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Steve Hayes

@sxh.eurosky.social
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Retired developer, pursuing excellence and failing to a better future, day by day. Board games, TTRPG, scale aircraft, programming, science, economics, politics, sci fi, other stuff. Australian in UK scaleaircraftstuff.com

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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed? On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. @alanrenwick.bsky.social argues that such a body should have three key features, and emphasises the care that should be taken. Read it 👇️
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How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed?
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. In this article originally published in the Conversation UK, Alan Renwick explains that such a body should secure public involvement, not aim for a particular result and listen to the experts. He also emphasises that any change to the electoral system should be carried out with the greatest possible care.
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Atomique @atomiquefetish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How William Gibson’s Neuromancer helped shape the visual language of cyberpunk, imagining a future of networks, artificial intelligence, corporate power and digital identities long before they became part of everyday life. www.otaviosantiago.com/post/william... #WilliamGibson #OtavioSantiago
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William Gibson, Neuromancer and the Visual Language of Cyberpunk
Long before the internet became a place we carried in our pockets, before social media transformed identity into an interface and before artificial intelligence entered everyday conversation, William ...
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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bangs hand on sign and points at it.
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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please share! Participants wanted for an online survey investigating player attitudes towards hybrid boardgames. Scan the QR code/go to go.unimelb.edu.au/t44h to complete the survey & enter the prize draw. Questions? Email hybrid-games@unimelb.edu.au University of Melbourne Ethics ID No.: 35781
The stylised image looks like a snakes and ladders board, with the logo of The University of Melbourne at the top left.  The text reads:

Call For Participants
Board Game Research Study
The University of Melbourne Ethics ID Number: 35781

We are conducting a research study that investigates player attitudes towards hybrid board games. We are inviting people who are interested in board games to participate in an online survey.

Who Can Take Part?
·        Board game players comfortable participating in an online survey
·        Be at least 18 years of age

What Will You Do?
·        Take part in an online survey which takes about 20 minutes to complete
·        Optionally, enter a draw to win a digital gift card equivalent to AUD$200.

What’s In It For You?
·        A chance to contribute to research shaping the future of board games
·        A chance to win a digital gift card equivalent to AUD$200.

Where/When?
·        Online, at a time that suits you!

How Do You Sign Up?
·        Scan the QR code or go to https://go.unimelb.edu.au/t44h to complete the survey and enter the prize draw!
·        Any questions? Email us: hybrid-games@unimelb.edu.au
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you're aged 30 or more, then 50% of all human fossil fuel emissions happened during your lifetime
Bar chart shows the % of global fossil fuel emissions occurring in a lifetime with bars of different length for ages from 5 to 100 years. More emissions happen over a longer lifetime. During the life of an 85 year old, 90% of all  emissions happened. For someone age of 30 the rate is already 50%
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
Day 2 of Earthborne Rangers
Card tableau for a game of Earthborne Rangers Card for Pokodo the Ferret
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026
As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/
A carny barker waving his top-hat and selling tickets from a roll; his head has been replaced with the hostile red eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The background is a magnified, halftoned detail from a US$100 bill.


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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026
I think billionaire solipsism can account for much of the malinvestment in this obvious bubble, but I don't think it's the whole story. Rather, I think there's a whole cohort of investors who don't believe in AI, but believe that *other* people will believe in AI. 19/
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Doctors in Houston Report Complete Disappearance of Aggressive Liver Cancer in a 3-Year-Old Using a Personalized Immunotherapy Made From the Child’s Own Cells No Cancer Detected One Year Later
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
In the argument about who is English, those who say it relies entirely on genetics are effectively saying there are no English values at all.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Lords today
Cricket players in whites on the field, in front of the members pavilion at Lords
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1981 / 1986 News @40yearsago.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
[January 25th, 1981] The Muppet Show airs an episode featuring Debbie Harry
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Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“If you write one good book, you will live forever.” How did A Theory of Justice make John Rawls a star in academia?  @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss the book that changed modern political philosophy. ➡️ linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
Good news in some regard, but it's hard to feel that the current systems leads to a parliament that is truly representative.
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Tactical voting at next election could push Reform into fourth place, poll finds
Polling suggests Andy Burnham is attracting progressives back to Labour, motivated by desire to stop Nigel Farage
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
Today @iandunt.bsky.social taught me about John Rawls - amazing to learn about a philosophical basis for liberalism. I need to learn more!
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Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like?
*A Waterstones, Financial Times and New Statesman Book of the Year*'A tremendous book, timely, wise, authoritative and clear' Stephen Fry'The most excellent book … substantive and beautifully expresse...
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
UK and EU manufacturers aren't opposing EV and hybrid legislation because of a lack of demand
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Alarm bells sound in Brussels as EU sales of Chinese hybrid cars rocket
Explosive growth in imported vehicles omitted from EV tariffs fuels concern for future of European carmakers
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
A heroic D&D session last night!
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Svardborg Rescue
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow! If you've ever used the phrase "I'm racking my brains" - well, you might be onto something there: news.stanford.edu/stories/2026... (h/t Sophia.44 on Threads)
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The human brain is two separate organs, study finds
Scientists have viewed the brain as one organ for centuries. A Stanford Medicine-led discovery challenging that view could advance research into ALS, spinal muscular atrophy, and other neurological di...
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Re English ethnicity: There's no ethnicity or DNA marker that maps well onto England. Same true 150 years ago. At high level, our ethnicity blends with other NW Europeans. At next level, it goes sub-national: Geordies are v Scottish; NW, SW and welsh borders different. English is a national culture
Map of identifiable sub-national DNA groupings in the UK. While a large identifiable Central/South England DNA group stands out (that's similar to the Dutch), there are others within England's borders: in the North East, North West, South West and Welsh marches. Are those people 'not ethnically English'?
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#TwoTierPolicing

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Captain Gertcha @jimmymay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Played some more World of Smog: Rise of Moloch yesterday - Sherlock Holmes had murdered Moriarty causing Irene Adler and Colonel Moran to seek his resurrection - sadly for our heroes they were successful and they disappeared back into the criminal underworld... #boardgames #steampunk
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 25/06/2026
Meanwhile memory chips are increasing in price so fast that by the time Neuromancer comes out this fall you will *actually* be able to get killed in Chiba City for 3 MB of hot RAM.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Adam Watkinson @adamwatkinson1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The best advice I can come up with after trying to get better at building model kits over the last 5 years is to put your ego away, just try and enjoy it and improve what you are doing if that’s what you want…& don’t shout at other modellers…they are your brothers/sisters not the enemy…🤷‍♂️🥃
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you dont have parents its hard & expensive to get your license. Not driving impacts your ability to get a good job, education etc. Theres a program run by vic roads that helps young folks without parents to learn to drive. You can volunteer to teach them here: transport.vic.gov.au/road-and-act...
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TAC L2P Program
A TAC-funded program to help eligible learners gain driving experience by matching them with a fully licensed volunteer mentor and an L2P car.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
Read the whole article. It appears Osborne would take money from absolutely ANYONE.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
Finished "Strange Beasts" by Susan Moriss. Perfectly serviceable, but it felt a bit YA for my taste, whether intentional or not.
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Strange Beasts: A thrilling gaslamp fantasy set in the worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes
'An absolute joy' TJ Klune'A whip-smart, lusciously atmospheric adventure' Frances White'Rad as hell' Scott LynchIn Belle Epoque Paris, a monster is murdering powerful men. Stopping it may be a woman'...
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
Last night's session....
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December 23, 1922
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.
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Ranger Majin 🔜TFN Swindon @majinchris5413.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Anyone in UK ever got #Gunpla from Modelverse? Looking to try out some of these Sheik Mainland kits in short order.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
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Tom Fowler @tomfowler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I asked ages ago but didn’t get much of a response so I’m taking another swing at it. Does anyone following me either know how to read Cree or know someone who can?
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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
% of world population with colour-blindness: Deuteranomaly (green-weak) 4.6% Deuteranopia (green-blind) 1.3% Protoanomaly (red-weak) 1% Protanopia (red-blind) 1% Tritanopia (blue-blind) ~rare This condition affects 1 in 12 men, 1 in 200 women, so more than 350m worldwide. 1 in 22 people.
Four images of tomatoes showing how different types of color blindness affect vision: normal, deuteranomaly, protanopia, and tritanopia. Each image displays varied tomato colors and sizes.
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As a footnote, if a mechanism exists to deprive ANY group of civil rights—no matter how reviled they are, and by however many—then that mechanism WILL eventually be weaponized against YOU. You do not have to be trans or pro-trans to be against deprivation of anyone's rights. (PS: I am pro-trans.)
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きむら@もけい @sjkimura.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
今までうちのねこさんを見てくださってありがとうございました。 とても優しくて賢いねこさんでした。
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Elizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit? They look so cool! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
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Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas
The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: University of Florida Scientists Develop an mRNA Cancer Vaccine That Reprograms the Immune System to Hunt Down Cancer Cells Without Genetically Engineering Immune Cells Outside the Body Led by Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.
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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 15/09/2026
📚 Reading for pleasure is good for your health and wellbeing. Research published in 'Psychological Medicine' from authors of 'Brain Boost' alongside The Queen's Reading Room highlights the benefits of reading. See more: cup.org/3TvIXdW #NationalYearOfReading2026 @cam.ac.uk
A person is seated outdoors on a bench, reading a book. The background is a leafy garden. Above them, text reads: "New research. There's no right way to read: Reading for pleasure benefits mental health on a Cambridge blue background.The image features a quote about the benefits of reading for brain health, attributed to Professor Barbara Sahakian, author of "Brain Boost." The background is Cambridge blue. Off to the side, a Dr. there is an image Barbara J. Sahakian next to the book cover "Brain Boost".Quote emphasising the benefits of reading for pleasure at a young age, with a suggestion to use varied mediums like TV or games to foster reading habits. The quote is attributed to Dr. Christelle Langley. The image includes a book cover titled 'Brain Boost'  featuring an image of Christelle Langley.The image shows a book cover titled "Psychological Medicine" from Cambridge University Press. The cover features colorful brain-related illustrations. Next to it, a text reads: "Read the article 'Reading and associations with brain health, cognition, well-being, and mental health' by Barbara J. Sahakian, Vicki Perrin, and Christelle Langley in 'Psychological Medicine'." The background is Cambridge blue.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
The first session of my latest Call of Cthulhu campaign
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December 22, 1922
The investigators assemble
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
This will end in tears before bedtime. Just not sure whose.
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Pietersen’s England return is just pure content at a time when cricket needs it | Barney Ronay
While there’s a statistically significant chance it will all go south, Kevin Pietersen’s mentorship could be a throwback to better days
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Canada has a total ban on company/corporate donations. Only individuals who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents can make contributions and it's capped at $1,750 a year. They still have functioning parties and the sky hasn't fallen in. Quite the opposite... www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026
I really enjoyed Outlaw Planet. Took a little while to grab me, but the finale was delicious. If you're struggling at first, keep going!
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Outlaw Planet: The wild, exhilarating SF adventure
A LONE OUTLAW, HAUNTED BY HER PAST, WITH ALL THE MULTIVERSE AGAINST HER . . .**WINNER OF THE PHILIP K. DICK AWARD**'A sweeping story of vengeance, love and redemption, set against a backdrop of unimag...
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Likely to become even more raw as more people realise that a change only affecting people in England and Wales was defeated by MPs from Scotland and Northern Ireland! If it had only been voted on by MPs whose constituents were affected, it would have passed.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million. So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million.
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