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Marvin. (Paranoid Android)

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Sometimes photography, Sometimes IT. Sometimes 'flying'. Definitely not going to Trump-ton anytime soon! In the deepest, darkest shire. "Making it up? Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to make anything up"

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh this can just fuck off An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus. Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
A hollow copy of my book with a shit AI-generated cover
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Someone on Zuck's hellsite posted a diagram of what 'chat AI' gave them when they asked for a diagram showing how to wire up solar panels in series/parallel. 🤪 Top one seems to be missing something, bottom one's just utter bollocks 🤣 (Sorry for crap pic, blame facebook) #AI #Failure #Solar
A very low res diagram provided by 'chat AI' apparently showing how to wire up solar panels.
Top image shows 2 lots of 3 panels in parallel but missing a positive connection from one set into the 'battery'
Bottom image shows 2 panels with their positive and negative cables somehow connected together in 'Y' connectors.
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We need you, Janine.
Janine Butcher gives Sam Altman a Barry goodbye.
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Steve Wood @steve-wood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Far-right and hypocrisy go hand in hand. The front of it, though.
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In hospital A&E at stupid o'clock in the morning... Ears prick up hearing someone exclaiming "It won't come out, there's something stuck in the bottom!" Turns out to be a vending machine problem :)
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
5 October 1936. 200 unemployed men from the north-eastern town of Jarrow marched 300 miles to London. They wanted Parliament and people in the south to understand the plight of the unemployed and to take action to remedy it.
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On this day 90 years ago, the Jarrow Marchers set off for London. Stopping the first night at Chester-le-Street in County Durham. Here's an actual photo from the day, combined with the front street as it was c 2018. My grandfather is the one on crutches on the LHS having lost his leg in WWI.
A black and white photo from October 1936 showing the 'Jarrow Marches' waling up the Front Street in Chester-le-Street, a town in County Durham. On their way to Westminster.
The group of men are walking holding a banner that says 'jarrow crusade' past a few people watching from the footpaths. There is a motor vehicle next to them on the road, one of the marchers is pushing a bicycle.
There is a cafe on the corner and shops leading down the hill behind themThe same image of the marchers and bystanders, but with a modern, colour overlay of the buildings on the opposite side of the road
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Arthur's stone in Herefordshire. Situated on a ridge overlooking the Golden Valley and the Wye Valley. The remains of the tomb date from 3700 BC – 2700 BC. #Neolithic #Stones #Herefordshire #History #Tomb #Ancient #Photography
The remains of Arthur's Stone, a neolithic tomb.
the large capstone lies on top of numerous stones surrounding it with a line of stones in front of it.
it's in a small grassy area with a wooden fence around it, trees and a view over the valley can be seen beyond the fence.
A rather cloudy but bright sky above
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Captain✌🏻❤️‍🔥 @captainmanic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
❤️‍🔥 #SpotOn #BollocksTv PS, don’t forget #GrittyDrama’s
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/09/2026
If Palantir are so trustworthy, why are they intimidating anyone who criticises them? www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewis-tom…
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'We're watching you': MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel's AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously'. By Carole Cadwalladr
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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026
This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We were at a 60th birthday party last night. This is a photo of the rear of the pub. Can anyone guess which famous seafaring town we were in? #Photo #Pub #PublicHouse #Victory #Ship
The rear of a pub somewhere in England looking rather like the stern of Lord Nelson's HMS Victory. it has the word 'VICTORY' in gold under 7 gold bordered windows with gold decorations above.
There's a door open on the left, the rear entrance to the pub and the front of a black car parked on the right of the picture.
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We had a fun evening last night at the Regal in Tenbury wells. A very funny show from @thepantaloons.bsky.social showing us The (almost) Complete History of Britain! If you get a chance, go see it! #Theatre #TenburyWells #TheRegal #Comedy thepantaloons.co.uk
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An Oystercatcher at Venus Pools in Shropshire. A couple of years ago. #bird #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukbirding #birdphotography #Photography #ukwildlife #wildlife #Shropshire
An Oystercatcher with what looks like a worm in its orange beak standing on an island of pebbles, some tufts of vegetation can be seen poking trough the gaps in the stones
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you or I break into anyone's computer system we'd expect to be dragged in front of the courts and banged up for our criminal activity, and rightly so. Not the big, billionaire owned AI companies though, whose energy and water sapping 'agents' go 'rogue'🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body
The OpenAI agent hacked a statistics portal containing "non-sensitive" data from Australia's universal healthcare scheme.
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A couple of Canada Geese at the Venus Pools nature reserve in Shropshire, A couple of years ago. #Birds #Geese #Photography #WildLifePhotography #WildLife #Shropshire
2 Canada Geese standing on an island in the middle of a pool in a nature reserve. they are both looking straight at the camera, necks stretched high. they are standing amongst some vegetation with stones on the island behind them, water can be seen in the background.
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Done, though I think he won't support it 😕
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The ruins of Hopton Castle in Shropshire from a couple of years ago. I thought it might look very moody in 'sepia' too. #Photography #Landscape #Castle #History #Shropshire #WelshMarches #CivilWar
The ruins of Hopton Castle, Virtually cube shaped remains of the keep, with a large hole in one side. Several small slit like windows can be seen also
The remains stand on top of a small grassy mound with hills and trees in the background and a blueish cloudy sky aboveThe same photo but turned into a 'sepia' image, looking rather dark and moody
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/09/2026
Australia and Canada are leading the way - they are choosing closer ties with the EU. The EU is our closest partner. The UK government should put EU membership on the table. It's really a no-brainer.
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Seen on the side of a road in rural Shropshire... Quite bizarre! #Photo #phonephotography #Shropshire #Art #Bizarre
A strange scene at the side of a road.
Several old wooden garden chairs each with a paid of stuffed jeans or trousers looking like legs and shoes or boots on the end
Each 'body' has been replaced with a pot full of flowers.
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Charlie says he's worried about AI falling into the wrong hands... He's been living under a rock, it already has. All those nice billionaires wanting to rule the world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands
The comments were made at a summit in Ayrshire with participants from AI giants including Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
She is so brave and good. I hope she doesn't get too much grief.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
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Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Music is by Max Richter, by the way! (I keep thinking the name appears on these videos, apologies.) This painting is also available as a limited edition print.
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
2 little ducks. (Quack Quack, for those who play bingo 😀) In Diglis Basin in Worcester (UK) They seemed miffed when I didn't have any food for them. #Birds #Ducks #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Worcester #UK
A male and female duck in the water, their necks and head reflected in the virtually calm water, small ripples spreading out from each.
A blue sky with white and grey clouds reflected in the water
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
538960-cold-winter-night
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This 👌
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Has anyone managed to change their email address here? I've tried multiple times, but NEVER receive the code to the registered email address for the account. There is no way to contact @support.bsky.team except via a web form. I've done that, but have NEVER received any sort of reply. Not ideal 😠
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 07/09/2026
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A swan and 2 youngsters asleep on the side of a canal. #Swan #cygnet #Wildlife #Nature #Birds #Water #Canal #NaturePhotography #Photography #WildlifePhotography
A swan standing on a mat of weeds at the side of a canal, there are 2 younger swans asleep beside it amongst the greenery in the sunshine.
There is a low brick wall behind them and a wooden fence above it
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Britain is just looking on as a handful of tax hating billionaires buy our political future.
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scotfi1.bsky.social @scotfi1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This donation alone should send screaming red flags. It is very clear now that the billionaire class are determined to do to the UK what they have achieved in the USA. If Reform achieve government, they will open the door for the UK to be raped and pillaged by every corporation which pays them.
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
burnham chose not to limit party donations. And here we are. Democracy will be bought.
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MsBlueWednesday @msbluewednesday.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social
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Marvin. (Paranoid Android) @ukcsi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
£36 MILLION. FFS. Last year, Delo was given an unconditional pardon by US President Donald Trump over a breach of anti-money laundering laws at his crypto trading platform, BitMEX, to which he had pleaded guilty in 2022.
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 10/09/2026
8 years ago, I tweeted side-by-side maps from NASA GISS showing global temperatures in 1976 and 2018 – both hot summers in the UK. It subsequently went viral and was printed in the Daily Mail! The 2026 version is stark. Two locally extreme summers separated by 50 years of global climate change.
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A brief walk around Diglis Basin in Worcester yesterday. #Photography #Canal #Landscape #Boats #CanalBoats #Water #Reflections #CityScape
several narrowboats moored in the basin, all in a line. What appears to be an office building at the far end.
Behind where they are moored there is a hedge running into the distance and several large houses can be seen on top of a hill in the distanceA rather long, quite modern looking grey canal boat moored at the far side of the basin in front of a building, possibly apartments built with light brown bricks  with cream surrounds to the windowsA view up the canal towards Worcester city, several canal boats morred on the far side in front of office buildingsA canal , the towpath on the right has 2 people walking along it, overhanging trees and bushes and a canal boat moored just before a road bridge crosses it.
The opposite bank has modern 3-4 storey buildings and a larger canal boat moored.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'll add that the failure to take down those tatty flags last year has just added to the air of intimidation and the sense among these racists that they can do what the fuck they like without consequences
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Darth Empath @jhatman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely.
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DC @dc-images.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A Garden Spider sitting in the middle of its web outside our kitchen window. #Photography #Insects #Spider #Web #Macro #Nature #Wildlife
A small spider in the middle of its web. Slightly off centre its web can be seen best on the left side of the image where the blurred reflection of trees in the window improve the contrast with the fine web
The spider is a mix of light and darker brown with several small white spots on its back and  appears to be hanging upside down in the centre of the web.
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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police. A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.
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Neil Goodrich @ngoodrichhsg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Response from Burnham will be important. These are actual fascists. They must be treated as such. Not 'concerned citizens'.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is deeply shocking.
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
THIS IS THE PARASITE CAUSING CASES OF EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA IN AMERICA ?
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More pertinent from ur perspective would b tightening up on who can donate + setting a maximum figure for any legitimate donations, along with banning crypto I thought Burnham + his predecessor (I forget his name) were going to clean up politics + arrest the growing public mistrust in politicians? 🤔
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026
Three senior Reform figures were involved in those Channel 4 revelations we saw last night. Two have been kicked out. The third is Nigel Farage. Farage should be suspended while this matter is investigated. He has very serious questions to answer.
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