Simon Jones
@ariadneassoc.bsky.social
HR Consultant, Part-time University Lecturer, Based in Liverpool, once wrote a book on HR for SME (https://amzn.eu/d/cKkcHEC). You can find me at www.ariadneassociates.co.uk
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Simon Jones
@ariadneassoc.bsky.social
· Jun 5
Your regular reminder that, if -like me - you are fed up with Google's #AI generated nonsense at the top of every search, just add -ai to the end of the search term and it will get rid of it.
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
Don’t really want to get into the ‘can immigrants really be British’ far right dialogue but is there a more‘Yorkshire dad’ than #AnitaRani father? #CelebrityRaceAcrossTheWorld
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Don’t really want to get into the ‘can immigrants really be British’ far right dialogue but is there a more‘Yorkshire dad’ than #AnitaRani father? #CelebrityRaceAcrossTheWorld
As an #EV driver, I don't in principle have an issue with some form of tax, but this seems a remarkably cack-handed way of going about it. Why not a levy of say 2p per Kwh on charging stations? #Budget2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EV drivers could face new tax in Budget
The BBC understands there have been
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
As an #EV driver, I don't in principle have an issue with some form of tax, but this seems a remarkably cack-handed way of going about it. Why not a levy of say 2p per Kwh on charging stations? #Budget2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
I don’t know if this post should make me laugh but it did
1. Has Trump ever read The Great Gatsby?
2. Did he understand it if he did?
3. Jay Gatsby actually served in the military when required to, unlike a certain person
Further proof that #irony is lost on Americans
1. Has Trump ever read The Great Gatsby?
2. Did he understand it if he did?
3. Jay Gatsby actually served in the military when required to, unlike a certain person
Further proof that #irony is lost on Americans
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I don’t know if this post should make me laugh but it did
1. Has Trump ever read The Great Gatsby?
2. Did he understand it if he did?
3. Jay Gatsby actually served in the military when required to, unlike a certain person
Further proof that #irony is lost on Americans
1. Has Trump ever read The Great Gatsby?
2. Did he understand it if he did?
3. Jay Gatsby actually served in the military when required to, unlike a certain person
Further proof that #irony is lost on Americans
Definitely worth a read - it appears that, as with #Reform, the leaders are racists and grifters, even if not all those following them are.
This piece is an account of what happened when reporters from five Mill Media publications decided to find out more about the flaggers.
www.livpost.co.uk/the-men-who-...
www.livpost.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.livpost.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Definitely worth a read - it appears that, as with #Reform, the leaders are racists and grifters, even if not all those following them are.
I’ve been outside the UK for a week but I could have written a more perceptive article than this. How on earth did #ChrisMason - who comes over as a fairly untalented regional news reporter- become BBC political editor? bbc.com/news/article...
Will Lucy Powell's win turn things around for Labour?
Chris Mason looks at what Lucy Powell's return to frontline politics might mean for Labour.
bbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I’ve been outside the UK for a week but I could have written a more perceptive article than this. How on earth did #ChrisMason - who comes over as a fairly untalented regional news reporter- become BBC political editor? bbc.com/news/article...
Scott, Virgil, Gordon, Alan, John… Brains, Kyrano, Parker- nope, don’t remember a “Prince Andrew”. Although The Hood was Kyrano’s evil brother so maybe that’s him #InternationalRescue
BREAKING... Prince Andrew forced to resign from International Rescue.
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Scott, Virgil, Gordon, Alan, John… Brains, Kyrano, Parker- nope, don’t remember a “Prince Andrew”. Although The Hood was Kyrano’s evil brother so maybe that’s him #InternationalRescue
I 100% agree with this approach- I have a lot of books that I have enjoyed but may never read again, and I would sooner others enjoy them than they just languish on my shelves
it is Done
36 books are off to the charity shop; around 130 remain
(for newish followers: yes I do a cull every 18 months or so, no I don't believe there's any point in owning more than, say, 200 books, no there is no amount of yelling at me that will change my mind)
36 books are off to the charity shop; around 130 remain
(for newish followers: yes I do a cull every 18 months or so, no I don't believe there's any point in owning more than, say, 200 books, no there is no amount of yelling at me that will change my mind)
why not decide to reorganise your bookshelves at 9pm, you will certainly not regret reorganising your bookshelves at 9pm
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I 100% agree with this approach- I have a lot of books that I have enjoyed but may never read again, and I would sooner others enjoy them than they just languish on my shelves
Reposted by Simon Jones
German singer Nico, Andy Warhol’s muse, was born on this day 1938. She came to live in Manchester in 1981. ‘It reminds me of Berlin after the war. Everything was broken and falling down.' She loved the architecture and cheap heroin.
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
German singer Nico, Andy Warhol’s muse, was born on this day 1938. She came to live in Manchester in 1981. ‘It reminds me of Berlin after the war. Everything was broken and falling down.' She loved the architecture and cheap heroin.
I'm enjoying #CelebrityTraitors and it was a funny incident, but it's hardly front page news. Although I think some of the conspiracy theorists are a bit much - a lot of the reasons for stories like this is simply the BBC using its website to promote its own TV shows
The BBC thinks this worthy of its news homepage, but I’m still not seeing much about Reform’s financial relationship with Russia. If we had a serious media we might not collectively drunkenly stagger from one idiocy to the next.
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm enjoying #CelebrityTraitors and it was a funny incident, but it's hardly front page news. Although I think some of the conspiracy theorists are a bit much - a lot of the reasons for stories like this is simply the BBC using its website to promote its own TV shows
Missed this last week - the return of Collective Bargaining, in the #SocialCare sector. A considered and even handed article by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com, featuring a quote from @melaniesimms.bsky.social #HR #EmployeeRelations
on.ft.com/4n2JVam
on.ft.com/4n2JVam
The most radical Labour plan you haven’t heard about
Collective bargaining in social care could save an ailing sector — but only if it’s done properly
on.ft.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Missed this last week - the return of Collective Bargaining, in the #SocialCare sector. A considered and even handed article by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com, featuring a quote from @melaniesimms.bsky.social #HR #EmployeeRelations
on.ft.com/4n2JVam
on.ft.com/4n2JVam
Most suburbs of Liverpool 😀
Gateacre
Fazakerley
Aigburth
Childwall
Gateacre
Fazakerley
Aigburth
Childwall
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Most suburbs of Liverpool 😀
Gateacre
Fazakerley
Aigburth
Childwall
Gateacre
Fazakerley
Aigburth
Childwall
Show us the last four albums you listened to
October 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Show us the last four albums you listened to
Next Tory to defect to Reform? 🤣
Michelle Mone says she has ‘no wish’ to remain a Conservative peer
Michelle Mone says she has ‘no wish’ to remain a Conservative peer
Mone hits out at Kemi Badenoch after Tory leader says PPE Medpro scandal has brought shame on party
Michelle Mone has said she has “no wish” to return to the House of Lords as a Conservative peer after a company linked to her was ordered to repay millions of pounds for breaching a Covid-19 PPE contract.
In a letter to Kemi Badenoch, Lady Mone accused the Tory leader of using “inflammatory language” against her and suggested she was leading the party to extinction. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Next Tory to defect to Reform? 🤣
I don't in principle have an issue with fees at this level - £55 - (personally I think employers should have to pay an equivalent fee to enter response) but there are lots of details that need to be sorted out before they're introduced - a short🧵 1/3
#HR #UKEmplaw
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
#HR #UKEmplaw
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say
Exclusive: Reintroducing tribunal fees would be ‘a gift for bad bosses’, says TUC chief Paul Nowak
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I don't in principle have an issue with fees at this level - £55 - (personally I think employers should have to pay an equivalent fee to enter response) but there are lots of details that need to be sorted out before they're introduced - a short🧵 1/3
#HR #UKEmplaw
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
#HR #UKEmplaw
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Now this is the content I hope to see on social media 😀
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Now this is the content I hope to see on social media 😀
“Even” Lynda? I can’t imagine she’d ever have been a Trump fan #TheArchers
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Even” Lynda? I can’t imagine she’d ever have been a Trump fan #TheArchers
With so many Tories joining Farage's crew, maybe we should start referring to them as Conform?
September 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
With so many Tories joining Farage's crew, maybe we should start referring to them as Conform?
So, I’m not really up on American right wing politics (I’d never heard of Charlie Kirk till Wednesday) but would I be correct to assume that his murder is basically a 2020s politics version of the 2Pac/Notorious BIG feud?
September 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So, I’m not really up on American right wing politics (I’d never heard of Charlie Kirk till Wednesday) but would I be correct to assume that his murder is basically a 2020s politics version of the 2Pac/Notorious BIG feud?
New #HR post from me - despite what the media claimed last week, you can't go around being abusive to your boss without consequence #UKEmplaw
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Unfair Dismissal Case: Calling Your Boss a 'Dickhead'
Discover the surprising Employment Tribunal ruling on unfair dismissal for calling your boss a 'dickhead' and its implications for small businesses.
ariadne-associates.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New #HR post from me - despite what the media claimed last week, you can't go around being abusive to your boss without consequence #UKEmplaw
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@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social you are spoiling us! #InALonelyPlace followed by #Rebecca? A good afternoon to book off work (or at the very least, set your video recording device of choice)
Accused of murder... 🗡️ but did he do it?
⭐ #HumphreyBogart #GloriaGrahame IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) 1:10pm drama #TPTVsubtitles
⭐ #HumphreyBogart #GloriaGrahame IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) 1:10pm drama #TPTVsubtitles
September 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social you are spoiling us! #InALonelyPlace followed by #Rebecca? A good afternoon to book off work (or at the very least, set your video recording device of choice)
Articles like this are why my view of "the markets" is that they are the world's biggest casino - and traders have no more knowledge than football pundits. The answer to the headline is "no-one really knows, but everyone has an opinion"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What's causing the UK's long-term borrowing costs to rise?
The cost of government borrowing has risen again - what does it mean for the public finances and upcoming Budget?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Articles like this are why my view of "the markets" is that they are the world's biggest casino - and traders have no more knowledge than football pundits. The answer to the headline is "no-one really knows, but everyone has an opinion"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One for any of my academic followers - how #Wikipedia seeks to identify the use of #AI
Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One for any of my academic followers - how #Wikipedia seeks to identify the use of #AI