David Hardman
@davidkhardman.bsky.social
All opinions my own unless indicated otherwise. Former psychology lecturer, now a rail research analyst. Film, psychology, transport, fountain pens, politics, neo-Luddite. Serial ignorer of DMs. May not follow you unless you've got a history of posting.
If you can’t think of anything nice to say, I believe there’s a vacancy at The Spectator.
Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.
Inevitable discussion of #RodLiddle on #R4Today. You can be as hurtful and scummy as you like, but the Beeb will gush about you if you “write well”.
I take no pleasure in Rod Liddle’s demise - however, neither will I mourn the loss of a man that said this 👇
Various media people be like: ‘He was a terrible hateful bigot, but he was kind and funny so we all loved him’. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle dies aged 66
Tributes paid across industry to provocative journalist who died after short illness
theguardian.com
The pedophile president has an actual pedophile army
Pacific Antifascist Research Collective@pacantifa.is · 5d agoHere is our full list of all 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a single image. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children.
I’m not sure whether this is just a psychological difference or AI bros fundamentally don’t understand the nature of an artistic experience, but: I don’t want a personalised film/book/podcast. I want to see/read/hear the same one as everyone else, so I can read reviews or discuss it with my friends
I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.
I've confirmed that the UK's new Sovereign AI Fund does no due diligence on whether AI companies use copyrighted work without permission before investing in them. It took me 3 Freedom of Information requests to find this out: 🧵 1/10
I’ve found out that if you google Zebedee the AI overview will pull through a description of the biblical Zebedee and an image of Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout.
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Ooh I know this one. It's by BANNING THE PERVERT GLASSES
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoMeta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?
Congrats to Spain on winning the World Cup! Trump cut off trade to Spain a few weeks ago. He also gave $20 billion to his fascist buddy Javier Millei who runs Argentina. Everything he touches turns to crap.
Well done Spain! Thoroughly deserved victory. Total lack of class by the Argentine side at the end of the game. Pathetic losers. #WorldCup2026
Italy just sent 32 people to prison for killing 43 people in 2018 with a dodgy bridge. In the UK 0 people are in prison or even on trial for killing 72 people with illegal cladding in 2016.
Police launch murder investigation into death of Ann Widdecombe www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police launch murder investigation into death of Ann Widdecombe
Death of 78-year-old former MP and TV personality was announced on Friday by her management
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I really hope the pregnant woman asked this about Ann Widdecombe.
mseviechops.bsky.social@mseviechops.bsky.social · 4w agoI see Ann Widdecombe has died. When she was Home Secretary I showed her round Drake Hall womens’s prison. There was a pregnant woman on a bed in the early stages of Labour and she asked the prison officers why she wasn’t handcuffed to the bed. That’s the kind of woman she was.
Here we go. Ordinary people are being asked to moderate their water use. Data centres are mentioned in the discussion on #R4Today
Summary of that #Farage announcement: ‘whine whine whine, poor me, here’s a BS made-up story about a mob, I’m calling a by-election so expect me to whip up loads of hatred in the next few weeks, vote for me’
“After it ended, the Belgian team’s social media account had a message to the U.S. on Twitter: “Overturn this.” Perfect. #WellPlayed #Belgium
Belgium beats, then trolls, U.S. team on Monday night
Even though it was tied, 1-1, after Malik Tillman scored another goal on a free kick just outside the penalty area, it never felt close.
nbcsports.com