Here it is, my interview with the incredible where she talks about AI, sex bots, rethinking our approach to gender and how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has never been more relevant
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Not to stereotype Australia but we landed three hours ago and I have already spotted a spider chilling in the corner of my shower
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PSA: My out of office is officially on so if you were planning to email me about work between now and Feb 27th, I won’t be reading it or replying before then, sorry!
As for the rest of you, I hope you like photos of Australia, because my feed is about to become insufferable 🇦🇺
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British Gas says “this isn’t how we do business” which is a strange thing to say when this is how they have been doing business.
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Intel cuts employee, executive salaries as it faces weak PC, chip demand computerworld.com/article/368696 via
Solidarity with all striking workers, except the teachers of my next door neighbour’s child, whose actions have led to me hearing Ode To Joy played badly on the recorder for the last twenty minutes.
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Solidarity with every single striking worker ✊🏻
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Today 500,000 workers go on strike.
They’re standing up for their rights and demanding fair pay.
Solidarity with the workers!
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I've been moonlighting over on CSO UK today: Tribunal rules MI5 acted unlawfully when retaining intercepted personal data csoonline.com/article/368647 via
Great piece from - the average first-time buyer deposit in London is now £147,000 (try saving that by cancelling Netflix)
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The band is reborn! Our new single GIMME is out now! Stream it, share it, scream it - unfd.lnk.to/gimme
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On a related note, I’ve covered the latest developments in the ongoing Section 230 legal saga: computerworld.com/article/368593 via
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It's far too late on a Friday to be asked by my US-based editor what the phrase "fit for purpose" means.
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I regret to inform you that the UK government is at it again
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The survey is based on data from the US but the sentence "90% of renters say money is holding them back from buying" feels pretty universal right about now.
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Shout out to the organisation that commissioned a survey into why people aren't buying property, even though they want to, and concluded "the top deterrents include money, interest rates, and debt." 🙃
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Cannot recommend Orlando at The Garrick enough. What a glorious way to spend a Tuesday evening 🤍
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Saying that, I did write two and half thousand words about it last month
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Joke legislation from a joke government
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Why is the Online Safety Bill a sink for all policy goals?
The latest is an amendment about stopping children from accessing content about channel crossings:
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Fuck the Tories and fuck the vile transphobia that has infested so much of this country. Solidarity with the trans community, forever and always 🏳️⚧️
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UK government to block Scottish bill that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender bbc.in/3wdNm5T
Okay, but what product is Liam Croot on #OnlyConnect wearing on his cheeks because I absolutely need some of that shimmer in my life
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Bank: I’m sorry, this very sub-standard house in Zone 2 costs 20 times your annual salary
Me: No, you don’t understand, Rishi Sunak stopped the boats crossing the channel
Bank: Why didn’t you say so? When would you like to move in?
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“Why would anyone under 45 vote Conservative?” asks #BBCLauraK
PM Rishi Sunak says addressing the UK’s priorities, such as a well-managed economy, reducing inflation and “stopping the boats” will “make a difference to everybody, whatever age you are” bbc.in/3WUMuz0
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(Belated) Christmas at Kew ✨
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Microsoft’s bid for Activision-Blizzard faces new regulatory delays in UK computerworld.com/article/368475 via
Policy suggestion?
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just so you know: a lot of people in medieval england paid their rent in eels.
if you live in england, you can use this map of real, documented eel rents to possibly find out how many eels your home town was worth....thank me later!
historiacartarum.org/eel-rents-proj
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Bit of a long shot but if anyone that isn’t a bot has two reasonably priced tickets going spare for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre between now and February 2nd, please let me know!
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Wow. Being willing to publicly say you'll sack nurses and teachers for wanting fair pay is... a choice
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BREAKING: Government confirms new anti-strike laws to enforce “minimum level service” during industrial action. Will apply across key public services including rail, health and education.
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Starting 2023 in the only way I know how, with an article looking at how last year's layoffs could have a serious impact on the tech sector's DE&I efforts computerworld.com/article/368391 via
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New year, new round of layoffs: Salesforce to cut 10% of its global workforce in restructuring plan cio.com/article/418813 via
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baby girl all I want is to be able to rent a decent flat on a normal salary, manage to get a GP appointment in under two years and not have to become a millionaire if I want to have a kid one day, we can start lower than that
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Sunak says he wants to restore “optimism, hope, and pride in Britain”.
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Starting 2023 in the only way I know how, with an article looking at how last year's layoffs could have a serious impact on the tech sector's DE&I efforts computerworld.com/article/368391 via
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About to ride the Piccadilly Line from Holloway Road to Hounslow East without headphones. Pray for me
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And rail prices are going up by almost 6% next year as well. Lol.
Support the strikes man. These companies are literally fleecing everyone and having a jolly-up at our expense.
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So glad the railways were privatised – for £60, I’m crammed in a vestibule without a seat on a delayed train, safe in the knowledge that billions have been paid out to shareholders rather than being invested to improve the service or pay workers more.
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Girls don’t like boys, girls like books and coffee liqueur 🖤
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Hope your Christmases have all been suitably merry 🎄🥂🤍
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