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Steve Parks

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Geeking out about writing, entrepreneurship, journalism, food, tech — or ideally a combination. European, living/writing in France & running a business in UK. https://www.steveparks.me

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Look, all it needs is a big rebranding exercise from a major consultancy, to something like Rylml .

Perhaps a sprinkling of AI.

That’s the kind of innovation you just can’t get in the public sector.

That’ll sort it, right?

06.03.2026 22:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pretty striking that the White House put it in writing that they see the cabinet as adversaries

06.03.2026 22:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

06.03.2026 18:25 👍 2899 🔁 975 💬 65 📌 153

The Lords is an absolutely daft idea in a democracy — but every now and then it seems to be the voice of calm reason in the madness of government...

06.03.2026 12:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Agreed. But vital the questions were asked and the record created. At any cost, really, imho.

Already, though, it's clear there is no political or popular will to learn anything. Even on some really basic things such as just being expected to stay home when ill, or to ventilate public buildings.

06.03.2026 12:01 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Well, that would be interesting! I mean, it'd still have the Telegraph pretty far on the right — loyally atlanticist, pro-Israel, and Islamaphobic — but it might at least bring some media plurality.

06.03.2026 11:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Genius !

Same thing for non-competitive cooking programmes these days too - stating foodie beliefs, going to market, cooking, set up fake jeopardy ("but can I persuade my football mates that veggie food is great for a match night?"), stressful bit, guests turning up, staged eating food with mates.

06.03.2026 11:45 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We really must learn not to deploy alpha males into public-facing environments. Only stable versions that have progressed through a limited public beta and been iterated based on real user feedback are suitable for release.

06.03.2026 09:44 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
An extract from a blog, which reads:

At most they will be able to say: They started it because it was fun. They like thumping things and this was a thing they could thump. They were insane with the most degenerate notions of what it is to be a man and ended up accidentally converting it into a foreign policy.

An extract from a blog, which reads: At most they will be able to say: They started it because it was fun. They like thumping things and this was a thing they could thump. They were insane with the most degenerate notions of what it is to be a man and ended up accidentally converting it into a foreign policy.

Perfectly put by the brilliant @iandunt.bsky.social

06.03.2026 07:40 👍 208 🔁 32 💬 1 📌 0

Oh @proton.me, say it ain’t so

05.03.2026 21:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is it an avian influenza cull? It's increasingly infecting cattle herds, which is very concerning.

05.03.2026 16:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nissan claimed 'Brexit is positive' as German exports slump BREXIT will be "positive" according to Nissan amid trading tensions between the UK and the European Union.

Even going so far as to say being excluded from Europe was a "positive"

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1405...

05.03.2026 10:37 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Brexit: Nissan commits to keep making cars in Sunderland The Japanese car maker has told the BBC its Sunderland plant is secure for the long term.

Well that's funny, because they seemed not to mind the idea of being excluded from Europe when we were all a bit concerned about it

www.bbc.com/news/busines...

05.03.2026 10:36 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

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05.03.2026 09:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

05.03.2026 08:46 👍 3804 🔁 2065 💬 100 📌 178

It sounds like the underlying user need is shared task management, where you are able to attach scans of documents to tasks.

So maybe review something like Todoist, where you can have shared kanban boards, attach files to tasks, have discussions on them.

05.03.2026 08:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It's no coincidence that so many of these types of leaders are spoilt brats born into wealth but lacking love.

05.03.2026 08:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And call it Nationalist Service

05.03.2026 08:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Absolutely spot on.

I’d just add A Swim In A Pond In The Rain by George Saunders.

04.03.2026 21:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Honestly, this site needs age verification. The curves, the hotness, the fantasies come true….

04.03.2026 19:46 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

This is one of the best TV series ever.

And just recently I was wondering why on earth it’s only Andrew Lincoln and Jack Davenport who ended up with big careers, when the entire cast deserved them.

04.03.2026 19:41 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This, I believe, is exactly the right take…

04.03.2026 19:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Brilliant team doing valuable work.
If you want to publish to a paying audience, try Ghost.

04.03.2026 19:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Honestly, did US Republicans’ mothers teach them nothing?

04.03.2026 19:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You should never put your boots on the table

04.03.2026 19:25 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The cost of the US war on Iran is $1bn?

Shit, what a waste, I thought.

Then I saw the “a day” bit!

04.03.2026 19:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And, by the way, the reference to whether she’s “authoritarian” comes down to the usual thing of the far right being grumpy that she’s prioritised pedestrians, cyclists and pavement cafes over wankers in SUVs.

04.03.2026 19:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anyone who’s seen Paris come to life again would have to admit, she’s done a fantastic job.

04.03.2026 19:15 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Sun headline about £500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Sun headline about £500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Did you see this headline?

Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you?

Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his fault🤷‍♀️

Would you like to know the reality behind the headline?

Course you would!😜

Let's take a look

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04.03.2026 17:45 👍 529 🔁 337 💬 22 📌 55

Increasingly I felt OpenAI had demoted the customer needs way way down their list of priorities, so I cancelled my account. Just use Claude now and am increasingly impressed. Moved up to their top plan. But I’m v selective what I use for, based on what LLMs can actually do.

04.03.2026 17:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0