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Data Guy. OakTable member and cricket fan. Loves interesting problems and thinking. Niall sounds like the river. All views are my own. "Chris Bryant dressed as a scarecrow"

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Yep. Declare mission accomplished and leave Israel to it.

08.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What is 'the economy' doing in that last sentence? :(

08.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not really the Tories closing it down. It was Centrica, the Tories didn't agree to the public purse paying for the maintenance of a private asset.

08.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

or Monster Raving Looney

08.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mr Beverage's starter pack, no less.

08.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd be interested to see how you *do* think we store concepts in our heads. Your argument seems pretty close to "LLMs don't produce output in the same way we do", which is true, but I'm not sure where it gets us.

08.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see Dr Who going back to it's 1970s hey day.

08.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Surely the obvious counter is "You mean if Britain had attacked first with no plan?"

07.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I got (and appreciated) the reference.

07.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or Beckett

07.03.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Did somebody say, just stop?" was unacceptable IMO.

07.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

Asimov in Foundation

07.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How many PRs? That sure seems a lot to review.

06.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Agree re Rio. Isn't Isaak still injured? (Not that I'd have bought him anyway)

06.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
picture of B1 bomber from the BBC website captioned as being able to carry up to 34 tonnes (5345 stones) of payload.

picture of B1 bomber from the BBC website captioned as being able to carry up to 34 tonnes (5345 stones) of payload.

That's right, @bbcnews.bsky.social I can't envision 34 tonnes, but I definitely have a mental image of 5,345 stone.

06.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps instead it is like "Honourable members"

06.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Loving the lawyerly insertion "There's no suggestion that Ward wasn't being genuine in her post" when that suggestion is the entire point of the piece.

06.03.2026 08:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How many such new Grammar Schools do you think would actually be created via the free schools route absent active government action, Sam? It feels to me like a policy that allows Farage to appeal to some of his base without actually committing to anything much.

06.03.2026 08:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

05.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 8308 πŸ” 2002 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 94

I have to say, I did not expect us (Bethell) to do anything like that.

05.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's a charlatan, but an excellent communicator

05.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
New Zealand dominate to book Final spot | Match Highlights | T20WC 2026 | ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2026 | ICC Finn Allen’s blazing ton in the chase gets New Zealand into their second ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026.

Crazy cricket from the #blackcaps. Take a bow Finn Allen www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...

04.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We don't. We don't actually want anyone. Everyone including Polanski is in negative territory.

04.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"You shouldn't judge people who are similar to me in outlook or action in their words or actions".

04.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because, famously in the UK we never judge people by the location in which they live.

04.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Mr Speaker, as @GIGACHAD_1776 said to me on X yesterday"

04.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 490 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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The influencers leaping to Dubai’s defence [FREE TO READ] As missiles streak across the region, unfazed residents insist they β€˜know who protects us’

β€˜British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government β€œjust in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’

No notes.

as.ft.com/r/65cf2b43-6...

04.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 1037 πŸ” 369 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 70

Hard agree. (Even though people don't properly understand margin of error bars).

04.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Quite. I had to check that it wasn't some sort of parody.

04.03.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The twitter account @junkscience draws a line from an obvious outlier across a clear warming trend and says in effect this shows that there is no warming.

The twitter account @junkscience draws a line from an obvious outlier across a clear warming trend and says in effect this shows that there is no warming.

Junk Science indeed.

03.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0