opportunities Action Plan by Matt Clifford has been published, so we don't know (for instance) if the government is streamlining the visa process as was reported by the FT in an earlier draft www.gov.uk/government/n...
Apple need to get a grip on the AI notification summaries.
January 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Apple need to get a grip on the AI notification summaries.
Game Pass PC is $12 but sure, folks are going to drop $10 more for that non-service.
"The Premium+ service will cost $22 monthly in the U.S., up from $16, effective December 21, according to a company statement. Annual subscriptions will increase to $229 from $168."
Elon Musk's X jacks up Premium+ prices by 37.5% | TechCrunch
X is raising prices for its top-tier subscription service by 37.5%, marking the largest price increase since the platform's acquisition by Elon Musk in X raises Premium+ prices across all markets glob...
techcrunch.com
December 24, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Game Pass PC is $12 but sure, folks are going to drop $10 more for that non-service.
Is there another film series that falls off as much as Die Hard? First three are solid. 3 is arguably as good as 1, but then it heads for the bin fast.
December 24, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Is there another film series that falls off as much as Die Hard? First three are solid. 3 is arguably as good as 1, but then it heads for the bin fast.
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Christmas Mental Health Support
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: [email protected]
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: [email protected]
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
December 24, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Christmas Mental Health Support
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: [email protected]
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: [email protected]
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.
December 14, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.
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Please do share to help promote my Teeny-Tiny business.
I sell signed giclee prints, mugs, tees and greeting cards. They all make excellent gifts. You’ll find my little store here:
infinitebacon.com
Thank you!
I sell signed giclee prints, mugs, tees and greeting cards. They all make excellent gifts. You’ll find my little store here:
infinitebacon.com
Thank you!
December 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Please do share to help promote my Teeny-Tiny business.
I sell signed giclee prints, mugs, tees and greeting cards. They all make excellent gifts. You’ll find my little store here:
infinitebacon.com
Thank you!
I sell signed giclee prints, mugs, tees and greeting cards. They all make excellent gifts. You’ll find my little store here:
infinitebacon.com
Thank you!
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TOKYOSEXSALE! Things have been pretty busy at Tokyo-Towers and I have all these odds and sods floating around my studio.
Give someone a unique (AND reasonably priced) gift without leaving the house.
All prices include P&P (unless you’re outside the UK)
DM if interested
Give someone a unique (AND reasonably priced) gift without leaving the house.
All prices include P&P (unless you’re outside the UK)
DM if interested
December 4, 2024 at 12:46 PM
TOKYOSEXSALE! Things have been pretty busy at Tokyo-Towers and I have all these odds and sods floating around my studio.
Give someone a unique (AND reasonably priced) gift without leaving the house.
All prices include P&P (unless you’re outside the UK)
DM if interested
Give someone a unique (AND reasonably priced) gift without leaving the house.
All prices include P&P (unless you’re outside the UK)
DM if interested
November 30, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Rain across parts of southern England
Tuesday 2200 - Wednesday 1200
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Rain across parts of southern England
Tuesday 2200 - Wednesday 1200
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
November 26, 2024 at 3:27 PM
⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Rain across parts of southern England
Tuesday 2200 - Wednesday 1200
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Rain across parts of southern England
Tuesday 2200 - Wednesday 1200
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
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I have ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY of these calendars. Bit scary (and at great expense) now everyone is fleeing Twitter.
If you could please share this here and I can get below 100 I’d appreciate it www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/nerdl...
If you could please share this here and I can get below 100 I’d appreciate it www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/nerdl...
November 13, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I have ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY of these calendars. Bit scary (and at great expense) now everyone is fleeing Twitter.
If you could please share this here and I can get below 100 I’d appreciate it www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/nerdl...
If you could please share this here and I can get below 100 I’d appreciate it www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/nerdl...
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Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
RIP Tony Todd. One of the best ever to do it. Incredible voice and presence.
November 9, 2024 at 6:34 AM
RIP Tony Todd. One of the best ever to do it. Incredible voice and presence.
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I’m giving away one of my 2025 calendars and a runner-up prize of a pack of Star Wars themed Xmas cards.
To win just share and follow. I’ll draw 6pm Sunday.
There’s also 15% OFF in my store. Just use the codeword BACON at checkout.
www.infinitebacon.com
Good luck!
To win just share and follow. I’ll draw 6pm Sunday.
There’s also 15% OFF in my store. Just use the codeword BACON at checkout.
www.infinitebacon.com
Good luck!
November 8, 2024 at 12:58 PM
I’m giving away one of my 2025 calendars and a runner-up prize of a pack of Star Wars themed Xmas cards.
To win just share and follow. I’ll draw 6pm Sunday.
There’s also 15% OFF in my store. Just use the codeword BACON at checkout.
www.infinitebacon.com
Good luck!
To win just share and follow. I’ll draw 6pm Sunday.
There’s also 15% OFF in my store. Just use the codeword BACON at checkout.
www.infinitebacon.com
Good luck!
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Muppets.
No Country For Old Muppets.
The Muppet Suicides
December 25, 2023 at 8:51 AM
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Muppets.
S-tier Xmas films reserved for Xmas Eve: Muppet’s Christmas Carol, Polar Express, Colbert Christmas, Scrooged.
December 24, 2023 at 8:26 PM
S-tier Xmas films reserved for Xmas Eve: Muppet’s Christmas Carol, Polar Express, Colbert Christmas, Scrooged.
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It’s THE FIRST of the bum-slide toward Christmas so to celebrate I’m giving 15% off EVERYTHING in my shop!
Just use the codeword XMAS15 and my shop is here www.infinitebacon.com/shop MERRY BUM-SLIDE!
Just use the codeword XMAS15 and my shop is here www.infinitebacon.com/shop MERRY BUM-SLIDE!
December 1, 2023 at 9:00 AM
It’s THE FIRST of the bum-slide toward Christmas so to celebrate I’m giving 15% off EVERYTHING in my shop!
Just use the codeword XMAS15 and my shop is here www.infinitebacon.com/shop MERRY BUM-SLIDE!
Just use the codeword XMAS15 and my shop is here www.infinitebacon.com/shop MERRY BUM-SLIDE!
Took the dog for a walk along Windows XP earlier.
November 23, 2023 at 6:42 PM
Took the dog for a walk along Windows XP earlier.
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Happy third anniversary of the funniest political moment of all time.
November 7, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Happy third anniversary of the funniest political moment of all time.