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Alex Worrad-Andrews

Alex Worrad-Andrews is a software engineer and faciliator

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The Spell is Broken – Using Bluesky

I was once a heavy, which is to say, addicted, Twitter user. I quit a long time ago. As it is where a lot of Twitter people I know went, I got myself a Bluesky account, thinking it would be good for work. This weekend I thought of a funny

Best films seen in 2024

In 2024 I watched 54 films. I watched 100 films in 2023, 86 films in 2022, 82 films in 2021 and 70 in 2020. This is a low count, coming off the back of doing the big 100. This quantity of films is strictly amateur , I have learnt. I think

Fragments on films watched in 2022

Publish what you have written, even if it is late. Edit it later if you want. I watched 86 films in 2022. This is up from 82 films in 2021 and 70 in 2020. Here are some highlights. Martin Eden (2017) A loose adaptation of Jack London's novel,

Why are AI companies so insistent on government regulation?

Why are technology companies so insistent on government regulation, especially when it comes to existential risk from AI?

Courage and Commitment

People who’ve worked with me know I have two basic metaphors for teamwork that I bring up ad nauseum : working in a kitchen and being in a band. The football recently means I’ve been thinking a fair bit about team sports and how I might add

Hello, World

This is my personal website and web log. Welcome! I give no guarantees about how often I will write here, or what I will write, but it likely to be a mix of personal, professional and intellectual musings. I will write on hobbies if it takes my fancy. Most of

#NovaraIRL: Money For Nothing

Yesterday I attended the #NovaraIRL event on Money For Nothing, an event on automation, work and the universal basic income with panelists…

Changing The Weather On Immigration Via Legitimate Concerns On Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s executive order regarding travel to the US from Muslim majority countries has received widespread international…

The Matter of Corbynism

What follows is likely excessively blunt for which I can only apologise. Matt Bolton’s widely shared piece should be welcomed for its…

David Cameron’s Speech — Journalists Do Your Jobs!

Reading the tweets, commentary journalism and looking at some of today’s front pages (particularly the i newspaper) you’d be forgiven for…

Tony Blair Was Not Cynical — A History Lesson On Blair’s Socialism

I am no fan of Tony Blair. I am no fan of the Labour party. Yet the ongoing and seemingly interminable Labour leadership election has…

Yes, These Centre Right Politicians Are Neoliberals

These centre-right politicians are neoliberals. Just read their policies or follow their think tanks connections.