Andrew Jacobs
@andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social
L&D strategist and innovator. Author and producer of the Women Talking About Learning podcast. Not a guru or rock star.
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Talk. Record. Change: The UK’s First Podcast Learning Festival
On Thursday 26th February 2026, something new arrives in London: the first ever Podcast Learning Festival. The UK’s first face-to-face event bringing workplace learning and podcasting together.One …
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I didn't know @profanity.accountant was a thing.
November 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I didn't know @profanity.accountant was a thing.
One for @aiannucci.bsky.social and Strong Message Here.
I don't understand what is written on the screen in this photo, but it gives me life. Is it Dostoevsky?
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
One for @aiannucci.bsky.social and Strong Message Here.
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My father has a 1200+ day Spanish streak on Duolingo. We went on holiday to Spain recently and he could hardly string two sentences together. What the fuck is the point of that app?
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My father has a 1200+ day Spanish streak on Duolingo. We went on holiday to Spain recently and he could hardly string two sentences together. What the fuck is the point of that app?
He's a ten but he would of taken you out on another night.
He's a 10 but he says he respects you to the UPmost degree
He’s a 10 but he orders eXpresso
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
He's a ten but he would of taken you out on another night.
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A proper full English breakfast should contain fried bread rather than hash browns.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A proper full English breakfast should contain fried bread rather than hash browns.
Went past here earlier.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Went past here earlier.
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Hey everyone, OpenAI is launching "ChatGPT for Teachers" today. Do they remain committed to promoting a pedagogical vision that is at odds with our best understanding of how kids learn? But of course!
("Learning styles" is not a thing, I promise you)
("Learning styles" is not a thing, I promise you)
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hey everyone, OpenAI is launching "ChatGPT for Teachers" today. Do they remain committed to promoting a pedagogical vision that is at odds with our best understanding of how kids learn? But of course!
("Learning styles" is not a thing, I promise you)
("Learning styles" is not a thing, I promise you)
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
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During this cloudflare outage, let me supply you with this wisdom of the ages: “single point of failure” can be sung to the tune of “all the single ladies”
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
During this cloudflare outage, let me supply you with this wisdom of the ages: “single point of failure” can be sung to the tune of “all the single ladies”
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What happens when you interview 700 teenagers about how they actually navigate their online and offline worlds? You learn so, so much about the reality of their lived experiences. This report is riveting from start to finish, and whether you live in England or not.
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demos.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What happens when you interview 700 teenagers about how they actually navigate their online and offline worlds? You learn so, so much about the reality of their lived experiences. This report is riveting from start to finish, and whether you live in England or not.
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Dear eateries: your location, contact details, and opening hours should be on your landing page.
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Dear eateries: your location, contact details, and opening hours should be on your landing page.
@paulsinha.bsky.social Loved your set on Wednesday night, especially the ironic introduction of the awards.
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
@paulsinha.bsky.social Loved your set on Wednesday night, especially the ironic introduction of the awards.
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Man helping out in a woman’s world…
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Man helping out in a woman’s world…
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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This is an excellent breakdown of the legal challenge by POTUS.
Personal blog non-substack: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/a-cl...
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is an excellent breakdown of the legal challenge by POTUS.
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Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
Celebrity TV shows are notoriously facile and vacuous. #CelebrityTraitors has broken that record - brilliant telly.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Celebrity TV shows are notoriously facile and vacuous. #CelebrityTraitors has broken that record - brilliant telly.
A film you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A film you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
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Sweet mercy. This tremendous volley from veteran Trevor Francis is 37 years old today.
Watch yourself, old son. You could put your back out spinning like that…
Watch yourself, old son. You could put your back out spinning like that…
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sweet mercy. This tremendous volley from veteran Trevor Francis is 37 years old today.
Watch yourself, old son. You could put your back out spinning like that…
Watch yourself, old son. You could put your back out spinning like that…
Being named Andrew today makes listening to the news very peculiar.
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Being named Andrew today makes listening to the news very peculiar.
Are we still making this together? lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/30/a...
Are we still making this together?
I was reading about a film writer and director recently. He was talking about the breakdown of his relationship with his producer. In the last two months of pre-production, he had received only fiv…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Are we still making this together? lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/30/a...
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year
Merit isn't neutral lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/29/m...
Merit isn’t neutral
I called out an all-male panel – a manel – last week and one of the panellists responded with the reply: “Merit trumps all.” I checked yesterday and he has apparently now deleted that c…
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October 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Merit isn't neutral lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/29/m...
New wine, new bottles, new tools lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/23/n...
New wine, new bottles, new tools
I’m working on the structure of a new book and have been using some Large Language Models to help with building the outline and scaffolding. I say some – I’m taking content from o…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
New wine, new bottles, new tools lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/23/n...