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Iain Thomson

@iainthomson.bsky.social

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UK journalist in SF covering security, space, and science, and stuff that looks fun. Host of the Kettle, fond of sailing, F1, F5, the Oxford comma, and Marmite. All views my own. Signal: iainthomson.60 if you want to talk.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 1d

Recycling has bitten me in the arse.

The phone died this morning and the only functioning handset in the house is a first-gen Pixel. Using an eight-year-old handset again makes me feel like I've gone back to XP, hopefully without the security issues.

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 3d

Back when microfiche was high tech.

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly, I prefer the gold. But to each their own.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 5d

Yorkshire Gold is a good online option, but if you're in the US head to the nearest Indian grocery, they know their tea.

Barry's isn't bad, avoid PG as they've changed the mix to Liptons, and loose leaf is still the way to go for qauli-tea. Lapsang is lovely on cold winter mornings.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 7d

An interesting start to the morning, with Nadella pulling an Ellison and handing off the mundane part of Microsoft to an employee so he can think big thoughts.

Nadella creates Microsoft Commercial CEO, will plan future

: Judson Althoff gets the job of keeping the biz running

www.theregister.com

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 7d

The Jane Goodall Institute threatened to sue Gary Larson over this cartoon.

Goodall told them not to be so stupid, sold it on a tshirt, and wrote the introduction to The Far Side Gallery 5. Absolute legend.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 8d

Can you drop me a line about this, sounds like it's worth investigating.

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 9d

Damn these security questions are getting tougher.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 9d

As a Brit I'm biased but half an inch of rain over three days for the Bay Area is not a drenching.

Back-to-back storms to drench Bay Area in 'first true widespread rainfall'

The first round of rain is expected to arrive as soon as Monday morning.

www.sfgate.com

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 12d

Groovy.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 12d

If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff.

If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff

ai-pocalypse: Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bank

www.theregister.com

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 20d

Helping him out...

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 20d

Bloody hell, you OK?

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 20d

Yes, yes it should.

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 22d

Don't make me hurt you.

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 22d

I have ranted long and hard about this.

It's been 230 years since pirates stopped metric in the US

Feature: How did the world's largest economy get stuck with retro measurement?

www.theregister.com

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 22d

Well, America has cups, an infuriating measurement.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 22d

Terrible news to wake up to. If you want to see a masterclass in acting (although not safe sailing techniques) watch All is Lost.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22d

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor and director, dies aged 89

Redford achieved huge critical and commercial success in the 60s and 70s with a string of hits including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and The Sting, before becoming an Oscar-winning director Robert Redford, star of Hollywood classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, has died aged 89. In a statement to the New York Times, his publicist said the actor died in his sleep at his home in Utah. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 23d

So much wrong with this movie (although I love it,) but they were spot on with “RISC architecture is going to change everything.”

Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 23d

Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers

the cast of Hackers (1995) posing in a series of adjacent phone booths

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 23d

Pretty much.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 23d

It was an interesting piece, and he's an interesting chap.

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 24d

Fog Town is living up to its name.

This is the top of Salesforce Tower tonight @karlthefog.bsky.social is in the city big-time.

Salesforce Tower in the San Francisco fog. Yes, it's that deep.

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 25d

I miss the Yahoo sign.

Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 26d

To be fair, the bees could just have been taking back what they made.

Thousands of 'robber bees' invade B.C. apiarist's shop in attempted honey heist | CBC News

"Robber bees" hunt for dwindling resources in the late summer and early fall, but they usually only attack other beehives. So the owner of Rushing River Apiaries in Terrace, B.C., was shocked to find ...

www.cbc.ca

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 27d

There's a message there, if only Labour would see it.

Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · 27d

It is 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned over a scandal.

It is 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned over a scandal.

It is 2025. Peter Mandleson has been sacked over a scandal.