Optimaximal
@optimaximal.bsky.social
40-something IT & Telecoms Manager by day / Minis, Gunpla, Games and other nonsense by night. He/Him.
Trying to escape all the nonsense from Elmo's Hellscape.
Trying to escape all the nonsense from Elmo's Hellscape.
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In honour of John Redwood joining the Lords, I revive and oldie but a goodie: 'Lord' R pretending (badly) to know the Welsh national anthem when he was *checks notes* Secretary of State for Wales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA1g...
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
In honour of John Redwood joining the Lords, I revive and oldie but a goodie: 'Lord' R pretending (badly) to know the Welsh national anthem when he was *checks notes* Secretary of State for Wales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA1g...
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This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
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@itsdanthomas.bsky.social Congrats on your new role in the incoming administration...
February 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
@itsdanthomas.bsky.social Congrats on your new role in the incoming administration...
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It's wild to me that, even before all this, we had on record Bannon saying something along the lines of "we're going to use gamergate to turn kids into Nazis" and barely anyone flinched
February 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It's wild to me that, even before all this, we had on record Bannon saying something along the lines of "we're going to use gamergate to turn kids into Nazis" and barely anyone flinched
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A viral image which supposedly shows Nigel Farage visiting a child with terminal cancer in hospital isn’t real.
It’s based on a real picture of a boy with cancer, which has then been edited with the help of AI to include the Reform UK leader.
It’s based on a real picture of a boy with cancer, which has then been edited with the help of AI to include the Reform UK leader.
Picture of child with cancer edited to include Nigel Farage – Full Fact
An image which has gone viral on Facebook and supposedly shows the Reform UK leader fulfilling a child’s “final wish” by visiting them in hospital isn’t real.
fullfact.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
A viral image which supposedly shows Nigel Farage visiting a child with terminal cancer in hospital isn’t real.
It’s based on a real picture of a boy with cancer, which has then been edited with the help of AI to include the Reform UK leader.
It’s based on a real picture of a boy with cancer, which has then been edited with the help of AI to include the Reform UK leader.
Sound the Alarm!
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February 2, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Sound the Alarm!
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Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
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Ahahahhahahahah. No comment.
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/27/cursor-lies-about-vibe-coding-a-web-browser-with-ai/
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/27/cursor-lies-about-vibe-coding-a-web-browser-with-ai/
Cursor lies about vibe-coding a web browser with AI
Here’s an awesome tweet from Michael Truell, CEO of Anysphere, who make vibe code editor Cursor: [Twitter, archive] We built a browser with GPT-5.2 in Cursor. It ran uninterrupted for one week. It’s 3M+ lines of code across thousands of files. The rendering engine is from-scratch in Rust with HTML parsing, CSS cascade, layout, text […]
pivot-to-ai.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Ahahahhahahahah. No comment.
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/27/cursor-lies-about-vibe-coding-a-web-browser-with-ai/
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/27/cursor-lies-about-vibe-coding-a-web-browser-with-ai/
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DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
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"The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that, whatever its long-term potential, contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs."
archive.is/hvRv2
archive.is/hvRv2
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM
"The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that, whatever its long-term potential, contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs."
archive.is/hvRv2
archive.is/hvRv2
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imagine being so rotted that Bruce Springsteen writes a brand new song about how much you suck shit and announces it by saying “by the way I’m so fucking mad that I banged this out in 24 hours”
how are you still up and walking around after being slammed like that
how are you still up and walking around after being slammed like that
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 PM
imagine being so rotted that Bruce Springsteen writes a brand new song about how much you suck shit and announces it by saying “by the way I’m so fucking mad that I banged this out in 24 hours”
how are you still up and walking around after being slammed like that
how are you still up and walking around after being slammed like that
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I and many others predicted this long ago. VPNs now headed for UK age gating. Amendment 94a is also massive, given its potential scope. reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-...
UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
The vote marks a stunning turn, pulling VPNs and private platforms into an age-check regime once unthinkable in a democracy.
reclaimthenet.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I and many others predicted this long ago. VPNs now headed for UK age gating. Amendment 94a is also massive, given its potential scope. reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-...
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Age gating VPNs is a truly horrible idea. Teenagers deserve some kind of private access to the internet – which might mean LGB resources, or access to contraception or abortion advice, or resources to help with parental abuse.
Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.
Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.
I and many others predicted this long ago. VPNs now headed for UK age gating. Amendment 94a is also massive, given its potential scope. reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-...
UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
The vote marks a stunning turn, pulling VPNs and private platforms into an age-check regime once unthinkable in a democracy.
reclaimthenet.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Age gating VPNs is a truly horrible idea. Teenagers deserve some kind of private access to the internet – which might mean LGB resources, or access to contraception or abortion advice, or resources to help with parental abuse.
Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.
Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.
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*hisses like a cat* BAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
*hisses like a cat* BAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
"We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive force, we'd be unstoppable, but we won't do that."
"I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I won't use force."
None of this is even approaching a 'guarantee'...
"I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I won't use force."
None of this is even approaching a 'guarantee'...
January 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive force, we'd be unstoppable, but we won't do that."
"I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I won't use force."
None of this is even approaching a 'guarantee'...
"I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I won't use force."
None of this is even approaching a 'guarantee'...
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"ratio of chinese to Indian restaurants near military bases"
good grief, that's literally a bit from a 1970s BBC sitcom
youtu.be/oJ-9R6NCZ0A?...
good grief, that's literally a bit from a 1970s BBC sitcom
youtu.be/oJ-9R6NCZ0A?...
Jimmy's Secret Army
YouTube video by David Tingley
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 AM
"ratio of chinese to Indian restaurants near military bases"
good grief, that's literally a bit from a 1970s BBC sitcom
youtu.be/oJ-9R6NCZ0A?...
good grief, that's literally a bit from a 1970s BBC sitcom
youtu.be/oJ-9R6NCZ0A?...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Apparently they were reluctant to publish this version
January 17, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Apparently they were reluctant to publish this version