Chris Addison
@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social
Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
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Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett [email protected]
Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
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Chris Addison
@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I intend to use this new, less-sullied place to:
1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.
1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.
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28 November 1909 | A Pole, Teodor Zubrzycki, was born in Nowy Sącz. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19406
He perished in the camp on 9 February 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19406
He perished in the camp on 9 February 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
28 November 1909 | A Pole, Teodor Zubrzycki, was born in Nowy Sącz. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19406
He perished in the camp on 9 February 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19406
He perished in the camp on 9 February 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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It's Black Friday so we've put a 0% discount on items in the Bugle store, which we haven't even linked to.
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's Black Friday so we've put a 0% discount on items in the Bugle store, which we haven't even linked to.
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
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27 November 1912 | A Pole, Janusz Żak, was born in Zawiercie. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 23968
He perished in the camp on 27 April 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 23968
He perished in the camp on 27 April 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
27 November 1912 | A Pole, Janusz Żak, was born in Zawiercie. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 23968
He perished in the camp on 27 April 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 23968
He perished in the camp on 27 April 1942.
---
A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
Agreed. Ranking stuff is my second least favourite activity.
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Agreed. Ranking stuff is my second least favourite activity.
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Last ask, I swear. Local film makers shooting a story written by my excellent, clever and funny school writers group. Ignore the figures here. We're £350 short with three days to go. If you've bunged us some money THANK YOU. If you'd like to, THANK YOU. ❤️
www.spacehive.com/angeline#/la...
www.spacehive.com/angeline#/la...
Angeline - A film by Dallas Road Primary
'Angeline', a film by Dallas Road Primary School, created with Lancaster Film Initiative and Ian Martin.
www.spacehive.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Last ask, I swear. Local film makers shooting a story written by my excellent, clever and funny school writers group. Ignore the figures here. We're £350 short with three days to go. If you've bunged us some money THANK YOU. If you'd like to, THANK YOU. ❤️
www.spacehive.com/angeline#/la...
www.spacehive.com/angeline#/la...
Hugely enjoyed Wickeds 1 & 2 but MY GOD - for one of the most beloved musicals ever, the story is incredibly bleak. Essentially a satire, whose messages are: the masses are irredeemably stupid, acceptance of The Other is impossible and the triumph of Good over Evil can only be weak and compromised.
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Hugely enjoyed Wickeds 1 & 2 but MY GOD - for one of the most beloved musicals ever, the story is incredibly bleak. Essentially a satire, whose messages are: the masses are irredeemably stupid, acceptance of The Other is impossible and the triumph of Good over Evil can only be weak and compromised.
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one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
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Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Buying #Christmas cards or presents?
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
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www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Two more losses in a row and we’ll hear the faint sound of the New Coach Now drums beginning to beat, I’d say.
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Two more losses in a row and we’ll hear the faint sound of the New Coach Now drums beginning to beat, I’d say.
Listen, we don’t go out there to win, we go out there to entertain. And we did entertain an enormous number of Aussies. Bazball Mission Accomplished!
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of two microphones in front of a plane .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of two microphones in front of a plane .
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Listen, we don’t go out there to win, we go out there to entertain. And we did entertain an enormous number of Aussies. Bazball Mission Accomplished!
Maybe cricket journos should start asking Stokes what negatives he’s going to take from these performances.
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Maybe cricket journos should start asking Stokes what negatives he’s going to take from these performances.
Absolutely thrilled by how successful Bazball has become. We should totally continue with this. Just wonderful stuff. The ability to adapt and learn lessons is second to none. Greatest thing to happen to English cricket of all time. Long may it continue.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Absolutely thrilled by how successful Bazball has become. We should totally continue with this. Just wonderful stuff. The ability to adapt and learn lessons is second to none. Greatest thing to happen to English cricket of all time. Long may it continue.
In a time of great upheaval, when all our old certainties are crumbling, it’s of enormous comfort to be able to rely on the fact that England will learn absolutely nothing from their appalling batting performance. #MAshes
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In a time of great upheaval, when all our old certainties are crumbling, it’s of enormous comfort to be able to rely on the fact that England will learn absolutely nothing from their appalling batting performance. #MAshes
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My favourite thing in Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes is the bittersweet romantic subplot with Tim Of The Planet Of The Apes.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
My favourite thing in Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes is the bittersweet romantic subplot with Tim Of The Planet Of The Apes.
Clerihews on social media. That we should live to see such times. Magnificent.
Heepity jeepity
Curated poetry
Makes LLMs do what-
Ever you want
Single-turn jailbreaking
Vulnerability
Bypass your guardrails and
Serve us some cunt
Curated poetry
Makes LLMs do what-
Ever you want
Single-turn jailbreaking
Vulnerability
Bypass your guardrails and
Serve us some cunt
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Clerihews on social media. That we should live to see such times. Magnificent.
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21 November 1910 | A Czech Jew, Alfred Hirsch, was born in Nový Hrozenkov.
In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942.
No. 39292
He perished in the camp on 18 July 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942.
No. 39292
He perished in the camp on 18 July 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
21 November 1910 | A Czech Jew, Alfred Hirsch, was born in Nový Hrozenkov.
In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942.
No. 39292
He perished in the camp on 18 July 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942.
No. 39292
He perished in the camp on 18 July 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve
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Jim Maxwell in the comm box. One of life’s great joys. 🏏
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Jim Maxwell in the comm box. One of life’s great joys. 🏏
Sign of the times that when waking up to the headline ‘England Collapses Overnight’ I had to check it was definitely about the cricket. 🏏 #MAshes
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Sign of the times that when waking up to the headline ‘England Collapses Overnight’ I had to check it was definitely about the cricket. 🏏 #MAshes
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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🚨 NEW: The UK saw the largest increase in relative child income poverty of 37 high-income countries between 2013 and 2023, an increase of 34%, new research from UNICEF UK shows.
If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?
If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨 NEW: The UK saw the largest increase in relative child income poverty of 37 high-income countries between 2013 and 2023, an increase of 34%, new research from UNICEF UK shows.
If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?
If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?
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My god. My god.
Oh fucking hell.
God.
Oh fucking hell.
God.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My god. My god.
Oh fucking hell.
God.
Oh fucking hell.
God.