Brian
@cryptosimian.bsky.social
Embedded software engineer, Skeptic, Biker. Non-binary trans/queer ally. General philosophy is try to be nice.
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Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can become chronically ill.
It’s not a choice. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.
You can be the healthiest person in the world & completely disabled in an instant.
It’s a minority group you can join anytime.
Anyone can become chronically ill.
It’s not a choice. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.
You can be the healthiest person in the world & completely disabled in an instant.
It’s a minority group you can join anytime.
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can become chronically ill.
It’s not a choice. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.
You can be the healthiest person in the world & completely disabled in an instant.
It’s a minority group you can join anytime.
Anyone can become chronically ill.
It’s not a choice. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.
You can be the healthiest person in the world & completely disabled in an instant.
It’s a minority group you can join anytime.
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The Green Man Festival in Bradford on Avon has been cancelled and the Bradford Roots Folk Festival has been put on hold until 2027, which always includes a Wassail.
That's tempting fate, that.
That's tempting fate, that.
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Green Man Festival in Bradford on Avon has been cancelled and the Bradford Roots Folk Festival has been put on hold until 2027, which always includes a Wassail.
That's tempting fate, that.
That's tempting fate, that.
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The Ghost Geek | Hayley Stevens | Substack
Ghost Geek (n.) one who writes rational commentary on the spooky parts of life, culture, and the media. Click to read The Ghost Geek, by Hayley Stevens, a Substack publication. Launched 23 days ago.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
If you enjoy my writing, please be sure to subscribe on my relaunched blog here: theghostgeek.substack.com
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A poem for Elon Musk #empathy #humanity @humanists.uk #love @amnestyuk.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @nionwomen.bsky.social #poetry #poem
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A poem for Elon Musk #empathy #humanity @humanists.uk #love @amnestyuk.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @nionwomen.bsky.social #poetry #poem
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🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
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If you want your humous to go further, add some mung beans and it becomes humongous.
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
If you want your humous to go further, add some mung beans and it becomes humongous.
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Check out my latest piece in my new home
The Ghost Geek | Why Danny Robins' hit ghost show almost won a Rusty Razor award from @skeptic.org.uk
#Uncanny #Science #Paranormal
theghostgeek.substack.com/p/the-uncann...
The Ghost Geek | Why Danny Robins' hit ghost show almost won a Rusty Razor award from @skeptic.org.uk
#Uncanny #Science #Paranormal
theghostgeek.substack.com/p/the-uncann...
The Uncanny Aesthetic of Ghost Hunting
Why Danny Robins’ ghost show almost won a Rusty Razor Award for pseudoscience
theghostgeek.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Check out my latest piece in my new home
The Ghost Geek | Why Danny Robins' hit ghost show almost won a Rusty Razor award from @skeptic.org.uk
#Uncanny #Science #Paranormal
theghostgeek.substack.com/p/the-uncann...
The Ghost Geek | Why Danny Robins' hit ghost show almost won a Rusty Razor award from @skeptic.org.uk
#Uncanny #Science #Paranormal
theghostgeek.substack.com/p/the-uncann...
@asignia.bsky.social Hi Amanda, I was at the show yesterday. We all loved it! I don't know if you heard the audience explode when we found out it was you again! You had around 300 people in hysterics!
I know you must be working so hard transcribing the talks. Your work is really appreciated.
I know you must be working so hard transcribing the talks. Your work is really appreciated.
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
@asignia.bsky.social Hi Amanda, I was at the show yesterday. We all loved it! I don't know if you heard the audience explode when we found out it was you again! You had around 300 people in hysterics!
I know you must be working so hard transcribing the talks. Your work is really appreciated.
I know you must be working so hard transcribing the talks. Your work is really appreciated.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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This year, the Rusty Razor winner for worst promoter of pseudoscience goes to… Reform UK.
They spread misinformation. Parroting the concerns of USA on autism and paracetamol; denying climate change while taking money from fossil fuel.
They spread misinformation. Parroting the concerns of USA on autism and paracetamol; denying climate change while taking money from fossil fuel.
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This year, the Rusty Razor winner for worst promoter of pseudoscience goes to… Reform UK.
They spread misinformation. Parroting the concerns of USA on autism and paracetamol; denying climate change while taking money from fossil fuel.
They spread misinformation. Parroting the concerns of USA on autism and paracetamol; denying climate change while taking money from fossil fuel.
First day of #qedcon nearly done. Fascinating talks on law and ghosts, the Amityville house, Christian nationalism, conspiracy groups, and why we like horror.
Now just waiting for the final talk on countering quackery with data
Now just waiting for the final talk on countering quackery with data
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
First day of #qedcon nearly done. Fascinating talks on law and ghosts, the Amityville house, Christian nationalism, conspiracy groups, and why we like horror.
Now just waiting for the final talk on countering quackery with data
Now just waiting for the final talk on countering quackery with data
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If a trans woman is on the eurostar in the eurotunnel does what toilet she can use change halfway through or after the passport checkpoint? So then she can use the womens coming one way but not the other? Mysterious shit
I love living in a country where the law about what bathroom I can use is genuinely UNKNOWABLE, it’s like something from a Joseph Heller novel
This is 100% correct. Including as to the chaos the Gender Critical Ideological Movement so beloved of Labour has now descended into as their facade of respectability crumbles like the Berlin Wall.
www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If a trans woman is on the eurostar in the eurotunnel does what toilet she can use change halfway through or after the passport checkpoint? So then she can use the womens coming one way but not the other? Mysterious shit
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Impressionen vom #Skepticamp in Manchester
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Impressionen vom #Skepticamp in Manchester
I'm at #skepticamp the free fringe event that runs the day before #QEDcon
Looking forward to a day off fascinating short talks from interesting people
Looking forward to a day off fascinating short talks from interesting people
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I'm at #skepticamp the free fringe event that runs the day before #QEDcon
Looking forward to a day off fascinating short talks from interesting people
Looking forward to a day off fascinating short talks from interesting people
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Trans rights are human rights, but the bad news is people also hate human rights.
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Trans rights are human rights, but the bad news is people also hate human rights.
Milton Keynes Pride this afternoon. With everything going on at the moment I need to hide away amongst some joy for a while.
To anyone else going, or going to the other events today (Dyke March, etc.), stay safe and have a lovely day ♥️
To anyone else going, or going to the other events today (Dyke March, etc.), stay safe and have a lovely day ♥️
September 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Milton Keynes Pride this afternoon. With everything going on at the moment I need to hide away amongst some joy for a while.
To anyone else going, or going to the other events today (Dyke March, etc.), stay safe and have a lovely day ♥️
To anyone else going, or going to the other events today (Dyke March, etc.), stay safe and have a lovely day ♥️
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The emergency alert will go off today at 3pm in the UK. If you need to have a hidden phone, here’s how to disable the alert.
September 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The emergency alert will go off today at 3pm in the UK. If you need to have a hidden phone, here’s how to disable the alert.
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In case you're wondering why racists are scrawling the George cross everywhere instead of the Union Jack, it's because it's much easier to draw and they're all very thick
August 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In case you're wondering why racists are scrawling the George cross everywhere instead of the Union Jack, it's because it's much easier to draw and they're all very thick
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I hope this email never finds you. I hope a single shaft of light pierces the broken ceiling, giving life to saplings and ferns. I hope the old computer went dark years ago, and the office smells of moss and wild spores. I hope that you are free.
July 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I hope this email never finds you. I hope a single shaft of light pierces the broken ceiling, giving life to saplings and ferns. I hope the old computer went dark years ago, and the office smells of moss and wild spores. I hope that you are free.
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Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
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Hey Government, there are so many voices you are deaf to
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
July 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hey Government, there are so many voices you are deaf to
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I don’t take on many ghost cases these days, but I’ve been working with a business client experiencing some spooky disruptions.
Documents keep disappearing. Not misfiled, but seemingly vanished. Staff mention them in passing, then insist they never existed. Several people reporting headaches, 🧵1/4
Documents keep disappearing. Not misfiled, but seemingly vanished. Staff mention them in passing, then insist they never existed. Several people reporting headaches, 🧵1/4
July 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I don’t take on many ghost cases these days, but I’ve been working with a business client experiencing some spooky disruptions.
Documents keep disappearing. Not misfiled, but seemingly vanished. Staff mention them in passing, then insist they never existed. Several people reporting headaches, 🧵1/4
Documents keep disappearing. Not misfiled, but seemingly vanished. Staff mention them in passing, then insist they never existed. Several people reporting headaches, 🧵1/4
It's only bloody Slayer! It's a lovely atmosphere, and I'm going to bag the last of the four big thrash bands. It's only taken 33 years!
#slayer
#slayer
July 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's only bloody Slayer! It's a lovely atmosphere, and I'm going to bag the last of the four big thrash bands. It's only taken 33 years!
#slayer
#slayer