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Bruce McPherson

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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Farage should be there trying to peek over their shoulders
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Seriously, does that nonsense he spouts actually come from a teleprompter?
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Here's the deal that gave us brexit. They both get 1m, Farage gets Brexit without the consequences and can blame others for the shitshow,takes his shorting profits and absconds with Brexit party candidate fees. Johnson gets to be PM. Boris's dad pays for the meal and fine wine.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Another #geekpost today. Combining local and hosted llm to minimize token cost. ramblings.mcpher.com/combining-lo...
ramblings.mcpher.com
Combining local and hosted llm to minimize token cost - Desktop liberation
Minimize AI token cost by using a hosted LLm (eg Gemini) as a strategic planner and a local model (eg Gemma) as the executor.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Is it in 2 weeks ?
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
First #geekpost for a while. We're not just emulating Google apps script. We're liberating it. ramblings.mcpher.com/the-why-and-...
ramblings.mcpher.com
Bringing Apps Script to the desktop - the why, where and how of gas-fakes - Desktop liberation
We are not just emulating Google Apps Script - gas-fakes is liberating it by bringing it home to run in your local development environment.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Should start close to home with the trump cartel.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Is it because he doesn't pay any?
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Remember his 6 Brexit tests, none of which were satisfied, yet he went along with it anyway. So many wasted years.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Yes, I agree. Starmer at least has that.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
After Truss, Johnson, Starmer and a looming Farage I'm not sure what the definition of prime ministerial even is nowadays. The position no longer commands much respect, even from their own supporters. Whatever it is, none of the current contenders in any party seem to inspire it.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73421/...
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk
Nigel Farage pocketing £5m from a donor shows he’s unfit for power
The British media is obsessed with Zack Polanski, but raises barely a squeak over huge donations to Reform
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Farage's definition of right and wrong is simply whether he could currently profit from it.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Me! I am one of those academics and you can be one too!
nature.com
Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
In Scotland we vote for a constituency msp. There are also regional seats, allocated proportionally from a 'losers list' of those that have been rejected by the electorate. Reform had zero elected candidates,yet brag endlessly about being 'elected', when they've just been selected from a loser list.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Presumably it's because he wants to remove the 20mph limit in Wales, and force schools to have a picture of Charles in every classroom. Can't think what else it might be.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Presumably everyone now agrees that Liz Truss is clearly a raging lunatic. Many of those that were in her cabinet and orbit are now in reform, this time with a grifting con man as their boss. What drives these people to make these startling errors of judgement.
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Toks Nilhaw @toksnilhaw.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“And when Iran refused Donald’s demand to stop shutting down traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Donald got back at them by shutting down traffic in the Strait of Hormuz himself!”
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
My Easter reading: "..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you told me to fuck off back where I came from, I was sick and you said I should get private health insurance..."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Christianity is the biggest, most profitable scam in America.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
substack.com/@irishpoliti... Here's a trump/Iran 'downfall' video.
substack.com
The Irish Politics Newsletter (@irishpoliticsnewsletter)
Trump's Iran Downfall is the parody you’ve all been waiting for.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We are starkly underestimating the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This is a much graver situation than people realise iandunt.substack.com/p/the-mad-em...
Text reads: "The Strait of Hormuz is not just an oil chokepoint. It is much more than that. In addition to oil it is a key transit point for liquified natural gas, aluminium, helium, petrochemicals and fertiliser. What we are seeing is akin to no-deal Brexit, in military form and on a global scale. It is a system-wide event with primary, secondary and tertiary causal waves which touch nearly all areas of the economy."
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Scotland's crime clear up rate and NHS service performance both far outperform England and Wales. Farage is England's problem. Don't let him become ours too. www.gov.scot/publications... talkingupscotlandtwo.com
gov.scot
NHS performance comparisons across the UK: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
In anything but the most corrupt tin pot dictatorships, trump, his family, his cronies and half his administration would all be in jail by now.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Brits - your cut out and keep guide to when to expect Reform Rage.
Joke calendar featuring PERSISTENCE OF GLOBAL
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CONKERS BANNED
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THEY'RE BANNING CHRISTMAS
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CharlieD @charliedjr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social FYI
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Chess and golf spring to mind, if these are indeed sports.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Brilliant. I need to use this.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nick Timothy is an uncannily perfect encapsulation of the crapification of public life in the UK: a bigoted failure blithely oozing from one disaster to the next while being rewarded at every turn by the far right media/political ecosystem. A golf club boor with the intellect of a burst balloon.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Both are cruel dictatorships. Trump lies all the time. Maybe the other guy does too. This is the world we live in, sadly.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It already happened with brexit. Scotland told them to bugger off , but they dragged us out anyway.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A rare bright spot to smile at.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Has the mint started producing commemorative Epstein medals yet?
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
There's even pos trump guitars. Cheap knockoffs selling for $10k. www.guitarworld.com/gear/electri...
guitarworld.com
Trump Guitars hit with cease and desist from Gibson over use of Les Paul body shape
Breaking: The patriotic line was launched as “the only guitar officially endorsed by President Donald J. Trump”, but Gibson says it infringes on its trademarks
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Wonder which ones? It's a mystery
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
First step in fixing it is to accept that you can't out-scumbag reform in an attempt to appeal to the worst instincts of voters who will never support labour anyway. Actual labour voters are going green because .. well, where else can they go? This head in the sand response is typical, but wrong.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
How Matt Goodwin's definition of "the Elite" focuses on university workers and civil servants, while excluding the investment bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him bylinetimes.com/2026/02/25/r...
bylinetimes.com
Reform UK's Matt Goodwin Advised the Wealthiest 1% While Claiming to Stand Against ‘The Elite'
Goodwin's definition of “the elite” includes university professors and civil servants while seemingly excluding the investment bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Sounds like he was completely satisfied with the work. Hope he left a good review on checkatrade.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
“The guy did a great job for a competitive rate. I’m really pleased with it”
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Not today's FBI though. A remake of twin peaks today would have Dale Cooper cooped up in his hotel all day redacting trump mentions from the Epstein files.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
He sends a ship from a country where healthcare is not free, and whose rapacious insurance behaviors is the biggest cause of personal bankruptcy, to a country that actually does have free healthcare, doesn't have a measles outbreak and nobody goes broke if they are sick. Make it make sense, anybody?
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Is this from the Epstein files?
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
How about a remake of twin peaks with dale cooper as the ethical, hard working FBI agent sent coming to terms with having to redact all mentions of trump's activities from the Epstein files.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Ratcliff is himself an immigrant in monaco. He's an economic migrant. In monaco to avoid paying his fair share of tax (which he wouldn't miss given he's worth 17bn) in the country he talks down.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com
BREAKING: France Just Raided Elon Musk’s X Offices In Paris — And It’s Not About One Office, One Country, or One Week
This is about power. Influence. And what happens when one billionaire decides the rules don’t apply to him anymore.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Poor maga have talked themselves into that corner where they can only now listen to shit music.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It's a sheer coincidence that Tice and other reformatories have large property portfolios that profit by unnecessary office attendance.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
So maga have accidentally backed themselves into that depressing corner where they only allow themselves to listen to shit music.
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