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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 13/09/2026

I will not be taking questions at this time 🥒

David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 07/09/2026

In the YouGov survey I just filled in I don't know how I feel about this question. On the one hand, recording the number of people who say it's valid feels important. On the other, even just making it possible to pick that option indicates that it *is* a valid option to choose.

YouGov survey question asking if the masked men at Dover was a valid form of protest.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 02/09/2026

Truly exceptional Google. Your pop-info card for my own account has a link to one of your own services that you closed down *13 years ago*. How on earth has this not been spotted and removed in that time?

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 26/08/2026

I'm finding this bot fascinating. Inspired me to look at the British Election Study website where I quickly and easily built this.

Graph of how people feel about immigration numbers.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 19/08/2026

It's not just me is it? The Microsoft Teams smiley is going to murder us all in our sleep.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 08/08/2026

Go home Google, you're drunk.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Particularly quoting Adam Maddison: "AI will amplify your current ways of working". If your organisation is focused on policy specific metrics rather than joined-up outcomes all AI will do is make that worse.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 13/07/2026

Well, we're certainly in the weirdest timeline.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 23/06/2026

Called out by paper chickens...

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 16/06/2026

Your last saved image is your current mental state:

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 29/05/2026

Thanks to @enfielddispatch.bsky.social I've just seen how Enfield's local council voting is split right down the path of the A10. Feels like redlining in action. This is why local journalism is important.

Graph of Enfield showing every borough to the west of the A10 being Tory and every one to the east of the A10 being Labour or Green.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 29/05/2026

I can't imagine the state right now of all the good people who spent so much of their lives building highly trustable search at Google. I don't want you to give me search responses based on what *character" I want you to play!

Google response asking me character I want it to be in our conversation

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 20/04/2026

I love the NHS but 3 separate letters in the post for 3 tests taking place in the same building on the same morning. I despair.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 07/04/2026

I appear to have maxed out Google 😮.

Google notification saying I have logged into the maximum number of Gmail accounts.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 29/03/2026

Hey Claude. My personal website is pretty naf. Tidy it up a bit please. Before was this pic. Now this: bowsy.co.uk (take a look).

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 29/03/2026

@drbecky.bsky.social @philplait.bsky.social The world has become a weird place. I've wanted to build this for years and even as an ex-developer it always seemed way too hard. Tonight I "vibe coded" it in two hours. astro-point.bowsy.co.uk

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 26/03/2026

If anyone knowns anyone at Radio Four / BBC Sounds ( @steveparks.me ?) you might want to give them a gentle prod to fix their podcasting from the future 😄.

Clip from BBC sounds showing they've typo'd the date for today's Woman's Hour to be tomorrow.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 24/03/2026

You give me a one-time username and password and when I log in I get this. Slow clap Met Police...

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 22/03/2026

For when someone tells you everything is irredeemably broken - tell them that the EU produced more electricity with renewables in 2025 that from fossil fuels. And the trend is accelerating (especially after the current oil / gas price disasters).

Graph showing renewables overtaking fossil fuels

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 03/03/2026

DSIT : "Our Perm Sec is now Head of the Government Digital and Data Function and Profession" come to this webinar to find out about the changes. Also DSIT :

A snippet of a web page saying "Use public sector emails only to register"

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 26/01/2026

OpenAI (ChatGPT) being opinionated. When I asked if it would show that to everyone it said no - it only did so because it understood my personal preferences. So, are AIs already showing non-NPoV content to people with differing political opinions?

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 12/12/2025

A whole thread of saintly cats you say? 😸

A cat standing on top of a door with a halo of light around his head

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 30/11/2025

This is Asia's oldest observatory. It makes me a little sad that everyone rushes up for a selfie to centre themselves in what's happening rather than appreciate the feeling that it exists because 2,000 years ago people like us built it because they wanted to understand the universe.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 08/10/2025

I'd hoped that by 2025 we could get ahead of an adversarial debate as a way to discuss issues. By starting by saying both sides are right, couldn't we spend the time better by finding common ground for these ideas. #ApoliticalDay

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 08/10/2025

Planning for future - see : en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Min... #ApoliticalDay

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 18/08/2025

I was doing 28 in a 20 zone. It's entirely reasonable for the Met Police to charge me. But "by law we cannot process admissions electronically". Is it *really* in the legislation? I find that very hard to believe. @johnlsheridan.bsky.social ?

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 28/06/2025

This though, to quote @hankgreen.bsky.social , is genuinely a million dollar idea. I assume someone has done it already?

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 28/06/2025

This will have me smiling all day.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 01/06/2025

My chat on here with @peterkwells.com reminds me of my decision after conversations at this week's @transformgovtalks.bsky.social to do something I've been think about for a long time and take this down off my wall.