James Frew
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James Frew
@jimjamfroo.bsky.social
· Jul 10
Back to the beginning
To where it all started, before we arrived here
www.potsjots.com
Reviving a project I started many years ago — PoTS Jots.
When I first got #PoTS I was afraid to talk about my #ChronicIllness openly with my name attached. I started an anonymous Squarespace blog and kept details vague.
But everything is different now, and so am I. So I'm talking about it again.
When I first got #PoTS I was afraid to talk about my #ChronicIllness openly with my name attached. I started an anonymous Squarespace blog and kept details vague.
But everything is different now, and so am I. So I'm talking about it again.
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At first I felt a little corny writing my newsletter this week, but if the Mamdani campaign showed us anything, it's that there's actually nothing corny about want to build a better future, online or off
www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
At first I felt a little corny writing my newsletter this week, but if the Mamdani campaign showed us anything, it's that there's actually nothing corny about want to build a better future, online or off
www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
Installed @canonicalltd.bsky.social's Ubuntu 25.10 on @frame.work Laptop 13 and it's working nicely so far.
an isometric illustration of various objects including a pizza box a pen and a paper airplane
ALT: an isometric illustration of various objects including a pizza box a pen and a paper airplane
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Installed @canonicalltd.bsky.social's Ubuntu 25.10 on @frame.work Laptop 13 and it's working nicely so far.
The most horrific thing about this whole discussion is the doublespeak version of "affordable" — in the housing sense, that means "80% of current market value."
If a property is £500k, that means an 'affordable' version is £400k; super, super 'affordable' 🙄
If a property is £500k, that means an 'affordable' version is £400k; super, super 'affordable' 🙄
London developers to be allowed to reduce percentage of affordable homes
Housing secretary and capital’s mayor draw up plans to boost housebuilding, but homelessness charities protest
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The most horrific thing about this whole discussion is the doublespeak version of "affordable" — in the housing sense, that means "80% of current market value."
If a property is £500k, that means an 'affordable' version is £400k; super, super 'affordable' 🙄
If a property is £500k, that means an 'affordable' version is £400k; super, super 'affordable' 🙄
Watched 'I Saw The TV Glow' last night and was entranced. It's slow in a good way, letting you into the characters' world before closing with a devastating final 20 minutes.
I Saw The TV Glow | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Watched 'I Saw The TV Glow' last night and was entranced. It's slow in a good way, letting you into the characters' world before closing with a devastating final 20 minutes.
An incredibly miserable tale of how a company as grossly VC sounding as "Growth Kitchen" is encouraging restaurants to rent their kitchen capacity to 'brands' to cook meals for Deliveroo.
Other than giving a bit more range, Deliveroo has seemingly made everything just more expensive and worse.
Other than giving a bit more range, Deliveroo has seemingly made everything just more expensive and worse.
Your upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop
"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”
www.londoncentric.media
October 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An incredibly miserable tale of how a company as grossly VC sounding as "Growth Kitchen" is encouraging restaurants to rent their kitchen capacity to 'brands' to cook meals for Deliveroo.
Other than giving a bit more range, Deliveroo has seemingly made everything just more expensive and worse.
Other than giving a bit more range, Deliveroo has seemingly made everything just more expensive and worse.
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Don’t get fooled by apples and oranges.
When you see headlines about changes in something scary like crime or disease, make sure it’s an apples-to-apples comparison. Otherwise, you might get fooled by faulty #statistics.
Keep reading here:
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/dont-get-f...
When you see headlines about changes in something scary like crime or disease, make sure it’s an apples-to-apples comparison. Otherwise, you might get fooled by faulty #statistics.
Keep reading here:
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/dont-get-f...
Don’t get fooled by apples and oranges.
When you see headlines about changes in something scary like crime or disease, make sure it’s an apples-to-apples comparison. Otherwise, you might get fooled by faulty statistics.
thosenerdygirls.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Don’t get fooled by apples and oranges.
When you see headlines about changes in something scary like crime or disease, make sure it’s an apples-to-apples comparison. Otherwise, you might get fooled by faulty #statistics.
Keep reading here:
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/dont-get-f...
When you see headlines about changes in something scary like crime or disease, make sure it’s an apples-to-apples comparison. Otherwise, you might get fooled by faulty #statistics.
Keep reading here:
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/dont-get-f...
The NHS taking out ads to counter a claim that, until last week, was never in doubt.
It's almost like when a powerful head of state makes clearly false statements, it causes a lot of actual, real world harm.
It's almost like when a powerful head of state makes clearly false statements, it causes a lot of actual, real world harm.
September 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The NHS taking out ads to counter a claim that, until last week, was never in doubt.
It's almost like when a powerful head of state makes clearly false statements, it causes a lot of actual, real world harm.
It's almost like when a powerful head of state makes clearly false statements, it causes a lot of actual, real world harm.
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This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...
She Broke Off Two Engagements. She Couldn’t Commit. Now She’s Dating Chatbots Instead.
As chatbot romance grows more common, women are redefining what they want from a partner—even if they are just ones and zeros.
slate.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...
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Do not believe the snake oil salesman who makes the dramatic claim. Do not believe anyone who says they have the answer. Pay attention to the scientists and doctors who do huge careful studies to produce the highest levels of evidence. They question, debate, test, repeat. Listen to them.
September 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Do not believe the snake oil salesman who makes the dramatic claim. Do not believe anyone who says they have the answer. Pay attention to the scientists and doctors who do huge careful studies to produce the highest levels of evidence. They question, debate, test, repeat. Listen to them.
An incredibly powerful piece.
Memories of Motherhood Between Two Worlds: Gaza and Scotland - Migrant Women Press
Motherhood is never only personal when war shapes your homeland. From a maternity ward in Glasgow to memories of Gaza’s scarred hospitals, Azza Ahmad traces the intimate and political threads of givin...
migrantwomenpress.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
An incredibly powerful piece.
Always enjoy @davidgerard.co.uk's Pivot to AI stories, but this intro is probably the best, most concise description of nearly all AI discourse I've ever seen.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/o...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/o...
September 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Always enjoy @davidgerard.co.uk's Pivot to AI stories, but this intro is probably the best, most concise description of nearly all AI discourse I've ever seen.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/o...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/o...
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Roadworks will tear us apart, again
September 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Roadworks will tear us apart, again
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Demand an end to the freelance rip off.
Have your say in the UK government's consultation on late payments and poor practices. All freelance journalists are welcome to use the NUJ's resources to help shape your response.
Let's stop the freelance rip-off!
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/dem...
Have your say in the UK government's consultation on late payments and poor practices. All freelance journalists are welcome to use the NUJ's resources to help shape your response.
Let's stop the freelance rip-off!
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/dem...
Demand an end to the freelance rip off
Fair treatment for freelance journalists must be central to business reforms on which the UK government is consulting. The union has launched a new campaign and urges engagement from freelances.
www.nuj.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Demand an end to the freelance rip off.
Have your say in the UK government's consultation on late payments and poor practices. All freelance journalists are welcome to use the NUJ's resources to help shape your response.
Let's stop the freelance rip-off!
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/dem...
Have your say in the UK government's consultation on late payments and poor practices. All freelance journalists are welcome to use the NUJ's resources to help shape your response.
Let's stop the freelance rip-off!
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/dem...
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Other than occasional episodes of Voyager, I’ve never watched Star Wars. Caught the first 15mins of the 2009 reboot and it’s like all the male pov comedies of the 2000s, and doesn’t seem to respect its female characters. I know judging years on is a bit unfair but…
September 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Other than occasional episodes of Voyager, I’ve never watched Star Wars. Caught the first 15mins of the 2009 reboot and it’s like all the male pov comedies of the 2000s, and doesn’t seem to respect its female characters. I know judging years on is a bit unfair but…
Just a Minute is one of the best shows ever made. I’m so glad it’s back on.
1. The time I went to Sue Perkins’ birthday party
pca.st
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just a Minute is one of the best shows ever made. I’m so glad it’s back on.
Why do all the AI tools have such unserious names? ChatGPT, Nano Banana, Copilot, Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Perplexity.
Hard to think of these as professional orgs and tools, especially Nano Banana? Some of them are like a kid's version of what sci-fi tech would be called.
Hard to think of these as professional orgs and tools, especially Nano Banana? Some of them are like a kid's version of what sci-fi tech would be called.
September 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Why do all the AI tools have such unserious names? ChatGPT, Nano Banana, Copilot, Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Perplexity.
Hard to think of these as professional orgs and tools, especially Nano Banana? Some of them are like a kid's version of what sci-fi tech would be called.
Hard to think of these as professional orgs and tools, especially Nano Banana? Some of them are like a kid's version of what sci-fi tech would be called.
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🧑🎤New edition of Music Box, out now. In which I remember Numa Numa man, pretend I know the Charli xcx apple dance, and fan-out over the new Amy Lee/Poppy/Courtney LePlante track.
www.jamesfrew.me/when-did-we-...
www.jamesfrew.me/when-did-we-...
When did we stop having fun?
Here's some music to bounce your feet to
www.jamesfrew.me
September 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🧑🎤New edition of Music Box, out now. In which I remember Numa Numa man, pretend I know the Charli xcx apple dance, and fan-out over the new Amy Lee/Poppy/Courtney LePlante track.
www.jamesfrew.me/when-did-we-...
www.jamesfrew.me/when-did-we-...
🧑🎤New edition of Music Box, out now. In which I remember Numa Numa man, pretend I know the Charli xcx apple dance, and fan-out over the new Amy Lee/Poppy/Courtney LePlante track.
www.jamesfrew.me/when-did-we-...
www.jamesfrew.me/when-did-we-...
When did we stop having fun?
Here's some music to bounce your feet to
www.jamesfrew.me
September 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🧑🎤New edition of Music Box, out now. In which I remember Numa Numa man, pretend I know the Charli xcx apple dance, and fan-out over the new Amy Lee/Poppy/Courtney LePlante track.
www.jamesfrew.me/when-did-we-...
www.jamesfrew.me/when-did-we-...
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One Conservative commentator says it's time we stopped "sanctifying" "working-class credentials" 😐
It's one of those moments when you realise some middle class people's idea of what being working class involves doesn't have much to do with reality.
thebeemagazine.com/are-working-...
It's one of those moments when you realise some middle class people's idea of what being working class involves doesn't have much to do with reality.
thebeemagazine.com/are-working-...
Are working class people saints?
Britain needs to stop its “sanctification” of working-class people, says one conservative commentator. We weren’t aware it had ever started.
thebeemagazine.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One Conservative commentator says it's time we stopped "sanctifying" "working-class credentials" 😐
It's one of those moments when you realise some middle class people's idea of what being working class involves doesn't have much to do with reality.
thebeemagazine.com/are-working-...
It's one of those moments when you realise some middle class people's idea of what being working class involves doesn't have much to do with reality.
thebeemagazine.com/are-working-...
Really interesting post that reminded me of why I got interested in decentralisation in the first place.
Conversations around decentralisation and the open social web have gotten fairly unproductive, resulting in a letter calling for mutual respect
Im signing it, and with that, I have thoughts regarding discourse, decentralisation and why this space matters.
connectedplaces.online/on-discourse...
Im signing it, and with that, I have thoughts regarding discourse, decentralisation and why this space matters.
connectedplaces.online/on-discourse...
On discourse and decentralisation
Over the last year, as Bluesky got more popular, conversations about whether Bluesky and ATProto are really ‘decentralised’ have gotten more “popular” as well. These conversations ranged from high-qua...
connectedplaces.online
September 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Really interesting post that reminded me of why I got interested in decentralisation in the first place.
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Before you pre-order a new Apple device, consider repairing your current one. You can make it feel like new, save money, and keep another device from becoming e-waste. #AppleEvent #RighttoRepair
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Before you pre-order a new Apple device, consider repairing your current one. You can make it feel like new, save money, and keep another device from becoming e-waste. #AppleEvent #RighttoRepair
So I just found out that Brand New have reformed and are touring again. I guess we’re all just pretending that Lacey wasn’t accused of abusing underage fans, which caused the band to abruptly end?
![In November 2017, Lacey was accused of sexual misconduct occurring during the early and mid-2000s with allegedly underage fans.[121] Lacey issued a public apology on Brand New's Facebook page, prompting touring guitarist Kevin Devine and supporting act Martha to pull out of the upcoming European tour dates. The band later announced the postponement of all of their upcoming tour dates, which were not rescheduled.[122][123][124] Aside from a few meetings at guitarist Accardi's Joshua Tree home and at a Texas studio, they remained publicly inactive since November 2017, neither confirming nor denying the break-up of the band.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fesqpxss3gljjpfrx2gxwpxg/bafkreiagmcbj3d2i5dhyrgpcq7cxzqdo3yrmxip7noi3k2h2e7re2y2kki@jpeg)
September 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So I just found out that Brand New have reformed and are touring again. I guess we’re all just pretending that Lacey wasn’t accused of abusing underage fans, which caused the band to abruptly end?
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🔔 "It's been a long time coming, but, you and me, that's my whole world, jamesfrew.me and the newsletter post," I sang to myself as I published my first edition of The Music Box.
As much as I love tech, music is what I spend every waking moment thinking about, so I'll wanted to write about it, too.
As much as I love tech, music is what I spend every waking moment thinking about, so I'll wanted to write about it, too.
August slipped away into a moment in time
One era ends, another begins
www.jamesfrew.me
September 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🔔 "It's been a long time coming, but, you and me, that's my whole world, jamesfrew.me and the newsletter post," I sang to myself as I published my first edition of The Music Box.
As much as I love tech, music is what I spend every waking moment thinking about, so I'll wanted to write about it, too.
As much as I love tech, music is what I spend every waking moment thinking about, so I'll wanted to write about it, too.
Just in case it wasn't clear, that first bit is a Taylor Swift reference. 😱
🔔 "It's been a long time coming, but, you and me, that's my whole world, jamesfrew.me and the newsletter post," I sang to myself as I published my first edition of The Music Box.
As much as I love tech, music is what I spend every waking moment thinking about, so I'll wanted to write about it, too.
As much as I love tech, music is what I spend every waking moment thinking about, so I'll wanted to write about it, too.
August slipped away into a moment in time
One era ends, another begins
www.jamesfrew.me
September 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Just in case it wasn't clear, that first bit is a Taylor Swift reference. 😱