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Paul Kelly

@paulthekelly.bsky.social
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Software architect and engineer with some opinions. And a new youtube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0ACxDQNZ…

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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dropped a new (short) article on application modernization and AI. www.linkedin.com/pulse/app-mo...
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App Modernization in the age of AI
Two years ago I wrote this article based on my experiences of app modernization working at Pivotal Labs. It discussed strategies for discovering what's valuable and adopting an incremental approach to...
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Every Farage interview should start with, "What does convicted money launderer Delo expect for his money Mr Farage?"
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Starting the day with the full 22 minute version of Autobahn. It hits in a different, much more organic, way than it did 50 years ago. Then it was cold and futuristic, but now those old analog synths seem warm and human compared to the digital tech that has replaced them
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Neil Basu [A former police national lead for counter-terrorism] said the way anger was being stoked by powerful social media figures and hostile foreign states meant it was a bigger danger than Islamist terrorism. " another reason why narratives about "legitimate concerns" are dangerous
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This one point should be repeated endlessly. Three donors supply about 90% of Reform's funding. That's a kleptocracy in waiting www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK raising millions more than other parties, donation figures show
Farage’s party brings in £9m largely from crypto billionaires in three months, more than twice that of Labour and Tories
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Post a character that starts with the letter S (First or Last)
Sapphire and Steel (Lumley and McCallum)
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The Gringhost 👻 @elgringofeo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Post a character that starts with the letter S (First or Last)
Navin Johnson in The Jerk, holding his dog
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 25/03/2026
The Zero Token architecture is amazing! I haven't written assembly code in 25 years. My compiler generates 100% of my machine code and I don't even look at it.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Trump and Hegseth's innate stupidity is only part of the reason they embarked on this pointless war. We should also make allowance for their white supremacism, which lead them to completely underestimate their opponents. It's another reason why they will continue to fail
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Share a movie that no one else remembers that you regularly think about
Movie poster for "Performance" starring Mick Jagger and James Fox. Directed by Donald Cammek and Nic Roeg
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Crossover for Control Panel of the Day @moorejh.bsky.social ?
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Will FIFA demand the return of their peace prize?
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/liv... Not sure why this lagging indicator has reassured markets. Aren't Nvidia's good results the outcome of the potentially risky investments in AI that the market was worried about? Can someone who understands this explain it to me?
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Markets rally after Nvidia’s strong results calm AI bubble fears, and investors await US jobs report – business live
Investors cheer forecast-beating results from chipmaker, as attention turns to delayed US employment report
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Let's hear it for basic human civility
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
People who have invested billions of dollars believe that in less than five years AI and robots will have replaced humans in the majority of tasks...
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025
Farage: epic grifter
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
😡 The Government wants to ban repeated protests & jail those who defy them. Stand up for our democratic right to protest - sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Don’t crush our right to protest!
The right to protest is the heartbeat of democracy. It lets us speak out, challenge injustice, and hold those in power accountable. The Government’s plan would give police sweeping powers to ban repea...
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Who's ur favourite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
Patrick Macnee as John Steed with bowler and umbrella
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Watching a "colorized" black and white 50s b-movie. It looks very strange. They just shouldn't have. I hope no-one ever decides this would improve Casablanca. Or The Big Sleep. Or the black and white sequences in a Matter Of Life and Death
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
It's like The Onion has been watching the news about (Y)Our Party
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James Kennedy @jameskennedy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Surely, when the richest man on earth urges the working class to 'fight' from behind the safety of a video camera a thousand miles away from the batons, pepper spray and prison time - surely then, you know you’re being played like a puppet. Surely...
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@pjthinker.bsky.social following you at least until the cognitive dissonance of seeing posts I didn't write, but with my name on them, breaks my brain
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Apparently the grownups in government think it's fine to put flags on motorway gantries. Some of us children feel like flags on motorway gantries are multiple pileups in waiting. What happen when one breaks loose and ends up on a windshield?
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‘Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics live
Home secretary earlier suggested warehouses could be used instead of hotels, while PM will urge ministers to go ‘further and faster’ on immigration in Tuesday meeting
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A few years ago when some were terribly excited about "the singularity", there was an idea that a superintelligent computer could completely control humans by "hacking" them with the right visual/auditory stimuli. 20 years later: www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/b... (thread)
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One long sentence is all it takes to make LLMs misbehave
: Chatbots ignore their guardrails when your grammar sucks, researchers find
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
This mid 80s Bowie album veers from the brilliant (Modern Love, Let's Dance, Cat People, China Girl) to the some very meh tracks. 50% killer/ 50% filler #vinyl #nowspinning
Let's Dance by David Bowie playing on a Rega Planar 3 record deck.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Always a sucker for a piece of coloured vinyl #nowspinning #vinyl
King Tubby Meets Roots Radics / Dangerous Dub (in blue vinyl) playing on Rega Planar 3 record deck
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Headline: "Ofsted chief says getting rid of single-word school ratings will have impact on house prices" could be rephrased as "Ofsted Chief inadvertently reveals system broken beyond repair": www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Represents the perfect Venn diagram intersection of psychedelia, goth, and pop. #vinyl #nowspinning
A Kiss in the Dreamhouse By Siouxsie and the Banshees playing on a Rega Planar 3 turntable
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
chng.it/fBXVGLYFH6 Labelling non-violent protestors as terrorists is a shocking thing for a democratic country to do. Not only could members of PA be jailed simply for being members, anyone who agrees publicly with their aims could be jailed.
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We Can Make an Impact.
Don't proscribe Palestine Action
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
EveryDoctor has found that 14 government ministers have taken donations from people+companies linked to the private healthcare sector. I’ll share examples each day this week. This shouldn’t be allowed! Please repost this+follow me if you agree- let’s tell everyone what’s happening🚨
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Whenever the sun comes out I get the urge to put on this 1983 classic, part of the 80s psychedelic revival. Not a dull moment on it. #vinyl #nowspinning
Blue Sunshine by The Glove LP playing on a Rega Planar 3 record deck.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Mmm, nice. #nowspinning #vinyl
"The Sermon" by Jimmy Smith playing on a Rega Planar 3 record deck.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Another record from my Dad's collection, the sublime Show Some Emotion. #nowspinning #vinyl
"Show Some Emotion" by Joan Armatrading playing on a Rega Planar 3 turntable
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Monday morning wake up goth sounds #nowspinning #vinyl
The First Flower by Play Dead playing on a Rega Planar 3 turntable
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Starting the day with this collection of Beatles singles that belonged to my parents and was a favourite listen from an early age. Paperback Writer is the standout track for me. #nowspinning #vinyl
The Beatles album "A Collection of Beatles Oldies" playing on a Rega Planar 3 deck
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Let's start Monday with the Japanese ultra cool Cowboy Bebop album by The Seatbelts
Cowboy Bebop soundtrack album playing on Rega Planar 3
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
My closest to successful latte art so far
Cappuccino with a fuzzy poor quality piece of latte art
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Block Trump from speaking in parliament during his state visit. Sign the petition to stop this national embarrassment: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/ban-trum...
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Block Trump from addressing Parliament
I've just signed 38 Degrees' petition calling on Trump to be banned from addressing the UK Parliament during his state visit later this year. Will you join me and add your name too?
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Another Trevor Horn produced masterpiece this 12" EP encapsulates pretty much the whole of Art of Noise's output. #nowspinning #vinyl #12inch
Into Battle with the Art of Noise 12 in EP playing on a Rega Planar 3.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Today's 12" single is Temple of Love by the Sisters of Mercy. An essential disc for every goth nightclub in the early 80s. #nowspinning #vinyl #12inch
Temple of Love by The Sisters of Mercy playing on a Rega Planar 3 turntable
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#nowspinning #vinyl #12inch
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Today's 12" of joy, Two Tribes from FGTH. Produced by Trevor Horn, this disc exploits the extra bandwidth and dynamic range the 45RPM 12" single provides. Patrick Allen's voiceover includes the memorable line: "If your grandmother, or any member of your family should die while in the shelter..."
Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two Tribes single on a Rega Planar 3 turntable.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Let's make it 12" single week. Today's is the iconic Blue Monday with its die cut sleeve that resembled a 5 1/4 inch floppy disk. Notoriously, it cost so much to make that Factory Records lost a little money on each copy of the best-selling 12" single of all time. #vinyl #nowspinning #12inch
Blue Monday by New Order playing on a Rega Planar 3 record eck.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We don't see enough 12" singles on here. Transmission by Joy Division. #vinyl #nowspinning
12 inch single Transmission playing on a Rega Planar 3
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James Asser MP @jamesasser.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The situation in Gaza is as bad as it’s ever been, we need to take firm urgent action to force a change.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Simon Jenkins failing to read the room or even the paper he writes for. Trump might be dead in four years, but if he isn't he's already talking about how intends to stay president. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre....
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The tariffs are bad, but Britain should remember this: Trump will be gone in four years | Simon Jenkins
The UK is among those least hit by the US president’s war on the world economy. Retaliation at this point makes no sense, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The best known track on this is "Mexican Radio", but the epic title track "Call of the West" is the actual best track #vinyl #nowspinning
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
These clowns should be extinct, look at them.
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Seems appropriate somehow. #vinyl #nowspinning
Gary Clail's On-U Sound System: End of the Century Party vinyl LP playing on Rega Planar 3 record deck
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Paul Kelly @paulthekelly.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
It's Sharkey's Day today #vinyl #nowspinning
Mister Heartbreak by Laurie Anderson playing on a vintage Rega Planar 3 record deck
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