★ Just published a new episode of What A Lot Of Things: Episode Thirteen – TikTok and X. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/7a7c3e19

★ Just published a new episode of What A Lot Of Things: Episode Twelve – AI Haters and The Game That Was Too Good. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/b6026d77

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Will Hutton has an article in The Observer this morning saying that Britain is bust.

It isn’t. The UK has total wealth of more than £15 trillion.

A short thread....

Is it just me, or does anyone else wonder why the current AI fuss isn’t driving UBI to the forefront of political policy discussions?

I'm now onto the last of the Lake District Mysteries 'The Ullswater Undertaking' & I've 3 of the Cotswold Mysteries next to start by Rebecca Tope published by@AllisonandBusby
I still think #lakedistrictmysteries would make a brilliant TV drama ...it really would!! #tvdrama

UK people - nominate your favourite local indy shop!

'Why didn't we save the planet when we had the chance?'

'Bad marketing'

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I’m interested to try this:

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Great letter about why we should support the proposed 20mph zone for Ilkley. It’ll be safer and nicer. ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/23181053.…

ChatGPT has been out less than two weeks and it has more apparent use cases than the entirety of blockchain.

I had a long discussion with a radio producer yesterday on what I thought was wrong with the Autumn Statement. We discussed the numbers but what I said is most important is not what was said, but what was not. That’s where the frightening bits are. A thread…..

Reinstate former President Trump

Here's the sociology: 5 coders form startup. Least embarrassing one becomes CEO. The other ones, CFO, COO, CMO, and best coder becomes CTO.

Company gets big; CFO, COO CMO hold a dick measuring contest to hire the biggest dept.

CTO still wants to be the only coder.