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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You've been re-reading your Alfred Bester again ....

Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Well actually it suggests many things: mental illness is only one of them. Allegedly frequent abuse of Class A drugs can achieve similar effects.As can ingestion of large quantities of alcohol. Personally I blame society. It's easier than taking responsibility.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Contrast his [Spencer's] behaviours with those of his other sister, Poor little rich boy needing mummy's attention! Aw, diddums. Next!

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's a seriously flawed proposal: without appropriate framing legilsation tenants will become eligible to buy-out those homes in a few short years. Rinse; repeat. Why is it that writers of knee-jerk petitions never take legal advice first?

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Actually no. Gibson borrowed it from Marge Piercy.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

5] limit the donation to a maximum of £100,000 in any five year electoral cycle.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I have a modest proposal, or five. 1] ban all donations to central political party funds. 2] only allow donations to local party funds if 3] you are a proven elector in the constituency where you're donating 4] have demonstrably lived - not owned a property - lived: for more than five years.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Too many words. "Microsoft has forgoten!"

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Methinks the authoidiot has forgotten Grace Darling's lesson. Britain doesn't like those who lack compassion. By the quality of their mercies shall ye know them!

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Oh Mr Einstein, you want the US Government to make WMD illegal do you? ..... Next: Anthropic will be paying its shareholders and lenders back and going into voluntary liquidation.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just get a few of the lads from SBS HQ next door to the RNLI Museum to stand guard. They'll soon see the scum off.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What I have issues with is that the UK birthrate is falling and has been well below replacement rate for some years now. So where do all these protesting males think our future workforce is going to come from if they prevent any immigrants entering the country? Logic fail at line 1 Sir Humphrey.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Worth noting that there's a very distinct difference between operant inequality and quiescent or passive inequality. Quiescent or passive inequalities _may_ not lead directly to shame and/or violence but they are both of them frictions in the smooth functioning of society.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When the UK Government makes it illegal for UK citizens to send funds to Israel or Israeli organisations or individuals, when the UK Government makes it illegal for UK citizens to make use of Israel's "Return" legislation or to serve in Israel's IDF or to settle there as dual nation citizens ....

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Customer Friction 1010: Send me an email telling me to log in to your customer portal to read the message you want me to read about your message delivery system. Fail 1010.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We need to stop measuring the economy and start measuring wellness and happiness.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

To my more techie folks: do you know of a UK only or British only open source software license? If so, where might I find a copy. I am NOT interested in the Crown Open Giovernment License or anything remotely equivalent. TIA.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Oh dear. What a shame. Never mind. I've been called a nazi appeaser for saying that Substack should not be boycotted just because they allow some nasty people to publish there. Isn't it strange how the tactics of Der Sturmer are now being used by the Anti-Nazi vox populi.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The bigger issue is: which services or systems do WE all of us consider essential and are we willing to fund them at the level that delivers our expectations. What is or is not essential to a harmonious society?

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Frequent potholes on the school run builds ever more tension. relaxed people function better. There's less stress-related diseases and fewer accidents. Generally speaking, relaxed people work better and more productively and collaborate more effectively. It's just a broader social psychology.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

no drought conditions, or cheap enery at sensible prices that aren't bankrupting them every time they switch on their oven, or rapid healthcare, or where their streets are cleaned and bins collected on time and efficiently; then people stop feeling quite so tense. Relaxed people function better.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I don't believe it is the _only_ way, but it's certainly _a_ way and one that's fairly simple to implement. It's about reducing social friction: when people feel their essential public services are actually doing what they're supposed to do - clean rivers, clean beaches, clean water,

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

El Groan once again demonstrating that it's totally out of touch. It's not EU that will change the face of the AI arms race. China has already done so.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

You might also wish to point out in future that a] there's a data centre and AI crash on its way b] that the industrial nations' conception of a data centre will be entirely redundant by 2028: China has just made the entire sector pointless and wasteful & is trashing the market; see point a] above.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Why is it that nobody in the industrial nations wants to address this point?

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Whilst there's truth in them thar hills it's very far from being the real story. Personal wealth taxation is the smaller of the Elephant's in the Room. Very approximately, unpaid and avoided or evaded business taxes amount to AT LEAST 150% of what would be raised by wealth taxes.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Do further note: Blusesky may or may not allow you to send me private chat messages: it's blocked me from sending any to you. So a reply here will do fine.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Alternatively, please do share this message with those whom you think might be interested. Please do note: this will be an open source initiative AND it's UK only. I'm an open source dictator: I do not guarantee to listen to your suggestions or recommendations.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If anyone here is in the least bit interested in participating in writing up a requirements specification for such a tool then please message me directly giving your email address.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am currently working on the design of a piece of platform-neutral software which I am currently calling "The Self Record" - it's intended as a tool to help patients in their interactions with clinical staff: GPs, practice nurses, hospital clinics and the like.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The UK cannot afford on current taxes. UK politicians have been far too scared to come out in force and tell the public honestly that WW3 has been running since 2014 and that we now need to increase defence & intelligence spending by some 20% by way of higher taxes over the next five years.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

rebooting again, reinstalling locale and keyboard, rebooting yet again, then cleaning out the Australian settings. This is of course for a windows system; not an Android or OSX/Mac system.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's no longer common but doubled letters *used* to be a symptom of mismatched keyboard and region [locale]. Some cures depended on installing an entirely new locale and keyboard such as Australian, deleting your so-called native items, rebooting, cleaning out all old or redundant settings then

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Perhaps the UK should invoke the Begum rule and export him to Greece. Or Germany.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Also: the SRA has failed to identify a third danger which is now increasingly common: techopsis. AKA Chinese Whispers for AIs: where the fake/false output of one AI becomes the input for another AI. After a few such sequences authentication and verification is virtually impossible.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Whilst a good sound warning this doesn't go far enough; SRA needs to introduce a training scheme or make appropriate recommendations for a two part scheme: 1] how to ask questions correctly and well and 2] how to verify and validate AI output.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Article doesn't address this well enough. The Companies Act allows and permits the courts to hold directors personally liable. Why is that not being pursued? The Privatisation Act allowed Government to take the business into Administration for trading while insolvent. Why is that not being pursued?

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I could almost agree; to my mind it's not that we lack such people, it's that our national sport is no longer truly football; it's the sport of pulling down anyone who shows the slightest sign of exceeding expectations or of succeeding. We have a lot of truly excellent people in all walks of life.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The UK no longer has any serious newspapers. They all gave in to mass market populism over 25 years ago. Their combined readerships are largely deluded, each in different ways. This does not mean these journals can't [rarely] produce serious pieces from time to time. But mostly not ....

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

But getting rid of all the tax loopholes and side deals HMRC have done would add a further £40-45Bn annually Meanwhile a wealth tx is only estimated at £35Bn annually.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And I'll say that simply collecting the taxes that are owed and unpaid - particularly the corporate/business taxes - would recover some £35-40 Bn annually. That's Parliament's own figures. No additional progressive taxation required.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sadly we can't prosecute the neo-nazi Nathan Cofnas. We can however agitate for his dismissal from his current place of employment.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Ouse ketz have much bitter teste zen zat.

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Robert Neuschul @rneuschul.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Alternatively, there are several adapter plates which allow one to mix and match devices and batteries. Worth checking if your device has any dedicated adapters.

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