Simon Wood
Lecturer in Medical Education at Cardiff University, lapsed mathematician, garden railway builder & Doctor Who appreciator.
Lecturer in Medical Education at Cardiff University, lapsed mathematician, garden railway builder & Doctor Who appreciator.
The Doctor lands in Lagos, and Simon and Eugene land on their thoughts about the Story & the Engine.
The consider which continents on Earth the Doctor tends to visit, barbershops in television culture, and give their Fusion Patrol literary recommendations.
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If you enjoy model railways or gardens, you might want to follow Simon Wood's PeerTube account which features model railways built in gardens:
➡️ @simonwood
If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://peertube.tv/a/simonwood/videos
I'd especially recommend this video: https://peertube.tv/w/aHpxipGkV9sWiw8cu6Q4FL
#FeaturedPeerTube #ModelRailways #ModelTrains #Railways #Trains #PeerTube #PeerTubers
"People at the heart of the Labour government seem to be more preoccupied about whether or not it is governing within the Labour tradition than whether it is governing well."
"There is nothing “un-Labour” about these [immigration] proposals....Do you know what is also not “un-Labour”? Mismanaging the economy and losing elections."
https://www.ft.com/content/778f32cb-faf7-488c-97d4-0c6ce667d712
“Apple’s IAP system has numerous advantages and user-centric features. (If Apple were actively competing, it would have many more.)”
The warning is further evidence of how Apple execs just don’t get it. A badge on apps that *do* use their IAP would be fine. It could be a selling point, but that’s not as easy as just insisting everyone use it (at least in countries with weak regulation…)
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/05/14/app-store-eu-payment-warning
"Can we still love Apple? Should we ever have?" asks another Apple-focussed web site. There's a real feeling of betrayal from opinion-formers previously hugely loyal to Apple. Because they are fleecing developers, lying to judges, and don't care if they break the web if they can continue to rake in monopolistic profits. "From Tim Cook down, executives—Schiller excepted—have proven themselves unworthy of our trust. As shepherds of the company, they have revealed themselves. I may still love the concept of Apple, but certainly the company no more." https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/can-we-still-love-apple-should-we-ever-have/
There's often a lot of talk about platform lock in via iMessage or "the ecosystem", but for many, I would argue that accessibility is just as big a factor.
Others have gotten better, but there remains no major platform vendor who does as much for accessibility and adds to those features year over year as Apple does. As someone with low vision, I rely on many of these features daily, and couldn't imagine going without them now.
This new batch of features looks great, and I'm thrilled to see them adding labels to the App Store for accessibility too (many apps are Not Great at it) https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/05/apple-unveils-powerful-accessibility-features-coming-later-this-year/
Philips will let you fix your trimmer with 3D printable parts and accessories https://www.theverge.com/news/665187/philips-fixables-3d-printing-personal-health-trimmer-oneblade-prura-research-printables
Is it Simon and Eugene’s lucky day as they discuss Lucky Day?
They argue over the capability of this incarnation of UN.I.T., they discuss the history of the Think Tank organization and whether Kate Stewart sends the Doctor monthly reports.
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@bensmithuk DPD actually do this, if you have their app. I downloaded it, added the photo of my blue door with the house name on it and a description.
They still delivered to some other house and helpfully sent me a close up photo of its white door, without my house name on it (naturally!)
@LoneLocust @pizzalocust Who? Who wants delicious delicious oil drizzled over their pizza? 🤔
Next you’ll be telling me you don’t like dipping bread in olive oil and balsamic…
@LoneLocust @pizzalocust That is a tribulation. Is this an inherent issue due to fluctuations in flake voluminosity? Or is it merely the quality of shaker engineering in this establishment is deficient?
Either way, you don’t have this problem with oil…
"The SIBA Wales Beer Festival will run from Friday, September 19th to Saturday, September 20th at HAVERHUB" #beer #haverfordwest #haverhub https://welshbusinessnews.com/2025/04/14/cheers-to-new-beginnings-sibas-first-ever-wales-beer-festival-will-take-place-this-autumn/
@Natasha_Jay I'm in Wales, where they've gone a different way with SAIL databank, but some residents are registered with GPs over the border so need to opt-out.
Not new (2023), but this exemplifies Apple’s culture of arrogance and entitlement.
By their logic, the local electric company “facilitates” a large portion of my Apple-device use. They should claim that they created the platform that lets Apple devices exist, and demand a third of their revenue.
What about my ISP? Cellular provider? Router manufacturer? The wires in my walls? The pizza place down the street, for fueling my body as I type?
Institutional delusion.
@Natasha_Jay This is great info for people registered in England, so thanks for posting it... but also worth noting the UK isn't just England!
Ok, I might stop after this one:
The new Pope has a degree in mathematics from Villanova University. This guy doesn’t just understand sin. He understands cos.
