Richard Horsman

Have plans on paper in case of cyber-attack, firms told Prepare to switch to off-line systems in the event of a cyber-attack, firms are being advised.

This is so obvious I'm amazed it needs saying. The blind faith so many people have in tech to just work is incomprehensible

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If I'm totally honest I forgot this bit

That's in part what I meant by heavy handed symbolism

There is that

I find the Pan Am flight to Jupiter quite endearing

If Kubrick had been able to use CGI instead of gorilla suits that scene would have been better admittedly. But the analogue quality of the special effects adds to the cinematic experience. It's not just another computer game.

You can argue the symbolism is a bit heavy handed and I haven't a clue what really happens at the end but it's a masterpiece.. and it created the syntax for so much science fiction on the screen ever since

Space travel is slow. It takes a heck of a long time to get there. Your mind wanders ...

But that's the joy of it ...

Today marks fifty years since the launch of Pennine Radio in #Bradford . For a while, before social media, we were the social medium. I was incredibly fortunate to be a part of it for 22 years (even if they did faff about with the name). Good times. #Pennine #Radio #Pennine235

I'll have the tempura pork with ginger ...

If The Thieving AI Company Can Survive The Legal Settlement, Then It Is Not Big Enough | Defector There is an easy answer to the question “How long does it take to write a book?” but it is not a true one. The easy answer is the duration between when you actually start putting your pen down on the ...

If The Thieving AI Company Can Survive The Legal Settlement, Then It Is Not Big Enough

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I mean we've all had spats with political leaderships (my newsroom was a "councillor free zone" for a short while in one standoff) but this is a step too far. Democracy without scrutiny isn't democracy.

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

On this day 58 years ago the Marine Offences Act outlawed Britain’s offshore radio stations. At 3 o’clock on August 14, 1967 this 12-year-old was in tears as Radio London closed down. Radio Caroline continued for 7 more months but without the pirates we wouldn’t have had Radio 1 or commercial radio.

But imagine the card counting class field trip to Vegas ...

Talk Radio pays tribute to James Whale following his death at 74 Sad news today as Talk presenter James Whale has died aged 74, following a long illness. He had been living with cancer for several years.

Sad news today as Talk presenter James Whale has died aged 74, following a long illness. He had been living with cancer for several years.

The End of Publishing as We Know It Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media

the simple, unavoidable, ugly truth is that AI companies are killing the media industry: they're destroying the revenue streams of news, of publishers, of nonfiction titles - and this loss will impoverish the world and their own products www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

25 years of journalism teaching This coming academic year will be my 25th academic year. Here are a few observations on universities and journalism at university.

Some thoughts that occurred to me as I get ready for my 25th year teaching journalism - www.andydickinson.net/2025/08/04/2...

The former. I worked in Bradford for 20 years. When I tell people that .. nice, middle class, polite people in nice hotels on holiday .. it only takes a couple of minutes for *views* to come out.

Stop Pretending Chatbots Have Feelings: Media's Dangerous AI Anthropomorphism Problem When AI causes harm, headlines blame the bot instead of the billion-dollar companies that built them. This anthropomorphic coverage is tech journalism at its worst.

Stop Pretending Chatbots Have Feelings

When AI causes harm, headlines blame the bot instead of the billion-dollar companies that built them. This anthropomorphic coverage is tech journalism at its worst

www.readtpa.com/p/stop-prete...

We have remarkably successful libel and contempt of court laws. Social media is media. Hold it responsible for everything published, in the same way you would the Guardian or the Telegraph. Most of the problems go away remarkably quickly.

I do remember the cheap tickets (might have been free? Not sure) for Leeds school pupils at Town Hall concerts in the 70s so long as you would be happy perching on the hard choir stalls by the organ. Being a nerdy child i went to a few.

My parents used to speak very fondly of these concerts

Programme of Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra's first concert 3 September 1947 in Leeds Town Hall. https://discoveringleeds.wordpress.com/classical-music-yorkshire-symphony-orchestra-1947-55/ Also a photo taken by me at the end of the concert in Leeds Town Hall 16 March 2019: Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, St Peter’s Singers, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, conducted by David Hill. They performed Dvořák’s ‘Stabat Mater’. My sister was singing in this concert.

OTD 1955: final concert of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, founded 1947.
Supported for 7 years by West Riding County Council, but based in Leeds. This was resented by other cities.
Long-term conductor was Maurice Miles.
Beecham, Boult, Sargent & del Mar also conducted.
#ClassicalMusic
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I'm so tempted to live tweet highlights

Guys who bellow conversations about their negotiating tactics on £69m contracts in a quiet waiting room just to let everyone know how important they are should remember there could be a journalist in the room.

The frustrating thing about lots of police comms and PR is that if they responded like this the public would probably respond *better* than they do to the guff they stay instead. The public does understand that mistakes happen.

It's a very tasteful tie

I am in Leeds Crown Court (jury service, not the defendant) and I'm the only bloke here in a tie. Times have changed. @deemarshall.bsky.social would have flayed me alive going to mags without a suit.