Rick Crawford
@rickcrawf.bsky.social
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“Insane” says Goodwin. We were in the throes of civil unrest & this twat told ppl to “Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground”
Goodwin wants us to believe it was merely an “anti immigration tweet” rather than reality: incitement to riot/murder.
Goodwin wants us to believe it was merely an “anti immigration tweet” rather than reality: incitement to riot/murder.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Insane” says Goodwin. We were in the throes of civil unrest & this twat told ppl to “Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground”
Goodwin wants us to believe it was merely an “anti immigration tweet” rather than reality: incitement to riot/murder.
Goodwin wants us to believe it was merely an “anti immigration tweet” rather than reality: incitement to riot/murder.
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Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
loreandordure.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
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A review of foreign interference in British democracy might close down some of the loopholes which make laundering foreign donations pretty straightforward.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Urgent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics
An independent review, led by Philip Rycroft, into foreign financial interference in UK politics has been commissioned by the government.
www.gov.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A review of foreign interference in British democracy might close down some of the loopholes which make laundering foreign donations pretty straightforward.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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The enemy within
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The enemy within
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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that's right, double down, you hateful piece of shit, even your own supporters hate this, they're just starting to realize that all stick no carrot means they get the stick, too
Trump on Rob Reiner: He was a deranged person… Trump derangement syndrome. I was not a fan. I thought he was very bad for our country.
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
that's right, double down, you hateful piece of shit, even your own supporters hate this, they're just starting to realize that all stick no carrot means they get the stick, too
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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This line rankled in the Beeb's write-up of tributes to Rob and Michele Reiner.
It flows into Trump saying the deaths were "very sad", as if it were a tribute like the others.
And as for "a swipe" - 90% of Trump's post was mockery and boasting.
It flows into Trump saying the deaths were "very sad", as if it were a tribute like the others.
And as for "a swipe" - 90% of Trump's post was mockery and boasting.
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This line rankled in the Beeb's write-up of tributes to Rob and Michele Reiner.
It flows into Trump saying the deaths were "very sad", as if it were a tribute like the others.
And as for "a swipe" - 90% of Trump's post was mockery and boasting.
It flows into Trump saying the deaths were "very sad", as if it were a tribute like the others.
And as for "a swipe" - 90% of Trump's post was mockery and boasting.
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The kind of sick fuck who wants to find a superficially deniable way to communicate to his followers that violence against people who say mean things about him is encouraged.
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The kind of sick fuck who wants to find a superficially deniable way to communicate to his followers that violence against people who say mean things about him is encouraged.
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I am a TV journalist so by definition, I watch A LOT OF TV.
I cannot think of a single drama in which this - or anything like this - has happened.
This geezer is just making shit up. And the increasingly laughably self-styled Newspaper of Record is publishing it.
I cannot think of a single drama in which this - or anything like this - has happened.
This geezer is just making shit up. And the increasingly laughably self-styled Newspaper of Record is publishing it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am a TV journalist so by definition, I watch A LOT OF TV.
I cannot think of a single drama in which this - or anything like this - has happened.
This geezer is just making shit up. And the increasingly laughably self-styled Newspaper of Record is publishing it.
I cannot think of a single drama in which this - or anything like this - has happened.
This geezer is just making shit up. And the increasingly laughably self-styled Newspaper of Record is publishing it.
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I’m sure everyone has done this take already, but:
He thinks people can become butterflies, but he can’t accept his trans daughter.
He thinks people can become butterflies, but he can’t accept his trans daughter.
He really doesn’t understand any of the most basic biology concepts at all, huh
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I’m sure everyone has done this take already, but:
He thinks people can become butterflies, but he can’t accept his trans daughter.
He thinks people can become butterflies, but he can’t accept his trans daughter.
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If the Daily Mail backs Reform UK at the next election, it will be the first time it hasn't supported the Conservative Party since it came out in favour of the British Union of Fascists
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If the Daily Mail backs Reform UK at the next election, it will be the first time it hasn't supported the Conservative Party since it came out in favour of the British Union of Fascists
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Talk TV appear to have an editorial policy based on hypocrisy and cowardice, describing as reprehensible views that they actively seek to platform, while denying that when asked
December 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Talk TV appear to have an editorial policy based on hypocrisy and cowardice, describing as reprehensible views that they actively seek to platform, while denying that when asked
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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This is what he says when doesn’t care about the people who died
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is what he says when doesn’t care about the people who died
Maybe @profbriancox.bsky.social is looking for some green ink from Mancunians?
When faced with an American asking if Manchester is inside or outside London, he says "the best I can say is it is near Liverpool".
When faced with an American asking if Manchester is inside or outside London, he says "the best I can say is it is near Liverpool".
**Free-Range Physics**
An unbound conversation about cosmology and the nature of reality with UK’s @ProfBrianCox.
A @StarTalk Original
[Video: 1h 45m]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWa...
An unbound conversation about cosmology and the nature of reality with UK’s @ProfBrianCox.
A @StarTalk Original
[Video: 1h 45m]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWa...
Are We The Universe’s Way of Knowing Itself? With Brian Cox
YouTube video by StarTalk
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Maybe @profbriancox.bsky.social is looking for some green ink from Mancunians?
When faced with an American asking if Manchester is inside or outside London, he says "the best I can say is it is near Liverpool".
When faced with an American asking if Manchester is inside or outside London, he says "the best I can say is it is near Liverpool".
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Something else to notice beyond Ahmed's extraordinary courage: when he approaches the shooter, another person follows him. Courage multiplies courage. If we can find it in ourselves to stand up & do what needs to be done to stop evil, others will join us. It just takes one brave individual.
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
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Bondi beach shooting live updates
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Bondi terror attack: full report
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What we know so far about the shooting in Australia
A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunman during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, footage shows.
Video of the scene shows the alleged gunman standing on a footpath between a grassy area and parking lot holding a shotgun and firing into the distance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Something else to notice beyond Ahmed's extraordinary courage: when he approaches the shooter, another person follows him. Courage multiplies courage. If we can find it in ourselves to stand up & do what needs to be done to stop evil, others will join us. It just takes one brave individual.
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Just seen the video of Ahmed al Ahmed tackling the gunman and BLOODY HELL, what a hero!
He's been identified. He was shot twice in the arm and hand, but it is doing well and expected to recover fine. His name is Ahmed al Ahmed
www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/bon...
www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/bon...
Bondi hero who tackled shooter suffered two gunshot wounds
The hero who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters has been identified as a father-of-two.
www.perthnow.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just seen the video of Ahmed al Ahmed tackling the gunman and BLOODY HELL, what a hero!
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“You are being ableist by making me obey the speed limit” this is the greatest website in the world.
I care about the harm to my sanity and schedule for being forced to go artificially slow
December 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“You are being ableist by making me obey the speed limit” this is the greatest website in the world.
I'd never heard this joke/fact before, so I assumed it was just a joke. But I've now looked it up and it is also a fact.
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I'd never heard this joke/fact before, so I assumed it was just a joke. But I've now looked it up and it is also a fact.
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If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
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I feel like journalists just put the word "alleged" in out of habit when discussing crimes. Like Epstein was (1) convicted (2) is dead. He cannot sue you for saying he did crimes, and it's obviously not a matter of real dispute
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I feel like journalists just put the word "alleged" in out of habit when discussing crimes. Like Epstein was (1) convicted (2) is dead. He cannot sue you for saying he did crimes, and it's obviously not a matter of real dispute
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given that the industrial product being created is just bytes, what's the main reasons there can't be like just ~100 massive data centers in areas where it makes sense in terms of local power, few neighbors, etc? Are there high level physics/cs reasons where being physically proximate matters?
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
given that the industrial product being created is just bytes, what's the main reasons there can't be like just ~100 massive data centers in areas where it makes sense in terms of local power, few neighbors, etc? Are there high level physics/cs reasons where being physically proximate matters?