Paul Johnston

@pdj.bsky.social

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Multi CTO, Climate, Data, Governance, Government, NED, advisor, strategist, ex AWS and GDS Other: Green Party/ADHD/Leadership/Christianity M: @pauldjohnston@mastodon.green X: @pauldjohnston

Wayne Rooney thought it was crap (meme)
HT: England 0-0 Argentina This is the first World Cup match on record (since 1966) not to see a single shot in the first 30 minutes. The previous record for longest wait for a shot was England's last game against Norway (29th minute). Tough going out there.
Paul Robinson Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live at Atlanta Stadium Image: Lionel Messi (L) speaks with US referee Ismail Elfath Image source,Getty Images That's one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen at this World Cup. He didn't get a grip of the game from the start. He's let so much go and the two coaches are not happy either. England have had to stick in this game because it has been tough. They have been kicked off the park at times. There's a clear game plan. There's been no real flow to the game
"but what about mine" - man holding glass of... Opaque liquid?
A scary man that looks a bit like Sam Reich
A garden bed with flowers and plants and pots of flowers next to a garden room with a brown-green lawn.
Pink and lime green cartoon dog on a green background. (AI generated via midjourney)
Bluesky post "The two whitest playing in Miami in July" ref Norway v England
An AI generated image of Nigel Farage holding a massive comedy sack with a £ sign on it and laughing
(AI generated) Nigel Farage laughing while holding a massive comedy sack of money with a £ sign on it
A blue t-shirt with 7 mini tech logos from serverlessdays conferences in the mid 2010s
Black t-shirt with an image of a futuristic unicorn holding a phone in a flying seat that is expelling rainbows
A midjourney image of "Cats playing Catan"
Quote from: https://whitep4nth3r.com/blog/goodbye-forever-probably/ "After all these years I can finally say out loud: I do not want to be the face of a company. I do not want to speak at conferences or on podcasts or do workshops in order to try and sell you a product. I do not want my value determined by arbitrary gamified metrics like how many video views or blog post views or company sign-ups I generate in a landscape that is completely out of my control. I do not want to be perceived. For being perceived is breaking me, and I need to put myself back together. I just want to exist. I want to be closer to nature and my loved ones. I want to be present in the now. I want to be free. I want to make music. I want to live."
BBC Survey of website users asking: "How will you follow England v Mexico?" Stay up: 52% Catch up: 48%
A captcha with a double headed violin... That makes no sense
Captcha with "Click on every object built to produce music" and pictures of helicopters, cymbals, violins and deserts
From BBC news article: Heat dome is 'driving force' behind heatwave The intense record-breaking heatwave in the UK and Europe has been caused by a static and large area of high pressure - also referred to as a heat dome. This is the "driving force" behind the heatwave, Dr Akshay Deoras, senior research scientist at the University of Reading, told BBC Weather. This weather pattern results in air sinking down through the atmosphere, which compresses and heats up as it hits the ground. This sinking air also dries out, meaning no clouds can form, so strong sunshine is able to heat the ground up even further.
Photo of a man breakdancing in a field in the 1980s
Garden room width external window covers of yellow material attached to shade the windows in hot weather and reduce heat transfer
Top UK data centre locations by number of data centres. Data from datacentermap.com London 214 Manchester 28 Cardiff 22 Birmingham UK 20 Edinburgh 18 Cambridge 15 Leeds 15 Glasgow 12 Berkshire 10 Farnborough 8
Top 10 US States by number of data centres. Data from www.datacentermap.com Virginia 631 Texas 464 California 287 Illinois 239 Georgia 225 Ohio 210 Arizona 156 New York 132 Pennsylvania 130 Oregon 125
Top 10 data centre countries by number of data centres. Data from www.datacentermap.com: USA 4378 United Kingdom 550 Germany 523 France 394 China 369 India 296 Canada 288 Australia 279 Japan 257 Italy 252
Yellow text on black copied from midjourney announcement: "The Midjourney Scanner It starts by stepping into a shallow pool of golden light. You then begin to descend into the water. Your body passes through a ring of underwater sensors, each acting like a dolphin, using its echolocation. The sensors send ultrasonic sound waves through your body from every angle. With enough waves, and enough angles, we form an image of what's happening inside your body. The goal is for this process to take no more than 60 seconds. You go into the water, you come out of the water, and you're done."
A stern figure in a pineapple costume standing on a rooftop at night, cape billowing, minimalist New Yorker cartoon style, single panel, black ink line art with subtle wash, dry wit atmosphere
a new yorker style cartoon of an angry pineapple on a table about to eat a person sitting at a table with a chunk of that pineapple on a plate
"Starmer tells Apple and Google to ban nude images on children's phones" image of BBC News article by Zoe Kleinman on 8th June 2026 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly752ydjw6o
Apollo stage with 6 chairs and "Dropout improv" sign
UK 10 year Gilt (bond) market prices. Red arrow points to the huge leap in borrowing costs from below 2% beforehand to over 4% afterward due to the Truss mini budget that ultimately cost her her job. Source: https://markets.ft.com/data/bonds/tearsheet/summary?s=UK10YG
Diagram: structural diagram showing Parliament (Commons, Lords), Government (Prime Minister, Cabinet), Civil Service, Supreme Court, and Devolved governments. Shows separation of legislative, executive, and judicial power. Electorate at base.
Economist Article https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/05/14/prepare-for-an-ai-jobs-apocalypse?giftId=NjIwNDRmNDItNTc5Ni00NTVmLWI3ZmQtZTBjZGVjNzFmNmR : "Economists’ prediction that work will stay plentiful is less reassuring than it looks, especially over a long horizon. Though the market will find uses for human labour even as models and robots become more capable, the quality of those jobs and the wages they pay are not guaranteed. Data centres will account for 8.5% of America’s peak power demand in 2027, up from 4.1% in 2025, predicts Goldman Sachs, a bank. "
Man in a field drinking a hot drink sitting on a deckchair while 6 brown cows surround him and look at him
Pie chart showing Milton Keynes council seats by party after the 7th May 2026 local elections: Lib Dem 20, Labour 19, Conservative 12 and Reform 9.
A graph showing the change in English councillors before and after the May 7th 2026 local elections in England. After 4552 of 5036 seats declared. Reform: +1421, Green: +340, Lib Dem: +115, Independent/Others: -6, Residents association: -24, Conservative: -530, Labour: -1316.
Text from the BBC article on Watford sacking their latest manager: "Watford will now begin a search for their 15th head coach, not counting interim bosses, since September 2019 when Gracia left for the first time, and their 12th since the end of the 2020-21 season."
Labour leaflet in Wolverton. Graph has zero scale. Means nothing
A lineout at Bath v Harlequins Rugby Union game on 18th April 2026. Bath in Blue Black and White and Harlequins in Pink
Bluesky app forbidden page error message
Kerbal Space Station charts on how many people have been playing KSP at any time since launch. Showing that the recent upsurge is the most that has ever been playing at any one time.
Screenshot from Reform UK website, showing a still from the video on the front page of people standing on some stairs and "waving" to someone off to the side of the camera.
An AI generated image of a radially diagram with boxes representing influence of certain types of group on policy development of Government. It shows many overlapping elements, and is unreadable because of it.
NASA graphic of Artemis II Orion in orbit over Earth
The Earth from Artemis II Orion capsule with the back end and booster in view
Artemis II massive rocket graphic from NASA YouTube live stream
Screenshot of BBC online reporting of the Artemis II moon mission with the first few words being "Edited by Jenna Moon"
Screenshot of YouGov bluesky post showing "Invalid handle" next to the YouGov account name.
5GHz WiFi spectrum graph
Humanists UK reply on blue sky starting with "How do we sound hate-filled and anti-Christian?"
James Governor on stage at Monkigras 2026
Slide from Ashley Rolfmore talk on trust in numbers which shows a screenshot from Severance
Slide image from talk with Laura Tacho (speaker). slide: "26.9% of code is AI generated"
Smart radiator thermostat temperature display reading 19 degrees Celsius
What is a Dataset? Formal Definition A dataset is a collection of data records in which each record shares a consistent set of fields. Each field is expected to hold values that are logically consistent in meaning and data type across the dataset. Not all fields must be populated in every record; a field may be empty, undefined, or inapplicable for some records, as long as its structural presence and semantic role remain consistent. This internal consistency enables reliable interpretation, comparison, and processing of the data. Optional Considerations While not required the following characteristics may be relevant depending on context: -Duplicate records: A dataset may contain identical records. Whether this is acceptable depends on the dataset’s intended use or data quality expectations. -Record order: Datasets do not assume a meaningful order of records unless that order can be determined from data within the records themselves (e.g. a timestamp field). Order implied by storage, file position, or delivery sequence is not part of the dataset’s structure. -References to external data: Records may include values (such as identifiers, links, or codes) that can be used to associate them with other datasets or external entities. A dataset remains internally valid without resolving these references; interpretation or integration with other data must be handled by external processes or systems. Glossary Companion A dataset is a collection of related pieces of information, where each entry follows the same structure — like a table where every row has the same columns. Some entries might leave certain fields empty or not use them at all, and in some cases, two entries might even be exactly the same. Sometimes, a dataset includes codes or identifiers (like country code/product ID) that can be used to connect it to other datasets. These links aren't part of the dataset itself — they're used by other systems or people to combine and interpret data from different sources.