Fionn Pooler

The use of generative AI tools in the coffee industry is rising. So is the backlash.

I felt I really needed to write about Rowling's essay, not because it's new, but because it's so poisonous and ugly that it felt like sanitizing her not to acknowledge it on my trans news site.

Lol yeah sure that'll do it.

This took three bylined journalists.

The kittens were particularly cuddly and sleepy yesterday so we actually watched the final three of these plus Friday the 13th in one day. It was... tonally very strange.

Coffee brands that turn to ChatGPT to create a flyer, or to Claude to plan their seasonal menus, might not see those decisions as a big deal—they’re just quick and cheap ways to accomplish a task. At a time of rising backlash, however, such choices risk driving away customers.

An absolutely unhinged thing to do, let alone tell a journalist about.

Erika Hilton, who was instrumental in ending Brazil’s six-day working week. Absolute heroes both of them.

my Portuguese isn't great but I think I can work this out

Once again I am begging Richarlison to stick to politics

Victory for Lula, who has already reduced Amazon deforestation by 70% since 2022, means there is now a chance of ending deforestation of the rainforest entirely I’m weeping with joy for Brazil, for the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and for life on Earth 🇧🇷🌳🌎 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

When I was 13/14 and lived down there I used to go see Bournemouth play in the old second division against Notts County and Walsall and now they've just beaten AC Milan and Manchester United 3-0 in successive games. Wild.

in a very profound and real way this guy was the secret sauce behind the Coens features. Heavy use of storyboards is an incredibly important part of how they work. Doubtless when they work together again they'll be able to find someone to suit their needs, but dude was the Ringo to their John & Paul

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I wonder if it matters to the Premier League that I, an Arsenal-supporting, Sky subscription-having football fan, would normally have watched the Villa-City game out of genuine interest, but after the guilty verdict and lack of clarity around sanctions there is now zero chance of me doing that.

We need to be way angrier than we are. I'm all for adopting the framing from the End Times Fascism book, namely that these people - the techbros - are traitors to the human race.

a win for these workers and maybe an even bigger win for the labor movement writ large

To be fair I do say that.

for @serious-eats.bsky.social, i wrote about the new milk-brewed coffee trend and why you can probably ignore it www.seriouseats.com/milk-brewed-...

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Looked up the 1942 Veronica Lake movie I Married a Witch on JustWatch and, well.

This is unpopular now - it'll look more unpopular next year as El Niño begins to peak and the devastation becomes more significant. Labour will very swiftly look out-of-touch and in the pocket of big business instead of ordinary people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Guardian ‘explainer’ on Jackdaw is carrying so much water for Labour that it might as well have been written by their press officer

Genuinely what is the point in Labour.

"three Trek appearances on three different series" is the character actor equivalent of winning a batting title