Neil
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Neil
@TremendaoNeil
Music, films and constitutional politics. Happiest at a train station piano (UPDATE Dec23 : see pinned post). Now under same name at The Blue Plaice! (sp)

My constituent will wait 11 years by the time they get their pension remedy. Nurses, firefighters, police officers will have died waiting to get their pension sorted. SPPA policy is that you cannot get an estimate until 6 months before retirement. It is simply not good enough.



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Hi! I'm one of the prompt writers that worked on this ad. It's a lot harder than people think! Prompts that my team used include: -make it funny -make it epic AND funny -funnier!!! Please be nice to my team as many of them will be laid off/replaced by AI



McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did' Comments have been turned off on YouTube



Keir Starmer’s policies on Scottish industry risk repeating the economic devastation caused by Thatcher in the 1980s. This morning, I’ll set out how independence is fresh start we need - putting Scotland’s wealth in Scotland’s hands. Tune in on @theSNP channels at 10am.













It wasn't Margaret Thatcher who ran down our shipyards to the extent we need to buy ferries from Turkey. You've been in power in Scotland for 19 years so it's utterly pathetic trying to deflect. It's clear you have no achievements to call upon so rely on grievance.



Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos argues that ‘BARBIE’ and ‘OPPENHEIMER’ would have been just as big on Netflix. “There’s no reason to believe that the movie itself is better in any size of screen for all people. My son’s an editor, he watched ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ on his phone” (Source: nytimes.com/2024/05/25/mag…)


Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos argues that ‘BARBIE’ and ‘OPPENHEIMER’ would have been just as big on Netflix. “There’s no reason to believe that the movie itself is better in any size of screen for all people. My son’s an editor, he watched ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ on his phone” (Source: nytimes.com/2024/05/25/mag…)

If Netflix were in charge of Christmas trees


That time BBC News had to release the full video of their presenter "giving the middle finger" to prove she was only counting 😂


