Tom Callighan

Rugby League players 3 out of 3 on #Gladiators by my count. 💪

Yes please

The one thing I lament about the demise of Twitter is that this place hasn't yet got the same buzz during live sporting events.

The Anglo-Australian drift Two increasingly different countries are contesting the Ashes

The Anglo-Australian drift - on.ft.com/47WytJc via @FT

Would disagree that we are a nation of one sport. We have a media that follows one sport.

Hoping everyone is voting for Karen #Strictly

A photo of Barbara Castle outside of the House of Parliament- copyright belongs to the Parliamentary Archives.

This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!

Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!

This was done despite fierce opposition.

📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve

You could've said it was a classic in the subject without giving the result but they should have locked down their notifications better. I didnt go on any UK based news apps this morning until watching the highlights knowing the game would get a mention.

Upland areas map - RSPB (link in post)

Protected landscapes map - Defra (link in post)

The Pennines are an unbroken chain of upland areas from near Stoke to Scotland.

But looking closely at a map of protected landscapes like national parks – the chain is broken between the Peaks and the Dales.

Why is this one area not protected - and should it be?

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The Welsh town that saw off Nigel Farage – video In last week's byelection in the Welsh constituency of Caerphilly, Reform UK were the hot favourites, and the focus of huge attention. But as John Harris and John Domokos saw close-up, a Reform win fa...

Love this new video from @johnharris1969.bsky.social - perfectly captures the beautiful spirit of a town I know so well from childhood. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

British Politics' Midlife Crisis Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

#NRLTitansStorm that shamozzle just about sums this game up. Storm rewarded for being ugly in the PTB then score. Titans backline need therapy to get over their fear of the ball.

Dont see Journos complaining about the state of AI slob also complaining about the "10 top tip" articles in the publications that employ them.

#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs Crichton taken the half time spray to heart and activated god mode

#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs would not want to be one of the Doggies players with the spray they're about to get. Raiders setting a high water mark with that first half.

#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs nice Raiders try. Had no issue with previous no try call apart from how long it took.

Less George Graham more Arsene Wenger please, Kier.

Steely Dan, Two Against Nature

This looks to me like letting the Nazis win! What is going on here Melbourne Storm? 😳

“Overdiagnosis” is another thing fashionable among centrist journalists even as it is clearly being weaponised by the hard right

Not even that long ago, apologies, you'd clearly not revisit so soon. I remember specifically where I was when I listened to part 1 but will go back and revisit part 2. Any of source material really stick with you over the others?

Would love to hear the Origin Story of LLMs. Where is the line in personal productivity via tech that isn't a "mental shortcut"? Is chess poorer today at the elite level for studying computer lines and is that even a fair equivalence? My 70 father is using ChatGPT so I'm sure it'll be ubiquitous.

I got nearly the same results using both actually, it was just organised a little nicer by the LLM, which I suppose isn't a hardship if you disagree with the principle of LLMs. Thank you for putting me on to the topic though.

Yes, exactly my point.

Why do you google over writing a decently written prompt for a LLM? Looking for something specific?

My brother, the NHS and the inquest into a needless death My brother spent the last hours of his life trying in vain to get basic help from the NHS. Why?

Really important and moving account of state failure in this weekend's @financialtimes.com that is free to read for all here:

Dazed and Confused was released in 1993, about a day in 1976. A comparable movie released in 2025 would be set in . . . 2008

Our 6yo nearly burst with joy. Does feel much nicer than the old model.

I've been on it!! Yellow line usually.