Michael
@tingedfringe.bsky.social
Heterodox Discordian. Small-i illuminati. Nothing is Reasonable, Everything is Absurd. All Hail Eris!
Amazing that so many of the replies are like, "Well you should have a backup" and not "This is really, really, really bad from a security perspective".
a user on the claude subreddit had their files deleted by opus 4.6 after denying file deleted permissions
www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/s...
www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/s...
February 8, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Amazing that so many of the replies are like, "Well you should have a backup" and not "This is really, really, really bad from a security perspective".
Every app is so needy.
"Can you please rate me in the app store?", "Can you please turn on advertising notifications?", "Can you please sign up to our newsletter?"
"Can you please rate me in the app store?", "Can you please turn on advertising notifications?", "Can you please sign up to our newsletter?"
February 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Every app is so needy.
"Can you please rate me in the app store?", "Can you please turn on advertising notifications?", "Can you please sign up to our newsletter?"
"Can you please rate me in the app store?", "Can you please turn on advertising notifications?", "Can you please sign up to our newsletter?"
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People currently spluttering that you can't criticise Starmer for things Peter Mandelson did are the same people who spent several years treating antisemitic tweets from anonymous 50-follower accounts like they were press releases direct from Labour head office.
February 8, 2026 at 9:24 AM
People currently spluttering that you can't criticise Starmer for things Peter Mandelson did are the same people who spent several years treating antisemitic tweets from anonymous 50-follower accounts like they were press releases direct from Labour head office.
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Here is one of the dumbest things about vibe coding that I don't see a lot of people talking about
Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵
Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵
February 7, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Here is one of the dumbest things about vibe coding that I don't see a lot of people talking about
Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵
Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵
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Calling a general election with a Reform UK lead and an unpopular PM? Are you mad?
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge? www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge?
The prime minister’s allies have hinted that he will call a general election, says John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Calling a general election with a Reform UK lead and an unpopular PM? Are you mad?
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I think "the prime minister's allies" may have missed that the way to help the PM is to float sensible ideas, not risible ones.
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge? www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge?
The prime minister’s allies have hinted that he will call a general election, says John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I think "the prime minister's allies" may have missed that the way to help the PM is to float sensible ideas, not risible ones.
"The man who ended the Labour party"
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge? www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge?
The prime minister’s allies have hinted that he will call a general election, says John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"The man who ended the Labour party"
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"Which theatre of war were you deployed to, grandpa?"
"The movie theatre. It was hell."
"The movie theatre. It was hell."
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
"Which theatre of war were you deployed to, grandpa?"
"The movie theatre. It was hell."
"The movie theatre. It was hell."
Another classic move from Luke the Nuke.
What’s happening here: people who thought they were buying a state of the art Ferrari, now realising they’ve bought a pig with a saddle
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Another classic move from Luke the Nuke.
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The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting.
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting.
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
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The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
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The entire political correspondent set of Britain agrees. I want to see every one of them all account for it, individually
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The entire political correspondent set of Britain agrees. I want to see every one of them all account for it, individually
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This is fascinating, not only the anonymity of those behind it (remarkably none of the "FAQs" are "Who am I giving my data to?") but the fact that it has been set up to not allow editing of the message content before sending. Also "No cookies or tracking are used" is a very easily disproved lie.
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This is fascinating, not only the anonymity of those behind it (remarkably none of the "FAQs" are "Who am I giving my data to?") but the fact that it has been set up to not allow editing of the message content before sending. Also "No cookies or tracking are used" is a very easily disproved lie.
No whois info, no contact info, no information on the about page, no info on the privacy policy. Just "This tool is not affiliated with the Labour Party."
Who exactly set up this? Who are they being paid by? etc.
Who exactly set up this? Who are they being paid by? etc.
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 AM
No whois info, no contact info, no information on the about page, no info on the privacy policy. Just "This tool is not affiliated with the Labour Party."
Who exactly set up this? Who are they being paid by? etc.
Who exactly set up this? Who are they being paid by? etc.
Wonder if they'll tell the FT to fuck off, again, this time, when confronted with the question?
New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Wonder if they'll tell the FT to fuck off, again, this time, when confronted with the question?
This is a grim argument to make - not "support me because we can get through this", but "support me because chaos with Ed Miliband".
Hhhmmm.
Can’t see any of the likely successors making *major* changes to borrowing. You might get more taxes & more spending.
And don’t rule out a more pro-growth attitude to immigration.
www.ft.com/content/c855... Starmer camp warns leadership challenge risks economic chaos
Can’t see any of the likely successors making *major* changes to borrowing. You might get more taxes & more spending.
And don’t rule out a more pro-growth attitude to immigration.
www.ft.com/content/c855... Starmer camp warns leadership challenge risks economic chaos
Starmer camp warns leadership challenge risks economic chaos
Investors also signal concern at prospect of a more leftwing government
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
This is a grim argument to make - not "support me because we can get through this", but "support me because chaos with Ed Miliband".
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One of the more maddening ai bubble weeks crested by headlines that just say “Jensen Huang says actually the buildout is sustainable.” What’s he gonna say? “Nah dude Blackwell will never pay for itself sorry lol”
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/n...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/n...
Nvidia shares rise 8% as Jensen Huang says $660 billion capex buildout is sustainable
Huang's comments come after key Nvidia customers Meta, Amazon, Google and Microsoft reported their latest earnings over the past two weeks.
www.cnbc.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
One of the more maddening ai bubble weeks crested by headlines that just say “Jensen Huang says actually the buildout is sustainable.” What’s he gonna say? “Nah dude Blackwell will never pay for itself sorry lol”
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/n...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/n...
Why is every "The games you missed in 2025" video not a list of interesting Indie games that might need some love, but a list of titles featured at the Game Awards, or Summer Games Fest, or Xbox Direct, etc?
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Why is every "The games you missed in 2025" video not a list of interesting Indie games that might need some love, but a list of titles featured at the Game Awards, or Summer Games Fest, or Xbox Direct, etc?
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@flyingrodent.bsky.social Hope you're sitting down, some devastating revalations about Labour Together in this one.
Labour minister was provided with intelligence files on journalists
Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when chair of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
@flyingrodent.bsky.social Hope you're sitting down, some devastating revalations about Labour Together in this one.
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Leaflet wars just stepped up a gear: Mill reveal Reform UK have broken electoral law manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
Exclusive: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton
People across the constituency thought they were getting a letter from a concerned pensioner, they didn’t know she was working for Reform
manchestermill.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Leaflet wars just stepped up a gear: Mill reveal Reform UK have broken electoral law manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
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I am not lying Baxter, and evidently you have not read either my article or my full thread - in both of which I explain the ways in which this bar chart is misleading. I would suggest doing your basic research before making strong accusations.
February 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I am not lying Baxter, and evidently you have not read either my article or my full thread - in both of which I explain the ways in which this bar chart is misleading. I would suggest doing your basic research before making strong accusations.
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Adding the absolutely essential* feature of proper underwater camera to my game!
*not really
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
*not really
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
February 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Adding the absolutely essential* feature of proper underwater camera to my game!
*not really
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
*not really
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
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Testing interactive camera and godot 2D lighting. I must have been living under a rock not knowing aseprite HAS a normal maps tool!
February 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Testing interactive camera and godot 2D lighting. I must have been living under a rock not knowing aseprite HAS a normal maps tool!
100 hours later, I have completed Squeakross by @alblune.bsky.social. Totally satisfying nonogram game. :D
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
100 hours later, I have completed Squeakross by @alblune.bsky.social. Totally satisfying nonogram game. :D