Darren Syzling
@dsyzling.bsky.social
Tech/Finance, Scala, Python
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Two movies I've really enjoyed that were welcome surprises...
Night Call - probably little know French film, propulsive, on the edge of the seat stuff.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_call
Night Call - probably little know French film, propulsive, on the edge of the seat stuff.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_call
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November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Two movies I've really enjoyed that were welcome surprises...
Night Call - probably little know French film, propulsive, on the edge of the seat stuff.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_call
Night Call - probably little know French film, propulsive, on the edge of the seat stuff.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_call
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November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
Dr Roger Marshall doesn't understand how Insurance works.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dr Roger Marshall doesn't understand how Insurance works.
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You've got to hand it to the software industry for coming up with new and ingenious ways to not solve problems people actually want solved.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
You've got to hand it to the software industry for coming up with new and ingenious ways to not solve problems people actually want solved.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
I thought Football was independent of politics.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I thought Football was independent of politics.
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FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
Some problems have constraints and force thinking of alternative solutions. Lender of last resort being tax payers and bail outs - just getting ridiculous now.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Some problems have constraints and force thinking of alternative solutions. Lender of last resort being tax payers and bail outs - just getting ridiculous now.
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Great piece by @thequietus.com on 25 Best Pieces of Horror Fiction - reminded me I have Black Hole on my shelf and intend to pop that this weekend. Going to refer to this and buy some of the others.
thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
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Here are the 25 best pieces of Horror Fiction of the 21st century so far... | The Quietus
Welcome, dear readers to Halloween, when in the UK and US children dress as their favourite fictional horror characters (and some, misguidedly, as serial killers) to walk door-to-door asking neighbour...
thequietus.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Great piece by @thequietus.com on 25 Best Pieces of Horror Fiction - reminded me I have Black Hole on my shelf and intend to pop that this weekend. Going to refer to this and buy some of the others.
thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
Instapaper is too close to Instagram on my browser url completion for my liking...
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Instapaper is too close to Instagram on my browser url completion for my liking...
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Blind (and much of mainstream media!): the AWS outage is the result of “mass layoffs, outsourced talent.”
Me: talks to the AWS engineers handling the incident. Turns out the creators of the systems impacted were in the call (not laid off!), no outsourcing etc
Will share more
Me: talks to the AWS engineers handling the incident. Turns out the creators of the systems impacted were in the call (not laid off!), no outsourcing etc
Will share more
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Blind (and much of mainstream media!): the AWS outage is the result of “mass layoffs, outsourced talent.”
Me: talks to the AWS engineers handling the incident. Turns out the creators of the systems impacted were in the call (not laid off!), no outsourcing etc
Will share more
Me: talks to the AWS engineers handling the incident. Turns out the creators of the systems impacted were in the call (not laid off!), no outsourcing etc
Will share more
And of course the UK government will continue to post to this completely deranged social media site. Post in the hope that mecha-hitler will select your posts for your audience
November 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
And of course the UK government will continue to post to this completely deranged social media site. Post in the hope that mecha-hitler will select your posts for your audience
Great title!
The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Great title!
lmao - another non product, we need a complete clear out of this space - so much money being wasted. This is a remotely controlled robot for $20k - it's just dumb idea after dumb idea.
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
lmao - another non product, we need a complete clear out of this space - so much money being wasted. This is a remotely controlled robot for $20k - it's just dumb idea after dumb idea.
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ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
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Reuters reporting on what we already know - that Reform is accepting crypto donations.
As a former anti-corruption specialist, let me be clear. Crypto should be nowhere near UK politics.
The risks around anonymity, tracing ownership & manipulation of instruments are all good reason to act.
As a former anti-corruption specialist, let me be clear. Crypto should be nowhere near UK politics.
The risks around anonymity, tracing ownership & manipulation of instruments are all good reason to act.
New: Farage confirms my scoop for @theobserveruk.bsky.social from two weeks ago, that Reform has started to receive crypto donations
He told Reuters that Reform UK had already received "a couple" of donations in the form of crypto assets, without giving further details
He told Reuters that Reform UK had already received "a couple" of donations in the form of crypto assets, without giving further details
October 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reuters reporting on what we already know - that Reform is accepting crypto donations.
As a former anti-corruption specialist, let me be clear. Crypto should be nowhere near UK politics.
The risks around anonymity, tracing ownership & manipulation of instruments are all good reason to act.
As a former anti-corruption specialist, let me be clear. Crypto should be nowhere near UK politics.
The risks around anonymity, tracing ownership & manipulation of instruments are all good reason to act.
This is just insane, no offline mode, a bed that requires security updates. If the company goes out of business and disables its cloud services you effectively have a bricked device. You're in a design meeting and you sign this off - and this is probably without LLM designed/generated code.
lol. lmao
"AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat" is something from a Final Destination pre-production brainstorming session www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is just insane, no offline mode, a bed that requires security updates. If the company goes out of business and disables its cloud services you effectively have a bricked device. You're in a design meeting and you sign this off - and this is probably without LLM designed/generated code.
currently drinking El Zumo - strawberry:
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El Zumo Blend
Varietal – Various Preparation – Natural Location – Costa Rica and Brazil Bold, juicy and packing big fruit flavours. The current version of El Zumo features a natural processed coffee from the Don El...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
currently drinking El Zumo - strawberry:
www.horshamcoffeeroaster.co.uk/products/el-...
www.horshamcoffeeroaster.co.uk/products/el-...
'I just see some of the things that go on' - by not living in London and reading it about it on twitter. Flags...so you can see what microcosm of social media he's been seeing things that are going on.
The BBC nudging us towards a Reform Britain one article about football at a time.
Bizarre long piece giving airtime to guy who despite the headline obviously is playing over there for money, both- sidesing his Reform crime dystopian view of the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
October 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
'I just see some of the things that go on' - by not living in London and reading it about it on twitter. Flags...so you can see what microcosm of social media he's been seeing things that are going on.
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The BBC nudging us towards a Reform Britain one article about football at a time.
Bizarre long piece giving airtime to guy who despite the headline obviously is playing over there for money, both- sidesing his Reform crime dystopian view of the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Jonjo Shelvey: Former Newcastle United midfielder says he hasn't moved to Dubai for money
About 75 fans watched Jonjo Shelvey's debut in the third tier of the United Arab Emirates - but he says he has not moved for money.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The BBC nudging us towards a Reform Britain one article about football at a time.
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Expect rising costs for normal rate payers in the UK when/if this happens.
October 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Expect rising costs for normal rate payers in the UK when/if this happens.