Brian Lloyd
@brianmlloyd.bsky.social
Entertainment Journalist. Host of Screenland. On the radio and TV sometimes. Previous bylines include entertainment.ie, Sunday Business Post, Sunday Times, Irish Independent and more
Look at this. Look at this fucking idiot. Look at this bald bellend. We are living in Hell.
January 19, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Look at this. Look at this fucking idiot. Look at this bald bellend. We are living in Hell.
That bald fuck Stephen Miller wading into the middle of Star Trek discourse to bark "woke" at his legion of online chuds is all the impetus I need to set my router on fire and escape the Internet forever.
January 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
That bald fuck Stephen Miller wading into the middle of Star Trek discourse to bark "woke" at his legion of online chuds is all the impetus I need to set my router on fire and escape the Internet forever.
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A great read on how we can actually finally regulate tech and move away from the US government’s blackmail grip over global tech markets that are currently forced to favour US tech bros.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory D...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 AM
A great read on how we can actually finally regulate tech and move away from the US government’s blackmail grip over global tech markets that are currently forced to favour US tech bros.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Read the argument today that people should try to influence the narratives on the other website rather than abandon it.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
January 10, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Read the argument today that people should try to influence the narratives on the other website rather than abandon it.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
Screenland S02E01 is live. Talking 'Hamnet', 'Song Sung Blue', and lots of other stuff? Do it up! podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/h...
'Hamnet', Conformity Gate and the 'Avengers: Doomsday' Teasers
Podcast Episode · Screenland with Brian Lloyd · 07/01/2026 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Screenland S02E01 is live. Talking 'Hamnet', 'Song Sung Blue', and lots of other stuff? Do it up! podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/h...
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
These guys are gonna say nothing, ignore it, and hope it goes away on its own.
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
These guys are gonna say nothing, ignore it, and hope it goes away on its own.
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NEW: The ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the Venezuela attack, the new White House Jan. 6 website—these each convey a powerful & unsettling message from Trump, Miller, and their crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. Beware.
Please read and share.
Please read and share.
The Trump doctrine: Violence is us
The message is clear—be afraid.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
NEW: The ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the Venezuela attack, the new White House Jan. 6 website—these each convey a powerful & unsettling message from Trump, Miller, and their crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. Beware.
Please read and share.
Please read and share.
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robert a heinlein would be spinning in his grave to discover what's being done with something named "grok"
*touches earpiece*
hold on a second
*touches earpiece*
hold on a second
January 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
robert a heinlein would be spinning in his grave to discover what's being done with something named "grok"
*touches earpiece*
hold on a second
*touches earpiece*
hold on a second
Again, morally OK to just drive a fucking bulldozer through every single one of the servers.
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Again, morally OK to just drive a fucking bulldozer through every single one of the servers.
Folks, it is morally OK to pipebomb the servers.
This morning Rape Crisis Ireland has called for a ban on AI 'nudification' functions which can (and have) produced sexual images of children and adults.
RCI: 'There seems to be no reason for the existence of "nudification" functionality on AI apps beyond exploitation...'
RCI: 'There seems to be no reason for the existence of "nudification" functionality on AI apps beyond exploitation...'
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Folks, it is morally OK to pipebomb the servers.
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Anything by Megadeth. Anything by Slayer. Anything by James Ellroy. 'Chinatown', I guess?
What's your favourite thing that's been made by an absolute cunt?
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Anything by Megadeth. Anything by Slayer. Anything by James Ellroy. 'Chinatown', I guess?
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
If we're just gonna speedrun the early aughts again, can we skip over the skinny jeans thing? I've just started to enjoy wide-legged trousers again and I can't be arsed going back to that.
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
If we're just gonna speedrun the early aughts again, can we skip over the skinny jeans thing? I've just started to enjoy wide-legged trousers again and I can't be arsed going back to that.
Last time this happened, there was a Chappelle Show sketch at least. Now what have the Americans got?
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Last time this happened, there was a Chappelle Show sketch at least. Now what have the Americans got?
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This is the first time in history that a County Clare hotelier has kidnapped the leader of another country
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM
This is the first time in history that a County Clare hotelier has kidnapped the leader of another country
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Trump's actions devalue the FIFA peace prize.
January 3, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Trump's actions devalue the FIFA peace prize.
OK, shit then.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
OK, shit then.
What the fuck do we need AI art for when we have literally perfect imagery right here
i have a new hobby i made up where i look at hundreds of ancient stock photo cdroms from archive .org and try to find cool shit in them. ill post more later but for now these are "tonights picks"
January 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
What the fuck do we need AI art for when we have literally perfect imagery right here
Small art and love and beauty their trudging spirits knew, yes it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too.
January 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Small art and love and beauty their trudging spirits knew, yes it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too.