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make stuff | break stuff | figure out dinner ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | 🏂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | he/him ☻

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@paul
Paul Rollo
1 year
Forks! Richie! What a ride 🤙 #TheBear
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@KennyFarq red & blue tories has resonance
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2 years
Affordable housing, good public transport.
@BrentToderian
Brent Toderian
2 years
Describe a key to better cities in 5 words or less. Here are mine — fewer cars, less driving.
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11 months
it’s rare i watch comedy and actually laugh. here’s another belter, after @StuartMcP and @MarcJennings90 brilliant specials you need to watch @mikericecomedy - even though he’s not 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. hella funny 👏
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Mike Rice is ON TOUR NOW
11 months
Full Special Out this Sunday on You Tube 😀 Buzzin with how it came out. Give it a look
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ubi, with healthcare & education, is the critical cushion that lets people level up. it frees millions from crippling anxiety and fuels more entrepreneurs, healthier minds, stronger families, a more resilient society, and, of course, economic growth. read this, it's a good 🧵
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Floyd Marinescu 🔰
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Many people including CEOs have come to me asking about Sam Altman's UBI pilot. Unlike most critics, we actually read the research. Basic income ended poverty with minimal impact on work beyond single parents. People took risks to find better jobs, retrain & escape abuse. 1/🧵
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1 year
@RoddyQC @joannaccherry Surely the venue can choose what to show and what not to show? Is it really plainly unlawful?
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3 years
@AriDavidPaul One year ago it was a different virus.
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2 years
@bobby_mckail @AshtenRegan in what way was Edinburgh Central a safe seat? he won it from the tories, and since 1999 it’s been labour 3 times, snp, tory and now snp again.
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9 months
@KennyFarq is labelling dissent as 'othering' the new way to muzzle criticism?
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@paul
Paul Rollo
2 years
As one once-loyal engineer put it, “Fuck Elon Musk.” 👏
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Paul Rollo
2 years
@BBCPhilipSim Ye may gang far and fair waur 😂
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Paul Rollo
2 years
@mrblairbowman @scotgov Clicking through the linked text to the @AlcoholFocus paper reveals a polemical diatribe without nuance. It’s troubling that @scotgov and @MareeToddMSP appear to have adopted it uncritically and stated it as fact in the consultation.
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@paul
Paul Rollo
11 months
this is excellent, give it a watch 🤙
@MarcJennings90
Marc Jennings
11 months
My stand-up special “Original Sound” comes out this Sunday 15th October
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Paul Rollo
7 months
@AlanBrownSNP see when MPs do this, you should include the answer.
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9 months
@medusajs you've built something great, thank you 🙏
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Paul Rollo
3 years
News paywalls need disrupted. It’s got ridiculous. I’m happy to pay for real news, but I’d rather pay 5p or 10p per article that I want to read than £x for a month of everything from one publication. Can someone sort this please?
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Paul Rollo
11 months
@alexeheath search doesn’t work, feels like it’s not supported?
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Paul Rollo
11 months
I was in the first cohort of this, and highly recommend it. Techscaler have built a supportive community and brought together a fine programme of expert speakers. If you’re early stage tech startup in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 you should give it a look.
@tech_scaler
Techscaler
11 months
Applications for our Winter '24 cohort of Startup First Steps are open. If you'd like to learn more about the course and how to apply, come along to our explainer webinar tomorrow from 3pm.
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6 months
@geoallison this quote has been doing heavy lifting since 2013, since when a lot has changed. is it credible that US veto nato membership if agreement has been reached between 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and rUK? would NATO not want the northern waters in the alliance, with general scottish compliance?
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@paul
Paul Rollo
11 months
Council tax freeze was a bit of a bodge, but it won’t do the snp any harm for “better off” voters to feel that they are directly financially benefiting from something.
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7 months
@Rois_Kenny so true, it’s quite unhinged. still mad about losing vonc in ‘79, and think the snp steals “their voters” 😂
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Paul Rollo
10 months
We’re on track for 3 degrees of warming, and each of us needs to act now to avert this *avoidable* catastrophe. Here’s what 3° of warming looks like.
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Paul Rollo
11 months
was never really into football but recently a pal invited me to his fantasy premier league mini league. now i’m billy beane.
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Paul Rollo
8 months
“In 2014 he threatened workers and pensioners with the dire economic consequences of voting for independence, ten years later he’s offering free wet wipes.”
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BELLA CALEDONIA
8 months
From the Red Paper to Toilet Paper. Gordon Brown's multibank solutions to Holistic Destitution 🇬🇧 #BetterTogether
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Paul Rollo
2 years
@rik_ferguson @ruskin147 @ggreenwald also, the model chat gpt is built on stopped being trained in early 2022. it doesn’t even “know” the half of it.
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3 months
@edinburghsouthh @conor_matchett because, for our sins, we are still a part of the uk. not to be included says it doesn’t matter what we think or who we vote for. while true, that’s not a great look 🤣
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Paul Rollo
11 months
i’m loving jock’s tweets this week on @HI_Voices from @EdinvaleFarm giving a fascinating insight into quality, high welfare, farming. give em a follow 🤙
@HI_Voices
H&I Voices
11 months
Farming is increasingly a more technical industry with a lot more measurement. This had become one of the most important bits of kit on our farm. It is basically a weigh scale which automatically IDs the cow and beams the data to a website.
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Paul Rollo
2 years
nope, fully expected
@Support
Support
2 years
Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We're aware and working to get this fixed.
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Paul Rollo
1 year
@VariableVic @medusajs @nextjs couldn’t have come at a better moment, i was wrestling with my own category template based on collections - your implementation had the answers 🙏
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Paul Rollo
4 months
can we make believing in evolution a prerequisite?
@LornaFinn
Lorna Finn
4 months
🟡 Leadership Election 2024 - Nominations will open at 11.59pm on Monday 29 April. - Nominations will close at noon on Monday 6 May. Any member wishing to declare their candidacy should email national.secretary @snp .org for a nomination form.
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Paul Rollo
10 months
a tour de force on 2023 g👀gle
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AJ Kohn
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10 months
@JAFMacDonald @LRB a good read. progress has been too slow.
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Paul Rollo
11 months
this is really good, @StuartMcP is great 👏
@StuartMcP
Stuart McPherson
11 months
Special is live now! 🚨 Thanks so much to everyone for sharing, means a lot 🙏. It was written to be seen by about 1500 people in a small room in Edinburgh but now I hope everyone on Earth sees it and likes it. Cheers!
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Paul Rollo
11 months
What’s #smws 157, anyone?
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Paul Rollo
1 year
breadcrumb schema - include current page as last item? schema says aye, google says naw - i think... i'm sure it makes no difference, but ... can anyone point me to anything recent and semi-authoritative on this?
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@paul
Paul Rollo
3 years
@foodanddrinksco I thought this was going to be about curry flavoured @Shortbread 😋
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Paul Rollo
27 days
good 🧵, essentially it argues when the press dispensed with facts and substance they became dispensable themselves.
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The Editorial Board
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18. This press corps made the election about vibes and it’s going to remain an election about vibes, and if those vibes now grind against the instincts of this press corps, tough shit. You reap what you sow.
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1 year
#Threads feels like old people twitter.
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2 years
@MkBlyth I read a phrase the other day that was new to me, “It’s all shite and onions.” Seems to sum up the UK quite neatly.
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1 year
this is sick, got to make time to experiment
@pwang_szn
peter! 🥷
1 year
yo wtf, Microsoft's newly released AutoGen is fk'in dope.. - allows for multiple agents that align to one goal - human input allowed 🤖 I created 5 agents to help me plan a 30-day iternary in Bangkok (results below ↓)
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1 year
@TheWineSociety Chardonnay? One of the champagne grapes for sure..
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2 months
@conor_matchett @theresa_may @LukeGrahamUK not much campaigning going on, barely even looking at the plebs 👀
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Paul Rollo
9 months
So, #StormGerrit has broken my 20-year boycott of West Wing seasons 5, 6, and 7. Aaron Sorkin, I’m sorry - I had your back 🫡
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1 year
Just because you’re making it minimally viable, it should definitely still be delightful. #mvp
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4 months
clown take 🤡
@adamboultonTABB
Adam Boulton
4 months
Terrorism works
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1 year
@Skyscanner too easy
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6 months
they’ve lost m&s! the game’s up 😂
@SkyNews
Sky News
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Marks & Spencer CEO describes operating under the current government as "like running up a downwards escalator with a rucksack on your back"
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1 year
@tomcritchlow i found fathom too simplistic, @matomo_org strikes a nice balance, especially self hosted.
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1 year
@DarthNameless @SoVeryBritish And this, monstrosity.
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11 months
@LiuLindberg if they are bored of being finance and accounting professionals and want to be something else instead
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Paul Rollo
1 year
"Take a Mocha Frappuccino: ▫️Under the existing system, it takes 16 steps and 87 seconds 📷Under Siren System, it will be 14 steps and 36 seconds." but they never have 1 step filter freshly brewed 🙄
@TrungTPhan
Trung Phan
1 year
Starbucks annual sales is ~$40B across 37k+ stores. At such scale, it’s very profitable to shave a few seconds off each order. Per Bloomberg, Starbucks would make an extra ~$900m a year if each store served 5 extra patrons per day. That’s why Starbucks is spending $450m on a
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Yep 100%, it’s beyond daft to believe that the most effective way to express yourself is to blank people.
@akmaciver
Andy Maciver
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The @AngusRobertson story is pretty interesting in a number of ways, including what it says about Scotland’s place in the world, what is says about the Scottish Government and what is says about the SNP. Here’s my short take 🧵
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1 year
@RoddyQC @joannaccherry Article says event cancelled due to safety concerns, not beliefs. Which they’ve got in upfront, unlike in BG where adverse publicity was, initially, the stated concern? Should they be made to proceed, against their safety judgement? Daft situation for small biz to have got into.
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6 months
@L__Macfarlane introduced a bill, not passed yet 👍
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7 months
@KennyFarq how’s it misjudged? seems spot on to me 🤔
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1 year
Such a weird country.
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3 months
cool. lots of young people registering. do it :
@WebDevLaw
Heather Burns
3 months
UK Gov’s live dashboard of how many people are registering to vote, in real time, broken down by age cohort, is like the clouds parting and a rainbow appearing, with a unicorn riding the rainbow, singing d:ream
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9 months
@FPLMate agree, it’s too easy to have a 70% formulaic squad. a lot of the fun for me comes from finding the good differential picks a week or two before everyone swarms into them 🤙 it’ll maybe change some in jan / feb with son, salah away and kdb and toney coming back?
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5 months
@lilyraynyc did the same, looked at “helpful” advice for visiting edinburgh / scotland from folk that visited, maybe, for a day & filled in the rest from what they found online / ai. out of date, weird picks, not helpful. this info doesn’t deserve to rank.
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4 months
@redrichie there must be a bunch of transformative policies which might generate significant savings to mitigate some costs, e.g. a sizeable public transport credit for all residents, for trains, trams, buses. big enough to push significant mode shift to rail from roads.
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Paul Rollo
1 year
this is how to get a big fat cheque from x
@phl43
Philippe Lemoine
1 year
Americans *genuinely* believe they have better food than France. They really believe it. It’s truly extraordinary.
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11 months
justgiving hosting parasite content is generous 🙄
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7 months
@AlanBrownSNP fair enough, thanks 🤙
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1 year
@patrickstox The onpage of the 3 exemplars isn't exactly playing ball. The potential benefit of going viral (and I believe there is significant benefit) is being squandered.
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8 months
@KennyFarq Starwar: These aren't the droids you're looking for…
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3 years
@DarthNameless I like the idea of Sam Francisco. He’s like super liberal, loves yoga, bikes, trees and recycling but is also a total snowflake who doesn’t much like poor people and freaks out when things don’t go his way. Weirdo Sam Francisco.
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Paul Rollo
2 years
totally tropical disgrace
@BBCNews
BBC News (UK)
2 years
Lilt drink brand to be scrapped after 50 years and rebranded
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9 months
Power devolved is power retained
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7 months
ai adds a layer of abstraction to the syntax, but that’s not the essence of coding. the emphasis will change but the core skills will remain in demand. things do get more interesting though.
@Carnage4Life
Dare Obasanjo🐀
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Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, argues that we should stop saying kids should learn to code. He argues the rise of AI means we can replace programming languages with human language prompts thus enabling everyone to be a programmer. AI will kill coding.
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1 year
@chrisdeerin Nice. Sounds like a good guy.
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1 year
“Your SEO title doesn't contain a number.” I HATE this shit.
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2 years
@DavidSacks what, that belongs to Ukraine, would outsiders negotiate away for them to impose a peace deal?
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4 months
@NeilMackay bottom-up local governance. empower myriad local authorities & town councils to collaborate, experiment, & innovate in service delivery. let them determine extent & areas of cooperation, tailoring creative solutions to local needs. holyrood to support, not impose regions & mayors
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Paul Rollo
2 years
If we can’t abolish the monarchy, can we at least abolish the commentators?
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2 years
@KevinJPringle @StephenNoon @theSNP @BBCRadioScot the two of you should do a podcast for the duration, that would be worth listening to 😀
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5 months
@Alex4Craig_Dudd tbh they are more likely to get mine now
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Paul Rollo
1 year
@Hobo_Web it’ll just create more work for genuine seo’s to fix the mess it makes. i don’t consider what i do to be create predictable output. seo is more creative than that.
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2 years
@AncientSubHunt tupolev tu-16 badger
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@DarthNameless that’s the best film i’ve seen ever. 5 ⭐️
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5 months
new wine duty regime is ‘unworkable’, industry warns 🤦‍♂️ “one hundred per cent not manageable”. “alcohol content could vary by as much as 0.5 per cent, depending on the weather & the fermentation process, requiring a new label and barcode for each one”
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Introducing Gemini 1.5 Pro Max Plus Ultra Advanced Studio Edition, part of the Gemma PaliPixelAstra family. 🤖😵‍💫 #GoogleIO
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Paul Rollo
1 year
too old for discord. stop making me go there.
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Paul Rollo
3 years
@BBCScotNine @murdo_fraser @ScotTories @10DowningStreet @scotgov So, it’s not from the current year. Is it from next year, and brought forward? Or is it truly additional?
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1 year
@PaulTogneri @SaveSCScotland @scotgov @Edinburgh_CC @cllrcammyday @PaulMcLennan7 @RichardLochhead and what’s more it’s mostly green showing that the landlords who got their shit together are overwhelmingly being approved.
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