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Alex

@stsquad.bsky.social
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Code poet and real ale aficionado. Actually on mastodon (@stsquad@mastodon.org.uk) which you can see here via @stsquad.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy thanks to fed.brid.gy.

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Alberta Tech @albertatech.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What is even the point of a software engineer anymore?
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Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dangerous yes, but WHAT a holiday you’ve had!
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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jesus. I guess we can assume it isn't trained on siloed data. 😬
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Alex @stsquad.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
I wrote a project #blog for #qemu. Some notes on the #ai #bugpocalypse: www.qemu.org/2026/09/23/bugs
qemu.org
Bugpocalypse, or reporting bugs in an AI age - QEMU
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
YouGov’s latest poll: 628 out of 632 constituencies in Britain want to rejoin the EU. It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership. Read more: bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
cunnos indeed, by that I mean the twats in balaclavas of course, not the #rnli - they are great.
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm familiar with the original however that's not quite what the count wrote.
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
how rude! I assume this is a reference to something I missed in the news?
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is a good example of how you need quite a lot of detail of how these systems *actually* work to understand what the risks are, and how over-indexing on sci-fi can lead you a bit astray on what the future looks like
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 11/09/2026
“If adults are required to go through an ID check point to disable [nudity scanning] software then millions of people could be faced with either compromising their privacy or having a phone they paid for restricted by blocking software.” 💬 ORG's James Baker on the latest online safety announcement.
computerweekly.com
Government to force tech companies to verify age of users to protect children | Computer Weekly
Phone and tablet users will be required to verify their ages with credit card or official ID under government plans to prevent under-18s viewing nude images.  The government is to introduce legislatio...
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 11/09/2026
Over six months, we tracked the appearance of child sexual abuse material on X. We found images from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's database, which is considered one of the most highly vetted and which many tech companies block on upload. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...
nytimes.com
Elon Musk Has Pledged to Rid His Platform, X, of Child Sexual Abuse, but It Persists
Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk.
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Alex @stsquad.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Lemon Jelly's Lost Horizons is still a banger of an #album. #music #codingmusic
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Alex @stsquad.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
Here is another in a series of attempts to divine information from #qemu's issue tracker. I think this is showing that #AI #bugpocolypse reports tend to be verbose, a lot of sanitizer reports are probably mislabelled (quite often the agent will show the […] [Original post on mastodon.org.uk]
A heat map graph showing bug types correlating with reported tooling usage and the avg size of the initial report.
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David Thomas MooahahahAHAHA! @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
*sigh* The Muppets (2015) as a TV network show, and Muppets Now (2020) as a streaming service, both tanked in one season. Disney+ ran ONE EPISODE in the classic format, topped the platform's rankings and won four Emmys. This isn't rocket science, my dudes.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I mean if it keeps your hand warm what's the problem? ;-)
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Once Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/2026
23 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.
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Alan Pope @popey.me · 29/08/2026
Libation 1.4.0 is out. Download your Audible books with this free software.
snapcraft.io
Install Libation on Linux | Snap Store
Get the latest version of Libation for Linux - Liberate your audio books
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Lindsay Ellis has unlocked this video from Nebula exclusivity on the occasion of Dolly's passing. I recommend watching, it will only be available for a limited time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJuK...
youtube.com
Yes, Dolly was Actually That Great
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm almost certain that was what the photographer/designer was going for.
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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Five years after the fall of Kabul, Shoshana Stewart recalls what she saw.
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Russell Brandom @russellbrandom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Grok has started talking nonsense techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/g...
techcrunch.com
Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users | TechCrunch
Affected users told TechCrunch say they were using Grok Lite, and noticed the issues as early as Wednesday morning.
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
started?
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Linux Matters @linuxmatters.sh · 20/08/2026
Hey, check this out. We now have a peertube: video.linuxmatters.net
video.linuxmatters.net
Linux Matters
Experienced Open Source professionals exploring the tech we actually use.
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Starfleet Design 🖍🖖 @starfleetdesign.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ahh, it looks like someone ran some real Magic card art through the slop machine, just to be extra insulting.
Magic: The Gathering card art for Captain Kirk, by Josh NewtonAI slop 'by' Screenrant
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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Flock routinely rewards themselves for being the most transparent company in the industry. Last week they banned ticket-holding journalists from their Flock Forward event. Then, they quite literally had an employee contact a hotel on my behalf and cancel my room reservation.
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Chris, but more frightening @cawhitworth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
feels gooood baybee
Standards watchdog resumes investigation into Nigel Farage over financial gifts after byelection win
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
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Alex @stsquad.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
More campaigning from #countbinface for the #clacton #byelection: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aln6Iif8tKk #youtube #ukpol
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Alex @stsquad.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
If you are curious what new #arm related features will be in the soon to be tagged 11.1 release of #qemu then I have the #blog post for you: www.linaro.org/blog/closing-the-har… #linaro
linaro.org
Closing the Hardware Gap: What QEMU 11.1 Brings to Arm Developers | Blog | Linaro
QEMU 11.1 demonstrates how emulation and virtualization can shorten the gap between architectural specification, hardware availability and production-ready software.
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Alex @stsquad.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
I'll forgive the gratuitous #autotune for the official #countbinface campaign #song: youtu.be/ujHphnnDaGg #ukpol #clacton
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 06/08/2026
A viral video claiming to show Muslims praying in a London Underground carriage is actually an AI-generated fake. A closer inspection of the clip reveals classic AI glitches, including morphed faces, distorted hands, and jumbled, nonsensical background text. fullfact.org/culture-and-...
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
‘Homer’s original’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I will never understand why anyone ever mistook Musk for a genius. The man has the intellect of a towel rack.
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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · 17/07/2026
You reminded me of a comic I made a while back
Two panel comic. Text reads old Macdonald had a theremin. Second panel is him playing the theremin with the text eeeioiieeeiiiooooo behind him
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well for a game I wasn't even planning to watch that was a lot of fun.
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Air source is easier to install although perhaps not as efficient in all temperatures. I don't think we could heat our house with purely heat pumps but it might make sense for key areas of the house.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Go on my son.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Choose sanity. Vote Binface.
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Summarisation is one of the things I find LLM's really good at. The Arm Architecture Reference Manual is 17k pages which is a lot to read through yourself - and a full feature description will be spread out as it will often have impacts on multiple system registers. NotebookLM works really well here
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Sam ooOOooOoo Turner @renrut-mas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
One of my favourite current genres is famous artists and authors failing AI checks. An excerpt of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep getting 93% synthetic? That's art.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 03/07/2026
Lisa Nandy and DCMS have binned off the cesspit formally known as Twitter 🚮 We can tackle the concentrated power of social media giants by backing federated platforms like BlueSky and Mastodon. Politicians and government bodies should join, so people aren’t forced to use X or Meta to get updates.
bbc.co.uk
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy quits X in protest at 'misinformation'
Lisa Nandy says her department is also leaving Elon Musk's platform, which she claims "isn't healthy for our democracy".
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Looking at the position of the foliage on the shore side I don't think the barrier would have been hidden at high tide. A bit of judicious reverse image searching did lead me to this: uk.news.yahoo.com/cargo-ship-s... which has a nice video. I still want to know what happened to Optimus Prime.
uk.news.yahoo.com
Cargo ship stranded on trestle in dramatic Vangtze River incident
A large cargo ship, the 'Changneng 6588', found itself stranded on the Longzhaoyan trestle in the Yangtze River, Jiangsu Province, China. The massive vessel, which had no cargo on board, ran aground i...
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Well now I have questions that need answering.
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I get it from the Octopus API which re-exports the smart meter data.
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Alex @stsquad.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Ahh fellow HA user, there are dozens of us ;-)
Home Assistant energy flow diagram showing plenty of excess solar generation.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Move over Keir and Kemi. Here's the real Prime Minister's Questions: Binface and Burnham! #PMQs
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 23/06/2026
'We're showing that love between two men is just as infectious and emotional and strong and pure as heterosexual love.' Hard not to love Heath Ledger's perfect response to homophobia and hatred at this press event for Brokeback Mountain in 2005❤️ #Pride2026
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