In today's @theoverspill: the sword tip is effectively invisible in competition fencing - but a new system will make it much more visible on TV.

In today's @theoverspill: the British Board of Film Censorship has reccruited AI to classify content on HBO Max in the UK.

No, because his wife agrees with him, and they have two children who are (or claim to be) trans.

Maugham was a tax barrister before the GLP. How would he have become one of Rowling's friends? The opportunity has simply never arisen.
Further: how many cases has he claimed the GLP has won when in fact they've been dismissed for lack of standing or simply lost? (The number is greater than zero.)

Didn't hear what Khelif said in the interview with L'Equipe in February huh.

In today's @theoverspill: the likely collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) would change the British climate dramatically.

In today's @theoverspill: once upon a time Allbirds sold shoes. But that's so 20th century; now it's decided to become an AI server space rental company.

In today's @theoverspill: runners who are in tune with their body are listening to it, rather than music. Are creature comforts distracting us from too much sensory feedback?

In today's @theoverspill: do you find two-dimensional chess too challenging? Don't worry - the one-dimensional version is waiting for you.

In today's @theoverspill: the British love of sash windows tallies with a strange love of excess ventilation and heat loss.

But it’s a clever argument style. Your opponent is unhinged, emotion-driven, flustered by your calm presentation of facts. They’ve lost their footing because you’ve demonstrated the weakness of the foundation of their very belief system. That they’re BIG MAD proves how right you were.

phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/you-mad-ism

Screen grab of part of the article. Banksy and Satoshi weren’t hiding wrongdoing. They were hiding themselves. In Banksy’s case, the anonymity IS the art. The whole point is that the work speaks without the person. The art appears without permission, without attribution, without a market position or a gallery or a brand to protect. That’s not incidental to its power. It is its power. The work on the wall speaks precisely because there is no face behind it available for interview. With Satoshi, the anonymity IS the architecture. Bitcoin was designed to be leaderless. An identifiable founder is a vulnerability.

I love this framing. Hat tip @charlesarthur.bsky.social overspill for the link. It's a great read

om.co/2026/04/08/b...

In today's @theoverspill: the agricultural machinery company John Deere is paying $99m to settle a right-to-repair class action in the US.

In today's @theoverspill: the blue light from your phone isn't making you sleep worse, despite what people say. Science proves it.

In today's @theoverspill: the surprising popularity of the new MacBook Neo has created a dilemma for Apple's executives, who have to decide whether to satisfy would-be customers or preserve financial margins.

In today's @theoverspill: in the US, sales of EVs are surging as fuel prices have rocketed following the attacks on Iran.

In today's @theoverspill: the US government has asked satellite agencies to withhold imagery from Iran and surrounding states. But can it make that stick amid so many sources?

Oops I missed Rachel's replies. How amusing if baseball is doing it wrong (which is a bit weird? Or maybe the 8 inches is because that's where contact would occur with the bat?)

I was talking here about football. I think the baseball implementation of how many objections teams can make is right.

It is, really - because TV has far better replays for offside and goals, so they were being embarrassed. But the implementation is terribly flawed.

Estate agent websites that throw up holding pages for every street and alley in their area to game the search engine results, but use a stock photo to illustrate it, are always funny.

Haven Place in Ealing doesn't look anything like the website claims it does.

Pleasure. WiP is a great publication.

Oh that's so interesting! Thanks.

VAR is used far too much. Ideally they should just scrap it, but limiting it to one or two wrong goes per team should be the lot.

In today's @theoverspill: the introduction of an electronic challenge system in baseball is revealing which umpires do their jobs well - and which badly.

In today's @theoverspill: a remarkable investigation by Nepal police suggests some climbers were made ill for an insurance scam.

In today's @theoverspill: airlines may have to cut flights inside Europe within a month if jet fuel supplies don't resume at volume, experts say.

In today's @theoverspill: the polling company YouGov withdrew a survey about young people's church attendance last week. The reason why is concerning: it's bots.

In today's @theoverspill: some schools in the US are rethinking their use of computers such as Chromebooks.

'Woke' might not be the enemy, but it still deserves critique A response to Dorian Lynskey

'Woke' might not be the enemy, but it still deserves critique - a response to Dorian Lynskey.

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/woke-might...

🥱 adults learn that children having tantrums just want attention. They don't actually have any aims.