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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 18h

I was today years old... I mean, it sorta makes sense if you think about it. But someone had to actually THINK about it.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 19h

"Asbestos for the mind" will now be my go-to catch phrase when speaking about LLMs and AI.

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Bat Krown 🦇🎃 @katbrownwrites.com · 09/10/2026

As tiresome as it is to hear Andy Burnham saying "innovation nation" over and over, it's arguably even worse to hear this talk of industrialisation. We have great, valuable export industries in the arts, TV, the BBC and higher education. All are being filleted; thousands out of work, and what for?

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Father of our Country: "A good moral character is the 1st essential in a man..." Honest Abe: "No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." The Orange Atrocity: "Nothing bad can happen, it could only good happen." #26DaysUntilTheMidterms 🌊

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is a fabulous reaction to the current algospak malarky.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There's nothing like hearing the sound of the 'classroom card readers' as students arrive for their morning sessions. Buurrrringg.... Buurrrringg....

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
10:53 PM • 10/4/26 • 1.3M Views

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well, happy Charles Darwin is “very poorly today & very stupid & hate[s] everybody & everything” to all who celebrate, because he wrote those words in a letter to his friend (and author of Principles of Geology) Charles Lyell 161 years ago today

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Talis Kimberley🇪🇺 @taliskimberley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sound up - the narration is spot-on.🤣

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This brought me a touch of joy today...

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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Brilliant, #ESAJuice got itself an XKCD! #planetsci

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🎶 Well isn’t it ioniq? Don’t you think? A little TOO ioniq, than you’re willing to think?🎶

Close up photo of the grill of an SUV, with the word: Ioniq 5 on it

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ya know… I mean… Sometimes, I just ‘can’t even’ and I don’t think that’s weird.

Scary picture of a warning sign with a caption overlay stating Health officials seek woman handling a rabid bat on the street.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Got out with the camera today. It was a lovely Saturday.

Brighton beach,with pebbles in the foreground, the sea being slightly frothy... And a quite cloudy sky which takes up 2/3rds of the top of the image. It was all about the clouds over the sea today.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Remember where you were on 9-11, 2021? I was teaching high school photography and was in the darkroom with half my class when the other half shouted from the classroom: "Mr. Mac, come see this!" And our lives haven't really recovered much since. Wow. Here's to those who died that day!

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ferdinand was one of my favourite 'go to' books when I was a child. I had no idea my mother was preparing me for being a commie-pinko in my adult life...

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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘Personal, social, and economic value’. Receipts and evidence for that? Unsurprisingly, none. God save us from these people.

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Matt @differentmatt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've had the exact same experience! THEM: "Of course we value the humanities! Where would we be without them?" ME: "That's great, so anyway I'm a historian of technology and—" THEM: [eyes narrowing so quickly it makes an audible sound]

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

TBF, I stupidly chose "Last of the Mohicans" as a History class book report assignment when I was 12. I did get an A. But I've never forgiven myself for the 30 days of literary hell to which I had subjected m'self. (Still: Poop on AI, as I normally say.)

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onion person @junlper.beer · 19/08/2026

i think the big data center backlash has a lot to do with technology getting worse, costing more, building a surveillance state, destroying the environment, owned by a class of wealthy elite that coalesced behind the fascist regime that made clear they’d sacrifice humanity for their own power growth

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes... This was a particularly horrific email to receive this morning. FFS...

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"Absolutely Stunned" Really? Metaphor: The eagle eating Prometheus' liver every day stopped. And Prometheus was suddenly in much better health. The gods were shocked. Tres tres bizarre.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Okay... I'm tired of the ongoing "Be an environmentalist at home" sort of media bullsh*t? By all means, conserve! But... For the love of all the world: Corporations use ONE-MILLION-PERCENT more resources than an average household. Make them stop! www.theguardian.com/lets-save-wa...

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How on earth do we use so much water? Let’s start with flushing and washing …

With water supplies across England facing increasing pressure, a new campaign is getting us all to think about how we can conserve this precious resource

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modal-fair.bsky.social @modal-fair.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Talking positively about bikes/bike infrastructure always seems to bring out a certain subset of the population that I can only assume have rabies

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Made it out to the Marina this past weekend. Even 'busy' there are some quiet bits.

Black and White photo of a woman leaning on a railing, overlooking a boat marina with sailboats all docked and feeling a bit 'lonely'.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The sky today has been glorious.

Landscape photograph of brown grass, rolling hills and a stunning cloudscape lit by a strong sun

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here's a blinking-ly GOOD metaphor...

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Sometimes it's not necessarily a 'bad thing' to be in a conservation area in a city. None of the tiny front-gardens on our road are allowed to be paved/covered/changed from plants.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm 'back at it' after two weeks off. Didn't do anything special except read a bunch and hide from the 'angry sky ball™' But... Now that I'm back on the computer, doing the inbox triage, answering questions... I have a headache and don't want to be here AT all... Annual Leave is a pain.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It is on my list... Thanks for not sharing any spoilers... I can NOT wait!!! Squee...

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just a heads-up for any of my Brighton-peeps... Our next Learning Futures meetup is on Tuesday, 21st of July at 6:30pm. Three lightning talks from edtech senior leaders... Free. Interesting. Networky... #EdTech #DigitalLearning #Brighton luma.com/ydx3qyav

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Learning Futures - 21 July 2026 · Luma

Empowering Learners in the Digital Age This month, we’re coming together to focus on the future of skills and education right here in Sussex. We’re returning…

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Martin "That thing in the cellar is not my mother!" Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A very clear and easy to understand framing of the data protection issues around Smart Glasses. I've chimed in on a few conversations around these devices this week and even opined that I could see bylaws around their use in public spaces. This all adds to that and goes further. Well worth a read!

Al compounds these risks. Seeming anodyne information can be converted into special category data through automated processing alone. A video of a room may become a scene analysis. A face may become an dentity. A conversation may become a transcript. A location may reveal health, religion or politics. A seemingly ordinary clip may be used to infer disability, emotion ethnicity, age, relationships or financial status. The legal risk, therefore, lies not only in capturing the information, but also its processing in context - a process that may be largely opaque event to the wearer.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I just watched a TikTok where a youngin’ captioned it with: “War Protest Songs From History.” And proceeded to play clips from Greenday, Nena, and Rage Against the Machine. Gods, I feel ancient.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Wow. Cancellations of 'even acquired citizenships' so... Even me? Or am I not 'brown' enough to be 'cancelled?' If it looks like a Nazi, and walks like a Nazi, and QUACKS like a Nazi...

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

All 'Centrist' political parties in the West are beholden to their corporate oligarchical masters, and believing otherwise is possible proof of mental illness.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I was a MILLION miles from Papeete... But Little Rock? No worries. Ya gotta spend some time boning up on US geography, Kate. 😜

Map without borders showing Arkansas with the city Little Rock highlighted.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

WTF??? Wow. That's awful. Ann was a controversial persona, but... But this sort of thing has to be against our common society.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Wait. What part of a bike lane involves "Diversity, Equity or Inclusion?" Asking for well... EVERYONE. This guy is as dumb as a bowl of cold oatmeal

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Yeah, okay. Same. Wonder what’s triggering all of these requests.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Have y'all been getting MORE FOI requests than in the past? I never saw one come across my metaphorical desk until last October, and now there seems to be one every three weeks. It's weird, right?

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So...We have an adorable plush toy in the back garden today. As both flats that have access to the back garden are currently on holiday... I'm going to guess we had a 'fox visitor' last night.

A plush toy about 50cm long, that appears to perhaps be a 'badger' or something. Lying in the leafy detritus of the back garden with no obvious origin.

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This is a VERY bad idea. FIBs are already collectively a road menace. (Sorry, my inner-Sconie is leaking out a bit.)

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Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Look, I rather 'love' the idea. But all of the bans that governments keep legislating are completely unenforceable. So, this isn't the answer, folks.

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