Rodger Kibble
@rodgerkibble.bsky.social
Recovering academic, former IT type, artist and printmaker, Brighton
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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BBC Radio 3
Essential Classics
Now Playing
Jean‐Philippe Rameau, Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus, Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus & Wolfgang Katschner
Lay All Your Love On Me / Loure Grave (From Les Fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41
Essential Classics
Now Playing
Jean‐Philippe Rameau, Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus, Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus & Wolfgang Katschner
Lay All Your Love On Me / Loure Grave (From Les Fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
BBC Radio 3
Essential Classics
Now Playing
Jean‐Philippe Rameau, Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus, Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus & Wolfgang Katschner
Lay All Your Love On Me / Loure Grave (From Les Fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41
Essential Classics
Now Playing
Jean‐Philippe Rameau, Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus, Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus & Wolfgang Katschner
Lay All Your Love On Me / Loure Grave (From Les Fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41
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On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
www.usatoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Jeffries: "There's additional funds that are available to be reallocated so that not a single person in this country goes hungry. And if that happens beginning on November 1, it's because Donald Trump and Republicans want the American people to go hungry."
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Jeffries: "There's additional funds that are available to be reallocated so that not a single person in this country goes hungry. And if that happens beginning on November 1, it's because Donald Trump and Republicans want the American people to go hungry."
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The White House "bunker" is under the East Wing. The one where Cheney went on 9/11, and Trump to hide from George Floyd protests.
So is that, like, out of commission? Still going to be there? Entrance hidden under the new throne room? No security concerns about the construction being so visible?
So is that, like, out of commission? Still going to be there? Entrance hidden under the new throne room? No security concerns about the construction being so visible?
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The White House "bunker" is under the East Wing. The one where Cheney went on 9/11, and Trump to hide from George Floyd protests.
So is that, like, out of commission? Still going to be there? Entrance hidden under the new throne room? No security concerns about the construction being so visible?
So is that, like, out of commission? Still going to be there? Entrance hidden under the new throne room? No security concerns about the construction being so visible?
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The UK government last had a hate crime strategy for England in 2016-20
Prime Minister May was fairly active on this, 2016-19
Johnson (3 years), Truss, Sunak (22 months), Starmer (15 months, new party of govt) did not find appetite/bandwidth to prioritise renewing it
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Prime Minister May was fairly active on this, 2016-19
Johnson (3 years), Truss, Sunak (22 months), Starmer (15 months, new party of govt) did not find appetite/bandwidth to prioritise renewing it
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Hate crime action plan 2016 to 2020
The government’s plan for dealing with hate crime in England and Wales.
www.gov.uk
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The UK government last had a hate crime strategy for England in 2016-20
Prime Minister May was fairly active on this, 2016-19
Johnson (3 years), Truss, Sunak (22 months), Starmer (15 months, new party of govt) did not find appetite/bandwidth to prioritise renewing it
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Prime Minister May was fairly active on this, 2016-19
Johnson (3 years), Truss, Sunak (22 months), Starmer (15 months, new party of govt) did not find appetite/bandwidth to prioritise renewing it
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
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Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.
The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins
Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.
The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- Celery
- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's painfully unfunny Holmes spoof, The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Billy Joel's Just The Way You Are
- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's painfully unfunny Holmes spoof, The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Billy Joel's Just The Way You Are
“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”
sea urchins
that werewolf movie with Gregory Hines
Lady In Red
sea urchins
that werewolf movie with Gregory Hines
Lady In Red
Ooh fun.
- Hard boiled eggs (can’t explain, just no)
- Children of Men (relentless)
- Sweet Caroline (does not require explaining)
- Hard boiled eggs (can’t explain, just no)
- Children of Men (relentless)
- Sweet Caroline (does not require explaining)
October 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
- Celery
- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's painfully unfunny Holmes spoof, The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Billy Joel's Just The Way You Are
- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's painfully unfunny Holmes spoof, The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Billy Joel's Just The Way You Are
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Leather gloves are usually inadequate for the temperatures that tear gas grenades burn at.
October 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Leather gloves are usually inadequate for the temperatures that tear gas grenades burn at.
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As hostages are being handed over to IDF, Israeli defense minister tweets about bombings to follow
October 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
As hostages are being handed over to IDF, Israeli defense minister tweets about bombings to follow
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State of the Union
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
State of the Union
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Congratulations to Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, who is now Archbishop-designate of Canterbury
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Congratulations to Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, who is now Archbishop-designate of Canterbury
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Asking what would be an improved ‘Turing Test’ for AGI is like asking for a better test for phlogiston. Asking when we will get AGI is like asking ‘when will we synthesize phlogiston?’ It’s a badly formed question. The object of the test is an ill-defined concept with no referent in nature. 2/2
October 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Asking what would be an improved ‘Turing Test’ for AGI is like asking for a better test for phlogiston. Asking when we will get AGI is like asking ‘when will we synthesize phlogiston?’ It’s a badly formed question. The object of the test is an ill-defined concept with no referent in nature. 2/2
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Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
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"on a technicality"
Not really.
A failure to get necessary consents to a terror charge is not a slight error. They are safeguards when a person faces a serious charge.
Prosecutors should take such safeguards seriously: this is terrorism law they are using.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Not really.
A failure to get necessary consents to a terror charge is not a slight error. They are safeguards when a person faces a serious charge.
Prosecutors should take such safeguards seriously: this is terrorism law they are using.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out
Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that ‘proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null’
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
"on a technicality"
Not really.
A failure to get necessary consents to a terror charge is not a slight error. They are safeguards when a person faces a serious charge.
Prosecutors should take such safeguards seriously: this is terrorism law they are using.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Not really.
A failure to get necessary consents to a terror charge is not a slight error. They are safeguards when a person faces a serious charge.
Prosecutors should take such safeguards seriously: this is terrorism law they are using.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Charges dropped against Liam Óg O'Hannaidh of @kneecapceol.bsky.social it seems, what a lot of noise and fuss the British government has made to achieve nothing except embarrass themselves.
September 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Charges dropped against Liam Óg O'Hannaidh of @kneecapceol.bsky.social it seems, what a lot of noise and fuss the British government has made to achieve nothing except embarrass themselves.
TIL that when Kurt Gödel was preparing for his US citizenship hearing in 1947, he thoroughly studied the Constitution and identified a logical flaw which would make it possible to establish a fascist dictatorship by entirely legal means (S Graydon, Einstein in Time and Space 244-6)
September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TIL that when Kurt Gödel was preparing for his US citizenship hearing in 1947, he thoroughly studied the Constitution and identified a logical flaw which would make it possible to establish a fascist dictatorship by entirely legal means (S Graydon, Einstein in Time and Space 244-6)
One for @apiln.bsky.social ?
This is NOT just america. This is happening here. Local coverage of it, if you can bear the pop up ads....
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2548259...
#UKKidlit #Edusky
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2548259...
#UKKidlit #Edusky
September 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One for @apiln.bsky.social ?
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This is one of the best commentaries I've seen on this. I'm a magician, so I'm familiar with cold reading techniques, and this makes perfect sense.
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
July 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is one of the best commentaries I've seen on this. I'm a magician, so I'm familiar with cold reading techniques, and this makes perfect sense.
"Labour looks set to drift leftwards" if only ... 😕
Danny Kruger’s defection shows that the Tories have lost the battle to be the country’s leading party of the populist right. Instead, they should unambiguously position themselves as the only party of the centre right. For ConHome. conservativehome.com/2025/09/22/d...
David Gauke: Kruger's defection doesn't point the Conservatives towards disaster but to a crucial decision | Conservative Home
The real significance of Kruger’s defection is that it signals that the battle to be the principal party of the populist right is over. The Conservative Party must reconcile itself to this reality an...
conservativehome.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"Labour looks set to drift leftwards" if only ... 😕
Yes, that Godwin
Wait until he renames Labor Day as Capital Day.
September 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Yes, that Godwin
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Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.
No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.
Thank me later,
An actual expert
No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.
Thank me later,
An actual expert
September 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.
No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.
Thank me later,
An actual expert
No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.
Thank me later,
An actual expert
So it has come to this 😕
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
So it has come to this 😕