Tony Pitchford
@tonypitchford.bsky.social
Proud dad, average husband, bookworm, #TangSoo student, music fan, political woke bloke. I talk about #apprenticeships and #digitalskills. Bit of a birder. Tea drinker.
Pinned
“The Kremlin’s Reform Party”
“Farage Boats”
“The Tories’ Brexit”
“The EDF flag show”
Make them own it.
“Farage Boats”
“The Tories’ Brexit”
“The EDF flag show”
Make them own it.
It’s a slippery slope to trust AI 100%
If you are using #GenAI in the workplace, think of it as a very bright, inexperienced placement student.
What sensitive information would you share?
What decisions would you allow it to make?
What comms would you allow it to send out on your behalf?
If you are using #GenAI in the workplace, think of it as a very bright, inexperienced placement student.
What sensitive information would you share?
What decisions would you allow it to make?
What comms would you allow it to send out on your behalf?
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
It’s a slippery slope to trust AI 100%
If you are using #GenAI in the workplace, think of it as a very bright, inexperienced placement student.
What sensitive information would you share?
What decisions would you allow it to make?
What comms would you allow it to send out on your behalf?
If you are using #GenAI in the workplace, think of it as a very bright, inexperienced placement student.
What sensitive information would you share?
What decisions would you allow it to make?
What comms would you allow it to send out on your behalf?
Rightmove shares tumble as AI investment plans rattle investors
Rightmove shares tumble as AI investment plans rattle investors
Shares of property listings giant Rightmove plunged as much as 28% on Friday after the company warned of slower profit growth over the next two ...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Rightmove shares tumble as AI investment plans rattle investors
#JoolsHolland has introduced me to some brilliant music over the years.
But…
Can the BBC find a better way to present new music on TV? Wrapping an emerging act with a plinky plonk honky tonk blues number, a heritage artist, and yesterday’s indie has been the default for years.
But…
Can the BBC find a better way to present new music on TV? Wrapping an emerging act with a plinky plonk honky tonk blues number, a heritage artist, and yesterday’s indie has been the default for years.
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#JoolsHolland has introduced me to some brilliant music over the years.
But…
Can the BBC find a better way to present new music on TV? Wrapping an emerging act with a plinky plonk honky tonk blues number, a heritage artist, and yesterday’s indie has been the default for years.
But…
Can the BBC find a better way to present new music on TV? Wrapping an emerging act with a plinky plonk honky tonk blues number, a heritage artist, and yesterday’s indie has been the default for years.
I’m watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi and it’s as awful as I remember it being. Not sure I’ll make it to the end credits.
Space horses. Something something codes. Vague hand waving about Jedi lore.
Flying effing Princess Leia.
What a mess of a movie.
Space horses. Something something codes. Vague hand waving about Jedi lore.
Flying effing Princess Leia.
What a mess of a movie.
a man with a beard is drinking from a large bottle .
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November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi and it’s as awful as I remember it being. Not sure I’ll make it to the end credits.
Space horses. Something something codes. Vague hand waving about Jedi lore.
Flying effing Princess Leia.
What a mess of a movie.
Space horses. Something something codes. Vague hand waving about Jedi lore.
Flying effing Princess Leia.
What a mess of a movie.
Sweet jeebus who bought this nonsense?
#totp
#totp
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November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Sweet jeebus who bought this nonsense?
#totp
#totp
Nadja from What We Do In The Shadows had a single out? #totp
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November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Nadja from What We Do In The Shadows had a single out? #totp
The top 12 priorities of IT leaders www.computing.co.uk/research/202...
The top 12 priorities of IT leaders
We asked ‘As an IT leader, what are your biggest concerns/challenges in the next 12-18 months?’. Here are the results.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The top 12 priorities of IT leaders www.computing.co.uk/research/202...
Reformed school curriculum will feature AI, media literacy and a new Computing GCSE
Reformed school curriculum will feature AI, media literacy and a new Computing GCSE | BCS
The Department for Education in England has today announced reforms to the national curriculum following the publication of the final report of the Independent Curriculum & Assessment Review.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reformed school curriculum will feature AI, media literacy and a new Computing GCSE
I’m going out on a limb and speculating that the background to the horrific attack on the LNER train is not something that the police should be blamed for, but rather a sorry tale of a decade or more of underfunding of services, poor socio-economic conditions and a crippled mental health system.
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m going out on a limb and speculating that the background to the horrific attack on the LNER train is not something that the police should be blamed for, but rather a sorry tale of a decade or more of underfunding of services, poor socio-economic conditions and a crippled mental health system.
Englishman here🏴
I’m taking time off from defending the village against overwhelming attacks to make a pot of tea (as we must do by law) to say that this seems a bit like a smokescreen. If only we knew whether there was some sort of big news he wants to distract us from? #releasethefiles
I’m taking time off from defending the village against overwhelming attacks to make a pot of tea (as we must do by law) to say that this seems a bit like a smokescreen. If only we knew whether there was some sort of big news he wants to distract us from? #releasethefiles
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Englishman here🏴
I’m taking time off from defending the village against overwhelming attacks to make a pot of tea (as we must do by law) to say that this seems a bit like a smokescreen. If only we knew whether there was some sort of big news he wants to distract us from? #releasethefiles
I’m taking time off from defending the village against overwhelming attacks to make a pot of tea (as we must do by law) to say that this seems a bit like a smokescreen. If only we knew whether there was some sort of big news he wants to distract us from? #releasethefiles
I don’t know what we did to deserve Mortimer and Whitehouse #GoneFishing but we need to figure out what it was and do more of it.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I don’t know what we did to deserve Mortimer and Whitehouse #GoneFishing but we need to figure out what it was and do more of it.
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The 2025 State of the Climate Report is out and as a MUST READ before COP30 gets underway. Check out these first 2 sentences: "We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet’s vital signs are flashing red. "
doi.org/10.1093/bios...
doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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November 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The 2025 State of the Climate Report is out and as a MUST READ before COP30 gets underway. Check out these first 2 sentences: "We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet’s vital signs are flashing red. "
doi.org/10.1093/bios...
doi.org/10.1093/bios...
Okay. Three things.
One. These dancers are doing exactly the same moves as Pans People.
Two. There was a disco funk version of the Theme From Jaws? How did we not know this?
Three. Why doesn’t the disco funk version of the Theme From Jaws sound anything like The Theme From Jaws? #totp
One. These dancers are doing exactly the same moves as Pans People.
Two. There was a disco funk version of the Theme From Jaws? How did we not know this?
Three. Why doesn’t the disco funk version of the Theme From Jaws sound anything like The Theme From Jaws? #totp
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Okay. Three things.
One. These dancers are doing exactly the same moves as Pans People.
Two. There was a disco funk version of the Theme From Jaws? How did we not know this?
Three. Why doesn’t the disco funk version of the Theme From Jaws sound anything like The Theme From Jaws? #totp
One. These dancers are doing exactly the same moves as Pans People.
Two. There was a disco funk version of the Theme From Jaws? How did we not know this?
Three. Why doesn’t the disco funk version of the Theme From Jaws sound anything like The Theme From Jaws? #totp
The BBC concert orchestra effing all the life out of Leo Sayer by playing half a beat slower than the record.
Dance to that, you weird little man.
#totp
Dance to that, you weird little man.
#totp
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The BBC concert orchestra effing all the life out of Leo Sayer by playing half a beat slower than the record.
Dance to that, you weird little man.
#totp
Dance to that, you weird little man.
#totp
I’ll bet there are some absolutely brilliant episodes in the Mike Smith #totp archives that may not see the light of day. Such a shame.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’ll bet there are some absolutely brilliant episodes in the Mike Smith #totp archives that may not see the light of day. Such a shame.
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The least stylish band of the 80s, bar the Thompson Twins.
Tears for Fears had better tunes, though, even if they did look like they needed a decent haircut and a visit to Top Shop.
#totp
Tears for Fears had better tunes, though, even if they did look like they needed a decent haircut and a visit to Top Shop.
#totp
a man is standing in front of a window with a meme that says it 's a very very mad world .
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October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The least stylish band of the 80s, bar the Thompson Twins.
Tears for Fears had better tunes, though, even if they did look like they needed a decent haircut and a visit to Top Shop.
#totp
Tears for Fears had better tunes, though, even if they did look like they needed a decent haircut and a visit to Top Shop.
#totp
Hole’s Celebrity Skin sounds like it was released yesterday. Attitude in a nutshell.
Aerosmith is stuck in the early to mid 90s sausage-fest ballads. Shite band constantly overrated and with a lead singer we should view with disgust. #totp
Aerosmith is stuck in the early to mid 90s sausage-fest ballads. Shite band constantly overrated and with a lead singer we should view with disgust. #totp
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hole’s Celebrity Skin sounds like it was released yesterday. Attitude in a nutshell.
Aerosmith is stuck in the early to mid 90s sausage-fest ballads. Shite band constantly overrated and with a lead singer we should view with disgust. #totp
Aerosmith is stuck in the early to mid 90s sausage-fest ballads. Shite band constantly overrated and with a lead singer we should view with disgust. #totp
The Manics were a band that just left me cold. They have a fiercely loyal fan base, are loved and respected by the music press, etc. but I just never ‘got’ them. Still don’t.
JDB did a cracking cover of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head for a Warchild album, though. I’ll give him that. #totp
JDB did a cracking cover of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head for a Warchild album, though. I’ll give him that. #totp
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Manics were a band that just left me cold. They have a fiercely loyal fan base, are loved and respected by the music press, etc. but I just never ‘got’ them. Still don’t.
JDB did a cracking cover of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head for a Warchild album, though. I’ll give him that. #totp
JDB did a cracking cover of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head for a Warchild album, though. I’ll give him that. #totp