The Battlehamster
@battlehamster.bsky.social
Atheist, humanist and metaphysical naturalist. Environmentally conscious social democrat and union member. Tabletop roleplayer, LRPer and tired old goth. UK based. (he/him)
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
October 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
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This entire thread is an excellent set of safety practices
Right, so this is ol’boy’s real/regular email address, not a burner—he’s written Google Maps reviews with it three years ago. That means he’s used it for lots of other things too.
Which means if Elizabeth wanted to track this guy down it would be piss easy
9/10 trolls SUCK at OSINT
Which means if Elizabeth wanted to track this guy down it would be piss easy
9/10 trolls SUCK at OSINT
Today in unhelpful AI suggestions
September 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This entire thread is an excellent set of safety practices
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Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose, Yvette Fuentes, and myself, request your help in order to save an archive of incredible scientific and historical value. Please raise awareness by *sharing*, or *contribute*:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
Roger Penrose & Friends Appeal for Unique Archive
To digitise and restore the worlds largest collection of audio and visual recordings within the scientific community, spanning over 50 years
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose, Yvette Fuentes, and myself, request your help in order to save an archive of incredible scientific and historical value. Please raise awareness by *sharing*, or *contribute*:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
Guess thoughts and prayers does work.
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Guess thoughts and prayers does work.
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Bagpuss film 'will be faithful to original', Birmingham producer says
Bagpuss film 'will be faithful to original', Birmingham producer says
The Birmingham-based company Threewise Entertainment is bringing Bagpuss to cinemas in 2027.
www.bbc.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Bagpuss film 'will be faithful to original', Birmingham producer says
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🚨 REMINDER: The Government will test the Emergency Alert System next Sunday at 3PM
August 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨 REMINDER: The Government will test the Emergency Alert System next Sunday at 3PM
We have cats! #Caturday
Haven't done the UK age verification yet but for International Cat Day I can finally offer #ProofOfCat - we're lucky enough to be providing a retirement home for Fluffball and Chelsea. Fluffball is a big friendly floof. Chelsea is a ninja.
August 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We have cats! #Caturday
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According to the Old Irish law codes, a cat was legally allowed to steal any food left unsupervised in the kitchen.
July 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
According to the Old Irish law codes, a cat was legally allowed to steal any food left unsupervised in the kitchen.
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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Mike explains the rights grant clause and why it is always Like That (full of big scary words)
OK, gather 'round, kiddies - let's do a "why are lawyers like this" thread.
Specifically, let's do a "why does the simplest software come with mandatory IP licenses that assert claims to all the rights you have in the universe, up to and possibly not excluding in your firstborn offspring.
Specifically, let's do a "why does the simplest software come with mandatory IP licenses that assert claims to all the rights you have in the universe, up to and possibly not excluding in your firstborn offspring.
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Mike explains the rights grant clause and why it is always Like That (full of big scary words)
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...
It’s outrageous that the majority of our lawmakers are unelected. Sign now to demand power be placed rightfully in the hands of the people
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...
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In command prompt type:
hostname|clip
to put machine name in clipboard
hostname|clip
to put machine name in clipboard
June 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In command prompt type:
hostname|clip
to put machine name in clipboard
hostname|clip
to put machine name in clipboard
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This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions.
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
Who should do the fact checks with millions and millions of fake news? The nature of social media itself is the problem. However it probably is impossible to get rid of every social network and revert debates to pre 2010-status.
June 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions.
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
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I see that I'm in for another week of explaining that end-to-end encryption will not fix stupid.
April 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I see that I'm in for another week of explaining that end-to-end encryption will not fix stupid.
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Having mastered toilet paper supply chain logistics, bridge design, balloon dynamics, submarine engineering, Russian history, and forensic ballistics, I would like to explain my theory about the source of the dimethyl sulfide emanating from K2-18b...(1/23)
April 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Having mastered toilet paper supply chain logistics, bridge design, balloon dynamics, submarine engineering, Russian history, and forensic ballistics, I would like to explain my theory about the source of the dimethyl sulfide emanating from K2-18b...(1/23)
Trans men are men
Trans women are women
Trans rights are human rights
Since our Equality Act apparently isn't clear enough about that it's time to demand a better one.
Trans women are women
Trans rights are human rights
Since our Equality Act apparently isn't clear enough about that it's time to demand a better one.
April 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Trans men are men
Trans women are women
Trans rights are human rights
Since our Equality Act apparently isn't clear enough about that it's time to demand a better one.
Trans women are women
Trans rights are human rights
Since our Equality Act apparently isn't clear enough about that it's time to demand a better one.
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Today is the 5 year anniversary to when I slowly started losing my mind during the pandemic and began dressing up as works of art.
As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky?
This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862
As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky?
This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today is the 5 year anniversary to when I slowly started losing my mind during the pandemic and began dressing up as works of art.
As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky?
This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862
As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky?
This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862
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🎵It’s pancake day
Yes it’s pancake day
Yes it’s p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day🎵
Happy Tony Robinson Day, to all who celebrate!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_a...
Yes it’s pancake day
Yes it’s p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day🎵
Happy Tony Robinson Day, to all who celebrate!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_a...
Pancake Day - Maid Marian
YouTube video by Swimace
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🎵It’s pancake day
Yes it’s pancake day
Yes it’s p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day🎵
Happy Tony Robinson Day, to all who celebrate!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_a...
Yes it’s pancake day
Yes it’s p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day🎵
Happy Tony Robinson Day, to all who celebrate!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_a...
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NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...
EXCLUSIVE: Hackers leak cop manuals for departments nationwide after breaching major provider
Critics accuse the company of wielding outsized private influence on public policing.
www.dailydot.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...
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Scientists have created an actual treatment for prions, the cause of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease in deer, & mad cow disease.
"Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo
"Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
Prion disease is caused by misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) into pathogenic self-propagating conformations, leading to rapid-onset dementia and death. However, elimination of endogenous PrP halts...
www.science.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Scientists have created an actual treatment for prions, the cause of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease in deer, & mad cow disease.
"Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo
"Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Petition: Tighten the rules on UK political donations
Let's tell Dilbert Stark to jog on. Or goosestep on, as the case may be.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Let's tell Dilbert Stark to jog on. Or goosestep on, as the case may be.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations
We want the government to:
Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies).
Cap all donations ...
petition.parliament.uk
February 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Petition: Tighten the rules on UK political donations
Let's tell Dilbert Stark to jog on. Or goosestep on, as the case may be.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Let's tell Dilbert Stark to jog on. Or goosestep on, as the case may be.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...