Richard Parkin
@richardparkin.bsky.social
writer, cartographer, filmmaker
phil/lit graduate
current project: Misadventures in the Land of Fables
visit my website: richardparkin.co.uk to read more
phil/lit graduate
current project: Misadventures in the Land of Fables
visit my website: richardparkin.co.uk to read more
Executives delegate. Of course, they're delegating to LLMs. Getting someone else to do it is core, so is bullshitting.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Executives delegate. Of course, they're delegating to LLMs. Getting someone else to do it is core, so is bullshitting.
This guy is a dismal little reactionary.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This guy is a dismal little reactionary.
What the hell is going on here? Why? Why are these students attending university? Do they just want to collect a piece of paper with a grade?
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What the hell is going on here? Why? Why are these students attending university? Do they just want to collect a piece of paper with a grade?
the last four watchd, being three random documentaries and a recent British horror flick #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
the last four watchd, being three random documentaries and a recent British horror flick #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
Yeah, no. Christ's ministry was not constrained by the mores and political structures of his times and certainly was not a recommendation of them.
As Jesus once put it: "what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and then have to pay the mansion tax?"
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Yeah, no. Christ's ministry was not constrained by the mores and political structures of his times and certainly was not a recommendation of them.
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sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
'Hang them on the line, come rain or come shine.'
Recent research showed that a huge proportion (87%) of Brits rely on hanging wet clothes inside their homes – and they’re unknowingly causing serious issues.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
The mould truth: Expert warns Brits of one common habit that brings damp into their homes
As winter returns, and households dry laundry indoors, new research suggests this is contributing to dangerous mould problems in the home
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
'Hang them on the line, come rain or come shine.'
Breaking: I have just invented leek and lemon grass soup.
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Breaking: I have just invented leek and lemon grass soup.
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The war is not complex. It is in fact the simplest variety, being a bald-faced act of cross border aggression and invasion, with liberation of sovereign territory from occupation as the correct resolution.
He found a way to make it worse
..also, what exact input from Ukraine did you get?
..also, what exact input from Ukraine did you get?
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The war is not complex. It is in fact the simplest variety, being a bald-faced act of cross border aggression and invasion, with liberation of sovereign territory from occupation as the correct resolution.
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The US can break the Russian economy if it wants to, and force Moscow to end the war. But Washington chooses to support a tyrant and throw a democracy under the bus. Europe will never forget.
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The US can break the Russian economy if it wants to, and force Moscow to end the war. But Washington chooses to support a tyrant and throw a democracy under the bus. Europe will never forget.
last four watchd #letterboxdfriday #viscontivenerdi
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
last four watchd #letterboxdfriday #viscontivenerdi
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The past is a reference, not a residence.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The past is a reference, not a residence.
In the Chinese zodiac.
Tim Scott: "Thank god we're less than 60 days away from the beginning of a brand new year. 2026 will be the year of affordability"
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In the Chinese zodiac.
Racists are trying to tear the country apart. They do this by claiming 'immigration' is tearing the country apart. Only fools* and other racists believe them.
*specifically those radicalised by exposure to X, Facebook, and/or the Home Office
*specifically those radicalised by exposure to X, Facebook, and/or the Home Office
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Racists are trying to tear the country apart. They do this by claiming 'immigration' is tearing the country apart. Only fools* and other racists believe them.
*specifically those radicalised by exposure to X, Facebook, and/or the Home Office
*specifically those radicalised by exposure to X, Facebook, and/or the Home Office
This is cowardice. And very very foolish.
If you try to placate anger stirred up by "dark forces," you will validate that anger and you will have ipso facto joined those dark forces and you will be consumed by them.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you try to placate anger stirred up by "dark forces," you will validate that anger and you will have ipso facto joined those dark forces and you will be consumed by them.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are stirring up anger in the UK. My asylum reforms are our chance to stop them | Shabana Mahmood
I know some of these measures will face opposition. But a country without secure borders is less safe for those who look like me, says Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This is cowardice. And very very foolish.
If you try to placate anger stirred up by "dark forces," you will validate that anger and you will have ipso facto joined those dark forces and you will be consumed by them.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you try to placate anger stirred up by "dark forces," you will validate that anger and you will have ipso facto joined those dark forces and you will be consumed by them.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Babe, I swear I won't get handsy again, I swear."
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Babe, I swear I won't get handsy again, I swear."
last four watchd, suckas #letterboxdfridays
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
last four watchd, suckas #letterboxdfridays
Pretty much.
The only margin Labour are currently at is the marginal of survival. By focusing on a few tactically important constituencies they are missing the overall strategy - govern well, govern clearly, and in the broad interest of your overall voting base. n/n
benansell.substack.com/p/labour-at-...
benansell.substack.com/p/labour-at-...
Labour at the Margin...
...of survival
benansell.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pretty much.
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I think high end wealth inequality has destroyed democracy and is a truly negative externality, another reason the middle and working classes should be angry despite being materially wealthier than ever in absolute terms. But they are materially wealthier
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I think high end wealth inequality has destroyed democracy and is a truly negative externality, another reason the middle and working classes should be angry despite being materially wealthier than ever in absolute terms. But they are materially wealthier
Social media has tricked the ghouls into thinking they might be the plurality. This is what ‘free speech’ means: freedom from censure. Trump is their avatar.
Decent people need to make some noise.
Decent people need to make some noise.
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Social media has tricked the ghouls into thinking they might be the plurality. This is what ‘free speech’ means: freedom from censure. Trump is their avatar.
Decent people need to make some noise.
Decent people need to make some noise.
Hey, kids.* There's a new version of 'The Ant and the Grasshopper' on the block and it's all about death. Check it out. It's a lot of fun.
*by 'kids' I mean 'you lot,' there aren't any kids here and this is not for them
richardparkin.co.uk/more-fables/...
*by 'kids' I mean 'you lot,' there aren't any kids here and this is not for them
richardparkin.co.uk/more-fables/...
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey, kids.* There's a new version of 'The Ant and the Grasshopper' on the block and it's all about death. Check it out. It's a lot of fun.
*by 'kids' I mean 'you lot,' there aren't any kids here and this is not for them
richardparkin.co.uk/more-fables/...
*by 'kids' I mean 'you lot,' there aren't any kids here and this is not for them
richardparkin.co.uk/more-fables/...
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Breaking: my last four watchd. #letterboxdfriday
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Breaking: my last four watchd. #letterboxdfriday
No lying or making yourself out to be a cool kid.
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local colour appreciated.
Rainbow, 'I surrender,' 7" single. Bought at Melhuish Newsagents, who stocked a small and random selection from the hit parade.
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local colour appreciated.
Rainbow, 'I surrender,' 7" single. Bought at Melhuish Newsagents, who stocked a small and random selection from the hit parade.
No lying or making yourself out to be a cool kid.
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local colour appreciated.
My first two albums in vinyl. Poison’s Open Up and Say Ah! (long gone) and Queen’s Greatest Hits. The Sound Shop in Drogheda.
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local colour appreciated.
My first two albums in vinyl. Poison’s Open Up and Say Ah! (long gone) and Queen’s Greatest Hits. The Sound Shop in Drogheda.
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
No lying or making yourself out to be a cool kid.
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local colour appreciated.
Rainbow, 'I surrender,' 7" single. Bought at Melhuish Newsagents, who stocked a small and random selection from the hit parade.
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local colour appreciated.
Rainbow, 'I surrender,' 7" single. Bought at Melhuish Newsagents, who stocked a small and random selection from the hit parade.