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Digital strategy guy
Daley Blind always.

(Shout out LVG who would still be managing MU if i had my way)
January 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Odyssey trailer thoughts: agree it needs to feel brighter +
Mediterranean. Should have *some* mythic whimsy too it. But both Iliad and Odyssey are ultimately serious stories about fate, society and free will. Shouldn't just be jokes about Elpenor falling off the roof on a jolly around the Aegean.
December 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
eh? they made some of the dumbest TV ads about shoehorning a terrible AI tool into a phone and were rightly clowned for doing so.
I find it really striking that the one giant tech company that only took very timid steps in terms of AI is Apple, where they think about how to market what to who a crazy amount.
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
i just dont understand how some people never grew up past the idea their social reach gave them some kind of advanced status, be it social or intellectual.
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.

onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
just incredible stuff here. this screams chatgpt level research from Barbaro & v clear willful ignorance.
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Just have to say the new sky sports font is bad. The o-o on the scoreboard - bad.
August 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Scott McTominay is the best Man Utd academy product since Scholes.
What take would you choose to argue on jubilee with total confidence that you’d crush 20 opponents?
May 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
More digital vandalism in the name of “licensing”
Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.

The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
www.youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
One of the biggest challenges in the games industry now is the disconnect between what gamers think a game is worth and what it actually costs to make.
I have no patience for this. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time retailed for $59.95 in November, 1998. That's $117.27 today.

You're dramatically underpaying for games right now. In fact, AAA studios are killing themselves with big bet live-service disasters and microtransactions to cover costs.
May 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
But the gov website was built by an entirely different program in the civil service where they hired talent at market rate and operated without the standard swirl to deliver something genuinely groundbreaking.
Obviously it's Reddit and that attracts Reddit people but I do think it's funny how "a simple single government website and functioning passport service" are things people genuinely feel quite patriotic about and are such easy wins if you roll that out even further. www.reddit.com/r/AskBrits/c...
From the AskBrits community on Reddit: In what ways is the UK more developed than most countries?
Explore this post and more from the AskBrits community
www.reddit.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The venn diagram for metaverse / crypto enthusiasts and Ai evangelists is a circle.
getting hit by a bus because i think it's a big fuzzy cat with fucked up hands
March 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
moving abroad and my wife is suddenly being hit with the incredible levels of bureaucracy from the UK state. below is a list of all the places she has to INDIVIDUALLY change her name.

millions of people change their name in marriage every year, and yet somehow there is no centralised change?!
March 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This keyboard is awesome.
Apple IIc 💚
January 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is literally that girl who posts STEM content on YouTube and PH and makes more ad revenue from PH.
Working out a scenario where Pornhub has to launch a prestigious monthly print magazine in order to stay online in Tennessee. This is how we bring the business back: ransoming access to stepsister-stuck-in-washing-machine content with long-form literary criticism and Malcolm Harris book excerpts.
January 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I think these screenshots just show the inherent problem with "brand social" right now. None of these comments are original or interesting? Everything is just a repeat of whatever has succeeded in the past? What value these comments add? What do they say about the brand other than they want likes?
Duo Lingo posted a TikTok about all the users leaving to go to Red Note and needing to learn Mandarin, and corporate brands are in the comments expressing distress:
January 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
this really is an analogy for the internet at large right now.
Today’s glimmer of hope brought to you by the creator of Watch Duty, LA’s nonprofit fire map that’s been such a lifeline for so many. More of this, please! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
January 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Who is this ref? Two horrid dives today and he's missed both? Some just incredibly incompetent decisions.
January 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
so, so good.
we have a trailer for What If A Man Was Large, Season 3

in this it appears we will explore the question of "what if a large man encountered another, even larger man"

I hope this show runs for decades
REACHER Season 3 - Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Absolutely zero fault for Maguire at the end missing that. He's a CB and that was a horrific cross from Zirkzee
January 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
how can you say your phones recorded private conversations UNINTENTIONALLY when you then used that data to serve personalised ads?

farcical.
"The only clue that users seemingly had of Siri's alleged spying was eerily accurate targeted ads that appeared after they had just been talking about specific items like Air Jordans or brands like Olive Garden"
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.
arstechnica.com
January 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'll never forget the Christmas I got my Gameboy colour & Pokémon Crystal. One of the best days of my life.
Granted this a cranky old man take, and also granted that the iPhone is in every respect a superior technology, BUT kids these days will never know the Christmas glee of getting a good gadget (Walkmen, Gameboy, pocket translator, etc…)
December 24, 2024 at 5:29 PM
If United went down to 10 and just left Dalot in the changing room at HT it would be a massive improvement.
December 19, 2024 at 8:41 PM
I dont know what Man Utd are worse at, defending from corners or scoring corners. We have been utterly horrific at them for about 10 years now.
December 15, 2024 at 5:23 PM
wow who could have foreseen this known grifter would end up doing this after being given a wholly undeserved media platform
December 13, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Ratcliffes ownership of Man Utd doing wonders for the “billionaires are geniuses” crowd.
December 8, 2024 at 12:04 PM