@anyoldname.bsky.social
Native of County Down. More left than right. Passport collector. Fan of environmentalism, wine, good food, photos, and any day that doesn't involve work.
Abandoned Twitter in search of a healthier environment.
Abandoned Twitter in search of a healthier environment.
Seems to be a lot of articles highlighting the effect AI data centres are having on RAM prices and video cards. And this article says Crucial is shutting the retail brand completely to supply just corporate customers.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Seems to be a lot of articles highlighting the effect AI data centres are having on RAM prices and video cards. And this article says Crucial is shutting the retail brand completely to supply just corporate customers.
Most of those guys mobbing him are perhaps too young to know Tyson is a rapist but others definitely aren't.
Boxing champion Mike Tyson mobbed by fans after visiting pal’s home in Belfast
Former boxing champion Mike Tyson was mobbed by a crowd of fans after visiting a friend’s home in north Belfast earlier this afternoon.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Most of those guys mobbing him are perhaps too young to know Tyson is a rapist but others definitely aren't.
People wishing horrible bastards would just die doesn't mean they want to assassinate them, but them thinking that betrays their usual trait of painting themselves as the victim.
Musk told a gathering of former DOGE employees at his facilities at Bastrop, Texas, that he now believed he was one of the top assassination targets in the US behind only Trump and Vance.
Bizarrely he said he should start working out more to reduce the risk of assassination.
Bizarrely he said he should start working out more to reduce the risk of assassination.
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
People wishing horrible bastards would just die doesn't mean they want to assassinate them, but them thinking that betrays their usual trait of painting themselves as the victim.
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Gridlock is rapidly becoming as big a problem in NI as collapse. In terms of services both amount to the irrelevancy of politics to achieve change. We need reform to enable 'decide and review' (normal democracy) without requiring consensus on everything.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
Executive ‘gridlock’ so bad a spreadsheet is needed to track ‘blocked’ papers
A Stormont minister has claimed “gridlock” within the Executive has got so bad that a spreadsheet has been created to keep track of all the policy proposals being blocked by the DUP.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Gridlock is rapidly becoming as big a problem in NI as collapse. In terms of services both amount to the irrelevancy of politics to achieve change. We need reform to enable 'decide and review' (normal democracy) without requiring consensus on everything.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
Gorse in full bloom in the Mournes today. In December.
December 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Gorse in full bloom in the Mournes today. In December.
Only if you're a complete c**t.
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Only if you're a complete c**t.
Just do it.
The British government is considering a ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties — in a move that could set off alarm bells in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
UK mulls ban on crypto cash in politics — putting Farage in firing line
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was the first U.K. political party to accept donations in cryptocurrency — and now the government is considering a ban.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Just do it.
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Compare the YouTube thumbnail with the actual scene in the video.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Compare the YouTube thumbnail with the actual scene in the video.
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Pope Leo XIV doubled down on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news conference that it was the “only solution” that could guarantee justice for both sides.
Pope Leo XIV doubles down on insistence for 2-state solution to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pope Leo XIV has doubled down on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pope Leo XIV doubled down on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news conference that it was the “only solution” that could guarantee justice for both sides.
I don't know a lot about Zarah Sultana but I can't help wondering why she helped found a party with others, all of whom she seems to have fallen out with over the last 3 months.
Sultana claims new Corbyn party carrying out 'witch hunt'
Zarah Sultana boycotts the first day of Your Party's founding conference after several members were expelled.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I don't know a lot about Zarah Sultana but I can't help wondering why she helped found a party with others, all of whom she seems to have fallen out with over the last 3 months.
I want this.
It's a custom built flatbed 2CV with a BMW motorbike engine.
It's a custom built flatbed 2CV with a BMW motorbike engine.
1986 Citroen 2CV Unknown Manual, 5 speed Right Hand Drive...
1986 Citroen 2CV Unknown Manual, 5 speed Right Hand Drive in Grantham, United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £15,000 Selling on beha...
www.carandclassic.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I want this.
It's a custom built flatbed 2CV with a BMW motorbike engine.
It's a custom built flatbed 2CV with a BMW motorbike engine.
Unreal sky in Belfast at the minute.
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Unreal sky in Belfast at the minute.
Meta can tell exactly what posts or ads you'd be most interested in yet somehow doesn't have the ability to do the simplest screening of crooks paying them to advertise frauds and scams. If it was a high street business it would be shut down.
Facebook owner Meta accused of letting AI sellers 'run rampant'
Dozens say they fell victim to companies using images of people who do not exist and false back stories.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Meta can tell exactly what posts or ads you'd be most interested in yet somehow doesn't have the ability to do the simplest screening of crooks paying them to advertise frauds and scams. If it was a high street business it would be shut down.
My car's infotainment system completely shat itself yesterday. Popped to a shop, got back to the car, and it had lost all radio presets, sat nav history, Bluetooth connections - like it had been factory reset. 5 minutes earlier it was fine. Bummed about losing sat nav favourite locations.
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My car's infotainment system completely shat itself yesterday. Popped to a shop, got back to the car, and it had lost all radio presets, sat nav history, Bluetooth connections - like it had been factory reset. 5 minutes earlier it was fine. Bummed about losing sat nav favourite locations.
Somebody just put a flag up 2 minutes ago on the new Durham Street junction ahead of it opening tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Somebody just put a flag up 2 minutes ago on the new Durham Street junction ahead of it opening tomorrow.
Every single person in Northern Ireland raises a Roger Moore eyebrow.
The many, many flags cable-tied to lamp posts are starting to look dirty, bedraggled, limp and threadbare, who could have predicted this
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Every single person in Northern Ireland raises a Roger Moore eyebrow.
This decision wouldn't have been taken easily. Good luck with appealing to people not to speculate precisely what led to the decision. We know from experience that anyone with an agenda will eagerly shovel this new fuel in their own rage boiler.
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This decision wouldn't have been taken easily. Good luck with appealing to people not to speculate precisely what led to the decision. We know from experience that anyone with an agenda will eagerly shovel this new fuel in their own rage boiler.
This is a good point and underscores the impact of the simplistic xenophobia around the whole immigration debate.
The large drop in immigration seen in today's ONS data will likely have huge consequences for social care.
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
Falling immigration presents problems for social care sector
Cyril Lobont responds to new immigration data from the Office for National Statistics.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is a good point and underscores the impact of the simplistic xenophobia around the whole immigration debate.
Blowy out there tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Blowy out there tonight.
Replace "device hoarding" with "people living within their means" and this headline makes sense.
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Replace "device hoarding" with "people living within their means" and this headline makes sense.
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I think the government meant to cut net migration but have accidentally overshot the target by a lot. They haven’t realised this yet.
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I think the government meant to cut net migration but have accidentally overshot the target by a lot. They haven’t realised this yet.
Hats off to Jake O'Kane for convincing himself he was "too edgy" for BBC NI when everyone else read it as him just being not as funny as the other comedians.
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Hats off to Jake O'Kane for convincing himself he was "too edgy" for BBC NI when everyone else read it as him just being not as funny as the other comedians.