Dave
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I fix things on your telly when they break.
Like music. Like photos. Like comedy. Like computers. Like work.
All views are my own, RT != Endorsement
I fix things on your telly when they break.
Like music. Like photos. Like comedy. Like computers. Like work.
All views are my own, RT != Endorsement
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One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
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November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I maintain that in Wordle type games, if you get the correct answer but with two letters swapped, where both are valid words, and your previous guesses wouldn't have indicated the correct positioning, you should still win!
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I maintain that in Wordle type games, if you get the correct answer but with two letters swapped, where both are valid words, and your previous guesses wouldn't have indicated the correct positioning, you should still win!
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Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
I enjoyed the post already, but there are some good follow-ups in the replies. Now I want to hear the whole thing sing-whispered over a ukulele on a John Lewis advert
sack it off, pack it in
let's not begin
let's not begin
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I enjoyed the post already, but there are some good follow-ups in the replies. Now I want to hear the whole thing sing-whispered over a ukulele on a John Lewis advert
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sack it off, pack it in
let's not begin
let's not begin
December 19, 2023 at 11:51 AM
sack it off, pack it in
let's not begin
let's not begin
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REPOST ME YOU COWARDS.
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
REPOST ME YOU COWARDS.
I’ll take it.
Lady Miss Kier Starmer
Deee-Labour
Is that a thing?
Deee-Labour
Is that a thing?
October 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I’ll take it.
I need to lay down for a moment…
October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I need to lay down for a moment…
Is Google sneaking AI in to Maps search now?
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Is Google sneaking AI in to Maps search now?
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Noel Edmonds and Blobby both phoning their agents. Saturday night shall be theirs again.
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Noel Edmonds and Blobby both phoning their agents. Saturday night shall be theirs again.
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So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Nicholas Parsons once failed to hold a door open for me and it hit me in the face.
Mick from Supergrass asked if he could have the ashtray from our table in The Three Goats Heads in Oxford.
I think that’s all.
Mick from Supergrass asked if he could have the ashtray from our table in The Three Goats Heads in Oxford.
I think that’s all.
Emergency Questions
20. What is your most mundane celebrity encounter?
I once saw Eve Myles browsing the CD racks in HMV. There is literally no more to that story.
20. What is your most mundane celebrity encounter?
I once saw Eve Myles browsing the CD racks in HMV. There is literally no more to that story.
October 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Nicholas Parsons once failed to hold a door open for me and it hit me in the face.
Mick from Supergrass asked if he could have the ashtray from our table in The Three Goats Heads in Oxford.
I think that’s all.
Mick from Supergrass asked if he could have the ashtray from our table in The Three Goats Heads in Oxford.
I think that’s all.
The legendary Geoffrey Perkins once got in to the lift I was in. The woman he was with asked me what the yellow box I was carrying was. It was a Portable Appliance Tester. They then got out of the lift.
Emergency Questions
20. What is your most mundane celebrity encounter?
I once saw Eve Myles browsing the CD racks in HMV. There is literally no more to that story.
20. What is your most mundane celebrity encounter?
I once saw Eve Myles browsing the CD racks in HMV. There is literally no more to that story.
October 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The legendary Geoffrey Perkins once got in to the lift I was in. The woman he was with asked me what the yellow box I was carrying was. It was a Portable Appliance Tester. They then got out of the lift.
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Despite the early hit singles, Paul Hardcastle's career has not been nearly as successful as that of his brother Paul Bouncycastle.
October 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Despite the early hit singles, Paul Hardcastle's career has not been nearly as successful as that of his brother Paul Bouncycastle.
Any head of, say, a broadcasting corporation who announces wishes to close terrestrial and satellite broadcast platforms has clearly never tried to stream video whilst visiting holiday cottages around these isles.
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Any head of, say, a broadcasting corporation who announces wishes to close terrestrial and satellite broadcast platforms has clearly never tried to stream video whilst visiting holiday cottages around these isles.
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Here’s another classic Pulp chorus
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Here’s another classic Pulp chorus
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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stop thinking right now
October 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
stop thinking right now
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In the first 100 days I will dig down into the place of honor. On day one I will issue an Executive Order that the radical woke warning signs be removed and anyone perpetuating the "dangerous and repulsive" lie to be terminated. I will restore the country by touching the ancient treasures.
January 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
In the first 100 days I will dig down into the place of honor. On day one I will issue an Executive Order that the radical woke warning signs be removed and anyone perpetuating the "dangerous and repulsive" lie to be terminated. I will restore the country by touching the ancient treasures.
If anyone wants to film a post apocalyptic zombie movie set in Coronation Street…
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If anyone wants to film a post apocalyptic zombie movie set in Coronation Street…
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ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this