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James Wallbank

@dataknotsdesks.bsky.social
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Artist. Designer. Maker. Cottage Industrialist. Operates lasers and has opinions. 🪧

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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 20h
Where is intelligence?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
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💙☘️Queenie☘️💙 @dunnee496.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These phony Christians are disgraceful!
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My dad is in a care home. He's 77. His formative years were in the late 60s. He liked the Rolling Stones But all the pictures in his care home are of Charlie Chaplin, Rita Hayworth and Spitfires - way before his time! People have a very skewed idea of what 'old' is!
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wordle 1,930 4/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🎰 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🕵‍♂️ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🕵‍♂️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎯
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In my view, the AI industry is simply capitalist wish-fulfilment. —If only we could centralise all profitable activity; —If only we didn't need workers; —If only global competition was a race to expend energy; —If only we were absolved of all responsibility; —If only facts didn't matter.
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Brizo75 @brizo75.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Will we "all be in it together" again like last time? The UK’s wealth gap has grown by 50% in eight years – and poses a strategic risk to the nation - LSE Inequalities share.google/fuhu2zdJgh48...
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The UK’s wealth gap has grown by 50% in eight years – and poses a strategic risk to the nation - LSE Inequalities
The size of the UK's wealth gap is not only unfair. It poses major risks to our economy, society, democracy and environment. How should policymakers respond?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Bank of England warning that the AI bubble could burst, with economic consequences, delivered in typically restrained language.
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AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".
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Leeja Miller @leejamiller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here @apnews.com I fixed this headline for you. He didn't use a "rare authority" he violated the constitution. You're blatantly buying into administration talking points by saying he has "authority" to just decide not to spend Congressionally approved funds at the last minute
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wordle 1,928 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one was a very interesting search. (Just an observation, not a sly clue!)
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Genuinely worrying. If USA doesn't get this process right, it's fxcked.
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Watching Great Pottery Throwdown. 🐆
Bongo the Bengal Cat, sitting on an arm of a sofa, looking intently out of frame. His eyes and fur are distinctly illuminated by the glow of an unseen screen.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Racist organisation set up by a racist to appeal to racists is somehow being taken over by racists.
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repugfascistrebel.bsky.social @repugfascistrebel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
HIS MAKING US THAT SHITHOLE COUNTRY HE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT....EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Incredible hydraulic pressure shifting big stones.
An impressive bloom of honey fungus.
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wordle 1,926 3/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎰 10 Seconds. This was just on one of my established search paths!
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Flock wants to spy on you but doesn't want you to return the favor. www.joemygod.com/2026/09/floc...
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Flock Demands Removal Of Map Of Its 170K Cameras - Joe.My.God.
The Intercept reports: Amid mounting concerns about its sprawling surveillance camera network, Flock Security told the press this summer that it operates more than 120,000 cameras nationwide. But a ne...
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Come on down to the Council House for International Day of Birmingham, see the Re-Union Jack ♥️ #OneBrum Goldship have repurposed dozens of dirty & torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts to create a huge Union Jack, adorned with the names of people who have called Birmingham home
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GOLDSHIP Re-Union Jack 2026

Repurposed polyester flags/Mixed media.

Re-Union Jack is an ongoing community art project conceived by GoldShip, the creative duo of textile sculptor Clare Elisabeth and event producer Sam Shipman.

Repurposing dozens of dirty and torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts, Clare and Sam, alongside countless contributors from the wider community, pieced them together to create a huge Union Jack.

The flag was then transformed over several months by countless more contributors into a visual celebration of the people and stories that have helped shape the West Midlands. Across its surface are the names of influential Midlanders, spanning from the Anglo-Saxon Beorma, after whom Birmingham takes its name, through to the present day. Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.

Together, these names reflect the region's extraordinary history as a vibrant melting pot of cultures, ideas, talent and communities - and the positive contribution that migration has made to its identity.

The flag has since been signed in black by many of the people whose names feature upon it as a collective endorsement of its message of unity, inclusion and community.Photo of huge Union (Jack) Flag on lighting truss in the hall of the Council House. 
It's glorious and bears many names upon it of the people of Birmingham 
Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A rich person can never be held accountable. Therefore, a rich person must never make a societal decision
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Looking at their responses in order to assess whether LLMs are self-aware is like looking in a mirror and trying to draw conclusions about what your reflection is thinking. It doesn't matter what it looks like. It matters how it works.
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The term "Free Software" has a technical meaning, beyond the obvious. It means "gratis", but also "open to all"—anyone is FREE to inspect and refactor the code. YOU don't need to know how—you need to know the policies of the people who do know how. AI attacks those policies and that knowledge.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The school notebook of the 14-year-old boy killed by Russia in Kyiv today. The Russian strike killed him in the middle of the day, in his own room. His desk still had the notebook with unfinished homework.
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Look I know you haven't got 40 minutes to think about anything, let alone what technology is doing to us, psychologically. But if you did, this would be a great primer. youtu.be/whqDsYhCl0s
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Is AI Making Us Less Human?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"This is where the rhetoric ends up. On Tuesday night, hundreds of anti-migrant protesters gathered in Gosport after social-media reports that a small boat carrying people across the Channel was going to be brought ashore there. Among the crowd were children ..." www.facebook.com/TruthAgainst...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Blaming migrants achieves nothing Demanding an end to profiteering by millionaire bosses could end poverty, hunger, homelessness with £billions to spare for our NHS, social care ... "Every person working a 40 hour week should earn enough money for a decent life" via The UK Against Hate
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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Bertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two tier policing. Victoria Thomas Bowen, who chucked a milkshake at Farage, was given a 13-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months; had to pay him £150 compensation; had to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £450 in court costs. It was nowhere near the level of violence of this assault.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't miss GB News to hear me spout Reform propaganda and talk absolute bollocks completely unchallenged because for some reason I'm the only MP allowed to get away with this.
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 24/09/2026
Tweet by merman_melville: Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Do you support silencing the black vote? What would you say to MLK?” Sen John Kennedy (R-Louisiana): *Threatens to have @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social arrested*🤔 Racism is a helluva drug
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The president doesn’t have some mysterious ability to do whatever he wants Republicans at every level - Senate, House, appointees, state and local officials — enable him, choose not to stop him, even though they could
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire has called for the assassination of every elected Democrat in the state on their official social media account just before telling voters to choose GOP. In normal times, this would be front page news and treated as a terrorist threat by law enforcement.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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bob barker 🍸 @insortediaboli.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My arch is infinity plus one better than yours
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes, I'm pretty sure everyone can see what's happening. Rich, privately, educated entitled tossers who could not be more part of The Establishment do not think they ought to have to play by the rules.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I was going to write a long poem about the revolting racism and aggression in England - but it turned out to be very short “Let the children drown Can’t you see they’re brown” Remember how many times Farage was on QT - remember ITV putting him I’m a Celebrity - every little helps the brutality
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I bring worse news. That poor woman who lives in Piddington & who @vicderbyshire.bsky.social interviewed after that ridiculous election has had her address leaked to Tommy Robinson & the Pink Ladies & she’s been doxxed by both of them. Wtaf is going on. These people all need to be proscribed now.
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Flock is not a very popular company anymore and company morale is cratering. Gotta love that for them. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
wired.com
Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.
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James Wallbank @dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of @mothership.bsky.social modules! I find myself NOT wanting to buy any, in case they have good ideas that cut across mine! The starter set has sparked off so many cool ideas already, and I don't want "research" to average out my own weird and original thoughts.
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