Tabby Farrar
@tabbyfarrar.bsky.social
🤓 Head of Search at Candour
📝 Also a writer in my free time
🗺️ Norwich, UK
🌳 Debating quitting social media entirely in favour of living in the woods
📝 Also a writer in my free time
🗺️ Norwich, UK
🌳 Debating quitting social media entirely in favour of living in the woods
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As I’ve seen this confused a few times, please note that Robin Gibb was a much-beloved member of the Bee Gees, whilst Robbie Gibb is the BBC board member who also, totally coincidentally, was editorial adviser in the set-up of GB News.
I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
As I’ve seen this confused a few times, please note that Robin Gibb was a much-beloved member of the Bee Gees, whilst Robbie Gibb is the BBC board member who also, totally coincidentally, was editorial adviser in the set-up of GB News.
I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
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75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
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surely this is going to go well in the medium and long terms, when new info is needed for LLMs and there's no new info to get because it has destroyed the market for humans discovering and writing things
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
surely this is going to go well in the medium and long terms, when new info is needed for LLMs and there's no new info to get because it has destroyed the market for humans discovering and writing things
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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...
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think if you're broadly a centrist and were suuuuuper concerned about attacks on free speech from the left and so you decided to give the right a hearing then you need to realise you were taken for QUITE the ride (and don't really have anyone to blame but yourself)
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
think if you're broadly a centrist and were suuuuuper concerned about attacks on free speech from the left and so you decided to give the right a hearing then you need to realise you were taken for QUITE the ride (and don't really have anyone to blame but yourself)
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years
That's not good news
Tariffs are taxes on Americans
That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
That's not good news
Tariffs are taxes on Americans
That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
August 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years
That's not good news
Tariffs are taxes on Americans
That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
That's not good news
Tariffs are taxes on Americans
That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
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ChatGPT definitely has a growing spam problem on its hands.
Here is one example of the most cited pages by ChatGPT in the 'health insurance' category (Profound data)
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Here is one example of the most cited pages by ChatGPT in the 'health insurance' category (Profound data)
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July 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ChatGPT definitely has a growing spam problem on its hands.
Here is one example of the most cited pages by ChatGPT in the 'health insurance' category (Profound data)
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Here is one example of the most cited pages by ChatGPT in the 'health insurance' category (Profound data)
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
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I was once told I was being dramatic, when I explained that an animation was making me nauseous. Expect: I’m not the only one.
Motion and pseudomotion in digital interfaces can trigger nausea, vertigo, migraines, and even seizures for users with vestibular disorders, migraines, epilepsy, ...
Motion and pseudomotion in digital interfaces can trigger nausea, vertigo, migraines, and even seizures for users with vestibular disorders, migraines, epilepsy, ...
Pseudomotion, Motion Sensitivity, and Accessibility
Newton’s Cradle with one red ball hanging on a thread, retracted and about to bang into five silver balls also hanging by threads. Motion sensitivity is a...
buttondown.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I was once told I was being dramatic, when I explained that an animation was making me nauseous. Expect: I’m not the only one.
Motion and pseudomotion in digital interfaces can trigger nausea, vertigo, migraines, and even seizures for users with vestibular disorders, migraines, epilepsy, ...
Motion and pseudomotion in digital interfaces can trigger nausea, vertigo, migraines, and even seizures for users with vestibular disorders, migraines, epilepsy, ...
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Louder for the 'GEO' people in the back.
Anyone claiming they're experts in Google's AI search features is talking bollocks. We're all figuring this out as we go.
June 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Louder for the 'GEO' people in the back.
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I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
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“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
June 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
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So much of the current content around the future of SEO is telling people they need to start aligning it with general business strategy/objectives as it becomes more about branding in an AI era.
Erm. Wasn't it always important to think about business strategy and objectives? Isn't that marketing?
Erm. Wasn't it always important to think about business strategy and objectives? Isn't that marketing?
June 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
So much of the current content around the future of SEO is telling people they need to start aligning it with general business strategy/objectives as it becomes more about branding in an AI era.
Erm. Wasn't it always important to think about business strategy and objectives? Isn't that marketing?
Erm. Wasn't it always important to think about business strategy and objectives? Isn't that marketing?
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It’s ICE and the cops, you dipshits
June 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It’s ICE and the cops, you dipshits
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ChatGPT we will forgive you for taking all the content from our website for a one-time donation of 48 billion English pounds
June 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
ChatGPT we will forgive you for taking all the content from our website for a one-time donation of 48 billion English pounds
Living things that have never had to think about AI, of whom I am envious:
- sheep crew
- bog dog
- tree who just got his frosted tips done
- sheep crew
- bog dog
- tree who just got his frosted tips done
June 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Living things that have never had to think about AI, of whom I am envious:
- sheep crew
- bog dog
- tree who just got his frosted tips done
- sheep crew
- bog dog
- tree who just got his frosted tips done
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"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
- Frank Herbert, Dune.
- Frank Herbert, Dune.
June 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
- Frank Herbert, Dune.
- Frank Herbert, Dune.
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gentleman, gentleman, please, there's no need for this! you are both in the epstein files.
June 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
gentleman, gentleman, please, there's no need for this! you are both in the epstein files.
If I receive one more AI-written LinkedIn message or AI-written cold email pitch about another f~cking AI tool, particularly addressing me by the wrong name and/or referring to a business I don't work for and/or referring to a job I don't do, I will rip out my eyeballs and throw them into the sea
June 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If I receive one more AI-written LinkedIn message or AI-written cold email pitch about another f~cking AI tool, particularly addressing me by the wrong name and/or referring to a business I don't work for and/or referring to a job I don't do, I will rip out my eyeballs and throw them into the sea
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🦇 #Recruiting ! We are looking for a Membership Officer to join our small but mighty Communications and Fundraising Department!
You'll help to maintain and develop positive relationships with existing members & help with recruitment.
More info and how to apply: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
You'll help to maintain and develop positive relationships with existing members & help with recruitment.
More info and how to apply: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
May 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🦇 #Recruiting ! We are looking for a Membership Officer to join our small but mighty Communications and Fundraising Department!
You'll help to maintain and develop positive relationships with existing members & help with recruitment.
More info and how to apply: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
You'll help to maintain and develop positive relationships with existing members & help with recruitment.
More info and how to apply: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
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Birds have significantly better eyesight than us which is why I get nice and sexy to go birdwatching
May 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Birds have significantly better eyesight than us which is why I get nice and sexy to go birdwatching
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LOL
Google IO keynote: AI Overviews are so amazing and everyone loves them, one of our most successful products ever
Google Gemini:
Google Gemini:
May 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
LOL