David Sullivan
@hllns.bsky.social
Moving gigabits from here to there
"Don't suspect a friend, report him"
U.S. citizen detained by ICE:
“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"Don't suspect a friend, report him"
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Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
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Skills in UX/UI Design, Coding Web/Application Development, Systems Integration +/or Database Mgmt?
Join us in York (UK) to:
- Experiment with real museum data and problems
- Collaborate with a small, focused group of people
- Influence the future of collections use knowledge
Link in Alt Text 👇
Join us in York (UK) to:
- Experiment with real museum data and problems
- Collaborate with a small, focused group of people
- Influence the future of collections use knowledge
Link in Alt Text 👇
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Skills in UX/UI Design, Coding Web/Application Development, Systems Integration +/or Database Mgmt?
Join us in York (UK) to:
- Experiment with real museum data and problems
- Collaborate with a small, focused group of people
- Influence the future of collections use knowledge
Link in Alt Text 👇
Join us in York (UK) to:
- Experiment with real museum data and problems
- Collaborate with a small, focused group of people
- Influence the future of collections use knowledge
Link in Alt Text 👇
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I want to find the consultant who convinced Dems to stick with this framing, tie them to a stake, light a match, and tell everyone they have to decide between caring about saving them or caring about milk being 2% cheaper
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I want to find the consultant who convinced Dems to stick with this framing, tie them to a stake, light a match, and tell everyone they have to decide between caring about saving them or caring about milk being 2% cheaper
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Set out six months ago to investigative some dubious evictions. Ended up writing a sprawling story spread over 450 years about London property deals, the ethics of money lending, Tommy Robinson, Barbary pirates, Jacobean earls, and wealth in the capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/henry-smit...
A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths
These two London landlords are separated by four centuries — but joined by a common name and business interests.
www.londoncentric.media
January 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Set out six months ago to investigative some dubious evictions. Ended up writing a sprawling story spread over 450 years about London property deals, the ethics of money lending, Tommy Robinson, Barbary pirates, Jacobean earls, and wealth in the capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/henry-smit...
Put on the Hootenanny on telly to spot any of my brother's set/art handiwork and just been reminded me of this classic tweet by @herring1967.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Put on the Hootenanny on telly to spot any of my brother's set/art handiwork and just been reminded me of this classic tweet by @herring1967.bsky.social
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I have a sneaking love for Peter Hitchens - in a world where every rightwinger’s opinions are identical and you can predict them with five lines of JavaScript, he’s a true original who will just come out and say something absolutely insane
December 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I have a sneaking love for Peter Hitchens - in a world where every rightwinger’s opinions are identical and you can predict them with five lines of JavaScript, he’s a true original who will just come out and say something absolutely insane
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If you only think about car clubs as a way of making money you may conclude they are “an evolutionary dead end”, but if you account for a fraction of the societal good (less congestion/parking stress) of reducing car use and ownership, you might instead conclude the model still has legs?
Zipcar’s business model is an evolutionary dead end ft.trib.al/76aLAz6 | opinion
Zipcar’s business model is an evolutionary dead end
The problem for car clubs is that most of the costs are fixed
ft.trib.al
December 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
If you only think about car clubs as a way of making money you may conclude they are “an evolutionary dead end”, but if you account for a fraction of the societal good (less congestion/parking stress) of reducing car use and ownership, you might instead conclude the model still has legs?
Nice to see all the drivers in central London going feral between Christmas and New Year's. Shouting "Helmet!" at random cyclists whilst mounting the pavement & driving towards people by 7 dials. Cab drivers going through "No Entry" signs to sneak wrong way through one-way systems in Covent Garden
December 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nice to see all the drivers in central London going feral between Christmas and New Year's. Shouting "Helmet!" at random cyclists whilst mounting the pavement & driving towards people by 7 dials. Cab drivers going through "No Entry" signs to sneak wrong way through one-way systems in Covent Garden
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I've stuck randomly generated conspiracies onto Matt from the Telegraph's cartoons to create "Tinfoil Matt"
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I've stuck randomly generated conspiracies onto Matt from the Telegraph's cartoons to create "Tinfoil Matt"
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
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Your usual reminder that the UCKG is an extraordinarily shady outfit. It is not clear what the money they collect is for or where it goes. They are collecting all over London today. Avoid.
December 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Your usual reminder that the UCKG is an extraordinarily shady outfit. It is not clear what the money they collect is for or where it goes. They are collecting all over London today. Avoid.
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As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
Supposed to be travelling to Poole today but feel too rubbish, it does at least mean I get to see our Dinos in glorious afternoon sunshine
December 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Supposed to be travelling to Poole today but feel too rubbish, it does at least mean I get to see our Dinos in glorious afternoon sunshine
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If you regularly cycle on British roads you'll have come across aggressive, dangerous drivers like Paul Doyle who use their motor vehicles as weapons, the roads are full of them. Their behaviour is completely normalised until the day they run over 100 people
![Prosecutor Mr Greaney said Doyle's vehicle arrived on Dale Street at 17:54 BST.
More dashcam footage is played showing Doyle following a bus along the road as pedestrians stream around him.
It is clear Doyle is getting increasingly frustrated.
He can be seen to pass through a red light and is faced by a steady, dense stream of pedestrians.
The beep of his parking warning indicators are audible as people pass by the car.
He suddenly shouts "Get off the [expletive] road!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iewju3ccszsunaiwusidikdc/bafkreiayt3l72wlpdhgeapsp5ebbdb6yycwtbup63nzlvt7zz7il3jk3gq@jpeg)
![Mr Greaney has been describing the moment at 17:58 BST when Doyle drove towards an unidentified man with ginger hair who was walking with a child.
He said the man appeared to become concerned that Doyle posed a threat to his son.
The prosecutor said: "It appears that in order to protect his child, he placed his right foot on the bumper of the Galaxy as he manoeuvred the child out of the way.
"The man pointed his finger at the defendant, who shouted, "it's a '[expletive] road"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iewju3ccszsunaiwusidikdc/bafkreihtyfekwyavifjrkcolkrtmk74lpxbhfv5k2hondho3fuzud5yhh4@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you regularly cycle on British roads you'll have come across aggressive, dangerous drivers like Paul Doyle who use their motor vehicles as weapons, the roads are full of them. Their behaviour is completely normalised until the day they run over 100 people
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'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
I was only watching him give a talk (streamed) at Gresham College on Monday! So very friendly and disarming, he was also showing us a few of his pictures that he couldn't publish.
RIP Martin Parr. What an amazing body of work he leaves us. Always had a lot of fondness for his photo of the shenanigans one evening at the Union Hotel, Manchester. 1974.
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I was only watching him give a talk (streamed) at Gresham College on Monday! So very friendly and disarming, he was also showing us a few of his pictures that he couldn't publish.
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As the first "monthly" bill hasn't happened yet Plusnet's systems seem to be loving it.
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
As the first "monthly" bill hasn't happened yet Plusnet's systems seem to be loving it.
As I'm in a pole free area and Openreach didn't do the duct works for 2 1/2 months for the install to swap to FTTP from Virgin I've received a credit. *How much?* That's free service for the next year more or less
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
As I'm in a pole free area and Openreach didn't do the duct works for 2 1/2 months for the install to swap to FTTP from Virgin I've received a credit. *How much?* That's free service for the next year more or less
Turkey day number 1!
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Turkey day number 1!
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Check out today's readograph! That's right, from TOMORROW, the PCC’s festive season is officially here. From beloved staples like THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-ALONG to IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE on 35mm, plus Mystery Marathons and ALT. XMAS chaos.
P.S. - Is that a Christmas spirit in the window?
P.S. - Is that a Christmas spirit in the window?
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out today's readograph! That's right, from TOMORROW, the PCC’s festive season is officially here. From beloved staples like THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-ALONG to IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE on 35mm, plus Mystery Marathons and ALT. XMAS chaos.
P.S. - Is that a Christmas spirit in the window?
P.S. - Is that a Christmas spirit in the window?
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped