Lee Duncan
@leeduncanis.me
AFC Bournemouth 🍒 and Soundgarden fan. Data Architect @ IOP Publishing. Tiramisu connoisseur. Bristol, UK. He/him
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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?
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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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I don't use the word lightly, but this is really just evil isn't it. "Your identity makes us uncomfortable so be gone from public spaces." Fuck off.
I mean come on: we'll ask but reserve right to exclude you on the basis of how you look. Oh, and if you try to use your birth sex specific facilities we'll kick you out of those as well.
Get fucked.
Get fucked.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I don't use the word lightly, but this is really just evil isn't it. "Your identity makes us uncomfortable so be gone from public spaces." Fuck off.
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I suspect they're delaying it because its mental and unworkable - and is clearly aimed at the exclusion of trans, and gender conforming people, from society.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I suspect they're delaying it because its mental and unworkable - and is clearly aimed at the exclusion of trans, and gender conforming people, from society.
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Hands all over western culture
Ruffling feathers, turning eagles into vultures
Yeah, into vultures
- Soundgarden, "Hands All Over" from the album "Louder Than Love"
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HkTiS6SmtO9GcoEQjIDee
Ruffling feathers, turning eagles into vultures
Yeah, into vultures
- Soundgarden, "Hands All Over" from the album "Louder Than Love"
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HkTiS6SmtO9GcoEQjIDee
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Hands all over western culture
Ruffling feathers, turning eagles into vultures
Yeah, into vultures
- Soundgarden, "Hands All Over" from the album "Louder Than Love"
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HkTiS6SmtO9GcoEQjIDee
Ruffling feathers, turning eagles into vultures
Yeah, into vultures
- Soundgarden, "Hands All Over" from the album "Louder Than Love"
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HkTiS6SmtO9GcoEQjIDee
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Whatsoever I've feared has come to light
And whatsoever I've fought off became my life
Just when every day seemed to greet me with a smile
Sunspots have faded
Now I'm doing time
- Soundgarden, "Fell On Black Days" from the album "Superunknown"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wlKw9NAWVWpx7OIAyg9EA
And whatsoever I've fought off became my life
Just when every day seemed to greet me with a smile
Sunspots have faded
Now I'm doing time
- Soundgarden, "Fell On Black Days" from the album "Superunknown"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wlKw9NAWVWpx7OIAyg9EA
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Whatsoever I've feared has come to light
And whatsoever I've fought off became my life
Just when every day seemed to greet me with a smile
Sunspots have faded
Now I'm doing time
- Soundgarden, "Fell On Black Days" from the album "Superunknown"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wlKw9NAWVWpx7OIAyg9EA
And whatsoever I've fought off became my life
Just when every day seemed to greet me with a smile
Sunspots have faded
Now I'm doing time
- Soundgarden, "Fell On Black Days" from the album "Superunknown"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wlKw9NAWVWpx7OIAyg9EA
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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I simply do not understand how the govt can simultaneously believe (1) they don’t have enough political capital to breach the manifesto on tax and (2) they have enough to political capital to pick an unwinnable fight with their own MPs on immigration.
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I simply do not understand how the govt can simultaneously believe (1) they don’t have enough political capital to breach the manifesto on tax and (2) they have enough to political capital to pick an unwinnable fight with their own MPs on immigration.
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Doesn’t matter. “Starmer and Mahmood wanted to take jewellery from asylum seekers” is a mark those two will never be able to wash off and which the party as a whole will have to put in onerous work to remove.
My guess is they will end up u-turning on the jewellery thing (you can already see it being softening in interviews) and possibly the 20 years (which is way longer than Denmark).
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Doesn’t matter. “Starmer and Mahmood wanted to take jewellery from asylum seekers” is a mark those two will never be able to wash off and which the party as a whole will have to put in onerous work to remove.
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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Breathe and take it in and gently blow it on
Drink it down and swallow hard and gaze
Roll the potion up, stare your shadow down
Remember to forget and then rename your shame
- Soundgarden, "Overfloater" from the album "Down On The Upside"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1U8v17QBWhtJqLmJxk4Sr6
Drink it down and swallow hard and gaze
Roll the potion up, stare your shadow down
Remember to forget and then rename your shame
- Soundgarden, "Overfloater" from the album "Down On The Upside"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1U8v17QBWhtJqLmJxk4Sr6
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Breathe and take it in and gently blow it on
Drink it down and swallow hard and gaze
Roll the potion up, stare your shadow down
Remember to forget and then rename your shame
- Soundgarden, "Overfloater" from the album "Down On The Upside"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1U8v17QBWhtJqLmJxk4Sr6
Drink it down and swallow hard and gaze
Roll the potion up, stare your shadow down
Remember to forget and then rename your shame
- Soundgarden, "Overfloater" from the album "Down On The Upside"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1U8v17QBWhtJqLmJxk4Sr6
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Mo Farah would not have been a British citizen for the 2012 Olympics if Labour had introduced their new asylum plan.
Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Sir Mo Farah reveals 'the truth' about how he came to the UK
The Olympic star was warned speaking out could put his British citizenship at "real risk" - but it is understood the Home Office is taking no action against him.
news.sky.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Mo Farah would not have been a British citizen for the 2012 Olympics if Labour had introduced their new asylum plan.
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Labour is a “godsend” for Farage says the far-right.
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Labour is a “godsend” for Farage says the far-right.
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"We will introduce a fresh racist policy every day until racism is defeated"
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"We will introduce a fresh racist policy every day until racism is defeated"
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they did it
they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
they did it
they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
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Truly beautiful insane tweet
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Truly beautiful insane tweet
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Someone falls to pieces, sleeping all alone
Someone kills the pain, spinning in the silence
She finally drifts away
- Audioslave, "Be Yourself" from the album "Out Of Exile"
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sqp1w76zjW3K04htuRA8H
Someone kills the pain, spinning in the silence
She finally drifts away
- Audioslave, "Be Yourself" from the album "Out Of Exile"
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sqp1w76zjW3K04htuRA8H
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Someone falls to pieces, sleeping all alone
Someone kills the pain, spinning in the silence
She finally drifts away
- Audioslave, "Be Yourself" from the album "Out Of Exile"
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sqp1w76zjW3K04htuRA8H
Someone kills the pain, spinning in the silence
She finally drifts away
- Audioslave, "Be Yourself" from the album "Out Of Exile"
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sqp1w76zjW3K04htuRA8H
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From the crack in the blackness I wake
It's getting closer every night
And my city, the playground, is a battleground
Between the wrong and the right
- Audioslave, "Sound Of A Gun" from the album "Revelations"
https://open.spotify.com/track/607rEla3PcaMLP1Fei4xoP
It's getting closer every night
And my city, the playground, is a battleground
Between the wrong and the right
- Audioslave, "Sound Of A Gun" from the album "Revelations"
https://open.spotify.com/track/607rEla3PcaMLP1Fei4xoP
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
From the crack in the blackness I wake
It's getting closer every night
And my city, the playground, is a battleground
Between the wrong and the right
- Audioslave, "Sound Of A Gun" from the album "Revelations"
https://open.spotify.com/track/607rEla3PcaMLP1Fei4xoP
It's getting closer every night
And my city, the playground, is a battleground
Between the wrong and the right
- Audioslave, "Sound Of A Gun" from the album "Revelations"
https://open.spotify.com/track/607rEla3PcaMLP1Fei4xoP
Baroness Lloyd is a fatuous idiot. Can we ban fatuous idiots from government anymore than we can ban VPNs? No.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Baroness Lloyd is a fatuous idiot. Can we ban fatuous idiots from government anymore than we can ban VPNs? No.
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With the caveat that it's impossible to know what is really happening from such a short story, this is clearly a terrible idea www.theguardian.com/education/20...
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
With the caveat that it's impossible to know what is really happening from such a short story, this is clearly a terrible idea www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.