Reposted by Pete MAbby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 15/10/2026HAPPY LOWDOWN SEASON TWO DAY EVERYONE!!!!!!!static.klipy.comFinger Gun The LowdownAlt: Finger Gun The Lowdown 1272
Reposted by Pete MSomaFM @somafm.com · 5hOpal was a very influential label and had a huge influence in the inspiration for SomaFM 062
Pete M @gripecat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...you.38degrees.org.ukBan data centres that harm our communities and climateBig Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze... 020
Reposted by Pete MNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 08/10/2026Soooo get ready for another round of Labour trying to explain how trillion dollar tech companies need special legislative care while creative work is some kind of spurious non-profession, I guess. 26120
Pete M @gripecat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ah, this is good - and even better, the in-app prices are in local currency. Now, if you can come to some agreement to link in all my old ComiXology purchases… 010
Pete M @gripecat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026@elittlechild.bsky.social Very much enjoying the latest video, brimming with suppressed fury. 010
Reposted by Pete MJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10796033016
Reposted by Pete Mhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Books are ghost magnets. This means every good library has it phantoms. A density of Dewey Decimal Classification is spirits what a saucer of beer is to slugs. Of course we understand ghosts desire to haunt libraries. Thousands of books and the time to read them is a heaven. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts 529975
Reposted by Pete MHellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026⚡️IT’S HERE!⚡️ Ruined temples, living myths, riddles and enigmas, Medieval mystics, a gas-lit world of secret societies and energy grids, psychedelic revivals, and sonic experiments at the City of the Dead. 👉🏼 Gaze into the eyes of the sphinx and pre-order The Mystery Issue on helleborezine.com 524897
Pete M @gripecat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@chriskempshall.bsky.social My copy has arrived! Nice and early. Looking forward to getting stuck into it. 140
Reposted by Pete MRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 08/12/2025As the trans community have known for a while now - the definition of activist is someone who dares to state they exist 12714221
Reposted by Pete MSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet 17389891763
Reposted by Pete MEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. 1042177957
Reposted by Pete MSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 75264079889
Reposted by Pete MAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.opb.orgOregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new reportA first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities. 7931251848
Reposted by Pete MAly Fell @alyfell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Well, IT'S READYish. Kickstarter pre-launch is active! Please sign up there if you fancy it. I can then gauge interest which gives me ideas for funding targets, add-ons etc. It should go live in October for an appropriately spooky seasonal Kickstarter! Thank you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aly...kickstarter.comComing soon: Candelstone: A Faery TaleAn original graphic novel of magical realism set against the insular world of an isolated 1920's Devon boarding school. 22913
Reposted by Pete MLouise Simonsen @louistonehill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Goddamnit, NO No Thank you Never in my life You have no consent Stop messing with something that works perfectly well Listen to your users: Nobody likes this 011
Reposted by Pete MPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Step one: stoke the (wrong) fear Step two: tell the world they can deal with the (wrong) fear. All the while avoiding talking about the real problems with AI 511551
Reposted by Pete MRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you gotta buy my pots cause actually they may one day grow to be Emrakul The Promised End and destroy all of humanity thats how powerful and important they are. Every time i throw a pot i am tempting eldritch power. Invest now in pots 17443106
Reposted by Pete MRambling Idiot @ramblingidiot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026What. A. Fucking. Day. This has been the best day ever, in the 2 years of doing this. It was worth getting up at 5 and trying to get in to Aberdeen for 10. We never stopped for the first 3 hours. Just customer after customer. People seem to really love what we’re doing. 2182
Reposted by Pete MRambling Idiot @ramblingidiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Still buzzing about something that I can’t talk about, just yet. When we started the business, we never thought that something like this would ever happen to us. I know it’s annoying when folk do things like this, but fuck it. Let me have my moment. It’s really fucking cool. 192
Reposted by Pete MJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Mocked up the cover of the forthcoming Broken Veil book, for our own amusement — like drawing your band logo on your exercise book before you’ve had any rehearsals. This sort of ritual is important. 1371
Reposted by Pete MSer Cas @sercas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026What’s that? You want a feminist-punk book about SUFFRAGISTS kicking teeth in with sick JIU-JITSU moves so they can vote, you say? Done in a similar historical-bending style to A Knight’s Tale, YOU SAY? Your wish is our command. W: @victoriamale.bsky.social A: @ikadraws.bsky.social 2027 🗳️ 65120
Reposted by Pete MAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off. 1553159717
Reposted by Pete MDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So this is where the Proclaimers are at now 5419846
Reposted by Pete MRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses. 653998786
Reposted by Pete MKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026"Oh, you're criticising data centres? But you USED A DATA CENTRE to publish your post??? Hypocritical much????" Time to put this fossil fuel PR inspired talking point to bed forever. Why the 'Mr Gotcha' gambit is wrong in two very important ways: 15487222
Reposted by Pete MChloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hello. I have now added these recent ink and watercolour drawings/paintings to my ink and watercolour shop. Three feature pylons, one is a tree. If you could share this it would help me because I’m just a one person type of deal, art wise. www.chloecumming.com/inkwater 27848
Reposted by Pete MKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Yes, yes, I hear the carbon monoxide alarm going off, but I still need to stay here because this is where my knitting community is, you see. Also, the only place I can get news about the Premier League. I have no choice. I'll be OK." 10623132
Reposted by Pete MAly Fell @alyfell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026For ref, should you like to donate: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 087
Reposted by Pete MRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Conservative Attorney-General, Lord Somervell, warned of the danger of letting small problems fester. 238777
Reposted by Pete M✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We don’t need to give any of these projects our money. theplaylist.net/paul-schrade...theplaylist.netPaul Schrader Reveals ‘Three Guns At Dawn’ Will Be Made Entirely With AI Instead Of Name Actors: “Those Jobs Are Gone, Babe”Paul Schrader reveals plans to make ‘Three Guns At Dawn’ entirely with AI-generated characters instead of name actors and dismisses job fears. 56513
Reposted by Pete MSarah Manvel 🎃 @cairdiul.bsky.social · 03/09/2026My first review out of Venice: Danny Boyle has smeared shit all over his career by using AI in INK 🎥 and (in a movie about the importance of holding hypocrites to account) has ruined all the exceptional work of his human collaborators by doing so movieswetextedabout.com/ink-stinks-v...movieswetextedabout.com'Ink' Stinks (Venice 2026 Film Rview)If I make you a delicious sandwich, which you eat and think is delicious, then inform you that mixed in with 99% of bread, mustard, salami and cheese is 1% sh*t, then it was a sh*t sandwich. If you st... 717856
Reposted by Pete MRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 02/09/2026When I resigned, Brian said he would have nothing to do with it without me , but now has gone for the easier “I’m still involved, just away on holiday” angle - sometimes, I find humans hard to fathom 1616722
Reposted by Pete MMark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026You're in a bad situation if you long to make a joke about someone you dislike, rack your brains, can't come up with a thing, and have to delegate it to a robot servant. 101539