Ryan Barrett
@radicalbyte.bsky.social
British/Dutch/European
Software Engineering | Manga | Gunpla | C64 | Amiga | Electronics | Gaming | Politics | Football
"We made it so easy to program that any idiot could do it. So they do." - hn/bregma
🐦: @radicalbyte
🐘: mastodon.social/@radicalbyte
Software Engineering | Manga | Gunpla | C64 | Amiga | Electronics | Gaming | Politics | Football
"We made it so easy to program that any idiot could do it. So they do." - hn/bregma
🐦: @radicalbyte
🐘: mastodon.social/@radicalbyte
Pinned
PSA: I block accounts which look like bots. Ping me on another social if you're a false positive.
What has happened to the UK that the child benefit cap removal is so unpopular?
A mansion tax is one of the most popular things that Labour has done - 67% in favour, 19% against.
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
What has happened to the UK that the child benefit cap removal is so unpopular?
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
The UK loses high-income people like me (who wants to live in a country whose policy is designed to enrich Boomers at the expense of my generation?) and is replacing them with low-income people from poorer countries.
It's only going to get worse.
It's only going to get worse.
How immigration, emigration and net migration have changed in the last 5-10 years
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The UK loses high-income people like me (who wants to live in a country whose policy is designed to enrich Boomers at the expense of my generation?) and is replacing them with low-income people from poorer countries.
It's only going to get worse.
It's only going to get worse.
It is the job of the British Media to divide and conquer: lie to the people, get the simpletons angry about immigration (or taxes) so that they will support policy which hurts their interest and furthers the interests of the billionaires who own the paper.
Only a sixth of the public know that immigration is now falling (significantly) from its peak levels. It is a challenge to the politicians and the media to do their distinct jobs more effectively by communicating this, so we can have a more informed debate
www.britishfuture.org/immigration-...
www.britishfuture.org/immigration-...
Immigration falling but public still thinks it is going up – new research - British Future
Findings from the British Future/Ipsos Immigration Attitudes Tracker into what the public thinks about immigration for work, study and asylum
www.britishfuture.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It is the job of the British Media to divide and conquer: lie to the people, get the simpletons angry about immigration (or taxes) so that they will support policy which hurts their interest and furthers the interests of the billionaires who own the paper.
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
"It's not her fault that she spent 50 years voting for governments whose policy explicitly made her an asset multi-millionaire"
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"It's not her fault that she spent 50 years voting for governments whose policy explicitly made her an asset multi-millionaire"
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
Don’t waste money on new fossil infrastructure, folks. Tropical islands can cost effectively transition off of fossil fuels using solar, wind and batteries. No LNG needed.
Hawaii’s LNG Detour: Why A Fossil Bridge Arriving In The 2030s Makes No Sense - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2025/11/25/h...
Hawaii’s LNG Detour: Why A Fossil Bridge Arriving In The 2030s Makes No Sense - CleanTechnica
LNG would arrive too late and retire too early in Hawaiʻi, while renewables cut emissions, reduce pollution and align with state law.
cleantechnica.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Don’t waste money on new fossil infrastructure, folks. Tropical islands can cost effectively transition off of fossil fuels using solar, wind and batteries. No LNG needed.
The recent NPM worm - which relied on developers checking in configuration changed in THEIR CODEBASE made by THE WORM goes to show how far we have fallen.
I no longer expect developers to have even a basic understanding of WTF they're doing.
I no longer expect developers to have even a basic understanding of WTF they're doing.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The recent NPM worm - which relied on developers checking in configuration changed in THEIR CODEBASE made by THE WORM goes to show how far we have fallen.
I no longer expect developers to have even a basic understanding of WTF they're doing.
I no longer expect developers to have even a basic understanding of WTF they're doing.
Is it just me or has the Switch 2 been a massive letdown? We're almost 6 months in yet the number of Switch 1 games which have received an update to at the very least unlock FPS is tiny and there haven't been any new ones for months.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Is it just me or has the Switch 2 been a massive letdown? We're almost 6 months in yet the number of Switch 1 games which have received an update to at the very least unlock FPS is tiny and there haven't been any new ones for months.
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
Deze waarschuwing zou bij elke talkshow op groot scherm zichtbaar moeten zijn.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Deze waarschuwing zou bij elke talkshow op groot scherm zichtbaar moeten zijn.
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Volgens mij heeft dit helemaal niks met vlees te maken?
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Volgens mij heeft dit helemaal niks met vlees te maken?
Sorry but this is clearly bullshit: the English term Mincemeat has been used for generations and is purely plant-based.
"Gehakt" is Dutch for "Mincemeat".
The concept isn't only well known here, our supermarkets literally post recipes:
www.ah.nl/allerhande/r...
"Gehakt" is Dutch for "Mincemeat".
The concept isn't only well known here, our supermarkets literally post recipes:
www.ah.nl/allerhande/r...
Kijk aan, de Nvwa zet dapper door in haar strijd tegen de windmolens van plantaardig gehakt. Je bent de loopjongen van de vleesindustrie of je bent het niet. Met de complimenten van de bbbedrijfslobby op het ministerie.
www.nu.nl/economie/637...
www.nu.nl/economie/637...
Mogelijk boete voor gebruik woord 'gehakt' bij plantaardig product
Vivera krijgt mogelijk een boete van 1.050 euro omdat het vleesvervangers verkoopt waar "gehakt" op de verpakking staat. Volgens toezichthouder NVWA mag het geen gehakt worden genoemd, ook al staat er...
www.nu.nl
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Sorry but this is clearly bullshit: the English term Mincemeat has been used for generations and is purely plant-based.
"Gehakt" is Dutch for "Mincemeat".
The concept isn't only well known here, our supermarkets literally post recipes:
www.ah.nl/allerhande/r...
"Gehakt" is Dutch for "Mincemeat".
The concept isn't only well known here, our supermarkets literally post recipes:
www.ah.nl/allerhande/r...
Great game this especially for $2, so fun that I spent 10x that on the physical collectors edition 🤣
5) Broforce
£1.79 (was £13.49)
A run and gun action game inspired by big dumb action movies of the 80s and 90s. A good laugh.
www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
£1.79 (was £13.49)
A run and gun action game inspired by big dumb action movies of the 80s and 90s. A good laugh.
www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Great game this especially for $2, so fun that I spent 10x that on the physical collectors edition 🤣
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
Smells like treason to me
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Smells like treason to me
The current Dutch cabinet are starting to look like the UK cabinets of Cameron, May, Johnson and Truss.
We've gone from being one of the top kids to the fiscal heroin-junkie of the EU within a year.
It could have been worse, we could have had our own Truss..
We've gone from being one of the top kids to the fiscal heroin-junkie of the EU within a year.
It could have been worse, we could have had our own Truss..
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The current Dutch cabinet are starting to look like the UK cabinets of Cameron, May, Johnson and Truss.
We've gone from being one of the top kids to the fiscal heroin-junkie of the EU within a year.
It could have been worse, we could have had our own Truss..
We've gone from being one of the top kids to the fiscal heroin-junkie of the EU within a year.
It could have been worse, we could have had our own Truss..
It's a massive culture shock when I go to visit family in the UK after 18 years living in The Netherlands.
It feels so backwards with the cycling infrastructure being so bad. It has gotten worse too!
It feels so backwards with the cycling infrastructure being so bad. It has gotten worse too!
The slavish devotion to motoring is one of the most frustrating things about UK public policy over the past decades
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's a massive culture shock when I go to visit family in the UK after 18 years living in The Netherlands.
It feels so backwards with the cycling infrastructure being so bad. It has gotten worse too!
It feels so backwards with the cycling infrastructure being so bad. It has gotten worse too!
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
Durov's European passport should be removed - as a dual national a passport is a privilege not a right - and both he and his app should be sanctioned.
Then we should round up the rest of them.
Then we should round up the rest of them.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Durov's European passport should be removed - as a dual national a passport is a privilege not a right - and both he and his app should be sanctioned.
Then we should round up the rest of them.
Then we should round up the rest of them.
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
How Democracy Dies.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
How Democracy Dies.
PSA: I block accounts which look like bots. Ping me on another social if you're a false positive.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
PSA: I block accounts which look like bots. Ping me on another social if you're a false positive.
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
This raises questions as to whether Tommy Robinson has deeper links to the Kremlin.
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This raises questions as to whether Tommy Robinson has deeper links to the Kremlin.
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
The location ID on twitter revealing that 99% of the horrible shit on that website is just posted by people in India honestly soothed me a lot. Its literally all just fake.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
Reposted by Ryan Barrett
Let’s check in on the MAGA ‘patriots’ from Russia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, and Iran - spreading their ‘patriotism’ worldwide.
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Let’s check in on the MAGA ‘patriots’ from Russia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, and Iran - spreading their ‘patriotism’ worldwide.