Daniel Nye Griffiths
@d-nye-griffiths
Technology, media, communications. Ex-journalist. Opinions are mine and not representative of my employer. He/him.
So.. was Wolfgang Peterson's movie Troy objectively better, because it did not do as well? Or objectively worse because audiences in 2004 were less stupid and ignorant, and stayed away, instead making the modern masterpiece Shrek 2 2004's most popular film?
Officially at #developconference and already officially way too hot and slightly deafened. Ping me if you would like to bellow "hi!"
"These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."
Dr Hilary Cass has again sort of put a lampshade on the goals of the Starmer government's last-gasp Conversion Practices Bill. The part that confuses me is that I don't think that there are many Labour votes in the constituency she's reassuring. Also, why would you put this into the press release.
Deeply sorry that this dove made it into our v1.0 release. We promise to do better.
(To be fair, the columnist was using "16-20s" to mean "16-20" rather than "16-29". _But_ Keira Bell e.g consented to medical care at 16, 17 and 20 - so, competence at those ages still feels relevant, in the same way as "don't let the Internet tell you should go low/no-contact with your parents"...)
I may have clipped through to the LGBTQIA+ backrooms, which feels like the better option!
The corrosive influence of Big Spork continues to subvert our democracy.
Also, what is their quest, and what is the air speed velocity of an unladen sparrow?
Interesting YouGov polling showing the fame-to-popularity curve of Wes Streeting. Effectively, any increase in the fame of Wes Streeting is matched by an almost exactly proportional increase in dislike for him. What this means for a leadership race I will leave to the experts.
I was worried about how I was going to be able to sustain the cadence of my soft play centre visits.
Oh, God, the "where is Lincolnshire?" discourse begins again...
"We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits, I didn't think we needed to address Plumbert, But, obviously, get clear, stay clear, set traps." - Christina Rosetti
So... Hypothetically, could the University of Oxford cease to be an accredited university if it is unable to stop students from protesting a statue of Cecil Rhodes, if the Office for Students decides that this limits the free speech of people who want to enjoy their positive feelings about Rhodes?
On a derive in Oxford, serendipitous sighting of work by @irny.bsky.social in Hoyle's very nicely curated RPG section..
I believe the medical term for this is "Yeezy's regret".
In amongst the generally doomy news, I just wanted to share this picture of a memorial to Magawa, a rat who sniffed out over 100 landmines.
People are obviously free to think what they think, but is The Martian not kind of predicated on the importance of a) international cooperation and b) funding NASA?
"Muse" is a legitimately terrible job, and the pre-Raphaelite muses in particular should have unionised.