Reposted by John NurickNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick. 161447370
Reposted by John NurickIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Dear @erc.europa.eu , we DO already have common standards & frameworks. 'AI' likes to pose itself as 'special' but we do not need to reinvent the wheel. We already have established codes of conduct for research integrity. We just need to apply them. See below + more resources in thread🧵 216866
John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Delighted to see Trump's executive order requiring Americans to use SI. No more foot-pounds, acre-feet or sticks of butter! 0134
Reposted by John NurickTracy King @tracyking.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wrote about medical misogyny and the male gaze (re Paterson and the news that it has happened again) unherd.com/2026/09/put-...unherd.comPut medical misogyny under the knife 055
Reposted by John NurickABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 28/09/2026Travellers recall Nullarbor crossings before and after Eyre Highway was sealedabc.net.auEyre Highway marks 50 years since final section was sealedSome travellers still remember crossing the Nullarbor on the unsealed road with bumps, breakdowns, and floods all part of the journey. 0168
Reposted by John NurickChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Next time someone tells you off for going to BlueSky and says you should have stayed and fought show them this. 6375119
Reposted by John Nurickᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy as Albert Einstein on a bicycle 🚲 0319
Reposted by John Nuricktonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Farmers who intend to vote for One Nation should know that they are accepting that “climate change” is normal.By doing so they will negate any logical argument for taxpayer assistance when “normal” weather events occur. Don’t ask for help if you deny the very thing you need help to overcome! 32420173
Reposted by John Nurickmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 23/09/2026guaranteed vote winner 7527245
Reposted by John NurickAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Interesting that Quest Apartments breach included nearly 2 million individuals personal data including credit card CVV stored unlawfully and Albanese has had nothing to say about it 1112146
Reposted by John NurickAlastair Harper @alastairharper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thomas Edison in 1910. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves on this net zero business, lads 213860
John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good, enjoyable piece on the problems of humanitarian & development aid and how Effective Altruism isn't The Solution. 020
Reposted by John NurickBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 22/09/202620/x So here is the real Somali pirate movie. Hollywood filmed the captain who was rescued. Belgium invented a film that was never going to be made, cast the villain as its star, and let him fly in for the premiere. The red carpet straight to prison 114226
Reposted by John NurickDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Leonard Cohen by Graeme Mitchell Los Angeles, September 2016 - two months before his death "I’ve got some work to do,” he said to his son Adam near the end. "Take care of business. I am ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable. That’s about it for me." 1183
Reposted by John NurickJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One thing that AI seems to be showing is that areas we thought we valued because of their results (such as science) we really valued at least in part because of their challenge to human dedication, spirit, ingenuity, intelligence and imagination. 5457
Reposted by John NurickMargaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is such a hoot of a post. Read it. It's good for the soul. 45212
Reposted by John NurickAsterix Archiv 🐗 @comedix.de · 20/09/2026Eine schöne Bastel- und Malarbeit. Manchmal trägt Obelix den Hinkelstein. Manchmal ist Obelix der Hinkelstein. Dürfte nicht leicht gewesen sein, diesen Stein zu finden. #Asterix #Fanart 162722633
Reposted by John Nurick🐆National Chair, Leopards Eating People's Faces Party 🐆 @algocompsynth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If Musk and Trump are so rich, how come they're not smart? 😈 0121
Reposted by John NurickKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed". Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power. 521945537
Reposted by John NurickBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 16/09/20261/x On a misty Sunday morning in 1942, in the empty middle of the South Atlantic, a cargo ship sailing empty met a German warship. The warship ordered her to stop. She attacked instead. Both ships died that morning. This is the SS Stephen Hopkins, and the duel of 27 September. #maritimehistory 24213
Reposted by John Nurickderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story. 381217512541
Reposted by John NurickHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059762385
Reposted by John NurickOffice Watch @officewatch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Star Trek's Kobayashi Maru is a test with no good options. Updating #MicrosoftOffice feels exactly the same. Here's how to navigate Microsoft's no win scenario. #StarTrek #Microsoft365 #Office2024 office-watch.com/2026/updating-micr… 032
Reposted by John NurickAndrás Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026IF ONLY THE LABOUR PARTY WAS IN GOVERNMENT 27315
Reposted by John NurickReader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024 14065482220394
Reposted by John NurickAugust J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A reminder that evangelical doctrine, up to and including the wildly popular Left Behind book series where the Democratic president essentially does exactly this, has for decades insisted this is how the antichrist will reveal himself. 17925287
John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I'm the least rock & roll person in the world and Young Einstein is one of my favourite movies. Very sad now to read about its creator. 010
Reposted by John NurickJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026May I interest you in the upgraded Solon Package, which will regularly remind you that you may count no one happy until they're dead? 2271
Reposted by John NurickBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026my personal view is that you should treat AI as if you were a magician attempting to command a spirit that is inhuman, potentially useful, and invested in attempting to convince you it is something other than it is. you know, rationally. 281073131
Reposted by John NurickQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I am now offering access to my vibe coded AI assistant that sends you a popup notification ever hour reading only "Remember thou art mortal" 1230323
Reposted by John NurickAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett. 5330021272
Reposted by John NurickMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As if the headline isn't enough incentive, do read this short news story to the last paragraph because MAN does it escalate! playbill.com/article/man-...playbill.comMan Sentenced to 2-Year Jail Sentence After Strangling Fellow Theatregoer for Singing Along During We Will Rock YouThe dust-up happened at a 2023 press performance in London's West End. 1171075330
Reposted by John NurickThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 09/09/2026And then suddenly you find the most important question ever asked in an 17th century book. The depth, the power, the genius... Is cheese rational? Well, is it? IS IT?! web.archive.org/web/20200915... 2740088
Reposted by John NurickEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Great obit of a man with the courage of his confections www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/w...nytimes.comNoël Godin, Prankster Who Threw Pies at the Powerful, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)Splattering figures like Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard and Bernard-Henri Lévy, he perfected the art of using whipped cream as a form of protest. 69220
Reposted by John NurickDr Robin Douglas @robincdouglas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Are you interested in joining an online study group on the Book of Abramelin? (You'll know immediately if you are or not!) If so, please click on the link in the next tweet. Please also retweet this for publicity 🙏 133
Reposted by John NurickKaren J Watson 🇨🇦 @watsonkaren.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Jen Greerson, The Line🇨🇦: "I think we’ve reached the end of a real bilateral relationship with the United States. Friendship is over...I’m sure a lot of decent Americans exist, and they feel very bad about all of this, just not bad enough to do anything to stop it." open.substack.com/pub/theline/...open.substack.comJen Gerson: (this is real)I think we’ve reached the end of a real bilateral relationship with the United States. Friendship is over. Even a transactional alliance is pretty damn close to the brink. 33280104
John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Functionality? Have you ever tried pulling off your jackboots in zero gravity? 000
Reposted by John NurickUilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 03/09/2026#cymru #wales If you're skeptical about what these two Welsh farmers are alleged to have done over the weekend according to this AI translation, an alternative translation is in the alt-text. h/t Hywel Mallett @hmallett@toot.wales 412152
Reposted by John NurickDr Robin Douglas @robincdouglas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A thread for the anniversary of the start of World War II. It is remarkable how the news headlines in the immediate run-up to the outbreak of war were *not* dominated by the growing crisis. /1 156
Reposted by John NurickCarissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My latest on The Antidote: Survival Through Kindness. What concepts like natural selection miss is that no one survives without being rescued (usually multiple times). carissaveliz.substack.com/p/survival-t... 0133
Reposted by John NurickKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/09/2026Which one is Scott Morrison speaking to press in the midst of the 2020 Australian bushfires? Which one is Anthony Albanese speaking to press after the 2026 Nepal floods? 2119895
John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ghastly drink, "autumn sipper" not bad, @secondmentions.com. 031
Reposted by John NurickGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 31/08/2026“Critically, AI emissions are growing today, while AI-enabled emissions reductions will take time, creating an AI "carbon debt" that accelerates warming. Even if that debt is eventually repaid by AI climate solutions, the additional warming and climate damage will persist for decades to millennia” 88546
Reposted by John NurickDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times. 131365640