Pete Birkinshaw
@binaryape.bsky.social
Hat-wearing devourer of chickpeas, Manchester vegan, manager of identities, developer of obscure software, Green inactivist, Elixir & Ruby coder, watcher of K-dramas, daft-apeth.
Alignment: Quixotic-Good
https://binary-ape.org
Alignment: Quixotic-Good
https://binary-ape.org
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Pete Birkinshaw
@binaryape.bsky.social
· Jul 30
I'm going to list Korean romcoms I've watched so far [copied from my old thread elsewhere]
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Alphabetti spaghetti is made with spelt flour.
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Alphabetti spaghetti is made with spelt flour.
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Good round-up of current state of affairs on ICC, Microsoft and which EU state and sub-state entities have publicly abandoned US tech for open source solutions:
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Good round-up of current state of affairs on ICC, Microsoft and which EU state and sub-state entities have publicly abandoned US tech for open source solutions:
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
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This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
The Your Party conference has now split into two factions: traditionalists led by Arioch, Xiombarg and Mabelode, and modernizers Khorne, Tzeentch and Nurgle
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Your Party conference has now split into two factions: traditionalists led by Arioch, Xiombarg and Mabelode, and modernizers Khorne, Tzeentch and Nurgle
“That’s the best t shirt I’ve ever seen” - a cafe owner in Blackpool after seeing me wearing a capybara t-shirt available below.
Redbubble are having a Black Friday sale with 35% off selected tees! There’s never been a better time to shop (because I am skint af)!
www.redbubble.com/people/docha...
www.redbubble.com/people/docha...
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“That’s the best t shirt I’ve ever seen” - a cafe owner in Blackpool after seeing me wearing a capybara t-shirt available below.
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I see AI slop in anything, I instantly disregard the whole thing. It's like finding a slug in your salad. If you can't write without an LLM, or you can't source art that isn't genAI, you can't be trusted to do anything. Sorry. Absolute deal-breaker.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I see AI slop in anything, I instantly disregard the whole thing. It's like finding a slug in your salad. If you can't write without an LLM, or you can't source art that isn't genAI, you can't be trusted to do anything. Sorry. Absolute deal-breaker.
For The Many*
* white cis heterosexual working class as imagined by concerned middle class people who Know Best
* white cis heterosexual working class as imagined by concerned middle class people who Know Best
I hear the YP conference convener just called out someone using 'transphobic' and said they want to keep things respectful
There it is, lads.
There's your party.
There it is, lads.
There's your party.
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
For The Many*
* white cis heterosexual working class as imagined by concerned middle class people who Know Best
* white cis heterosexual working class as imagined by concerned middle class people who Know Best
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Well the optics of this are certainly something
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Well the optics of this are certainly something
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So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ve just remembered that last night I woke up and thought “what would happen if someone took a handful of French fries, dropped them in the gram flour batter for onion bhajis, and then deep fried them” and went back to sleep. It’s a good question.
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I’ve just remembered that last night I woke up and thought “what would happen if someone took a handful of French fries, dropped them in the gram flour batter for onion bhajis, and then deep fried them” and went back to sleep. It’s a good question.
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Anyway I had spare holiday to use up and the local wildlife park posted that their capybaras had had babies and well it would have been rude not to
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Anyway I had spare holiday to use up and the local wildlife park posted that their capybaras had had babies and well it would have been rude not to
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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"went through two rounds of review"
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"went through two rounds of review"
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Mar-a-Lago food…
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mar-a-Lago food…
This has reminded me of being in a car driving through Missouri in the 90s: past a big field of cows, big field of cows, big field of crops, big field of elephants, big field of cows,
• Canadian Moose
• Blue Heron
• Coyote
• Bison
• Black Bear
• Blue Heron
• Coyote
• Bison
• Black Bear
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This has reminded me of being in a car driving through Missouri in the 90s: past a big field of cows, big field of cows, big field of crops, big field of elephants, big field of cows,
Maybe the “The Roman Empire wasn’t real” TikTok conspiracy theorists have a high profile convert…
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Maybe the “The Roman Empire wasn’t real” TikTok conspiracy theorists have a high profile convert…
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Tony Smith on Ch4News saying international students should be limited because they’re “economically inactive”.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tony Smith on Ch4News saying international students should be limited because they’re “economically inactive”.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
“For every 100 calories of animal feed fed into factory farm production, we get back only about 12 calories in meat or dairy.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“For every 100 calories of animal feed fed into factory farm production, we get back only about 12 calories in meat or dairy.”
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These are great - for new vegans and old (and anyone just curious),
Please take a look and share ☺️🌱🛒
#VeganFood #PlantBased
Please take a look and share ☺️🌱🛒
#VeganFood #PlantBased
We've been working on a new playlist which we're delighted to say is now complete.
Your first #VEGAN shop at....
We've covered seven uk supermarkets.
Helping new and established #vegans already...
#veganfood #shopping #veganuary
Your first #VEGAN shop at....
We've covered seven uk supermarkets.
Helping new and established #vegans already...
#veganfood #shopping #veganuary
Your first VEGAN shop at.... - YouTube
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
These are great - for new vegans and old (and anyone just curious),
Please take a look and share ☺️🌱🛒
#VeganFood #PlantBased
Please take a look and share ☺️🌱🛒
#VeganFood #PlantBased
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Sunday is 5 years since I adopted the most ridiculous wobbly little man the world has ever seen.
I think you know what has to happen. It's gonna be ✨ SMOL PAUL DAY ✨
I think you know what has to happen. It's gonna be ✨ SMOL PAUL DAY ✨
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Sunday is 5 years since I adopted the most ridiculous wobbly little man the world has ever seen.
I think you know what has to happen. It's gonna be ✨ SMOL PAUL DAY ✨
I think you know what has to happen. It's gonna be ✨ SMOL PAUL DAY ✨
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Every track on Apple’s Sleep playlist sounds like Mass Effect menu music.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Every track on Apple’s Sleep playlist sounds like Mass Effect menu music.
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Johnnycakes fed settlers, soldiers, enslaved people, and whole regions…then somehow became a forgotten dish in American history. I wrote about their long, unremarkable journey and included my modern interpretation...
#VeganFood
#VeganFood
The Unremarkable Journey of a Corn Cake
A reflective look at Johnnycakes... how this humble corn cake sustained generations, adapted across regions, and quietly disappeared from American cookbooks and memory.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Johnnycakes fed settlers, soldiers, enslaved people, and whole regions…then somehow became a forgotten dish in American history. I wrote about their long, unremarkable journey and included my modern interpretation...
#VeganFood
#VeganFood
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And here's the original film clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTKs...
The original Mahna Mahna, from SWEDEN HEAVEN AND HELL (1968)
YouTube video by Capri Show World [CapriShowWorld.com]
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
And here's the original film clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTKs...