Stewart Aitken

Marketing. Brand. Design. Currently Web, Content and Digital focus.

[Stewart Aitken @StewartAitken]

@chrisjames_78 @the_beanbag Clear, maybe, but not very useful. How do you describe a group aged, for example 40,40,41,42,42,43? I’d say ‘in their early 40s’, but by your rules, you cannot…

[Stewart Aitken @StewartAitken]

@the_beanbag @chrisjames_78 Unless the purpose is pointless complexity, needless nomenclature, titling twattery, etc etc… 🤔
Or, of course, just a way to wind us up… 😏

[Stewart Aitken @StewartAitken]

@the_beanbag @chrisjames_78 The point of early-mid-late decade categories is surely to provide some generalisation. By creating a discrete term against each year of age, aren’t you merely obfuscating the actual number for no actual benefit?

[Stewart Aitken @StewartAitken]

@the_beanbag @chrisjames_78 Re-read the fig. It does exclude 40, 50 etc as ‘stand alone’, and not in the sub categories.

[Northern Soul @Northern_Soul_]

It's so chilly in Manchester, even the town hall has its big coat on.

[J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski]

Thirty years ago today, BABYLON 5 began its series run with the episode Midnight on the Firing Line, which is where we were and what we felt at the time: this was make-it-or-break-it time. Could we make a five year arc work? Would it endure? And now, here we are. Astonishing.

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

IMO, there is no such thing as an agile standardized process. You can not be rigid and flexible at the same time. Think for yourself. Create your own process tailored to what you're building and how you're building it.

[Steve Jones @CerdynJones]

Unmissable. #LastLeg: "Very briefly a lot of people tweeting, saying why are you a Tory" .....

Former Tory Chairwoman, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi's answer is feckin spectacular ....

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

No spoilers, but this is the cleverest football advert I've ever seen.

[Luke Wroblewski @LukeW]

movies reframed for vertical smartphone displays using generative AI. it's a thing.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

JUNIOR DOCTOR - PAY EXPLAINED

2008 - 24 Tins of beans an hour

2023 - 10 Tins of beans an hour

#PayRestoration

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

The tax returns are in & demonstrate how unfair our system is

Rishi Sunak earns a hell of a lot (not including his wife’s family billions) & pays an effective rate of 23%

Keir Starmer earns considerably less but pays an effective rate over 40%

We should TAX WEALTH NOT WAGES

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

With these new laws, we now have a more restrictive regime here than many US states. Add your name: https://t.co/hFbqVH6lSq

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

We face the biggest group of strikes in recent history today. That is not surprising. A belligerent and out-of-touch government is deliberately trying to crush the living standards of public sector workers when paying up makes total sense. A thread…..

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

The NHS is under funded. As I demonstrated in a report published at the weekend, it’s not just a bit underfunded. It is short by maybe £30 billion a year. That is not small change. I have shown how it could be found, but the questions this raises are significant. A thread….

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Read this thread from the data guy at the @FT Study and digest. And never vote Tory again. Or even think about it. They deserve oblivion for what they have done to the Uk since 2010. And his analysis doesn’t even cover Brexit!!

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: last week we got the latest UK census data, on ethnicity, religion & identity.

It was met with toxic responses from the usual suspects seeking to weaponise the stats.

Almost every word of what they claimed was false.

My column: https://t.co/2FLJ5LqJ8m

And a thread 🧵

[Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @timstillman_]

Japan have just finished top of a group with Spain and Germany , a split screen of Japan celebrating and Germany fans looking distraught and Souness and Neville are banging on about VAR. For fuck sake!

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

We are going to pay more taxes but will still have tired, hungry nurses forced to eat from food banks in NHS hospitals telling people their dad died because an ambulance took seven hours to arrive. We’re paying more for their fuck ups and only getting misery in return.