Alistair Dabbs 💻📰

Freelance journalist | tech & media trainer | Chair, NUJ Paris Branch | Montpellier | Find me on Bluesky as alidabbs

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To avoid my tweets being deleted, I shall not write a single word about Elon Musk.

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After-work drinks at the Domaine de la Tour in Montpellier with le Club de la Presse Occitanie. National trade unions for journalists are important, and so are local press clubs! @londonpressclub

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@elonmusk You do realise this is a drawing, not photographic evidence? I mean, I know you're a bit dim but come on.

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Apps that ask if you are still alive are all the rage. And now my team-leader has got in on the act, sending notifications to check whether or not we’ve dropped dead at our desks or just having “a slow day”. [Con in 60 Seconds] https://t.co/KGkGNfe6oe

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@HMRCcustomers Will do. Thanks, Steve.

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@HMRCcustomers I've looked up the VAT number on the gov VAT website and it gives his personal name and home address, not a business name or his workplace. I am his court appointed joint administrator. I am registered with HMRC as his representative.

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@HMRCcustomers I used the Tell Me Once service in June last year. Is there a separate route for notifying VAT? "Tell Me Twice"?

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@HMRCcustomers Thanks but the VAT people won't speak to me because I am not my dead brother. The HMRC bereavement hotline won't deal with VAT matters. I am in a kafkaesque carousel of unhelpful hotlines and being held in interminable queues. Should I just give up?

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In 2008, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi called for Switzerland to be abolished. In 2025, Elon Musk called for Europe to be abolished. [Autosave is for Wimps] featuring an AI that reckons weather forecasts are woke. https://t.co/tX4XmPx0On

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Paranoid? Moi? Or should I say: “Moi, toi et eux if they happen to be listening?” [Con in 60 Seconds] https://t.co/lYXKCIolDs

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I have just read some posts here on Twitter, for the first time in ages. Fucking hell, what a shit-hole of pea-brains.

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Aircon controls make no sense whatsoever. The button icons and handset LCD interface were designed by a maniac. Everybody else in the meeting room has already had a go before you turned up, and they all failed. Now it’s your turn... [Con in 60 Seconds] https://t.co/sHjLVa610m

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You have to hand it to these junk mailers: they know how to grab your attention. Especially the sphincter-loosening devil doll who springs from your computer display as effectively as Sadako from a Japanese television. https://t.co/fQHaze6zSV

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The latest on the Angoulême Comics Festival shitstorm, explained in detail by comics journalist Dean Simons. Les dernières nouvelles sur la polémique autour du Festival International de la BD d'Angoulême, expliqué en détail par le journaliste Dean Simons. https://t.co/1neHmP4L8f

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There’s nothing a South Korean football fan loves more than to dress up in full England national kit, head to Sangam stadium and chant: “Ingerland, Ingerlaaaaand…” FREE POST from [Autosave is for Wimps] featuring five David Beckham haircuts. https://t.co/EooeTWq5Qi

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@DamianLow3 Is that possible?

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@Councillorsuzie What a pea-brain.

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@Fordy_969 @Councillorsuzie You mean "drumming up hates".

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A few years ago while visiting St Albans cathedral, I took a couple of photos of St Albans' shrine and added a GPS co-ordinate for the precise location to Google Maps. This evening, Google emailed me to say it had attracted half a million views. https://t.co/RYzT5pbQyz

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"When the AI gets embarrassed by gaps in its knowledge, it bullshits. It does it not to deceive but to win your acceptance. And what harm is there in a little embellishment? Look at your own LinkedIn profile, for example." [Con in 60 Seconds] https://t.co/tHJURp0m6t