Reposted by Alison BDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 23h"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 4448321267
Reposted by Alison BMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every AI/HCI paper I review now just sounds like this. 30803195
Reposted by Alison BNed Hartley @nedhartley.com · 04/10/2026Whoever commissioned this awful Tory tapestry must be having Bayeux remorse right now. 0165
Reposted by Alison BDewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳 2503542645
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I've just researched the bonus question, and Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris seems to be the most likely option. I'm never going to research anything ever again. 350
Reposted by Alison BM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Naomi Klein Is Spot On....... 15787663403
Reposted by Alison BRosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had no idea this was an option. 841282
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ah, good old Jimmy McEnroe. Loved his epic battles with John Connors. 041
Reposted by Alison BDan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 28/09/2026HERE IS A LOVELY STORY: a friend lost his wallet on his way home from work the other day. (that's not the lovely bit) 1/2 13330
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Chose a great place to do it, too! Many congratulations to you both 🥰 020
Reposted by Alison BGary Bainbridge @garybainbridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When "white sauce" in fish pie Contains cheese, it’s a lie. That’s a mornay. 22655177
Reposted by Alison BJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632781879
Reposted by Alison BJon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists 2261721062
Reposted by Alison BStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Remember: it could be someone you know. 3484109
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I wasn't, but only because I'd stupidly arranged to be on holiday in South Africa instead. Two of my friends were, though. 020
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026TFW you really shouldn't have had that last slice of zebra 164
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Dawn is breaking over Cape Town. There really is no more magnificent sight than giraffes at sunrise. 1111
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It's so good to know we're going to be exempt from Armageddon. 010
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026If the Salticrax didn't float your boat, perhaps the smoky kasi is more your style? 050
Reposted by Alison BThe man in the corner @lexidays.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026Oh no. I've got a little bit of cheese on my salticrax 011
Reposted by Alison BChris @seismicshed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It's been warm outside for quite a time now. 072
Reposted by Alison BHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 09/08/2026I bet all the people who had to sell their homes because of HS2 are kicking themselves for not just saying a CG/puppet sequence for a kids film was filmed at the location. Makes you wonder how whole film studios get flattened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHarry Potter fans force power link diversion to avoid Dobby's gravePotter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview. 1021538
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 07/08/2026(courtesy of the teachers at Young Master B's school, who performed this very thing at a concert, complete with illustrative greengrocery) 000
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Missing an ingredient. It's actually: Swede, carrot, lime. Ba-na-na. 161
Reposted by Alison BMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 05/08/2026"How do I like a profile? Please highlight what you like and add a query."mcsweeneys.netFAQ About “Conjunctions,” Our Dating App for Copy EditorsHow do I like a profile? Please highlight what you like and add a query. 03410
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Grumpy about: the pervasiveness of AI in society and its erosion of human-to-human interaction. Not grumpy about: having the tail of a completely different animal grafted onto his furry arse. 3111
Reposted by Alison BRich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If you can’t think of anything nice to say, I believe there’s a vacancy at The Spectator. 4719215
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 31/07/2026New Zealand Papua New Guinea Equatorial Guinea Central African Republic and another one 010
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 31/07/2026New Zealand Papua New Guinea South Africa South Sudan North Macedonia? 200
Reposted by Alison BGill @crikeys.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I think I need contact with anyone else who's gone through the breast cancer rollercoaster recently. I've no family, nor anyone else I know that has been through it. I appreciate that you may not want to discuss this, but if you do I'd appreciate it x 257491