Karl Turner
@usefulwords.co.uk
Content stuff - writing, design, strategy and operations. Manchester, England. www.usefulwords.co.uk
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Looking forward to this popping through my letterbox.
So I’ve channelled all my angst (and a lot of spare time, thanks to a slow Q4) into writing a zine about this. It's called Spite House: AI, disintermediation and the end of the free web.
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Looking forward to this popping through my letterbox.
@profanity.accountant Ive Been on my best effing behaviour on here this year. Don't show me up.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@profanity.accountant Ive Been on my best effing behaviour on here this year. Don't show me up.
Might raise a smirk when you first see it. But it's rarely a good thing to be joking about a broken site or service.
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Might raise a smirk when you first see it. But it's rarely a good thing to be joking about a broken site or service.
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Small acts of maintenance
Maintenance is work, but it’s also care.
medium.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...
bell.bz
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
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The first elected representatives from Lancashire attended The Model Parliament in Westminster on this day, November 27th, 1295.
To celebrate Lancashire Day, EXCLUSIVE to #BRFCS this t-shirt available in our online store.
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To celebrate Lancashire Day, EXCLUSIVE to #BRFCS this t-shirt available in our online store.
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#blackburn #rovers #brfc
Blackburn Rovers Fans’ Lancashire Day T-Shirt
Celebrate this Lancashire Day with a limited edition t-shirt, available on Lancashire Day only! Available in 2 designs, either the stylised Lancashire Rose on its own, or with our colours as a background. Know ye that this day, November 27th in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty Five, the 3rd year of the rei
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November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The first elected representatives from Lancashire attended The Model Parliament in Westminster on this day, November 27th, 1295.
To celebrate Lancashire Day, EXCLUSIVE to #BRFCS this t-shirt available in our online store.
shop.brfcs.com/produ...
#blackburn #rovers #brfc
To celebrate Lancashire Day, EXCLUSIVE to #BRFCS this t-shirt available in our online store.
shop.brfcs.com/produ...
#blackburn #rovers #brfc
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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I have #content project availability again from Jan/Feb 2026, after completing current 2-monther. Looking for content #ProjectManagement (have managed redesigns + migrations as well as BAU), #ContentStrategy, lead/senior #ContentDesign and training/workshops provider roles. Here's my portfolio!
Projects portfolio
21 years of user-centred digital service and product design, condensed and categorised. Explore projects worked on by Cake Design Studio director Lizzie Bruce.
cakeconsultancy.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I have #content project availability again from Jan/Feb 2026, after completing current 2-monther. Looking for content #ProjectManagement (have managed redesigns + migrations as well as BAU), #ContentStrategy, lead/senior #ContentDesign and training/workshops provider roles. Here's my portfolio!
Obviously you're not a golfer, Charlie Brown.
The horror, the horror, Charlie Brown.
Open the pod bay doors, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Obviously you're not a golfer, Charlie Brown.
Still on this advertising network?
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Still on this advertising network?
This is a hard listen but one of the best. Oh, and come back Jackie Cohen. We miss you.
Good morning. We have a new episode: Kevin. omny.fm/shows/heavyw...
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is a hard listen but one of the best. Oh, and come back Jackie Cohen. We miss you.
One of the downsides of AI is the emboldening of stakeholders to insist on putting bad things on a website. Just because it is possible, doesn't mean it is a good idea.
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
One of the downsides of AI is the emboldening of stakeholders to insist on putting bad things on a website. Just because it is possible, doesn't mean it is a good idea.
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🔥 Exciting news...early bird tickets for #CampDigital 2026 are now available!
We're back at the RNCM on Thurs 7th May, and we've already confirmed some fantastic speakers and workshops (with more TBA)!
Check out our lineup so far, and book early birds at:
www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...
We're back at the RNCM on Thurs 7th May, and we've already confirmed some fantastic speakers and workshops (with more TBA)!
Check out our lineup so far, and book early birds at:
www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🔥 Exciting news...early bird tickets for #CampDigital 2026 are now available!
We're back at the RNCM on Thurs 7th May, and we've already confirmed some fantastic speakers and workshops (with more TBA)!
Check out our lineup so far, and book early birds at:
www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...
We're back at the RNCM on Thurs 7th May, and we've already confirmed some fantastic speakers and workshops (with more TBA)!
Check out our lineup so far, and book early birds at:
www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...
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My #UCD Freelancers Directory is taking applications for 2026! We're now 60 professionals, come join us?
Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience:
• Apply by 31 Dec 2025.
• Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits.
• Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal.
#UCDD #GetListed #Digital
Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience:
• Apply by 31 Dec 2025.
• Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits.
• Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal.
#UCDD #GetListed #Digital
Cake Design Studio | UCD freelancers directory
Find skilled, experienced user-centred design professionals for contract and project work or by other arrangement, including workshops and training.
cakeconsultancy.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My #UCD Freelancers Directory is taking applications for 2026! We're now 60 professionals, come join us?
Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience:
• Apply by 31 Dec 2025.
• Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits.
• Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal.
#UCDD #GetListed #Digital
Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience:
• Apply by 31 Dec 2025.
• Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits.
• Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal.
#UCDD #GetListed #Digital
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November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Never heard this before, but it's a cracker: A bad system will beat a good person every time. Attributed to W Edwards Deming.
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Never heard this before, but it's a cracker: A bad system will beat a good person every time. Attributed to W Edwards Deming.
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Seasonal reminder, Pumpkins make Hedgehogs sick, so don't leave any out where they can reach them.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Seasonal reminder, Pumpkins make Hedgehogs sick, so don't leave any out where they can reach them.
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Your regular reminder that your BlueSky blocks are *not* private.
The worst people in the world now know that you have blocked their favourite account.
Act accordingly.
The worst people in the world now know that you have blocked their favourite account.
Act accordingly.
BSky's super-block is brilliant. It cuts off bad-actors instantly. I think the level of discourse here is much better than on other places.
But it achieves this by publishing your block lists for everyone to see.
And there's *nothing* about it in their privacy policy
bsky.social/about/suppor...
But it achieves this by publishing your block lists for everyone to see.
And there's *nothing* about it in their privacy policy
bsky.social/about/suppor...
Bluesky App Privacy Policy
bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Your regular reminder that your BlueSky blocks are *not* private.
The worst people in the world now know that you have blocked their favourite account.
Act accordingly.
The worst people in the world now know that you have blocked their favourite account.
Act accordingly.
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Solipsism [SOL-ip-siz-um]
(n.)
-Extreme preoccupation with one's feelings, desires, etc.
-Self-centeredness.
Used in a sentence:
“Her solipsism was not the loud, brash sort, but the quiet, ecclesiastical kind—like a cathedral built entirely for the purpose of echoing her own opinions.”
(n.)
-Extreme preoccupation with one's feelings, desires, etc.
-Self-centeredness.
Used in a sentence:
“Her solipsism was not the loud, brash sort, but the quiet, ecclesiastical kind—like a cathedral built entirely for the purpose of echoing her own opinions.”
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Solipsism [SOL-ip-siz-um]
(n.)
-Extreme preoccupation with one's feelings, desires, etc.
-Self-centeredness.
Used in a sentence:
“Her solipsism was not the loud, brash sort, but the quiet, ecclesiastical kind—like a cathedral built entirely for the purpose of echoing her own opinions.”
(n.)
-Extreme preoccupation with one's feelings, desires, etc.
-Self-centeredness.
Used in a sentence:
“Her solipsism was not the loud, brash sort, but the quiet, ecclesiastical kind—like a cathedral built entirely for the purpose of echoing her own opinions.”
AI for wankers. We can't say we didn't see it coming. So to speak.
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
AI for wankers. We can't say we didn't see it coming. So to speak.
This is bleak. The whole point of dating and/or being in a relationship is surely to find someone you enjoy being with and talking to.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder
Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is bleak. The whole point of dating and/or being in a relationship is surely to find someone you enjoy being with and talking to.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.