Notices by Antony Johnston (antonyjohnston@mastodon.social)

Man, I miss the precedented times

Business as usual, then:

“An official study of low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) ordered by Rishi Sunak amid efforts to stop them being built has instead concluded they are generally popular and effective, and the report was initially buried”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/low-traffic-neighbourhoods-generally-popular-report-ordered-by-sunak-finds

Man, sympathies to everyone caught up in this. The hits keep on coming.

You know, monopoly commissions are always worried about how mergers will affect the market for consumers, but maybe they should also start asking how they affect the *job* market for staff…

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24049050/microsoft-activision-blizzard-layoffs

Imagine if every tech bro is converted into an animated dancing raccoon and made 10x less dumb. AI will do this. Huge opportunity here to disrupt Y Combinator.