Ian Willey
@ianwilley.bsky.social
Artist, designer, technician and tutor, helping people of all ages to make things.
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M5#1
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Hooray for trolley wood!
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Hooray for trolley wood!
John Redwood showing signs of Bendii Syndrome:
“…a rare degenerative neurological illness that affects Vulcans and can cause them to lose control of their emotions, with potentially dangerous consequences for those around them.”
#Budget2025
“…a rare degenerative neurological illness that affects Vulcans and can cause them to lose control of their emotions, with potentially dangerous consequences for those around them.”
#Budget2025
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
John Redwood showing signs of Bendii Syndrome:
“…a rare degenerative neurological illness that affects Vulcans and can cause them to lose control of their emotions, with potentially dangerous consequences for those around them.”
#Budget2025
“…a rare degenerative neurological illness that affects Vulcans and can cause them to lose control of their emotions, with potentially dangerous consequences for those around them.”
#Budget2025
Reposted by Ian Willey
My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
I want to know more about the weird personalised Treasury mugs.
It’s like Past Times and Sports Direct teamed up to make Budget merch.
#Budget2025
It’s like Past Times and Sports Direct teamed up to make Budget merch.
#Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I want to know more about the weird personalised Treasury mugs.
It’s like Past Times and Sports Direct teamed up to make Budget merch.
#Budget2025
It’s like Past Times and Sports Direct teamed up to make Budget merch.
#Budget2025
Brrrrr!
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation was good while it lasted.
Brrrrr!
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation was good while it lasted.
Brrrrr!
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Brrrrr!
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation was good while it lasted.
Brrrrr!
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation was good while it lasted.
Brrrrr!
#FallFriday on a Tuesday
In honour of it being skating season, a reminder that The Fall is good music for figure skating, and more teams should do that.
youtu.be/CiL06yHiMwo?...
youtu.be/CiL06yHiMwo?...
2015 Russian Synchronised Skating Team dance to 'The Joke' by the Fall
YouTube video by Grant Philpott
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
#FallFriday on a Tuesday
“And I really think this computer thing is getting out of hand
And I think this tech pilot isn't going to land”
🖥️ 📉 💥
#Techlash
#Boomerslop
#FallFriday
youtu.be/Hx0TxCpfYZs?...
And I think this tech pilot isn't going to land”
🖥️ 📉 💥
#Techlash
#Boomerslop
#FallFriday
youtu.be/Hx0TxCpfYZs?...
Auto Tech Pilot (Remastered)
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“And I really think this computer thing is getting out of hand
And I think this tech pilot isn't going to land”
🖥️ 📉 💥
#Techlash
#Boomerslop
#FallFriday
youtu.be/Hx0TxCpfYZs?...
And I think this tech pilot isn't going to land”
🖥️ 📉 💥
#Techlash
#Boomerslop
#FallFriday
youtu.be/Hx0TxCpfYZs?...
Reposted by Ian Willey
Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.
Reposted by Ian Willey
In particular Aneesh Bhoopathy, from the design coop Forge, who designed the identity. A brilliant reminder to *employ human creatives!*
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.
www.curbed.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
In particular Aneesh Bhoopathy, from the design coop Forge, who designed the identity. A brilliant reminder to *employ human creatives!*
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
I have been making classroom equipment for the Science department.
A set of fulcrums:
A set of fulcrums:
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I have been making classroom equipment for the Science department.
A set of fulcrums:
A set of fulcrums:
I guess the AI results for “The pearl with the girl earring” were too weird?
October 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I guess the AI results for “The pearl with the girl earring” were too weird?
The beach entertainment economy of Scheveningen uses shipping containers as sea-weatherproof equipment storage and as large scale windbreaks.
Ugly and out-of-place looking in the daytime, they become almost beautiful at night.
Ugly and out-of-place looking in the daytime, they become almost beautiful at night.
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The beach entertainment economy of Scheveningen uses shipping containers as sea-weatherproof equipment storage and as large scale windbreaks.
Ugly and out-of-place looking in the daytime, they become almost beautiful at night.
Ugly and out-of-place looking in the daytime, they become almost beautiful at night.
Bit of a De Stijl binge at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague.
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Bit of a De Stijl binge at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague.
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Reposted by Ian Willey
Endlessly reusable UK TV listing:
Zack Polanski is joined in the studio by a veteran journalist who published vast amounts of jaw-droppingly homophobic drivel in the 1980s and 1990s (which hasn't stalled their career because they're posh) to be cackled at for being "woke"
Zack Polanski is joined in the studio by a veteran journalist who published vast amounts of jaw-droppingly homophobic drivel in the 1980s and 1990s (which hasn't stalled their career because they're posh) to be cackled at for being "woke"
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Endlessly reusable UK TV listing:
Zack Polanski is joined in the studio by a veteran journalist who published vast amounts of jaw-droppingly homophobic drivel in the 1980s and 1990s (which hasn't stalled their career because they're posh) to be cackled at for being "woke"
Zack Polanski is joined in the studio by a veteran journalist who published vast amounts of jaw-droppingly homophobic drivel in the 1980s and 1990s (which hasn't stalled their career because they're posh) to be cackled at for being "woke"
Scheveningen beach at night.
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Scheveningen beach at night.
Can’t see Labour having the wit/smarts to execute this.
The Green Party on the other hand…
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
The Green Party on the other hand…
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.
October 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Can’t see Labour having the wit/smarts to execute this.
The Green Party on the other hand…
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
The Green Party on the other hand…
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Ok ALDI, what’s this new ciabatta ingredient?
October 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Ok ALDI, what’s this new ciabatta ingredient?