Ollie Bradfield
@olliebradfield.bsky.social
A shambolic rube. London dweller. Worst stereotype you can imagine.
He/Him
He/Him
Outlets like the Mill (and similarly down in London outlets like The Londoner and Londoncentric) are incredibly important independent, thorough, and ethical outlets.
It heartens me a lot to see pieces like this.
It heartens me a lot to see pieces like this.
August 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Outlets like the Mill (and similarly down in London outlets like The Londoner and Londoncentric) are incredibly important independent, thorough, and ethical outlets.
It heartens me a lot to see pieces like this.
It heartens me a lot to see pieces like this.
It's so easy to fix.
Just make it br(a)inw(a)ves with an S and put the A in the middle!
Just make it br(a)inw(a)ves with an S and put the A in the middle!
August 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's so easy to fix.
Just make it br(a)inw(a)ves with an S and put the A in the middle!
Just make it br(a)inw(a)ves with an S and put the A in the middle!
Alex Garland rarely misses. One of the best filmmakers of his generation imo.
June 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Alex Garland rarely misses. One of the best filmmakers of his generation imo.
The idea that shit jokes about Brummies will be the real shibboleth to distinguish humans from LLMs
a man in a pink sweater is standing in front of a bar
ALT: a man in a pink sweater is standing in front of a bar
media.tenor.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The idea that shit jokes about Brummies will be the real shibboleth to distinguish humans from LLMs
And actually, it's not very good at doing puns/wordplay either. Probably the weakest area for it.
I find that reassuring that shit jokes are the final frontier for human language emulation.
I find that reassuring that shit jokes are the final frontier for human language emulation.
June 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
And actually, it's not very good at doing puns/wordplay either. Probably the weakest area for it.
I find that reassuring that shit jokes are the final frontier for human language emulation.
I find that reassuring that shit jokes are the final frontier for human language emulation.
Genuinely quite surprised at its inability to do this. There must be plenty of linguistics stuff it's scraped and trained on to understand how vowels shift and can sound similar/different in regional dialects/accents, and construct a joke with that. But it can't do it.
June 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Genuinely quite surprised at its inability to do this. There must be plenty of linguistics stuff it's scraped and trained on to understand how vowels shift and can sound similar/different in regional dialects/accents, and construct a joke with that. But it can't do it.
Just remember "MoHoCoLoGo" like you're a Doctor Who rhino.
June 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just remember "MoHoCoLoGo" like you're a Doctor Who rhino.
We effectively nationalised that steelworks because it was so vital to defence and industry - at great cost - and rightly so.
This would probably be similar magnitude of cost with much higher political gain. Seems a no brainer?
This would probably be similar magnitude of cost with much higher political gain. Seems a no brainer?
June 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We effectively nationalised that steelworks because it was so vital to defence and industry - at great cost - and rightly so.
This would probably be similar magnitude of cost with much higher political gain. Seems a no brainer?
This would probably be similar magnitude of cost with much higher political gain. Seems a no brainer?
I've not thought this through - but could it be a thing of pretending you won't acquire it so avoid assets being overvalued and then swooping in once a fair value has been established? I don't really know how this stuff works end to end.
June 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I've not thought this through - but could it be a thing of pretending you won't acquire it so avoid assets being overvalued and then swooping in once a fair value has been established? I don't really know how this stuff works end to end.
Admittedly it does consistently surprise me how salient of an issue the water stuff is - but it could be such an easy win.
June 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Admittedly it does consistently surprise me how salient of an issue the water stuff is - but it could be such an easy win.
I think it's better than most of Chibnall's stuff but I think...my god I think the Flux was better than this?
May 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I think it's better than most of Chibnall's stuff but I think...my god I think the Flux was better than this?
They have a McGuffin they need and they overcome several increasingly silly obstacles to get it in increasingly ridiculous ways - that's the MI formula we know and love so not sure why they felt the need to pad it out! Just give us the set pieces!
May 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
They have a McGuffin they need and they overcome several increasingly silly obstacles to get it in increasingly ridiculous ways - that's the MI formula we know and love so not sure why they felt the need to pad it out! Just give us the set pieces!
I actually hadn't clocked the updated lineup!
It's these sorts of cutting edge, finger on the pulse updates that make me a Londoncentric subscriber.
It's these sorts of cutting edge, finger on the pulse updates that make me a Londoncentric subscriber.
May 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I actually hadn't clocked the updated lineup!
It's these sorts of cutting edge, finger on the pulse updates that make me a Londoncentric subscriber.
It's these sorts of cutting edge, finger on the pulse updates that make me a Londoncentric subscriber.
I smell another Paul Foot nomination on the economics of food suppliers at niche festivals...
May 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I smell another Paul Foot nomination on the economics of food suppliers at niche festivals...