Reposted by Rory LawlessJohn Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 29/09/2026How can we get Nathan Fielder into a rental home with Man City execs for the next 34 days 221122
Reposted by Rory LawlessRobin Linacre @robinlinacre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We're very pleased to release Splink 5, which is now more scalable, faster to train models and lighter to install. You can find more details about the release here: moj-analytical-services.github.io/splink/blog/... 064
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 28/09/2026This is exactly the kind of story you’d want to avoid if you’re really into AI. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comTeachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their workExclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system 043
Reposted by Rory LawlessMetro @wmata.com · 28/09/2026We’re THREE days away from National #WeekWithoutDriving so make sure you're ready to ride with one of these payment options. 💳⤵️ 1️⃣ Tap. Ride. Go. with a contactless credit/debit card or mobile wallet 2️⃣ Purchase a pass 3️⃣ Use a Smart Trip card Learn more: www.wmata.com/pay.html 0113
Reposted by Rory LawlessThe Verge @theverge.com · 26/09/2026Blocked from other social media, middle schoolers have had to get creative. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...theverge.comKids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chatBlocked from other social media, middle schoolers have had to get creative. 24419
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 25/09/2026Few concrete results?! They stopped a bunch of people from getting to work. Anti-work heroes! 000
Reposted by Rory LawlessAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump: the US must reduce our deficit with China. Also Trump: the US should lease two more piebald buffoons and pay China $1m/year (seriously) for the privilege, plus China gets any cubs if the sexless numpties manage to reproduce, plus they go back to China at the end of the extortive deal. 1/2 5237
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 23/09/2026Hearing a well-sourced rumor that Trump is planning to add his name to the Washington Monument. More soon. 000
Reposted by Rory LawlessJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted. 563911733
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 21/09/2026"We need to put aside the dream of unlimited growth and the fantasy of radical flight [...]. Given that we are all stuck together in this arena, what can we do to prevent our world from becoming a Roman gladiatorial competition or a slave market?" www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ca...theideasletter.orgThe Carapace CracksGeuss argues that the crisis of Western societies is more fundamental than political dysfunction or economic decline: the ideological architecture of Western civilization is coming apart along fault l... 000
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 20/09/2026enrollcast was published to CRAN a few weeks ago. Here's a short post announcing the release with a basic example. rorylawless.com/posts/announ... #rstats #k12 #datascience #databs #enrollmentrorylawless.comAnnouncing enrollcast – Rory Lawless 012
Reposted by Rory LawlessPaul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Sir James Ratcliffe has as much right to tell us what's wrong with modern Britain as any other elderly white reactionary billionaire parasite who lives in Monaco. 05214
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 17/09/2026Awful news. RIP Sway. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...theguardian.comSway, Mobo-winning British rapper, dies aged 44Rapper won prestigious award as an unsigned artist before breaking UK Top 10 and nurturing artists including KSI 030
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 14/09/2026A lot of our problems could be solved by getting him a copy of Sim City. 000
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 14/09/2026Sad I cannot be at #positconf in person or virtually this year. I hope that I will make it in person one day. 020
Reposted by Rory LawlessAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953724213383
Reposted by Rory LawlessWill Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Everyone has a story of where they were on 9/11, but one thing unites them all. They are not that interesting. 541009119
Reposted by Rory LawlessRobert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI 531278313
Reposted by Rory LawlessElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/09/2026Download Privacy Badger to block spying ads and invisible trackers. www.eff.org/privacybadgerprivacybadger.orgPrivacy Badger 315645
Reposted by Rory LawlessG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 08/09/2026My best guess after a lot of on-the-ground research is that so many political types, esp reporters, spend so much time on Twitter/X because they aren’t terribly interesting people and crave likes from other people to convince themselves they are interesting 2349253
Reposted by Rory LawlessMaia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026i am a tech company from 2026. i am called nazgul after the evil soulless gouls from the lord of the rings that go around killing people. i have no viable products and no profits. my ceo is a crazy drug addict who keeps talking about war and jesus christ on tv. give me a trillion of your tax dollars 126256
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 05/09/2026Embrace chaos. Vote for someone with an anime pfp and too many emoji in their bio. 000
Reposted by Rory LawlessChris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin. 06032951
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 03/09/2026Anyone got a good money laundering joke to go with this? #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics 100
Reposted by Rory LawlessChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026anyone described in the media as a "thinker" is, with great reliability, an idiot 1015119
Reposted by Rory LawlessAdam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I presume Steven Pinker et al. will be signing the inevitable petition to protect this academic’s freedom? 318748
Reposted by Rory LawlessFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/08/2026Immigrant visa applicants with scheduled interviews at US embassies and consulates have received emails telling them their appointments were being rescheduled and that they would receive future notice of a new date and time. ft.trib.al/3FVnNCL 1710966
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 21/08/2026“Radical Left SCAM”static.klipy.comRadical Digi Byte MemeALT: Radical Digi Byte Meme 000
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 07/08/2026Tinpot www.espn.co.uk/football/sto...espn.co.ukArgentina announces commemorative day to celebrate World Cup win over EnglandArgentina's Football Association unanimously approved for July 15 to be 'National Football Teams Day' in commemoration of the Albiceleste's victory over England in the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup. 000
Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 04/08/2026Jeanine Pirro gave the speech at my citizenship ceremony last September. It didn't have an obvious thread and seemed to go on forever but she did have a nice bit about how we shouldn't be ashamed of our accents. 120
