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Phil Rothwell

@phillyrothers.bsky.social

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Runner. Dog botherer. Learning Analytics. Ed tech. AI. Doctoral student. May include images of anything lovely I find whilst on the trails.

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5h

How can anyone know if it's fake until it is lifted? Schroedinger's patch

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5h

Just back off and let Siyah do their thing. Siyah has got this.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 9h

This isn't a fess, this is a PM doing their job.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 10h

This feels like a proxy for the worst bits of taxation without any of the upsides.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 10h

The drug cartels stepping in to 'help' communities also indicates the direction of travel. Milei is annihilating government and facilitating a modern feudalism.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 11h

Lint scrapers. They are a couple of quid and do the job nicely

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 11h

I find the things for debobbling carpets work very well and are far cheaper

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 11h

Bros who have read Fight Club as non-satire are going to lead to the ruination of the democratic west.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1d

This is Iliamna. She made a new best friend, who happens to be a balloon. Really thought they would have more time together. 12/10 (TT: andreal.corbin)

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 3d

a man wearing a t-shirt that says ' once sense ' on it

ALT: a man wearing a t-shirt that says ' once sense ' on it

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5d

but how soft do your plates feel right now though?

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5d

Anything slapping down Niall Ferguson and his ilk is MEGA FUN. Happy hunting.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5d

Notable that the trend has flattened though the (Christmas) spike has become more pronounced. Aligns with anecdata in that I regarding Christmas shopping to be The Absolute Worst and lots of other people like me discovered an alternative during the pandemic.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5d

Haemo-stigmatica

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5d

Osborne Austerity, holing UK investment and productivity beneath the waterline, Clegg selling electoral reform, and with it a political release valve, down the river, and Cameron with the Brexit referendum. A perfect storm of entitlement and incompetence leading to ruin across multiple domains.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5d

Where's a @richardosman1.bsky.social World Cup of 21c bangers when you need one?

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5d

I have Hey Ya on the phone and they sound upset.

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 5d

Poor guy. Although 'Killed himself' Come on @theguardian.com . Be better @theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/16/ricky-hatton-is-thought-to-have-killed-himself-inquest-told

Ricky Hatton is thought to have killed himself, inquest told

Provisional cause of death for former boxing world champion given at opening of inquest in Stockport

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 6d

This is, surely why doors had latches invented for them. If the proprietor opens the door before ten and then says 'We don't open 'til ten' when they demonstrably have done that then that is on them, no?

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 6d

This is excellent. Starts talking about one thing and ends talking about everything.

Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 6d

In A Glass of Blessings (1958) Barbara Pym says the post arrived 2-3 times a day in the run-up to Xmas. Which reminds us that technical regress is a thing: enshittification isn't just for the internet. Here's one I wrote earlier: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/technical-...

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Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 6d

what even IS a rhetorical question, anyway

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 7d

One of the key aspects that many seem to be missing right now is that AI efficiencies will not remain constant. Engaged and creative users will get +30% efficiencies. As you move along an adoption curve that will likely reduce.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 7d

What are they feeding them in Spain right now tho?

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 8d

Not just soft power, but bottom line. Value of UK HEI exports for 2021-22 ~£21billion Steel was £4.8billion.

Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 8d

We have a research bid in with ISPF on this topic partnered with a US HEI. Ironically the bid process has slowed due to the current administration and the friction US universities are facing.