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Official account. Deep in the Data Mines at StatsPerform. Leeds United supporter. Views not my own, but generated by ChatGPT7.
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Looking at Git blame for something I don't recognise and finding my own account listed as the author.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
chiark.bsky.social
No-one who works on Microsoft Teams is under 40 I'm guessing.
The "Leave Call" button in Microsoft Teams shows a handset from a rotary phone.
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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I recall one of the two arguments for using the Designated Hitter in the National League was that pitchers kept getting injured when they were batting…
theanalyst.com/articles/202...
A graph showing the "Combined Days Spent on DL/IL by Pitchers" on the Y axis against years on the X. Before the 2020 Pandemic season, the numbers were around 21000 a year. After 2020, it jumps to around 30,000 a year.
September 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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"The Far Side" cartoon "Cow Tools"
September 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Feel sorry for whoever has to rush out between innings and change the advertising on the mound at Tiger Stadium
A view from behind the mound in the Tigers - Mets game in the top of the 5th inning. There is an advert for Japan Airline on the mound. A view from behind the mound in the Tigers - Mets game in the top of the 6th inning. There is an advert for BW on the mound.
September 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Half expected Wednesday's keeper to be the furthest upfield player. It's frustrating we still can't deal with these tactics, after seeing them so many times.
Average positions of Sheffield Wednesday in the game against Leeds United, with all but two players in the Wednesday half. Average positions of the Leeds United players in the game against Sheffield Wednesday, with the keeper and three players in the Leeds half, the rest in Wednesday's.
August 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Apropos of nothing, a page from the current IFAB Rules of the Game.
Three football figures. The top two are standing with their arms by their sides, the one on the left facing the reader, the other facing the first, in side view. Coloured sections on their left arm shows the shoulder in green "no handball" and the arm and hand in red "handball". The third figure is also facing the reader, but the left arm is shown in two positions, down by the side and raised to a horizontal. Again, the shoulder is marked in green "no handball" and the rest of the arm and hand is red for "handball".
August 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
chiark.bsky.social
LOL. LMAO even.

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/s...
Sam Altman banging on about how AGI will arrive soon. Jul 17 watching chatgpt agent use a computer to do complex tasks has been a real "feel the agi" moment for me; something about seeing the computer think, plan, and execute hits different. May 24 i think we should stop arguing about what year AGI will arrive and start arguing about what year the first self-replicating spaceship will take off May 23 great to work with the UAE on our first international stargate! appreciate the governments working together to make this happen. sheikh tahnoon has been a great supporter of openai, a true believer in AGI, and a dear personal friend. May 10 Replying to Elon Musk: anyway, see you next week, let’s be friends agi too important to let a lil feud get in the way May 4 this is much less important than tweeting about agi[...] Apr 14 >be you >work in HFT shaving nanoseconds off latency or extracting bps from models >have existential dread >see this tweet, wonder if your skills could be better used making AGI >apply to attend this party, meet the openai team >build AGI
August 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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That's a very specific worry. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jane Platt, 60, of nearby Gunton Drive, said she heard "an enormous crash". [A picture of a car crashed into some roadworks with heavy damage to the front. Another damaged car can be seen nearby. Image source, Andrew Turner/BBC] "I went back into the bedroom, I thought a wardrobe had fallen on to my husband or something and he was absolutely fine," she said. "A little while later he went out and phoned me up to say go to the end of the road and look, and you'll see what the crash was."
July 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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In fairness, this is my email address's rating on HIBP
Email Breach History Timeline of data breaches affecting your email address 25 Data Breaches Oh no — pwned! This email address has been found in multiple data breaches. Review the details below to see where your data was exposed.
July 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Good day yesterday, what.
Leeds United 4-0 Bristol City Scorers: Tanaka (21) Gnonot (55) Ramazani (82, 90+4) New York Mets 19 - 5 Washington National Winning Pitcher: Canning. Save: Ureña
April 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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"I hope that the 4.5k people who retweeted my tweet will also retweet this correction."

Narrator: 37 people re-tweeted the correction.
Tweet from MickCoffey2 praising Gary Stevenson for suggesting a wealth tax with video of him on BBC Question Time. Tweet from MaggieThatch2 calling Gary Stevenson "another clueless socialist" with a screenshot of an analysis of Norway's weath tax that says it lost $594M because "individuals worth $54B left the country", resulting in a net decrease in taxes of $448M. Tweets from DeliAnnaLuca analysing the Guardian's figures about Norway's Wealth tax where they calculate the $54B of the ultra-rich left the country, thus losing $594M in tax revenue and meaning the wealth tax resulting in a net decrease of $448M. 17k likes, 4.5k retweetes. Long-ass correction tweet from DeliAnnaLuca saying that the Norwegian wealth tax actually increased tax income by $100M. https://x.com/DellAnnaLuca/status/1848817109901693219
March 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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So, that's spending $5,000,000 to create each job, yes? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ChatGPT-creator and Softbank said the joint venture, dubbed Stargate, intends to invest $500bn over the next four years. The plan, which involves the construction of AI infrastructure such as data centres, is expected to create more than 100,000 jobs, according to Trump.
January 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Hmmm... interesting. It's terrible there's no other way for Next to pay these tax increases... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2024/03...
Tax changes announced in the Budget could make it "harder for people to enter the workforce", according to the boss of retail giant Next. Lord Wolfson told the BBC that a rise in National Insurance paid by business would hit the retail sector in particular and meant "the axe [had] fallen particularly hard" on entry-level jobs. The retail giant posted a slightly better-than-expected 5% rise in profit to £918m for the year to January 2024 as group sales rose by almost 6% to £5.84bn. For the year ahead, Next expects pre-tax profit of £960m as rising wages allow shoppers to spend more on fashion.
January 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Is this a typo? Just giving those people a million each would probably be more helpful. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Alongside Monday's announcement, the Government revealed tech companies had committed a total of £14 billion of investment in AI infrastructure in the UK, expected to create 13,250 jobs.
January 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Hoping for Sunderland tonight to keep their record-breaking streak going
Top 6 places in the Championship table, showing Sunderland on a 5-game draw streak.
November 29, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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Absolutely terrifying Wordle tbf
a row of 5 grey blocks with the letter D in them followed by a green block with W in it.
November 11, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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Just filling out the descriptions for some cricket stats...
Table with two rows, showing statistic name, what type of value the stat holds, and a description of the statistic. row 1: illegal balls bowled, integer and "crimes committed" row 2: maidens bowled, integer and no description currently given
October 1, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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I felt the sale of Archie Gray "for PSR reasons" showed how flawed it was, but if he gets bugger-all time on the pitch, it's even worse #lufc #spurs
Archie Gray's timed played this season at Spurs, showing 3 games verrsus Leicester, Everton and Brentford coming on at minutes 78, 72 and 88 respectively.
September 23, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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Georginio Rutter's touch-map vs Birmingham #lufc
Plot of Georginio Rutter's touches vs Birmingham showing most in the opposition half, with a slight bias to the right side.
January 2, 2024 at 6:01 PM