Alex Armstrong
@alexarmstrongfr.bsky.social
Franco-British tech lawyer and bedroom DJ. Wemby fan. Mixcloud profile: https://www.mixcloud.com/alexis1537/
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Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation
December 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation
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A cartoon for most of the tech guys from www.instagram.com/ellisjrosen/ @aphclarkson.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A cartoon for most of the tech guys from www.instagram.com/ellisjrosen/ @aphclarkson.bsky.social
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Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...
Mapping Anglo-Saxon London: A Big Update
A glimpse of London, 1,000 years past.
londonist.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...
From my Youtube shorts feed... Wemby as IG-11...
October 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
From my Youtube shorts feed... Wemby as IG-11...
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@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
August 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
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Stade Toulousain running multiple switch moves, the Légion parade-marching at 75% of everyone else’s pace with axes and gigantic beards, running Olympic cycling past the café from Amélie - it keeps France busy doing the impossible and, if you look at French history, this is very much A Good Thing.
June 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Stade Toulousain running multiple switch moves, the Légion parade-marching at 75% of everyone else’s pace with axes and gigantic beards, running Olympic cycling past the café from Amélie - it keeps France busy doing the impossible and, if you look at French history, this is very much A Good Thing.
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The UK-India FTA & reactions to it pretty perfectly sum up the incoherence & dishonesty of Brexit as a trade/economic policy. Objectively, it's trivial compared with the cost of Brexit. Symbolically, it's claimed by different groups of Brexiters as both a justification and a betrayal of Brexit. 1/4
UK and India agree trade deal after three years of negotiations
UK and India agree trade deal after three years of negotiations
Deal could help UK industries hit by Trump tariffs, as ministers say it will add £4.8bn a year to economy by 2040
* UK politics live – latest updates
Britain and India have agreed a long-desired trade deal that ministers said would add £4.8bn to the UK economy a year by 2040.
The agreement, which was finalised on Tuesday after more than three years of negotiations under successive governments, has long been touted as one of the biggest prizes of Brexit. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The UK-India FTA & reactions to it pretty perfectly sum up the incoherence & dishonesty of Brexit as a trade/economic policy. Objectively, it's trivial compared with the cost of Brexit. Symbolically, it's claimed by different groups of Brexiters as both a justification and a betrayal of Brexit. 1/4
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What we’re done is create a massive information infrastructure which privileges conspiracy theories, demagoguery, bigotry, lies, and hysteria - much larger than the traditional news infrastructure. It’s the main information source for many.
And then new political movements evolved to exploit it.
And then new political movements evolved to exploit it.
January 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What we’re done is create a massive information infrastructure which privileges conspiracy theories, demagoguery, bigotry, lies, and hysteria - much larger than the traditional news infrastructure. It’s the main information source for many.
And then new political movements evolved to exploit it.
And then new political movements evolved to exploit it.
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On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
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1/ Ok, so instead of just making jokes about the EU Reset, I wanted to do a very simplified thread on:
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
December 23, 2024 at 1:52 PM
1/ Ok, so instead of just making jokes about the EU Reset, I wanted to do a very simplified thread on:
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
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A letter to my MP re the government’s consultation on copyright and AI
December 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
A letter to my MP re the government’s consultation on copyright and AI