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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I could say I do an excellent impression of a giraffe, but that would really be sticking my neck out......

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Wife just told me this one: What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam.

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying… “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X

I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together.
This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The appalling cost in human suffering and anguish should be unconscionable. To what end is this being enacted?

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Vlad's little helpers did quite a number on the UK.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

If you live in Jamaica and are considering staying put - DON'T This is an astonishingly powerful, slow-moving, storm that is going to have a cataclysmic impact on landfall Wind speeds up to 160mph, a 15ft storm surge and 3ft+ of rain FIND SHELTER NOW www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

theguardian.com

Hurricane Melissa live: life-threatening category 5 storm to bring 175mph winds as it moves towards Jamaica

Jamaicans urged to seek shelter immediately, and Cuba, Haiti and Dominican Republic also threatened

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This is my ship. I use it as something of an ice-breaker at parties.

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

My shiny new Photo Driving Licence card arrived today. Importantly, for fans of cult 1960s TV series The Prisoner, Iron Maiden fans, and assorted current or former Teenage Dirtbags, I can now loudly proclaim: "I'M NOT JUST A FREE MAN, I'M A NUMBER TOO!"

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

It's looking pretty grim folks. All this, and more, in just 3 days....

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I was eager to read a book about male sexual stamina. But, to be honest, it was something of an anticlimax.

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

It seems he fell foul of Anty-Smuggling legislation. :)

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

"Snigdha has the receipts."

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Wow... I've never seen it framed like before, and I'd like time to reflect further before perhaps commenting in more detail, but honestly as much as I wish it were not so, my initial reaction is that I have to agree.

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Diminish a book Crime and Reprimand

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

If you're a citizen of the USA, you should be aware you may not have very long to act against the present threat, but a heck of a long time to regret not doing so....

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A look at the societal mechanisms currently enabling a proliferation of unreliably evidenced beliefs....

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄 This was initially published in @thetimes and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc Let’s take a look….👀 🧵 1/26 (1/1)

Daily Mail headline:
Migrants who cross the Channel into the UK 'are 24 times more
likely to go to prison than Brits'

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Trump's Parade sponsors include "Scott's Miracle Gro". Which is ....odd. I confess I was thinking of a different kind of fertiliser, one usually quantified in "steaming piles"...

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/02/2025

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

"The greatest trick that Santa ever played was convincing the world he didn't exist." Or was it Satan? Easily misremembered....

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I finally deactivated my Twitter account last night. I'd been using it pretty much passively for months, but seeing Melon Husk shilling for Tommeh made it seem unjustified to continue using it even that way. So, yup. Twitter RIP from me for the foreseeable.

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Neil Fergusson's cross-investigation at the Covid Inquiry is painting a very clear picture that it was evident by the end of February to SAGE that huge numbers of people would die and hospitals would be overwhelmed if nothing was done. So why wasn't something done sooner?

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Sunak says we don't want a General Election. I'm pretty sure that's bs. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/64...

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Alan Read @fretwhizzy.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Am I alone in wondering if Elon Musk has a secret account here?

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