Ol in it together
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Oli, Ol' Bean, Good old Ol.
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Alahhhhhh
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Alahhhhhh
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I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Unusual combo
🦇 Are you a gaming and bat enthusiast? Are you looking for ways to help bats? Why not raise funds for bat conservation while you game? You can easily link your Twitch account with Give as you Live to raise money for bats.
More info here:
More info here:
Gaming for bats - Fundraise for bats - Bat Conservation Trust
Are you a gaming and bat enthusiast? Are you looking for ways to help bats? Why not raise funds for bat conservation while you game?Charity gaming event...
www.bats.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Unusual combo
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English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
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One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Interesting
What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Interesting
What a rocket of a goal! Binoculars out!
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What a rocket of a goal! Binoculars out!
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I urge the fast food outlets of London to create and sell this thing, I would buy
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I urge the fast food outlets of London to create and sell this thing, I would buy
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And that's how it's done.
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
And that's how it's done.
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This is an incredible effort among Amazon employees to pressure their employer:
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
AI Open Letter — AECJ
Sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Every single signature makes our message stronger.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is an incredible effort among Amazon employees to pressure their employer:
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
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Hard to even know what to write when I see things like this. Look at it, here's your North/South divide. What's labour doing to address this? What did the Tories do? What have successive governments over the years actually done to address this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hard to even know what to write when I see things like this. Look at it, here's your North/South divide. What's labour doing to address this? What did the Tories do? What have successive governments over the years actually done to address this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How are so many people watching the Arsenal game? Surely you can't all have Amazon Prime? (Terrible company, shame on you) If you have a stream link please share 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
How are so many people watching the Arsenal game? Surely you can't all have Amazon Prime? (Terrible company, shame on you) If you have a stream link please share 🙏
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Sock based graffiti.
Batheaston, nr Bath, October 2025. Marker pen on wooden bench.
Batheaston, nr Bath, October 2025. Marker pen on wooden bench.
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Sock based graffiti.
Batheaston, nr Bath, October 2025. Marker pen on wooden bench.
Batheaston, nr Bath, October 2025. Marker pen on wooden bench.
Atletico have brought Paul Foot on!
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Atletico have brought Paul Foot on!
Anyone got a link for Arsenal stream? Mine keeps dying
October 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Anyone got a link for Arsenal stream? Mine keeps dying
Does anyone want this? My instinct is no. But if it's just talking to your computer rather than typing, many people are going to maybe prefer that idea
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Does anyone want this? My instinct is no. But if it's just talking to your computer rather than typing, many people are going to maybe prefer that idea
Gutted for him. He was non league but if he'd played at a slightly lower level (as he surely should do now) he'd have been able to keep his money.
The remarkable story of non-league footballer James Byrne, who's just been fined £48,388.66 by the FA for gambling on football. For context, England international Ivan Toney was fined £50,000.
Why? Because Byrne was very good at gambling...
Full story here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Why? Because Byrne was very good at gambling...
Full story here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Gambling non-league footballer fined £50,000 for beating the bookies
He was so good gambling companies shut down his accounts
www.bristolpost.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gutted for him. He was non league but if he'd played at a slightly lower level (as he surely should do now) he'd have been able to keep his money.
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I’ve had so much fun, and you’ve all been great, and I am, and always have been… a faithful.
October 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’ve had so much fun, and you’ve all been great, and I am, and always have been… a faithful.
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Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat
How US anti-abortionists are supporting Reform, and why we need to talk about Russian influence, with the New York Times’ Jane Bradley.
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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When Genesis found out she was pregnant, she asked her managers at Amazon for a chair to sit on and extra breaks. She wound up with cut hours and no paid maternity leave—and homeless. Now, she and other pregnant Amazon warehouse workers are speaking up. My latest:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless
"You're just a number to them."
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When Genesis found out she was pregnant, she asked her managers at Amazon for a chair to sit on and extra breaks. She wound up with cut hours and no paid maternity leave—and homeless. Now, she and other pregnant Amazon warehouse workers are speaking up. My latest:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This morning it's 'Jealous Guy' covered brilliantly by Donny Hathaway youtu.be/HhJqhMZODLI?...
October 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This morning it's 'Jealous Guy' covered brilliantly by Donny Hathaway youtu.be/HhJqhMZODLI?...