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Richard Buckle

@richardbuckle.bsky.social
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He/him. Mostly retired. Mostly harmless. Delightfully married: we've a sprocker and a chihuahua. #critter #vamily Mastodon: techhub.social/@RichardBuckle Can't use DMs cos my stupid govt requires that I disclose PII to prove my age.

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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I lost a very dear friend on Tuesday. We went back all the way to primary school. 60 is too young. operahollandpark.com/news/opera-h...
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Our Dear Colleague and Friend, Anna Picard - Opera Holland Park
It is with great sadness that we announce that our deeply loved colleague and friend, Anna Picard, Head of Communications and Insight at Opera Holland Park, has died.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline
The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off
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Ivor Middleton @iwasid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"with far-right actors like Daniel Thomas ... and Dan Wootton calling Piddington the ground zero of the coming civil war" We should be in no doubt that we are back in the #1930s and face a nasty, brutal future if our politicians do not push back and stamp on this. They are not. It is disturbing.
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All civilised countries consider the death penalty barbarian and abhorrent. Regardless of what she did, this is barbarian and abhorrent. I cannot escape the conclusion that the USA govt is barbarian and abhorrent. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says
Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Only Reform will take £5 million bribes, accept illegal foreign donations, let convicted fraudsters bankroll them, buy houses in their girlfriend's name to avoid tax, help crypto billionaires get richer and do fuck all for ordinary people. 😊
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 30/09/2026
“That, to me, was an implicit threat. It feels very Palantir. Very Big Brother”: MP @labourlewis.bsky.social reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
‘We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir. (l-r): Clive Lewis, Tom Watson and the Palantir logo, against a pink background
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Picard diversity tip: The fact that a crewmember looks alien to you does not make them any less of a Starfleet officer.
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The Buur Pit @cmdrbuur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A guide for complete beginners to some of the gameplay, concepts, systems, language and outright tribal knowledge in #EliteDangerous that us old-timers take for granted :) /w @cmdrrheeney.bsky.social o7
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GUIDE: Essential New Commander FAQ in Elite Dangerous (Flight, Docking & Travel)
YouTube video by The Buur Pit
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
RIP dear friend 🥲 www.facebook.com/operaholland...
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sadness. Yet again it is time for me to say FUCK CANCER! #fuckcancer
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Heads-up for fellow CRPG dungeon crawler fans as one to avoid: this one is made by ban-evading neo-nazis.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Damon Charles @damonmakespictures.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social I hope you understand that your new job reframes all your past efforts working for an ethical common good as performative ladder climbing.
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Picard leadership tip: Respect must be earned. Trust must be earned. A demand for either means the loss of both.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026
Good morning @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Your journey from MP who most understood the Cambridge Analytica scandal to paid-up Palantir apologist is really quite the journey. Hope the pay packet is worth it. 💰 Here’s some background reading ahead of your first day 🧵👇
A throwback to Tom Watson’s days as the MP fighting back against Facebook after the Nerve team published the Cambridge Analytica investigation at the Observer 
(Tom’s standing, with investigative reporter Carole Cadwalladr on right and whistleblower Chris Wyler 2nd from left)🏁
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 24/09/2026
We endorse this excellent comment piece by @labourlewis.bsky.social on the glaring integrity gap in Tom Watson’s Palantir appointment. (And not just b/c it links to our reporting. 🙏) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Worse betrayal than Nick Clegg
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s time to stop adhering to a decade-old referendum that caused us nothing but problems. An increasingly volatile world now changes faster, year on year. The days of Empire are long gone. We cannot survive alone. We need the power/safety of our neighbours. Unity not isolation.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Largest theft of labor in human history" -- that's it, that's the framing for what AI has done to all of us copyright holders.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
While it has been a very long time since I last set sail, I am proud to have been a supporter of, and donor to, the #RNLI for very many years. These brave men and women deserve our full support. Those who attack them are vile scum of the worst order.
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Stuart Bunyan @stuartbunyan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If billionaires gave a shit about everyone else, then by now there would have been a £72M donation to the RNLI.
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I donated because James Clerk Maxwell is a hero of mine. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Help raise £70000 to Save Parton Kirk – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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Nikes | AlexLeeDee @alexleedee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Translation: we don't trust you any more. Eye-opening. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 01/09/2026
Ahead of Reform UK's party conference, we asked Britons to describe Nigel Farage in three words 71% used at least one negative term, with the most common being "racist" and "liar" 27% used at least one positive term, with the most common being "patriotic" and "honest" yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What is that sound? It's the noise that of a million "what about" brains exploding. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Snake eaten by tail/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right political commentator, detained by ICE
A former editor of Breitbart News, Yiannopoulos has also served as an intern for Marjorie Taylor Greene
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 29/07/2026
“Neither the Starmer government, nor Andy Burnham’s, can say it didn’t know”: former Green party leader @carolinelucas.bsky.social on the shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see www.thenerve.news/p/caroline-l...
Caroline Lucas: The shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see. Illustration of a report with much of the text reacted: "Britain's [redacted] water supply, together with its [redacted], are [redacted] etc", over a red image of woodland burning
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
No one’s calling it Lake America. “Lake America” is what you name a summer camp for soft children who say, “Don’t you know who my father is?” after a t-ball stand strikes them out
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lovely lovely rain 🌧️🩵 Today wet dog is the best smell in the world.
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well colour me not surprised that Burnham is welching on promises about fossil fuels and political funding as soon as he got power. 🤬 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If I may inject a little levity, my childhood Lego collection, which I sternly refused to mix up, fetched more at auction than the four Victorian oil paintings, one by a Royal Academician, that my parents were so proud of. Because I didn’t mix the Lego up.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A key political test for new UK PM Andy Burnham is whether to approve Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields New academic research shows economic damage caused from CO2 produced would be between £119bn and £336bn, compared with estimated £28.7bn economic benefits www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 23/08/2026
“Voloshyn cultivated Gill using KGB methods”: inside Russia’s dark operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe An extract from @lukeharding1968.bsky.social’s new book Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest @faberbooks.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/luke-hardi...

Bribes, betrayal ... and Reform’s Nathan Gill: inside Russia’s operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe. Stylised image of Nathan Gill against a pink and red background, in front of the Kremlin
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Larre Bildeston @larreau.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Universal basic guaranteed income would have a widespread positive effect on self worth and confidence. This would only lead to more and better things. We can’t yet imagine the extent of the good it would do.
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Edovia, Inc. @edovia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
⚠️ A macOS Screen Sharing vulnerability (CVE-2026-65400) is being actively exploited. If you use Screens or another VNC client to remotely access a Mac, update macOS as soon as possible. blog.edovia.com/CVE-2026-65400 support.apple.com/en-ca/148170
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Edovia Blog - Important macOS Security Update for Screens Users
Blog for software made by Edovia, Inc.
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Marco Langbroek @marcolangbroek.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Very happy with this result. Combination of #eclipse images (time lapse) with 35 mm lens, one image per 5 minutes, from #Leiden, the Netherlands. Old Leiden Observatory bottom right.
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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 10/08/2026
This is a fantastic and extremely well-researched summary of the pitfalls of measuring productivity in the LLM era. "Building things got cheap, but building the right thing didn’t get any easier." Absolute must-read:
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Richard Buckle @richardbuckle.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Using generative AI inherently exposes you to the risk of career-ending accusations of plagiarism."
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I've never touched google gemini or whatever, but this was turned on. myactivity.google.com/product/gemini turn that shit off
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It’s important to understand “age verification” and “kick the kids off social media” laws as a gift to Big Tech. These policies allow surveillance capitalism to chug along full steam ahead and let Silicon Valley giants off the hook. Instead of regulating their biz model, we just put up age gates
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
You wouldn't know it from how some people talk, but it is incredibly easy to not use AI for anything.
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