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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 19h

Just had my first “my child has baked bread and I must eat it now” experience

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Milei has exactly the same expression as my doctor when he has to check my balls

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We did this conversation once before. Maybe we just let it happen again eh?

Demonstrators chanting in gosport, UK “let them drown”

The photo of drowned refugee child Alan Kursk. It is a sad photo, a drown child, no more than 5 years old face down on a beach

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Last 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

Message indicating a hard coded back for token for talking to flocks central API for production

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A lawyer, Noura Erakat, has been arrested in Florida for trespass at a public budget hearing for a billion dollar investment fund into Israel. Every year, Israel raises billions of dollars from the US through the use of such funds. Arrested for objecting to raising money for a foreign government

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sam Taylor-Johnson director of 50 shades -

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That Tory % haunting our dreams in a “told you so” way

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The laundry basket looking back at me as it comes to time to sort out and pair the socks

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You know if they are jumping to settlement this quickly it’s because they absolutely don’t want to be in a disclosures & fact finding scenario

Meta will pay up to $16.7 billion in social media harms case

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’m sure this block wasn’t coincidental to this post

Ben Friedman blocked me benfriedman.bsky.social

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“I’m Kit Harington and I’m not sure if I did a wet fart or worse on the train”

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“Game of thrones officer! No, no I wasn’t the hound I was John Snow. JOHN SNOW! What do you mean you preferred Sandor Clegane?!!”

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Found my old copy of command & conquer: Generals - which was a fantastic entry in the series but sadly totally missed out on the very concept of drone warfare. Sadly cannot get this game to work on my rig for some reason.

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Looking hopefully at the sky for the slightest precipitation

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Me: (when I finally get to bed the girl but I’ve been telling her I have a big old hog)

Post from Bryan Johnson indicating he may have taken the longevity thing too far

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I continue to find joy in useless video subtitling on trashy viral content platforms:

Subtitle on Batman begins movie mistakenly putting the words “baked like a dog” instead of “begged like a dog” because automated subtitling does not handle accents well

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“You say we have the carbs in the lasagne itself: but chips would go with it fine?”

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What the heck is this account? Anyone not blocked by it?

Dionsysusb Bluesky account repeatedly blocking me

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What everyone who stayed up to watch the England Mexico game looks like on teams this morning

Paul McCartney looking drawn and old and tired but still some rizz tbf

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I’m old enough to recognise this as a data centre

A picture of a library with hundreds of lovely books in it

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I hear the sound of a million property developers clapping their hands in glee

Skylight artificial window technology (it’s a TV that schedules to the outdoor light)

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Just sat on the toilet seat and it’s warmer than body temp

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Dropping Benadryl combined with some nifty non fridge eye drops seems to help.

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I hear these words on the Tube & immediately put in my AirPods and turn up the volume

Vanilla Tominey headline
“I’m middle class, right wing and furious. Does my lived experience not count?”

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Why is Brett Ratner controversial? I mean how bad could he … oh

Six women accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct

Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner’s couch when she fell asleep. She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s. They had been hanging out in front of the TV with friends at his New York apartment.

But when Henstridge woke up, the others had left. She was alone with Ratner. She got up to leave, Henstridge said, but he blocked the doorway with his body and wouldn’t budge. He began touching himself, she said, then forced her to perform oral sex.

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Inside this constituency apparently there are two wolves

Local election result split between reform and Lib Dem’s

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Anecdote: An associate mentioned food was getting expensive in America & i joshed & said “nah it’s too poor quality for the price to go up” They said $3 for a can of soup. I said no way & googled it. My dude: the land of the free ain’t freeing here

Campbells classic soup $3.99 in publix online for 18oz can (roughly 450g)

Tesco cream of chicken soup 59p, probably about a dollar usd

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The TSR dungeons & dragons games made solo role play a thing

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

“…and you know what lads, I’ll tell you this now - right up to the wrist. Couldn’t believe it. Nearly knocked me crown off.”

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Trying to work out if this was a deliberate error or the worst marketing for AI I’ve seen so far?

Commvault ai advert from LinkedIn saying “if it can’t meet AI sacale it’s not real resilience

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I’m like that old fashioned Turkish delight advert baby *flutters eyelashes*

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

(Looks meaningfully at past post once again)

Us dominance basically over declares Pakistan as Middle East mediator

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

If it’s fundamentally untrue you may want to let Google AI know?

So google response to question on begs ice content creating more engagements online

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I just want some normal in my news feeds really

Kristi Noem story about her husband pouting in photos dressed with false breasts

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Dunno, way Dubai has been going would suggest it’s much more mixed than you would think now & magic pie chart covers serious sins here: www.globalmediainsight.com/blog/uae-pop...

Pie ichart indicating UAE ethnic composition is 38.5% “other”

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Mussolini was a proper idiot & if you watch some of the footage of him Trump is INCREDIBLY similar body language wise and some terminology seems… timeless

Mussolini in Washington post article in 2016 headline about making America great again

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

“Still just rather have me nuts thanks”

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

They now have “sub brands” to cater to wider markets/costs.

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

If you want to get really angry: During our lifetime this is what CEO pay has done:

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The other day I tried to tackle someone’s runaway dog in central London and I struggled to keep hold of it so I’m wary now of taking anyone’s claims like this seriously

I’d tackle a shoplifter says Kemi Badenoch

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It absolutely doesn’t depend on Trump & the price of refined jet fuel is going like this:

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

“We have won we just need to share the win with someone else. Please. Anyone. Anyone at all.”

Statement by Donal trump saying everything is fine and Iran military is gone but could the rest of the world help secure the strait please

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Spitballing here but Qeshm runs along much of the strait in the narrow part. You could take that; it’s about 1500kmq total, not much military, 100k people & no bridge to mainland. Could be used as forward defence to shipping in narrowest part of strait.

Map of strait of Hormuz indicating isle of Qeshm

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Ah this is a chart I was thinking of by Anthropic: I think it captures the mood really well tbh. Expectations versus outcomes -

Chart by Anthropic showing by sector how AI is perceived as could impact but where AI is observed impacting clear indication that admin, sales, legal, education computer business & math experiencing some impact, but none as much as scoped

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I imagine American generals making a Scooby-Doo “ruh roh!” As they figure out Iran isn’t a training exercise & very much has agency & its own tactics evolved over decades of expectation that exactly this kind of conflict was coming

Iran military shows it knows how to adapt, is officials say

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