Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 16hHas Tracy Ullman always been this annoying? I remember liking her as a kid but now….😮💨 011
Reposted by Blancheillumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd. 15464871127
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026After 40 years I’ve finally seen Pretty in Pink on the big screen. And it was wonderful! Annie Potts and my man Harry Dean Stanton are sublime ♥️ 010
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Loved the Ana Mendieta exhibition at Tate Modern. Absolutely kicked the ass of the self involved Tracey Emin and the over stuffed and underwhelming Frida Kahlo shows 010
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just spoke at a conference about the harms of AI in the justice sector. The event organisers used AI to summarise my speech. AI’s summary said i championed the use of AI. WTAF! 😡 001
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My people! Analogue media and technology for the win. 🏆 www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...theguardian.com‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinylPeople describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices 000
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Esther Rantzen was my first boss. I was the runner, making her mint tea, buying her tights, running errands, occasionally making films. She was fierce but always generous to me - even buying me champagne when I passed my driving test. I’m sorry to hear she’s died, she was a great campaigner 090
Reposted by BlancheRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 155164385546
Reposted by BlancheAlaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.akpub.ioMeet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champBackpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world. 161672588
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Andy Burnham is a great communicator EXCEPT when he starts talking like a robot - all stilted like. What’s that all about? 000
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Everyone feeling inspired and full of hope after the PMs speech? Good good 100
Reposted by BlancheLiberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW: Liberty Investigates and The Guardian discover British Transport Police’s initial six-month trial of live facial recognition tech in London’s railway stations: - cost more than £320,000 - took nearly 100 hours of police time - resulted in no arrests www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comTrial of live facial recognition in London stations ends with a false positive and no arrestsFreedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert 24042
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gotta say, I came to Labour conference feeling despondent about the state of everything and after two days I’m full on depressed about the state of everything 130
Reposted by BlancheOld British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 27/09/2026[1963] Snow – Hypnotic British Transport Film showing the efforts of railway workmen to keep trains running in hazardous snowy conditions. 1338990
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In Liverpool for politics, which is fun and a shame as Liverpool is great and should have all my attention 010
Reposted by BlancheGerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 15/09/2024Still the best meme. 103329408
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What a day, Bayeux Tapestry, purchase of Billy Wilder season tickets, cocktails, pad Thai and a Colin the Caterpillar., ♥️ 130
Reposted by BlancheRoel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hoe vinden Meta-medewerkers hun eigen Meta-bril? (Samen met @bitsoffreedom.eurosky.social) 691934907
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ed Davey is clearly a very nice man. Who is utterly unfit to lead a political party. 120
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026wtf has happened to Steady Rolling Man? One of the greatest beers ever has been ruined by Deya Brewery #bskybeer 010
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’ve been living an hour ahead of time for the past day I’ve no idea what time it actually is Caitlin Moran (my arch nemisis) being on the radio isn’t helping matters 120
Reposted by BlancheJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"AI could significantly disrupt the employment of the very people who generated the data on which the foundation model was trained. LLMs are a product that destroys its supply chain.” 17226
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I’ve got to make a slide deck.static.klipy.comBob's Burgers Gene Belcher's Living HellALT: Bob's Burgers Gene Belcher's Living Hell 030
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Anyone ever been at a conference where years of work you’ve done is presented by other people with no reference made to you or your contribution? 110
Reposted by BlancheDisappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Last night there was this little exchange - I’m putting it here for future reference because I suspect this is going to become very important to future discourse Cc @paperghost.bsky.social 1219
Reposted by BlancheSean Reynard / Quentin Smirhes @seanreynard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026They've all been slipped Bennies in their tea pre show!! Wonderful stuff! 492
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026long for train station announcements reminding people to LOOK UP FROM THEIR PHONE 010
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bonnie Greer was a great writer, thinker, broadcaster. I am honoured to have spent an afternoon in her company. RIP Bonnie 😔 040
Reposted by BlancheJeremy White @jeremywired.bsky.social · 15/09/2026BE SEEING YOU: You can’t always tell if someone is recording you with their smart glasses, but your phone can help. @wired.com has all the specs. www.wired.com/story/zuckof...wired.comZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See YouYou can’t always tell if someone is recording you with their smart glasses, but your phone can help. 09348
Reposted by BlancheCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I have an announcement. 762080471
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sometimes I get an insane urge to do a handstand or a cartwheel. I can do neither 🫤 020
Reposted by BlancheBluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Mississippi Fred McDowell '65. 🎶'Going Down To The River' #blues #bluesmusic 925560
Reposted by BlancheStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Why no bank holidays from now until Christmas? This is why. 8395113
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Loving this by Wauter Mannaert at the Comic Museum in Brussels 000
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Hello #bskybeer I’m in Brussels drinking all the beers. Happy weekend one and all 040
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026C’mon democracy. You can stand up to £72m.static.klipy.comHasbullah in Boxing GlovesALT: Hasbullah in Boxing Gloves 000
Reposted by Blanchemaddy varner @regret.bsky.social · 09/09/2026NEW: You can now smash and shoot Flock cameras in GTA V thanks to "Grand Theft Automated License Plate Reader," a mod by artist Morry Kolman. The cameras will also sometimes randomly trigger a police chase, inspired by news reports of ALPR misreads: www.wired.com/story/you-ca...wired.comYou Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA VA new GTA mod lets you smash and shoot Flock’s automatic license plate readers around the fictional Los Santos. 313440
Reposted by BlancheLucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 09/09/2026EXC: Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, the first time a major model withheld from AISI Move has prompted fears in UK govt that tech firms are falling into line with Trump admin’s AI protectionism www.ft.com/content/560e...ft.comAnthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agencyDecision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups 14243135
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I 💯 will not be abiding by this new law Nor will i stand in a line at a bar Or use a QR code to order. Fuck this attack on pub culture. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comCurbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’Exclusive: London mayor accuses council of ‘ignoring’ responses to a consultation 020
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026At a Parliamentary reception listening to creatives booo about AI 🙌🏼🥰 000
Reposted by BlancheAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...theverge.comLG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standbyGamers Nexus comes for LG again. 14540421758