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Turns out, I can put a number on the cost of Elon Musk’s “involvement” in UK “politics” during August 2024 and since… 4.3%. Yup. We’ve lost just 4.3% of Followers from the X account our not-for-profit uses since September 2024. It was going steadily down each month but now appears to have levelled off.

To put it another way, 95% of users don’t care what Musk does. So, now you know where you stand, I guess.

 

Received an email today about service that is relaunching with a greater focus on “inclusivity” (in a DEI sense). The email was addressed “Dear Sir/Madam”. There’s such a long way to go.

There’s a new Microsoft Copilot ad, with everyone asking a colleague for things and she just uses Copilot… the unspoken implication is that, if she can use Copilot, so can they… so what do they need her for?

I don’t approve of AI image generation, but my colleague just made this off the back of a comment I made…

Too good not to share. Though I think a ghost might be force-feeding Wes…

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The presentation of “overs remaining” on cricket coverage still bothers me as a mathematician. “7.2 overs remaining” means 7 overs and 2 balls… but there are not 10 balls in an over! Outrageous.

I reckon they should do an “R-rated” season of with The Stath as a cockney-hardman version of the Dr… “Fackin’ Daleks. Again.”
In fact, a version of Turkish with a “Tommy” as his companion:
Tommy: “What are we gonna do, Dr?”
Dr: “How the fuck should I know?”

It’s amazing how often asking for help, and the accompanying need to clearly articulate the problem, leads you to the solution before anyone even answers.