New paper thread! "Rings in the Sky: Orbital Data Centres and Potential Impacts to Astronomy and the Sky" by A. Boley, me, and @hannorein. Submitted, and posted to the arxiv preprint server. What would the sky look like if companies actually launch the tens of thousands up to one million "AI […]

Reposting to add ALT text and to salute the use of Weeley for Bin HQ, and the pie chart! "We have the votes to consume Reform" is followed by the chart where all other votes (31.6%) plus did-not-votes (41.3%) are the shape of Pacman at 72.9% of the pie. It's ready to chomp the 27.1% Reform wedge!

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 11h ago

53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface

But the best thing I saw on my stroll through London's Richmond Park yesterday, was finding a nest of Sparrowhawks. There was one parent and two juveniles. First they were soaring overhead, before one of them landed in a tree right in front of me. A while […] [Original post on phpc.social]

I had a stroll through London's Richmond Park yesterday. I found quite a few Green and Great-Spotted Woodpeckers! #BirdsOfFediverse #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #London #NoAI

@milh0use You were on the news!

But the best thing I saw on my stroll through London's Richmond Park yesterday, was finding a nest of Sparrowhawks. There was one parent and two juveniles. First they were soaring overhead, before one of them landed in a tree right in front of me. A while […] [Original post on phpc.social]

I had a stroll through London's Richmond Park yesterday. I found quite a few Green and Great-Spotted Woodpeckers! #BirdsOfFediverse #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #London #NoAI

The whole Hugging Face/Openai thing just reeks of scam. It's a publicity stunt, it helps keep them in the media, trying to scare people into being wowed by their horrible next word picker. folks are assuming that it must of happened... because they said so? If it happened, it would be fucking […]

Oh gosh I don't know if I can actually read this. "The United States is engaged in a race for AI dominance, and as the terrestrial electric grid is overwhelmed by the demands of new data centers this race is now a race for space dominance as well" FUCK THIS OUTRIGHT COLONIALIST DOGSHIT. WOW […]

Staring Contest with an Owl This Little Owl stared at me intensely for a fair amount of time in London's Bushy Park. #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfFediverse #NaturePhotography #Photography #SuperbOwl #London #Birds

Staring Contest with an Owl This Little Owl stared at me intensely for a fair amount of time in London's Bushy Park. #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfFediverse #NaturePhotography #Photography #SuperbOwl #London #Birds

Little Owl owlet This lovely owlet was quite easy to find in a London Park, with some help as they camouflage so well! I saw its sibling too. #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfFediverse #Photography #Nature #London #BirdsOfMastodon

Little Owl owlet This lovely owlet was quite easy to find in a London Park, with some help as they camouflage so well! I saw its sibling too. #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfFediverse #Photography #Nature #London #BirdsOfMastodon

I went to a park (Bushy Park) to look for some owls. I found Owls (Little and Tawny), but also a Green Woodpecker and two Kingfishers. Snaps from my camera screen, and real photos will follow, but not of the Kingfishers as they were too far away and the photos […] [Original post on phpc.social]

I've just finished reading Star Ship Troopers. #Reading #BookList2026

RE: https://mastodon.online/@electrek/116920976319603221 The “AI” industry is a front for creepy weirdos, real estate credit interests, and the fossil fuel industry.

"But then, like many others, he made the decision to abandon his previous ideals, to bury the patriotism that was once so important to him, and to become, instead, a loud, opportunistic collaborator." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Quintessential Politician of This Era

The late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham made a mid-career turn to MAGA.

theatlantic.com

I've just finished reading "Schoofhondjes" (in Dutch). A great collection of columns, although I did need to Google some of the names and references as I hadnt heard about all of them! #Reading #BookList2026

Guinness isn't what it used to be...

If you're in London (or Southern England) the ISS is going to make a fly over pass between 23:30 and 23:40 (a little earlier for West of London). If you're further North than London, the ISS shows further South. Almost straight overhead. It's going to be bright. #ISS #SpaceStation #SpaceFlight

In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.

Interviewer: Why would you want to stand to be the MP for Clacton? @CountBinface : Why not? (Dead air/deathly silence for way too long.) Interviewer: That's a good question. Time for some real #Bindependence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAXT5xf9ot4 #MakeEveryVoteCount #BringBackCeefax

Tips for ethical AI use: 1. Don't

UK Tax returns have gone digital, which is fine in principle. What is not fine is that pretty much only paid solutions are acceptable for submitting a return. If electronic tax returns are mandatory, the government should be providing a cost-free means […]

Today I learned that there are only three English cities with an electrical consumption greater than 200 megawatts: London, Manchester and Birmingham. By comparison, the people who want to build AI data centres here, which nobody asked for, want a supply of up to 1 gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) for […]

But I think my favourite photo was of this Carrion Crow in flight. #Photography #BirdsOfFediverse #BirdPhotography #Nature

I had a lovely walk around RSPB Bowers Marsh yesterday, where I saw some expected birds, and a bunch of new species. When I got there, there was this welcome committee of Starlings. #BirdPhotography #nature #BirdsOfFediverse #Birds #Photography #RSPB

TONIGHT we're having an OpenStreetMap social pub meet-up. We'll be in The Albert pub, Victoria/Westminster from 7pm. Whether you're an OpenStreetMap user or contributor, or you're just curious to learn more about it, come join us in the pub! https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/London#Upcoming_Events

UK anti smart glasses petition one to publicise https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769206

Petition: Introduce an immediate ban on the sale and promotion of smart glasses

The government should immediately ban the sale and promotion of glasses that contain recording capability. The government should explore using existing laws, such as RIPA, GDPR, DPA to take immediate action, whilst beginning the process of new legislation.

petition.parliament.uk

Having a sleep after learning how to create value. #goose #EgyptianGoose #BirdPhotography #Photography #BirdsOfFediverse