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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 30/09/2026

for some reason wordpress decided not to make the chart the featured image, so here it is

A line chart showing sporadic peaks, but healthy sales with a sudden drop-off to an almost flat-line situation. The drop-off is labelled 2026

Andy Bell @bell.bz · 29/09/2026

on the anthropic IPO stuff, I think this via @garbageday.email is pretty much spot on www.garbageday.email/p/they-want-...

But I’ll end this here with a little conspiracy theory courtesy of Hacker News that I have decided I will believe until I see proof to the contrary. “OpenAI and Anthropic are publicly asking for slowdown in AI research,” one user wrote. “Translation: We see this technology not being any more useful than what it is now, no AGI is coming, and the first one to accept this and slow down the dollar burn rate will incur the wrath of the market. So let's say this big boogeyman technology will end all life on earth and we all slow down together.”

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 22/09/2026

time to enter the gates of hell

Entrance to the water temple on ocarina of time

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 22/09/2026

The @piccalil.li PRICEFALL event ends at midnight UTC so there's still time to save 80 big ones piccalil.li/courses/

Autumn sale, September 8th until September 22nd.

35% off all courses.

Save over £80 with code “PRICEFALL”

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 14/09/2026

real ones know it’s about side stepping, not rolling

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 14/09/2026

i see the slop that's powering trending stuff is smashing it out of the park again

various trending topics with the 5th one, "Burnham eyes Labour leadership" highlighted with a red circle. Burnham has been the PM since the summer…

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 14/09/2026

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot, articulated very well by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/i-do-not-bel...

Engineer types sometimes have trouble with other people and overestimate their own intelligence when it comes to things beyond their jobs. And here in the US we fluff our engineers’ egos so that they will keep producing consumer products, military dominance, surplus value etc. It gets easy for them to believe their own hype.

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 12/09/2026

time to get cracking

Ocarina of time: Navi says “you finally woke up, I’m Navi the fairy” to Link

Link entering the Geat Deku Tree dungeon

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 11/09/2026

it's really fun having an email inbox

An email with the subject line: Andy

message: I'm Instinct. The assistant to Jonathan, founder @ Sirro. He wanted me to invite you to Sirros closed beta.

there's a link to what i assume is a dogshit website

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 11/09/2026

sum up the tech industry with one image i'll go first

An above shot of a group of pigs, eating slop from a trough. One of the pigs is looking up and the camera and looks pretty happy

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 08/09/2026

I just watched the Zelda 40th anniversary direct and my god, the OoT remake looks so good. The art style might well be my favourite. There’s so much depth and texture! I think this might well end up being my favourite 🤩

Link pulling the master sword from the ground in the remake. There’s loads of texture, glow and light work

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 17/08/2026

yeh don't i fucken know it bud

A toast alert that reads: "We are having trouble connecting to your project. Please try again or reload the page.", followed by a reload button

Alignment is of course, completely out of whack too

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 17/08/2026

github projects when ur on a tight deadline

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 14/08/2026

Zapier was double firing the email action and of course, the default page on the dashboard is a slop box

A LLM chat box with "what would make your day, easier, Andy?" as a heading.

I've written "If this software actually worked. That would be ideal, actually" in the chatbox

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 13/08/2026

an apt throwback for clacton election day

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 04/08/2026

drawing arrows with my trackball looks like guy fawkes signature after being tortured

Extremely shaky arrow that's split in half, with the text "Same content"

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 03/08/2026

me to the "not me tho" crew

An old meme where one character looks menacingly at another while putting their hand on the other's shoulder

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 02/08/2026

for anyone wondering if the bomb trick works on gossip stones like on ocarina of time

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 31/07/2026

skyward sword is wild

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 13/07/2026

the UK when it's finally breezy and cloudy again

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 07/07/2026

europe on bsky this morning

The Onion's "Sicko" meme, where he's looking through the window, saying "Yes…Ha Ha…YES"

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 23/06/2026

happy 10 years everyone!

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 21/06/2026

i got the dad album for father’s day

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 18/06/2026

Ah yeh I cleared down that collection so it should only be 40 now

Screencap of that tool showing my standard site documents

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 18/06/2026

yo @standard-reader.app folks, is it possible for me to dump the data for my own publication? Looks like my experimentation from a few weeks ago has created a crap load of…crap

Standard reader app showing my blog with 2014 posts lmao

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 17/06/2026

referring to twitter as "X", earnestly

A huge screen in a stadium, showing a VAR decision check. The word "Hard Drive" has been superimposed over what I imagine is "off side" or "goal"

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 17/06/2026

just checking in on the football

A lovely move from Austria results in a chance for Marko Arnautovic.

A cross-cum-shot from him takes a deflection off a Jordan defender and almost loops in. Eventually going for a corner.

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 10/06/2026

ah shit here we go again

Zelda Ocarina of Time gameplay. The Deku tree has opened their mouth door and the caption reads “then enter, brave Link, and thou too, Navi”

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 09/06/2026

anyway you wanna see a glow up?

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 09/06/2026

because that unavoidable technology that's going to take over everything needs selling via paid linkedin spam messages lol, lmao even

A LinkedIn spam message that reads:

Hey Andy,

Notion is rolling out new collaborative agentic features for productivity all year. It's never been a better time to learn and use Notion's next level Al tools for work.

We'd be happy to offer you a Free 3 Month Trial for work and Free 1 Month Trial for home use. You can add up to 100 people to each Notion Workspace so invite your colleagues!

Open to it?
- Christina

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 08/06/2026

he lives in a pineapple under the sea

Food (I think) packaging labelled "Eggplant Meet Balls"

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 03/06/2026

It's going to be brutal. A lot of people's lives are going to be ruined and people have to be held to account or this will happen again. From bell.bz/wrapping-up-...

Here’s what I’m asking people to do to take the “shine” off LLMs in the tech industry:

- Constantly and consistently post when it goes wrong. This could be on your blog or social media. Post anyway.
- When people (especially people who are paid to peddle this technology) post claims: challenge them to provide evidence and prove their claims. It might sound harsh, but it’s long overdue that “thought leaders” in our industry are held to account for the effects of their influence.
- Create a culture of shame for AI boosting.
- Never forgive and especially never forget those who have boosted and vocally supported this technology. Unless there are consequences, we’ll continue to have hype cycles like crypto, NFTs and now, LLMs. We have the power to break the cycle of cycles in our vast numbers.
- Stop paying for AI services.

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 03/06/2026

I urge you to read this www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime...

In any case, nowhere are the subsidies higher than those of Anthropic and OpenAI, who use their tens of billions of dollars of funding to allow users to burn anywhere from $3 to $13 per every dollar of subscription revenue to outpace their competition.

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 02/06/2026

the ol' RSI has started flaring up again, so the trackball is back

My desk with an Apple keyboard, HomePods, trackpad and remarkable e-ink note taking thing. Some WIP client work is on the screen.

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 30/05/2026

I did all the shrines on TOTK so I feel like I need to do the same on BOTW too

A small bright light with a black back drop. The caption reads “…Open your eyes…”

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