Billy Bell
@billybell99.bsky.social
Sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook.
Music | TV | Food | #nufc | etc
https://open.spotify.com/user/bbell99?si=qjFItZx_TXGK62wvzepj7A
Music | TV | Food | #nufc | etc
https://open.spotify.com/user/bbell99?si=qjFItZx_TXGK62wvzepj7A
Watched ep 1 of the new Stranger Things last night which was nice given I couldn't remember a thing about what happened in the previous series given it was almost 4 years ago.
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Watched ep 1 of the new Stranger Things last night which was nice given I couldn't remember a thing about what happened in the previous series given it was almost 4 years ago.
I saw grumblings the past couple of years (me included) but this year it seems like everyone* has finally, vociferously, turned against #whamageddon in the strongest of terms. Good.
*my social media TL
*my social media TL
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I saw grumblings the past couple of years (me included) but this year it seems like everyone* has finally, vociferously, turned against #whamageddon in the strongest of terms. Good.
*my social media TL
*my social media TL
Everything She Wants
Last Christmas
Young Guns
Praying For Time
Careless Whisper
Last Christmas
Young Guns
Praying For Time
Careless Whisper
In this strongly pro-George Michael space, tell me, what are your Top 5 Wham!/George tracks
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Everything She Wants
Last Christmas
Young Guns
Praying For Time
Careless Whisper
Last Christmas
Young Guns
Praying For Time
Careless Whisper
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
Travelling to London for work stuff & Xmas night out tonight so wearing my 'cool' new Xmas shirt. But don't take my word for it. Take the word of the woman next to me on the train who just said 'nice shirt'.
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Travelling to London for work stuff & Xmas night out tonight so wearing my 'cool' new Xmas shirt. But don't take my word for it. Take the word of the woman next to me on the train who just said 'nice shirt'.
I beg every minister being interviewed to do this.
If I were Rachel Reeves I would simply ask Laura K and Nick Robinson why they were repeating right wing talking points found on X as a basis for their questions. Stop being defensive.
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I beg every minister being interviewed to do this.
Yep. To the RW press, a Labour government isn't just an 'our side lost' situation. To them it's completely unacceptable & should not be allowed.
What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Yep. To the RW press, a Labour government isn't just an 'our side lost' situation. To them it's completely unacceptable & should not be allowed.
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Questions for us as a nation:
*Adapting to climate breakdown
*Demographic transition
*How much immigration?
*Green energy shift
*Rearmament and defence
*Trade with the EU
*Housebuiliding and infra
Not a question:
*Most stuff the Lobby talks about
*Adapting to climate breakdown
*Demographic transition
*How much immigration?
*Green energy shift
*Rearmament and defence
*Trade with the EU
*Housebuiliding and infra
Not a question:
*Most stuff the Lobby talks about
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Questions for us as a nation:
*Adapting to climate breakdown
*Demographic transition
*How much immigration?
*Green energy shift
*Rearmament and defence
*Trade with the EU
*Housebuiliding and infra
Not a question:
*Most stuff the Lobby talks about
*Adapting to climate breakdown
*Demographic transition
*How much immigration?
*Green energy shift
*Rearmament and defence
*Trade with the EU
*Housebuiliding and infra
Not a question:
*Most stuff the Lobby talks about
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Important charts:
December 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Important charts:
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let’s all take a moment to appreciate blank VHS packaging design trends
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
let’s all take a moment to appreciate blank VHS packaging design trends
Me: 'help me fix this code'
Copilot: Here's the corrected code and this is why it works'
Me: 'It didn't work'
Copilot: 'You're absolutely right! Here is a version that works'
Me: 'That didn't work'
Copilot: 'You're absolutely right! Here is a version that works'
Repeat x5 until I work it out myself.
Copilot: Here's the corrected code and this is why it works'
Me: 'It didn't work'
Copilot: 'You're absolutely right! Here is a version that works'
Me: 'That didn't work'
Copilot: 'You're absolutely right! Here is a version that works'
Repeat x5 until I work it out myself.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Me: 'help me fix this code'
Copilot: Here's the corrected code and this is why it works'
Me: 'It didn't work'
Copilot: 'You're absolutely right! Here is a version that works'
Me: 'That didn't work'
Copilot: 'You're absolutely right! Here is a version that works'
Repeat x5 until I work it out myself.
Copilot: Here's the corrected code and this is why it works'
Me: 'It didn't work'
Copilot: 'You're absolutely right! Here is a version that works'
Me: 'That didn't work'
Copilot: 'You're absolutely right! Here is a version that works'
Repeat x5 until I work it out myself.
50 y/o me is not happy with 49 y/o me for the way he wrapped these tree lights up last year. #spaghettijunction
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
50 y/o me is not happy with 49 y/o me for the way he wrapped these tree lights up last year. #spaghettijunction
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It's the first all day carol concerts day on radio 3
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It's the first all day carol concerts day on radio 3
Woah, glad I still have the original DVDs.
Jesus Christ, the "remastered" Beatles Anthology documentary they re-released is filled with AI slop. Look at John and Paul's faces, and the "T" on Beatles.
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Woah, glad I still have the original DVDs.
Listening to the match & about to put the Aldi curries in the oven. Then we're all watching Network for the first time. If nufc manage to hang here this will be a good Saturday night.
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Listening to the match & about to put the Aldi curries in the oven. Then we're all watching Network for the first time. If nufc manage to hang here this will be a good Saturday night.
Bird People: saw this in Morpeth today. Any idea what it is?
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Bird People: saw this in Morpeth today. Any idea what it is?
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devastating thread
I am forever explaining assignments which, to me, feel fairly basic. I do offer some creative options, which need a bit more context. But so many of my students seem unable to follow instructions, even when I return to them multiple times, write them down, or turn them into games or quizzes.
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
devastating thread
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Weird but also completely true, and I embrace it.
was thinking earlier how weird it is that from the pov of engaged teenagers today mbv are basically classic rock
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Weird but also completely true, and I embrace it.
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IPhone 17? WTF. Stop making new phones.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
IPhone 17? WTF. Stop making new phones.
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Once again for the hard of thinking: streaming shouldn't count towards the chart unless you've specifically chosen to stream the song in question. If it turns up randomly on someone else's plalylist or by Alexa's whim, you haven't chosen to listen to it so it shouldn't count.
Interesting development in the race for this year's UK Christmas no. 1, which counts streaming. Unfair advantage? Sharp practice? (Mentioned in this article on UK charity single for Palestine: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...)
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Once again for the hard of thinking: streaming shouldn't count towards the chart unless you've specifically chosen to stream the song in question. If it turns up randomly on someone else's plalylist or by Alexa's whim, you haven't chosen to listen to it so it shouldn't count.
Not re-watched any of the Beatles Anthology on Disney+ yet but the best moment of the whole thing for me is when Ringo gets emotional near the end and sums it as "just 4 guys who loved each other...a hotel room here...a dressing room there...it was pretty sensational" 🥹. Hope they keep that bit in.
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Not re-watched any of the Beatles Anthology on Disney+ yet but the best moment of the whole thing for me is when Ringo gets emotional near the end and sums it as "just 4 guys who loved each other...a hotel room here...a dressing room there...it was pretty sensational" 🥹. Hope they keep that bit in.
Everyone's out tonight, so this is my Friday night.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Everyone's out tonight, so this is my Friday night.