Adam Tinworth

Here’s 1,000 words about Tesco’s birthday cake sandwich, none of which concern how it tastes Blog of saddos: Cakewich 2

Respect to @louisashworth.bsky.social for, whether he realises it or not, committing himself to the Sisyphean toil that is covering novelty food products (and their related tax status)

Tesco's offering will, almost certainly, be the second of many

A Facebook post from the Newcastle Chronicle saying: "Lloyds, Barclays, NatWest customers urged to close account within 48 hours" with no other details.

Local journalism update: this Reach title is trying to cause a run on the banks.

Sailboats with people on board are on a calm body of water near a shoreline with buildings in the background.

Beach life

Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice? The basilar ganglia does not exist.

Ignoring the fact that AI produces hallucinations does not make those errors go away: Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part.

Any long term use of GenAI needs a strategy for identifying and eliminating hallucinatory results. And t... https://adders.blog/2025/08/07/ignoring-the-fact-that-ai.html

AI Is A Money Trap In the last week, we’ve had no less than three different pieces asking whether the massive proliferation of data centers is a massive bubble, and though they, at times, seem to take the default position of AI’s inevitable value, they’ve begun to sour on the idea that

Great, deep dive into the financial precariousness of the AI revolution: AI Is A Money Trap

New Instagram Features to Help You Connect We’re launching features that make it easier to connect with your friends on Instagram.

Instagram finally gets the repost:

New Instagram Features to Help You Connect

Oh, every time I have to use Google Analytics, I’m reminded of how throughly GA4 ruined it for editorial people.

Lawsuit Alleges That Meta Pirated and Seeded Massives Amounts of Porno for Years to Train AI Link to: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/meta-pirated-and-seeded-porn-for-years-to-train-ai-lawsuit-says/

John Gruber:

"Meta is an empty husk of a company with no values, no beliefs, other than growth and dominance for the sake of growth and dominance."

No lies detected.

SWNS expands into 'creator economy' with acquisition and new CEO SWNS Media Group has acquired digital content consultancy Creatorville whose founder Sam Barcroft joins as group CEO.

Having lots of interesting conversations about the overlaps of journalism and the so-called creator economy. This is more fodder for those discussions.

20 years of digital journalism training It's now the “job” I've been doing longest

I dawned on me yesterday that I’ve been training journalists for 20 years now.

But I’ve also feel that something needs to change. What is training going to look like as the journalism world shifts fundamentally, away from large publishers, and towards many, many more independent creators?

A brown alpaca stands in a grassy field, with some hay in its mouth.

‘ello.

Oh my. Love the bit about how if you make popular content you’ll still be okay. No, actually, yet another layer of bandits will make money off you or will sell you AI solutions to rank in chatbots so you can enjoy a fraction of the eyeballs. At least John remains a spectacular reporter on the mess.

Yup - it integrates with Bluesky via BridgyFed. You can follow here.

Thanks.

I think.

Ghost 6.0 is here The new version of the CMS gets social and analytical…

Ghost gets social and analytical: Ghost 6.0 is here

We were there with German friends who were fascinated by the flint construction, because they were equally unfamiliar with it.

And…back Back under the blog after a much needed-break.

Morning. I’m back at the blogface after a much-needed break. (Well, quasi-break.)

How have you been? Good, I hope?

A quaint thatched-roof cottage is surrounded by lush greenery and features a maypole in the yard.

I feel like I’ve wondered into a British folk horror movie…

A sign provides WiFi information for "Weald & Downland Living Museum" with the network name "Museum Guest" and password "morecakeplease."

Best WiFi password ever.

Promotional poster for the animated film “K-Pop Demon Hunters” showing three stylish female characters in bold, futuristic K-pop-inspired outfits. Each holds a glowing weapon, with dynamic poses and confident expressions. Text reads: “Netflix’s most-watched original animated film of all time – K-Pop Demon Hunters.” The background is a cool blue with floating light orbs.

My daughters have watched this three times. The album is on repeat. It’s the cultural phenomenon of Summer 2025.

It’s Golden.

Geekification of British men almost complete, announces Games Workshop GAMES Workshop has announced its profits are up by a third and its transformation of Britain into a nation of geeks nears completion.

I am in this photo and I don’t like it:

Geekification of British men almost complete, announces Games Workshop

I’ve said it before, and I will say it again… - The Obvious? The future is too important to leave to a bunch of ADHD geeks from California. (Little did I realise how much we would be willing to just let it all...

Euan Semple:

"The future is too important to leave to a bunch of ADHD geeks from California."

Not a lot makes me sadder than seeing a very small child desperately trying to get the attention of a parent who is just staring at their phone.

A smartphone mounted on a tripod stands near an indoor swimming pool with people swimming.

Shooting interviews at a local swimming club, which isn’t at all acoustically challenging… 😳

A seagull stands on a wooden structure near a warning sign that reads Danger: Unsafe Slipway Structure, Keep Off, with water in the background.

Rebellious gull.

Oh, I have over two decades worth of typos preserved in URLs at this point. I very, very occasionally put jokes in URLs, too.

Already fixed on the website. It's been a long… well, life, frankly.

Scared Sussex: exploring spirituality with the Long Man & Friends

Scared Sussex: exploring spirituality with the Long Man & Friends

Scared Sussex: exploring spirituality with the Long Man & Friends

Scared Sussex: exploring spirituality with the Long Man & Friends

Scared Sussex: exploring spirituality with the Long Man & Friends: https://www.coffeeandcomplexity.com/scared-sussex-exploring-spirituality-with-the-long-man-friends/

A person is holding a book titled "Medical Genetics and Genomics," part of the Fundamentals of Biomedical Science series from Oxford.

A textbook cover features the title "Medical Genetics and Genomics" with images of DNA strands.

I always said my wife was the brains of the operation — but now I have proof.

The one downside of being a contact lens wearer is that, very occasionally, I put them in the wrong eye. And sometimes it takes me a few hours of mild fuzzy-headedness to figure out what’s wrong, and swap them around.

Today has been one of those days.