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Jamie

@neworderofjamie.bsky.social
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Ex-game developer. Now, EPSRC Research Software Engineering fellow at the University of Sussex, developing GeNN library for simulating brains and injecting spikes into machine learning genn-team.github.io

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It only feels “radically progressive” because we’ve spent 40 years normalising radically regressive ideas. This was broadly how Britain worked from 1945–79, when average GDP growth was 2.6% a year — compared with 1.9% in the post-Thatcher years. It works www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham gambles on radical progressive plan to help Britain ‘rise again’
PM accepts some of his plan could be difficult and admits he ‘may pay a political price’
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dementia and Alzheimer's are absolutely devastating not only to the sufferer but for their friends and loves ones as well. Currently if it happens to your parent or partner you're effectively on your own navigating this terrible and often very expensive landscape of care.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
End Times Fascism is now an *international* bestseller. Folks, you made this happen and we are so grateful. @astra.bsky.social
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
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Jamie @neworderofjamie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The main answer is that Britain’s statisticians did not realise that when people do not answer the telephone or open their front door to officials with clipboards, they might well be on holiday." 🤯
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Everyone, stop what you are doing. I've discovered there is a politician called Teresa May running for city council in British Columbia. And this is from one of her campaign videos. Never have two people with the same name had such different vibes.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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Terndis Shipperound @clearsonnyday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thereallo, a web developer, decompiled the app and published a detailed technical breakdown of what's running under the hood. It injects code into third-party websites, loads JavaScript from someone's GitHub, and tracks your GPS, among other things.
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I Decompiled the White House's New App
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The support line was answered by a distinctly unhurried voice who suggested moving everyone 10ft away from the perimeter of the car — a suggestion that the US Secret Service did not take kindly to." very funny account by @joemillerjr.ft.com of his Waymo's standoff with a Secret Service: motorcade
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What to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcade
Stranded in six-lane traffic, surrounded by agents, my autonomous vehicle refused to budge
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
via The Unheard Majority
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just as well those committing wrongs against the RNLI are not holding placards supporting a proscribed organisation, else they would really be in trouble.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/09/2026
am having to force myself to live in a state of at least partial denial because I find the currenty situation so deeply nauseating that constant knowledge of it would probably have a significant impact on my day-to-day
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
5. After around 30 hours at sea, the dinghy was intercepted by the RNLI and those on board transferred to two lifeboats. Two lifeboat personnel tried to secure the empty dinghy. Thomas yelled abuse and knifed the dinghy to deflate it - with a rescuer still on board.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either.
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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Almost all of the UK supports ending Brexit. Just the ones in red don't have a majority. Of course Brexit continues because there is no democracy in the UK.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Enjoyed this article about the growing number of men adopting cats, bucking gender stereotypes. Apparently Mamdani is allergic to cats, but has been getting allergy shots because his wife wants to adopt one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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Dave Franco, Jordan Poole and Other Everyday Cat Dads Are Redefining Gender Stereotypes (Gift Article)
We’re living in the age of the “cat dad” and he’s being used to sell premium cat products and talk about healthy masculinity.
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026
I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man who supported Brexit then fucked off to Monaco to avoid contributing a penny of his £15 billion fortune to public services makes the mistake of thinking anyone gives a shit what he thinks.
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Reform UK scare story of a non-white take-over of the UK is pure fantasy ...
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
PETER FALK’s gravestone at Westwood Village Memorial Park - Los Angeles “I’m Not Here - I’m Home With Shera”
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Incredible headline here (among other things)
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Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
To celebrate publication day of The Wolf That Chews Rocks, a selection from the book’s Field Guide to Familiar Oddballs. The dachshund, an animal whose fundamental disagreement with the world is visible from space. It's legs are not visible from the sofa. Out now. www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Ch...
Dachshund
A vexed draught-excluder that woke up one morning and chose violence. Built to pursue badgers into tunnels, which explains a great deal. Bet every penny you have that it will fail its annual review on the grounds of attitude.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One early reviewer specifically mentioned this as their favourite entry from the Field Guide. I have never met a Weimaraner that didn’t appear to know something terrible about me. The Wolf That Chews Rocks is out now: www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Ch...
Weimaraner
A ghost that just snorted half of Colombia. Beautiful, haunted, intense, and always standing slightly too close, as though it has urgent news
from the spirit realm but forgot what it was.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The next familiar oddball is the Staffordshire bull terrier, a dog that has never knowingly expressed an emotion at anything below the structural tolerance of a railway bridge. "The Wolf That Chews Rocks" Out today on Amazon and all major outlets. www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Ch...
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
A gleeful house-brick with a smile that can split its skull. Engineered for maximum durability and world-shattering tail-thumping affection. Has the emotional subtlety of being hit in the chest by an overjoyed medicine ball.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well done to Angela Rayner for explaining to Rachel Johnson that PIP isn't an out of work benefit, plenty of people who receive PIP are in work, and PIP enables them to do that
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just to be clear, two men now control Reform UK. One who lives in Thailand, one who until a split second ago lived in Hong Kong. These aren’t your friends, neighbours and work colleagues.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wonder what it is about off shore tax hating billionaires being so drawn to Nigel Farage's "people's party"
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Important thread.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet
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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 03/09/2026
#SpikingNeuralNetwork people - this year's SNUFA workshop is live! Talks by: ⭐ Eugene Izhikevich ⭐ @giuliadangelo.bsky.social ⭐ Mihai Petrovici ⭐ Susanne Schreiber Submit your abstracts by Sept 25th. Registration is open! More info at: snufa.net/2026/ cc @fzenke.bsky.social @albada.bsky.social
Picture of the SNUFA spiky hedgehog
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I lost my Mom to pancreatic cancer. It’s insidious, painful and almost always diagnosed far too late. This new drug offers much needed hope to patients and families… but almost no one can afford a half million dollar price tag Shameful. Survival shouldn’t be for the rich only
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New pancreatic cancer drug carries a $39,800 monthly list price: What to know
The FDA has approved a new pill for one of the most common forms of pancreatic cancer. What to know about managing the financial impact of a cancer diagnosis.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Knowing that the plastic dinosaurs we played with as kids consisted, to whatever actual extent, of real dinosaurs.
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Eric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm
Line chart showing 5 biggest publishers from 2019-2025
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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 01/09/2026
If you're in or near London do think about coming along to this. Not just a talk about a really fun topic (neural heterogeneity) but a chance to grill the author (me) on whether we learn anything with the theoretical methods he's used, and indeed whether the questions he poses are even meaningful.
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What the lying Liar said just after the referendum...
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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 27/08/2026
Lots of science happens at talks, and if you're not there you don't get to see what's happening. I find that this excludes lots of people, and isn't fair. So, from now on I'll try to upload all my talk slides at least to my website (videos when available): neural-reckoning.org/talks.html
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026
The FDA just approved daraxonrasib, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer that doubles survival time. This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable. The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Unbelievably disappointing u-turn from the PM - where is the serious culture change at Westminster we were promised? Our democracy should not be for sale
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
He was right about ULEZ He’s right about Brexit. No need to “revisit old arguments”/lies now we know it’s rubbish and costing us a fortune. Moving on means admitting this and asking about how to now join. Not pretending it’s ok in case Farage loses his shit. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sad...
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'Brexit lies are exposed, the debate is settled... we must rejoin the EU' - Sadiq Khan
This is searing stuff from Sadiq Khan, and his arguments for the UK to rejoin the EU are as clear and comprehensive as it gets.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I'm old enough to remember when being patriotic meant praising British people who showed qualities of tolerance, generosity, kindness "Farage hates Britain and hates our way of life; he tells us this constantly" via The UK Against Hate
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/08/2026
what a powerful piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A rightwing witch-hunt focused on Jason Arday – but so did legitimate journalism | Hugh Muir
Amid the grief and rage at a tragic loss, it’s right to differentiate between those who fought a culture war and others who just sought the truth, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.
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