Neil Fazakerley
@neilfaz.bsky.social
Content and service design and strategy. Plus occasional nonsense.
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Top Adrian Chiles Columns of 2025:
I’ve given up wild swimming. So why does my Volvo smell like mince?
Should I tell the postman he has halitosis? My first wife wouldn’t let me wear shorts.
I buried my father with my bare hands. It’s time we stopped talking about glamping. 1/3
I’ve given up wild swimming. So why does my Volvo smell like mince?
Should I tell the postman he has halitosis? My first wife wouldn’t let me wear shorts.
I buried my father with my bare hands. It’s time we stopped talking about glamping. 1/3
December 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Top Adrian Chiles Columns of 2025:
I’ve given up wild swimming. So why does my Volvo smell like mince?
Should I tell the postman he has halitosis? My first wife wouldn’t let me wear shorts.
I buried my father with my bare hands. It’s time we stopped talking about glamping. 1/3
I’ve given up wild swimming. So why does my Volvo smell like mince?
Should I tell the postman he has halitosis? My first wife wouldn’t let me wear shorts.
I buried my father with my bare hands. It’s time we stopped talking about glamping. 1/3
Proof that vocabulary ≠ education
Idiot. A Frenchman has no history in common with a German. Imagining they could create a country together is pure fantasy from a deracinated upper class.
December 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Proof that vocabulary ≠ education
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Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
AI being used to help cut A&E waiting times in England this winter
Forecasting tool predicts when demand will be highest, allowing NHS trusts to better plan staffing and bed space
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Attention people who take their tree down on Boxing Day. This is entirely wrong-headed. Christmas is a period that starts with Christmas Day not ends with it.
December 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Attention people who take their tree down on Boxing Day. This is entirely wrong-headed. Christmas is a period that starts with Christmas Day not ends with it.
Nice of Australia to let us score a late consolation test.
December 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Nice of Australia to let us score a late consolation test.
This is a good time to not really be a cricket fan.
December 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This is a good time to not really be a cricket fan.
I’ve only just realised that Tom Holland is in the new Odyssey movie.
Things are about to get even more confusing for @holland-tom.bsky.social
Things are about to get even more confusing for @holland-tom.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I’ve only just realised that Tom Holland is in the new Odyssey movie.
Things are about to get even more confusing for @holland-tom.bsky.social
Things are about to get even more confusing for @holland-tom.bsky.social
Work post alert. JFC I can’t even with synthetic data and AI personas. Just admit you can’t be arsed doing the research and are just guessing.
Pleased to see this piece. Personally, I find these uses of synthetic data v concerning and I find the traction and endorsements that this work has to be quite baffling, esp given the well-storied role of algorithmic targeting in undermining democracy
"We risk inheriting a future in which institutions answer to synthetic publics rather than real ones" rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Work post alert. JFC I can’t even with synthetic data and AI personas. Just admit you can’t be arsed doing the research and are just guessing.
I guess we’re gonna have the rename the Streisand Effect?
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I guess we’re gonna have the rename the Streisand Effect?
It is going to take the USA such a long time to scrub Trumpism off its shoes.
NYT - President Trump will announce that the Navy is to build a new “Trump-class” battleship, which will become the centerpiece of the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.” […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It is going to take the USA such a long time to scrub Trumpism off its shoes.
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the two genders: melee and ranged
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
the two genders: melee and ranged
I always hated Little Britain. So mean spirited and yes, little.
December 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I always hated Little Britain. So mean spirited and yes, little.
Laws are not magic spells, US edition.
Congress named the Kennedy Center and only Congress can rename it. Another lawless action.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Laws are not magic spells, US edition.
The greatest sword-fight in movie history.
During the duel, delightfully, the two masters actually *talk shop*, cheerfully discussing techniques, gambits and schools as they dance to and fro across the cliffs. It’s one of the most quotable exchanges in film history.
December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The greatest sword-fight in movie history.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
I demand Knives Out every year. Don’t give me any of your every other year bullshit.
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I demand Knives Out every year. Don’t give me any of your every other year bullshit.
How about we stop getting AI to do the stuff that humans are good at and focus on getting AI to do the stuff that’s impossible for us.
The OpenAI-Disney deal feels like both parties are totally changing how they previously worked: OpenAI will have to throw up more guardrails, Disney compromise its longstanding IP defence. My latest for @fastcompany.com explores the compromises
www.fastcompany.com/91458957/dis...
www.fastcompany.com/91458957/dis...
The Disney-OpenAI tie-up has huge implications for intellectual property
The House of Mouse is one of the most aggressive defenders of its IP. OpenAI literally just said it’d welcome erotica. What’s going on?
www.fastcompany.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
How about we stop getting AI to do the stuff that humans are good at and focus on getting AI to do the stuff that’s impossible for us.
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Sans serif fonts are woke now.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sans serif fonts are woke now.
I guess they’re leading by example because this is a horrible piece of writing.
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I guess they’re leading by example because this is a horrible piece of writing.
Sans serif fonts are woke now.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sans serif fonts are woke now.
Any child over the age of 3 has not been raised properly, according to this absolute grifter.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Any child over the age of 3 has not been raised properly, according to this absolute grifter.
I’m so fed up of living through a 2100 GCSE question
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’m so fed up of living through a 2100 GCSE question
When he was little I watched my son on his PlayStation mow down pedestrians in a Lego police car. When I asked why, he answered without a beat “well they *might* be criminals”
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
When he was little I watched my son on his PlayStation mow down pedestrians in a Lego police car. When I asked why, he answered without a beat “well they *might* be criminals”
This is what ‘AI’ is for. More of this please. And less of that other thing.
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is what ‘AI’ is for. More of this please. And less of that other thing.