Will Humphrey
@willhumphrey.bsky.social
Marketing Strategy bod in Consultancy. Ex Advertising/Comms person. APG tutor. Stoke fan/music lover/punner/husband/father. My views don't represent my employer's.
I cannot believe how much I have slept on Sea Power's instrumental albums (Man of Aran, From the Sea to the Land Beyond, Disco Elysium). Brilliant working music.
February 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I cannot believe how much I have slept on Sea Power's instrumental albums (Man of Aran, From the Sea to the Land Beyond, Disco Elysium). Brilliant working music.
Two (savoury) pancakes consumed today. Awaiting the lemon and sugar round before the final veneration of St Pancake.
February 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Two (savoury) pancakes consumed today. Awaiting the lemon and sugar round before the final veneration of St Pancake.
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Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door
LONDON—Calling for all hands on deck as he seized an armful of paperbacks, local bookshop owner Colin Mueller was reportedly scrambling to hide the classics Monday after he spotted filmmaker Emerald F...
theonion.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
Listening to the Disco Elysium soundtrack. Not the pancake day OST I expected, but it's working well.
February 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Listening to the Disco Elysium soundtrack. Not the pancake day OST I expected, but it's working well.
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the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain
The awful way they treated their suppliers, the rapid expansion of their formula into generic chain pubs, the beer getting worse, and the way they dealt with their employees. Nah, you’re alright. #brewdog
February 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
The awful way they treated their suppliers, the rapid expansion of their formula into generic chain pubs, the beer getting worse, and the way they dealt with their employees. Nah, you’re alright. #brewdog
Representation is obviously very important, but as a man who is a parent of a girl and a boy, the whole ‘girl dad’ thing really jars. I just parent. (Yes, the ponytails are often poor, but I’m learning…)
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Representation is obviously very important, but as a man who is a parent of a girl and a boy, the whole ‘girl dad’ thing really jars. I just parent. (Yes, the ponytails are often poor, but I’m learning…)
Sir, you are a packet of Malt Loaf.
February 15, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Sir, you are a packet of Malt Loaf.
'No regret move' is a brilliant bit of work phrasing.
Basically = DO IT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
Basically = DO IT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
February 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
'No regret move' is a brilliant bit of work phrasing.
Basically = DO IT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
Basically = DO IT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
The best thing on the internet this month, comfortably. Let's see AI replace THIS.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
The best thing on the internet this month, comfortably. Let's see AI replace THIS.
The AI debate seems to now have turned towards lauding:
"Better train the juniors, as they need critical thinking"
I mean, galaxy brained stuff, eh? It's not like any primary school teacher could've told you this. Most people can't jump from Reception to Year 6.
"Better train the juniors, as they need critical thinking"
I mean, galaxy brained stuff, eh? It's not like any primary school teacher could've told you this. Most people can't jump from Reception to Year 6.
February 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
The AI debate seems to now have turned towards lauding:
"Better train the juniors, as they need critical thinking"
I mean, galaxy brained stuff, eh? It's not like any primary school teacher could've told you this. Most people can't jump from Reception to Year 6.
"Better train the juniors, as they need critical thinking"
I mean, galaxy brained stuff, eh? It's not like any primary school teacher could've told you this. Most people can't jump from Reception to Year 6.
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I've no idea who did this as I received it via WhatsApp....nb @scottwortley.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I've no idea who did this as I received it via WhatsApp....nb @scottwortley.bsky.social
Who does his crisis comms? This isn't an apology.
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Who does his crisis comms? This isn't an apology.
My wife has a subscription to ‘Ancient and Brave’, which is objectively, one of the most amusingly named companies ever.
Was ‘Decrepit and Trying’ taken?
‘Old and Bold’?
‘Medieval and Hasty’?
‘Hoary and Unafraid’?
Was ‘Decrepit and Trying’ taken?
‘Old and Bold’?
‘Medieval and Hasty’?
‘Hoary and Unafraid’?
February 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
My wife has a subscription to ‘Ancient and Brave’, which is objectively, one of the most amusingly named companies ever.
Was ‘Decrepit and Trying’ taken?
‘Old and Bold’?
‘Medieval and Hasty’?
‘Hoary and Unafraid’?
Was ‘Decrepit and Trying’ taken?
‘Old and Bold’?
‘Medieval and Hasty’?
‘Hoary and Unafraid’?
Today is a day for the Dirty Three, and admin.
February 12, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Today is a day for the Dirty Three, and admin.
I did not think the second half of my career was to try as hard as possible to avoid turning into Chicken Licken/Little, but here we are.
February 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I did not think the second half of my career was to try as hard as possible to avoid turning into Chicken Licken/Little, but here we are.
My hometown's getting the biggest council tax rises in the country after voting for a Reform council.
Turkeys, Christmas, etc etc. Wondering how they'll spin this.
Turkeys, Christmas, etc etc. Wondering how they'll spin this.
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
My hometown's getting the biggest council tax rises in the country after voting for a Reform council.
Turkeys, Christmas, etc etc. Wondering how they'll spin this.
Turkeys, Christmas, etc etc. Wondering how they'll spin this.
God, if ever there was a list designed to lead to the abolishment of the HoL, this was it.
I mean, to take one - CLAIRE FOX. Have a little googlewhack and find out about her.
I mean, to take one - CLAIRE FOX. Have a little googlewhack and find out about her.
Toby Young, Matthew Elliott, Daniel Moylan, Claire Fox, Daniel Hannan, Michael Gove, Therese Coffey (a Brexit convert), Paul Goodman, John Moynihan, Ruth Lea, Stewart Jackson, Michael Hintze, Charles Moore, David Frost, Theo Agnew; & now John Redwood.
Rewarded for the Brexit calamity with peerages.
Rewarded for the Brexit calamity with peerages.
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 AM
God, if ever there was a list designed to lead to the abolishment of the HoL, this was it.
I mean, to take one - CLAIRE FOX. Have a little googlewhack and find out about her.
I mean, to take one - CLAIRE FOX. Have a little googlewhack and find out about her.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Do people actually use Monday dot com, or is an elaborate piece of corporate performance art?
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Do people actually use Monday dot com, or is an elaborate piece of corporate performance art?
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