Chris Emerson
@chris.emerson.social
Socialism, software, sailplanes, synths, space, science & sums. Software specialist at CGI & @qi.com
http://hachyderm.io/@cemerson
was @chris_emerson on Twitter
http://hachyderm.io/@cemerson
was @chris_emerson on Twitter
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Then stop.
James Cameron says he must find a cheaper way to produce the Avatar movies in order to continue making them. https://bit.ly/4qnlOpl
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Then stop.
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Avatar movies existing don't negatively effect me - I watched the first and thought it was pretty but empty, and have ignored the others, although I'm aware the second is Questionable - but there's no reason to announce this except to pave the way for using generative AI in future instalments.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Avatar movies existing don't negatively effect me - I watched the first and thought it was pretty but empty, and have ignored the others, although I'm aware the second is Questionable - but there's no reason to announce this except to pave the way for using generative AI in future instalments.
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Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
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"Congratulations, we are cutting migration. But we have persistently high NHS waiting lists, a shortage of social care, collapsing universities, missed housebuilding targets, lower economic growth and higher taxes."
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/fall...
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/fall...
Falling migration could be about to drive your taxes up
Our reliance on migration for economic stability and adequate care for our ageing population is obvious and undeniable
inews.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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This reminds me of a Cambridge professor who once told me:
“We do the *hard thinking* at Oxbridge…[pause]…whereas the *doing* is done in the provinces…”
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“We do the *hard thinking* at Oxbridge…[pause]…whereas the *doing* is done in the provinces…”
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““We don’t do hard luck stories,” sniffed one academic. “Oxford doesn’t do remedial education,” complained another…”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major
Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot, says professor of social mobility at ...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This reminds me of a Cambridge professor who once told me:
“We do the *hard thinking* at Oxbridge…[pause]…whereas the *doing* is done in the provinces…”
🙃
“We do the *hard thinking* at Oxbridge…[pause]…whereas the *doing* is done in the provinces…”
🙃
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Notts Techfast is back & we're starting 2026 the easy way ☕️🥐
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
What should Tech Meetups look like in 2026?, Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:30 AM | Meetup
## **Notts Techfast 2026: a relaxed kick-off to pick your brains**
Let’s start 2026 the easy way: **breakfast and a friendly chat** with local tech folks.
This month isn’
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January 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Notts Techfast is back & we're starting 2026 the easy way ☕️🥐
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
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Sometimes politics isn’t actually all that difficult. It’s just the current generation of Westminster leaders have an amazing gift for making everything seem that way.
It speaks to how broken MPs' media diet is that all parties didn't collectively go "pedophilia bad" at the first possible opportunity here
The least surprising poll finding you'll ever see:
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Sometimes politics isn’t actually all that difficult. It’s just the current generation of Westminster leaders have an amazing gift for making everything seem that way.
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Hinckley. Plus, news of two events I’d love to go to — the unveiling of Lovelace's new statue, and a Fieldwork-related event at the Uni of York that's come out of the workshop I did last year. I'd love to go to both, but I need your help to get there. ALD is still unfunded, and last year's been...
January 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Hinckley. Plus, news of two events I’d love to go to — the unveiling of Lovelace's new statue, and a Fieldwork-related event at the Uni of York that's come out of the workshop I did last year. I'd love to go to both, but I need your help to get there. ALD is still unfunded, and last year's been...
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Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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One of the few things that might actually get some kind of reaction from Musk would be the government and all MPs simply leaving X.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.
Liz Kendall to give a Commons statement today on online regulation. She wrote this Telegraph piece, calling this a tipping point.
I'd like to hear govt + the regulator show that they are taking the full range of unlawful content seriously - not just one strand
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
I'd like to hear govt + the regulator show that they are taking the full range of unlawful content seriously - not just one strand
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Sexual deepfakes are a disgrace – and we won’t stand for it
This Government is as determined to ensure women and girls are safe online as we are to ensure they are safe in the real world
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 AM
One of the few things that might actually get some kind of reaction from Musk would be the government and all MPs simply leaving X.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.
Back at work today and I hate it :(
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Back at work today and I hate it :(
Why are people even still on Twitter / X at this point? Is being owned by a Nazi not enough of an impetus to leave, even before all the recent goings on?
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Why are people even still on Twitter / X at this point? Is being owned by a Nazi not enough of an impetus to leave, even before all the recent goings on?
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The Rehearsal, season 2, the most insane finale of any series of all time, just jaws to the floor from the first minute to the genius final line.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The Rehearsal, season 2, the most insane finale of any series of all time, just jaws to the floor from the first minute to the genius final line.
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how the fuck can any journalist remain on this fucking website.
January 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
how the fuck can any journalist remain on this fucking website.
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Save this, it's perfect.
December 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Save this, it's perfect.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What do you want Notts Techfast to be next year?
Rather than guessing, we’ve started a short community poll in the Discussions section (www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...)
Wishing you a healthy & relaxing end to the year & look forward to connecting with you throughout 2026! 🎄🎅🏻
Rather than guessing, we’ve started a short community poll in the Discussions section (www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...)
Wishing you a healthy & relaxing end to the year & look forward to connecting with you throughout 2026! 🎄🎅🏻
New arrival! Thanks @jongracey.bsky.social & co!
December 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New arrival! Thanks @jongracey.bsky.social & co!
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Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"
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Imagine being a Labour MP and thinking that using "lefties" as a slur is going to win back voters. Not only have they lost all identity, they're also utterly clueless.
Yet another crap video from another Labour MP (Josh Simons) attacking me and "lefties."
Showing us exactly who they are.
They serve only power & weath.
2026 - the year of people power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Showing us exactly who they are.
They serve only power & weath.
2026 - the year of people power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Imagine being a Labour MP and thinking that using "lefties" as a slur is going to win back voters. Not only have they lost all identity, they're also utterly clueless.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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This will not go well.
What this will do is push teenagers, already more digitally literate than lawmakers, into using increasingly sketchy methods to avoid age checks.
Let me tell you how I know... 🧵
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What this will do is push teenagers, already more digitally literate than lawmakers, into using increasingly sketchy methods to avoid age checks.
Let me tell you how I know... 🧵
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December 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This will not go well.
What this will do is push teenagers, already more digitally literate than lawmakers, into using increasingly sketchy methods to avoid age checks.
Let me tell you how I know... 🧵
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What this will do is push teenagers, already more digitally literate than lawmakers, into using increasingly sketchy methods to avoid age checks.
Let me tell you how I know... 🧵
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Trying to pull a cable through my extremely inaccessible loft for my ceiling mounted access point... it's been a hell of a task! I've now got the cable attached to a fishing tape but can't pull it through so now I'm going to pull string through instead and then pull the cable the other way with that
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trying to pull a cable through my extremely inaccessible loft for my ceiling mounted access point... it's been a hell of a task! I've now got the cable attached to a fishing tape but can't pull it through so now I'm going to pull string through instead and then pull the cable the other way with that
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January 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM