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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 4h

Obviously not good in terms of getting the whole truth out for the inquiry.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5h

I think it’s wise to warn my regular reader that I’m about to say something positive about Boris Johnson.

Listening to his evidence today he’s had plenty of opportunity to throw colleagues and civil servants under the under the bus. He has avoided doing so.

Maybe explains why colleagues like him.

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5h

I thought they supported people wearing face coverings in public?

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5h

Johnson’s judgement is that during Covid the DfE “did a pretty heroic job under Gavin.”

Not sure that’s a widely held view in the sector.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5h

Boris Johnson’s argument:- “We were all brilliant but I can’t quite remember why.”

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5h

I like this woman. She’s not taking any of his bluster or bullshit.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 19h

West Ham playing so poorly they’d struggle against Celtic at the moment.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 19h

There you have it. The direction of travel. A police state.

And this is not just Reform. Just a few week back this man was a senior Conservative MP.

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 1d

Twitter has become a pure propaganda distribution site. Who else’s account have they put this in?

Take back control of our borders. Shut the whole thing off at the edge.

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody could have seen this coming….no, wait, everyone who knew the slightest bit about football saw it coming.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting

Israeli police make nine arrests, citing ‘disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officers’ and infrastructure damage

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 2d

Spurs have built a great stadium but they still have the worst camera positions in the entire league. Looks more like FIFA than live football.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 2d

I moved to BlueSky to get away from the non stop posting from a few radicalised accounts blanket posting about their obsession. For a while it was good. But sadly the Archers people now seem to have migrated here.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 2d

Well, hopefully they’ll be allowed to visit their dad in prison.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d

What's next for Sarah Ferguson, Eugenie and Beatrice?

We analyse what life looks like for the women of the York family after Prince Andrew gave up his titles.

www.bbc.com

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 2d

“What that will leave is a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people.”

Sounds awfully like ethnic cleansing.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam

She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"

(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 2d

For two teammates whose golden rule is “don’t crash into each other” Norris and Piastri spend an awful lot of time crashing in to each other.

Maybe they’re not actually that good at this driving lark.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 3d

2 men in the woods see a bear

One tightens the laces on his shoes.

The other man says, "Are you crazy? You can't outrun it!"

The 1st guy replies, "I don't need to outrun the bear. I just need to outrun you."

The AI doesn’t have to be the best tutor. Just has to be better than what they have now.

Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

Exclusive: The government wants to look at ways to encourage schools to use AI tutors for students

DfE to encourage AI tutors in schools

But England’s largest education union warns against ‘tutoring on a shoestring’ and says many disadvantaged students need direct contact with teachers

www.tes.com

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 3d

The elites used to believe (maybe still do) that football supporters were best kept in cages.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 3d

The Andrew still known as Prince. ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard...

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 3d

Up next, as he continues his celebration of English life in the eighties, Robert Jenrick remembers how police and miners frolicked together in fields near Orgreave, celebrating the summer solstice.

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 3d

Agent Andrew playing a blinder trying to get Starmer off the front pages.

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5d

As an example Meta will spend less than $100bn on AI this year (a lot of that in physical infrastructure that can have other uses in the future). This compares to the market valuation of Meta which is about 20 times that.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5d

There are some bubbly aspects to it, and for sure some investors are going to lose money.

But….

Most of the companies involved (and those providing the investment) I are already unbelievably large, backed by real asset value so they can withstand a knock or two.

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5d

I note the review you point to considers the theory of how queues can be managed more effectively but says nothing about communications of the state of the queue with the people in it.

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5d

“Culture”.

Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 5d

Then they can give everyone a number. There are always solutions.

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