Reposted by Justen HydeScornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026First there were too many gays, then too many depresseds and of course too many transes. Now it’s too many neurodivergents. And why should we be happy if we could just be normal. Arseholes. 46617
Reposted by Justen HydeSimon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It can be done! (Also, it *should* be done.) 051
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Appalling decision by Oxford university. You didn't need to get into bed with these grifting slop merchants to digitise your texts. 000
Reposted by Justen HydeEleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot) 20506217
Reposted by Justen HydeKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5976792143
Reposted by Justen HydeLyra @8bitblackmage.co.uk · 24/09/2026"NHS Impose requirement to live in your desired neurotype for 2 years before being able to seek treatment" 1930284
Reposted by Justen HydeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group. 22936178
Reposted by Justen Hydedr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12771101697
Reposted by Justen HydeWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I thought the police were supposed to be stopping balaclava-wearing 'protestors'? www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2657097... 4629
Reposted by Justen HydeJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've been asking this question for a while now 76821
Reposted by Justen HydeLiam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I want my country back. By that, I mean a country where I would be confident that a thug who livestreamed himself stabbing an RNLI dingy on an active operation would a) Be universally condemned b) Be swiftly arrested, put on trial and if found guilty, face many years in jail. I miss that country. 261491236
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I find afternoons a challenge for focus and starting tasks still - when I finally shake whatever is making me ill I'm going to test some afternoon top-ups cos a brief experiment increasing my slow release morning dosage further was not fun. It was interesting to experience what too much felt like. 010
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Good! Don't be put off by ups and downs even when they're working reasonably well; if you're ill or knackered then you can still have a worse day. Emotional stability seems the most consistent improvement for me. 110
Reposted by Justen HydePaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either. 381081332
Reposted by Justen HydeWillard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess. 641821419
Reposted by Justen Hyde👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 20/09/2026y’all don’t go looking for this but. one thing I really wish everyone would internalise is that we’re not gonna win against the puritans, or the fascists, or anyone else, by accepting any part of their premise as valid. they do not have legit concerns 2681158
Reposted by Justen HydeAnand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc...... 491140256
Reposted by Justen HydeJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." 401524708
Reposted by Justen HydeDr T🎃ny K👻inth @tonykainth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Once again: Burnham, why aren’t you DOING SOMETHING? For the love of god, do SOMETHING. 13115
Reposted by Justen HydeSpooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 18/09/2026RNLI volunteers are having their car tyres slashed by radicalised racists. Where is the Prime Minister and King of the North Andy Burnham? Where is the government? bsky.app/profile/joxl... 73516
Reposted by Justen HydeSpooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Andy Burnham, Lisa Nandy, and the Labour party have said and done nothing about racists forcing the RNLI to close their Portsmouth Station. Why defend an organisation of volunteers who save lives at sea, when you can try to appease people who will never vote Labour? bsky.app/profile/atul... 42916
Reposted by Justen HydeDraculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I am continuing to make friends in "AI in the workplace" sessions (image duplicated for alt text) 55610
Reposted by Justen HydeMichael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days 6247051593
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Or, and here's a crazy idea, stop desperately trying to use AI for every task?theguardian.comEurope must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s LagardeCentral bank chief says continent’s AI dependency could give trade partners unprecedented leverage in negotiations 000
Reposted by Justen HydeGarbage Day @garbageday.email · 14/09/2026A cult of losers who think you can turn a computer into god infiltrated the highest levels of San Francisco society and they want you to be scared of AI in a very specific way. www.garbageday.email/p/they-want-...garbageday.emailThey want you to be scared of AI in a very specific wayRead to the end for Braden’s Infinite Tour Of Italy 26628
Reposted by Justen HydeTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This - from a psychologist who notes, btw, that "Even professors find making friends anxiety-provoking"- is great. If anyone you know is starting university this week or very soon, do flick it on. It might really help and reassure them.theconversation.comWhy making friends at university feels harder than it really isWe overestimate how much other people notice our own behaviour and any social missteps. 23217
Reposted by Justen HydeDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Labour's stupidity around universities is driving me insane 1017530
Reposted by Justen HydeDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As I keep pointing out, does no one understand Ricardian comparative advantage anymore. FACT: China produces over 1 million engineering graduates per year FACT: To date, China has not produced a single internationally marketable game show format Where does it look like our advantage lies? 37661183
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Plus I still struggle with the inner voice that tells me it's all nonsense and I'm just a terrible person. The assessor got it wrong. I'm just looking for excuses. Maybe I fooled them... you know the drill I guess? It seems pretty common. It's getting better but it'll take time I think. 120
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I've seen. It's sincerely appreciated. You and others I follow who have a similar attitude have been such a help. I'm trying to be open about it for the same reason. I think I'm better with new people - but the unexpected reaction of some longstanding friends and family really shook me. 150
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I've become, in person, pretty cagey about admitting my diagnosis until I've worked out if someone is safe or not. Still not told some of my family because I've been headed off by them repeating stuff they've heard about overdiagnosis etc in front of me. 180
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026...then you risk well meaning friends going "oh, we're all a bit like that" and "yeah, but the medication's dodgy and handed out too easily" and "but you seem fine... Are you sure?" and "oh it's just fashionable, it's not really that much of a problem is it" cos of the general background dismissal 180
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's fucking exhausting honestly. I know the media are bastards, but this stuff is directly painful and also seeps in to the general views of people... 170
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Yes, AI has a fair chance of causing a civilizational catastrophe. Obviously. Look at the resource consumption and carbon emissions from the industry when we're teetering on the brink of disaster already. We don't need to speculate about superintelligences. The catastrophe is already unfolding. 000
Reposted by Justen HydeGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 753080808
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yes! It's a significant part of why I still live here! 000
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"How would you like it if loads of immigrants started living where you are?" ask the right wing nutters. Um... I feel fine about that? Basically no different to anyone else living near me? Also, I've lived in and around Oxford for twenty-odd years. It''s not even remotely theoretical. 000
Reposted by Justen HydeMollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Picking on the RNLI and thinking you are the good guys is such a great example of what is presumably an irreversible brain rot, like if you opened up the bonnet on those heads it would be like when a peach has gone too mushy to be saved 121035180
Reposted by Justen HydeChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think the worst part of Labour's response to the fascist mobilisation is Andy Burnham's absence. He's the most popular politician in the country, with social media reach and actual powers of persuasion, and he's saying nothing in public. He can actually be of use here but he's choosing not to 451458420
Reposted by Justen Hyde👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/09/2026This story is doing the rounds today so here’s some credit to the Oxford Clarion, who have been reporting on this org, in depth, for a lot longer than the BBC has been. 630687
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026No. Next. Seriously, @theguardian.com, do you really need to shill this hard? Uncontrollable corporations *behind* the AI hype with far too much money and bugger all regulation might be more worth your time to investigate. 000
Reposted by Justen HydeChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 04/09/2026every single day people get ground up and spat out by endless injustices from local council right up to any and all branches of government. but certain people can seemingly get away with anything, and the chocolate fireguards responsible for theoretically doing something about it largely shrug 02111
Reposted by Justen HydeMatthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Governments being terrified of being left behind in tech but not of extinction is a crazy flex. Hey, but have it. At least in ten years I can ask my AI gf how to find high ground and drinkable water and they be absolutely wrong. 2228
Reposted by Justen HydeMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026AI is not inevitable. resistance works!motherjones.comMamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schoolsKids "need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York's mayor said Wednesday. 2852691075
Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This would be a hell of a lot more useful than throwing money at AI startups in the hope that they will magically fix public services somehow. 000