Alan Brookland
@alanbrookland.bsky.social
Software developer, occasional juggler.
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Listening to @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social 's Legenda which is fascinating so far. I do think if your brother's name was "Henry the Fratricidal" you'd keep more of an eye on him though.
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Listening to @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social 's Legenda which is fascinating so far. I do think if your brother's name was "Henry the Fratricidal" you'd keep more of an eye on him though.
Is the Sheriff of Nottingham in charge in the US now? www.bbc.com/news/article...
a man in a black robe with horns is standing in a room and says `` call off christmas '' .
Alt: Alan Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham being performatively evil, cancelling Christmas.
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Is the Sheriff of Nottingham in charge in the US now? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nice to see a company where you can go from the shop floor to CEO
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Nice to see a company where you can go from the shop floor to CEO
Oasis better watch out. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
French woman in mother of all trademark battles with DC Comics over parenting app Wondermum
Lise Sobéron’s Wondermum app has name and graphics allegedly similar to DC’s Wonder Woman, lawyers claim
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Oasis better watch out. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Be right back, just adding "Sponges do not have mouths, instead having tiny pores called ostia, and therefore Spongebob would be unable to laugh or talk" to the errors section of spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Encyclo...
Encyclopedia SpongeBobia
spongebob.fandom.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Be right back, just adding "Sponges do not have mouths, instead having tiny pores called ostia, and therefore Spongebob would be unable to laugh or talk" to the errors section of spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Encyclo...
Hey AI: Can you curate a mash-up of Damien Hirst, Shepard Fairey and Invader? www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Triple Trouble: Fairey, Hirst, Invader review – the most revolting visual soup imaginable
Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst and Invader join forces to make an exhibition that’s so bad, it’s like walking in on a crime scene
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Hey AI: Can you curate a mash-up of Damien Hirst, Shepard Fairey and Invader? www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Petition for a tentacle eyeball spinoff along the lines of Quantum Leap starts here. #AlienEarth #NextLeapWillBeTheLeapHome
September 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Petition for a tentacle eyeball spinoff along the lines of Quantum Leap starts here. #AlienEarth #NextLeapWillBeTheLeapHome
What we need in the middle east is a fresh pair of eyes. I'm sure they'll pick someone with no partisan history in the area to help sort things out. -takes big gulp of coffee- www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority
Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What we need in the middle east is a fresh pair of eyes. I'm sure they'll pick someone with no partisan history in the area to help sort things out. -takes big gulp of coffee- www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
That didn't take long. Nearly 900,000 signatures already petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
That didn't take long. Nearly 900,000 signatures already petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Now we're going to name and shame people sentenced to community work too and publish photographs of them? Too woosy to go full Cersai walk of shame #Labour ?
September 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Now we're going to name and shame people sentenced to community work too and publish photographs of them? Too woosy to go full Cersai walk of shame #Labour ?
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“I am a Liberal, and I am against this sort of thing.”
Liberal activist Harry Willcock spoke these words upon being stopped by a policeman 75 years ago. He was the last person in this country to be prosecuted for refusing to produce an identity card when demanded to do so by the authorities. 2/
Liberal activist Harry Willcock spoke these words upon being stopped by a policeman 75 years ago. He was the last person in this country to be prosecuted for refusing to produce an identity card when demanded to do so by the authorities. 2/
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“I am a Liberal, and I am against this sort of thing.”
Liberal activist Harry Willcock spoke these words upon being stopped by a policeman 75 years ago. He was the last person in this country to be prosecuted for refusing to produce an identity card when demanded to do so by the authorities. 2/
Liberal activist Harry Willcock spoke these words upon being stopped by a policeman 75 years ago. He was the last person in this country to be prosecuted for refusing to produce an identity card when demanded to do so by the authorities. 2/
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We're in a cost of living crisis and Labour wants to bring in digital ID cards for everyone.
They're risking turning the UK into a pre-crime state where we constantly have to prove who we are just to go about our daily lives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They're risking turning the UK into a pre-crime state where we constantly have to prove who we are just to go about our daily lives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer expected to announce plans for digital ID cards
Measure could be announced as soon as Friday as government looks for ways to tackle illegal immigration to the UK
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're in a cost of living crisis and Labour wants to bring in digital ID cards for everyone.
They're risking turning the UK into a pre-crime state where we constantly have to prove who we are just to go about our daily lives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They're risking turning the UK into a pre-crime state where we constantly have to prove who we are just to go about our daily lives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can you imagine how Republicans woukd be reacting if a Democrat pulled something as petty and pathetic as this?https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/25/trump-hangs-autopen-photo-instead-of-biden-portrait-in-new-presidential-gallery
September 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Can you imagine how Republicans woukd be reacting if a Democrat pulled something as petty and pathetic as this?https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/25/trump-hangs-autopen-photo-instead-of-biden-portrait-in-new-presidential-gallery
I'm sure Farage's UK doge attempts will be much more successful though. After all I'm sure all those Reform councillors have loads of relevant knowledge and experience.
Why can't we ask the richest man in the world to pay the added costs for all the stupid stuff he did while claiming to save taxpayers $$?
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.
edition.cnn.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I'm sure Farage's UK doge attempts will be much more successful though. After all I'm sure all those Reform councillors have loads of relevant knowledge and experience.
I would encourage everyone in the UK to write to their MP to encourage them both to comdem Musk's comments and also remove any official accounts from Twitter/X.
Make them know that we do not find his behaviour acceptable.
Make them know that we do not find his behaviour acceptable.
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I would encourage everyone in the UK to write to their MP to encourage them both to comdem Musk's comments and also remove any official accounts from Twitter/X.
Make them know that we do not find his behaviour acceptable.
Make them know that we do not find his behaviour acceptable.
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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A Labour government that does not fight back against the far right, racism and extremism fundamentally misunderstands the nature of its electoral support.
September 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A Labour government that does not fight back against the far right, racism and extremism fundamentally misunderstands the nature of its electoral support.
I could really do with a strong statement from the government right now condemning Musk's statements at the far-right rally today.
We need to be highlighting that these views are not acceptable in democratic society.
We need to be highlighting that these views are not acceptable in democratic society.
September 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I could really do with a strong statement from the government right now condemning Musk's statements at the far-right rally today.
We need to be highlighting that these views are not acceptable in democratic society.
We need to be highlighting that these views are not acceptable in democratic society.
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
Does anyone actually care how slim their iPhone is? You're just going to slam a case on it anyway. Feels like we're optimising for the wrong things here.
September 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Does anyone actually care how slim their iPhone is? You're just going to slam a case on it anyway. Feels like we're optimising for the wrong things here.
Libraries in metro stations is an awesome idea. Can we have this over here please? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Libraries in metro stations is an awesome idea. Can we have this over here please? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
I'm dumbstruck by this. It can only lead to new cars being made for the EU market using weaker US safety standards in a race to the bottom. I pray this doesn't hit the UK too.
This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads
By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…
etsc.eu
August 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm dumbstruck by this. It can only lead to new cars being made for the EU market using weaker US safety standards in a race to the bottom. I pray this doesn't hit the UK too.
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Another Black person will be next, and another, and…
Facial recognition cameras mistook me for a wanted man – I worry who’ll be next
Shaun Thompson was wrongly identified as a criminal by new police cameras. Here, he explains why, if this technology is rolled out across the country, or is used at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, ...
www.independent.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Another Black person will be next, and another, and…