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Adam Slim

@amdismal.bsky.social
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Person. As far as I know.

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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You need to school them
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It does in France
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lol, ban cars because tanks are dangerous
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I drive a (bought pre salute) Tesla, and now to thank or acknowledge other drivers I do a Spock, in case a hand raise could be misinterpreted
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
House rule: if you only have one or zero consonants or vowels, you can change all your letters for free
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
When I cycled in London (20+ years ago), I would cycle though reds at walking pace, as setting off at the same time as cars was often dangerous, they turn left into you and it hurts. A perfect solution is hard to codify, and a blanket "be considerate to others" likely to be ignored by many.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A friend has just got a Boox, which seems lovely. It has the Google Play store, so you can load up the Kindle app, but it's far better for non Kindle things. I might need to get one...
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
There should be "pleasant experience" airports for people who try to reduce their carbon footprint by only flying once or twice a year.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
T-shirt?
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A pub might have a table with left wing people chatting about politics, and also one with right wingers. They are unlikely to interfere with each other. If BlueSky can create a system that mimics common politeness, it would be great. Hard to see how it would work in practice though.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Although with my family, the vaguest possibility of a chat veering into politics makes even Monopoly a welcome alternative
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Come on, imagine how stressed those execs are, having to deal with all those leaks, infra falling apart, debt management, angry shareholders... Millions of pounds would be the least they deserve...
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My Pimlico flat had sash windows like most of the Cubitt built ones, I didn't realise that there were pivot windows around there. Sadly I don't think there is a good solution for you
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Oh if you don't know about them you should probably look into it, if you have a Pimlico flat! They are U-shaped units half in half outside, efficient and quiet as real a/c, and removable so you could use them just for summer without irritating the planning department.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
At least they have sash windows so you could use those U-shaped ones!
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thank you for the straightforward "The answer is because I want to." Women should be able to choose, and have their choice respected by medical staff and anyone else. That there is any discussion around this matter is bizarre.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Wait, is Elon Musk just trying to find that chocolate teapot in orbit between Earth and Mars?
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I bet Gary Glitter wishes he'd had bombing Iran as an option when he had similar bother
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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
In 1909, Peterborough's workhouse was extensively investigated for a scandal. What kind of scandal? No idea yet, only found out about it last night... So, in about an hour, I'm going to read the newspaper reports and TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT, like it's twitter in 2020.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I used to enjoy getting up with the Today programme, but it's also been unlistenable for over a decade
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Bet you did a few special military operations though
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
My word association mine goes: Cubular - tubular - bells Cubic - pubic - lice Not sure which is worse really
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My right wing family, all Mail readers, are obsessed with immigration. It is the root of all evils, from failing town centres to youth unemployment. When I suggested that billionaire media moguls might be pushing an agenda, and that it's all a distraction tactic, their brains seized up.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Place ruins all flour-based products from anywhere else forever. I'm now cursed with having to spend a fiver on a loaf of bread and six quid on a cake that's big enough for two but of course I eat it myself.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
That final sentence though
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The EU isn't Europe though. If the EU are using "Europe", then the scheme should include all countries in Europe. The EU should change the nomenclature. *Then* they can rightly ignore us!
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The restaurant at this hotel in Darjeeling, which has a bit of Lakes theme going, is called Wuthering Bites. I don't know which is worse, the pun or the wrong hills!
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The summer Olympics events I could try, even if me running 200m would be a mistake. Every single winter Olympics event would cause injury or death to me. Respect to these titans, they're all astonishing people.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I do agree, but there is an important economic point: a rational government should incentivise the transfer of money from a rich old person who won't spend it, to a young person who will. There are many cases where this increase in economic activity trumps the immediate tax take.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I can't help but be concerned for the driver though - his mind must have just broken, losing all rationality. I realise he's not the main victim, but still...
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I mean for a milli I'd get the cover of Tubular Bells tattooed on my slaphead
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I absolutely get that, it's just that such derived citizenship is of surprisingly (to me) low value, as it can be removed from you with no recourse. Although it's probably the same with human rights, which will be removed from me when a right wing government gets into office in the UK.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
There needs to be another word for it; my EU citizenship was taken from me by the actions of others. I felt more European than British, but it was not something I could keep after Brexit. True citizenship should not be subject to the whims of others.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I just watched it (insomnia ftw). There is no 'normal' dialogue, it's just all exposition. It's a fictional documentary. 2025 has given us a Citizen Kane, written by, for and about AI.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
@robmanuel.b3ta.com should do this
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
They caught it from Christopher Nolan, but it mutated into something much worse
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Morally it seems wrong, sure, but I don't really think that credit card companies can play the moral card (nor did they here). That said it (and similar cases) will be factored into overall costs, profit levels will be maintained so Joe Public pays. Kinda.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
There won't, but it must be said that Cameron's apology was one of the few high points of the Tory administration
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I mean, I can't stand football but this is a great plan
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I mean, the clue's in the name, duh
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Almost 11!
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I could see the new babies of family members I didn't much care about. Lovely. Then I started seeing their political memes, and I deleted my account.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Integrity and talent, kinda shocking she went into politics really, total misfit there
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
She was found to have broken the ministerial code. Had to go. Sure, it's nothing like the drastic levels of corruption in the last Tory government, but that doesn't absolve her, sadly. I have no doubt she'll be back, and I hope it's in an even more senior position!
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
STOP TELLING ME WHAT NIGEL FARAGE HAS SAID I SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO KNOW
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
That I can't simply say to my phone: "where are the eggs?", and for it to know which supermarket I'm in and hence immediately report which aisle, is a clear indication that AI is nothing of the sort.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Might need government to force lenders to allow a move to a similar geared property for such people that need to move
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
This property owner says: fantastic. There would be little better for our society than a drop in house prices of 50%.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
PFI existed because Treasury created arbitrary rules and then followed then slavishly. That needs to change, but it's not looking likely.
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Adam Slim @amdismal.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The most important change must surely be to move care costs of the elderly and disabled from local to national government. Then so much more of the local government budget will be for local services, thus hugely increasing accountability.
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