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In case you miss using the em dash — for fear of sounding AI generated. Try the newly
created Am dash
www.theamdash.com
'Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast' - RIP Rob Grant
'They therefore hold unique understanding of (our) operational context, data structures... Re‑running a competitive process would introduce unnecessary delay, duplication of effort, increased cost...'
They considered a fair and open process but decided against it. Someone who should know better.
River bank and dog running in the sun
Well that was nice.
A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/a...
The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting.
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
Here's a link to the clip: www.instagram.com/p/DUV4M6IjMkC/
Dr manhatan from watchmen sitting on a rock
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
Built a small boring transcription tool with AI.
Because useful before product is often ignored.
Some thinking behind building boring useful tools
promo.cymru/project/prom...
I like Ghost but it is is relatively expensive for low volume publishers.
‘Game changer’ for Merthyr.
Surprisingly the second time a ski slope has been built in the town.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dog resting on sofa.
Between cheese, wine and bedtime.
Screenshot showing that this is my 2,900th post on my blog
This feels like an appropriately round number for the announcement that my blog has now officially moved from WordPress to Ghost
blog.dougbelshaw.com/welcome
ICE Contracts Company Making Bounty Hunter AI Agents
www.404media.co/ice-contract...
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
ROCKSTAR UPDATE:
Keir Starmer was just asked about the Rockstar firings in Parliament today where he described the situation as "deeply concerning" and promised it would be looked into by government ministers.
Not that a Starmer promise is worth much, mind.
“Let them be kids!”
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
Bit rubbish. Lidl middle finest.
The usual dog walk is now sub aquatic.
Imagine you time travel back to 1847 and you find the left response to industrialization is a) machines will never be as good as human weavers or b) we need to copyright loom patterns or c) it’s a speculative bubble.
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
Great culture can save lives. Literally.
Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
Six men standing for a group photo after a BJJ competition.
What grappling taught me about b2b sales.
Nothing.
But good to keep moving, competing and be supported in individual competition by a team.
I'm not too old for this...
EPITAPH ON A TYRANT W. H. Auden Poems on the Underground Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy to understand; He knew human folly like the back of his hand, And was greatly interested in armies and fleets; When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets. January 1939 tfl.gov.uk/poems poemsontheunderground.org
London ❤️
I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Child holding up finger to computer screen.
Kid working on a machine learning project.
The greatest breakthroughs often come from outsiders who can take a fresh perspective.
www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-scienc...
Seeing a 10 year old service send out a questionnaire trying to identify user needs.
I guess that is some kind of progress.
Green scenery through a rainy train window.
I’m on a train to North Wales and the train is not a piece of garbage.
Feels noteworthy.
Obvs no WiFi.
Path covered in leaves with trees on either side and dog in the distance.
Clearing the head kind of day.
