Calum Brough
@calumbroughingham.bsky.social
(He/Him) Dilletante and biology enthusiast. I do bits and bobs of writing and editing and some autism advocacy. Fairly Gay.
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Desperately need people to understand that AI "upscaling" or "enhancing" footage is not magically accessing some previously invisible detail, but instead generating an entirely new image BASED ON what you feed into it.
The moment it's mediated through AI to any extent, it's fantasy.
The moment it's mediated through AI to any extent, it's fantasy.
Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Desperately need people to understand that AI "upscaling" or "enhancing" footage is not magically accessing some previously invisible detail, but instead generating an entirely new image BASED ON what you feed into it.
The moment it's mediated through AI to any extent, it's fantasy.
The moment it's mediated through AI to any extent, it's fantasy.
It is so fucking *weird* that the *murder* of a young trans person is framed *by her mother* as a result of social media. And I will say this too; even well meaning parents don't necessarily know *shit* about what they are talking about.
okay I'm sorry but I fundamentally do not see how this is anything other than victim-blaming Brianna??
Brianna met her killers, one of whom was a friend, in broad daylight. How is that some kind of online-influenced risk-taking?? They could have been meeting up to go to the cinema
Brianna met her killers, one of whom was a friend, in broad daylight. How is that some kind of online-influenced risk-taking?? They could have been meeting up to go to the cinema
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 AM
It is so fucking *weird* that the *murder* of a young trans person is framed *by her mother* as a result of social media. And I will say this too; even well meaning parents don't necessarily know *shit* about what they are talking about.
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okay I'm sorry but I fundamentally do not see how this is anything other than victim-blaming Brianna??
Brianna met her killers, one of whom was a friend, in broad daylight. How is that some kind of online-influenced risk-taking?? They could have been meeting up to go to the cinema
Brianna met her killers, one of whom was a friend, in broad daylight. How is that some kind of online-influenced risk-taking?? They could have been meeting up to go to the cinema
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
okay I'm sorry but I fundamentally do not see how this is anything other than victim-blaming Brianna??
Brianna met her killers, one of whom was a friend, in broad daylight. How is that some kind of online-influenced risk-taking?? They could have been meeting up to go to the cinema
Brianna met her killers, one of whom was a friend, in broad daylight. How is that some kind of online-influenced risk-taking?? They could have been meeting up to go to the cinema
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People in England don't get free prescriptions
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
People in England don't get free prescriptions
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I wonder why our parliamentarians, who are hugely overrepresented with ex-lawyers, might see "having been a lawyer" as a requirement to serve the Justice portfolio but reject that kind of experience qualification for every other ministerial job.
January 29, 2026 at 9:53 AM
I wonder why our parliamentarians, who are hugely overrepresented with ex-lawyers, might see "having been a lawyer" as a requirement to serve the Justice portfolio but reject that kind of experience qualification for every other ministerial job.
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This whole thread is excellent.
But here's the thing - remember the criticisms of Ministers for a Health Minister who doesn't understand the NHS, an Education Minister who doesn't understand teachers? The only one that seems to have an experience requirement is Justice.
Tech illiterates run tech.
But here's the thing - remember the criticisms of Ministers for a Health Minister who doesn't understand the NHS, an Education Minister who doesn't understand teachers? The only one that seems to have an experience requirement is Justice.
Tech illiterates run tech.
This government clearly don't really understand the complexity or the danger of the situation. They show no sign of beginning to understand, and every sign of asking the monorail salesman how public transport should work. It's going to be an uphill struggle, but don't leave this to politicians.
January 29, 2026 at 9:50 AM
This whole thread is excellent.
But here's the thing - remember the criticisms of Ministers for a Health Minister who doesn't understand the NHS, an Education Minister who doesn't understand teachers? The only one that seems to have an experience requirement is Justice.
Tech illiterates run tech.
But here's the thing - remember the criticisms of Ministers for a Health Minister who doesn't understand the NHS, an Education Minister who doesn't understand teachers? The only one that seems to have an experience requirement is Justice.
Tech illiterates run tech.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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January 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
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Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
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We gotta add Barbz to the do-not-fuck list. Right next to cops, military, ICE agents, conservative voters (anywhere: Republican, Tory, CDU/AfD etc.)...don't give hole or pole to these weirdos. Exclude them from all aspects of Queer society.
“I am probably the president’s number one fan and that’s not going to change.”
— Nicki Minaj on Donald Trump
— Nicki Minaj on Donald Trump
January 28, 2026 at 6:13 PM
We gotta add Barbz to the do-not-fuck list. Right next to cops, military, ICE agents, conservative voters (anywhere: Republican, Tory, CDU/AfD etc.)...don't give hole or pole to these weirdos. Exclude them from all aspects of Queer society.
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Makes you wonder just how dangerously invested the UK is into ai stock and companies if they’re pulling a move this desperate lmao
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Makes you wonder just how dangerously invested the UK is into ai stock and companies if they’re pulling a move this desperate lmao
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The lesson here is to never listen to "fans."
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 AM
The lesson here is to never listen to "fans."
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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We interpreted our politics through the lens of the Cow & Chicken World, comparing those we disagreed with to the series' main villain, The Red Guy, and carrying signs with slogans like "I Am Weasel" and "I R Baboon" 🫡
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
We interpreted our politics through the lens of the Cow & Chicken World, comparing those we disagreed with to the series' main villain, The Red Guy, and carrying signs with slogans like "I Am Weasel" and "I R Baboon" 🫡
This obviously got quickly no replied, but I do want to comment on it, so here goes.
Leonard Nimoy seems like the kind of actor that would have made the conscious decision for Spock to drop the nazi.
Leonard Nimoy seems like the kind of actor that would have made the conscious decision for Spock to drop the nazi.
January 25, 2026 at 10:26 AM
This obviously got quickly no replied, but I do want to comment on it, so here goes.
Leonard Nimoy seems like the kind of actor that would have made the conscious decision for Spock to drop the nazi.
Leonard Nimoy seems like the kind of actor that would have made the conscious decision for Spock to drop the nazi.
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when Spock does the neck pinch, even on bad guys, he always catches them and sets them down very politely. letting this guy fully just drop, leaving Jim to try to awkwardly scramble to catch him, is Vulcan for "it is always morally right to punch Nazis"
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 AM
when Spock does the neck pinch, even on bad guys, he always catches them and sets them down very politely. letting this guy fully just drop, leaving Jim to try to awkwardly scramble to catch him, is Vulcan for "it is always morally right to punch Nazis"
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An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
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Y'all, I need you to understand that this is a normie-ass paper in Interior Alaska. The fact that not only so many people are writing in, but the editorial decision to give it so much space, really seems to be an indication on how widespread the anger is.
This has been the Fairbanks News-Miner's editorial page on most days this month.
Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.
Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Y'all, I need you to understand that this is a normie-ass paper in Interior Alaska. The fact that not only so many people are writing in, but the editorial decision to give it so much space, really seems to be an indication on how widespread the anger is.
This goes *hard*
Before we can eat the delicious new loaf of bread, we must finish the horrible stale remnants of the old loaf of bread. Then, once the new loaf is itself grown old, we may start to eat it. And so it continues.
January 21, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This goes *hard*
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Before we can eat the delicious new loaf of bread, we must finish the horrible stale remnants of the old loaf of bread. Then, once the new loaf is itself grown old, we may start to eat it. And so it continues.
January 21, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Before we can eat the delicious new loaf of bread, we must finish the horrible stale remnants of the old loaf of bread. Then, once the new loaf is itself grown old, we may start to eat it. And so it continues.
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Reminder that it wasn't just right-wing columnists bigging up Trump after the 2024 election win.
Anas Sarwar too was saying how crucial it was to put Scottish business links ahead of silly political concerns
Somehow I doubt he will want this messaging in election flyers now
Anas Sarwar too was saying how crucial it was to put Scottish business links ahead of silly political concerns
Somehow I doubt he will want this messaging in election flyers now
January 21, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Reminder that it wasn't just right-wing columnists bigging up Trump after the 2024 election win.
Anas Sarwar too was saying how crucial it was to put Scottish business links ahead of silly political concerns
Somehow I doubt he will want this messaging in election flyers now
Anas Sarwar too was saying how crucial it was to put Scottish business links ahead of silly political concerns
Somehow I doubt he will want this messaging in election flyers now
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Married people HATE her.
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Married people HATE her.