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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles

@snatcherofcastles.bsky.social
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I belong to that group of people who don't like to define themselves by the groups to which they belong. I'm on Bluesky to hawk my opinions and my niche lo-fi math pop music - linktr.ee/snatcherofcastles he/him

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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 4h
big oil is snake oil
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 10h
big oil is snake oil
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 10h
This story is absolute Bugle material, pleeease can someone get Mr Zaltzman onto it @natogreen.bsky.social @joshgondelman.bsky.social?
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
and I'm guessing the next iteration of this is that he will train AI to smell like him
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yeah whatever that guy thinks he is doing there, he should NOT be calling it parenting
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
might be time for governments to start making wholesale changes to the way we go about our lives, because the way we've been doing it seems incompatible with survival
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
it became so bad that i stopped waxing my chest
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Baywatch
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
don't give it the compliment of capitalizing it man! golf courses in many places are exempt from hosepipe bans during periods of drought. i have strong negative feelings about this before getting onto the actual game itself...
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
can't look at that without immediately thinking of The Day Today
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@wefail.bsky.social YACHTS ;-)
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
this is so so sad today.rtl.lu/news/luxembo...
today.rtl.lu
Over 80% of trees struggling: Luxembourg’s forests face unprecedented decline as climate change accelerates
Only one in seven trees in Luxembourg is considered healthy, as drought, heatwaves, and pests drive the country’s forests into a historic crisis that is outpacing trees’ ability to recover.
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New print
MAGA
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here is a cat regurgitating a freshly-swallowed vole (and my wife's reaction)
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
in other news, orange flavouring is so good these days that i don't need to eat oranges any more
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
orange flavouring is so good these days that i never need to eat oranges any more
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes. It's all about (over)entitlement. All the way down. And it starts by not shutting it down at the top layers of money/power hoarders
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you're going to read one article about the Man City debacle, read this one. Then the thought of reading any of the others seems a bit pointless
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also many of the people saying this were also saying that if we left the EU we would get the best parts of being in the EU while also getting the advantages of not being in it...
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
of course you're gonna shit-talk climate science if it's the reason why you shouldn't build your shiny new toy
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So sorry to hear that. Social media and its algorithms really have played merry hell with society
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
just finished reading 2001: a space odyssey for the first time so this feels appropes!
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Imagine the idea behind the issue on which you base your entire identity being "people who grow up in a place should stay in that place"
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
is it me or does "anti-immigrant" seem to be doing all the heavy lifting for "violently racist" these days
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
but of course if this was pensioners sitting down with signs about palestine or the climate crisis, the police would already be swarming and putting people in vans
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*by* has a nice lyrical ring to it... always debating the prepositions
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Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 23/09/2026
BRB, off to start a company based on pure nihilism and hastening the inevitable decay of civilisation into heat death and mulch. Calling it Entropic.
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I became a big fan after my mate Mark got me listening back in the day. He died suddenly last year (age 44) and this podcast has been a great help to me since then in reminding me of our friendship. Deep thanks (from both of us) for all the laughs and nonsense x
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
best use of the word "tumescent" in a film ever, by a LOT
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"What about the piece stuck to your shoe?"
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026
When an industry that is eating itself alive through "hyperscaling" demands that the government bless a conspiracy to halt competition and ban open source alternatives, you should be suspicious.
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nickelbacklemore is the supergroup we all need
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own
Dude on Threads: If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you're doing
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
this guy has obviously seen better attempts by AI to groom dogs than I have thus far
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
i don't get how "i never use soap!" can ever be a good thing
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
also i will automatically repost anything using the word "behooves", no questions asked
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
THIS. These people have made their own shitty cocktail and are now convinced they created the pan-galactic gargle blaster
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 12/09/2026
"The mathematical community functions, in many ways, as a miniature version of humanity."
mathandai.org
Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
.. right up until the boat is as big as the whole ocean, it took all the trees on the planet to make it and then every living thing is fucked. (But at least they got that shark) 2/ #AI
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Big AI and its Quest for Compute: in the movie Jaws, when Brody sees the shark and says "you're gonna need a bigger boat," imagine Quint actually comes back with a bigger boat but Brody tells him it's still not big enough, then again and again the next boat is bigger but Brody always needs more.. 1/
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Amazing. When is the tshirt coming out?
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ka-vote Hard-a
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I scrolled down. Yup.
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: They Definitely Are Giants
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I finally finished reading Empire of AI (by @karenhao.bsky.social) and during the last chapter it hit me that Altman's whole schtick is just Zaphod Beeblebrox, but without the fun bits
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I finally finished reading Empire of AI (by @karenhao.bsky.social) and during the last chapter it hit me that Altman's whole schtick is just Zaphod Beeblebrox, but without the fun bits
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I once wrote a short sci-fi story that began with the protagonist having a piss in the sink of his student digs
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
89% coverage in southern Luxembourg. Cloudless sky. The drop in light and temperature around max occlusion was palpable. Recommend. Roll on 2081.
a camcorder screen showing a solar eclipse
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
BANDCAMP FRIDAY. Here's my song and video with a goose in it vimeo.com/853148322?tu...
vimeo.com
The Stuff That Makes The Stuff That Stuff Is Made Of
Video for the first single, which is available from all the usual places. Just search for Snatcher of Castles ;-) (PS: I made this with my phone and Clipchamp so (a) it took a proper long time and (...
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Jamie, Snatcher of Castles @snatcherofcastles.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Someone should ask the PM which group he thinks is more representative of the UK he wants: some people sitting outside parliament holding signs criticising the government's stance on Palestine, or some people trying to break into houses and harm the occupants, who then also attack the police.
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