I'm mostly around Edinburgh, often lurking in corners with a camera at cultural events. linktr.ee/chrisdonia
I didn't have a great inspirational English teacher, but I didn't need one because I already loved books. However, Maggie Hutton transformed Physics from a grind to an absolute joy.
Louie StowellWho was YOUR great english teacher (if you had one)? For me it was Hugh Epstein at Richmond college (RUTC). I hope he's well, wherever he is!
His surface appeal will have helped him get elected, but now he's in power it's his behaviour that's making him really popular. Compare with UK politicians who promise change and then just keep all the same policies 🙄
Metal Gear SolidarityA lot of centrist pricks have internalised the wrong message from Mamdani's success: it's not that he is charming, and good in interviews, he would be screwed if he wasn't also promising and then delivering good things. A lot of the worst people simply believe they need a trot whisperer.
Incredibly easy to not *use* AI, increasingly difficult to avoid it being forced on us.
Small RobotsYou wouldn't know it from how some people talk, but it is incredibly easy to not use AI for anything.
What I can't figure out is why they didn't immediately throw up some protective scaffolding. Is it too dangerous to let people close enough? In which case, the building may be too far gone to save 😕
Andrew HealdStill no apparent assessment from the Council of the cost to the city of these closures. We need to find the right balance of the cultural value of the building, with the social and economic costs of the closure.
TFW you play some old album abd suddenly it's three times as long with unwanted 'bonus' tracks. I want the album to end at the end. If there are b-sides, demos, etc give me a separate thing to listen to!
Euanthe Beatles deluxe editions are all well and good but it’s annoying they become the default version on streaming platforms
Basically, if you need to travel within a mile radius of Princes Street, the only way it'll not take forever is by bike.
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵Had my first bus trip experiences yesterday since the closure. The way the diversions have been done have ended up with multiple pinch-points with existing traffic flows when turning on and off George Street and there appears visibly to have been nothing done in terms of helping bus priority
"I'm not a racist I'm an Islamophobe" is... Wow. Is there any hate group she won't publicly get into bed with?
Brendan HarkinReminder that this is who the TERFs brought to Belfast.
This 👇🏻 is how writing works. You'll never find out if you ask some overcharged autocorrect.
Adrian TchaikovskyWell, I say, watching my protagonist pilot an enormous tanker full of mechanical octopuses down a river while having fever dream flashbacks, I guess this is one of those books where I write to discover what happens next.
40C in winter, gods help us.
Extreme Temperatures Around the WorldEXTRAORDINARY EVENT 40c IN WINTER WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN Insane mind blowing winter heat in SOUTH AFRICA 40C in Namibia,36.1C in South Africa coast at Alexander Baai (MINIMUMS 22/23C !). Records pulverized Temperatures are 10C ABOVE MID SUMMER AVERAGES More summer heat next days.
This is the sort of measured response we need more of.
Daniel FedorBlue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12