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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦

@lancewalton.bsky.social
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Programmer (mostly Scala), Pianist, Composer of Baroque Musick

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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alexander Scriabin’s “Feuillet d’album”, Op.45 No.1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXM...
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Scriabin Feuillet d'album Op 45 No 1
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ronit-b.bsky.social @ronit-b.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Making it costlier for foreigners to attend uni in the UK is an incredibly damaging Starmer/Mahmood policy. It makes zero economic sense and is explicable only as a result of adopting 'fewer non white people living in the UK' as an explicit policy objective
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I have made an attempt at Fauré's Romance Sans Paroles, Op.17, No.3. I want to do more with this piece, but I am not finding a huge amount of time to practice at the moment, so I have recorded it for now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHx...
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Fauré Romance Sans Paroles Op 17 No 3
YouTube video by Lance Walton Music
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Here is a simple and very lovely prelude by Mel Bonis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBT8...
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Bonis Prelude in Eb Major Op 10
YouTube video by Lance Walton Music
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Daniel Rigal 🇪🇺 🦋 @danielrigal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This is incredibly funny because "Labour" and the Tories colluded to gerrymander Surrey to keep the Lib Dems out. They split Surrey into east and west, abolishing all the borough councils, and now *both* halves have emphatically elected the Lib Dems! election.news.sky.com/elections/en...
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West Surrey | England Councils 2026 - Election Results | Sky News
See the results from the election in England and look up your local area to see who won and lost where you live.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/02/2026
Heads up folks: @thetnholler.bsky.social posted an AI-generated video this morning that was a deepfake of the captain of the U.S. women’s hockey team, and they seem to be promoting it as if it’s a real video. So watch out for that and don’t spread fakes.
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Do you all ever just listen to what your brain is throwing at you? Or catch it in the process of doing something, and stand as an observer while it does its work? It’s quite an experience. My brain is sometimes an arsehole. Mostly, “I”, appalled, suppress that stuff, because it is not who “I” am.
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Channing Walton @channingwalton.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
My Typora themes I was messing around with have been added to the Typora theme gallery. Here are the themes in my repo: github.com/channingwalt... typora.io
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GitHub - channingwalton/typora-themes: My typora themes
My typora themes. Contribute to channingwalton/typora-themes development by creating an account on GitHub.
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root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
The man who is unwilling to wear a flu mask usually is of the kind who expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10/12/2025
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean  “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission". Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 28/11/2025
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters”

The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist.

But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building.

I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Does anybody have any concerns about the “mansion tax” causing people to sell their £2M+ houses to move into lower price houses, thus putting pressure on the lower house pricing market in terms of number of available properties and in terms of increasing the cost of those houses…
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social Can I remind you of something Margaret Thatcher said: “if they attack one personally, it’s because they have not one political argument left”.
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Ben @benjits.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@lbc.co.uk @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social Are the Lib Dems (72 MPs) up next for comment on the budget or is it just a Reform (5 Mps) representative (NOT EVEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL) Astonishing drop in journalistic standards over the last year.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The leaked OBR assessment states that Rachel Reeves decision to freeze income tax thresholds will raise £8.3 billion in 2029-30. So income tax will be going up, contrary to the election pledge, but stealthily, rather than openly
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
"We'd *love* to house the homeless, feed the hungry and care for the sick and the vulnerable. But there's no money!"
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Unison @unison-lang.org · 25/11/2025
🎉 Unison 1.0 has landed! After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we’re excited to announce this milestone! Spread the word!
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Announcing Unison 1.0
After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we're excited to release Unison 1.0. This version delivers a refined programming workflow and a mature toolchain. Join us as we celebrate this milestone and look ahead to the future of Unison.
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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature. 2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise! That "feature" is now gone.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans: Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet. So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 16/11/2025
Asked a question by Kuenssberg about whether her proposals on refugees would mean refugee families being broken up, Shabana Mahmood immediately started talking about illegal migration. Eventually, she’s admitted that yes, Labour’s policy will break up settled families. Vile.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning. That's who you've joined. Tommy Robinson.
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Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I don't believe in the Great Man theory of history. Meaningful change comes from the actions of many. I *do* believe in the Great Doofus theory of history, because it only takes one jerkass to ruin a LOT of things. Usually a jerkass who thinks they're a Great Man.
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Something bad happens to people when they become the Home Secretary. Theresa May, Amber Rudd, and now Shabana Mahmood have all been come extremist lunatics after a period in the job.
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Allen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
<rant> A periodic reminder that Sprints, Backlogs, Daily Scrums, Scrum Boards, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Points, Velocity, PIs, etc., have NOTHING AT ALL to do with "Agile." Agility comes from working small, delivering frequently for feedback from actual customers, and adapting based on 1/3
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
How long before Trump claims credit for eliminating the tariffs introduced by Biden?
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Having wooden floors and dogs is a great way to never get any sleep again.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Facebook Rules: if you disagree with the post, you are proving the point of the post.
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Dom White @domw.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I’m failing at my diet this week. In other news, I started a diet this week.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
crazy IG em_clarkson
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975 “It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
When the U.K. Labour Party made the election manifesto promise that “no working person will pay more tax” I knew it was a stupid promise. And I predicted there would come a time when the definition of “working person” would need to be tortured in order to assert that the promise is upheld. Let see…
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Completely insane
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Sigh:
A screenshot of my PodPoint Solo car charger app, which is currently indicating that charging is paused and there is -53 minutes of charging left. It has a “Stop charging now” button. Pressing it does nothing. Trying to get it to start a charge doesn’t work.
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I'm chuffed to have gotten "code-generating fire hose" into the FT. My work here is done :-)
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Booked a gas engineer to fix a problem with my boiler. The initial appointment is from 07:00 to 18:00 today. The day before they tell me that they’ve narrowed the appointment time to 10:45-13:45. The engineer turns up at 09:00 when I’m out and is grumpy that I’m not there. 🤷‍♂️
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Do I understand it correctly that the anti-union, Republican government has… gone on strike?
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
What is it with people who watch programmes on TV or streaming media and see an actor and say “Hey! That’s the guy/woman from <some other programme>!” Yes, they’re actors. They act in different things. It’s what they do. Why are you surprised by this?
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Really, Nissan?
A screenshot of the Nissan iPhone App saying that they’re “having a tune-up and will be finished at 11:15.”
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Channing Walton @channingwalton.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
#AI is a Dunning-Kruger Amplifier www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-dun...
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AI is a Dunning–Kruger Amplifier
A disconnect exists between the most experienced software developers and many others, those who confidently assert that #AI can solve everything more efficiently, more creatively, and faster than mere...
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
My eyes are bleeding.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 23/10/2025
If Labour agree that the Tories' botched Brexit deal is hurting our country, they should stop complaining and start fixing it. Starting with a new UK-EU customs union.
An Ed Davey quote which reads: 
I know Labour MPs are relieved that they are finally allowed to say the Conservatives’ Brexit deal is a disaster.

But that can’t just be a political ruse to attack Nigel Farage – however much he deserves it.

Or even worse – given we still have the highest inflation in the G7 – it mustn’t be a smokescreen to raise taxes on ordinary people.

It must be a call to action.

We must negotiate a new UK-EU customs union.
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Shyamali Rodrigues 🔶️ @shyamali.eurosky.social · 22/10/2025
youtube.com/shorts/8SNuf... Would you ever rejoin the EU Yes or No... It's a short video watch for yourself. Hint.. Yes for Libdems, Greens, SNP and Plaid. No/never ... Labour, Tories, Reform
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“Would you ever re-join the EU or single Market?” Parties give a yes or no answer #itvdebate
YouTube video by ITV News
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
If he can’t get a gig on the radio, he can always go into the concrete growing business.
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
My attempt at J.S.Bach's Prelude and Fugue in G Major, WTC 1, BWV 860 youtu.be/bRLjg3ZwEro
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Bach Prelude and Fugue in G Major WTC 1 BWV 860
YouTube video by Lance Walton Music
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/10/2025
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight. Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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Lance Walton 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @lancewalton.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
“But we are absolutely not going to try to unwind it, because that would upset the right wingers”.
A picture of Rachel Reeves with the caption “Rachel Reeves blames Brexit deal for long-term damage to economy”
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