Jasdev Sekhon
@jasdevsekhon.bsky.social
Ex-Civil Servant.
Interests include global news, sustainability, the green transition, disinformation.
I click "Like" to mark posts as read, sorry if I got your hopes up 🤷♂️
Spotify Premium is my fourth emergency service.
Interests include global news, sustainability, the green transition, disinformation.
I click "Like" to mark posts as read, sorry if I got your hopes up 🤷♂️
Spotify Premium is my fourth emergency service.
Of all the commentary about the BBC I've seen in the past 24 hours, I haven't seen anyone refer to "Our BBC, Our Future", a survey conducted this year whose results were published relatively recently.
www.bbc.co.uk/ourbbcourfut...
Of 872,701 respondents:
www.bbc.co.uk/ourbbcourfut...
Of 872,701 respondents:
Our BBC, Our Future
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Of all the commentary about the BBC I've seen in the past 24 hours, I haven't seen anyone refer to "Our BBC, Our Future", a survey conducted this year whose results were published relatively recently.
www.bbc.co.uk/ourbbcourfut...
Of 872,701 respondents:
www.bbc.co.uk/ourbbcourfut...
Of 872,701 respondents:
“Iced Matcha, non-alcoholic”
What monster is adding alcohol to an already unholy concoction???
What monster is adding alcohol to an already unholy concoction???
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Iced Matcha, non-alcoholic”
What monster is adding alcohol to an already unholy concoction???
What monster is adding alcohol to an already unholy concoction???
How unusual is it to not have a TV?
I expect that it will be less unusual for the younger adults living in shared accommodation, and more so as you approach millennial age.
I expect that it will be less unusual for the younger adults living in shared accommodation, and more so as you approach millennial age.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
How unusual is it to not have a TV?
I expect that it will be less unusual for the younger adults living in shared accommodation, and more so as you approach millennial age.
I expect that it will be less unusual for the younger adults living in shared accommodation, and more so as you approach millennial age.
Leaning into my age by telling a young person that "rizz" means "rizz-pect".
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Leaning into my age by telling a young person that "rizz" means "rizz-pect".
This evening I spent almost two hours preparing a soup and then started to wonder whether the fact that I blended it means it will digest more efficiently than if I had not blended it.
Which led me to this article:
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Which led me to this article:
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trick Smoothies Play on the Stomach
Strategic blending can delay hunger.
www.theatlantic.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This evening I spent almost two hours preparing a soup and then started to wonder whether the fact that I blended it means it will digest more efficiently than if I had not blended it.
Which led me to this article:
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Which led me to this article:
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Saddened to discover that this artist, too, is entirely AI-generated.
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Saddened to discover that this artist, too, is entirely AI-generated.
When did everyone agree to start talking about “acts of service” as our love language on dating apps? Did I miss the meeting?
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
When did everyone agree to start talking about “acts of service” as our love language on dating apps? Did I miss the meeting?
Wait… for the purpose of my ongoing tally, does Nadine Dorries count as non-political? By my criteria, only active party representatives can count as belonging to that party, yet…
October 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Wait… for the purpose of my ongoing tally, does Nadine Dorries count as non-political? By my criteria, only active party representatives can count as belonging to that party, yet…
I just heard this on BBC Radio 3:
Good morning to Stephen who says “Please, please, announce the music in English! I do not speak French! I’m an English licence fee payer. You have just announced the “La sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris”...
Good morning to Stephen who says “Please, please, announce the music in English! I do not speak French! I’m an English licence fee payer. You have just announced the “La sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris”...
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I just heard this on BBC Radio 3:
Good morning to Stephen who says “Please, please, announce the music in English! I do not speak French! I’m an English licence fee payer. You have just announced the “La sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris”...
Good morning to Stephen who says “Please, please, announce the music in English! I do not speak French! I’m an English licence fee payer. You have just announced the “La sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris”...
Just casually passing through four outdoor stops on a London Underground line and, on one of the big three mobile networks, being unable to use any data whatsoever. Standard.
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just casually passing through four outdoor stops on a London Underground line and, on one of the big three mobile networks, being unable to use any data whatsoever. Standard.
Continuing my vendetta against users who post links to archive.today, archive.is, archive.md, or archive.ph in the replies to any journalist's posts! Have some tact for god's sake.
October 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Continuing my vendetta against users who post links to archive.today, archive.is, archive.md, or archive.ph in the replies to any journalist's posts! Have some tact for god's sake.
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Hi Cerys, how do, or how will, you ensure that the music you play on your Monday night show is by humans?
Sounds silly, but so far today I've discovered three AI artists in my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist! Soul'd Out, Orion7, and Howlin Jackson. There may be more yet!
Sounds silly, but so far today I've discovered three AI artists in my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist! Soul'd Out, Orion7, and Howlin Jackson. There may be more yet!
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Hi Cerys, how do, or how will, you ensure that the music you play on your Monday night show is by humans?
Sounds silly, but so far today I've discovered three AI artists in my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist! Soul'd Out, Orion7, and Howlin Jackson. There may be more yet!
Sounds silly, but so far today I've discovered three AI artists in my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist! Soul'd Out, Orion7, and Howlin Jackson. There may be more yet!
From the album art, I suspected this was AI, and the description of the song supports my suspicion...
open.spotify.com/track/30qEMr...
open.spotify.com/track/30qEMr...
California Love - 1950's Soul Version
open.spotify.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
From the album art, I suspected this was AI, and the description of the song supports my suspicion...
open.spotify.com/track/30qEMr...
open.spotify.com/track/30qEMr...
The perfect advertisement for train travel; people joining at stations along the route, to join their friends already on the train, and gleefully catch up on life’s happenings.
October 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The perfect advertisement for train travel; people joining at stations along the route, to join their friends already on the train, and gleefully catch up on life’s happenings.
You're still on twitter because of the drip-drip of photos and videos of sumo wrestlers touring London, admit it.
October 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You're still on twitter because of the drip-drip of photos and videos of sumo wrestlers touring London, admit it.
@codendahl.bsky.social I need your withering take on this Deutsche Bahn ad
www.instagram.com/reel/DPv95Nq...
www.instagram.com/reel/DPv95Nq...
deutschebahn on Instagram: "Diesen Ohrwurm werdet ihr nie wieder los. Gern geschehen! Wir sitzen alle im selben Zug – eine Serie der Deutschen Bahn mit Anke En…"
Diesen Ohrwurm werdet ihr nie wieder los. Gern geschehen! Wir sitzen alle im selben Zug – eine Serie der Deutschen Bahn mit Anke Engelke.#BoahBahn #EureDB #DeutscheBahnView all 1,014 comments
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October 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@codendahl.bsky.social I need your withering take on this Deutsche Bahn ad
www.instagram.com/reel/DPv95Nq...
www.instagram.com/reel/DPv95Nq...
So apparently starting in iOS 26 I can't block nuisance calls directly from the Phone app?
User-Centred Design, this isn't!
User-Centred Design, this isn't!
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So apparently starting in iOS 26 I can't block nuisance calls directly from the Phone app?
User-Centred Design, this isn't!
User-Centred Design, this isn't!
This article is, in true Guardian fashion, littered with spelling or grammatical mistakes. I make no such criticism of the message behind the article.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This article is, in true Guardian fashion, littered with spelling or grammatical mistakes. I make no such criticism of the message behind the article.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The Japanese singer/musician hide died in 1998, but Spotify continues to recommend music by someone named hide which, to put it politely, is absolute trash.
I haven't got the faintest idea who is producing dreck like this but I wonder if even Spotify knows, or cares?
open.spotify.com/album/4sUDFu...
I haven't got the faintest idea who is producing dreck like this but I wonder if even Spotify knows, or cares?
open.spotify.com/album/4sUDFu...
Casablanca
open.spotify.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Japanese singer/musician hide died in 1998, but Spotify continues to recommend music by someone named hide which, to put it politely, is absolute trash.
I haven't got the faintest idea who is producing dreck like this but I wonder if even Spotify knows, or cares?
open.spotify.com/album/4sUDFu...
I haven't got the faintest idea who is producing dreck like this but I wonder if even Spotify knows, or cares?
open.spotify.com/album/4sUDFu...
Have you considered how companies might disrupt the market for recruitment agents using AI?
Curiosity got the better of me, so after seeing the same Facebook advertisement for the umpteenth time, I clicked to read up on what they were offering.
It's a bit of an eye-opener...
jackandjill.ai
Curiosity got the better of me, so after seeing the same Facebook advertisement for the umpteenth time, I clicked to read up on what they were offering.
It's a bit of an eye-opener...
jackandjill.ai
October 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Have you considered how companies might disrupt the market for recruitment agents using AI?
Curiosity got the better of me, so after seeing the same Facebook advertisement for the umpteenth time, I clicked to read up on what they were offering.
It's a bit of an eye-opener...
jackandjill.ai
Curiosity got the better of me, so after seeing the same Facebook advertisement for the umpteenth time, I clicked to read up on what they were offering.
It's a bit of an eye-opener...
jackandjill.ai
Gmail's spam filters are so much less effective than they used to be. Over the last one or two years I have seen so much get through to my inbox that really should have been caught in the net.
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Gmail's spam filters are so much less effective than they used to be. Over the last one or two years I have seen so much get through to my inbox that really should have been caught in the net.
It's rare that I describe someone as "wise" but Dame Jane Goodall was certainly that! As well as being warm and lovely, too. Rebroadcast earlier this afternoon on the BBC World Service:
bbc.com/audio/play/m...
bbc.com/audio/play/m...
BBC Audio | The Life Scientific | Jane Goodall on living with wild chimpanzees
Jane Goodall describes her life with the wild chimpanzees of Gombe.
bbc.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's rare that I describe someone as "wise" but Dame Jane Goodall was certainly that! As well as being warm and lovely, too. Rebroadcast earlier this afternoon on the BBC World Service:
bbc.com/audio/play/m...
bbc.com/audio/play/m...
I listened to BBC Radio 4's Any Answers? programme this afternoon which focused entirely on the question "How do we ensure government promises of combating anti-semitism will match effective action beyond emergency statements?" posed on the earlier Any Questions? programme.
There were several view..
There were several view..
October 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I listened to BBC Radio 4's Any Answers? programme this afternoon which focused entirely on the question "How do we ensure government promises of combating anti-semitism will match effective action beyond emergency statements?" posed on the earlier Any Questions? programme.
There were several view..
There were several view..
Today I learnt... that "20/20 vision" is actually "6/6" here because the 20 refers to 20 feet and we use 6 as in 6 metres...
After a lifetime wearing glasses, I finally understand...
After a lifetime wearing glasses, I finally understand...
September 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today I learnt... that "20/20 vision" is actually "6/6" here because the 20 refers to 20 feet and we use 6 as in 6 metres...
After a lifetime wearing glasses, I finally understand...
After a lifetime wearing glasses, I finally understand...
Being here live must have felt like a religious experience!
youtu.be/rAOHJqJMYDA?...
youtu.be/rAOHJqJMYDA?...
Underworld | Boiler Room: London
YouTube video by Boiler Room
youtu.be
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Being here live must have felt like a religious experience!
youtu.be/rAOHJqJMYDA?...
youtu.be/rAOHJqJMYDA?...