Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Am I still using a heavy old fashioned lawnmower in the AI era? Whoever writes these hilarious fake ads on YouTube is a genius. #satire #AI #lawnmowers 000
Reposted by Dan TindallProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the UK's largest AI data centres, at Chapelcross in Scotland, is planned within 20km of 10 internationally designated protected sites. These sites are important habitats for countless animals. 289
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Is there any technological innovation that isn’t almost immediately used to make people’s lives worse? Blair junior apparently loves control as much as his dad… www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comTeachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their workExclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Thank god he only used an illegal weapon to endanger life, rather than peacefully protesting against climate catastrophe or genocide! #irony #hypocrisy www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboardThomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Is everything a joke to you I see nothing funny in genocide Even of the most retro variety Bad vintage Bad year Popped its cork Not a minute too soon #poetry #cassiopeian #lyric #history #politics 141
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You know you’ve finally turned a corner in your life when you’re excited to have finally located a suitable pickup for your 16 string lyre #lyre #acoustic #piezo #amplifiers #folkmusic 010
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026George Osborne, a man who is wrong about everything, makes the case for something awful on the basis that…he gets paid to do so? Don’t be like George - get things right occasionally, and stop annoying the people with your shit. #AI #datacentres #neindanke www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comOpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back BritainFormer chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI tech 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Brighton and Hove Albion should dress up like Italy more often. 010
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026He basically threatens to turn off the gas this winter cos rich people have to pay tax because of…immigrants? Also ‘world’s greatest empire’ might have some complaints from Persia, Rome, all the other more persistent and relevant empires throughout history. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comJim Ratcliffe: UK is ‘on the slide’ from days when it had world’s ‘greatest empire’Co-owner of Manchester United says Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you had to write a list of things that don’t really matter right now, this might be near the top #eurovision #climatedisaster #war #pestilence #famine 030
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’ve attached this poem in 3 parts - too many words for BlueSky - thanks in advance if you find time to read and digest 😀 ‘Plain Sight’ #poetry #cassiopeian #politics #allegory #plainsight 211
Reposted by Dan TindallProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This fox died as a result of a catapult attack. She was otherwise healthy, thriving, and part of a family. Our government needs to bring in tougher laws to prevent this animal abuse! 2228
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You stupidly built your faux marble mansion On a cliff edge Limestone underneath Gold leaf on top And the mother of all fake pearls In the giant concrete oyster That doubles as fountain Outside of drought season #poetry #poem #erosion @yeehawpoems.bsky.social 132
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The sort of outrage generated by this mirrors all the commentary around that Saudi Comedy Festival; we all know rich performers and celebrities (and their managers and promoters) like money, and anything that gets in the way of that is basically heresy to that holy love of money and fame. 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New LFFF tuneage out today 😀 #newmusic #antifolk #acoustic #folkrock 020
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Is bullying brave volunteers, engaged in saving lives, an essential or desirable criterion for being a twat? 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Hahaha ‘wasn’t listening’ hahaha is that the best he could do…?? At least we have established he’s ‘not the compliance officer’ Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' during foreign donor talks filmed undercover www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talksThe Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job. 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026If they were apparently protesting about climate change/genocide, they’d all be in custody by now awaiting a life sentence #democracyisdead #climate #peacefulprotest www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comBlack-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in KentTraffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group 010
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 04/09/2026When offered a choice, Labour members once preferred Jeremy Corbyn to Andy Burnham. Sometimes it’s obvious why… #labour #corbyn #climatedisaster 010
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026That time of the year when football writers fill up space by concluding that Eric Cantona was the most game changing transfer ever #lufc #lazyjournalism 020
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Those pesky scientists and their annoying facts are at it again #climatedisaster #elnino 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If you needed another reason to avoid Google related anything #lakeontario #spinelesscorporations 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026About 30 seconds of 12 string makes this an obvious work of folk rockin’ genius (for anyone who is unfamiliar with the concept of genius) #newmusic #folk #soundcloud 040
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I was delighted at hearing Daniel Farke recently describe the #lufc mantra as ‘side before self’ - a thoughtful and modern coach who is also weirdly a throwback to those long forgotten times when you could buy a ticket on match day. 180
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Why is YouTube filled with plainly dishonest adverts? Is this yet another case of tech can do as it pleases? Because I don’t believe those German glasses, designed by NASA, and certified for sale in the UK/EU are really the last glasses I’ll ever need. #advertising #youtube #modernlifeisrubbish 010
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I guess it’s safe to Assume these days that everything Is an AI scam #haiku #poetry #modernlifeisrubbish 020
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Joe Rodon is a proper old school football interviewee 😀 #lufc 020
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Perhaps not everyone’s cup o’tea…but we like it 😀😎🙏 #newmusic #folk #acoustic #soundcloud 031
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One of the better opening days of the season for #lufc away win, Man U hilarious, Tottenham dreadful, Frankie’s sad face. 070
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026AI Data Centres? Nein Danke! #environment #climate #protectthewild 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Well who’d have thunk it? www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 000
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Cameras watch you pack your groceries The robots hold you till you pay in full I would never have thought that being a customer Automatically implied that you’re also an employee #poetry #cassiopeian #AI #weareallslaves 132
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026What isn’t burning Is sinking #venice #climateemergency #oilwillkillusall 020
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The city with no cars Will sink beneath the shallow waters Like a broken layer cake SUV Towed to oblivion by St Mark and his four Roman horses Of the apocalypse #cassiopeian #venice #climateemergency #endofcivilisation #poetry 151
Dan Tindall @thirdratepoet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026You’d almost think that something, or someone, was actively stopping political action on the disaster that will fuck the human race and its failing civilisation. #climatechange #climateemergency www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comHot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic 100