Herbert Blumberg

A humourless social psychologist!

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

Buses are back in fashion - and about time.

As the son of a bus driver, I know what they mean to a city. On my dad’s number 44, I grew up seeing Londoners from every walk of life sharing the same journey.

Today, our buses are cleaner, greener and more affordable than ever ⬇️

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

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[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

See this Instagram post by @thefinancialdiet https://t.co/HPytv2DK8U

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

I guess there have been odder news articles where Suffolk (sometimes described as the "far east" in UK weather forecasts) literally has had the last word.
(Glad nevertheless that TikTok - which is surely largely harmless - has a reprieve.)

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

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[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

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[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

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[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know. But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself. Between someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the American people straight — and someone who lies through his teeth for his own benefit. Last night didn’t change that, and it’s why so much is at stake in November. https://t.co/Tn2TQu5Djo

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

@girlonetrack ChatGPT: "vegan meringues with aquafaba are tricky; a few factors could cause meringues to melt into a flat puddle. Tips to help get perfect vegan meringues next time" (full answer free of course: put query onto ChatGPT and Gemini - but worse carbon footprint than googling)

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

@girlonetrack @UberEats @UberUKI_Support yes, sadly misleading. Friends once ordered a "whole lobster" but it arrived with only one claw; they asked the server if it could be exchanged for whichever lobster won! :-)

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

@SadiqKhan I trust that the overall helpful designation "overground" will be retained, much as the various "underground" lines also have their own names and colours.

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

@girlonetrack Agreed. You've possibly noted some (not very gourmet) hits by putting "vegan gluten-free" (without the quotations marks) in e.g. search boxes at https://t.co/PwftOInxTi and https://t.co/BDSOb4Kf3z

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

I scored 9/10 in "Are you grammatically gormless or a punctuation perfectionist?" https://t.co/5QixkYoR9c

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

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[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

COP 28 had a similar proclamation. https://t.co/pErHRnGohH @ExtinctionR

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

To (possibly) clarify: I (hb) drafted this ("To learn from ...") - but is it partly tongue-in-cheek??

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

I've learned from ChatGPT: now able to give thorough, accurate & not overly verbose replies to queries, in clear English. Good, though, that it's subject to reasonable legal guidelines, with egalitarian, democratic and environmentally sound values that I try working toward 🙂

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

@girlonetrack Can highly recommend "Soul" - if one happens not yet to have seen it.

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

@girlonetrack @lcdsoundsystem Yes, nuisance. For this situation, and as you et al. are probably anyway aware: after the event it's worth searching YouTube (& also googling?) with the band name and venue & perhaps year, in case the performance has been uploaded. Not the same as live though often a better view

[Herbert Blumberg @herbertblumberg]

@wallowscrave Yes :-( Thank you for publicising Planned Parenthood's note! Thankfully they, ACLU and countless others continue working for choice; & e.g. an Economist leader joins the condemnation but notes that legislation (albeit uniquely near-impossible in USA) would anyway be better.