Phil Gorman
@philbgorman.bsky.social
Librarian. Parliamentary data person. Taxonomist, but only just. Tinkering in Python.
(I have not logged into LinkedIn in months)
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
(I have not logged into LinkedIn in months)
Signalling fault, points failure AND trespassers on the line? It's the Commuter Hell Trifecta!
March 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Signalling fault, points failure AND trespassers on the line? It's the Commuter Hell Trifecta!
You know what mum's need? Less.
March 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
You know what mum's need? Less.
Not everything needs a comments section.
March 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Not everything needs a comments section.
Imagine being this author, seeing your article and then seeing that your organisation has so little faith in your ability to write that it prompts readers to AISloppify your carefully chosen words into a couple of dreary paragraphs.
March 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Imagine being this author, seeing your article and then seeing that your organisation has so little faith in your ability to write that it prompts readers to AISloppify your carefully chosen words into a couple of dreary paragraphs.
What time is it? Time for bed, I guess.
March 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
What time is it? Time for bed, I guess.
Parliamentary Pudding Club ventured outside the Estate walls for today's pud. Whilst tasty, it lacked three important details:
1. Custard
2. A table around which we could all convene
3. The venerable @fantasticlife.bsky.social
1. Custard
2. A table around which we could all convene
3. The venerable @fantasticlife.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Parliamentary Pudding Club ventured outside the Estate walls for today's pud. Whilst tasty, it lacked three important details:
1. Custard
2. A table around which we could all convene
3. The venerable @fantasticlife.bsky.social
1. Custard
2. A table around which we could all convene
3. The venerable @fantasticlife.bsky.social
Sounds about right.
December 4, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Sounds about right.
@kentonline.co.uk, saying the quiet part out loud on their ad for a premium subscription
December 4, 2024 at 9:25 AM
@kentonline.co.uk, saying the quiet part out loud on their ad for a premium subscription
Gravesend has introduced butt bins, complete with promotional duck mascot. The signs pointing to the bins are meant to be duck feet, but they've ended up looking like arrows pointing directly away from the bins.
November 18, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Gravesend has introduced butt bins, complete with promotional duck mascot. The signs pointing to the bins are meant to be duck feet, but they've ended up looking like arrows pointing directly away from the bins.
"if you want to feel confident at work, dress like you belong there"
Right, got it:
Right, got it:
September 16, 2024 at 11:57 AM
"if you want to feel confident at work, dress like you belong there"
Right, got it:
Right, got it:
Great reporting, I like how they scrutinised the data collection practices of the McDonald's survey and looked in the whole at the percentage of pay each generation is spending on different goods and services*.
*Reader, they did not do any of that.
*Reader, they did not do any of that.
September 5, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Great reporting, I like how they scrutinised the data collection practices of the McDonald's survey and looked in the whole at the percentage of pay each generation is spending on different goods and services*.
*Reader, they did not do any of that.
*Reader, they did not do any of that.
Update: can confirm, it still slaps
August 29, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Update: can confirm, it still slaps
First jerk chicken of the new Parliament (for me, anyway). Will keep you posted on whether it still lives up to the hype.
August 29, 2024 at 12:38 PM
First jerk chicken of the new Parliament (for me, anyway). Will keep you posted on whether it still lives up to the hype.
"AI is going to take over the world!"
AI, today:
AI, today:
August 26, 2024 at 3:01 PM
"AI is going to take over the world!"
AI, today:
AI, today:
In lieu of any current completed data projects/coding tidbits, this account may become a showcase of kid 1's incredible drawings. Here is Amma (mum) making pancakes in the kitchen
August 15, 2024 at 3:41 PM
In lieu of any current completed data projects/coding tidbits, this account may become a showcase of kid 1's incredible drawings. Here is Amma (mum) making pancakes in the kitchen
I swear, I didn't!
August 14, 2024 at 12:38 PM
I swear, I didn't!
...I didn't do it.
August 14, 2024 at 12:38 PM
...I didn't do it.
Indoctrinating my kids, one book at a time
January 9, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Indoctrinating my kids, one book at a time
Anyone else's workplace sell merch commemorating the time it was nearly destroyed?
October 18, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Anyone else's workplace sell merch commemorating the time it was nearly destroyed?