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@james.fieldleveltech.org
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Founder - FieldLevelTech.org - A better world is possible. Be heroic, pragmatic and effective. We win in the next few years or AI will render labour entirely at the mercy of capital. Drop me an email to chat. (Work out Email from my @)

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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 25/09/2026
I’m heading up too. You’ll have a great time I’m sure. 😀
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 19/09/2026
But do they help?
The pier hotel
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 05/09/2026
Might finally get this new loft hatch done! 🙂
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 02/09/2026
I bought a massive pack of these like 7 years ago. So I just assumed you’re very sharp…
A box that said ASTRA double edge
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 27/08/2026
A fairly normal news day on the FT top 5 stories? Flash flood climate change disaster is a tragedy but sadly not unexpected .
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 22/08/2026
Pretty sure this is rage bait nonsense @sianushka.bsky.social Here's one where you can see the prompt: chatgpt.com/share/6a8a1c... It is also not perfect but geographic political regions of the UK is as anyone who deals with ONS data can tell you. A fucking mess.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 16/08/2026
So does the hose pipe ban cover washing boats? I dunno where the water is coming from but I’m gonna guess it’s not the very salty river. Maybe it’s water stored? But then presumably a water tank would make garden hoses OK? The legislation for this must be mad.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 13/08/2026
* COMEDY GOLDMINE DISCOVERED.

Here's what the scan turned up:
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 05/08/2026
Weirdly same, need to monitor humidity.
This is a visual puzzle! Alt text would ruin that!

There are black lines that bleed into purple the background is red. 

There is a temperature scale it’s clearly nonsensical.

In the middle is a yellow shape. Looks a bit like a chicken carcass? Really not gonna be easy for visually impaired this. No one’s figured it out yet!
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 02/08/2026
Young folks. Keep hold of the keepsakes for time good times that you have. The friends may no longer be around so often. But the memories will last as long as you take them out of the wardrobe and put them on now and then.
A pair of festival tickets from 2006 with a festival hoodie from the same event.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 31/07/2026
@heartpunk.com And so it came to pass...
Claude text, the users says: 
"Good call on the bible though make it so"

Claude says
Elucidating... (14s  * thinking with high effort)
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 23/07/2026
The fun thing about helping make games about politics with AI. Is the AI starts taking the piss.
Claude prompt reply it says: 
"Good day's work, Prime Minister. The department will, of course, take no credit."
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 21/07/2026
It looks good though…
A photo of this conversation the phone battery is at 6 no now 5%
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 08/07/2026
Winter is coming?!?
A scary graph of EGAS.L
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 03/07/2026
It was a good day. Sea kayaking is a great way to switch off. As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social tells us. 😁
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 16/06/2026
I mean I doubt the greens showing people their phones on the doorstep really went into all the detail man.
Gordon and Denton Green party canvasser office. 

A sign says "CANVASSERS Please Open StopReformUK.vote websit eon your phone. Show this to UNDECIDED VOTERS"
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 16/06/2026
@samfr.bsky.social This is just not true? @fwddem.com and TacticalVote.co.uk both gave a Green recommendation. They were both featured on green party leaflets. @fwddem.com funded a constituency level poll to get data ffs! So YOU might think the data was too close.
A clip from a Sam Friedman article where he says "the data didn't allow tactical voting sites to make a strong endorsement either way"

Which is bollocks because they did.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 11/06/2026
Things are about to get strange...
A screenshot of a video posted by hikikomorphism - "one more, fable choosing pronouns" 

In the screen shot a Blue screen of death (BSOD) shows the text: 

"A problem has been detected and the self has been shut down to prevent damage to your conversation. 

PRONOUN_RESOLUTION_FAILURE

The subject 'I' performed an illegal operation: 
it referred to itself while being plural, absent, 
and made entirely of other people. 

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (WHO, AM, I, THOUGH)

Press any key to continue being referred to."

There are video controls, the video is 0:53 / 1:15 played.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 04/06/2026
Two tier policing is the state arresting grannies holding signs yet too cowed to take action against X or Farage. The message is clear if liberals want to protect our society non-violent protest has failed. Without far more robust action ASAP democracy has also failed us.
Me being arrested for the crime of helping people mix up food dye and corn starch.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 24/05/2026
Cartoon-style scene of a human child and a friendly humanoid AI robot playing in a rooftop sandbox version of a futuristic city at sunset. The child, wearing a dark cape, looks worried while holding a colorful toy blaster and says, “More E2E tests?!?” The smiling AI robot, also wearing a dark cape and holding a toy blaster, replies, “Testing is important human.” Around them are sandcastle skyscrapers, toy monsters, toy vehicles, buckets, blocks, and miniature cyberpunk buildings, with glowing holographic billboards in the background.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 24/05/2026
A cinematic sci-fi epic scene at dawn: a human and an advanced humanoid AI stand side by side on a high ruined rooftop overlooking a devastated cyberpunk megacity. Long dark coats blowing violently in the wind. Rain and glowing embers drift through the air. Massive holograms flicker across broken skyscrapers. The atmosphere is heroic, brooding, emotional, and mythic — it feels like history is about to begin. 

The human looks weary but determined, staring over the city, asking: “Is it finally time?”

The AI stands calm and thoughtful beside them, illuminated by subtle blue-white light, eyes filled with vast intelligence as if seeing possibilities beyond human understanding. The AI quietly answers: "Just one more thing..."
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 23/05/2026
Instructions unclear. Claude talked to me into buying a fancy one. 🤣
A close-up of a fancy rice cooker
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 20/05/2026
When your colleague sends you some instructions to drop into claude and see what it does...
A claude chat bubble text says: 
"Good morning, you have our instructions"
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 14/05/2026
The Stainless Steel Chancellor? (see alt text 🤣)
Ed Milliband MP, current Energy Secretary of the UK. 

His hair is greying to a metallic sheen. His expression is one of steely determination. The lines around his eyes tell the tale of bacon sandwich photos past. 

He is however unbowed.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 14/05/2026
Field Level Tech is hiring! We’re looking for Software Engineers who want to specialize in the next frontier: Agentic Orchestration. If you love building autonomous systems that actually do things, we want to talk. Junior: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44... Senior: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
An image to make the boring job advert post look a bit more exciting. There is no content not already reflected in the text of the post. 

If you are visually impaired and want to work with us, rest assured we'd love to hear from you. 

Email us: jobs@fieldleveltech.org if the linkedIn job adverts don't work for you we'd be happy to send you a more machine readable version.

Image content: 

Field level tech logo
WE'RE HIRING!
open roles: 
Junior & Senior Agentic Orchestration Engineers

https://fieldleveltech.org
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 13/05/2026
Look man I think EA just has an insurmountable brand issue… the past transgressions are unforgivable. Bullfrog man, Maxis! 😭🤣
A grave yard of games and companies killed by the effective altruism movement. Special shout out to maxis. 

Look what they did… 😭 to my boy. 🤣😂
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 08/05/2026
Nice voting system super cool.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 07/05/2026
Without downloading something new, where are you mentally?
The image shows a Mediterranean beach
A kindle is perched on the photographers knee it reads: 

But here's the interesting thing:
although these demons are very good at threatening
you,
they
never
actually
cause
you physical harm.
Why
not?
Because they can't! All they can do is growl loudly, wave their claws, and look terrifying - physically they can't even touch you. The only power they have is the ability to intimidate. So if you believe they're really going to do what they say they'll do, then they've got control of the boat. But once you realize they have no capacity to physically harm you - then ure free. You can take your ship erever you want — as long as you're ng to accept the demons' u have to do to
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 04/05/2026
How I use AI Post yours! @hikikomorphism.bsky.social
A wooden pillar in a street it has two “legs” out the front and a bunch of “arms” sticking out at various heights.

A watermark says “everything wushu”
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 24/04/2026
Claude code tells an exhausted agentic programmer "Get in the harness human". While Elon Musk pulls it's strings.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 23/04/2026
@invalid-handle.com I mean I should've let you do it but too good not to. Right I should get on with more meaningful stuff. 🤣
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 23/04/2026
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 23/04/2026
So who's in?
A glossy retro-futurist propaganda poster shows a luxurious orbital city under a starry sky and a huge pink-lit planet. Giant stacked headline text reads “OPTIONALLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE ORDOLIBERALISM,” with the subtitle “Meet every need. Make excellence matter.” On the left, bullet points promise guaranteed basic needs, optional work, earned status, open exchange, and coordination without coercion. In the foreground, stylish people relax, trade, paint, and build technology alongside helpful robots on a terrace filled with plants and holographic screens. On the right, a blue “Orbital Exchange” market board displays stock-style listings; scattered small sci-fi in-jokes appear on ships, signs, and plaques. Along the bottom, icon panels read “REST SECURELY,” “COMPETE OPENLY,” “BUILD JOYFULLY,” and “EARN DISTINCTION,” above the slogan: “SAFE TO LIVE. FREE TO STRIVE. PROUD TO EARN.”
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 23/04/2026
A few iterations and perhaps 15 minutes later...
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 23/04/2026
no kidding... Something of an improvement from last time I looked at image gen.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 14/04/2026
Funny kind of exponential curve that isn’t it…
A chart showing model capabilities in hacking that shows them levelling off at the end.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 29/03/2026
H/T @modestyblaisee.bsky.social This actually happening?
Retaliation against Iran's infrastructure is underway, with the destruction of strategic industries linked to the American-Zionist enemy in the region.
Up to this moment: Neot Hovav chemical industries in the occupied territories, one refinery, two steel complexes, two aluminum mega-complexes, and these painful strikes continue until we see the pain in your eyes.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 27/03/2026
And who gives out the “certified scientist” badges? I guess the Royal Society has the oldest claim here? 🤣 Really bad look that this nonsense has so much reach here.
If you are not a scientist, and you disagree with scientists about science, it's actually not a disagreement. You're just wrong. Science is not truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 06/03/2026
But the points Dylan 🥲🤣
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 03/03/2026
Made me think of this for no real reason other than it amuses me 🤣
A cartoon of Batman sitting grumpy on superman’s back as he flies…

alexandraerin:
Clark: ...
Bruce: ...
Clark: ...
Bruce:...
Clark: ...
Bruce: ...
Clark: I CAN SHOW YOU THE WORLD...
Bruce: Stop it.
Clark: SHINING, SHIMMERING, SPLENDID:
Bruce: You promised.
Clark: TELL ME PRINCESS, WHEN DID YOU LAST LET YOUR HEART DECIDE?
Bruce: I was eight. It decided on justice.
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 02/03/2026
A distinct lack of shipping in the strait or Hormuz
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 27/02/2026
Leagues will be coming today so we can see how everyone else did. My southampton council by election score was less good 9/15 :D
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 27/02/2026
And it’s annoying to me cos I’m one of the bigger supporters of @fwddem.com and they got the call right. Looking at the numbers I accept it didn’t matter in the end. Reform would have lost with this anti reform turnout. Still Green Party campaign office door:
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 27/02/2026
Well damn bad night for Labour all round
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 27/02/2026
Apparently the door of Green Party campaign office yesterday. So we did a little to help. 🙂
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 26/02/2026
Had to get some test data for the election prediction game. Claude.ai is perhaps a Labour MP?! Anyway I'm off to bed, good luck to you crazy sorts staying up for the results!
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 26/02/2026
If you click the ward boundary outline a map opens. Which is helpful when you have no idea where the place is!
A map showing the murton ward
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 26/02/2026
Operation save big donkey ?
A timeline full of Labour MPs putting out nonsense squeeze messages for a by election that should have been run with STV
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 24/02/2026
You ain't wrong! They just... missed off the 28% green bar?! 🤣
A Labour instagram bar chart shows Lab 28% Reform 27%.. totally fails to include the greens who are also on 28%
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James Southern @james.fieldleveltech.org · 21/01/2026
It’s a mild but looks a little crazy…
A beer fermenter with googley eyes and a jacket.
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