Paul Plowman

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It is somewhat baffling, though, that the federal government – which has all of the resources it could possibly want, and could assemble teams of experts on any topic they wanted to – instead chose to use AI to produce what they’re calling a “transformational“ report.

@jonty @infraclub I see what you did there.

@Tallscreen Your house address twins blog popped up in the @infraclub slack and I'm slightly surprised you're not in there - it might be ...up your street?

@PaulWhitewick @Muddy1_Dave Looks like it's there on old OS maps #zoom=17.2&lat=51.74239&lon=-1.83214&layers=178&b=1&o=100&marker=51.742048,-1.832331" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#z…

@Muddy1_Dave Stepping Stone!... thats a new one for me!

Geoguesser help please! Clue: "Next to Akeman Street near Ready Token" I can't seem to find the spot on google maps!

I’m not saying three decades as a media analyst has changed my brain, but I just busted a local estate agent for using the same stock image of clouds for two different properties.

@PulpLibrarian This is a weirdly erotic image for a book about learning a computer programming language.

Forth on the Atari: Learning by Using, by E Fliegel (1982). Looks tricky...

Shall we do some #badbookcovers today? I think we should...

@jamiesmart Is... is this a joke? I really can't tell. youtube.com/watch?v=OzZnUr…

I REALLY want to watch this and I simultaneously REALLY never want to watch this.

Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.

All four people currently depicted on the reverse of Bank of England banknotes either died at the age of 41 or were portrayed in a film by Timothy Spall.

It's really funny how America and the UK stopped investing in infrastructure in the 1980s because the free market will pave potholes and make the trains run on time and now literally nothing works and you cannot go anywhere or do anything but like 4 people are richer than God.

Wasn’t feeling festive but then I saw this

That would be Sultan Al Jaber, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.

Receiving some feedback, along the lines of "why are you opposed to NHS privatisation if the businesses make things more efficient?" We have been researching this for a while. We haven't come across a single example of a private company making things more efficient in the NHS.

FB just reminded me that 7 years ago I bought this magnificent book from a charity shop!

2003: We can't find Iraqi WMDs we told you were threatening us, because devious Iraqis hid them to make us look like liars. 2023: We can't find the Hamas base we promised you was under the hospital, because devious Palestinians "made off with" the base to make us look like liars.

Fantastic talk by @WoollyBenguin given at this year's UK MathsJam meetup about visiting European streets which are named after every single day of the year! youtube.com/watch?v=MwRbr-…

I’m so tired of them fighting amongst themselves while the country burns. This has been going on for YEARS. Just stand aside and let some actual grown ups have a go at it.

One of my favourite random facts about London transport: As a pedestrian, you can walk across the Thames through the Blackfriars station platforms, but... you need a special ticket. It costs £0.10 and can only be purchased at the station.

I’ve been bingeing on Golden Age mysteries for a while as they are the greatest and came across this from 1939, re a fascist plot to undermine democracy.. :-/ (Smiler With the Knife, Nicholas Blake aka Cecil Day Lewis) . So have you heard the US is a republic not a democracy…

@bugsandfishes I can't help thinking that tiny heater is a bit optimistic!

@bugsandfishes Imagine trying to heat that room!

Looking at nice flats I can't afford and how incredibly tragic is this curtain rail, good lord.