Nick de Voil
@nickdevoil.bsky.social
People oriented systems - service design, user experience, business analysis. Group construct analysis - how people think collectively. #GreenParty #FBPE #THFC
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1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
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I did wonder at the time - why did Musk say what he said about Vernon Unsworth? It just seemed so odd.
September 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I did wonder at the time - why did Musk say what he said about Vernon Unsworth? It just seemed so odd.
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Spotted on a bridge in Pontllanfraith in
South Wales: 'Flags is it?'
South Wales: 'Flags is it?'
September 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Spotted on a bridge in Pontllanfraith in
South Wales: 'Flags is it?'
South Wales: 'Flags is it?'
"Reading as a human means looking for the person that emerges from their selection of words"
We need to know what humans do before we argue that machines can do it just the same. There can’t be AI literacy without a literacy in being human: how we make meaning in work and life, distinguishing the artificial from the imaginary from the true. mail.cyberneticforests.com/human-litera...
Human Literacy
Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching
You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. They should know what to type into prompt windows, ...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Reading as a human means looking for the person that emerges from their selection of words"
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Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business.
August 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business.
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British football lads would be really good at this. Come on England.
If white people across the country started singing “Free Palestine” to the tune of “Sweet Caroline” when a little drunk this summer at their white people bars in their little polos and $70 flip flops I think the worst “journalists” in the world would actually implode
June 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
British football lads would be really good at this. Come on England.
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I always think of this when someone says they do everything with AI now
May 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I always think of this when someone says they do everything with AI now
Wondering whether Keir Starmer realises how hilarious 95% of the world will find it, him complaining foreigners don’t make enough effort to learn English
May 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Wondering whether Keir Starmer realises how hilarious 95% of the world will find it, him complaining foreigners don’t make enough effort to learn English
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In case you missed it ...
Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
April 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
In case you missed it ...
Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
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Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
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America in 1776:"No taxation without representation".
Well, with the State Department telling Ofcom how to manage free speech and Tony Blair saying US data thieves should be left alone, America has lots of representation here.
So, let's start taxing them.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Well, with the State Department telling Ofcom how to manage free speech and Tony Blair saying US data thieves should be left alone, America has lots of representation here.
So, let's start taxing them.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK needs to relax AI laws or risk transatlantic ties, thinktank warns
Tony Blair Institute says enforcing stricter licensing rules for copyright-protected material will threaten national security interests
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
America in 1776:"No taxation without representation".
Well, with the State Department telling Ofcom how to manage free speech and Tony Blair saying US data thieves should be left alone, America has lots of representation here.
So, let's start taxing them.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Well, with the State Department telling Ofcom how to manage free speech and Tony Blair saying US data thieves should be left alone, America has lots of representation here.
So, let's start taxing them.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Is Greenland to the US as Ukraine is to Russia? Is this the pre-invasion phase? Is Putin advising Trump?
March 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Is Greenland to the US as Ukraine is to Russia? Is this the pre-invasion phase? Is Putin advising Trump?
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If you’re outraged by Trump & Vance and want to *do* something…
Join European Movement UK.
The UK needs to get back to being a full member state asap - as Europe needs to unite hard.
Join European Movement UK.
The UK needs to get back to being a full member state asap - as Europe needs to unite hard.
European Movement
We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
If you’re outraged by Trump & Vance and want to *do* something…
Join European Movement UK.
The UK needs to get back to being a full member state asap - as Europe needs to unite hard.
Join European Movement UK.
The UK needs to get back to being a full member state asap - as Europe needs to unite hard.
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Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
March 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
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Morning Bluesky.
Apparently “long-term shareholder value” is important.
More important than the planet, our children, our children’s children and the human race in its entirety.
Who knew?
Apparently “long-term shareholder value” is important.
More important than the planet, our children, our children’s children and the human race in its entirety.
Who knew?
BP to raise oil and gas spending to $10bn a year in pivot away from green goals
Firm confirms plans to scale back green energy efforts and ‘fundamentally reset’ strategy
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Morning Bluesky.
Apparently “long-term shareholder value” is important.
More important than the planet, our children, our children’s children and the human race in its entirety.
Who knew?
Apparently “long-term shareholder value” is important.
More important than the planet, our children, our children’s children and the human race in its entirety.
Who knew?
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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
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Trump's executive order is the direct equivalent of the Nazis' Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz) of 1933, though that was a law passed by the Nazi-dominated parliament rather than a presidential decree.
If US lawmakers accept this, they are accepting fascist tyranny & everything that follows.
If US lawmakers accept this, they are accepting fascist tyranny & everything that follows.
Here's the executive order just signed by Trump.
One of the defining features of fascism is that the discretionary power of the leader always prevails over the rule of law.
One of the defining features of fascism is that the discretionary power of the leader always prevails over the rule of law.
February 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Trump's executive order is the direct equivalent of the Nazis' Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz) of 1933, though that was a law passed by the Nazi-dominated parliament rather than a presidential decree.
If US lawmakers accept this, they are accepting fascist tyranny & everything that follows.
If US lawmakers accept this, they are accepting fascist tyranny & everything that follows.
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You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.
—Joseph Brodsky
—Joseph Brodsky
February 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.
—Joseph Brodsky
—Joseph Brodsky
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Europe urgently needs its own plan of action concerning Ukraine and our security, or else other global players will decide about our future. Not necessarily in line with our own interest. This plan must be prepared now. There’s no time to lose.
February 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Europe urgently needs its own plan of action concerning Ukraine and our security, or else other global players will decide about our future. Not necessarily in line with our own interest. This plan must be prepared now. There’s no time to lose.
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Would obviously be terrible if any of these vulnerabilities were exploited
The DOGE website is reportedly hosted on non-government servers, not secured against database attacks and can be easily defaced, 404 reports www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Would obviously be terrible if any of these vulnerabilities were exploited
New band name: The Exploding Paper Straws
February 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New band name: The Exploding Paper Straws
For a UK person, however horrific the Trump regime in the US may be, the behaviour of the Labour government is surely even more disappointing, depressing and disgusting
Home Office crackdown on illegal working unlikely to have big impact on number of small boat crossings, says expert - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Minister defends plan to broadcast footage of deportation of illegal workers – UK politics live
Angela Eagle defends government plan to broadcast deportations as Home Office launches new immigration raids
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
For a UK person, however horrific the Trump regime in the US may be, the behaviour of the Labour government is surely even more disappointing, depressing and disgusting
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This is brilliant - bookshop.org are selling e-books, now, too. Every purchase financially supports local, independent bookstores. Buy on the site, and read in their app... bookshop.org/info/ebooks
February 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This is brilliant - bookshop.org are selling e-books, now, too. Every purchase financially supports local, independent bookstores. Buy on the site, and read in their app... bookshop.org/info/ebooks
The big question for me is - how do you say Kurt Lewin's surname?
I prefer LEVin because I'm sure that's how he'd have said it originally.
But some US ppl say levEEN.
And most UK ppl seem to say LOOwin as if it was an English name.
I prefer LEVin because I'm sure that's how he'd have said it originally.
But some US ppl say levEEN.
And most UK ppl seem to say LOOwin as if it was an English name.
Michel Foo-cult.
The boo-zwarzy.
Renee Des-carts.
Max ‘Webba’
I’ve said them all.
The boo-zwarzy.
Renee Des-carts.
Max ‘Webba’
I’ve said them all.
February 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The big question for me is - how do you say Kurt Lewin's surname?
I prefer LEVin because I'm sure that's how he'd have said it originally.
But some US ppl say levEEN.
And most UK ppl seem to say LOOwin as if it was an English name.
I prefer LEVin because I'm sure that's how he'd have said it originally.
But some US ppl say levEEN.
And most UK ppl seem to say LOOwin as if it was an English name.