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Stephen J. Anderson

@utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
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Occasional writer. Frequent computer geek. Permanent ginger. [bridged from mastodon.me.uk/@utterfiction on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Luigi Rosa :StarWars: @lrosa.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
The quiet ones are the ones that change the universe... The loud ones only take the credit. (Londo Mollari, "In The Beginning") sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-th…
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The people holding up the internet
Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 01/10/2026
RE: mastodon.sdf.org/@dlakelan/11736590… Absolutely 100% true.
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No kink shaming except for Roko's basilisk weirdos.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Having written a TV show built on "deep dives on one bad rich guy per week" with one version 2008-2012 and another 2021-2025, I'll say that the OG evil rich guys were evil greedy assholes, and the new rich guys are mentally disordered perverts, and so do evil. And not the good kind of perverts.
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
RE: dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/… As well as sexual violence, there are discussions of suicide. The capsule of this, in my opinion: the TESCREAL movements are being led by people who are emotionally and ethically children in adult bodies, who have constructed […]
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
RE: neuromatch.social/@jonny/1173247908… This is a hell of a ride. Facebook’s Muse is both tragic and trivial to exploit. #llm #ai
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 19/09/2026
Got my new shirt ready for all the AI meet-ups that I don’t go to.
A red T-shirt with white text: “I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself - Hayao Miyazaki”
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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras @gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
Shocker, the deskilling machine successfully deskills school kids - to the tune of them being a full year behind their peers who are "left behind" by *checks notes* actually learning! Students who don’t use AI are ahead on every measure […]
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“If the UK develops additional oil and gas production, that does not mean an equivalent quantity of production elsewhere automatically stops. It adds additional fossil-fuel supply to an international market." Why is this point so hard for so many to grasp? climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the
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:privTri: Volpeon :areonNSmol: @volpeon.at.icy.wyvern.rip · 10/09/2026
Just an ordinary hand
Photo of Apple's keynote where they show the iPhone Duo held in one hand in its folded and its unfolded form. The right hand would never be able to hold it as shown, so below is an edit of what the hand would have to look like.
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
*spit take* This is literally illegal in the UK. How is this not illegal in the USA? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/se…
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US citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims in lengthy convention speech
President makes offer that would cost US over $1tn and asks voters to ‘pretend that I’m on the ballot’ despite being deeply unpopular among electorate
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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
you know, I think we can do better on pro-Palestinian figures than the guy whose career ended when he came onto stage dressed like a Nazi propaganda poster and popped a quick Hitler salute, who was last in the spotlight when he tried to make the Richard Spencer/nazi youth haircut his signature […]
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 05/09/2026
Stargate (1994): Gate room, art by Oliver Scholl
Gate room, art by Oliver SchollGate room
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Bodil @bodil.lol · 03/09/2026
This is absolutely sensational: journalists went undercover pretending to be American millionaires wanting to donate to Reform under the table. They have Farage and two of his most senior henchmen on video setting the deal up, in their own words. Sensational not because it's a shocking reveal […]
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Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
❤️‍🔥 #comedy #comedia
Está bien pinche raro que les preguntemos a los niños qué quieren ser de grandes y esperemos que la respuesta sea un trabajo.

¿No que dónde quieres vivir? ¿Cómo quieres que se sientan tus días? ¿Qué quieres crear? ¿A quién quieres en tu mesa? ¿En qué clase de criatura te quieres convertir?

No. ¿Qué puesto dentro de la economía te gustaría que empezáramos a prepararte emocionalmente para asumir como identidad?

Señora. Tiene seis años. Ahorita quiere ser caballo.
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
Bruno Giussani pulling *zero* punches: Why Big Tech Is Incompatible With Democracy youtube.com/watch?v=IHqPcDaMtFg&si=…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
“Mega-donor unions exert undue influence to block law to that would prevent mega-donors from exerting undue influence” If people are serious about curbing donors’ power (and they should be) then it’s got to include people you agree with, too […]
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
This is hilarious. How did I not know this existed? A gift that will keep on giving for years to come. www.reaction.life/p/britain-looks-l…
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Called it. The “documentary” makers disingenuously edited and framed Katya Rubia’s views to support their preferred perspective, which is pretty much the opposite of her professional opinion. #adhd […]
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
Basically, Max Pemberton is full of it. #adhd www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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There is nothing scientific about The Great ADHD Myth? ‘documentary’ | Gina Rippon
Channel 4’s programme wastes a chance to ask important questions about how ADHD is diagnosed and treated, instead indulging in unscientific methods and conspiracy theories, says author Gina Rippon
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
Not watched the doc yet because I know it will enrage me. But something’s already off. Apparently Prof. Katya Rubia was interviewed saying there is no detectable difference in ADHD brains. That’s weird, she’s spent her entire career saying the opposite: that fMRI can be used >> with the […]
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide drought www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves
Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide drought
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
I know you all hate the emergency alert about disposable barbeques. But yesterday I watched a man at our hotel breakfast set fire to a toaster by trying to toast a croissant - despite multiple signs telling him not to. Today he tried again. So, you know, calibrate for the average person.
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@edgeofeurope/11706… Even if this turns out not to be true, don’t tell me.
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
RE: kolektiva.social/@nogodsnomasters/1… *sigh* I knew I should have checked the context before boosting. It doesn’t invalidate the comparison (as far as I’m concerned), but Roy Brown walked into a bank, pretended to have a weapon and coerced the bank teller into […]
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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
Amsterdam murder rate: extremely low Amsterdam drunk man attempts to relieve himself into canal, falls in, hits his head and drowns rate: extremely high Plan your tourism accordingly. This is not a joke, this is literally true. Amsterdam is probably the only place that has ever built more […]
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@drrjv/116990751866… That’s >hilarious<. “Turn one group against the other” as if the conflict was not already continuous and, in fact, escalating.
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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026
I am a model, you know what I mean And I do my little turn while getting arrested Yeah getting arrested, getting arrested, yeah I do my little turn while getting arrested
Andrew Tate looking chic while getting arrested
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026
When Peter Bradshaw was away and I reviewed Nolan’s sci-fi drama Tenet. I didn’t really like it and was duly admonished. I’ve since deleted much of the feedback I received at the time, but an old Reddit thread gives a flavour: “silly cow”, “bitter”, “probably a feminist”; “I can guarantee that […]
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026
I'm preaching to the converted, but it was never just about "trans rights". They were obviously going to come for all women next. "Puberty blockers" was really about women's reproductive rights. "Trans women in sports" is really about male dominance. "The early Girl Scout movement may provide a […]
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Doctor M. Popular @docpop.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026
When asked if the art on his covers was AI-generated, Chuck Tingle replies “If I want my bisexual Mothman erotica, by darn, it's going to be made by human hands.”
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Paul @paul.hades.town · 15/07/2026
Looks like Microsoft is building a data centre in the #Leeds area, at Skelton Grange. There's a campaign group against it: noleedsdatacentre.wordpress.com Their site has some recommended actions & petitions and links to their Insta/YT accounts.
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Say No To Leeds Data Centre
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 14/07/2026
🚨reporters working on stories about the NAS extreme event attribution report 🚨 DO NOT FRAME ANY STORY AS "CAN WE BELIEVE EXTREME EVENT ATTRIBUTION RESEARCH?" THE ACTUAL STORY IS: FOSSIL-FUEL INTERESTS ARE WETTING THEIR PANTS ABOUT THIS AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO STOP IT.
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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
🐚 Stone Seahorse — By Beach4Art in North Devon, UK 🇬🇧 Beach4Art, a family of four working on the North Devon coast, uses smooth pebbles sorted by color and size to build a seahorse on the sand. The tide handles the cleanup. Can Anything Become Art? (80+ […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
A large seahorse by Beach4Art made from colorful pebbles arranged on wet sand.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There's a simple, fair and effective means of funding politics, which ensures that voters count and money doesn't. MPs: please stop messing about with proposals for donation caps, and press for a proper, democratic funding system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot
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Erik Uden 🚩 @erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026
A screenshot of a threads post showing a picture of Count Binface by “natedaleymusic” reading:

I can’t lie. I’m hooked.

I just want to see just how well a joke candidate, with no real policies, a seemingly thin grip on reality, and who seems more concerned with being a talking point and making a farce of the democratic process than actually serving local residents, fares against Count Binface.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Raj 🇬🇧🇪🇺💻🖥(🌻🇺🇦;🇵🇸) @realcainmosni.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
UK Tax returns have gone digital, which is fine in principle. What is not fine is that pretty much only paid solutions are acceptable for submitting a return. If electronic tax returns are mandatory, the government should be providing a cost-free means […]
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Daniel Supernault @dansup.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
apps. people. starter kits. one place. fediverse onboarding has been broken for too long, and it doesn't have to be. the new fediverse.info ships soon. boost and spread the word 😘 #fediverse #onboarding #fediverseInfo
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
(This is a _joke_, I don't advocate violence as a general solution. Imprisonment and ruin will do fine.) #environment #climatechange #eattherich #humour
A four-panel comic. The heading is "Little things you can do to save the environment". Each of the panels depicts a person doing things a little differently in an attempt to help the environment.

Each panel has a heading, which also describes what the person is doing: "Bike to work", "Try meatless Mondays", "Guillotine the corrupt corporate class that is poisoning the planet for profit", and "Recycle".

The depiction of the guillotine shows the person having lifted the bloody blade after the killing stroke, but the victim is not shown.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I would beg you to read the whole thread, as I think very few people have seen how fast the foundations of democracy are being torn out in the UK, and how far down the road towards authoritarianism we have already travelled. Sorry to pester you, but this could not be more important. Thanks.
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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 26/06/2026
Lösungen für alle Probleme
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Ret @ret.furry.engineer.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026
Damn. I was this many years old when I finally realised that “Marlene on the Wall” is about an abusive relationship. Or multiple?
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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
Fedizens! Please send me your favourite meme which shows something important about the #Fediverse I'll go first:
Star wars meme. Empire soldier land to interrogate the retired general. "Mastodon? Really? Man of your talents?". He replies: "It's a peaceful life"

From: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-a-peaceful-life

"It's a Peaceful Life, also known as Really? Man Of Your Talents?, is a reaction image and image macro meme format using a scene from the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in which the character Galen Erso (played by actor Mads Mikkelsen) tells Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn), "It's a peaceful life," after Krennic expresses pitiful shock that Erso is a farmer"
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Stephen J. Anderson @utterfiction.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
I do strongly feel that, whenever newspapers report Tony Blair offering his unasked-for opinion again, they should feel obliged to add a prefix to their headlines. For example: “_Alleged war criminal_, Tony Blair, tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump” Just for […]
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