Angela Hilton

As a former PHP developer, this was my 'that moment' wasn't it? The one where aged skills are suddenly in need again?

Have a look yourself at that packaging...

16 Sept

Blimey - Lisa Nandy handing Jon Kay one on BBC Breakfast. Didn't expect it, here for it. The fact the BBC is giving so much air time to the NIMBYs in Oxfordshire is bizzare.

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10 Sept

I realise I'm probably years late to this party, but I just discovered Tableau Public. If I don't surface after 3 days send help. public.tableau.com/app/discover

26 Aug

Just me screaming 'decouple!' at the TV while the energy minister tries to justify energy cap increases and drilling....

19 Aug

I've just reconnected with the lyrics of Is it like today' World Party. And I don't mind admitting that I burst into tears walking home from the shops.

16 Aug

OMG! Lads! It's pissing down! 🥰

6 Aug

Wordle 1,874 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

4 Aug

I have a new conspiracy theory! 👇 Microsoft is actively making things harder in Office tp force co-pilot use. EG: changing the orientation of 1 page in a doc. I KNEW how to do this, 30 years exp. Could I do it this week? No Did I nearly lose my shit? Yes Did I have to resort to co-pilot? Also yes.

tomshardware.comAI companies are reportedly shredding millions of books after using them to train AI models — tech giants outsource to middlemen to secretly buy up books for training materialBuy. Scan. Destroy. Repeat.

29 July

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, [...] And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

wired.comA Two-Person Startup Has Fixed One of the Most Hated Sounds in Modern LifeA couple of enterprising sound designers have taken on the challenge of producing more pleasant beeps for the humble microwave.

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Jeremy White@jeremywired.bsky.social

AURAL ASSAULT: There’s a sound I loathe in my house. It’s in yours too. These two geniuses have fixed it. Read on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/a-two-...

OMG I won a bid on Leapfrog

bbc.co.ukSchools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham saysThe government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs.

Really disappointing that @labouruk.bsky.social and/or No10 would 'announce' this in @thetimes.com behind a paywall. I'd like to comment on the idea, but I don't want to reply on the BBC re-telling the Times article. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The LPM are highly unlikely to be paying The Times of all outlets, it jars greatly. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

23 July

I'm looking for an explanation of what 'merging' the US and Israeli military actually means, but not finding a simple explainer or reasoning. Is it just the ongoing campaign? Does it mean central command? Who is the CIC in any case?

21 July

GDS - more regenerations than David Tennant

18 July

I am so angry with every single person who bayed for Starmers downfall. So angy

15 July

Bah, I've turned it off.

15 July

I'm having to watch on iPlayer, so have the delay.. it's very stressful hearing the neighbours make a noise and not know what it's for..

15 July

Are Argentina playing walking football?

c'mon Kostyuk!

Even as a Manc I get the annoyance at 'No10 in the North' = MCR. But I do think there's a bit of logic behind it. 1. The civil service hub in MCR is already underway, the Cab Office has a presence so it won't be hard to have a No10 office as well.

I do understand that MCR no longer represents The North, even in England and Newcastle, Sheffield or even Leeds would be a better rep, and there's no mention of the SW, too often overlooked. But I can see that the work is pretty much 70-80% of the way there, 'low hanging fruit'.

30 June

Footnote: Also, as always, I am bidding for the Peoples Republic of Mancunia. Not to be confused with The Republik of Mancunia, that's football. <insert Month Python ref>

2. Recruitment is already quite focused on cities outside of London, plus there's a lot of WFH, so folks in the No10 Office won't need to relocate. 3. MAN is a huge airport, much bigger than other regionals - I hate that this is a consideration, but it is. (chunnel extension to The North please?)

28 June

This is obscene. 1. It's not happened yet. 2. We don't have 'first' families in the UK. Proof in my eyes that the right wing media, The Daily Heil especially, is behind the media hounding of SKS and the hand selection of Burnham. This should be a red flag.

25 June

The affect on my air quality inside a house over 20 miles away from the moorland fire. Thick smoke across Greater Manchester as it's peat land moors. Going to assume morons with BBQs again.

24 June

Bad-Enoch called AB 'a pair of eyelashes and a black t-shirt' and I can't un hear it 😂

24 June

Trying to do the onboarding mandatory training for a new job in 28c.. 🥵

22 June

This is what was important right now. We'll be further away from Europe and closer to the US/Israel by the end of the year.

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years. European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you. Thank you, dear Keir.

22 June

I hate the media in this country.

19 June

The only good thing about the result is that Deform look crushed. Oh, and maybe ar'Ange has a shot at Mayor

16 June

Just booked a weekend trip to the Cotswolds - to a really swanky cottage*. But now I'm having serious class based anxiety about it, afraid to go to an area of posh, rich, white, right wing folks. It's so strong that I'd cancel if I could. How ridiculous? *swayed by an Eames chair...

13 June

They are sound checking Parklife with Disney show tunes and I'm simply not gay enough for this shit!

10 June

Wordle 1,817 2/6 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

8 June

Are we going to have to endure the Hellmans advert for the next 2 months?

3 June

Finally started listening to #TheMidnightLibrary @matthaig.bsky.social I put off reading/listening because the subject was too close to my life when it was published. There's a line : 'the only thing stopping me crying is Sertraline' - no line has ever got me so much.. I would have cried, but...

1 June

OK. I already don't like the cold weather ..

29 May

Some days I just wonder why, why bother.

28 May

How.. how... Do we have a rock size hail downpour, actual ice... And it's still not cooler!

26 May

And yet this morning the BBC aired some bloke saying 'if this is global warming, bring it on'

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25 May

How am I [this years] old and have only just appreciated the lyrics "An ocean of violets in bloom" For the beautiful poetry it is?

22 May

Life in the ADHD lane means: Either 1. wake up, lie in a state of deep procrastination/existential crisis for hours OR 2. wake up, fly out of bed, feed the cats, clean the kitchen, put a wash on, fold yesterdays load, hang the wet laundry... all in under an hour. Today I'm option 2.

21 May

The best and worst 'superpower' of ADHD is being able to observe tiny nuances when interacting with other people. Teeny, tiny changes in tone of voice, eye movements, jaw alignment, speed of response and many others are all like massive neon signs to my ADHD brain. I know when things have changed.

I've spent YEARS hearing 'oh, turns out you were right about [insert]' months or years after the fact, and after I've been black marked for expressing said observation and labelled a trouble maker or the problem.

21 May

I'm thankful that the ADHD diagnosis allowed me to understand. I'm sad for my 20/30/40s self who's lived and still lives with the consequences of that. I'm desperately sad that I may never fit in.

The waves of anxiety when you know things have changed, the constant anticipation of the conclusion of the change, which usually isn't good. The not really know if you are right or not. I'm only just at the beginning of learning how to handle things, to keep observations to myself and to 'mask'.

21 May

so what we're saying is... today is big coat weather, but tomorrow is practically stay indoors danger to life hot? Right-ho