peterkwells

Consultation: Future of access to HM Land Registry information www.gov.uk/government/c... (England and Wales) Press release www.gov.uk/government/n... Proposals include limited "cost-free" access to title register data, but no #opendata afaics

"Meta anticipates [Muse's] compute cost efficiency will improve 10x in the next year" finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...

Stop what you are doing and look at this lovely story. A photography student in the 80s took pictures of punks and mods on the street in Preston. He’s now tracked them down and photographed them again. The pictures and stories are really ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In the last few weeks i've been bombarded with emails from people who have minor tech support problems. ChatGPT is telling them to email me, writing their emails, and compiling "evidence packets" after convincing them they have stumbled on a major story: www.404media.co/chatgpt-keep...

*looks at BBC website coverage of a big street in London being pedestrianised* *looks at cuts to important BBC services* *looks at BBC website coverage of a big street in London being pedestrianised* *looks at cuts to important BBC services*

Pompeii Volcano Company warns of volcano's 'risks to Pompeii' ahead of blockbuster share listing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The damage to public trust caused by failing to hold people accountable for this stuff is going to be fun www.axios.com/2026/10/25/a...

A distinctly British approach to AI

Shout out to the NHS Content Designer who's just had to explain what content design is in front of a Stewart Lee audience in Newcastle

*does the Jimmy Hill chin thing* www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

"there was no significant change in the proportion of children encountering harmful content over the first nine months after the children’s safety duties came into force...This...shows that further progress is needed to protect children online." www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

TIL: the local library now expects people to download a special app to their phone before they can use a printer

Whitley Bay Gothic

📢 Journo request! Looking to speak to Sysadmins etc who have been - or are still - dealing with the PHP mayhem. Are you personally on the coalface of this? Have you been patching/ taking sites offline/ handling calls from customers? Can be anonymous if needs be. Please DM/ Signal me!

Good piece, but my takeaway from it isn't only the single man who produced the packages at short notice, but the villages of people who spotted vulnerabilities, developed patches, distributed them, implemented them &c &c

Always have been, and in far more ways than AI www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

No one is asking me, thank god, but I suspect a useful task in any plan to save the UK might be to cut Dominic Cummings off from the mainland more than twice a day newsletters.e.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/xsPw3X9vAZKj...

This is a cat, not a shark www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

*checks dictionary for meaning of the word "distinguished"* thecritic.co.uk/why-were-lau...

Them: - but the standards define how agents should behave! that makes it easy to identify, know & control them!! Me pointing at yet another list of the ever-growing number of standards in development: - sure, & which standards are they actually adhering to? frmoretto.github.io/agentic-stan...

"Why do the racists insist on joining our party?" weeps Reform UK, as Reform UK hosts a noted racist

OK, OK, I admit it, I would actually try this AI-generated chip muffin.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So interesting to see @rowlandmanthorpe.bsky.social reporting on Sky News about the effect AI is having on public-facing services - and that @whatdotheyknow.bsky.social is cited. Our open source data makes this sort of reporting possible 🤓 www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_0Q...

F-Secure's new showcase of our latest research about people's digital lives&cybersecurity, exploring the messy realities of trust, deception, & online resilience in the AI era. V proud of the team bringing care, rigour&expertise to this multidisciplinary research 💖 www.f-secure.com/en/partners/...

I had coffee with @sarahtgold.bsky.social last week, mostly talking agents. Well, more *jabbering* than talking, TBF. We're both on the same near-manic emotional rollercoaster between "foreboding" and "excitement" about the agentic asteroid heading everyone's way.

For anyone interested in UK geospatial data & reform of £1 billion PSGA then the team have told me that the plan is to: i) engage internally w/ depts & devolved govts ii) survey to public sector in this post iii) attending public sector-only PSGA events iv) (in New Year) outside public sector

The UK Statistics Authority is looking for three non executives to join the Board to oversee the statistical system. 24 days a year. £15k. 5 year term apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9647?n...

"Those Vegan Cowboys have a far bigger vision. They see this as the cheese of the future" www.theguardian.com/food/2026/oc...

🚨 Ireland is freeing its version of the Postcode Address File! 🚨

Watching use of Instinct spread from my wife through her circle of friends while balancing: + my deep interest as a technologist in understanding how that group of people are adopting/using agents + my deep emotions as a human being and occasional urge to scream "you're letting it into WHAT?!?!"

Picture me, at a hospital, trying to find someone who'll tell me where my mum is, while passing staff tell me they don't know if there's anyone on the desk today

Oh no! All the trains are facing delays tomorrow!! *clicks* ah, it's the men's loo on a platform that these trains don't go anywhere near Thanks Trainline, excellent UX work!!