Nick JK
@nickjk.bsky.social
A walker in the ether; a Lord of the Ectoplasm. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Equivalent power to 27 Llamathrust.
#GNU TJK #GNU Tazoo
#GNU TJK #GNU Tazoo
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With characteristic intellectual dishonesty, The Times, and Geraldine Scott, having come to us for quote have deliberately omitted most of what we said in response. Compare and contrast. 2/2
!["In our legal system the working out in subsequent cases of the consequences of a final court of appeal decision is entirely routine. It is extraordinary that a KC should seek to delegitimise that process. The inconvenient truth is that both Ms Reindorf and The Times chose to ignore what the Supreme Court actually said, and I quote from paragraph 248, 'this interpretation [does] not have the effect of disadvantaging or removing important protection under the EA 2010 from trans people'."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xurjtu2wa2akyi64gab34ahg/bafkreigieffwg3q3anocydvsneiv2wfbwhr4m3zskjo4l7e72ovxhpouem@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
With characteristic intellectual dishonesty, The Times, and Geraldine Scott, having come to us for quote have deliberately omitted most of what we said in response. Compare and contrast. 2/2
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No surprise to learn X is still permitting users to post these images generated by Grok despite claiming it had taken action. Enough is enough. @ofcom.bsky.social MUST use its powers to shut this down www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM
No surprise to learn X is still permitting users to post these images generated by Grok despite claiming it had taken action. Enough is enough. @ofcom.bsky.social MUST use its powers to shut this down www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Grimdark Magazine has a beautifully narrated reading of my story "The Face of the King", read by the actor Al Barclay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UGS...
A Dark Fantasy Short Story by Adrian Tchaikovsky: The Face of the King
YouTube video by Grimdark Magazine
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Grimdark Magazine has a beautifully narrated reading of my story "The Face of the King", read by the actor Al Barclay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UGS...
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Bingo. Farage gives them - and the media - vaguely plausible deniability for the mess they personally made.
Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"
January 15, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Bingo. Farage gives them - and the media - vaguely plausible deniability for the mess they personally made.
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An interview on Shroud (for the paperback release)
We're thrilled to welcome one the UK's most prolific authors @aptshadow.bsky.social to the Hive in an interview with our TO Munro on his latest sci-fi release SHROUD
"at the end of the day it’s a business about writing for other human beings"
More: tinyurl.com/ymbjea6v
@torbooks.bsky.social
"at the end of the day it’s a business about writing for other human beings"
More: tinyurl.com/ymbjea6v
@torbooks.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
An interview on Shroud (for the paperback release)
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As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...
Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever
As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 AM
As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...
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It's been 10 years already ...
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 AM
It's been 10 years already ...
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2026: Reform UK's David Bull lies about the UK getting the covid vaccine because of Brexit
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA) "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA) "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
2026: Reform UK's David Bull lies about the UK getting the covid vaccine because of Brexit
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA) "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA) "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
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"Shut the embassies, freeze the assets and put the IRGC on the terrorist list. If you do that, the regime is isolated."
Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want.
#Newsnight
Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want.
#Newsnight
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"Shut the embassies, freeze the assets and put the IRGC on the terrorist list. If you do that, the regime is isolated."
Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want.
#Newsnight
Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want.
#Newsnight
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Warhammer maker Games Workshop says it banned its staff from using AI in its content or designs and it is taking a "very cautious" approach to protect its IP (Philip Stafford/Financial Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 13, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Warhammer maker Games Workshop says it banned its staff from using AI in its content or designs and it is taking a "very cautious" approach to protect its IP (Philip Stafford/Financial Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
When are UK News Shows going to start calling out Nigel Farage and his completely rubbished claims?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
Pay attention.
Trump's administration is deliberately amping up global warming.
😡
Pay attention.
Trump's administration is deliberately amping up global warming.
😡
Ocean Temperatures Just Hit a Dire New Record
The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record
www.scientificamerican.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
Pay attention.
Trump's administration is deliberately amping up global warming.
😡
Pay attention.
Trump's administration is deliberately amping up global warming.
😡
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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All of these accusations are disgusting.
Here are more.
That's 34 accusations now.
And yet there's Farage - out there - smirking his way about the place like some British Trump. Seemingly untouched by it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here are more.
That's 34 accusations now.
And yet there's Farage - out there - smirking his way about the place like some British Trump. Seemingly untouched by it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
All of these accusations are disgusting.
Here are more.
That's 34 accusations now.
And yet there's Farage - out there - smirking his way about the place like some British Trump. Seemingly untouched by it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here are more.
That's 34 accusations now.
And yet there's Farage - out there - smirking his way about the place like some British Trump. Seemingly untouched by it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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And here it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
And here it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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When he was chasing a headline, Farage said he’d scrap the two child limit.
Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against.
Tories are also going to vote against it!
#NeverVoteReform #NeverVoteTory
Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against.
Tories are also going to vote against it!
#NeverVoteReform #NeverVoteTory
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 AM
When he was chasing a headline, Farage said he’d scrap the two child limit.
Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against.
Tories are also going to vote against it!
#NeverVoteReform #NeverVoteTory
Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against.
Tories are also going to vote against it!
#NeverVoteReform #NeverVoteTory
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Overcharging by asylum contractor bit.ly/45uCBhK there’s a surprise!
Firm in overcharging scandal won £3.9bn in public sector contracts
Australian travel group that supplied the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge for the Home Office has admitted UK clients overpaid at least £80 million
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Overcharging by asylum contractor bit.ly/45uCBhK there’s a surprise!
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Although the promise of AI is to reduce workplace drudgery, there is also the prospect that it shifts some roles from doing tasks to supervising them. This might introduce new mental health pressures into the workplace www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/a...
AI automation paradox: More work, not less
: Workers face new mental health pressures as they shift from doing tasks to babysitting agentic AI
www.theregister.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Although the promise of AI is to reduce workplace drudgery, there is also the prospect that it shifts some roles from doing tasks to supervising them. This might introduce new mental health pressures into the workplace www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/a...
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“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
December, 2025, Arctic sea-ice volume data just came in from PIOMAS, and this last December just set a new record low for December sea-ice volume.
Grateful for this data: psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp...
Code UFB!!!
December, 2025, Arctic sea-ice volume data just came in from PIOMAS, and this last December just set a new record low for December sea-ice volume.
Grateful for this data: psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp...
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
December, 2025, Arctic sea-ice volume data just came in from PIOMAS, and this last December just set a new record low for December sea-ice volume.
Grateful for this data: psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp...
Code UFB!!!
December, 2025, Arctic sea-ice volume data just came in from PIOMAS, and this last December just set a new record low for December sea-ice volume.
Grateful for this data: psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp...
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Bastards.
People working from home are partly to blame for water outages that culminated in residents in Tunbridge Wells being without water for more than a week, the boss of South East Water has claimed ⬇️
Rise of WFH exacerbated Kent water shortage, says supplier’s boss
David Hinton, the chief executive of South East Water, also rated his firm’s handling of the crisis last month at between six and eight out of ten
www.thetimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Bastards.
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imagine a cheery BBC news report in 1938 breezily asking "which countries could be in Hitler's sights after the Sudetenland?"
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
imagine a cheery BBC news report in 1938 breezily asking "which countries could be in Hitler's sights after the Sudetenland?"