Rich Holman

Oh so just seen it's an unlimited monthly pass for £45 in Hackney.....which is...crackers? The 400 min pass is £36.99.

The full ad featured:
9 white
2 black
1 Asian

So yes, it was one of the 51% of adverts with a black person in it.

No, 51% of the people in the advert were NOT black

6/

Would love to have been in that branding meeting. No. WHSmith is NOT that well known. Just you wait until they getta load of this subtle sans serif.

Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?

After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.

Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨

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Decided to try out the £1.75 Lime Bike Hackney cap yesterday.

Got charged £3.90.

Do you have to click a button or something (journey was from Dalston to Stoke Newington)?

Goodwin says "it takes more than a piece of paper" or birthplace to make somebody British.

This is not often applied to Fred West/Ian Huntley, Kim Philpy, etc

So how it is applied to British-born people from the majority + minority groups who commit crimes + who don't is rarely/never made clear

We’d love people’s input to this! 👇 Where are the UK public sector reformers?

Help map the movement so that we can work out together how best to support it.

Grateful for RTs

Installed on my 21 year old blog. Working great so far. Excellent work.

Wayback Machine Joint Automattic has been working with the Internet Archive to develop a plugin to combat link rot, and it's a plugin I'd encourage you to install. As the plugin says: When a linked page disappears, the plugin helps preserve your user experience by redirecting visitors to a reliable archived version. It also works proactively by archiving your own posts every time they’re updated, creating a consistent backup of your content’s history. I've been doing this manually on my old archives, fixing broken links and tending the garden. But we can make it all automatic. 🙂

Wayback Machine Joint

Automattic has been working with the Internet Archive to develop a plugin to combat link rot, and it's a plugin I'd encourage you to install. As the plugin says: When a linked page disappears, the plugin helps preserve your user experience by redirecting visitors to a…

There is an entire city where this rag is not sold since 1989.

Posted about the new law on the estate WhatsApp and got the biggest clear knowing I’ve ever had. One of the most important laws in recent history.

Credit market hit with $200bn ‘flood’ of AI-related issuance Jumbo debt sales to fund huge artificial intelligence capex threaten to store up new risks for investors

So companies are selling bonds to raise capital from investor, so they can finance projects like building massive AI data centres packed with high-end chips that may only stay top-tier for a few years.

Sure it’s all fine.

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donniedarko.com - redux

It’s Halloween - and the 24th anniversary of Donnie Darko, which is set around this time of year. Over a year ago I brought its iconic movie site back from its Flash-based grave, so it feels like a good moment to share it again.

donniedarkowebsite.com

They are kinda phoning it in now right

I actually just spat out my water.

"...it seems unsustainable for those who care about British democracy to remain on a platform whose owner is fixated on its very destruction."

GitHub - blacksky-algorithms/Documentation: Documentation of the tools maintained by Blacksky Algorithms Documentation of the tools maintained by Blacksky Algorithms - blacksky-algorithms/Documentation

If the phrase `open source` means nothing to you
imagine if your favorite app worked like Wikipedia and anyone could come along and edit it

that's how the code for Blacksky works
anyone can edit it

it's also how our docs work; if you think something's missing or could be improved, change it

My brain has still not updated to the £4 barrier

Okay, wow. Affinity (now combined, layout, vector and pixel) is now free for everyone forever.

Huge tilt at Adobe and a bloated, expensive business model

www.affinity.studio/get-affinity

Three weeks from now:

Daily Mail - Ed Miliband asked for a flat white (£3.70) but got a late (£3.75) putting the Net Zero minister's' job on the brink. Pages, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 20-21.

OMG the FT is hiring a junior arts editor -- what a terrific opportunity! job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

Why do smart glasses even need cameras? A simple display with GPS and basic data would be perfect for my needs whilst cycling - directions, heart rate, messages.

The idea that cameras are somehow essential says a lot about where the industry’s priorities lie.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer Automatically fix broken links by replacing them with archived versions from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

Just learnt about this - given my blog is 21 years old, this looks very promising to address link rot.

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First time I’ve had to do an annual report for a charity as a trustee.

It’s a lot. Which is good.

Very impressed by how much governance is in place for UK charities, it’s reassuring.

.....should we create an account on the mainly centre and left social media platform.....

Principal_Skinner_Meme.gif

I just realised, the Labour Party doesn’t even have an account over here?!

tbf I've never been in the back of a Bin Lorry, so can't confirm.

This has to be the most Adobe thing I have ever seen. Although I suppose I should be thankful it didn't crash.

Wonder if any MPs or Government offices are expensing the £240 a year Times subscription?