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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh no, I made myself look like a dick. I must be a victim!

John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wait, so he used AI in the production of his book on truth and then was shocked to learn that what it had given him was AI generated slop? And now he’s the victim having released a book with HIS name on it that was written in part by AI?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Green Party “Zionism is racism” vote has gone down very badly and revealed that many activist members didn’t even know what Zionism meant. But the real question is - how will Polanski dig himself and his party out of this mess?

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I condemn genocide too. But the motion targeted “zionists”.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a good explainer of why the motion is a problem. www.linestotake.com/p/green-part...

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Jewishness itself is now the offence

The Green Party votes to say “Zionism is racism”

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It was for the leadership to provide that missing context and information to the members when dealing with such a delicate subject with so much history. But instead they stepped back.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Indeed. What a mess. This comes down to simplism and populism. Nobody takes the time to discuss what Zionism means or who believes which version of it. They just want to yell at Israel. So many waving their hands in the air understand so little about the region and the background.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today I have been cooking with Poo and I liked it!

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He wants to say, “ooh Downing Street called me and it made me feel very important”

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover filming shows Nigel Farage celebrating illegal foreign donations Footage shows a plan to break electoral law by funnelling money from a US ‘businessman’ through a UK donor The donations funded a series of widely reported polls secretly commissioned by Reform

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 16/08/2026

The original piece was little more than a regurgitated Reform press release. Subsequent edits have made it a little more journalistic, but the ridiculously biased headline stands.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Ruth and I went to see Miss Saigon last night and it was OUTSTANDING. The sets, lighting, staging and music were fantastic but the cast were all on another level. Special mention must go to Seann Miley Moore who is just unbelievable. Pure charisma on stage and perfect in the role of the Engineer

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Jodrell Bank is too important to uk science, education and inspiration to be allowed to close. Thank you to all the celebs who signed this petition. We, the public, need to speak out to protect it too.

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Find funding and save Jodrell Bank Observatory, stars say

Astronaut Tim Peake, guitarist Johnny Marr and 150 other public figures have signed an open letter.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

And another one.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Every time I see Burnham speak I allow myself to believe a little more.. I'm cautious but he keeps saying stuff that sounds like Labour to me. And he sounds like a normal human when he's saying it. And without notes. #pleasebegoodpleasebegood

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If you don't know who Palantir are or why we should be concerned about them being used by UK goverment and the NHS then educate yourself by listening to Quiet Riot..

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It has strong echoes of, "We may have lost the election but we were winning the argument", from a few years ago.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Here we go with the book burning.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

No, Russ is just a grumpy old man who lives in the estate next to the Rugby club. ;-)

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

My nephew was performing at this event! And he did a great job.

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Reform’s new violence against women and girls strategy just dropped When I saw my jaw hit the FLOOR - I thought it was AI at first

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Looks like a sensible approach to me to state clearly what AI can and can't be used for. The problem will come with enforcement of course, but that shouldn't stop Berkeley from stating their values and objectives.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It's the exact same experience we had door knocking with Corbyn as leader.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Just like that my year as mayor of Sandbach has come to an end. What an amazing year it was! I have learned so much and met so many. I have been made to feel special and welcomed everywhere I went. We've made meaningful change for Sandbach in the last year and I'm eager to keep going as a Councillor

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

That these racist thugs have morphed into "far right influencers" is central. Being a bigot used to be a hobby. It is now a profession. We don't have to treat the monetisation of hate as an inevitable phenomenon. We can regulate platforms - not to supress speech, but to remove financial incentives.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Can you imagine the volume and shrillness of condemnation we would be hearing, if environmental protesters or BLM activists were doing this?

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Until 2018 Tories always had 8,000+ councillors. Totally dominant in English local gov't. Reform's POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE act depends on not being seen as a far-right Tory imprint. Because same 8.000 seats just split between Tory and I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Tory is not an earthquake. It's a big fart.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I like this take. Makes sense to me.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I wonder how many emergency podcasts are being recorded right now.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

“Farage is rarely pictured without a pint in his hand. But in his case it is presented as something that makes him ordinary, blokey, closer to voters. A sort of testament to his 'realness'. While, in Rayner's case, it is evidence that she is unreliable, dangerous, and - worst of all - unladylike.”

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Sunday School: The heat is on

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 3 May · 1hr

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I think this is a great answer. Legal and appropriate and it would quickly make this behaviour more trouble than it’s worth.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

“I don’t think he should be filming residents on the doorstep when they’re answering their doors... I asked him if he is filming residents when out canvassing. He just kept deleting my comments.”

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Tim Roca MP: "This is what we are asked to believe: Nine days from national and local elections, that we are here, not because of a stunt coordinated by the Conservative Party, but because they have suddenly turned into a sober, principled set of defenders of parliamentary standards." THANK YOU.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Before Mythos is released to the public at large. It’s not a nuclear bomb. It won’t end civilization. It won’t try and kill us. What you said was alarmist and wrong.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

That’s why it’s risky - because black hat hackers could use it to have systems that aren’t sufficiently hardened. And that’s also why Anthropic have chosen to give access to Mythos to the big software developers like Microsoft so that they can use it to harden their extremely widely used OS..

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

What you said was alarmist and wrong. Mythos is an AI model designed to help software developers find bugs in their code. It’s quite good at it and because of that it can be used to find bugs in other people’s code, especially where source code is available such as open source software.

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John Arnold @floyduk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Remember back in the early days of computing where TV reporters would always preface any discussion of computers with, “I don’t really understand these things but..”. That’s what you’re doing with AI lately in this episode.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It take weapons grade arrogance to invent popesplaining.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

GB News repeatedly presented Reform UK and Conservative politicians and activists as being ordinary members of the public, without declaring their political affiliations. Byline Times investigation reveals pattern of behaviour by the Channel, but Ofcom still refuses to act

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GB News Hosts Reform UK and Conservative Politicians and Activists Posing as Ordinary Voters

The individuals were presented as ordinary members of the public, without informing viewers of their political affiliations, a new Byline Times investigation reveals

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