Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It really feels like Skynet is going to happen primarily due to one AI company being worried another AI company is going to cause Skynet to happen first. 000
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Maybe we should have used this group of players earlier… 000
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026“I am very disappointed in Starmer” *opens door, sees Wes Streeting* “However…” 040
Reposted by Alex BHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 09/05/2026observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot the 6 creatures hidden in the picture? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?) 70900247
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Recall, Eclipse of the heart, Shelly, Use for soup if can’t learn ninja stuff. 000
Reposted by Alex BMJ Mackenzie @redheadmuppet.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I grabbed this painting from a film set sale a while back with the intention of upcycling it into something else, but then today I found a tin of googly eyes and thought, why not? 1120753
Reposted by Alex BScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/04/2026For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.healthpolicy-watch.newsOnly US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy WatchPresident of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to 13222421450
Reposted by Alex BDrSinBin @drsinbin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other. 116150745539
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026One fascinating thing about AI is how there are already so many experts available to teach you how to use it through a paid for eight session course. 000
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Melania’s “Not connected to Epstein” press conference has a lot of people asking questions already answered by her press conference. 000
Reposted by Alex BEwan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 29/03/2026The concept of the British middle class is conveniently elastic. On the one hand, it’s used to refer to anyone with a white collar job and a mortgage, on the other it’s defined as families with nannies and kids at private school who can somehow be presented as the national norm. 3644581
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026As is often the case with the Emperor’s new clothes, it is not easy to know where the truth lies. 010
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Found something in my fridge that’s either eight months out of date or won’t go off for four months. Which do we recon it is? 000
Reposted by Alex BPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Just Fancy That! Sam Altman on ads in ChatGPT. From the new Private Eye, out now. 728776
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Do we think that Prince William will sit his kids down and tell them Uncle Andrew has gone to live on a farm? 000
Reposted by Alex BNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less. 4574591638
Reposted by Alex BRob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com · 31/12/2025I did hope that @fesshole.bsky.social would be 100k followers for the new year, but Christmas miracles didn't happen and it's only 99.9k 79727
Reposted by Alex Bsanddancer83.bsky.social @sanddancer83.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬 11779244
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Chris Tarrant once said ‘excuse me’ to me as I was in a queue he wanted to get to the other side of. 010
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Apparently they’ve reversed Pinocchio’s nose. Huge if true. 000
Reposted by Alex BRich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 29/12/2025South Park alumnus Toby Morton saw the rename on the cards months ago and bought the trumpkennedycenter domain (com and org). www.trumpkennedycenter.orgtrumpkennedycenter.orgHOME | Trump Kennedy Center 117570
Reposted by Alex BJames Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls 9454684914405
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Watching early Wallace right after modern Wallace gives real uncanny valley vibes. 000
Reposted by Alex BJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 09/12/2025Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne... 601588618
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Contrary to popular belief sea serpents are not natural predators of ponies, so the two often coexist peacefully. 040
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025In the future you will be able to upload your consciousness into a machine. However that machine will then have to do manual work for billionaires. 040
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Normalise spilling the sugar while making tea so it ends up round the rim of your mug, then pretending it’s the daytime equivalent of salt round a margarita glass. 010
Reposted by Alex BHarry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard 144117824045
Reposted by Alex BEnough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 27/11/2025The theft was noticed when the lorry arrived with less cargo 118916
Reposted by Alex BMiami DSA @miamidsa.org · 26/11/2025Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷 8135570114729
Reposted by Alex BAlyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three. 6995693839
Reposted by Alex BThe Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026? The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...maryrose.orgJobs and volunteering - Mary RoseJobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust. 18862
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I know they are all evil, planet destroyers etc but I quite like that Amazon’s AI Rufus has been designed purely to sell you stuff and does not give a shit about trying to flatter you or keep the conversation going like chat gpt does. 0105
Reposted by Alex BJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 12/11/2025Judge for yourself: did the dossier accusing the BBC of doctoring a Trump quote…doctor a Trump quote? 57134
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Perhaps if they hadn’t dumped theirs in the harbour in the first place this wouldn’t be an issue. 020
Reposted by Alex BJennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to "help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch. 10632599
Reposted by Alex Bfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 07/11/2025My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings 732331286
Reposted by Alex BSam @sunlightafterdark.com · 30/10/2025I challenge you to open this in your browser and not be impressed and sucked in messenger.abeto.comessenger.abeto.coMessengerIt's a small planet, but someone's gotta make the deliveries. 76833
Alex B @alexbuchanan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025It’s really annoying to think that in a few years time we’re going to have so many ‘How Sam Altman fooled the world’ and ‘the crash no one saw coming’ documentaries when there are so many people pointing out the circular financing and impossible growth requirements. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNvidia becomes world's first $5tn companyThe US chip-maker has rapidly climbed from a niche graphics-chip manufacturer to an AI titan. 000
Reposted by Alex BThe Terry Pratchett Estate @terrypratchett.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Are you a UK or Ireland-based designer looking to get started in the industry? Penguin UK has launched its cover design awards and this year, the focus is fantasy – and one of the two titles is Terry Pratchett's Night Watch. More details: terrypratchett.com/news/calling...terrypratchett.comCalling all designers! Create your own version of a classic Discworld cover... | Terry PratchettPenguin UK has launched its annual cover design award contest where all UK and Ireland-based designers can submit their own designs for two classic Penguin titles. This year’s focus is fantasy and the... 1164113
