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I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party.

We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.

And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.

Then we're coming for Reform.

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December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language."
Large Language Models Will Never Be Intelligent, Expert Says
The AI industry is staking its future on language models. But LLMs, an expert argues, are fundamentally incapable of being intelligent.
trib.al
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Absolutely freezing ride today but it was good to get out on the bike

#cycling #bikesky
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📷 Edit 010 - another one from the Pitt Rivers Museum roll. 35mm through a Holga 120 CFN

#photography #believeinfilm #lomo #lomography #holga
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Film photography is getting too expensive for me so i've dug this out of the camera box to try & get back in to shooting more

I remember it not doing too well in gloomy conditions, so this is the perfect time of year to start 😑

#camera #olympus #canon
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
📷 Edit 009 - olympus om2
#photography #believeinfilm
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

The first album I spent my own money on
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📷 Edit 008 - some cheap 35mm through a Holga 120 CFN. Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

#photography #believeinfilm #lomo #lomography #holga
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Tomorrow I'll be on Laura Kuenssberg.

Will I be able to say "I can announce the Green Party have just overtaken the Tories in members!"?

It's tantalisingly close to happening!

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October 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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"So, you're saying a third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable and that this is a bubble that's going to burst and take the whole economy with it?"
Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse
Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today's lunchtime distraction courtesy of the IKEA museum archive of catalogues

The stuff from the 70s & 80s is particularly great 👌

ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/i...

#design
Browse the IKEA catalogue from 1984 - IKEA Museum
Browse the IKEA catalogue 1984, with products and interiors popular at the time. Explore and let yourself be surprised and inspired by life at home 1984.
ikeamuseum.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Suns out, so I had a quick cycle up to Norton's wood & back through the lanes

#cycling #bikesky
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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"Sam Altman thinks we're close to AGI ... they can't even make a circle" - @davidimel.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Yesterday's spin around sunny Somerset

#cycling #bikesky
August 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Edit 007

Shot on a Holga 120 CFN with a janky cardboard & tape 35mm film adapter

#photography #believeinfilm #lomo #lomography
August 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Edit 006

Shot on an Olympus om2 + ilford hp5

#photography #believeinfilm
July 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Edit 005
Shot on an Olympus om2 + ilford hp5

#photography #believeinfilm
July 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Lunchtime cycle around Bristol airport

#cycling #bikesky
July 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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People say “I miss the old web.” So I built something new that revives what worked back then and fixes what didn’t.

Here’s how I rebuilt webrings for 2025:

webringstudio.com/we-dont-just...

#indieweb #webrings #nostalgia #rebuildingtheweb
We Don’t Just Miss Webrings - We Fixed Them - Webring Studio
Webrings died for a reason. We fixed it. No dead ends. No loops. Just a better way to connect sites that belong together.
webringstudio.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Want to build faster websites? Here's how:

- Learn how browsers parse, layout & paint
- Treat JS as a tool, not the foundation(!)
- Favor static HTML or server side rendering at all times
- Use Core Web Vitals alongside other metrics to learn shortfalls, improve and iterate

Then keep doing that.
July 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
No idea what this is ~ some kind of tree prison 🤷

Edit 004
Shot on an Olympus om2 + ilford hp5

#photography #believeinfilm
July 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM