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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 3h

This is essentially my latest feature film lmao I can't wait to share it with you all

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 21h

So the $20,000 humanoid robot housekeeper actually just webcams your house to a random person in a call center with an Xbox controller www.wsj.com/tech/persona... @joannastern.bsky.social

I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.

1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?

www.wsj.com

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 2d

Rain by Raymond Carver always sticks with me

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Private rent in UK now swallows 44% of the average wage.

Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.

Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.

Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.

Private rent in Britain now swallows 44% of the average wage

Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, and £2,736 in the capital, with hotspots showing hefty rises

www.theguardian.com

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 4d

Things have been weord at the new job

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 10d

Some custom rhino modelling for my death guard today, lots of eyes and tentacles and teeth

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 11d

I really struggle with any kind of subscription payment, but this is one I'll make an exception for.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11d

Tomorrow I'll be on Laura Kuenssberg.

Will I be able to say "I can announce the Green Party have just overtaken the Tories in members!"?

It's tantalisingly close to happening!

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 21d

It's not fun, but I've been so massively bummed out over the last few weeks, and it's not really even anything I can properly talk about or know how to handle. but here's me lightening the sad posting with my new tiny camera, because that's nice.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22d

Nearly 3000 new members in the 24 hours since the Party Political Broadcast.

Extraordinary.

Hope is returning. 💚🚀

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 22d

This would be life changing

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 23d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 28d

Good. This is an important victory.

It's a stain on our democracy for Michelle Mone to remain in the House of Lords. But it's even more important that the Tory ministers who set up the corrupt PPE VIP lane in the first place are properly and fully held to account for the scandal

The Independent @the-independent.com · 28d

BREAKING | Company linked to Michelle Mone ordered to repay government £122m over Covid PPE

Company linked to Michelle Mone ordered to repay government £122m over Covid PPE

www.independent.co.uk

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 29d

David Cross saying to the Riyadh comedians "you complained about cancel culture then signed with a regime that has actual slaves" is a killer condemnation that you couldn't possibly get out from under

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Sep 27

Watching Twin Peaks and man do they just not make them like they used to, so much sincerity and humour in between the serious and the strange. David Lynch was truly the best of us

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Sep 27

Thank you! Luckily this now firmly falls under the landlords problem, so it won't be our money but fingers crossed its fast 😅

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Sep 27

Today on flat problems, Rach went to use the bath for the first time and the seal broke on the hot tap so its stuck on. Managed to get behind the bath and the isolator the tap is also broken, so had to turn the stop cock off... which also happens to turn upstairs water off 😭

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Sep 22

On a brighter note I cut a massive piece of MDF and put removable dowels in to it so I could make a packable table topper to play warhammer on in the new flat and im very excited

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Sep 22

Lmao currys customer service number hung up on me when I mentioned the consumer rights act when asking for a repair on a monitor I bought ~9 months ago that has dead pixels

Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Sep 18

Nice hearing from you in the call just now too!

Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Sep 12

"How's the new flat?" Not bad thanks just getting rid of the mold sorting the plumbing and a mouse just ran out of my toaster thanks

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Sep 8

Man moving in is tiring, it seems to be never ending

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James Youngman @jyoungman.bsky.social · Sep 1

I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.

There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Aug 31

Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks

www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...

AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers

Software and customer service are most at risk right now and could be the canary in the coal mine.

www.axios.com

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Aug 31

Something fun about packing all the stuff you own and seeing your own growth reflected in that

Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Aug 29

The way we've allowed news to become entertainment has let people's opinions become facts.

Sky News @news.sky.com · Aug 28

None of main childhood vaccine uptake targets reached in England - as MMR uptake hits 15-year low

None of the main childhood vaccines in England reached their uptake targets in 2024/25, new figures have revealed.

news.sky.com

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Aug 28

Big actors too! Are you telling me that runner doesn't earn enough to eat properly but that celebrity actor needs over a million?

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · Aug 25

Infinite government money for snake oil tech bros but ask to raise a child out of poverty and you're banned from the labour party. Disgustingly openly corrupt government but I'd expect nothing less from starmer

Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · Aug 24

“The non-binding deal could give OpenAI access to government data and lead to its software being used in education, defence, security and the justice system”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Deal to get ChatGPT Plus for whole of UK discussed by Open AI boss and minister

Exclusive: Deal that could have cost £2bn was floated at meeting between technology secretary Peter Kyle and Sam Altman

www.theguardian.com

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Aug 25

Keir Starmer and David Lammy belong in The Hague.

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