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Posts by Tom Scott

Something, something tables and temples… something about people being indignant…

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Saw the balletic ‘Our Town’ last night. What a lovely production, full of heart. @mchshe.bsky.social is as you would imagine brilliant, he anchors the production but does so in a way that creates the space for others.

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The last book I read to my son before he got too old for bedtime stories. Didn’t know it at the time.

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Sadly Tell us Once isn’t really joined up all the way down. Granting Probate now takes longer than DVLA assume so you now need to explain death is permanent; see also TV license.

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Wow! A Red Kite has just flown over my house (SW London) 🪶

2 months ago 3 0 0 0

Practically, I would anticipate people could jump from PR to digital campaigns and back but I don’t think digital is the same as digital content, nor do I think engagement is the same as campaigns.

2 months ago 1 0 0 0

I think it depends on how you see digital. Is it part of the museum or is it a means to communicate about the museum?

2 months ago 2 0 2 0
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2 months ago 2 4 0 0

So I can’t watch Starmer’s speech on BBC News unless I register. Broadcast technology was so much better.

2 months ago 2 1 0 1
A photograph of large silver spoon. The handle is about as long as a serving spoon, the bowl bit is circular but with the left side cut off so that it is flat on that side. The design means you can easily ladle oil over the egg or lift it out of the frying pan.

A photograph of large silver spoon. The handle is about as long as a serving spoon, the bowl bit is circular but with the left side cut off so that it is flat on that side. The design means you can easily ladle oil over the egg or lift it out of the frying pan.

Found this spoon amongst mum’s stuff. It’s for fried eggs. It’s brilliant, someone should start making them again!

2 months ago 2 0 0 0

If AI is taking all the jobs then why hasn’t productivity spiked?

2 months ago 3 1 0 0

Just stroll in, they do care if they think you have the wrong ticket/ don’t have a ticket. If you look nervous that’s what they assume you’re nervous about.

2 months ago 1 0 0 0

Very!

2 months ago 1 0 1 0

I mean chip and frankfurter pizza is popular in Italy 🤷‍♂️

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Blimey, that’s quite a variation! Thanks for that, certainly worth experimenting with adjusting my settings

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Interesting, perhaps the main issue is the topology of the activation curve tail, which can be safely ignored in MDI but not with pumps? Although I’m sure there is also something about inactive and absorption and delayed activity eg if I have a hyper late at night my BG crashes when I get up.

3 months ago 0 0 1 0
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My insulin needs and sensitivity are also highly dependent on the amount of exercise but it sounds like you have it much worse. That sounds rubbish.

3 months ago 0 0 1 0
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5

Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit

'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'

3 months ago 10 11 2 3

It seems to me that Insulin has a much longer period of action when you’re sleeping.

This means that if I correct for a hyper before going to bed I can expect hypos late into the night. This is a particular problem on a closed loop because the algorithm doesn’t account of this. #t1d

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Opening weekend data looks like 75% of viewers are 25+ with 35-45 yo the largest segment. So perhaps those who watched the first films???

3 months ago 1 0 0 0

I might go because I’m interested in the VFX; I’ve heard they are extraordinary. But in answer to your specific question, I assume, it’s the same as all the major films of 2025. Youngsters.

3 months ago 1 0 1 0

Does Hugo not realise that he is now middle management #thetraitors

3 months ago 2 0 1 0

@netflix.com why are you pushing American football quite so hard to UK audiences, to me? Especially given how you personalise every other feed, and given how little interest I have shown in American sport. It’s not a good look.

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After all these years BBC iPlayer still doesn’t know when a programme starts. Why?

3 months ago 1 0 0 0
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When I was on MDI, I used MySugr

4 months ago 1 0 0 0

That did seem to become weirdly popular

4 months ago 1 0 0 0
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How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.

Extraordinary and fascinating insight into how Google Maps decides whether a restaurant thrives - and what to do instead. By data geek and genius Lauren Leek laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google...

4 months ago 4 2 1 0

Horseshit is more careless, an overly confident statement; Bullshit is intended to be more persuasive, the truth is hidden on purpose. This is of course probably bullshit.

4 months ago 3 0 1 0

Five wild animals I've seen in my house
- Lion
- Flamingo
- Kestrel
- Hyrax
- Marmoset

4 months ago 1 0 0 0

That and the homogenisation of thought and absence of desire.

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