Chris Rand
@chrisrand.com
Ipswich, England.
"In a Venn Diagram of one" – The Guardian.
• Curator of the Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project. #hmhb
• Supporter of Ipswich Town FC. #itfc
• Expect to see mainly stuff that amused me.
https://chrisrand.com
"In a Venn Diagram of one" – The Guardian.
• Curator of the Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project. #hmhb
• Supporter of Ipswich Town FC. #itfc
• Expect to see mainly stuff that amused me.
https://chrisrand.com
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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Still the greatest video ever made. Sorry. I don't make the rules...
January 29, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Still the greatest video ever made. Sorry. I don't make the rules...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
They should give out civic awards for this.
I hated my replacement wheelchair at first. But then I realised the metal rims stick out further than my old one and are great for scratching the paint off of any cars and vans parked across a pavement I'm using. Had it a month and racked up 3 cars and 4 works vans. 4.5 stars.
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 AM
They should give out civic awards for this.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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Elon Musk is a white supremacist. Case closed.
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Elon Musk is a white supremacist. Case closed.
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"Kate, you should use AI to handle your terrible email inbox!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Kate, you should use AI to handle your terrible email inbox!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
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This is a huge endorsement of Ipswich.
Halo, one of the UK's biggest tech firms, is moving into the iconic Willis building.
It's a real statement of intent, and the firm's move is another good news story when it comes to jobs and investment in our town.
Halo, one of the UK's biggest tech firms, is moving into the iconic Willis building.
It's a real statement of intent, and the firm's move is another good news story when it comes to jobs and investment in our town.
'Iconic' Ipswich Willis building to become tech firm Halo's HQ
The move will help the Ipswich Town sponsor's plans to employ up to 800 graduates, says its boss.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is a huge endorsement of Ipswich.
Halo, one of the UK's biggest tech firms, is moving into the iconic Willis building.
It's a real statement of intent, and the firm's move is another good news story when it comes to jobs and investment in our town.
Halo, one of the UK's biggest tech firms, is moving into the iconic Willis building.
It's a real statement of intent, and the firm's move is another good news story when it comes to jobs and investment in our town.
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A really great novel about a guy trying a Panenka in a final and having to cope with the failure. I loved every page of this book.
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
A really great novel about a guy trying a Panenka in a final and having to cope with the failure. I loved every page of this book.
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At this point in time I have absolutely no idea what is true anymore 🤷♂️
January 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
At this point in time I have absolutely no idea what is true anymore 🤷♂️
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@gilesyb.bsky.social this is what the inflection point looks like - chinas emissions will be tanking very soon e360.yale.edu/digest/china...
Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and Solar Buildout
e360.yale.edu
January 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
@gilesyb.bsky.social this is what the inflection point looks like - chinas emissions will be tanking very soon e360.yale.edu/digest/china...
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This handy guide to being miserable about Ipswich can also be applied to other things which are not Ipswich. Use wisely.
The essential Facebook troll's guide to Ipswich's 2029 City of Culture bid
The must-read guide for anyone looking to effectively oppose Ipswich's bid to become 2029's City of Culture. Contains essential arguments and pro tips for maximum impact.
www.ipswich.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
This handy guide to being miserable about Ipswich can also be applied to other things which are not Ipswich. Use wisely.
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Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
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Everything coming from the States reminds me of this timeless wisdom from Doctor Who:
January 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Everything coming from the States reminds me of this timeless wisdom from Doctor Who:
So irritating. "Shopping – available wherever you do your shopping."
“Available wherever you get your podcasts.”
Apparently we need to be told now. In case we don’t know how we do things.
Apparently we need to be told now. In case we don’t know how we do things.
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
So irritating. "Shopping – available wherever you do your shopping."
On Apple's terrible new OS interface:
"It makes me sad seeing perfectly good knowledge already accessible 30 years ago being completely ignored or thrown away today.On the upside: it’s not that hard anymore to design better than Apple!"
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
"It makes me sad seeing perfectly good knowledge already accessible 30 years ago being completely ignored or thrown away today.On the upside: it’s not that hard anymore to design better than Apple!"
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 AM
On Apple's terrible new OS interface:
"It makes me sad seeing perfectly good knowledge already accessible 30 years ago being completely ignored or thrown away today.On the upside: it’s not that hard anymore to design better than Apple!"
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
"It makes me sad seeing perfectly good knowledge already accessible 30 years ago being completely ignored or thrown away today.On the upside: it’s not that hard anymore to design better than Apple!"
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
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Here’s an enjoyable thread to pull on
Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
As someone who wrote a dissertation on that damnable Frenchman; one can only hope.
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Here’s an enjoyable thread to pull on
Currently in the US, staying with a friend, watching her every day being driven crazy trying (and failing) to deal with home service providers online or over the phone. Things are bad in the UK but more bots make this worse here. Multiply this by 348M people – no wonder the country is stressed out.
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Currently in the US, staying with a friend, watching her every day being driven crazy trying (and failing) to deal with home service providers online or over the phone. Things are bad in the UK but more bots make this worse here. Multiply this by 348M people – no wonder the country is stressed out.
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I like this theory. Restated a bit. Self preservation and perpetuation, for the purposes of enrichment and aggrandisement, achieved via content creation.
For the past year I've had the feeling that the Trump administration's primary goal is the creation of content, and I expanded upon it here in the wake of our excursion in Venezuela
The Trump-Flavored Content Administration
Understanding the administration as a content mill
cooperlund.medium.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I like this theory. Restated a bit. Self preservation and perpetuation, for the purposes of enrichment and aggrandisement, achieved via content creation.
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Well they say she’s too hot
Yeah but guess what
I’ve got
Yeah but guess what
I’ve got
January 4, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Well they say she’s too hot
Yeah but guess what
I’ve got
Yeah but guess what
I’ve got
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
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The Daily Mirror previews It Ain't Half Hot Mum (3rd January 1974)
January 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The Daily Mirror previews It Ain't Half Hot Mum (3rd January 1974)