iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Ewald

This is a positive development, full stop. Anti-racism norms matter, elite cues on anti-racism norms matter, a broad political consensus on anti-racism norms matter so a strong signal from the leader of a party which has been blurring red lines lately is good news.

1630257

Reposted by Ewald

Mike Samuel 🟣 @mvsamuel.bsky.social · 23h

No argument from me. The lifecycle of distributed systems toolboxes: 1. make it harder to shoot your foot 2. make it harder to shoot your foot 3. make it harder to shoot your foot 4. throw it out and invent another that makes is easier for junior devs to (checks notes) shoot their feet

121

Reposted by Ewald

Ben McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thing is, this isn’t about any deeply held conviction like ending an occupation or stopping another great injustice. Sarah’s just supporting this guy because he’s the sort of dangerous nutter that will vote for Nigel or Rupert. That’s the really dangerous thing.

3167

Reposted by Ewald

Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

the story about the ULEZ bomber, a white bloke in his 60s, still isn’t on the front page of the BBC News when it feels like quite a big story about online radicalisation & violence

27774208

Reposted by Ewald

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 02/10/2026

Hahaha. Muscovite Russians are whiter than snow and I'm not sure "high trust society" and "social cohesion" are the exact terms sociologists reach for when describing life in Moscow at any point in the last century or three.

29113

Reposted by Ewald

Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

People like dhh don’t come from nowhere; they come from a culture where most men in tech expect to have their bad behaviour forgiven and far fewer are ready to apologise or hold each other to account. Enormous appreciation for those few

1155

Reposted by Ewald

Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is (of course) very good and well worth a few short minutes of your time.

13010

Reposted by Ewald

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us

351344492

Reposted by Ewald

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026

The Fairford incident is dominating the news cycle - and the right-wing. Over the past 48 hours we’ve seen speculation, insinuation and implication attempt turn a serious story about security into one about immigration. This is a long one. Make some tea.

bearlypolitics.co.uk

A Dissection: The Fairford Fannywobble

How the right-wing commentariat turned an ongoing investigation into a migrant story before the facts were known.

1613466

Reposted by Ewald

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What happens if you have legitimate concerns about someone else’s legitimate concerns? You’d probably need to have some sort of system to represent that this stuff is complicated. Maybe a debating chamber and votes. Perhaps different voices and views could be represented there.

48816

Reposted by Ewald

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don’t understand this “very British/very English” framing. According to the Today programme it was “very English” that a member of the public called the police on seeing something dodgy. I’d no idea this is a specifically English thing. Perhaps we can encourage other countries to adopt this idea?

3262877

Reposted by Ewald

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion.

351038282

Reposted by Ewald

Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

fundamentally, it appears very difficult for people to recognize 'hey it's good that the person i don't like is saying this' because they seem to understand it as 'this person is good'

2868881

Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Orgs, on the other hand, also aren't real, but in a much more woolly manner.

000

Reposted by Ewald

Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I guess when you’re a popular person whose defining feature is easy going and you haven’t had to develop principles, having everyone tell you you’re wrong is going to feel like oppression

172

Reposted by Ewald

Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The tells for this tend to be (a) the event is in the next 1-10 days and (b) the email includes the line, "if you are unable to attend, please suggest other people in your network" (or variants thereof) which is definitely code for pLs sEnD WiMmiN

3456

Reposted by Ewald

Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is a fun time to work in AI if you are on multiple people's list of "emergency women to invite to an event when you remember that not everyone in the world is a man under 40"

611318

Reposted by Ewald

Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is amazing stuff. Brilliant reporting on some highly dubious people, dodgy NFT/bitcoin scams, and art world shenanigans. All centred around Dubai, obviously

02912

Reposted by Ewald

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 19/09/2026

I think it’s possibly nowadays a lack of social respect they think they deserve? Exacerbated by social media where everyone screams at them and calls them scum? In the past you just made your money and paid to have your name on the local hospital and wandered around thinking people respected you.

6281

Reposted by Ewald

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.

681758598

Reposted by Ewald

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026

It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible.

411206369

Reposted by Ewald

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026

I would like media to care more about the reality that tech tycoons want to kill people than what they’re imagining about AI wanting to kill people. We have multi-millionaires (with support from billionaires!) calling for ethnic cleansing, a thing that has happened in living memory. Not theoretical!

292658822

Reposted by Ewald

Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The govt is complicit in this in not being vocal enough, not calling out the racism motivating these people, and not acting quickly enough to interfere with their operations.

05016

Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Made my day. Perhaps tomorrow, perhaps yesterday, on average today.

000

Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Have they tried renaming it to the Canada Center to attract investment?

000

Reposted by Ewald

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Reform Party might go to the European Court of Human Rights - the court it wants to leave To challenge retrospective legislation ("not the British way") - but retrospective legislation (loss of indefinite leave to remain) is the core of its immigration policy

27335163

Reposted by Ewald

Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 14/09/2026

And it runs into a fundamental problem right from the start. AI systems of the kind they discuss are provably non-deterministic. And guardrails are essentially the Halting Problem in a trench coat and dark glasses So it fails from the start.

1.1 Objectives of Humanist AI
The premise of Humanist Al is simple. The purpose of technology is to serve humanity, and any technology that cannot remain within human control should be rejected.
We believe this is a commonsense view and most people share it.

024

Reposted by Ewald

Stephen Swan @stephenswan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you for sharing. No comment necessary from me. Please share far and wide.

04223

Reposted by Ewald

Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.

792175499

Reposted by Ewald

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Technology has created our modern world but politicians still think it was them. Now the tech bros actively want to change government mostly to empower themselves and the politicians are still in denial.

313351

Reposted by Ewald

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy.

601452378

Reposted by Ewald

iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

great journalism by Devon Live here, noting very fairly that the idea that traffic lights can emit death rays has not been independently established

The group also disputes the suggestion that the equipment is simply used to detect pedestrians or assist with traffic flow.
According to the Blade Runners, the devices can "kill humans when focusing on a target"
However, the medical and technological claims made by the group have not been independently established and remain allegations made by the Blade Runners.

2159

Reposted by Ewald

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11/09/2026

🚨 NEW BLOGPOST 🚨 The last week has seen multiple incidents of masked mobs trying to subvert the power of the state. Their actions have been illegal and unpleasant. But the treatment has been weak. The police haven't dealt with it, and neither has govt. open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...

open.substack.com

Stop the Louts

The tools exist. The will, so far, doesn't.

19439161

Reposted by Ewald

thr🎃ne st👀waway @grubbyone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One thing's for certain: i don't want data centers in girls bathrooms

1403

Reposted by Ewald

Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 10/09/2026

Went to see the tapestry thing. Not a single alligator to be seen. Bayou, my arse! How do these people sleep at night?!

5343

Reposted by Ewald

Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 10/09/2026

I really hope Burnham decides today is the day to come out in a full on defence of democracy and with a strong set of actions to tackle the far right. Otherwise I think we should just replace UK Labour with the RNLI.

2319

Reposted by Ewald

Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There’s a lot that’s disgusting here but what stuck with me is the indignity of the visitors having to prove their bona fides to a puffed-up mediocrity like councillor Madgwick to gain his and the mob’s consent to stay in a hotel.

1021875

Reposted by Ewald

David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Understandable”

A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan's under-19 cricket team on a tour.
George Madgwick, a Reform councillor called to the hotel to mediate between staff and the assembled crowd, said it was a "massively unfortunate incident".
Madgwick, who leads the Reform group on Hampshire council and whose ward includes the four-star Marriott hotel, said he nonetheless believed the cident was understandable given recent coverage of asylum seekers arriving in the city via small boats.

095

Reposted by Ewald

Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

When will a senior Labour figure announce that the thugs who dress up in black with the sole intention of intimidating dark skinned people that their concerns aren't remotely legitimate?

1116731

Reposted by Ewald

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just saw someone defend posting on substack with "you gotta drop propaganda leaflets over *enemy* territory" Well I'm not gonna enter enemy territory to read 'em, if it's all the same to you

312316

Reposted by Ewald

Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Blah blah liberal elite blah establishment stitchup" doesn't really cut it when you're attacking people who risk their lives to save others while you're just a git in a suit.

094

Reposted by Ewald

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

632781879

Reposted by Ewald

Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Two tier policing. Arrest retired folk peacefully protesting genocide in Gaza. Allow right wing thugs to block streets and ports. I know which group presents the real threat to democracy and the so-called “British way of life”, which these vigilante bullies preposterously claim to be defending.

12391142

Reposted by Ewald

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 05/09/2026

1) This is an attack on infrastructure and they should throw the book at all of them. 2) This is an absolutely outrageous response from a Reform councillor and shows how deeply unserious they are.

31533162

Reposted by Ewald

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Accuracy matters. Since 2018 there have actually been 17 convictions for voter fraud from approx 47 million voters. And 11 election convictions from approx 1300 Reform/Brexit Party officials. That's about 25,000 times more convictions per capita. I did the maths. You're welcome.

6350128

Reposted by Ewald

Man in Business Suit Levitating @dfeldman.org · 31/08/2026

The 1912 team strategically started their journey before the world wars or Cold War, giving them a lot more Europe to work with.

131

Reposted by Ewald

Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Contemporary British economic discourse: 1) Complaining that economy and services are shit 2) We don’t make or sell anything, high streets are dying 3) Bragging about online/out of town shopping bargains 4) Universities are bringing in too many young prople from abroad with money to spend

0186

Reposted by Ewald

ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 30/08/2026

Really hammering home what I've been saying about performance and make-believe as a form of collective reality-changing magic that has come to dominate the imaginary, and ultimately the techology and technopolitics, that emenate out of Silicon Valley (it even mentions Erik Davis' TechGnosis).

713539

Reposted by Ewald

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

According to Nigel Farage, Iceland being in the EU Single Market, having free movement of people and belonging to Schengen is perfectly compatible with national independence. I look forward to him endorsing the same independence for the UK: back in the Single Market, with free movement and Schengen

10891304