Reposted by Stephen NealDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Add “AI is not a person” to all newspaper style guides asap 316930
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Fellow TV nerds may appreciate this live stream from a BBC GNAT clock generator www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0M9... (It's the prototype - hence the funky artwork demonstrating all the features)youtube.comGNAT Live Stream New Year's EveYouTube video by Richard Russell 1144
Reposted by Stephen NealAdam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Language models are terrible at counting (part 12381...) It's concerning how many workflows/copilots etc. these tools are now creeping into, despite making small numerical errors all over the place (which a causal eye might not catch). Below from GPT-5 and Sonnet-4.5: 43310
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Busy little day - I may sound like a scratched record but I love our team. The One Show Production Management, Editorial, Guest Producers, Presenters and just as importantly our amazing crew always pull it out of the bag. 010
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Fascinating joint talk by the IET and the RTS on 100 years of TV. John Logie Baird’s grandson gave a fascinating talk, amongst others. 010
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Crikey. Just realised that this month marks the 30th anniversary of me getting my first job directing live TV… (Look East BBC Regional News in Norwich - the best possible place I could have started!) 140
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Looks like DuoLingo is out as a language learning tool... 010
Reposted by Stephen NealThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Lots of news from US, and this is especially significant. The DoJ suspends a lawyer for candour to the court when answering judge’s questions. This is important, as any lawyer has duties both to client and to the court. The system breaks down otherwise. www.reuters.com/world/americ... 31292483
Reposted by Stephen NealJakub Krupa @jakubkrupa.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Lots of terrible & misinformed takes on Poland tonight, proving once again how shallow the coverage of Poland by most international media is: this time based on an out of context misreading of Tusk’s remark on nuclear & a misunderstanding of his comments on military training. 🫠 9334141
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025After watching 2 hours of #Melodifestivalen in 25p it's SO nice to watch the Brits at 50i... #EmperorsNewClothes 130
Reposted by Stephen NealEmma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025I've heard anecdotally that the US Embassy in Paris is attempting to make similar demands of its partners/suppliers. Which sounds like it might be tricky in a country where Equality is literally the second word of the national motto? #LibertéEgalitéFraternitéthelocal.es'Not one step back': Spain responds to Trump's anti-diversity demandsSeveral Spanish ministers have voiced their opposition to the news that the US embassy in Madrid is demanding that its Spanish suppliers prove they don't have DEI policies. 55726
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Whenever I hear Sanne's amazing performance of 'Undo' I always wonder what would have happened if the lyrics had been better. "Undo my sad"... 000
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Watching Mello with my husband - here come the quotes : She's still singing and I've already forgotten it. This is awful. (It went direct to the final) Are the frame accurate cuts meant to distract from the Pringles on his jacket? 110
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 15/02/2025When is SVT commissioning 'Min talkshow'? The world needs more Shirley Clamp in it. 010
Reposted by Stephen NealD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 14/02/2025📌URGENT: The Associated Press is one of the foremost news operations in the world. Without it, most media entities could not survive. 📌Well, the AP has now been barred from the White House. I'd suggest very strongly that any media that gets its news from AP takes a damn stand here in solidarity. 325106423367
Reposted by Stephen Nealtvbeurope.bsky.social @tvbeurope.com · 14/02/2025TVBEurope talks to the team who brought a piece of broadcasting history back to life on BBC Wales last night @matt.cymru www.tvbeurope.com/live-product...tvbeurope.comHow BBC Wales returned live to 1985 - TVBEuropeTVBEurope talks to the team who brought a piece of broadcasting history back to life on BBC Wales last night 0209
Reposted by Stephen NealGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/02/2025“Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.” 18349441315
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I read the NYT article last night. It's a long read but fascinating. And jaw-dropping. 010
Reposted by Stephen NealHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 03/07/2023My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out. 6051101420
Reposted by Stephen NealDafydd Vaughan @daivaughan.uk · 12/01/2025I've written this thread up as a blog post with some more details: Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/wh...dafyddvaughan.ukWhy some DVLA digital services don't work at nightEvery few months or so, somebody asks on social media why a particular DVLA digital service is turned off over night. Rather than answering it every time, I’ve decided to write this post, so I can poi... 58941
Reposted by Stephen NealEmily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 11/01/2025“It’s a telltale sign of technofascism when our communication systems are disrupted by changes in political power after every election. Protection for vulnerable groups online continues to depend on the political ambitions of the CEO or owner of social media platforms.” 312348
Reposted by Stephen NealKate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Meta says it's still rolling out changes to loosen content moderation—but it already updated its Hateful Conduct policy with big changes. For example...it explicitly allows calling someone mentally ill for being gay or trans now www.wired.com/story/meta-i...wired.comMeta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation. 45295146
Reposted by Stephen NealThe Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Dudley Simpson wrote the Blakes 7 theme tune in 1978. In the years running up to it, elements of the theme cropped up in everything from Eurovision to a Japanese light entertainment show. Was this just coincidence or were all 'borrowing' from an already established piece of music? 86128
Reposted by Stephen NealShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 21/12/2024The details slowly emerging about the main suspect in the horrific Magdeburg attack contradict so much of what was posted online in the immediate aftermath. This is why it's always wise to wait for the facts before rushing to post unverified information about these atrocities. 13460110
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 13/12/2024This really doesn't bode well : www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headlineApple's new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself. 010
Reposted by Stephen NealJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 05/12/2024Netflix UK has two old ITV dramas in its top four most-watched shows. Quite often there's a random Channel 5 doc called something like 'Behind the scenes at Christmas in Stoke-on-Trent' in the most-watched. I love how the British public just WANT terrestrial TV they don't know where to find it. 1120134
Reposted by Stephen Nealscandipop @scandipop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Imagine how gay a song has to be in order to be considered the campest tune in Alcazar’s entire back catalogue. ‘Singing To Heaven’ is that icon, that legend. And former member Magnus Carlsson has g(r)ayciously recorded an updated version of it two decades later. scandipop.co.uk/song-magnus-... 081
Stephen Neal @stephen-neal.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Why did Denmark never send Laban to Eurovision? Love in Siberia/Kold som is and Caught By Surprise/Kun et sekund are amazing tracks. 230
Reposted by Stephen NealSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This is both sad and infuriating. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.com'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out'Sean Dilley is inundated with abuse on social media whenever he posts about discrimination issues. 30354271242
Reposted by Stephen NealNeil Henderson @hendopolis.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Just going to post #TomorrowsPapersToday here tonight as well as at the other place as a little test… 2372953332
