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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

That's fair... I honestly can't remember precisely what my thoughts were when I added that particular emoji... perhaps just a lame attempt to lighten the mood. Reading it back after the fact, yeah, I can see how it makes it read as insincere.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Nah, it's fair. All I can do is try to learn and do better.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Yeah, it wasn't what I intended, but it's a fair interpretation given my jerk of a post that started all this.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Yeah, that's completely fair. I kneejerk reacted without thinking it through.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Sorry, I actually intended that reply as a genuine mea culpa.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

You seem to be arguing against claims I've not made. I do see the limitations inherent in the architecture, and totally agree there's no "possibility of emergent intelligence" with LLMs by any reasonable definition of the word "intelligence". That doesn't contradict anything I've said.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Fair enough! 🙂 And hey... at least if you do I'll know why, and I'll probably be able to resist the compulsion to go overboard trying to figure that out.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Hey... You may well be right on all counts! 😉

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

That was also what was mystifying to me... I was genuinely curious why someone without prior context would block over what I had said. Sigh... yeah... I accept I handled it poorly. Apologies for that.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Aw, that's adorable 😂 It's actually more a demo of an inquisitive brain, wanting to understand how people think. But hey... feel free to read into it whatever you like. 🙂

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

No magical thinking here at all... I understand how they work, their limitations, and how they can be useful to me. LLMs certainly have significant limitations, but the fact remains we're well beyond some of the oversimplifications being described here.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Hey if I left you feeling sanguine then at least something good came out of it 😉 I just found it a weird thing to block someone over, and was interested in the logic behind it.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I certainly have less of an issue with it when it is presented honestly, rather than being passed off as genuine.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

My thought? Genuine photos I've seen don't pop as much visually, and so aren't as attention grabbing on social media. A shame to see this stuff showing up more and more on Bluesky… zero respect for anyone who posts it with without coming clean (even if they initially posted it innocently).

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I think the more serious problem is it's not real (and hey... no credit needed for AI images 🙂).

A colorful, surreal landscape of vividly striped flower fields on rolling hills, with tiny human figures walking among the rows; detected as 99.5% likely to be AI-generated or deepfake content by Hive Moderation.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Sadly, no. It's an AI generated image.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Enjoying pizza in Nimbin 🙂 #NimbinPride

A group of eight men are seated around an outdoor café table, smiling and enjoying drinks after a meal. Several empty plates and bottles are visible on the table. One man is standing in the background holding a coffee. The setting appears to be a small town with shops and parked cars in the background. The atmosphere is casual and friendly, with clear blue skies overhead.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Off on a ride to celebrate Pride Month tomorrow morning. First time I've done this, but I'm keen to support everything this month stands for—and it has become more personal to me this year. Nimbin, a centre of counterculture, seems like a fitting destination 🙂.

Illustrated poster featuring a large, weathered rainbow overlaid with the text 'Nimbin Pride Ride' in a distressed typewriter font. The background shows a colorful forested landscape with native Australian wildlife, a red and white VW van, and two characters—one with a guitar and another smoking in a tree. The style evokes a retro, psychedelic, and counterculture aesthetic.

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

On Sunday, my friend, Jonathan Joss was murdered and it took me a minute to find the words... Like so many of our lives, Jonathan's existed at the powerful intersections of Indigeneity, queerness, visibility, and vulnerability. He was fierce, funny, flawed, and real in every way that mattered.

A blavk amd white portait of Jonathan Joss

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The impact of the TACO administration is global, and millions will die as a result of its anti-science agenda.

A tweet by Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) reads: “Harvard researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only two years away from creating a vaccine that could have saved the 1.25 million people killed each year by tuberculosis. But last month, she received a letter telling her that the $60 million grant funding her research was being halted by President Trump.” Below the tweet is a quote on a white background: “She knew the president was threatening to pull grants from the university, but she had hoped her research might be spared. ‘I thought maybe somehow Harvard will escape,’ Fortune said. ‘I was very naive. Then the scope of the attack became clear.’” Below the quote is a photo of Dr. Sarah Fortune standing in a laboratory, wearing a black coat with red glasses hanging from the collar. She has shoulder-length blond hair and a serious expression. Laboratory equipment and shelves with supplies are visible in the background.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A truly beautiful place to visit! 🙂

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Just one reason promoting Pride Month is so important. I have treasured friends whose lives are at risk simply because of who they are. This is not hyperbole... this is the reality they live with every day.

A Facebook post on the account of Jonathan Joss, contains a statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales, husband of Jonathan Joss. The statement reads:

"My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

Jonathan saved my life. I will carr…

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

What horrible, but unsurprising, news. But does this mean, at least, dang the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has survived the cuts?

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Here's a playlist of four Relive videos of our recent Painted Silos Tour in South-East Queensland! We started out in the rain, but the skies quickly cleared up, and we had blue skies and sunshine for most of the trip. Please enjoy! 🙂🏍️

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Painted Silos Tour – Day 1: Brisbane to Mount Perry

YouTube video by Tim's Motorbike Rides

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I've been very slack about posting ride updates here! A few weeks ago we did a four-day tour targeting some local grain silo art. Here are a few photos from the tour. Will post videos soon.

A motorcyclist on a Can-Am Spyder trike rides into the historic Boolboonda Tunnel, a narrow, unlit railway tunnel carved into solid rock, surrounded by dense greenery and rugged cliffs.

A group of motorcycles parked beside the vividly painted silos at Three Moon Creek, with murals depicting a farmer gazing at a cosmic, dreamlike landscape filled with celestial bodies and native wildlife. Two photographers crouch on the grass, capturing the scene.

A Kawasaki Z900RS motorcycle parked on a dirt verge in front of the Thallon silos, which are painted with a sunset landscape featuring Australian flora, fauna, and sheep. Puffy white clouds and a bright blue sky complete the rural Queensland scene.

A Kawasaki Z900RS parked in front of the Yelarbon silos, painted in shades of blue and teal, depicting scenes of wetlands, native birds, and a young boy playing by the water. The artwork stretches across multiple silos under a clear sky.

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Nature 🔴 Gallery @nature-gallery.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Sep 21, 2015: Photo by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash Experience the tranquility of a waterfall cascading into a clear pool, surrounded by vibrant foliage and a bright blue sky. unsplash.com/photos/pQMM63GE7fo

A waterfall cascading into a clear pool, surrounded by lush trees and a bright blue sky. Photo by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Was so good they got rid of that eyesore! 🙂

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Our current foster kittens, Jemima and Sylvie, resting after a hard morning's play 🙂

Two foster kittens, Jemima and Sylvie, resting on a couch. Jemima, a tabby with white paws, is stretched out on a red and white blanket, while Sylvie, a sleek black kitten, lies beside her on a blue plaid blanket. Both appear relaxed and cozy.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Ah no worries. Appreciate you getting back to me on this anyway. 🙂 Maybe I’ll just make one for myself as a one-off.

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Quirky Tees Store @quirky-tees.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Celebrate pride month with some new designs! www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1707... www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1707... www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1707...

A man wears a black t-shirt featuring the iconic Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures" pulse waveform design in rainbow colors, representing the LGBTQ+ pride flag.

A man wears a black t-shirt with the Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures" waveform in the colors of the transgender pride flag: light blue, pink, and white.

A man wears a black t-shirt with a stylized phoenix design in the colors of the transgender pride flag: light blue, pink, and white, giving a fiery and bold look.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Designed myself a t-shirt to celebrate pride month - should arrive just in time! 🙂

Black crew-neck t-shirt featuring a colorful phoenix design in the center. The mythical bird is depicted with outstretched wings in vibrant blue and coral/pink colors, rising upward against the black fabric. The phoenix has a textured, slightly speckled appearance, creating a striking contrast on the simple black shirt.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Hey Rami... love and hugely appreciate the post! Were you ever able to track down where you got the shirt? I have a recently come out trans daughter, and keen to get this in time for pride month. I found it on TeePublic, but shipping from the US only costs a fortune.

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James Webb 🔴 Gallery @webb-telescope.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Wow, 1000 followers! Thanks, everyone! I'm glad you, like me, love these amazing cosmic wonders and JWST behind-the-scenes shots! If space pics are your thing, be sure to visit @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social. If you dig telescope tech, check @roman-telescope.bsky.social for Roman Telescope updates.

A detailed JWST NIRCam image of the Carina Nebula’s ‘Cosmic Cliffs,’ showing a towering golden-brown ridge of gas and dust silhouetted against a deep blue star field, with numerous bright, six-pointed starbursts scattered throughout.

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Hubble 🔴 Gallery @hubble-telescope.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Apr 1, 2024) Arp 72 showcases the interaction between NGC 5996 and NGC 5994, two galaxies located 160 million light-years away, with a close separation of around 40,000 light-years. esahubble.org/images/potw2414a/

A large spiral galaxy with a smaller companion, featuring a tidal tail of stars and gas, with distant galaxies in the background and a bright star in the foreground. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Galbany, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Hah.. I used to semi-seriously tell my boss "I can't get any work done today... StackOverflow is down!", but I've not used StackOverflow once since late 2022 / early 2023 🙂.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Absolutely… I could not be as productive as I am without it. And couldn’t dive so quickly into unfamiliar frameworks without it. And I’ve contributed plenty to open source projects, and am perfectly happy with that being used to train AI assistants, as is pretty much every other dev I know.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Whoever coded your bot to generate these posts unfortunately doesn’t know how to use facets to generate proper hashtags.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Looking at his following list, it seems @tomfay-official.bsky.social likes a bit of naughty 🙂. Guess I'm next to be blocked!

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Are NOAA cuts likely to impact DSCOVR?

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is not natural... it's entirely the result of human activity. The science behind that is simple, provable, and not questioned by anyone with any expertise in the field. We are heading towards disaster. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Every issue of Byte magazine, as a PDF 🙂... vintageapple.org/byte/

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Oh gosh what memories... I used to love Byte magazine! 🙂

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

It sure is! And nowhere near peak (as we didn't want to go out in that 🙂). There's a poor little creek down the bottom of the hill overflowing its banks (and risking flooding nearby houses) because of this runoff!

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

And some were landscape orientation...

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Went for a wander around the neighbourhood this afternoon... stitched together a few live photos of the water running down the streets around here 🙂...

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The foster kitties exhausted after a morning saving the world from bright points of light 🙂

Three cats are sprawled out on a dark brown leather couch, each in a different sleeping position. On the left, a grey tabby is curled into a tight ball, resting on a patterned pillow. In the center, a dark tabby with bold swirls is stretched out on a soft pink blanket, one paw reaching forward. On the right, a black and white cat is completely upside down, paws splayed out, exposing its white belly while resting against a large purple pillow. The scene exudes cozy relaxation.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Three of our foster kitties are fascinated by the downpour from ex-tropical cyclone Alfred...

Three cats sit on a beige rug in front of a screen door, gazing outside. The cat on the left is black with white markings, lying stretched out. The middle cat has a dark tabby pattern and is crouched down. The cat on the right is a lighter grey tabby with a striped coat, sitting upright with its tail curled slightly. Outside, a brick-paved patio with greenery and a wooden table is visible through the screen.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

This is what happens when you put an ignorant fool in charge of health…

A close-up photo of a newspaper article headline from The Washington Post. The bold headline reads, “CDC plans to study autism, vaccines.” Below it, a subheading states, “Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them.” The article is authored by Lena H. Sun and Lauren Weber. The paper appears slightly worn, with text faintly visible from the reverse side.

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Regular Hubble posts here… @hubble-telescope.bsky.social And James Webb… @webb-telescope.bsky.social And space/astronomy photos from a variety of sources… @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social

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