Tracey Williams Allred

Good 🧵 from this author

I don't understand how someone would think that generating a book a day with AI would give them an advantage? Flooding the market with that much mediocre (at best) content surely gives the advantage to the actual quality writing that real, skilled authors produce

Still from Monty Python and the Holy Grail showing an evil, blood-soaked rabbit launching itself at mediaeval knights

I've already seen a number of superb owls today, but this year I am looking forward to seeing some evil rabbits. I nominate the Rabbit of Caerbannog as the ultimate #BadBunny

It's like he has some kind of press conference superpower

Why you may be using the wrong approach to service design in government I’ve been reflecting on the 13 years I spent as a civil servant in the UK government and on all the efforts I’ve seen to make the public sector more user-centred. I worked with incredibly talented peo...

I've written about why I strongly believe the focus of user centred design needs to be adapted to make the most impact in different government organisations: www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-yo...

CORRECT

Wisdom from Granny Weatherwax:

Wow what a great skill to acquire! I never really thought about where pro umpires came from but I can imagine the standard is extremely high given how popular baseball is

I'm sure he'd have a jaunty song about it too

Interesting! Which course are you doing?

Don't worry I do that all the time 😅 I will message you, would be great to catch up

Looks like an amazing event as ever, well done to you all!

I will tell Ruth to say hello!

Sad to miss #ukgc26 this time, have a great time everyone! If anyone wants a catch up chat another time this month, get in touch ☺️

Did you make it? I'm not there but my cousin is going for the first time - do you have stickers this year? I will tell her to look out for you 😊

That's good to know! I know someone going today for the first time and I had hoped to go with them but didn't get a ticket 😔

I will tell her to look for you Ian!

Not sure that £8 is £5 but the rest checks out

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz

(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

No entry for bearS, so one bear is fine. I'm sure Sven will have a nice time there even though you can't join him.

Happy New Year, start it off smiling with this golden oldie

Ah, ok! The good news is it doesn't remain that way for later seasons, can't remember if there's an impact on S11 but it goes back to normal as soon as they were allowed

Taskmaster’s Greg Davies and Alex Horne reveal COVID-related changes they had to make on new series Taskmaster presenters Greg Davies and Alex Horne open up about the "pretty intense" effects that following COVID restrictions had on the upcoming series.

I can't tell if you're joking or not so just in case: www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...

Plasticine dog Gromit lies slumped against a (plasticine) kitchen cabinet, holding a milk bottle. Trapped up to his neck in the bottle is Feathers McGraw, notorious criminal penguin

Well, it’s the day after Wallace and Gromit rode again – and it’s the 31st anniversary of the first appearance of the greatest sound effect in the history of the motion picture, so here’s the story of how (I found out how) they made it...

Long shot, does anyone have an unwanted rabbit hutch in London?

Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home

Turkey and Glass Noodle Salad I love recipes using up leftovers, and this is a particular favourite because it suddenly goes off on another tangent, so to speak. The zingy South-East Asian flavours certainly give new life to the o...

Rather late in the day to be sure, but #RecipeOfTheDay is this Turkey and Glass Noodle Salad! www.nigella.com/recipes/turk...

Me, when the scissors go csssssllllhhhhhhhhhssshhh through wrapping paper:
🥰🎶💍🍻❤️‍🔥🙆‍♀️🫦🫶🤩

Me, when the scissors go fkkkkfffrrrrbbbrrrrttttkkkkkfmb through the wrapping paper:
😤🔪💀🏚️☹️🔫💪👿💣

Your dishwasher year in review! 🧽🥃🍽️

💎 You've done 400 dishwasher loads this year! Wow! Why are there still so many dirty mugs around?

🤔 You forgot to switch me on overnight 50 times! I thought you might learn, but no!

⏳ The average time I waited to be emptied was 23.8 hours! That's the bottom 1%!

bsky.app/profile/jonn...

Similar observation from @jonnelledge.bsky.social talking about bridges in particular.

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Mr Blobby

This may not be any consolation but the tin you have received is the classic Quality Street tin. I didn't even know they did other varieties and I've had a tin of them at Christmas for the last 30+ years! So I guess you get to share in the collective experience of owning a garish tin?

They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead