Pete Birkinshaw
@binaryape.bsky.social
Hat-wearing devourer of chickpeas, Manchester vegan, manager of identities, developer of obscure software, Green inactivist, Elixir & Ruby coder, watcher of K-dramas, daft-apeth.
Alignment: Quixotic-Good
https://binary-ape.org
Alignment: Quixotic-Good
https://binary-ape.org
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Pete Birkinshaw
@binaryape.bsky.social
· Jul 30
I'm going to list Korean romcoms I've watched so far [copied from my old thread elsewhere]
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Forget Valentines Day. For all you true romantics, this Saturday is EAST ANGLIA POTATO DAY 🥔
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Forget Valentines Day. For all you true romantics, this Saturday is EAST ANGLIA POTATO DAY 🥔
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Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
the whole thing is of course completely revolting. 20 YEARS to settlement for refugees? no settlement if you’ve ever had a criminal conviction or a tax debt? 10 YEARS added if you’ve ever received benefits? partners and children on their own routes to settlement? What are you even TALKING about
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
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anyway the consultation shuts tomorrow, one minute to midnight UK time: www.gov.uk/government/c... Amnesty have some good guidance here. Go on: media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Am...
media.amnesty.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:49 AM
anyway the consultation shuts tomorrow, one minute to midnight UK time: www.gov.uk/government/c... Amnesty have some good guidance here. Go on: media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Am...
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Hopefully the rest of Europe will follow suit.
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Hopefully the rest of Europe will follow suit.
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Given the Industrial Revolution was largely powered by children working in what we could consider prison camps, policed by oligarchs using private militias, and funded by slave-picked cotton, yeah it would probably be illegal. But that isn’t what is stupid about this article!
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Given the Industrial Revolution was largely powered by children working in what we could consider prison camps, policed by oligarchs using private militias, and funded by slave-picked cotton, yeah it would probably be illegal. But that isn’t what is stupid about this article!
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#EarlyModern 🗃️
Rosamund Oates is researching the history of early modern deafnes - see her P&P article, book out soon I think.
academic.oup.com/past/article...
Rosamund Oates is researching the history of early modern deafnes - see her P&P article, book out soon I think.
academic.oup.com/past/article...
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
#EarlyModern 🗃️
Rosamund Oates is researching the history of early modern deafnes - see her P&P article, book out soon I think.
academic.oup.com/past/article...
Rosamund Oates is researching the history of early modern deafnes - see her P&P article, book out soon I think.
academic.oup.com/past/article...
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The Wars Of The Roses would be illegal now, because of woke
February 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM
The Wars Of The Roses would be illegal now, because of woke
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February 11, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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I know Haworth’s gentrified a lot recently, but: not like that.
February 11, 2026 at 8:15 AM
I know Haworth’s gentrified a lot recently, but: not like that.
Me: "The poverty... Oooh, Big Stretch!"
February 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Me: "The poverty... Oooh, Big Stretch!"
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It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
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Bradford, West Yorkshire. 2026.
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Bradford, West Yorkshire. 2026.
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"cooled by the vacuum of space" - huh, neat. hey does anyone know how thermoses work
This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
February 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"cooled by the vacuum of space" - huh, neat. hey does anyone know how thermoses work
It's been a long time since I updated this massive thread, but here's one, and two more due soon. Then I'll update the spreadsheet with scores too. This one will get a good score.
'Twinkling Watermelon' A bit Life On Mars, a bit more Back To The Future, but stands up as a fun, warm drama even without the time travel, as a romcom about deafness and a high school pop band in 1995. It's very wholesome and lacks the icky aspects of BTTF, but does have some darker plot elements.
Twinkling Watermelon | Official Teaser | CJ ENM
YouTube video by CJ ENM Global
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It's been a long time since I updated this massive thread, but here's one, and two more due soon. Then I'll update the spreadsheet with scores too. This one will get a good score.
Goya's 'Saturn Devouring His Son' always reminds me of The Wombles
February 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Goya's 'Saturn Devouring His Son' always reminds me of The Wombles
Testeria, Testerical
Leo Kearse of GB News believe a Bangor politics society putting out a statement about why they weren't interested in Sarah Pochin MP's request to be invited to a student Q & A could well now (& in his view, infers it shoould?) lead to Troubles-style firebombing campaigns in Wales & beyond
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Testeria, Testerical
Today's lunch: basic penne pasta with a can of tomatoes as sauce, with spinach, a can of butter beans (it's World Pulses Day) and a few chopped-up cheap vegan sausages.
February 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Today's lunch: basic penne pasta with a can of tomatoes as sauce, with spinach, a can of butter beans (it's World Pulses Day) and a few chopped-up cheap vegan sausages.
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Those must be big shoes to fill
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Those must be big shoes to fill
Libertarianism in action!
The full tweet is even worse given that it's a journalist, on behalf of a political party, threatening to use public funds to discipline a university because of a decision made by one of its student societies.
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Libertarianism in action!
I'm not putting down Spanish here, but a controversy at a globally obscure, niche sports event does not determine the global coolness of a language, whatever that actually is.
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice, says journalist Gary Nunn
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I'm not putting down Spanish here, but a controversy at a globally obscure, niche sports event does not determine the global coolness of a language, whatever that actually is.
Apple Health says I scored 89 for sleep but it doesn't know how long I spent in a frustrating dream about SQL and how little time I spent in the dream about an extra sandwich
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Apple Health says I scored 89 for sleep but it doesn't know how long I spent in a frustrating dream about SQL and how little time I spent in the dream about an extra sandwich
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
It's World Pulses Day! Do yourself and the planet some good with beans, peas, lentils or even lupins apparently
World Pulses Day – A designated United Nations global event to recongnize the importance of pulses as a global food.
worldpulsesday.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM
It's World Pulses Day! Do yourself and the planet some good with beans, peas, lentils or even lupins apparently