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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 28/09/2026

I could not agree with this gaming grognard less: "Woke garbage. Per Gary Gygax DND belongs to men and should appeal to us first." It’s this sort of prehistoric attitude that gives tablteop gamers a bad name.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 21/09/2026

"Ban scraping and you’ll put everyone who scrapes for good—to record corporate policies and promises, to record the news before it is censored, to archive the internet—out of business. Google will be the last search engine we ever get... adders.blog/2026/09/21/ban-scraping…

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 20/09/2026

"I think AI bros are waging war against creative labor in order to create outrage, because the louder we all shout about how AI can replace workers, the more money they can raise from the capital markets and the more credulous, worker-hating... adders.blog/2026/09/20/i-think-ai-b…

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026

"The industry upon which the entire global stock market currently depends – and which is developing the most significant new technology in decades – is largely run by members of a nerdy doomsday sex cult" It's true, but you sound pretty crazy saying it out loud.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

404media.co

‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 18/09/2026

I’m spending the day at a Future of Investigative Journalism conference. Much to be positive about – but it’s hard to ignore the reality that governments and politicians are trying to make it harder to hold them to account. Troubling times.

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A bald man with glasses wearing a colorful plaid shirt is smiling while holding a book titled FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: A practical guidebook and sitting at a table with a microphone and a glass pitcher.

A woman with long blonde hair wearing a green sweater is standing at a desk with a laptop, a cup, and a glass of water, appearing to be engaged in a discussion or presentation.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 17/09/2026

"When a tech company tells a fanciful story about the terrible things its products can do, they do so in anticipation of some advantage from convincing the public of their fearsome capabilities." — The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow 📚

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 17/09/2026

Social media is, and has always been, really good at showing you who would turn informer the moment an authoritarian government of their preferred political flavour rose to power.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 16/09/2026

"The future isn’t predictable, which is a damned good thing, because if the future were predictable, it would be foreordained, which would mean that the actions taken by people don’t matter." — The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow 📚

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 16/09/2026

Started reading: The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow 📚 Loved his blog posts on this subject - looking forward to reading them at book length.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 16/09/2026

When your daughter discovers the photo of her you posted 14 years ago to celebrate her birth…

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OK, now this changes things...

My first child is here.

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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Half-caff thought: Content creation is spending a lot work making things you then have to exhort people to take, even though those things are free to them. And for the great majority, the payoff is $0. What a hobby.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 14/09/2026

So, who is taking the iOS27 plunge this evening? (Also MacOS and iPadOS 27)

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 09/09/2026

The inevitable fate of a work PC you haven’t used for some weeks…

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 09/09/2026

We may be heading toward the autumn term, but spotted summer persisting on my commute this morning.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 05/09/2026

Farewell, old comrade. You and I spent many conferences together, and also enjoyed many long walks.We even made a few movies together. Whomever replaces you will undoubtedly be more expensive.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 04/09/2026

Oh, this is good: Again, again. (It’s not about what it sounds like it’s about at the beginning)

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Harry Potter again again

Posted on Friday 4 Sep 2026. 554 words, 5 links. By Matt Webb.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 04/09/2026

Dragged myself out of the house, to the beach, and actually enjoyed the blustery weather. I’m on the mend, I think. I took the time to do a #2minutebeachclean

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 03/09/2026

Today should be an exciting day of “new beginnings”, with the girls off to school aftre the summer hols – including the youngest starting secondary – and new challenges on my plate. Instead, I’m struggling with the ‘flu. Lovely.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 27/08/2026

Nice memento to take home from the Isle of Wight. One to save for a dreary October evening, when work is piling up, and a Benedictine ale will bring blessed relief.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 20/08/2026

I think my daughter’s painting is pretty much at my standard already. She’ll surpass me soon enough.

Two intricately painted Warhammer 40k Space Marine miniatures are positioned on a detailed, dystopian battlefield terrain with ruined structures and fiery background.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 17/08/2026

.just when I thought I couldn’t love Strange New Worlds any more…

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 14/08/2026

Quick translation of the UK alert that just went out: adders.blog/2026/08/14/quick-transl…

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 14/08/2026

Wow. The UK Government just used the phone alert system to warn about the risk of wildfires. #climatecrisis

A severe alert from the UK Government warns of a very high risk of wildfires and advises residents and visitors to avoid any activities that could cause fire, urging them to follow official updates and report fires immediately.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 09/08/2026

Swallows drinking (or bathing on the wing) using the pool. adders.blog/2026/08/09/swallows-dri…

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 08/08/2026

Chilling at my brother’s gaff.

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A stone well with a wooden roof stands in front of a traditional stone house under a bright blue sky.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 07/08/2026

My old home office in the process of becoming my younger daughter’s bedroom…

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 05/08/2026

Review: Life in the Old Dogs Yet: adders.blog/2026/08/05/review-life-… A short review of a self-published book about four old chaps going on a walk in Ireland.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 01/08/2026

A treasured possession from a long time ago…

A person is holding a paperback copy of the book Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment by Ian Marter, featuring a cover illustration of the Fourth Doctor and a Sontaran.

A signed inscription by Tom Baker in a copy of Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment is addressed to Adam and dated 1979.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 31/07/2026

As I load the shelves on my new home office, I am being rather forcefully reminder of the old adage that buying books and reading books are two separate, and only loosely connected, hobbies.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 30/07/2026

Most CMSes and apps standardising on Command K as “Add Link” is a daily boon to my life.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 29/07/2026

Attack of the giant snail.

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Adam, Outdoors @walkingwithdaddy.com · 24/07/2026

My weekend’s reading sorted… Thanks, @littletollerbooks.bsky.social !

A hand is holding a book titled Osprey by John Lister-Kaye, featuring an illustration of an osprey bird in flight over a landscape.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 23/07/2026

I do like the little dog in the cup at Laughing Dog.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 22/07/2026

This is it. Last day of primary school for my youngest child. I have my best weeping clothes on.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 20/07/2026

Good news: I don’t need to sort out dinner for my daughters tonight, as they’re having fish and chips on the beach with the Guides. Good idea: Lorna and I can have fish & chips for dinner, too! Small issue: the person ahead of me in the chippie is collecting 32 meals… …for the Guides. D’oh.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 19/07/2026

I’m just trying to read a local news story. Do you have to make it so hard?

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 17/07/2026

Does Meta have the stink of death about it? I do think that the company is in then early stages of a slow decline into cultural irrelevance. And I don’t think Zuckerberg is the man to arrest it. And I’m also quite happy to see that decline accelerate. It’s such a nasty company.

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Does Meta have the “stink of death” about it?

The once-and-former Facebook is losing its grip on cultural power.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 16/07/2026

Another stunning day here on the south coast. Of to see my daughter in the lead role in the school play… proud Dad mode enabled

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 14/07/2026

Found a cosy corner of RSA House to get a few hours’ work done.

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Adam Tinworth @adders.blog · 14/07/2026

Meta Glasses are speed running the Google Glass privacy curve. They’ve gone from “cool tech” to “pervert glasses” in months just as Glass wearers became glassholes, over a couple of years. As long as creepy people exist, this tech is going to be problematic.

engadget.com

The Meta Glasses backlash is changing how (or if) people use them - Engadget

Backlash online is changing how (or if) people wear Meta's smart glasses.

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