James
@whostolemyhat.bsky.social
Don't expect anything sensible. Programming and music and silliness
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So—hang on—the BBC DG and head of News have resigned over an internal complaint about coverage of Trump raised by one adviser who appears to have been pursuing a right-wing agenda?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So—hang on—the BBC DG and head of News have resigned over an internal complaint about coverage of Trump raised by one adviser who appears to have been pursuing a right-wing agenda?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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I am once again asking if anyone can point to an example of an existing stadium that accommodates 45,000 people and which is built on top of a 350m skyscrapper rather than on the ground and into which those 45,000 people can safety and rapidly enter and exit in a timely fashion.
October 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I am once again asking if anyone can point to an example of an existing stadium that accommodates 45,000 people and which is built on top of a 350m skyscrapper rather than on the ground and into which those 45,000 people can safety and rapidly enter and exit in a timely fashion.
Asking a regulated-industry client (again!) if they want to plan for a service outage just after AWS went down was quite fun.
October 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Asking a regulated-industry client (again!) if they want to plan for a service outage just after AWS went down was quite fun.
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Rurality and tradition being used in defence of the indefensible
🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Rurality and tradition being used in defence of the indefensible
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Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
marketing exec furiously churning ai swill until they get the ultimate xmas recipe: sad piano Wallace and Gromit
October 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
marketing exec furiously churning ai swill until they get the ultimate xmas recipe: sad piano Wallace and Gromit
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Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/
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A fucking DYSON SPHERE??? A DYSON SPHERE. Around the entire solar SYSTEM?
What absolutely kills me about these dudes is that so many people genuinely think these guys are smart!!!!!!!!!
A fucking Dyson sphere. Around the solar system. I have no words
What absolutely kills me about these dudes is that so many people genuinely think these guys are smart!!!!!!!!!
A fucking Dyson sphere. Around the solar system. I have no words
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
August 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A fucking DYSON SPHERE??? A DYSON SPHERE. Around the entire solar SYSTEM?
What absolutely kills me about these dudes is that so many people genuinely think these guys are smart!!!!!!!!!
A fucking Dyson sphere. Around the solar system. I have no words
What absolutely kills me about these dudes is that so many people genuinely think these guys are smart!!!!!!!!!
A fucking Dyson sphere. Around the solar system. I have no words
"A radioactive wasp nest with radiation levels ten times of what is allowed under regulations"
They're regulating wasps now?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
They're regulating wasps now?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"A radioactive wasp nest with radiation levels ten times of what is allowed under regulations"
They're regulating wasps now?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
They're regulating wasps now?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Also Aws: a shockingly bad presentation/advert for 'agebtic' ai. Shonky generated images with the Aws logo proudly slapped on, referring to automation as 'he', bigging up vibe coding, hand-waved away q's about environmental damage, regulations and IP theft. Now rethinking Aws use in our project
July 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Also Aws: a shockingly bad presentation/advert for 'agebtic' ai. Shonky generated images with the Aws logo proudly slapped on, referring to automation as 'he', bigging up vibe coding, hand-waved away q's about environmental damage, regulations and IP theft. Now rethinking Aws use in our project
Chatting to an Aws voice sentiment team, and they're having to build a sarcasm detector due to Australians
July 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Chatting to an Aws voice sentiment team, and they're having to build a sarcasm detector due to Australians
This is of course the same Israel that destroyed every single hospital in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
June 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This is of course the same Israel that destroyed every single hospital in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
June 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)
Kid's tales 934: my 4 year old keeps sitting on my knee, looking me dead in the eye and whispering "Revenge!"
I don't know why
I don't know why
June 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Kid's tales 934: my 4 year old keeps sitting on my knee, looking me dead in the eye and whispering "Revenge!"
I don't know why
I don't know why
May 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Watching mission impossible. Incredibly dystopian but they're all scared of a screensaver
May 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Watching mission impossible. Incredibly dystopian but they're all scared of a screensaver
My PM's now referring to modals as 'screen pops'. It's taken me about an hour to work out what he's on about
May 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
My PM's now referring to modals as 'screen pops'. It's taken me about an hour to work out what he's on about
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November 18, 2024 at 1:07 AM
The crushing sadness when you realise you've finished your coffee
May 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The crushing sadness when you realise you've finished your coffee
To whoever created Workday: have you never used a fucking website before?
May 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
To whoever created Workday: have you never used a fucking website before?
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Every interview with Yvette Cooper
May 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Every interview with Yvette Cooper