Lindsay Clark
@datadictum.bsky.social
Reporter @theregister.com covering enterprise applications, databases and analytics. Also, a bit of science here and there. Many former lives.
Leaving a very rainy Cornwall for Gartner Symposium in Barcelona. Gonna get a quick visit to see friends in East Sussex over the weekend
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Leaving a very rainy Cornwall for Gartner Symposium in Barcelona. Gonna get a quick visit to see friends in East Sussex over the weekend
I have stayed in this hotel, the Amdesterdam Hilton. Thank you, Workday.
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I have stayed in this hotel, the Amdesterdam Hilton. Thank you, Workday.
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I used to run the Labour Campaign for Childcare Reform X account. We abandoned it as our supporters stopped seeing our posts, and we stopped seeing much from potential supporters.
We did, however, start getting funnelled a lot of content about the merits of the racist ‘white replacement‘ theory.
We did, however, start getting funnelled a lot of content about the merits of the racist ‘white replacement‘ theory.
"The X algorithm prioritises sending new users right-wing leaning content", a Sky News Data and Forensics investigation reveals
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I used to run the Labour Campaign for Childcare Reform X account. We abandoned it as our supporters stopped seeing our posts, and we stopped seeing much from potential supporters.
We did, however, start getting funnelled a lot of content about the merits of the racist ‘white replacement‘ theory.
We did, however, start getting funnelled a lot of content about the merits of the racist ‘white replacement‘ theory.
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UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn
UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn
Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US services
The UK's House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee has published a scathing report, "The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out," declaring that the 2021 National Space Strategy has "failed to turn its ambitions into reality."…
dlvr.it
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Just published: my new book "Forgotten Times" (Amberley Publishing). 180 photographs taken by me in the 1950s and 1960s with street scenes of the UK, Ireland and the outer islands and depicting a world largely unknown to the present day. #up0511
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just published: my new book "Forgotten Times" (Amberley Publishing). 180 photographs taken by me in the 1950s and 1960s with street scenes of the UK, Ireland and the outer islands and depicting a world largely unknown to the present day. #up0511
Great story from colleague @carlypage.bsky.social Defra is department which made vets buy old laptops on eBay because it was the only way to access the system which recorded bovine TB
UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support
UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support
After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
The UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has spent £312 million (c $407 million) modernizing its IT estate, including replacing tens of thousands of Windows 7 laptops with Windows 10 – which officially reached end of support last month.…
dlvr.it
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Great story from colleague @carlypage.bsky.social Defra is department which made vets buy old laptops on eBay because it was the only way to access the system which recorded bovine TB
No lying or making yourself out to be a cool kid.
Post the first record you bought.
I got it from our local Our Price I think. I think liked the twangy guitar and it has an interesting "wamma-wamma-wamma" bit behind the lead vocal in the chorus. An early sampler maybe. I was about 11.
Post the first record you bought.
I got it from our local Our Price I think. I think liked the twangy guitar and it has an interesting "wamma-wamma-wamma" bit behind the lead vocal in the chorus. An early sampler maybe. I was about 11.
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
No lying or making yourself out to be a cool kid.
Post the first record you bought.
I got it from our local Our Price I think. I think liked the twangy guitar and it has an interesting "wamma-wamma-wamma" bit behind the lead vocal in the chorus. An early sampler maybe. I was about 11.
Post the first record you bought.
I got it from our local Our Price I think. I think liked the twangy guitar and it has an interesting "wamma-wamma-wamma" bit behind the lead vocal in the chorus. An early sampler maybe. I was about 11.
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Something which has been evidently going to happen since the moment the pledge was made.
Rachel Reeves' answer to @pippacrerar.bsky.social makes it crystal clear that Reeves is headed towards breaking a manifesto pledge on tax and how she will frame it - as a necessary response to "the world as it is" when the alternative would be more cuts or borrowing.
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Something which has been evidently going to happen since the moment the pledge was made.
hats off to the team @tomfitz1.bsky.social
‘Pariah’ Carey is incredible subbing work, 10/10 no notes.
Tuesday’s Irish Examiner #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
hats off to the team @tomfitz1.bsky.social
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Wow, what a presentation by @hannes.muehleisen.org about the history of data architecture with its changes in architecture from 1985 to 2025 with DuckDB and in general.
I took a lot of notes, some of which are illustrated below in my current Obsidian Vault.
I took a lot of notes, some of which are illustrated below in my current Obsidian Vault.
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Wow, what a presentation by @hannes.muehleisen.org about the history of data architecture with its changes in architecture from 1985 to 2025 with DuckDB and in general.
I took a lot of notes, some of which are illustrated below in my current Obsidian Vault.
I took a lot of notes, some of which are illustrated below in my current Obsidian Vault.
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By all means have a pop at Buckingham County Council which could have worked to make this a footbridge, *but* modern bridges *are* designed to a 120 year service life and if they even take the odd car, then we really don't want the risk of a track incursion.
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If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
By all means have a pop at Buckingham County Council which could have worked to make this a footbridge, *but* modern bridges *are* designed to a 120 year service life and if they even take the odd car, then we really don't want the risk of a track incursion.
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I know a place…San Francisco -
come on, I'll take you there
Let me lead the way to a FREE event
Wednesday November 5th at City Lights
I’m hosting the 70th anniversary of Ginsberg’s HOWL - the birth of literary freedom
Alright, ah, do it, do it, come on, now
come on, I'll take you there
Let me lead the way to a FREE event
Wednesday November 5th at City Lights
I’m hosting the 70th anniversary of Ginsberg’s HOWL - the birth of literary freedom
Alright, ah, do it, do it, come on, now
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I know a place…San Francisco -
come on, I'll take you there
Let me lead the way to a FREE event
Wednesday November 5th at City Lights
I’m hosting the 70th anniversary of Ginsberg’s HOWL - the birth of literary freedom
Alright, ah, do it, do it, come on, now
come on, I'll take you there
Let me lead the way to a FREE event
Wednesday November 5th at City Lights
I’m hosting the 70th anniversary of Ginsberg’s HOWL - the birth of literary freedom
Alright, ah, do it, do it, come on, now
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“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
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Image of the Sun.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Image of the Sun.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
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I’m attending the Gartner Symposium in Barcelona on 10/11 Nov. If any of you are attending and want to meet up, let me know. If you work in PR and have clients relevant to my beat, also let me know. I cover enterprise applications, databases and analytics. No product pitches, please. Thank you!
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m attending the Gartner Symposium in Barcelona on 10/11 Nov. If any of you are attending and want to meet up, let me know. If you work in PR and have clients relevant to my beat, also let me know. I cover enterprise applications, databases and analytics. No product pitches, please. Thank you!
This opinion is incorrect. It is a TERRIBLE record.
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This opinion is incorrect. It is a TERRIBLE record.
Boo! "We're all afraid of the dark inside ourselves" www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX6r...
Demonique
YouTube video by Aim - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Boo! "We're all afraid of the dark inside ourselves" www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX6r...
My god the Public Accounts Committee misses Meg Hillier. based on this new chair's performance I'm not confident they could get to the bottom of a cereal bowl, let alone government mis-management
October 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My god the Public Accounts Committee misses Meg Hillier. based on this new chair's performance I'm not confident they could get to the bottom of a cereal bowl, let alone government mis-management
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
we interupt this news conference to see an executive do sport is not the flex I appreciate this afternoon, tbh
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
we interupt this news conference to see an executive do sport is not the flex I appreciate this afternoon, tbh
too much dogfooding, you're gonna get sick
He’s the chairman of Gloo. He’s the head of Sporkfister. He founded Blappo, a Bafflegab Company. He’s CEO of Syzygy. He’s Chief Vision Evangelist at Dumpstr (formerly General Electric).
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
too much dogfooding, you're gonna get sick