Stuart Orford
@sjorford.bsky.social
he/him geek/nerd lover of nature and spreadsheets
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We have already moved on from restricting future migration to proposing mass expulsions of people already here, so it seems optimistic to think reducing numbers will improve the standard of our political debate. All that’s likely to happen is the demands of the far right get ever more extreme
February 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
We have already moved on from restricting future migration to proposing mass expulsions of people already here, so it seems optimistic to think reducing numbers will improve the standard of our political debate. All that’s likely to happen is the demands of the far right get ever more extreme
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If you can, please consider joining me in donating to the appeal fund. Every British worker deserves dignity on the job, and toilet cops need to stop taking the piss!
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February 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
If you can, please consider joining me in donating to the appeal fund. Every British worker deserves dignity on the job, and toilet cops need to stop taking the piss!
goodlawproject.org/donate/
goodlawproject.org/donate/
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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The entirety of Powell and Pressburger's THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COL. BLIMP (1943) is available on YouTube for free, so you have no excuse not to watch it
One of the gayest antifascist stories ever filmed, as well as just one of the best goddamn movies ever made, period
Hit that play button, folks!!
One of the gayest antifascist stories ever filmed, as well as just one of the best goddamn movies ever made, period
Hit that play button, folks!!
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp | FULL MOVIE | British War Romance Drama
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
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January 4, 2026 at 11:12 AM
The entirety of Powell and Pressburger's THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COL. BLIMP (1943) is available on YouTube for free, so you have no excuse not to watch it
One of the gayest antifascist stories ever filmed, as well as just one of the best goddamn movies ever made, period
Hit that play button, folks!!
One of the gayest antifascist stories ever filmed, as well as just one of the best goddamn movies ever made, period
Hit that play button, folks!!
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Santa told us that people that don’t add alt text are getting coal in their stocking this year.
December 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Santa told us that people that don’t add alt text are getting coal in their stocking this year.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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Get one of these beauties
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Get one of these beauties
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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to put it in terms they will understand: if you want to run a pancake store, but then millions of people who only want waffles turn up, fuck you, you run a waffle store now
October 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
to put it in terms they will understand: if you want to run a pancake store, but then millions of people who only want waffles turn up, fuck you, you run a waffle store now
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i resent how every time i do an internet search for something now the browser takes a guess at explaining what i am searching for at me. i know what i am looking for actually, do not presume i need it explained, how insulting
September 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
i resent how every time i do an internet search for something now the browser takes a guess at explaining what i am searching for at me. i know what i am looking for actually, do not presume i need it explained, how insulting
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my only new-user harangue is just use the damn alt text:
• it's searchable
• you can explain a reference/what the fuck that thing is to help people get it, or tell extra jokes
• it's not hard, and you're not special
• that you're posting in the first place tells everyone you've got the extra minute
• it's searchable
• you can explain a reference/what the fuck that thing is to help people get it, or tell extra jokes
• it's not hard, and you're not special
• that you're posting in the first place tells everyone you've got the extra minute
October 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM
my only new-user harangue is just use the damn alt text:
• it's searchable
• you can explain a reference/what the fuck that thing is to help people get it, or tell extra jokes
• it's not hard, and you're not special
• that you're posting in the first place tells everyone you've got the extra minute
• it's searchable
• you can explain a reference/what the fuck that thing is to help people get it, or tell extra jokes
• it's not hard, and you're not special
• that you're posting in the first place tells everyone you've got the extra minute
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Here's a slightly crazy diagram illustrating today's major Cabinet reshuffle
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Here's a slightly crazy diagram illustrating today's major Cabinet reshuffle
You're welcome
You're welcome
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You are not persuading the text pipeline! You are stumbling on to a mathematical vector in which you are causing the word delivery mechanism to replicate sequences other people typed up in which they are persuaded and that OpenAI likely stole without permission!
A study focused on OpenAI's GPT-4o mini found that LLMs can be persuaded to comply with objectionable requests using the same tactics that persuade humans (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
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August 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
You are not persuading the text pipeline! You are stumbling on to a mathematical vector in which you are causing the word delivery mechanism to replicate sequences other people typed up in which they are persuaded and that OpenAI likely stole without permission!
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Machinarium is free on the Epic Games Store for the next 6 days!
store.epicgames.com/...
store.epicgames.com/...
August 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Machinarium is free on the Epic Games Store for the next 6 days!
store.epicgames.com/...
store.epicgames.com/...
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There's no better poster child for the mess the UK is now in than the fact that the Financial Times - home to the "how to spend it" supplement on luxury geegaws - is now one of the most left-wing media channels in the country simply because it's still interested in reality.
August 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There's no better poster child for the mess the UK is now in than the fact that the Financial Times - home to the "how to spend it" supplement on luxury geegaws - is now one of the most left-wing media channels in the country simply because it's still interested in reality.
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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If you wanna read it, the translation I’m using is by Emily Wilson, who is a brilliant translator and also reads the hell out of it herself
August 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you wanna read it, the translation I’m using is by Emily Wilson, who is a brilliant translator and also reads the hell out of it herself
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If you think A.I. will solve your problems, you don't understand technology and you don't understand your problems.
August 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If you think A.I. will solve your problems, you don't understand technology and you don't understand your problems.
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Not to keep going on about it, but I see a lot of well meaning takes on the left about the Ian Dunt thing saying, "Well it's bad that when boys search for 'why don't I have a GF?' fasc stuff comes up, but it's complex...."
Pals, Justin is *doing this work on the left and you can help fund it.*
Pals, Justin is *doing this work on the left and you can help fund it.*
August 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Not to keep going on about it, but I see a lot of well meaning takes on the left about the Ian Dunt thing saying, "Well it's bad that when boys search for 'why don't I have a GF?' fasc stuff comes up, but it's complex...."
Pals, Justin is *doing this work on the left and you can help fund it.*
Pals, Justin is *doing this work on the left and you can help fund it.*
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Get one of these three little beauties www.roseschmits.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Get one of these three little beauties www.roseschmits.com
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New blog!
Political parties won 12.9% of English town and parish council seats in 2024/2025. But party involvement at this level is controversial. We take a look at what the data can tell us about partisanship in England's first tier of local government.
democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025/07...
Political parties won 12.9% of English town and parish council seats in 2024/2025. But party involvement at this level is controversial. We take a look at what the data can tell us about partisanship in England's first tier of local government.
democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025/07...
Parish councils and political parties: some initial findings
A dive into the politics of England's first tier of local government.
democracyclub.org.uk
July 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New blog!
Political parties won 12.9% of English town and parish council seats in 2024/2025. But party involvement at this level is controversial. We take a look at what the data can tell us about partisanship in England's first tier of local government.
democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025/07...
Political parties won 12.9% of English town and parish council seats in 2024/2025. But party involvement at this level is controversial. We take a look at what the data can tell us about partisanship in England's first tier of local government.
democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025/07...
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I did some research and reporting to try to understand why Elon turning Grok "anti-woke" also made it into MechaHitler, some interesting stuff in the guts of LLMs. feat @theophite.bsky.social prospect.org/power/2025-0...
How Did Elon Musk Turn Grok Into MechaHitler?
The malfunctioning xAI chatbot provides some insights into how large language models work.
prospect.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I did some research and reporting to try to understand why Elon turning Grok "anti-woke" also made it into MechaHitler, some interesting stuff in the guts of LLMs. feat @theophite.bsky.social prospect.org/power/2025-0...
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In 2020 @moreincommonuk.bsky.social launched the British 7 Segments. After a pandemic, major global conflicts, political upheaval, cost of living crisis, changes in work/social/information habits it’s time to update them for 2025. Here’s an intro to our new tribes of Britain (Quiz link next)
July 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In 2020 @moreincommonuk.bsky.social launched the British 7 Segments. After a pandemic, major global conflicts, political upheaval, cost of living crisis, changes in work/social/information habits it’s time to update them for 2025. Here’s an intro to our new tribes of Britain (Quiz link next)