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Bex Sander

@bexsander.bsky.social
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Someone tried to prompt engineer his game and it sucks!
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New from me: at least 350 unaccompanied children have gone missing from the UK’s asylum system in the last 5 years
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I wonder if the pervert glasses are going to actively impact eyewear trends, because I'm looking for a new pair and my priority is making sure they couldn't possibly look like they have a camera hidden in them
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Isn’t this the same AI detector that offered its services to hachette and started that whole pile on about that potentially AI-edited book?
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alyson “end journalism” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Always remembering Lucy Meadows. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_o...
Lucy Meadows (1981 – 19 March 2013) was a transgender teacher from Accrington in the United Kingdom. She died by suicide in March 2013 after the decision of her employers to allow her to return to work after sex reassignment surgery was covered in the national press.
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Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
To get the high street that boomers want, you'd basically have to have the local council own/run them and the mere suggestion would produce a media tantrum about Stalinism you would not believe
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The handshake meme. Two men are locking hands. Above this, it says "fighting the wealthy". The arm of one man reads "badgers" and the arm of the other reads "orcas".
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🔴 Reform UK Tells Its Activists ‘Don’t Drink and Tweet’’ Because ‘The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It’ EXCLUSIVE: “If this was sat on the desk of an anti-Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?” the leaked internal training course warn its members
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Reform UK Tells Its Activists ‘Don’t Drink and Tweet’' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It'
EXCLUSIVE: "If this was sat on the desk of an anti-Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?” the leaked internal training course warn its members
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I read a report today that used the phrase “Male Grievance Industry” and -
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
FAKE NEWS, BIGFOOT HAS PROPORTIONALLY BIG NATURALS
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Dad claims he saw Bigfoot in Connecticut woods - and detailed that it had 'no boobs'
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/07/2026
‘Social media bans are likely to make things worse’: psychologist Candice Odgers on kids, tech and mental health
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‘Social media bans are likely to make things worse’: psychologist Candice Odgers on kids, tech and mental health
She has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years and fears the debate obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of Covid to the health of their adult caregivers
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The moral panic is so focussed on how the internet and social media is damaging children, but no one wants to have the discussion about how it is damaging fully grown adults, parents, grandparents.
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
There could be a world where AI chat bots are a safe space to explore kinks without shame and provide real joy and catharsis for curious people. Obviously we don’t like in that world but I think its the best use case for chatbots I’ve heard
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fangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 01/07/2026
Real talk I hope Vince Gilligan and David Duchovny know how many suicides they prevented with these two lines of dialogue
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is so random? What next ‘asylum seekers banned from shopping at M&S’?
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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 26/06/2026
maybe they outsourced to ChatGPT the job of checking there haven't been any other projects with names like terra/luna that would evoke extremely negative reactions
Tweet by OpenAI: Sol is our new flagship and a step function better than GPT-5.5.

Terra delivers performance competitive to GPT-5.5 at 2x lower cost.

Luna is our most cost-efficient model, delivering strong capability at our lowest cost.

Together, the GPT-5.6 family gives people and developers more choice in how they balance intelligence, speed, and cost.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is absolutely damning.
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Does anyone familiar with FOIA requests follow me that can advise me on a question I have about White House records?
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Reminder: Thursday’s lobby day has had to be postponed due to a red weather warning for the heatwave www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/weather...
transsolidarityalliance.com
Weather update: Mass lobby postponed
With a red weather warning now in place for the day of the planned Mass Lobby for Trans Equality on Thursday 25th June 2026, we are cancelling the lobby on the day and advise people do not travel to W...
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You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
People are saying Starmer won't leave much of a legacy but I think that's nonsense frankly The UK was officially declared a country of trans genocide by the Lemkin Institute under his tenure
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Important mass lobby update: With a red weather warning in place for the day, it will not go ahead. We are reaching out to participants with further detail and actions, but please do not travel. We are arranging a future date and will update ❤️ www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/weather...
transsolidarityalliance.com
Weather update: Mass lobby postponed
With a red weather warning now in place for the day of the planned Mass Lobby for Trans Equality on Thursday 25th June 2026, we are cancelling the lobby on the day and advise people do not travel to W...
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New: Allies of Andy Burnham are preparing to welcome him with a ‘mini-rally’ in Westminster this afternoon Starmer expected to resign before that, after Peter Kyle acknowledged the PM was considering the "political realities" this weekend observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...
observer.co.uk
Andy Burnham plans ‘mini-rally’ in Westminster as Starmer...
Most of the PM’s supporters appear to have finally deserted him – whereas 201 MPs are believed to have backed Burnham for leader
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Girl same! I also feel betrayed by Labour!
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Anyone writing their thinkpieces about how burnham united the left is lost in columnist-brain: Starmer “united the left” at the general election, but it wasn’t passionate support, he was simply the least worst option.
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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
im not really fond of making comparisons to racism but ‘trans lovers’ is some ku klux klan tier shit.
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
During the campaign Burnham explicitly said he supported Shabana Mahmoods incredibly restrictive immigration plans but go off Camilla
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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Insanely too little too late, but wild
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Some people shrug off the use of illegal (ghost or cloned) licence plates as low level crime, evading speeding tickets and congestion charges etc But increasingly police are aware of their role in organised crime, and even murder - like that of 21-year-old Kyron Lee observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 16/06/2026
BAN THE PERVPODS
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I don’t have strong views on the u16 social media ban but if these platforms are so harmful, why does the govt still use them for comms? Likewise, while kids (and everyone else!) should be encouraged to socialise in-person, they now have far fewer options following brutal cuts to youth services
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 15/06/2026
the government are taking tough action to stop any daughter of yours going out dressed like THAT
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Legacy Update @legacyupdate.net · 14/06/2026
Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago.
The top-left corner of Microsoft Word 2007, showing the ribbon.
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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This is besides the point but I don’t think the Prime Minister should ever be delivering news wearing something that is done up by a zip
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Tbf it is actually wild that chatbots that can simulate sexual relationships weren’t already only for 18+, but you do not under any circumstances have to hand to Starmer for that one
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Am I the only one who remembers not being allowed to go outside and socialise as a child because my parents were convinced I would immediately be abducted? Like being on the computer was the only solution
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The solution they’ve proposed is more invasive age verification requirements for everyone so if you don’t have a valid ID I guess you’re not responsible enough to handle that YouTube makeup tutorial
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 15/06/2026
On the day where we're banning socials for U16s, is there a proper analysis of this new type of boomer slop overrunning Facebook? It seems to be done for creator payments now which, when combined with cheap AI image generation, is like an insane fever dream compared to the cheap memes of the 2010s.
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Politicians congratulating each other about the social media ban for under 16s on X, the one stop child pornography and far right radicalisation shop, is beyond satire
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
An instagram ad just began with “this is what the SOCK INDUSTRY WONT TELL YOU” good lord what has Big Sock been hiding from me now
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This thread contains more impressive investigation than the Times article it’s referencing, chefs kiss
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
If there is an outlet interested in detailed reviews of every library and leisure centre in Southwark and recommended combinations of the two, my inbox is open
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Welp there’s no unseeing this
Colorful play gym for infants featuring foxes and bunnies, two criss-crossing archs stand over a square matUFC cage being built on the White House launch, criss-crossing arches strongly resembling the baby play gym
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In one of the devil wears prada 2’s many brand collaborations google Gemini is asked how to dress like Nigel and the best it can do is… try a three piece suit. AI companies are telling on themselves how dogshit they are
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Anthony Dhanendran @dhanendran.co.uk · 26/05/2026
This via r/LondonFood is very cool ❄️ Someone has scraped the UK government's register of air conditioning inspection reports for commercial premises and created a database of London's cafes, pubs and restaurants with AC:
staycool.lol
Stay Cool London — Find pubs, restaurants & cafes with AC
Find air-conditioned restaurants, pubs, cafes and bars in London. 3,600+ venues checked.
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
They’re trying to girlbossify the pervert glasses, we’re maybe 6 months away from Reese Witherspoon arguing that more women should be covertly filming strangers, for feminism
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It really does feel like there’s a concerted effort in the UK to demean the value of education, coming from some of the most highly educated people in the country.
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