John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026In "Chariots of Fire" a band plays The Star Spangled Banner to greet the US team at the 1924 Olympic Games. The Star Spangled Banner wasn't adopted as the US National Anthem until 1931. 010
Reposted by John BaylissGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 12/10/2026Have you checked your Gmail privacy settings lately? Gmail’s Smart Features can analyse your emails to power AI, here’s how to review your settings and take back a little more control over your data 👀 1111370
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 11/10/2026They don't even know that Christianity was brought to this country by uninvited foreigners who crossed the channel in small boats. 28115
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ruin a book by adding a word The Old Curiosity Shoplifter 020
Reposted by John BaylissLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 63105843102
Reposted by John BaylissSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#empireworld is available for 99p as a kindle deal innit amzn.eu/d/0aaF6wLdamzn.eu 54121
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026As the inhabitants of Piddington have voted not to be British any more, doesn't that make them illegal aliens? 0101
Reposted by John BaylissNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026First excerpt from End Times Fascism! So happy The Guardian went for the part of the book about the wonder of THIS world, and the people doing everything to commit to it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThe end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clearAn unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them 13523182
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If AI kills all humans, who is going to maintain all the Data Centres? These "intelligences" haven't thought it through, have they? 000
Reposted by John BaylissSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 17657417
Reposted by John BaylissTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026Speaking of plagiarism: www.scientificamerican.com/article/open...scientificamerican.comOpenAI’s latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts sayOpenAI released 10 AI-generated results over the weekend. Some mathematicians are unhappy with their approach 12958392
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The people Redwood calls "English" are descendants of invaders from Denmark and Northern Germany who a few centuries earlier displaced the native Celts, stealing their land and forcing them into the peripheries of Britain. 000
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Imagine what America could be like today if Dolly Parton had been President and Donald Trump was just a Country and Western singer. 000
Reposted by John BaylissJoanne 🇨🇦 Nasty & PROUD🇨🇦 @joanneb1055.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This post by the most amazing Aussie took my breath away. Pay very close attention to the part titled THE SENTENCE WITH 100 YEARS OF DYNAMITE IN IT. ifloz.substack.com/p/carney-jus...ifloz.substack.comCARNEY JUST THREATENED TO SEND AMERICA BACK TO THE FUCKING STONE AGETwelve hours after walking out of Washington, Carney stood up and read the old relationship its eulogy. In two languages. With the pulse of a man ordering a flat white. 2633597
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 23/08/2026B has more of the Lindisfarne Gospels interlace vibe. I think it would stand out more in a bookshop display. A is just a bit, well, obvious. 010
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 23/08/2026According to the official population statistics there are 4,223,885 individuals who today describe themselves as Romans. 010
Reposted by John BaylissAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.? Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will. 115239181059
Reposted by John Bayliss404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162253913
Reposted by John BaylissWIRED @wired.com · 16/08/2026Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.wired.comAI Is Dead. Organoids Are AliveMini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks. 6416755
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The European Athletics Championship is being broadcast live on BBC2 whilst the eclipse is happening. Presumably the program will have to explain to the viewers why the athletes are running in the dark... 000
Reposted by John BaylissCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign. 10752481135
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Odd way to send a message. I find e-mail or texting much more efficient. BTW, exactly what was the message? The interviewer presumably didn't ask. 010
Reposted by John BaylissCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Wow. Just wow. 11669211653
Reposted by John BaylissBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with tech. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods. 1/ 10579222
Reposted by John BaylissCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan 29369602158
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 20/07/2026There are already ten different film/TV adaptations of the Odyssey. There's no reason why a Greek film director can't make a purely Greek version of the story and put it out in competition with Nolan's, if they really feel so strongly about it. 000
Reposted by John BaylissEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations. 91627510
Reposted by John Baylisschristhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I made this because as far as I can see nobody else has? 442214550
Reposted by John BaylissCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface 11188462999
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"verify your age" Knows how to use a slide rule. 000
Reposted by John BaylissCabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 04/07/2026new metaphor just dropped 1136285078724
Reposted by John BaylissTakeourblueback @takeourblueback.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Please don't share this 16346
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Does that mean that dentistry is now the world's oldest profession? 000
Reposted by John BaylissCosmoQuest @cosmoquest.org · 02/04/2026There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit! 15456731595
Reposted by John BaylissGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again." 21670311844
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The gift is a suit of clothes that only intelligent people can see. 000
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 15/03/2026They might breed a pigeon that looks like a dodo but that'll still be just a pigeon that looks like a dodo. 052
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 12/03/2026There was a show on Channel Four in the 1980's called "Friday Night Live" which attempted to be the British equivalent to SNL. Although it did establish several comedians who are now household names, it only lasted a short while. 000
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Now I know what the phrase "echo chamber" means. 090
Reposted by John BaylissAlona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I recently discovered something that has markedly improved my experience of daily life: if you Google something and add “-ai” after the search term, it gives you search results without the AI overview 918160
Reposted by John BaylissThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/02/2026David Squires on … Jim Ratcliffe’s comments and his need for some home truthstheguardian.comDavid Squires on … Jim Ratcliffe’s comments and his need for some home truthsOur cartoonist reflects on the Manchester United co-owner’s recent statements and electioneering, via the prism of Cracker’s DCI Bilborough 35916
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Surely if he's "threatened" by ISIS they will still be a threat to him irrespective of whatever country he happens to be in. 281
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 12/02/2026First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...actionnetwork.orgThe Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the PostFirst Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea... 011
John Bayliss @johnbayliss.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The current Manchester United first team squad of 26 players contains eighteen immigrants and only eight English players. 010
Reposted by John BaylissJAM RADIO NEWS @jamradiouk.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Birmingham–Perry Barr MP Ayoub Khan caused quite a stir in the House of Commons this afternoon. “Mr Speaker, rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose.” While he was referring to the Birmingham bin strikes, Reform MP Richard Tice, sat next to Nigel Farage took offence. #PMQs #PoliticsLive 1219