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Sam Barnett-Cormack

@sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk

1.1K followers 795 following 912 posts

Liberal Quaker, disabled, neurodivergent (ADHD), interested in most things. Eclectic education. He/him. narco_sam on X. Lancaster, UK Writing/speaking on disability, patient experience, Quaker stuff, & whatever I feel like. linktr.ee/quakersambc

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 25/12/2024

My head is too large for Christmas

A white man with a beard and a wry expression, wearing glasses, and also wearing a paper crown from a Christmas cracker that is clearly significantly too small to actually go over his head.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 25/12/2024

This year's Christmas dinner. Not entirely happy with it. Potatoes should have been in #sousvide longer, and both the meat stuffing and the dryer stuffing have the wrong texture. But I'm not beating myself up about it. So, score one for #mentalhealth I guess.

A picture of plated Christmas dinner, with slices of rolled turkey breast stuffed and wrapped in bacon, pigs in blankets (sausages wrapped in bacon), a meat stuffing ball, a piece of baked stuffing, and roast potatoes, carrots, parsnips and beetroot. Cranberry sauce on the side.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 30/11/2024

And finally the full box that the first post of this thread was taken from

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 30/11/2024

More from my 'roast' (these really aren't roasts). Apparently I haven't been talking about religion so much lately, I guess.

Heading: Sam Barnett-Cormack, Bluesky's Quirky Quaker. Description beneath reads: "an engaging troubadour of thoughtful discourse and delightful absurdity". Below this, in italics, it reads "Imagine a blend of earnest Quaker values and raucous meme culture on a tightrope walk over a vat of hot takes."

To the right, it summarises as 92.5% authenticity, 88% thought leader. Key topics 87% disability rights, 85% social media critique.

Box headed "What's On Your Mind? 🤔", subheading "Your content DNA, decoded"

Remaining content is text, as follows:

Disability Rights 87%
Sam dives deep into the choppy waters of disability rights with the grace of a synchronized swimmer—when he isn’t belly-flopping into heated debates. You can’t help but admire his passionate strokes, even if they sometimes lead to a tidal wave of replies.

Social Media Critique 85%
His piercing analysis of social media trends reads like a horror movie for algorithm enthusiasts—complete with jump scares and the occasional existential dread. It’s like he’s deciphering the latest freak show of online behavior with a bemused grin.

Cooking Experiments 80%
When it comes to culinary adventures, Sam’s sous vide escapades are a savory blend of science and art. He elevates ‘just cooking’ to ‘philosophical journey,’ questioning life itself one meat ragù at a time.

Writing Style
A delightful mishmash of clever observations, dry wit, and philosophical musings; reading his posts is like having an enlightening conversation with your favorite professor—if that professor occasionally tossed out dad jokes.

Thought Leader Score
88%

Boxed headed: "The Real You™ 🎭", sub-titled "Your online personality exposed"

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Your Vibe: The Thoughtful Jester

Keeping It Real Score 92.5%

Main Character Energy
* Witty commentary with a side of social critique
* Passionate advocacy for disability rights
* Master of sarcasm with a heart of gold

Secret Powers
✨ Improv cooking with sous vide
✨ Astute commentary on societal absurdities
✨ Expert-level navigating of online echo chambers

Box headed "If you were an AI...🤖" sub-titled "Are you just a GPT wrapper?"

Remainder is text as follows:

Training Data: The collected wisdom of progressive discourse, disability rights literature, and absurd internet meme culture.

Prompt Engineering: Generate engaging and insightful commentary that balances humor with profound societal critique.

Model Behavior: A mix of a compassionate comedian and an insightful social observer, perpetually in search of the deeper meaning behind tweets.

Token Count: 1500 tokens

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 30/11/2024

A bit on the nose... blueskyroast.com But my wife would certainly tell you that the tangents are NOT all philosophical.

Partial screenshot, showing a text box headed "perfect match". The text in the box read "Someone who can bring the heat to the kitchen and the wit to the discourse", and then roughly highlighted by hand "must love random philosophical tangents".

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 29/11/2024

#Train at Preston with no livery...

A modern looking train with very light grey paintwork, viewed in a station across intervening platforms and a section of empty track. Foreground includes benches, columns and people.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 24/11/2024

Sous vide on with meats for a ragù. Some air got caught in the ribs so I filled the tank and used a jar of honey that has crystallized to hold the lid down. Discovered secondary benefit to sous vide.

Sous vide tank with circulator set to 77 degrees Celsius. A jar of honey sits on the kid of the tank, partly liquid with lumps of crystallised honey floating in it.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 23/11/2024

I'm not a lawyer, but I've had to work with GDPR and I'm fairly sure this is at least very dubious in terms of GDPR compliance... this from @the-independent.com but there's lots of other sites doing it now.

Privacy consent dialog from The Independent's website, offering a choice to "pay to remove adverts" or "read for free with adds and cookies", not allowing you to access the site without consenting to tracking cookies.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 23/11/2024

Or version that's visually simpler

The words 'smash normality', shattered like glass.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 23/11/2024

I came up with this a while back

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 21/11/2024

Not a dunk, an observation - screencap rather than report for obvious reasons. This is a beautiful thing about Bluesky - they can make their own 'echo chamber' while we have ours, and everyone lives in peace.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 17/11/2024

🤨

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 13/11/2024

quote post with a picture of yourself and show these newbies who they’re dealing with

A white man with a tidy beard and glasses, long hair tied back, on a bus

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Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk · 12/11/2024

This is what I see.

Screencap of the display name of @lepapillonblue.bsky.social

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