Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Bright Phoebus by Lal and Mike Waterson. I stumbled across it on Spotify, and was hooked. 011
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026You could try brining the chicken before you marinade. That increases the moisture content in the meat. 021
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I watched it semi recently and it was even darker than I remembered. 010
Reposted by Alex BatemanThe Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If you stood on Briggate at 8am on a weekday in 1957, and stood there again in 2026, in which year could you reach more of the city in half an hour? Samuel Bancroft has crunched the numbers. Since the 1950s, Leeds has got bigger - but the city has effectively shrunk. 1023878
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Have you planted that? I moved into a house with that in the garden, if I were you I would kill it now before it gets any bigger. 100
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I made a web app with claude whilst waiting for the kettle to boil. I find it really useful. I wouldn't expect anyone else to use it. Nor would I have spent the time learning how to code it manually. 160
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026It's not a contentious debate. Its fringe groups hijacking the media. 000
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I have a spreadsheet where I rate albums I've listened to. Not many get 'rubbish' but quite a few get 'NMCT' (Not My Cup of Tea). 010
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026So much this. The 1916-1990 large continental army is a historical aberration. By trying to do everything, we're not generating enough force anywhere. 000
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Just went and read up on SS Ohio. What an incredible story. 050
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I wonder what happened to false positives, it doesn't mention it in the article. 021
Reposted by Alex BatemanBen Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I wish that Spotify or similar would let people make radio shows, where they play music and talk in between. Since you've paid to access the music, it would be nice to have people share and curate, but with rambling humanity in the chat, not just playlists. This is the narrowcasting of my dreams. 10776
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Is it not just in alphabetical order except for Denmark? 110
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Whilst in Australia we visited this iconic tourist attraction 010
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 17/12/2025These are my Dad's favourites. Where did you see them? 100
Reposted by Alex BatemanTom Forth @tomforth.co.uk · 12/12/2025I went to a dinner with the AI Minister and I read a paper on Lovelace Institue --- a proposal from Tony Blair's Institute on how we could fund breakthrough science better. And I wrote that all up into one incoherent mess for you to enjoy. tomforth.co.uk/nationalpurp...tomforth.co.ukNational purpose on AI.Lovelace Institutes, why I like the idea, and how I think they could work. 23211
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Also Barnbow Munitions in Leeds 1916, killed 35. 020
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025I went to Leeds Carnival yesterday and was struck by the thought that there were many times more people at that event than at all of these protests combined. A huge, happy crowd celebrating our diversity, shame that's not on the front pages. 000
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 08/08/2025I once asked for mustard in a French restaurant and he said "No. It will ruin your dinner and walked off". TBF he was right. 070
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 01/08/2025At primary school I did a reading test. Afterwards the teacher asked me what some of the words meant, I said I didn't know and the teacher accused me of cheating. She asked me how I could read a word if I didn't know its meaning. Maybe this is why? 020
Reposted by Alex BatemanTom Forth @tomforth.co.uk · 09/07/2025Wrote a paper. Read the paper. Seems okay. You can read it too. The pub is now much fuller than my reading on X. niesr.ac.uk/publications... 1144
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I made salt cod ravioli one Xmas. So tasty, defo worth the effort. Did have a moment though when I couldn't workout why the dough wasn't rolling properly. Turned out I'd grabbed my mum's mince pie pastry from the fridge. 000
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 22/05/2025That's some archway. Straight out of Tolkien. @stevenemms.bsky.social 030
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Make sure you bring some cash though as they don't take cards. 120
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 23/03/2025That looks delicious. Do you have a recipe you could share? 300
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The culture series by Iain M Banks is great. The first one isn't the best, maybe start with Player of Games. 141
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This. Every time. youtu.be/pNj9bXKGOiI?...youtu.beLuther Vandross - Never Too Much (Official HD Video)YouTube video by LutherVandrossVEVO 010
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 22/02/2025That's right. Which sounds absolutely brilliant! 100
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 22/02/2025This is a trolley in the UK. When I first read your post I was imagining an entire museum dedicated to them. Particularly enjoyed the idea that toddlers would be enthralled. 110
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I wonder if it's a combination of two things. 1. After the end of the cold war they no longer had the big bad to define themselves against. 2. The embrace of torture and extra judicial detention (and killing) during the war on terror. 020
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Look at that. Absolutely brilliant 👌 @stevenemms.bsky.social 110
Alex Bateman @iliverightnow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Was just listening to the album thinking this is like a heavier Selected Ambient works... 😂 010
