David McClelland
@davidmcclelland.bsky.social
Tellybox scambuster. Podfeed regular. Growing a startup. Scams, mobile, cyber, infosec, photography. Pantomime villain. 🦊 ⚽️
Oooh, this is a new one:
November 29, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Oooh, this is a new one:
Well, at least they had the good grace to confirm their intent (👍🏻) before destroying the message. Reported. I’ve received a few of these this week across different networks - new gang active? #scamalert
November 27, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Well, at least they had the good grace to confirm their intent (👍🏻) before destroying the message. Reported. I’ve received a few of these this week across different networks - new gang active? #scamalert
Home time. Not everyone likes a window-seat, but there’s nowhere else I’d rather sit on a clear night.
November 21, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Home time. Not everyone likes a window-seat, but there’s nowhere else I’d rather sit on a clear night.
Reposted by David McClelland
My favourite (linguistic) fact about snow: we used to say “it snew” when using the verb in the past tense.
Much like “grow/grew”, throw/threw” & “know/knew”, it used to be snow/snew.
I bet you never knowed that.
(Factoid from the excellent @englishhistpod.bsky.social)
Much like “grow/grew”, throw/threw” & “know/knew”, it used to be snow/snew.
I bet you never knowed that.
(Factoid from the excellent @englishhistpod.bsky.social)
November 19, 2024 at 9:12 AM
My favourite (linguistic) fact about snow: we used to say “it snew” when using the verb in the past tense.
Much like “grow/grew”, throw/threw” & “know/knew”, it used to be snow/snew.
I bet you never knowed that.
(Factoid from the excellent @englishhistpod.bsky.social)
Much like “grow/grew”, throw/threw” & “know/knew”, it used to be snow/snew.
I bet you never knowed that.
(Factoid from the excellent @englishhistpod.bsky.social)
When in Frankfurt:
November 18, 2024 at 9:15 PM
When in Frankfurt:
But does he have enough sodium?
I warned you there'd be dad jokes.
November 17, 2024 at 6:34 PM
But does he have enough sodium?
@marcsettle.bsky.social Reunited at last.
November 17, 2024 at 1:05 PM
@marcsettle.bsky.social Reunited at last.
Appreciated TweetDeck back in the day? Here’s a version for BlueSky ⬇️
deck.blue is a 3rd-party TweetDeck for Bluesky!
- Multi-column & multi-account
- Bookmark posts
- Language filters
- Disable reposts
- #hashtag/Search columns
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Color themes
- Gallery/Grid Mode
- Filter notifications by type
- Inline translations
- Scheduling
Patreon | Ko-fi
- Multi-column & multi-account
- Bookmark posts
- Language filters
- Disable reposts
- #hashtag/Search columns
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Color themes
- Gallery/Grid Mode
- Filter notifications by type
- Inline translations
- Scheduling
Patreon | Ko-fi
November 16, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Appreciated TweetDeck back in the day? Here’s a version for BlueSky ⬇️
Reposted by David McClelland
best use of AI yet? UK mobile operator O2 has created a human-like AI “Granny” to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, wasting as much of their time as possible 😅 news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-d...
O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time - Virgin Media O2
O2 has today unveiled the newest member of its fraud prevention team, 'Daisy'. As ‘Head of Scammer Relations’, this state-of-the-art AI Granny's mission is to talk with fraudsters and waste as much of...
news.virginmediao2.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 10:31 AM
best use of AI yet? UK mobile operator O2 has created a human-like AI “Granny” to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, wasting as much of their time as possible 😅 news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-d...
Is Apple breaching competition law with its iCloud lock-in? Consumer advocacy group Which? believes so, and has today filed a £3bn legal claim on behalf of consumers: www.which.co.uk/news/article...
Which? files £3bn legal claim against Apple for competition law breach - Which? News
Which? seeks compensation on behalf of UK consumers for Apple’s ‘abuse of dominance’ with its integrated iCloud service
www.which.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Is Apple breaching competition law with its iCloud lock-in? Consumer advocacy group Which? believes so, and has today filed a £3bn legal claim on behalf of consumers: www.which.co.uk/news/article...
Hello Bluesky 👋🏻 I won’t lie, Twitter broke my soul/faith in social media a little, and I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to re-invest fully. But you seem like a safe space for now so, um, shall we just take it day by day and see how it goes? ❤️🩹
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Hello Bluesky 👋🏻 I won’t lie, Twitter broke my soul/faith in social media a little, and I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to re-invest fully. But you seem like a safe space for now so, um, shall we just take it day by day and see how it goes? ❤️🩹
Resistance was futile.
November 11, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Resistance was futile.
