Alan Bradbury
@alanbradbury.bsky.social
Amature entomologist and professional software developer; the order is important.
I asked this a month ago and seems relevant today. Anyone with experience or knowledge want to actually discuss something?
I'd be interested to get peoples thoughts on increasing indefinite leave to remain from 5 to 10 years (not the other rubbish about volunteering). I've always felt 5 years was a short time but as I've never emigrated anywhere I have no experience to draw on.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I asked this a month ago and seems relevant today. Anyone with experience or knowledge want to actually discuss something?
Perhaps people that seem to lack basic human expressions like empathy shouldn't be listened to when they say machines can think.
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Perhaps people that seem to lack basic human expressions like empathy shouldn't be listened to when they say machines can think.
It was 1938 and the man was Hitler.
Was it right for me to not shoot that man?
Do you think the government was right or wrong to decide not to raise income tax at the Budget?
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It was 1938 and the man was Hitler.
Was it right for me to not shoot that man?
Do you think the government was right or wrong to decide not to raise income tax at the Budget?
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Was it right for me to not shoot that man?
Also... error bars
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Also... error bars
I am quite happy to contribute a years worth of extra license fee to have the BBC call Trump his defamation threat. I don't care if they win or loose, I just know the only way to deal with a bully is to stand up to them.
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I am quite happy to contribute a years worth of extra license fee to have the BBC call Trump his defamation threat. I don't care if they win or loose, I just know the only way to deal with a bully is to stand up to them.
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Jade Leung worked for OpenAI from 2021 to 2023. You would expect her to have shares, worth a lot of money - which will get more valuable if OpenAI remains only lightly regulated.
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
2/5
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
2/5
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Jade Leung worked for OpenAI from 2021 to 2023. You would expect her to have shares, worth a lot of money - which will get more valuable if OpenAI remains only lightly regulated.
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
2/5
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
2/5
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For all the talk of 'Broken Britain', so many things have got better.
Even a simple factoid like this gets overlooked, but it was not long ago that *everyone* directly knew multiple examples of people taken away by this at something preposterous like age 22
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
For all the talk of 'Broken Britain', so many things have got better.
Is this the first shots of Oswald Mosley in the new Peaky Blinders movie?
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Is this the first shots of Oswald Mosley in the new Peaky Blinders movie?
And 22% of under 40s in Yorkshire think that the LibDems do a better job at acorn picking than Ronald McDonald.
After Liz Truss's mini-budget, just 15 per cent of people felt the Tories were the best party at handling the economy
Today, the equivalent figure for Labour is 12 per cent
www.thetimes.com/article/470f...
Today, the equivalent figure for Labour is 12 per cent
www.thetimes.com/article/470f...
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
And 22% of under 40s in Yorkshire think that the LibDems do a better job at acorn picking than Ronald McDonald.
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I'm currently updating and making corrections to the Ephydridae key prepared for the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social workshop. Please let me know if you've noticed any errors or anything that might need updating. Comments, DM or email to sjthomasbotanyATgmail.com please.
#Diptera #entomology
#Diptera #entomology
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I'm currently updating and making corrections to the Ephydridae key prepared for the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social workshop. Please let me know if you've noticed any errors or anything that might need updating. Comments, DM or email to sjthomasbotanyATgmail.com please.
#Diptera #entomology
#Diptera #entomology
It is NOT a Christmas documentary.
Yall. Let's just get this settled before the holidays. Die Hard was not a movie. It really happened.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It is NOT a Christmas documentary.
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Tom seems to have captured the moment that a Redshank is shaking the salt out of its nares (nostrils).
Waders operating in salty conditions have salt glands, near their eyes, that remove excess salt.
Waders operating in salty conditions have salt glands, near their eyes, that remove excess salt.
#WaderWednesday ‘Sneezy’ to identify this Redshank on the Northumberland coast. @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @wadertales.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Tom seems to have captured the moment that a Redshank is shaking the salt out of its nares (nostrils).
Waders operating in salty conditions have salt glands, near their eyes, that remove excess salt.
Waders operating in salty conditions have salt glands, near their eyes, that remove excess salt.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk, @zackpolanski.bsky.social can we please learn from America and treat this moment like the existential threat it is and see the three of you work together.
Ah yes and lets whatch the Greens, Labour and LibDems move the numbers amongst themselves while they do noting about the proto-autocratic party.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (=)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 5-6 Nov.
Changes w/ 29 Oct.
RFM: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (=)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 5-6 Nov.
Changes w/ 29 Oct.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk, @zackpolanski.bsky.social can we please learn from America and treat this moment like the existential threat it is and see the three of you work together.
Ah yes and lets whatch the Greens, Labour and LibDems move the numbers amongst themselves while they do noting about the proto-autocratic party.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (=)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 5-6 Nov.
Changes w/ 29 Oct.
RFM: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (=)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 5-6 Nov.
Changes w/ 29 Oct.
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Ah yes and lets whatch the Greens, Labour and LibDems move the numbers amongst themselves while they do noting about the proto-autocratic party.
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What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
Urm they already teach mortgages in maths... it's called percentages and algrebra (they also do compound interest which is more complicated than mortgages).
BBC News - Mortgages and AI to be added to the curriculum in English schools - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Mortgages and AI to be added to the curriculum in English schools - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mortgages and AI to be added to the curriculum in English schools
Ministers are making the changes for children in England after a review of what is taught in schools.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Urm they already teach mortgages in maths... it's called percentages and algrebra (they also do compound interest which is more complicated than mortgages).
BBC News - Mortgages and AI to be added to the curriculum in English schools - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Mortgages and AI to be added to the curriculum in English schools - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Great talks about flies and you can join and watch remotely,-
Saturday 15th Nov in Cambridge Museum for more detail -
go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
Saturday 15th Nov in Cambridge Museum for more detail -
go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Great talks about flies and you can join and watch remotely,-
Saturday 15th Nov in Cambridge Museum for more detail -
go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
Saturday 15th Nov in Cambridge Museum for more detail -
go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
It's code for we never want to be in government.
Opposing NATO expansion is a nonsensical policy. If countries want to join it, they can. Nobody's twisting their arms. Not sure what "non-militarised" security involves
The Green Party condemns Russia’s invasion, backs Ukraine’s sovereignty, and urges peace talks. It opposes NATO expansion and supports replacing NATO with a cooperative, non-militarised European security framework 💚
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It's code for we never want to be in government.
It's because when they say uncontrolled imigration they mean it's the fault of any immigrant since the middle of the 19th century.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It's because when they say uncontrolled imigration they mean it's the fault of any immigrant since the middle of the 19th century.
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🧪About that “152×” Yellowstone aspen claim (see WaPo headline). In a new preprint we show it’s a math error that inflated the effect by 768%. Corrected: 17.5×. Preprint: doi.org/10.32942/X2W...
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
🧪About that “152×” Yellowstone aspen claim (see WaPo headline). In a new preprint we show it’s a math error that inflated the effect by 768%. Corrected: 17.5×. Preprint: doi.org/10.32942/X2W...
The USA is now an extremist Christian country.
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The USA is now an extremist Christian country.
The Lib Dems have not helped with the misunderstanding either.
Exactly right. Voters can only hold MPs to account if they understand what they're doing.
Yesterday's ECHR vote was a "ten-minute bill": a way of raising an issue in a short speech with almost zero chance of becoming law.
That even many journalists misunderstood this is bad for trust in politics.
Yesterday's ECHR vote was a "ten-minute bill": a way of raising an issue in a short speech with almost zero chance of becoming law.
That even many journalists misunderstood this is bad for trust in politics.
Today shows how urgent modernisation of Parliamentary procedure is. Farage dominating headlines and social media with a Parliamentary tool that no one understands and has no actual weight but which has clearly frightened people.
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The Lib Dems have not helped with the misunderstanding either.
Pretty certain this means they've completely forgotten
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social Scream if you want to go over the top faster #lestwewillnotforget #whatdoeslestmean
October 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pretty certain this means they've completely forgotten
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Local, wild (not farmed) venison for sale in Lochalsh, supporting deer management. Would be great to see this local venison distribution widespread in England for muntjac.
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Local, wild (not farmed) venison for sale in Lochalsh, supporting deer management. Would be great to see this local venison distribution widespread in England for muntjac.