Joe Poser
@jposer.bsky.social
Occasional moaning about cloud engineering but mostly cats.
I actually can't believe this Joshua Bonehill-Paine story. I was at Jewish News as a journalist when he was in his Nazi pomp, sending harassing messages to Luciana Berger, and other Jewish public figures. How has Kemi Badenoch chosen this hill to die on, it's absolutely insane
Every day Badenoch beclowns the Tory party and every day they shrug their shoulders.
Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 12h agoIt's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
the left, defined very very broadly, probably isn't going to win elections forever, which means we all have a vested interest in the existence of a centre right with a firm cordon sanitaire. that ... isn't looking good.
can nobody read in the year of your lord 2026
Dan Waterfield@danwaterfield.bsky.social · yesterdaythat's very much not what he said at all
One of my lessons from the last few years is that maintaining a firewall against the absolute crank loons is far more important than ever, and it’s so depressing to see so many prominent politicians with the exact opposite takeaway
If you think that's bad try reading some of the crap he actually wrote. 'What is to be Done?' is the most viscous post in the history of Marxist forums.
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2d agoI think I might hate Lenin too much to finish my Russian revolution book, every single one of his interventions is so loathsome it actively puts me in a bad mood
Ok this looks sick: zaparoo.org. Anyone with a 3d printer want to help me with an idea?
Launch Games with NFC Cards, QR Codes, Discs & More | Zaparoo
Launch games with NFC cards, toys, QR codes, discs, and more across MiSTer FPGA, Batocera, SteamOS, Windows, and Linux. Free and open source.
zaparoo.org
saying this not as a dig to Paul but as a general point, but it does worry me that we've ended up in a world where the two options are seemingly "leftist bubble" or "oh hey the nazis are here" - surely we should be able to have a politically heterogenous platform with tight rules on hate speech etc?
Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 2d agoThe new CEO of Bluesky wants to change Bluesky from being a leftist bubble. The thing is, there’s nothing wrong with being a leftist bubble: the idea that everything has to be all-encompassing and suitable for everyone is a trap. 🧵 1/4
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
londoncentric.media
Ok I get what @dark1x.bsky.social has been talking about. This does look a lot better than any lcd I’ve used. I think it might even be brighter than my oled tv.
Why do so many progressives want this? I just don't get it.
Al@btown85.bsky.social · 2d agoThe pressure on kids too! In Berlin they get divided after the 6th class (12). My eldest already under so much pressure (despite us trying to remove it) to do well in exams etc to ensure she’s at the gymnasium. Parents going nuts in regards to it. They’re 9!
My favourite kind of Bluesky post is when someone bemoans the lack of news coverage of <story> by sharing a link to a mainstream news website's piece on <story>
Labour winning a 172 seat majority and then actively choosing to use the decision of an institution with NO authority over Parliament as an excuse to backslide on transgender rights remains unbelievably depressing.
Hughster@hughster.bsky.social · 4d agoIncredible to remember that all of these supposed "radical gender ideology" asks were simply the status quo plus what *a Conservative government* was proposing and consulting on under a decade ago
New from me: Until recently, the gap between comfortably-off and just-getting-started could plausibly be crossed in a decade or two of hard work. Growth in asset prices means that’s no longer true: even a lifetime of striving doesn’t offer a realistic prospect of feeling you’ve “made it”.
I think if you are going to make claims like this and want to air them on national broadcaster then the burden of proof needs to be extremely high.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.“While traits of ADHD undeniably exist – the question is why they exist. Is ADHD actually a neurodevelopmental disorder? Do people with ADHD have differently wired brains? Or does our world – with…processed food, and regimented education – serve as the catalyst for certain…patterns of behaviour?”
Oh good, woowoo science and woowoo education policy! What a delightful twofer.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.“While traits of ADHD undeniably exist – the question is why they exist. Is ADHD actually a neurodevelopmental disorder? Do people with ADHD have differently wired brains? Or does our world – with…processed food, and regimented education – serve as the catalyst for certain…patterns of behaviour?”
European nations agree to boycott World Cup if FIFA goes ahead with World Cup sell-off
European nations agree to boycott World Cup if FIFA goes ahead with World Cup sell-off
European nations have agreed to boycott the World Cup if Gianni Infantino goes ahead with selling off part of the World Cup to private investors, Sky News understands.
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The UK is torching one of the few sectors in which they still have a global edge, horrifying to watch.
the four stages: 1. Allister Heath's columns are not real 2. Allister Heath's columns are not serious 3. OK, they are real and serious but it's too late to do anything about them 4. Our only hope is to find a way of adapting to Allister Heath's columns
One thing I hadn't really considered until I read this headline is until very recently a number of these US Tech companies were hoarding reserves. This massive investment in AI is them finally spending the piles of gold they've been locking away.
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7d ago"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
There’s an interesting irony that a generation that embraced music piracy which radically constrained the ability of musicians to make money off their work are suddenly very concerned about copyright theft.
this is like a kind of insane digital preservation effort, we should just nationalize it?
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
🚗 Nissan 300ZX 💿 Gran Turismo 4 🎮 PlayStation 2 🗓️ 2004
The charitable explanation for this is Polanski’s entire Green party leadership is the culmination of an elaborate decade long bit. Charitable and not at all plausible.
Ciaran@ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · last wk.He's genuinely a moron
