Ian Thomas
@liesdamnedlies.com
Data guy, tenor, Brit, cat owner, pun lover, ageing gamer.
www.liesdamnedlies.com
www.liesdamnedlies.com
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Getting a sense of "ah fuck it" from the Kiribatan Town Naming Committee
January 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Getting a sense of "ah fuck it" from the Kiribatan Town Naming Committee
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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
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Incredible to think that Henry VIII never ate a potato. Never has a guy looked so much like someone who eats chips and yet couldn't have
December 15, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Incredible to think that Henry VIII never ate a potato. Never has a guy looked so much like someone who eats chips and yet couldn't have
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Just trying to read a news story on a website run by a company that definitely has a sustainable business model that won't soon drive away every single reader and advertiser.
December 12, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Just trying to read a news story on a website run by a company that definitely has a sustainable business model that won't soon drive away every single reader and advertiser.
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The CEO of Thames Water was called to a special Gloucestershire County Council meeting to answer questions on sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, huge dividends, and sky high water bills.
The CEO didn't show up. He sent representatives instead and offered no apology. What arrogance…
The CEO didn't show up. He sent representatives instead and offered no apology. What arrogance…
The stench of privatisation in our water companies
Sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, and huge dividends paid while Thames Water are in debt, make reform of the water industry urgent Sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, and huge dividend...
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 10:09 AM
The CEO of Thames Water was called to a special Gloucestershire County Council meeting to answer questions on sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, huge dividends, and sky high water bills.
The CEO didn't show up. He sent representatives instead and offered no apology. What arrogance…
The CEO didn't show up. He sent representatives instead and offered no apology. What arrogance…
As you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner today, remember: the turkeys voted for this, by a decisive margin. They knew what they were getting themselves into.
November 28, 2024 at 5:13 PM
As you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner today, remember: the turkeys voted for this, by a decisive margin. They knew what they were getting themselves into.
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Showed this to my wife as I put on my ripped denim jeans at weekend. If the orcas can bring back salmon hat, fade wash ripped denim is overdue.
November 28, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Showed this to my wife as I put on my ripped denim jeans at weekend. If the orcas can bring back salmon hat, fade wash ripped denim is overdue.
@kellyscaletta.bsky.social just went up in my estimation
Not for nothing but it should be 15 or fewer items, not 15 items or less, since it's obviously a countable number.
My peeve is people getting fewer vs. less wrong.
My peeve is people getting fewer vs. less wrong.
Folks with more than the stated number of items in the express checkout.
November 25, 2024 at 10:23 PM
@kellyscaletta.bsky.social just went up in my estimation
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🧵 Whatever your views on assisted dying, I always assumed we’d all agree that the topic is ethically fraught & complex.
Not so Matthew Parris.
For him, it’s simple.
Earlier this year, he argued that old & frail people *should* be killed - to save society the cost of looking after them. 1/n
Not so Matthew Parris.
For him, it’s simple.
Earlier this year, he argued that old & frail people *should* be killed - to save society the cost of looking after them. 1/n
November 25, 2024 at 6:17 PM
🧵 Whatever your views on assisted dying, I always assumed we’d all agree that the topic is ethically fraught & complex.
Not so Matthew Parris.
For him, it’s simple.
Earlier this year, he argued that old & frail people *should* be killed - to save society the cost of looking after them. 1/n
Not so Matthew Parris.
For him, it’s simple.
Earlier this year, he argued that old & frail people *should* be killed - to save society the cost of looking after them. 1/n
This is the kind of absolute nonsense that I am 100% here for. Bravo, @themerl.bsky.social.
üpdate: the solar system just got a new ninth planet
November 25, 2024 at 12:47 PM
This is the kind of absolute nonsense that I am 100% here for. Bravo, @themerl.bsky.social.
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Hi guys. Please spread this in info if you're willing.
These accounts @standwithdemocracy.bsky.social &
@uniteforamericausa.bsky.social
Are ✨farming you✨ by creating follow for follow accounts that appear to be progressive. These are bots, farming you to build large, credible accounts.
These accounts @standwithdemocracy.bsky.social &
@uniteforamericausa.bsky.social
Are ✨farming you✨ by creating follow for follow accounts that appear to be progressive. These are bots, farming you to build large, credible accounts.
November 23, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Hi guys. Please spread this in info if you're willing.
These accounts @standwithdemocracy.bsky.social &
@uniteforamericausa.bsky.social
Are ✨farming you✨ by creating follow for follow accounts that appear to be progressive. These are bots, farming you to build large, credible accounts.
These accounts @standwithdemocracy.bsky.social &
@uniteforamericausa.bsky.social
Are ✨farming you✨ by creating follow for follow accounts that appear to be progressive. These are bots, farming you to build large, credible accounts.
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Someone blocked me on Bluesky. I will write a column about how it illuminates the inadequacy of Bluesky. Then when people make fun of me for that, I will write about that. And so forth, as many times as it works. I am a journamalist.
November 23, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Someone blocked me on Bluesky. I will write a column about how it illuminates the inadequacy of Bluesky. Then when people make fun of me for that, I will write about that. And so forth, as many times as it works. I am a journamalist.
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It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
November 20, 2024 at 4:27 PM
It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
I had thought that by being back in the UK I would be spared the worst repercussions of a second Trump term. Turns out I was wrong.
November 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
I had thought that by being back in the UK I would be spared the worst repercussions of a second Trump term. Turns out I was wrong.
This comes out to my exact age, spookily
Your real age is 70 minus the number of musicians you recognize playing at Coachella 2025
November 22, 2024 at 11:39 AM
This comes out to my exact age, spookily
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It’s tragic that Jeffrey Epstein died without knowing he could have been Attorney General
November 21, 2024 at 2:06 AM
It’s tragic that Jeffrey Epstein died without knowing he could have been Attorney General
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[noticing a group of people having a nice time at the park] enjoy your echo chamber
November 18, 2024 at 4:03 AM
[noticing a group of people having a nice time at the park] enjoy your echo chamber
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Donald Trump is now (1) below 50% popular vote and (2) has a margin of popular vote victory roughly HALF of Hillary's victory in 2016. They believe the left has to lay down and shut up because of this "landslide" victory.
November 16, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Donald Trump is now (1) below 50% popular vote and (2) has a margin of popular vote victory roughly HALF of Hillary's victory in 2016. They believe the left has to lay down and shut up because of this "landslide" victory.
Very good post (and thread) about the practical realities of trying to achieve Muskawamy's cost-cutting goals.
Muskawamy are claiming they will cut $2 trillion in government spending, and 75% of federal employees. Are such numbers feasible?
No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic...
No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic...
Some basic math about cutting government
Putting the wild Muskawamy numbers in perspective
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Very good post (and thread) about the practical realities of trying to achieve Muskawamy's cost-cutting goals.
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As a prolific blocker for years on the other site, it has been frustrating to watch people continuously engage and argue with obvious dickheads who have no intention of changing their minds
It also told the (Twitter) algorithm that you want to see more content you disagree with
Just block!
It also told the (Twitter) algorithm that you want to see more content you disagree with
Just block!
ok one more "how we do it on bluesky" re: "block, don't engage." it's not that anybody wants to tell you what to do -- it's that we collectively realized that this is what works. it works really great! zero, zero response needed. just block! don't argue at all with dickheads! try it! you'll see.
November 16, 2024 at 10:06 AM
As a prolific blocker for years on the other site, it has been frustrating to watch people continuously engage and argue with obvious dickheads who have no intention of changing their minds
It also told the (Twitter) algorithm that you want to see more content you disagree with
Just block!
It also told the (Twitter) algorithm that you want to see more content you disagree with
Just block!
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everybody atheist till they gotta update a bios
November 14, 2024 at 1:06 PM
everybody atheist till they gotta update a bios
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I have thought about consent in privacy law for decades, and I think I’ve finally made a breakthrough in my article, “Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law” ssrn.com/abstract=433...
November 14, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I have thought about consent in privacy law for decades, and I think I’ve finally made a breakthrough in my article, “Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law” ssrn.com/abstract=433...
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We can live without Twitter but Twitter cannot live without us. It’s as simple as that.
November 13, 2024 at 8:30 PM
We can live without Twitter but Twitter cannot live without us. It’s as simple as that.
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Over the past few days I've been working out some thoughts about how the Bluesky feed generator feature could be used to, just maybe, make the internet a healthier place this time around. I think I have a sketch of a path there, and I'd love to talk it through! devingaffney.com/democratizin...
Democratizing Algorithmic Feeds on Bluesky
If the original sin of Web 1.0 was the pop-up ad, the original sin of web 2.0 was the move to algorithmic feeds. Opaque optimization strategies aimed at maximizing private revenue for the sake of what...
devingaffney.com
November 8, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Over the past few days I've been working out some thoughts about how the Bluesky feed generator feature could be used to, just maybe, make the internet a healthier place this time around. I think I have a sketch of a path there, and I'd love to talk it through! devingaffney.com/democratizin...