Jimbo
@jamesvt.bsky.social
Runner, nerd, odd taste in music, easily distracted by cats. He/him. Bisexual.
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Bram Soaker
Storm Bram to bring 90mph gusts and heavy rain across Scotland
Storm Bram to bring 90mph gusts and heavy rain across Scotland
The strongest gusts are due over north-west Scotland, but bad weather has also been forecast more widely.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Bram Soaker
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Fun start to the morning, walking past a friend's recently dumped ex at my local station
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fun start to the morning, walking past a friend's recently dumped ex at my local station
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December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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As it's his birthday, one of my favourite RC big chair jokes: Man walking through a farmyard saw a pig with a wooden leg. Called the farmer over, and said "How come your pig has a wooden leg?" The Farmer replied "I'll tell you about that pig... I had a heart attack in yonder field... "
Remembering Ronnie Corbett, born this day in 1930.
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
As it's his birthday, one of my favourite RC big chair jokes: Man walking through a farmyard saw a pig with a wooden leg. Called the farmer over, and said "How come your pig has a wooden leg?" The Farmer replied "I'll tell you about that pig... I had a heart attack in yonder field... "
Not enough people talk about the sheer cheekiness of Girls Aloud picking the b-side of their single "Can't Speak French" to be a cover of the a-side.
In French.
In French.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Not enough people talk about the sheer cheekiness of Girls Aloud picking the b-side of their single "Can't Speak French" to be a cover of the a-side.
In French.
In French.
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Wait I want more of this type of thing, like director's cut DVD commentary except we can see the magic being made. Fascinating!
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wait I want more of this type of thing, like director's cut DVD commentary except we can see the magic being made. Fascinating!
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I also investigated this today! They had 5 Christmas Number Ones in a row, and now, 3 weeks out from Christmas, have roughly 1/4 the monthly Spotify listeners of Babylon Zoo
Just read an article about Ladbaby threatening a comeback that mentioned their "fans" "eagerly awaiting" another single. So I thought, how many people are actually listening to Ladbaby in 2025? Well, their most listened to track has clocked 23 plays this week on Last fm: www.last.fm/music/LadBaby
www.last.fm
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I also investigated this today! They had 5 Christmas Number Ones in a row, and now, 3 weeks out from Christmas, have roughly 1/4 the monthly Spotify listeners of Babylon Zoo
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It’s really interesting to me for instance that the biggest pop star in the world can make a Christmas track which is a fine Taylor Swift song but broadly a failure as a Christmas song. The act who had 5 Christmas No 1s in a row now has one fifth the listeners of Babylon Zoo
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It’s really interesting to me for instance that the biggest pop star in the world can make a Christmas track which is a fine Taylor Swift song but broadly a failure as a Christmas song. The act who had 5 Christmas No 1s in a row now has one fifth the listeners of Babylon Zoo
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Last Christmas
It tapped at my door
A black, stately raven
Who said “Nevermore”
It tapped at my door
A black, stately raven
Who said “Nevermore”
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Last Christmas
It tapped at my door
A black, stately raven
Who said “Nevermore”
It tapped at my door
A black, stately raven
Who said “Nevermore”
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Streamins service UI is increasingly bad deliberately. It's dark UX patterning as access to show catalogues narrows.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
is there a reason why every single paid streaming service UI has only gotten incredibly worse and less usable over time
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Streamins service UI is increasingly bad deliberately. It's dark UX patterning as access to show catalogues narrows.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
The Hunger Games soundtracks had no right to go as hard as they did
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Hunger Games soundtracks had no right to go as hard as they did
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Spotify Wrapped will once again not reflect reality, when undeniably @jamesvt.bsky.social's most listened to album is West End Girl, performed by me two rooms over.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Spotify Wrapped will once again not reflect reality, when undeniably @jamesvt.bsky.social's most listened to album is West End Girl, performed by me two rooms over.
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I strongly feel that this is how we should all refer to him from this point
When did Cristiano Ronaldo, who denies the allegations, last play well in an international tournament?
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I strongly feel that this is how we should all refer to him from this point
Didn't turn the heating on last night and as a consequence the cat curled up next to me in bed for the first time.
Have arranged to get the boiler removed later today because the heating is never going on again.
Have arranged to get the boiler removed later today because the heating is never going on again.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Didn't turn the heating on last night and as a consequence the cat curled up next to me in bed for the first time.
Have arranged to get the boiler removed later today because the heating is never going on again.
Have arranged to get the boiler removed later today because the heating is never going on again.
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Reading rec: martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reading rec: martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...
Oh! Lessi Russo's magic
She wears a magic hat!
And when she saw a headed goal
She said "I'm having that!"
She wears a magic hat!
And when she saw a headed goal
She said "I'm having that!"
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oh! Lessi Russo's magic
She wears a magic hat!
And when she saw a headed goal
She said "I'm having that!"
She wears a magic hat!
And when she saw a headed goal
She said "I'm having that!"
"We pray that when Haiti's World Cup campaign comes to an end, it's as a result of better football teams, and not ICE" had me unexpectedly guffawing on the train home!
We've got a lovely @routeonepod.bsky.social today. JJ Bull is still reeling from Scotland's performance, @tomwfootball.bsky.social l can't believe how good Wales were, and Produce Helena has done a fine job on the montage.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/355d0c
Listen here: pod.fo/e/355d0c
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"We pray that when Haiti's World Cup campaign comes to an end, it's as a result of better football teams, and not ICE" had me unexpectedly guffawing on the train home!
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"There's definitely a benefit at bedtime in putting your phone in Airplane mode"
"What is it?"
"It's a setting on your phone that switches off WiFi and Bluetooth but that's not important right now"
"What is it?"
"It's a setting on your phone that switches off WiFi and Bluetooth but that's not important right now"
November 22, 2024 at 7:12 AM
"There's definitely a benefit at bedtime in putting your phone in Airplane mode"
"What is it?"
"It's a setting on your phone that switches off WiFi and Bluetooth but that's not important right now"
"What is it?"
"It's a setting on your phone that switches off WiFi and Bluetooth but that's not important right now"
I absolutely need to do more squats, those muscles have been wasting away
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I absolutely need to do more squats, those muscles have been wasting away
Warming up for pasta tonight by watching Como play Milan.
(My actual football team are live on TV and have been for over an hour before I realised I could've watched them instead)
(My actual football team are live on TV and have been for over an hour before I realised I could've watched them instead)
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Warming up for pasta tonight by watching Como play Milan.
(My actual football team are live on TV and have been for over an hour before I realised I could've watched them instead)
(My actual football team are live on TV and have been for over an hour before I realised I could've watched them instead)