Binks
@binkles.bsky.social
Sport. Tech. Nonsense. Mustelids.
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Stop using Twitter.
Made a comment on Twitter about Elon’s weird rant about immigration (I know, I know) and even though I have muted it, I have that weird out-of-body feeling of knowing that somewhere, right now, some people are being really angry at me.
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Stop using Twitter.
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jeez man, don't read Tolkien on ket.
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
jeez man, don't read Tolkien on ket.
You're on BlueSky not in some regency period Jane Austen novel.
You don't get a special pass for spouting inane nonsense.
You don't get a special pass for spouting inane nonsense.
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
You're on BlueSky not in some regency period Jane Austen novel.
You don't get a special pass for spouting inane nonsense.
You don't get a special pass for spouting inane nonsense.
Repeat after me.
HS2. Is. A. Capacity. Upgrade.
It's not a vanity project it lets stopping trains on our most important urban corridor run more frequently.
HS2. Is. A. Capacity. Upgrade.
It's not a vanity project it lets stopping trains on our most important urban corridor run more frequently.
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Repeat after me.
HS2. Is. A. Capacity. Upgrade.
It's not a vanity project it lets stopping trains on our most important urban corridor run more frequently.
HS2. Is. A. Capacity. Upgrade.
It's not a vanity project it lets stopping trains on our most important urban corridor run more frequently.
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people want to get rid of homeless people and ill say theres one weird trick, its right in the name
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
people want to get rid of homeless people and ill say theres one weird trick, its right in the name
Gregg Wallace and John Torode
Who would you choose to host Strictly?
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Gregg Wallace and John Torode
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The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.
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Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
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At least Yeltsin was shitfaced.
Trump: You build what's called a reverse bathtub. And it's not that uncommon, but it is actually a reverse—you, you seal it. The problem is, nature always wins. I know a lot about reverse bathtubs. I've done it, and it's something you only do in emergency
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
At least Yeltsin was shitfaced.
Genuinely think The Traitors is a psy-op. What does everyone else see in this show?!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
Celebrity Traitors Thursday 6th November at 9pm. 70 min final.
A whole week to wait after the previous episode.
Celebrity Traitors Thursday 6th November at 9pm. 70 min final.
A whole week to wait after the previous episode.
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Genuinely think The Traitors is a psy-op. What does everyone else see in this show?!
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On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
When popularity outgrows quality control.
Taylor Swift is now in a league of her own, joining only The Beatles as the sole artists in history to score a No. 1 album for seven consecutive years. Her streak (2019-2025) officially matches the legendary run achieved by The Beatles (1964-1970)
October 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When popularity outgrows quality control.
The cursed ratio.
For anyone who needs more election results: there was a much-watched parliamentary special election in France today, for a seat the far-right had won in something of an upset over the left in 2024. The far-right won again by the same margin, 52/48.
October 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The cursed ratio.
Reddit isn't this ugly. This is a 4chan government.
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Reddit isn't this ugly. This is a 4chan government.
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A simple rule of the right is that it is more egregious to call someone a racist than to be a racist. The latter is understandable, the former unforgivably rude.
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A simple rule of the right is that it is more egregious to call someone a racist than to be a racist. The latter is understandable, the former unforgivably rude.
I genuinely believe that Americans are the most annoying species on Earth.
True sports fandom should be based on disappointment and perennial failure, punctuated by moments of unexpected joy. Americans expect the joy.
(Except the Jets and Browns.)
And therefore they're unbearable. To a tee.
True sports fandom should be based on disappointment and perennial failure, punctuated by moments of unexpected joy. Americans expect the joy.
(Except the Jets and Browns.)
And therefore they're unbearable. To a tee.
I know we live in a world filled with terrible people doing awful things but I still the worst are Americans shouting "get in the hole" at the Ryder Cup.
September 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I genuinely believe that Americans are the most annoying species on Earth.
True sports fandom should be based on disappointment and perennial failure, punctuated by moments of unexpected joy. Americans expect the joy.
(Except the Jets and Browns.)
And therefore they're unbearable. To a tee.
True sports fandom should be based on disappointment and perennial failure, punctuated by moments of unexpected joy. Americans expect the joy.
(Except the Jets and Browns.)
And therefore they're unbearable. To a tee.
"Yeah she's upstairs, can I get you anything to drink before I leave while you fuck my wife?"
Republicans just pushed a resolution to "honor the life and legacy" of anti-LGBTQ+ rights leader and extremist Charlie Kirk.
Half of the Democrats voted in favor, including transgender representative Sarah McBride.
Half of the Democrats voted in favor, including transgender representative Sarah McBride.
September 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"Yeah she's upstairs, can I get you anything to drink before I leave while you fuck my wife?"
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Firing liberals over stuff right-wingers get away with every day is truly honoring Charlie Kirk's legacy.
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Firing liberals over stuff right-wingers get away with every day is truly honoring Charlie Kirk's legacy.
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TLDR: Make racism shameful again. While you’re at it add fascism too.
September 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
TLDR: Make racism shameful again. While you’re at it add fascism too.
Is this two tier policing?
September 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Is this two tier policing?
Listening to civil people say heinous shit and ignoring the people pointing how heinous it is because they're not being polite about it is a very good reason politics is in this mess.
Pay attention to the content not the fucking tone.
Pay attention to the content not the fucking tone.
I don't think political murder is ever a good thing, and am genuinely a bit worried about what comes next: I've read the words "Reichstag fire" from multiple people, which feels a bad sign.
But this drift from "this was bad" to "he was a SAINT" is dreadful. Yes, civility matters. So does content.
But this drift from "this was bad" to "he was a SAINT" is dreadful. Yes, civility matters. So does content.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
September 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Listening to civil people say heinous shit and ignoring the people pointing how heinous it is because they're not being polite about it is a very good reason politics is in this mess.
Pay attention to the content not the fucking tone.
Pay attention to the content not the fucking tone.
Remember, Linehan has been "cancelled" for his divorced bigotry.
No doubt to the delight of his lawyers, Linehan is giving another of his very sensible “I’d do it again” interviews to Radio 4
September 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Remember, Linehan has been "cancelled" for his divorced bigotry.
LLMs are remarkable at unstructured data ingestion and turning that into structured data.
Yes, it's regurgitation. It's not 100% accurate but the time savings vs a tired human reading 15 emails and attachments in order to fill in an insurance claim request is transformational.
Yes, it's regurgitation. It's not 100% accurate but the time savings vs a tired human reading 15 emails and attachments in order to fill in an insurance claim request is transformational.
Every person who says "of course there are some uses for LLMs" should be forced to immediately list what those uses are, taking into account that:
a) they cannot be accurate and there is no way to make them accurate
b) they have been repeatedly shown to make users dumber and worse at their jobs
a) they cannot be accurate and there is no way to make them accurate
b) they have been repeatedly shown to make users dumber and worse at their jobs
September 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
LLMs are remarkable at unstructured data ingestion and turning that into structured data.
Yes, it's regurgitation. It's not 100% accurate but the time savings vs a tired human reading 15 emails and attachments in order to fill in an insurance claim request is transformational.
Yes, it's regurgitation. It's not 100% accurate but the time savings vs a tired human reading 15 emails and attachments in order to fill in an insurance claim request is transformational.
Let's not over-intellectualise solving the housing crisis by simply BUILDING MORE HOMES.
I find this argument not actually wrong as such - it's by no means untrue - but very wonkbrained.
Sure, if you build expensive homes, you get a chain of movement in other parts of the housing market.
But if you have a housing shortage, you'll get a chain of movement from building *any* homes.
Sure, if you build expensive homes, you get a chain of movement in other parts of the housing market.
But if you have a housing shortage, you'll get a chain of movement from building *any* homes.
fascinating piece from @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social on how to free up the housing market by building more profitable homes at top end and allowing people to move up (do they have our stamp duty in the US?) (£) www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
September 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Let's not over-intellectualise solving the housing crisis by simply BUILDING MORE HOMES.