@johngirvin.bsky.social
Computer botherer from Northern Ireland
https://johngirvin.com
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Not often you hear a Scooter track on Strictly.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Not often you hear a Scooter track on Strictly.
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Products that are possibly dangerous, defective, or compromised are pulled from sale all the time, and yet AI chatbots are left to continue chatting shit to suicidal teens. The double standards of accountability due to rich cunts wanting a return on investment boils my piss.
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Products that are possibly dangerous, defective, or compromised are pulled from sale all the time, and yet AI chatbots are left to continue chatting shit to suicidal teens. The double standards of accountability due to rich cunts wanting a return on investment boils my piss.
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Come to Belfast’s Continental Christmas Xmas market if you like slowly being carried along through a crowd of people looking at exotic treats like burgers, waffles, Game of Thrones chess sets, desk toys made of bolts, two hats for £10 and Nutella.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Come to Belfast’s Continental Christmas Xmas market if you like slowly being carried along through a crowd of people looking at exotic treats like burgers, waffles, Game of Thrones chess sets, desk toys made of bolts, two hats for £10 and Nutella.
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Obscene. You cannot possibly convince me a prosecution was in the public interest. This miscarriage of justice should be immediately quashed and both the DVLA and magistrate have some explaining to do.
Teenager prosecuted over £1.67 in unpaid tax on a car.
A criminal conviction for an offence that happened before she knew she even owned a car.
Infuriating that this kind of thing is still happening
Labour has failed to fix the #SingleJusticeProcedure
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...
A criminal conviction for an offence that happened before she knew she even owned a car.
Infuriating that this kind of thing is still happening
Labour has failed to fix the #SingleJusticeProcedure
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...
Teenager convicted over £1.67 unpaid tax bill for 18th birthday gift
The prosecution of the teenager happened in the controversial Single Justice Procedure
www.standard.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Obscene. You cannot possibly convince me a prosecution was in the public interest. This miscarriage of justice should be immediately quashed and both the DVLA and magistrate have some explaining to do.
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It's a real shame that no-one publishes a 3D map of our cities that shows the underground as well as the surface. Seeing the tunnels used by pedestrians, trains, roads, clean water, sewage, gas and electricity would be great. Hidden infrastructure that needs to be seen.
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It's a real shame that no-one publishes a 3D map of our cities that shows the underground as well as the surface. Seeing the tunnels used by pedestrians, trains, roads, clean water, sewage, gas and electricity would be great. Hidden infrastructure that needs to be seen.
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Bag for life: jimll.co.uk/products/you...
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Bag for life: jimll.co.uk/products/you...
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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
The absolute audacity of IKEA requiring me to have an actual woodworking tool to assemble this cabinet.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The absolute audacity of IKEA requiring me to have an actual woodworking tool to assemble this cabinet.
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Still my favourite example of why AI may be artificial, but it's definitely not intelligent
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Still my favourite example of why AI may be artificial, but it's definitely not intelligent
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everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
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this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
dont be shit dont be shit dont be shit dont be shit
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series » GateWorld
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm.
www.gateworld.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
dont be shit dont be shit dont be shit dont be shit
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November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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TRUST YOUR FEELINGS
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
TRUST YOUR FEELINGS
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It's the most wonderful time of the year: Scotland's gritter tracker is back! 🏴❄️🧊
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Scotland's gritter tracker is back! 🏴❄️🧊
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
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I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
![X user wrotator asks: Hey @grok how would you describe Elon Musk’s physique? How about his mind? And his relationship with his kids?
Grok answers: Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields [buying websites, electric car companies and spacecraft and destroying them]. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreibdrfwpkt563lqwl7xsvd5my6vufdjd7ov4sef4qm3sz4lx2t7jsq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
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Coming soon to a car touchscreen near you.
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Coming soon to a car touchscreen near you.
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do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
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🎵 …couldn’t bescape if I bonted to 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎵 …couldn’t bescape if I bonted to 🎶
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Huge education news today: The Supreme Court ruled Christian RE in Northern Ireland is ‘indoctrination’.
A historic win for the rights of children. The core syllabus is written by the 4 big churches and starts with:
‘LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD’.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
A historic win for the rights of children. The core syllabus is written by the 4 big churches and starts with:
‘LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD’.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Religious education: UK Supreme Court rules the RE taught in NI schools is unlawful
In a unanimous judgement the Supreme Court allowed an appeal by an unnamed father and daughter from Northern Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Huge education news today: The Supreme Court ruled Christian RE in Northern Ireland is ‘indoctrination’.
A historic win for the rights of children. The core syllabus is written by the 4 big churches and starts with:
‘LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD’.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
A historic win for the rights of children. The core syllabus is written by the 4 big churches and starts with:
‘LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD’.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
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Does anyone in my social media bubble have any personal experience of/recommendations for/warnings about storage companies?
A family member is moving, but doesn’t know where yet. They will need to store some furniture until they get a new place sorted out.
TIA!
A family member is moving, but doesn’t know where yet. They will need to store some furniture until they get a new place sorted out.
TIA!
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Does anyone in my social media bubble have any personal experience of/recommendations for/warnings about storage companies?
A family member is moving, but doesn’t know where yet. They will need to store some furniture until they get a new place sorted out.
TIA!
A family member is moving, but doesn’t know where yet. They will need to store some furniture until they get a new place sorted out.
TIA!
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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Oh if you insist.
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Oh if you insist.