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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 20h

This is, in a nutshell, why the public are impossible to appease on immigration: no matter how cruel you are, they always want more because they don’t know anything about the status quo.

The blame for this is solidly with the media, and especially the BBC who appear to know no more than the public.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 20h

All very amusing, but especially this:

"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."

www.politico.eu/article/labo...

Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system

The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.

www.politico.eu

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dorian @doriantaylor.com · 16h

a big problem with using statistical methods in the "societal insurance" business (law enforcement, the military, etc) is in a perfect world everybody lives in peace and nobody breaks the law, so they get bored and antsy and false positives give them a reason to spring into action

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dorian @doriantaylor.com · 16h

there is a really old article by bruce schneier where he talks about doing OCEAN or whatever to facial rec in places like airport security lines to detect terrorists, and how this is a terrible idea (due to the base rate fallacy) because the number of actual terrorists in real life is infinitesimal

dorian @doriantaylor.com · 17h

heh was just in the shower thinking about the impacts of false positives vs false negatives

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16h

like basically everyone who works in software I embody this tweet and do not under any circumstances want to talk to my computer

Tweet from @PPathole

Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart.

Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don’t recognize.

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Mallory 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺 @sadboots.bsky.social · 10h

If anyone were ever to remake Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom one of the men of power would have to be an expy of this freak

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 10h

The YouTube stunt king, also known by his government name Jimmy Donaldson, is toying with plans to open his own financial service, according to a trademark application.

He's the World's Biggest YouTube Star. Is His Next Move to Start a Bank?

bit.ly

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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · 10h

The thing is, if you genuinely believed that preteen girls are old enough to be mothers while males in their thirties are too young to comprehend fascism, then you logically wouldn't trust men to be responsible for anything more consequential than a balloon animal, let alone a government

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 10h

Mental health care seems to be bad pretty much everywhere tbh

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 11h

(Original version of The Haunting, ofc)

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 11h

Martyrs
The Haunting
Hellraiser
Hereditary

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 20h

Opus Dei "on the cusp of ceasing to exist"

A recent report hints at the imminent suppression of this abusive group

open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...

Opus Dei "on the cusp of ceasing to exist"

A recent report hints at the imminent suppression of this abusive group

open.substack.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12h

The Open University is a grand institution, particularly for mature students. Used to be much cheaper though, like all of UK education.

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 12h

The impression I got from OU was always that it was especially good for folks where the traditional benefits (like full time, campus based) are, for some people, explicitly disbenefits because they're mid-career or have specific care responsibilities that make on-campus study hard too

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 11h

They were bigger than Jesus due to the availability of better nutrition.

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 12h

It's Gibson's Turing Police at the minimum, the Mechanicum if we're unlucky, and the Butlerian Jihad if no one whatsoever reins these people in.

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 12h

One of the true greats.

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Hogula 🧛🏻‍♂️🐷🎃 @jessemackinnon.com · 15h

Every malign, sadistic anti-life instinct made manifest in a single man

Ezra David Romero @climatedaddykqed.bsky.social · 15h

CA Sea Otters Could Face New Threats if Trump Weakens Law for Endangered Animals

“It’s mind-boggling when you think about how many species … could actually be affected by a change like this. It’s huge.”

@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social

www.kqed.org/science/1998...

California Sea Otters Could Face New Threats if Trump Weakens Law for Endangered Animals | KQED

Advocates say Southern sea otters are thriving in California’s Elkhorn Slough, but could face new risks if a proposed law change weakens the Endangered Species Act.

www.kqed.org

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 13h

women don't like the vehicle

A Titan Warlord from Warhammer 40K, a 50 meter high ginormous killing walker machine thingee.

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SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 📎 @clairecopperman.bsky.social · 20h

Long, but well-researched and important thread on Labour's anti-immigration policies. Do take the time to read it.

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 21h

Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...

Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC

Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.

www.lbc.co.uk

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 12h

If this does check out though, I am probably going to start referring to them as the Anglican Communion (Marxist-Leninist) for reasons that are much too stupid to go into here.

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks. Seems to be a ACNA or other "conservative" affiliated blog; the post claims to be a press release from the GAFCON chair.

Probably would have been wiser for me to have waited for independent confirmation though!

anglican.ink/2025/10/16/t...

The future has arrived: GAFCON takes control of the Anglican Communion

To our dear Anglican brothers and sisters in Christ. Grace and peace to you in the name of our risen Lord Jesus Christ, on the Commemoration of the martyrdom of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley. The f...

anglican.ink

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Kira “Memento Mori” Austin-Young @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social · 13h

"We have not left the Anglican Communion; we ARE the Anglican Communion" has big "I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY" energy.

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Helen King @helenking.bsky.social · 16h

CofE peeps… On that Alliance document with its plans to make sure PCC members are ‘sound’ in their opposition to civilly-married gay clergy and to blessings for same sex couples: shared-conversations.com/2025/10/16/t...

This week in Living in Love and Faith: On the Alliance Campaign Manual

It’s been quite a week for Living in Love and Faith news. Yesterday, an update from the House of Bishops putting everything on hold. It was clear when the staff team for LLF was modified …

shared-conversations.com

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 13h

Called it.

Also, while a schism is never a good thing, it was already de facto the case and having the schismatics finally admit it is a bit of a relief.

magikarpolycarp @magikarpolycarp.bsky.social · 13h

Just heard Gafcon officially left the Anglican Communion cause the new Archbishop of Canterbury is *gasp* a woman.

a man in a suit is making a funny face and saying oh no !

ALT: a man in a suit is making a funny face and saying oh no !

media.tenor.com

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francisco varela fan club @paleopragmatist.bsky.social · 13h

we basically perfected the consumer-grade computer around 2011 or so and they've just been adding bullshit bells and whistles ever since

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 19h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 13h

the funny thing is that you should not have to rewrite the OS to do this. operating systems already run everything else on top of a text-based interface. on windows this is the command prompt or powershell. you do not need to remove anything to bolt an LLM onto it.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 19h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 13h

In fairness, unlike Ice-9, which would be a more stable form of water, this is just metastable, so a fairly firm kick might easily make it liquid again.

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