Neil Turner
@neilturner.me.uk
Millennial Yorkshire queer partially deaf geek dad/husband. Works in university admissions, specialising in PhD and MBA. Likes photography and social media, doesn't like writing in the third person. He/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️#LGBwiththeT https://neilturner.me.uk
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Neil Turner
@neilturner.me.uk
· Nov 16
Hello. - Neil Turner's Blog
I’m Neil Turner, a UK-based queer higher education professional with interests in technology, social media and photography, and this is my presence on the web. I have a blog (here), and I am also on t...
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I guess it's time for another #introduction post? I'm Neil, I work in Higher Education and have been *very* online for a long time. Currently a co-chair of LGBTQ+ staff network at work, hearing aid user, interested in transport and live in Yorkshire. Blog at neilturner.me.uk updated every other day.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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For connoisseurs of utterly mental extensions on mundane houses (via reddit)
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
January 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
For connoisseurs of utterly mental extensions on mundane houses (via reddit)
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
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I just saw a video talking about the Tesla door safety problem and the number of comments that are like, "well you should read the manual" are...shocking.
No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?
No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?
January 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I just saw a video talking about the Tesla door safety problem and the number of comments that are like, "well you should read the manual" are...shocking.
No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?
No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?
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“…the creators of these [nonconsensual, violent AI] images often seemed to be treating the action like a game or meme, with an air of laughter & detachment.”
January 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“…the creators of these [nonconsensual, violent AI] images often seemed to be treating the action like a game or meme, with an air of laughter & detachment.”
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it's a massive failure of our society that we have allowed companies to distance themselves from the horrible things said by their AI, which has been created to represent them. if your AI says it, it should be equivalent to a live human person making the same statement, and treated accordingly
January 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
it's a massive failure of our society that we have allowed companies to distance themselves from the horrible things said by their AI, which has been created to represent them. if your AI says it, it should be equivalent to a live human person making the same statement, and treated accordingly
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One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
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Oh so we’re in another illegal imperialist war now? Cool way to start the year.
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Oh so we’re in another illegal imperialist war now? Cool way to start the year.
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Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
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I still maintain the single worst change Elon made in terms of pure user experience was updating replies to favor the people willing to pay for the blue checks
instantly - overnight - reply sections changed from a font of creative riffing to a barren wasteland of the worst posts imaginable
instantly - overnight - reply sections changed from a font of creative riffing to a barren wasteland of the worst posts imaginable
I left twitter a year ago and I wish I could say it was for moral reasons but it was mostly because it just stopped working and it felt like there were more real people here despite the smaller user base
January 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I still maintain the single worst change Elon made in terms of pure user experience was updating replies to favor the people willing to pay for the blue checks
instantly - overnight - reply sections changed from a font of creative riffing to a barren wasteland of the worst posts imaginable
instantly - overnight - reply sections changed from a font of creative riffing to a barren wasteland of the worst posts imaginable
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this post is even funnier with the fancy uk schools labeler on
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
this post is even funnier with the fancy uk schools labeler on
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"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
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Internet 2026:
ChatGPT: like owning a parrot that encourages you to kill yourself
X: slobbering attention whores eat all the child porn they can AI-generate while complaining women won’t talk to them
BlueSky: pleasant and well-meaning, but slightly itching to correct my use of the word “whores”
ChatGPT: like owning a parrot that encourages you to kill yourself
X: slobbering attention whores eat all the child porn they can AI-generate while complaining women won’t talk to them
BlueSky: pleasant and well-meaning, but slightly itching to correct my use of the word “whores”
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Internet 2026:
ChatGPT: like owning a parrot that encourages you to kill yourself
X: slobbering attention whores eat all the child porn they can AI-generate while complaining women won’t talk to them
BlueSky: pleasant and well-meaning, but slightly itching to correct my use of the word “whores”
ChatGPT: like owning a parrot that encourages you to kill yourself
X: slobbering attention whores eat all the child porn they can AI-generate while complaining women won’t talk to them
BlueSky: pleasant and well-meaning, but slightly itching to correct my use of the word “whores”
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A tiny blog because I had to say how much I loved this utterly pointless bit of design in the Merseyrail app: www.merseytart.com/2026/01/not-... (h/t to the Dull Men's Club on Facebook)
Not Dull At All
Thanks to Amy Lou in the really delightful Dull Men's Club on Facebook for pointing this out. If you track your train on the Wirral Line a...
www.merseytart.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A tiny blog because I had to say how much I loved this utterly pointless bit of design in the Merseyrail app: www.merseytart.com/2026/01/not-... (h/t to the Dull Men's Club on Facebook)
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In the most unsurprising news of 2026 so far, Uber remains a company of fuckers.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK’s new ‘taxi tax’
Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
In the most unsurprising news of 2026 so far, Uber remains a company of fuckers.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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A reminder that the UK remains a member of the Council of Europe that represents 46 EU and non-EU member states.
The Council of Europe's flag is blue with a circle of 12 gold stars, its official anthem is Beethoven's Ode To Joy.
Great to see the UK's membership celebrated.
The Council of Europe's flag is blue with a circle of 12 gold stars, its official anthem is Beethoven's Ode To Joy.
Great to see the UK's membership celebrated.
January 1, 2026 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that the UK remains a member of the Council of Europe that represents 46 EU and non-EU member states.
The Council of Europe's flag is blue with a circle of 12 gold stars, its official anthem is Beethoven's Ode To Joy.
Great to see the UK's membership celebrated.
The Council of Europe's flag is blue with a circle of 12 gold stars, its official anthem is Beethoven's Ode To Joy.
Great to see the UK's membership celebrated.
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Sounds like the sort of thing a completely innocent party would say when asked about the CSA images it keeps creating and publishing at the request of unapologetic paedophiles
January 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Sounds like the sort of thing a completely innocent party would say when asked about the CSA images it keeps creating and publishing at the request of unapologetic paedophiles
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I can see the doctors doing the air quotes to him irl
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I can see the doctors doing the air quotes to him irl
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Due to feedback from our testers, we have decided to patch "Happy New Year" to "Acceptable New Year" to avoid disappointment and better match the realities of the market.
January 2, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Due to feedback from our testers, we have decided to patch "Happy New Year" to "Acceptable New Year" to avoid disappointment and better match the realities of the market.
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Very much all of this.
The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho.
As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense
The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho.
As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense
What the war against London really is about. V good by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social #Giftlink
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
The plot against London
Distorted attacks by the populist right are really about demography
giftarticle.ft.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Very much all of this.
The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho.
As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense
The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho.
As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense
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I’m so furious that legal NSFW art and artists are being slowly gentrified off the internet while billionaires make CSAM-generating robots with impunity
January 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I’m so furious that legal NSFW art and artists are being slowly gentrified off the internet while billionaires make CSAM-generating robots with impunity
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A great thread by my friend, the peerless @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social - a must #follow on foreign affairs.
As (intimidatingly) brilliant as always.
As (intimidatingly) brilliant as always.
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
A great thread by my friend, the peerless @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social - a must #follow on foreign affairs.
As (intimidatingly) brilliant as always.
As (intimidatingly) brilliant as always.