Geeklawyer
@geeklawyer.bsky.social
Ex-barrister & tech company director. Politically centre right, not libertarian. Mostly grumpy & foul mouthed. Write bad code for fun, photographer, sing bass in a choir. UK based. Do not write about the law.
Convinced everyone else is an hallucination.
Convinced everyone else is an hallucination.
Why do politicians still do the photo "pointy" thing?
All this says to me is "I'll fuck you up if write anything bad mate"
All this says to me is "I'll fuck you up if write anything bad mate"
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Why do politicians still do the photo "pointy" thing?
All this says to me is "I'll fuck you up if write anything bad mate"
All this says to me is "I'll fuck you up if write anything bad mate"
I've eaten these, in Hakodate fish market in Japan, the meat is oddly sweet. If I'd known this I'd have been able to grunt "Braaaainz!"
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Sea Urchins Are Basically Brains Covered in Spikes, Study Finds
The pointy shell of sea urchins hides a remarkably complex neural network that resembles the brains of vertebrates, new research suggests.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I've eaten these, in Hakodate fish market in Japan, the meat is oddly sweet. If I'd known this I'd have been able to grunt "Braaaainz!"
gizmodo.com/sea-urchins-...
gizmodo.com/sea-urchins-...
bwhahaha. Oh my.🤣
"The company mistakenly included documents ... Details were written in white text on a white background but were spotted by staff at the regulator."
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"The company mistakenly included documents ... Details were written in white text on a white background but were spotted by staff at the regulator."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Paperwork blunder by UK bookmaker reveals possible illegal offshore operation
Gambling Commission may launch inquiry after finding potentially incriminating evidence hidden in documents, sources say
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
bwhahaha. Oh my.🤣
"The company mistakenly included documents ... Details were written in white text on a white background but were spotted by staff at the regulator."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"The company mistakenly included documents ... Details were written in white text on a white background but were spotted by staff at the regulator."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Someone is turning mushrooms into high frequency low power memristors?! WTAF?!
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Sustainable memristors from shiitake mycelium for high-frequency bioelectronics
Neuromorphic computing, inspired by the structure of the brain, offers advantages in parallel processing, memory storage, and energy efficiency. However, current semiconductor-based neuromorphic chips...
journals.plos.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Someone is turning mushrooms into high frequency low power memristors?! WTAF?!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Genius app error message #154: "something went wrong" ffs
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Genius app error message #154: "something went wrong" ffs
This Apple Liquid Glass theme is pretty much like something for kids. Not really impressed
September 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This Apple Liquid Glass theme is pretty much like something for kids. Not really impressed
Don't try looking cute new kitty. 20 fleas and counting.
September 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Don't try looking cute new kitty. 20 fleas and counting.
We got new kitteh!! Cuuute
September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We got new kitteh!! Cuuute
Listening to some idiot bleating about how a blockchain can provide accountability for the supply chain in fashion. Bizarre that three are people peddling this crap in 2025.
September 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Listening to some idiot bleating about how a blockchain can provide accountability for the supply chain in fashion. Bizarre that three are people peddling this crap in 2025.
Just a reminder: leave a slip of paper with all your passwords and pins somewhere/with someone. Your executor and family will really appreciate it.
Just spent /ages/ accessing locked Apple devices for someone who mistakenly thought he'd live forever & I got lucky luckily.
Just spent /ages/ accessing locked Apple devices for someone who mistakenly thought he'd live forever & I got lucky luckily.
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Just a reminder: leave a slip of paper with all your passwords and pins somewhere/with someone. Your executor and family will really appreciate it.
Just spent /ages/ accessing locked Apple devices for someone who mistakenly thought he'd live forever & I got lucky luckily.
Just spent /ages/ accessing locked Apple devices for someone who mistakenly thought he'd live forever & I got lucky luckily.
Reading all the commentary in the US about the Kirk shooting and I've come to the realisation that what we actually witnessed was, in reality, the second killing of Jesus, not a right wing extremist.
September 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reading all the commentary in the US about the Kirk shooting and I've come to the realisation that what we actually witnessed was, in reality, the second killing of Jesus, not a right wing extremist.
Oh lordy Peter, again?! Third time not so lucky for you: dodgy loans, dodgy passports, dodgy mates.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador by Keir Starmer over emails to Jeffrey Epstein
The Foreign Office says he was fired
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Oh lordy Peter, again?! Third time not so lucky for you: dodgy loans, dodgy passports, dodgy mates.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
this is my kind of choir, do they need a second Bass? I do get a bit bored with Agnus Dei sometimes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bangor Cathedral choir suspended over 'inappropriate' hymn
Bangor Cathedral choir walk out of a communion service in a protest over proposed job cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
this is my kind of choir, do they need a second Bass? I do get a bit bored with Agnus Dei sometimes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The government deliberately timed the emergency alert to fuck up my afternoon nap. Starmer hates this country.
September 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The government deliberately timed the emergency alert to fuck up my afternoon nap. Starmer hates this country.
wait, I need to age check to DM?! fuck right off. The "Won't Somebody Think of the Children" crowd are Disneyfying the UK Internet
September 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
wait, I need to age check to DM?! fuck right off. The "Won't Somebody Think of the Children" crowd are Disneyfying the UK Internet
Is it ok to be glad Rayner has gone solely because of her irritating smirk?
September 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Is it ok to be glad Rayner has gone solely because of her irritating smirk?
I've definitely reached that stage of life where it's funerals all the time not marriages. Another friend has just popped off to join the eternal bus queue in the sky. Brother-in-law last week, cat the week before.
Clearing my browser history every week now.
Clearing my browser history every week now.
September 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I've definitely reached that stage of life where it's funerals all the time not marriages. Another friend has just popped off to join the eternal bus queue in the sky. Brother-in-law last week, cat the week before.
Clearing my browser history every week now.
Clearing my browser history every week now.
We got this present for our boy’s 8th birthday. Embarrassed to admit how many decades since I used one in anger.
September 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We got this present for our boy’s 8th birthday. Embarrassed to admit how many decades since I used one in anger.
Unpleasant of the BBC to show us a picture of the piece of cancerous skin removed.
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Gordon Ramsay says he had treatment to remove skin cancer
The TV chef thanked his medical team for their 'fast, reactive work' to remove the cancer.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Unpleasant of the BBC to show us a picture of the piece of cancerous skin removed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ah Lawrence renaissance man. At last, a comedy character #thearchers
August 31, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Ah Lawrence renaissance man. At last, a comedy character #thearchers
"water sommelier"?! Water. Sommelier. JesusFC I've heard it all. And look at that idiotic hipster flying his grift; says it all. Try to charge me £19 for water and you'll get mine for free.
#OldManShoutsAtTheClouds
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
#OldManShoutsAtTheClouds
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Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?
A restaurant in the English county of Cheshire has launched a water menu, as have a number of US establishments. Is it really possible, though, to tell one terroir from another?
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"water sommelier"?! Water. Sommelier. JesusFC I've heard it all. And look at that idiotic hipster flying his grift; says it all. Try to charge me £19 for water and you'll get mine for free.
#OldManShoutsAtTheClouds
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
#OldManShoutsAtTheClouds
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Meta began poaching talent from ... OpenAI, promising... millions of dollars. OpenAI executives at the time described the feeling as though “someone has broken into our home and stolen *something*.”
You aren't a person, you're a thing, a thing they own.
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You aren't a person, you're a thing, a thing they own.
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Meta’s Already Bleeding AI Talent Two Months Into Hiring Spree
Zuckerberg’s quest to artificial superintelligence is off to a rocky start. OpenAI, however, gets the final laugh.
gizmodo.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Meta began poaching talent from ... OpenAI, promising... millions of dollars. OpenAI executives at the time described the feeling as though “someone has broken into our home and stolen *something*.”
You aren't a person, you're a thing, a thing they own.
gizmodo.com/metas-alread...
You aren't a person, you're a thing, a thing they own.
gizmodo.com/metas-alread...
The Wow! space signal may just be a suddenly warmed cold hydrogen cloud? I am so sad. WhyTF is it /never/ aliens? why? Damn you science.
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Astronomers Revisit the Mysterious Wow! Signal—and Find a Big Surprise
Researchers have been trying to explain this bizarre radio signal for decades. A new study hones in on its potential source.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Wow! space signal may just be a suddenly warmed cold hydrogen cloud? I am so sad. WhyTF is it /never/ aliens? why? Damn you science.
gizmodo.com/astronomers-...
gizmodo.com/astronomers-...