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John Sandy

@shand.bsky.social
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Professional, executive coach. Trek and telly nerd. Smartly dressed, nerf herder. All posts are my personal opinions etc etc.

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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 2h
Yes! NYC.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
100% perfect 5 star rating on Amazon ⭐ “One part Bill Bryson, one part Terry Pratchett and one part Chris Packham” ⭐ “Puts me very much in mind of the late, great Douglas Adams” ⭐ “Simultaneously fascinating and hilarious. I cannot recommend it enough” Get 25% off www.russelljonesauthor.com
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The Wolf That Chews Rocks by Russell Jones
Dogs, science and chaos. Buy the illustrated hardback direct for £18.99.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 6h
Get an onion and tie it on your belt.
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 8h
🇮🇪: Watching Americans have a conversation about red diesel
Irish Cousin Joey from friends
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 7h
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Seven Of Nine Says Well Done
Alt: Seven Of Nine Says Well Done
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Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 10h
This is one reason why you shouldn’t upload work into LLMs during the peer review and grading processes. That work is confidential, and you have no right to share it without permission. You are taking someone’s intellectual property and giving it to the entire world without their consent.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 7h
Fascinating! Thanks for reposting this Siobhán.
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Idil @idilsukan.bsky.social · 10h
This is the problem I've been yelling about from the beginning. If you eliminate junior or early career tasks, work, research... you eliminate everything. The entire field comes down. There is no path to becoming middleweight, and definitely none to anyone becoming an expert ever again
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Tokyo Sexwhale @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you use REALART10 you’ll get 10% OFF (if you’ve been looking at buying a calendar)
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Verypete Lambert @quiteamess.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
People who've never made a television or radio programme and don't seem to even grasp what broadcasting is are in charge of winding down the BBC. Let's have an AI that tells you to watch another quiz! There'll be another teal-core cop show where half the characters never meet in a few months!
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
From Aberdeen to Lambeth, Newcastle-under-Lyme to Holborn & St Pancras, Reform contested five by-elections yesterday. 💪 They lost all five… 😬 Five contests. Five defeats. That’s eleven out of eleven lost in a fortnight. Reform are not inevitable. 😉 Have a great weekend! #ReformLose
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There’s always a tweet
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 15h
Fix the damage… Bless your heart.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 09/10/2026
by all means, AI evangelists: leave me behind, off with you, godspeed, don’t let the door hit you news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 16h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel
President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 09/10/2026
Now’s probably a good time to say that a couple years back I turned down a five-figure offer from HarperCollins because they refused to put in a clause prohibiting AI from touching any of my books at any point in the process. I was lucky to be able to walk away, and it was the right thing to do.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a reminder that there are plenty of parties like an S Club Party. #totp
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Spaced used it in the second series a lot.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is shite Dr Alban cover lads. #totp
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Piper there. Raising the flags. #totp
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
How did they do that?!? #totp
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My man looks like Edgar the Bug from ‘Men in Black’ but if he only drank Huel.
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 09/10/2026
It looks startlingly like any pretence of having principles & values disappeared the moment someone offered Watson a fat paycheque.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am coming to Brighton next Sunday brightondome.org/whats-on/LEq... #comedy #poetry #performance #creativity
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Robin Ince & Joanna Neary / Comedy / What's On - Brighton Dome
Robin is best known as presenter of The Infinite Monkey Cage for over 200 episodes as well as author of many books; most recently Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal about neurodivergence and his first ...
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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This confession is hard-won: the sins took work. There’ll be no fun in offering the full story quite so easily. She wants him to beat it out of her. www.girlonthenet.com/blog/confess... NEW #AudioPorn by me, feel free to click around for the other parts of the story.
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Reminder that Wes Streeting has a Bachelor’s degree in history. That’s it. Not a doctor. Not any health experience. Just a career politician, hollow as a gourd.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You have to wonder though, what monumental fuck up he’s caused to warrant this diversion?
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 09/10/2026
NEWS! Coldplay to play halftime show of Pete Hegseths’ live-streamed firing squad execution newsthump.com/2026/10/09/c...
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Coldplay to play halftime show of Pete Hegseths’ live-streamed firing squad execution
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad will be live-streamed, with Coldplay set to play the halftime show.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Go see Rachel. She’s ace.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s, obviously, unconscionable that the US SecDef has declared an execution by firing squad will be live-streamed. But the way things are going, especially under his watch, they’ll miss.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two EXTRAORDINARILY DRAMATIC huskies are singing the song of their people. Their heads poking out the side of an electrician's van that's driving down a busy street. People laughing as they go. AWOOOOO!
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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I can find any number of AI agents to recommend a film. But the BBC could be getting Mark Kermode to curate a list of the best British horror films, and that would be infinitely preferable. Or Bob Mortimer’s favourite comedies. Or Nigella’s cooking shows, or whatever.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Animaniacs Wakko Warner: Tragic Story There
Alt: Animaniacs Wakko Warner: Tragic Story There
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@janeespenson.bsky.social Wow! Thanks for the follow.
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Georgeous McGeorgeface 🇬🇧🇫🇮🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈🇪🇸🇮🇨🇳🇴 @georgeous.one · 08/10/2026
Given the BBC has basically said the whole thing was incorrect from top to bottom, the editorial team behind this should be held accountable. They get to effectively walk away with their integrity intact.
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ooh ace!
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not parenting.
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D'Arcy Carden as Janet Smiling
Alt: D'Arcy Carden as Janet from The Good Place.
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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ReformUK has been caught out several times staging videos - using friends, members or relatives masquerading as ‘members of the public’ or passing off film of events elsewhere or even Hollywood film clips, as real events happening in the U.K. Check everything, or you can assume it’s FAKE, FAKE FAKE.
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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Suzi Ruffell wins Attitude magazine's comedy award
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Suzi Ruffell wins Attitude magazine's comedy award
'Comedy is my armour'
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/10/2026
Stratford is one of Europe’s great regeneration success stories. It’s ready for its next chapter - European rail links. I’m proud to say I’m working with the government to deliver new cross-Channel trains from East London. The benefits would be felt far beyond our city.
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Sadiq Khan: Run international trains from Stratford instead of expanding Heathrow
With more Brits supporting increasing international rail over expanding airports, connecting Stratford to Europe is a no-brainer, writes Sadiq Khan.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Excellent front page here
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is one of the most terrifying interviews I’ve ever seen. The slow reveal of the mental landscape at work here. If you don’t end up thinking we should stop these people with as much force as we can muster, I’d be very surprised. youtu.be/lnLDjXy2kRA?...
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Jacob Coxon On Witnessing the Existential Threat of AI from the Inside | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wasn’t able to secure any review code for HELLRAISER unfortunately. But I found this amazing FB clip of Doug Bradley doing a Scouse Pinhead and now I’m crying from laughter. He’s amazing. (Source: YMH Podcast.)
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Holy shit you guys there are so many things to see in this video. My favorite detail is one I recognize from studying Curiosity’s landing sequence. The vehicle rolls alternately left and right to control its lift as it enters the atmosphere in order to target its landing range
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