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Could have been repaired and revamped for a fraction of the money Baron Greenback Houchen poured into a moneypit airport and funnelled to his two developer pals and their families (also nuts deep in the airport) at Teesworks

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Andy @smogontheline.co.uk · 22h

The Tees Transporter Bridge is a landmark and a much-loved part of Middlesbrough. Opened in 1911 but closed permanently in 2019. This is its fate... youtu.be/3fS_WPMyWOQ #transporterbridge #Middlesbrough #boro #landmarks #history

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Why Middlesbrough's Tees Transporter Bridge Stands Silent: History, Closure & Future

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 03/10/2026

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... The biggest threat to humanity from AI is that we choke to death on the amount of sheer bullshit the companies put out. “It’s costing us soooo much made up money investigating our own crimes!” “We have done so much crime’ing and can’t type MAN solr!”

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OpenAI says its review into hacks, including on Australian government sites, is costing $500,000 a day

Company says it is reviewing 50 petabytes of data after its agents accessed websites including Medicare without authorisation

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Treehouse Of Harrison 🎃 @markharrison.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I run the pub quiz at Storytellers, which is starting lunch and coffee service soon, so has the pictured local themed mugs both for the pub and for sale. I wanted a Scruffy Cunt one but they had none left and I've been laughing about "some woman" buying all their stock as Christmas presents.

Assorted Teesside themed mugs, including one that says Scruffy Cunt #UTB

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Will check it out. What's the standard like?

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The one in Stockton? When's it on?

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Michael Shackleton @michaelshackleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A really good read. Kieran seems to get a lot of stick online at times but I can only assume that’s because not every signing is a winner. This interview shows our club is managed in the right way for a club our size and how to attract good players. It’s exactly what we should be doing #utb

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From 'Spygate' to that £21m Morgan Rogers sell-on fee - meet Middlesbrough head of football Kieran Scott

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Alan Wake 1, Mad Max, Dredge Art Book & Soundtrack, Steep, Death's Door & Borderless Gaming - £12 Doom Dark Ages & DLC - £22 - you're next.

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DOOM The Dark Ages Doom Slayer Armor Reveal

ALT: DOOM The Dark Ages Doom Slayer Armor Reveal

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.

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Richard Brooks @rbrooks45.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Quick plug for my book Post Mortem based on latest 5 star reviews on a certain website - - “Really important book” - “An absorbing read” - “Arrived in immaculate condition” www.private-eye.co.uk/books/post-m...

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Private Eye Books | Post Mortem

The first forensic account of how the Post Office, the British government and a global IT company ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people. Private Eye tells the story of the political, instit...

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've seen enough Super Hero movies to realise that they should not inject this woman with anything else.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Same. I absolutely didn’t see the dip in quality coming, I thought it was bad for local papers but I didn’t expect it would result in a material drop in the quality of the BBC’s journalism.

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Altreik @altreik.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve been surprised lately by how much of BBC London’s previously good coverage has turned into stuff that say MPs offices or charities previously palmed off to local newspapers

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The BBC switching its local resources from radio to the website has been disastrous for the business model of local newspapers, but you have to balance that against how good it has been for 'the BBC's opponents' and 'random companies who now get a PR hit on the biggest news website in the UK'.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Unlike Simon Clarke, I was alive during the 1970s. A combination of low inequality, low crime and aspects of culture made 1976 one of the happiest years on record in the UK. The IMF bailout had zero impact. Lesson for Simon, happiness is not just a function of wealth.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"From Hell's heart I stab at thee, broseph!"

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Furiously writing a Moby Dick sequel in which Ahab wears Vineyard Vines bsky.app/profile/en.a...

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Considering he would describe an actual earthquake in central London as a "sub-optimal outcome" - This is a hair-on-fire, red alert if you read it correctly. And Rightly so.

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Considering he would describe an earthquake in central London as a "sub-optimal outcome" - This is a hair-on-fire, red alert if you read it correctly. And Rightly so.

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bit tricksy today but got it in 6 too.

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My low stakes conspiracy theory (with evidence) is that the UK print & broadcast football media are ran by a Spurs/West Ham cabal

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Dom Shaw @domshawecho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

👏 #Boro beat Juventus 1-0 in the Premier League International Cup, Layton Campbell the matchwinner from the bench. Thumping finish late on. This time last year Campbell was scoring for Whitley Bay against Shildon in the Northern League and Knaresborough Town in the FA Vase qualifying rounds.

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Feels like the culmination of a Wrestling feud tbh

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Claude has a feature called Friend Mode. It helps you pretend like you're not a goddamn loser who needs AI to interact with the outside world.

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Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came to our Scarred For Life Unplanned show at Burnley Library last night! Me and @bobfischer.bsky.social had a great time listening to your scars and spooky stories. And it was lovely to meet the organisers, David and Holly from Northern Folklore Archive!

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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is undoubtedly true and I think a lot of companies have bet heavily on IP on the mistaken understanding that there are "forever" characters or acts, when they're subject to quite rapid decay.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/09/2026

This is now a sycophancy test. Joking about it I’ll accept, barely, but anyone who even remotely indulges this is a coward

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'Arrival', the first episode of The Prisoner, debuted in the UK on this day in 1967 in selected ITV regions.

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Didn't Deacon Backfire already do all this stuff?

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One example I can think of is parents having to sell their home/assets to pay for care fees rather than passing it down. (Although if the National Care Service can thread this needle, this will be a massive deal).

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Party penguins arts & crafts @partypenguins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Middlesbrough in pen/pencil finished I will be taking a break to do a commission piece but after that will be 22/92 Burton albion #Boro #UTB #football #the92 #art

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Based on my own reporting on OpenAI's audited financials from 2025, it appears that Anthropic was a worse business (at least in that year), spending $2.75 make $1 versus OpenAI spending $2.60 to make $1. So many people told me this company was "more profitable"! www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...

OpenAl Lost $38.5 Billion In 2025
2025 — OpenAl Had $13.07 Billion In Revenue, $34 Billion In Costs and Expenses, and $20.92 Billion In Losses, with a net loss attributable to the company of $38.53 Billion
• Revenue: $13.07 billion
• Cost of Revenue: $7.5 billion
• Research and Development: $19.18 billion
• Sales and Marketing: $5.73 billion
• General and Administrative: $1.57 Billion
• Total Costs and Expenses: $34 billion
• Loss from Operations: $20.92 billion

The Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year, a threefold surge from 2024, accounting for more than half of its
$12.65 billion in total operating expenses.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

So far the only retort from the AI boosters appears to be “2025 doesn’t matter” and I’m not kidding

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In 1956 the late great PETER CUSHING invited a film crew into his Kensington home to show off his hobby — painting miniature toy soldiers, and playing with them in the rules set down by fellow toy soldier hobbyist H.G. Wells.

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They really were bigger than Rod.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.

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Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Take the week off and come back punching 👊

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026

make no mistake: anyone telling you AI is “just like the dot com bubble” or “just like Amazon web services or uber” is beyond misinformed, verging into the realms of actually wanting to know less about the world. It means they have never actually looked at any of the numbers. Or they can’t count.

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