The Real Neil.
@neilb.uk
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The Real Neil.
@neilb.uk
· Jan 13
There's going to be a lot about AI in the UK press today. This is your reminder that AI does not equal LLMs and generative AI. They are a subset of a vast field but get a lot of exposure due to their accessibility. There are many other fields that have been providing practical solutions for decades.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Your terrible wages - billionaires
Unaffordable housing - billionaires
No Healthcare - billionaires
Unaffordable Energy - billionaires
People who will save your life or look after you in a care home - immigrants
Unaffordable housing - billionaires
No Healthcare - billionaires
Unaffordable Energy - billionaires
People who will save your life or look after you in a care home - immigrants
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Your terrible wages - billionaires
Unaffordable housing - billionaires
No Healthcare - billionaires
Unaffordable Energy - billionaires
People who will save your life or look after you in a care home - immigrants
Unaffordable housing - billionaires
No Healthcare - billionaires
Unaffordable Energy - billionaires
People who will save your life or look after you in a care home - immigrants
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I feel obliged to share this masterpiece from my brother:
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I feel obliged to share this masterpiece from my brother:
I keep hearing an advert where when you buy a TV or something, you get cashback. This cashback is proclaimed as being "conveniently available in your Samsung wallet". Well Samsung, I think you and I have very different interpretations on the meaning of convenient in this case.
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I keep hearing an advert where when you buy a TV or something, you get cashback. This cashback is proclaimed as being "conveniently available in your Samsung wallet". Well Samsung, I think you and I have very different interpretations on the meaning of convenient in this case.
Timeline cleanse. Sound on 🔊
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Timeline cleanse. Sound on 🔊
Exactly a year on from my pinned post, still relevant.
There's going to be a lot about AI in the UK press today. This is your reminder that AI does not equal LLMs and generative AI. They are a subset of a vast field but get a lot of exposure due to their accessibility. There are many other fields that have been providing practical solutions for decades.
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Exactly a year on from my pinned post, still relevant.
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The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
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Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Looking at doing my annual subscribe to Zwift for a couple of months. It's gone super expensive! I see MyWoosh is free. What's the catch? Anyone using it? I don't really race but do like having the motivation to chase riders down.
January 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Looking at doing my annual subscribe to Zwift for a couple of months. It's gone super expensive! I see MyWoosh is free. What's the catch? Anyone using it? I don't really race but do like having the motivation to chase riders down.
What's one word that you type a lot but can never spell correctly?
Mine's 'privileges'. Still looks wrong to me. I's and E's all the wrong way round and I swear it should have a D in it.
Mine's 'privileges'. Still looks wrong to me. I's and E's all the wrong way round and I swear it should have a D in it.
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
What's one word that you type a lot but can never spell correctly?
Mine's 'privileges'. Still looks wrong to me. I's and E's all the wrong way round and I swear it should have a D in it.
Mine's 'privileges'. Still looks wrong to me. I's and E's all the wrong way round and I swear it should have a D in it.
I, for one, would prefer it if the people who decided to stay on Twitter don't suddenly start posting on here. I like my current bubble.
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I, for one, would prefer it if the people who decided to stay on Twitter don't suddenly start posting on here. I like my current bubble.
@uksnowmap.com unless I'm mistaken, your map is only showing results from Twitter.
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
@uksnowmap.com unless I'm mistaken, your map is only showing results from Twitter.
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Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
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We welcome the return of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and the commitment to helping farmers work together at landscape and catchment scale.
January 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
We welcome the return of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and the commitment to helping farmers work together at landscape and catchment scale.
Logitech update here...
Looks like it's an issue with the developer certificate for the Logi Options+ app and only affects Mac users.
support.logi.com/hc/en-us/art...
Looks like it's an issue with the developer certificate for the Logi Options+ app and only affects Mac users.
support.logi.com/hc/en-us/art...
Options+ and G HUB macOS Certificate Issue
Description of the issueLogitech Options+ and G HUB are currently not working on macOS due to an expired certificate required for the apps to run. We’re working on a fix and expect it will be avail...
support.logi.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Logitech update here...
Looks like it's an issue with the developer certificate for the Logi Options+ app and only affects Mac users.
support.logi.com/hc/en-us/art...
Looks like it's an issue with the developer certificate for the Logi Options+ app and only affects Mac users.
support.logi.com/hc/en-us/art...
Today's tech frustration. My mouse and keyboard have lost everything but the most basic of functionality due to the Logitech servers having issues. WTF does my mouse need to talk to a server to work properly!?!?
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Today's tech frustration. My mouse and keyboard have lost everything but the most basic of functionality due to the Logitech servers having issues. WTF does my mouse need to talk to a server to work properly!?!?
Of all the weird things to go missing after hosting Christmas; I didn't expect it to be all of the oven gloves and placemats 🤔
January 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Of all the weird things to go missing after hosting Christmas; I didn't expect it to be all of the oven gloves and placemats 🤔
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Wish I could internalize this
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wish I could internalize this
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A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
On the subject of Christmas cake; despite technically being a southerner, I have some Yorkshire connections. If you haven't tried Christmas cake and mature Cheddar cheese then you're missing out.
January 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
On the subject of Christmas cake; despite technically being a southerner, I have some Yorkshire connections. If you haven't tried Christmas cake and mature Cheddar cheese then you're missing out.
Me at 8am today: Right, on the scales. Time to lose this Christmas paunch.
Me this evening: Well this yard of Jaffa Cakes I got for Christmas isn't going to eat itself and that homemade Christmas cake is going to go stale if I don't eat it soon.
Me this evening: Well this yard of Jaffa Cakes I got for Christmas isn't going to eat itself and that homemade Christmas cake is going to go stale if I don't eat it soon.
January 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Me at 8am today: Right, on the scales. Time to lose this Christmas paunch.
Me this evening: Well this yard of Jaffa Cakes I got for Christmas isn't going to eat itself and that homemade Christmas cake is going to go stale if I don't eat it soon.
Me this evening: Well this yard of Jaffa Cakes I got for Christmas isn't going to eat itself and that homemade Christmas cake is going to go stale if I don't eat it soon.
I have some crazy friends. No thanks 🥶
January 1, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I have some crazy friends. No thanks 🥶