Lachlan
@lachlana.bsky.social
UK regen and development lawyer. Knows the dark arts of Compulsory Purchase and Regeneration schemes. Tweets are all personal opinions and not legal advice. He/Him.
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Huzzah for #PortfolioDay
Doruk who specializes in dark fantasy and horror! Most often TTRPGs, tarot cards, and book covers
Doruk who specializes in dark fantasy and horror! Most often TTRPGs, tarot cards, and book covers
October 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Huzzah for #PortfolioDay
Doruk who specializes in dark fantasy and horror! Most often TTRPGs, tarot cards, and book covers
Doruk who specializes in dark fantasy and horror! Most often TTRPGs, tarot cards, and book covers
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✏️ Happy Labor Day! 🖌️
Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?
Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.
In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.
Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?
Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.
In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.
September 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
✏️ Happy Labor Day! 🖌️
Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?
Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.
In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.
Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?
Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.
In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.
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Great to see @greenjennyjones.bsky.social table our ask for renters to be compensated if a landlord evicts under new Grounds 1 & 1A.
'Relocation Relief' will:
- Help with the cost of an unwanted move
- Give renters more time to find somewhere new
- Help turn off the tap between PRS & TA
'Relocation Relief' will:
- Help with the cost of an unwanted move
- Give renters more time to find somewhere new
- Help turn off the tap between PRS & TA
April 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Great to see @greenjennyjones.bsky.social table our ask for renters to be compensated if a landlord evicts under new Grounds 1 & 1A.
'Relocation Relief' will:
- Help with the cost of an unwanted move
- Give renters more time to find somewhere new
- Help turn off the tap between PRS & TA
'Relocation Relief' will:
- Help with the cost of an unwanted move
- Give renters more time to find somewhere new
- Help turn off the tap between PRS & TA
I was very surprised to find Sooz Kempner blocked me as I was typing this post. Given we've never interacted before, I can only assume she saw the typing icon and thought nobody typing that long could be typing anything good.
It's important tho. So I'm re-linking it.
It's important tho. So I'm re-linking it.
Hi Sooz. I vote Labour for a simple reason. Basic survival.
I'm a child of immigrant parents and have lost a lot of friends over the years for looking British but pointing out their bullshit would deport me too. They don't change their minds, they just pretend they can't see me. That's Reform.
I'm a child of immigrant parents and have lost a lot of friends over the years for looking British but pointing out their bullshit would deport me too. They don't change their minds, they just pretend they can't see me. That's Reform.
March 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I was very surprised to find Sooz Kempner blocked me as I was typing this post. Given we've never interacted before, I can only assume she saw the typing icon and thought nobody typing that long could be typing anything good.
It's important tho. So I'm re-linking it.
It's important tho. So I'm re-linking it.
Alexandra Palace model train show yesterday. Very crowded this year! Good weather, and a lot of tramway layouts.
I gave @rapidotrains.co.uk quite a lot of money.
Amazing loot haul from some real cave-of-wonders second-hand places. Real Dunsany/Pratchett Mysterious Shop territory...
I gave @rapidotrains.co.uk quite a lot of money.
Amazing loot haul from some real cave-of-wonders second-hand places. Real Dunsany/Pratchett Mysterious Shop territory...
March 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Alexandra Palace model train show yesterday. Very crowded this year! Good weather, and a lot of tramway layouts.
I gave @rapidotrains.co.uk quite a lot of money.
Amazing loot haul from some real cave-of-wonders second-hand places. Real Dunsany/Pratchett Mysterious Shop territory...
I gave @rapidotrains.co.uk quite a lot of money.
Amazing loot haul from some real cave-of-wonders second-hand places. Real Dunsany/Pratchett Mysterious Shop territory...
I was amused to discover that the Lego Pirates range has a canon outcome. The Tudor Corner set has bollards said to be taken from the booty of a great victory over the pirates by the Sea Hawk, the name of the Caribbean Clipper set in the UK.
Vindication for those brave brickish bluecoats.
Vindication for those brave brickish bluecoats.
March 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I was amused to discover that the Lego Pirates range has a canon outcome. The Tudor Corner set has bollards said to be taken from the booty of a great victory over the pirates by the Sea Hawk, the name of the Caribbean Clipper set in the UK.
Vindication for those brave brickish bluecoats.
Vindication for those brave brickish bluecoats.
My stance on leasehold abolition is the same as it has been for the last decade.
I'll believe it when I'm reading the Act.
I'll believe it when I'm reading the Act.
March 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My stance on leasehold abolition is the same as it has been for the last decade.
I'll believe it when I'm reading the Act.
I'll believe it when I'm reading the Act.
Dear @transportforlondon.bsky.social
If you're going to have Elmo as guest announcer on the Tube, at least have him tell us to mind the gap.
If you're going to have Elmo as guest announcer on the Tube, at least have him tell us to mind the gap.
January 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Dear @transportforlondon.bsky.social
If you're going to have Elmo as guest announcer on the Tube, at least have him tell us to mind the gap.
If you're going to have Elmo as guest announcer on the Tube, at least have him tell us to mind the gap.
Another of those "welcome to my day job" kind-of posts. UK consultations work differently and attract a different flavour of Concerned Citizen, but the atmosphere could be any CPO hearing.
Happy Tuesday, folks! I’m spending my evening at a city council meeting in the Bay Area suburb of Menlo Park (average home value $2,600,000), home of Facebook, where a battle is brewing over an item to convert 3 downtown parking lots (gasp!) into affordable housing.
Grab some 🍿, 🧵starts here!
Grab some 🍿, 🧵starts here!
January 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Another of those "welcome to my day job" kind-of posts. UK consultations work differently and attract a different flavour of Concerned Citizen, but the atmosphere could be any CPO hearing.
Can anyone point me to a gift link for the Neil Gaiman article going around?
January 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Can anyone point me to a gift link for the Neil Gaiman article going around?
A delightful thread on a 1920s debate in the House of Lords on why banning lesbianism will just encourage it:
Lesbianism should only be undertaken with a man present, to make sure it doesn't all get out of hand.
January 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A delightful thread on a 1920s debate in the House of Lords on why banning lesbianism will just encourage it:
Today is the most existentially pointless workday of the year.
December 30, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Today is the most existentially pointless workday of the year.
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An idea is only debatable if a reasonable person of good faith can hold either position.
"Are immigrants/trans people/ nonwhite people entitled to human rights: Yes or No?" isn't one of them.
"Are immigrants/trans people/ nonwhite people entitled to human rights: Yes or No?" isn't one of them.
December 28, 2024 at 9:56 PM
An idea is only debatable if a reasonable person of good faith can hold either position.
"Are immigrants/trans people/ nonwhite people entitled to human rights: Yes or No?" isn't one of them.
"Are immigrants/trans people/ nonwhite people entitled to human rights: Yes or No?" isn't one of them.
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Oddly enough, this is a real movement: In response to X/Twitter announcing they are using user content to train AI, Korean users began describing "destroying Elon Musk's testicles with a spinning kick" as a healthy and wholesome traditional activity in order to contaminate the AI training data.
Finally a Political Movement I can actually get behind:
December 24, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Oddly enough, this is a real movement: In response to X/Twitter announcing they are using user content to train AI, Korean users began describing "destroying Elon Musk's testicles with a spinning kick" as a healthy and wholesome traditional activity in order to contaminate the AI training data.
"Some say that ever ’gainst that season comes
Wherein our Savior’s birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning singeth all night long;" - Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1.
Let's hear it for our brave rooster boys, prepping for their vigil to keep Christmas free of vengeful royal ghosts.
Wherein our Savior’s birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning singeth all night long;" - Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1.
Let's hear it for our brave rooster boys, prepping for their vigil to keep Christmas free of vengeful royal ghosts.
December 24, 2024 at 11:51 PM
"Some say that ever ’gainst that season comes
Wherein our Savior’s birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning singeth all night long;" - Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1.
Let's hear it for our brave rooster boys, prepping for their vigil to keep Christmas free of vengeful royal ghosts.
Wherein our Savior’s birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning singeth all night long;" - Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1.
Let's hear it for our brave rooster boys, prepping for their vigil to keep Christmas free of vengeful royal ghosts.
Pick a movie, keep one actor, the rest are Muppets.
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. Keep DeForest Kelley
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. Keep DeForest Kelley
Pick a movie, keep one actor, the rest are Muppets. Die Hard. Keep Alan Rickman.
Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are Muppets.
The Wickerman. Keep Christopher Lee.
The Wickerman. Keep Christopher Lee.
December 22, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Pick a movie, keep one actor, the rest are Muppets.
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. Keep DeForest Kelley
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. Keep DeForest Kelley
It's always fun watching someone come to London and realise how little Charles Dickens had to embellish it.
December 12, 2024 at 10:59 AM
It's always fun watching someone come to London and realise how little Charles Dickens had to embellish it.
My many hours in Railroad Tycoon games *do* confirm that I am three small steam engines in a trenchcoat.
But all my friends knew that anyway. Choo choo!
But all my friends knew that anyway. Choo choo!
December 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
My many hours in Railroad Tycoon games *do* confirm that I am three small steam engines in a trenchcoat.
But all my friends knew that anyway. Choo choo!
But all my friends knew that anyway. Choo choo!
This implies Darths run on the same rules as traditional rural Wales. Darth Plagueis the Straw, Darth Plagueis the Vile, Darth Plagueis the Cruel, Darth Plagueis the Steam...
Works alarmingly well, doesn't it?
Works alarmingly well, doesn't it?
Ah, Wickerman Kenobi
December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
This implies Darths run on the same rules as traditional rural Wales. Darth Plagueis the Straw, Darth Plagueis the Vile, Darth Plagueis the Cruel, Darth Plagueis the Steam...
Works alarmingly well, doesn't it?
Works alarmingly well, doesn't it?
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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
Now it's retro.
November 28, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Now it's retro.
I work in Greenwich. When I refer to my partner as "My Star of the West" it is by reference to standardised navigational principles.
November 26, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I work in Greenwich. When I refer to my partner as "My Star of the West" it is by reference to standardised navigational principles.
I swear, any in-house internal legal sign-off or review process always degenerates into an endurance contest as senior managers try to get their documents shoved past without having to sully their keyboards with making amendments.
November 26, 2024 at 3:14 PM
I swear, any in-house internal legal sign-off or review process always degenerates into an endurance contest as senior managers try to get their documents shoved past without having to sully their keyboards with making amendments.
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a true leftist would know that liberals are a distraction from the real enemy: slightly different kinds of leftist.
November 24, 2024 at 8:22 PM
a true leftist would know that liberals are a distraction from the real enemy: slightly different kinds of leftist.
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Irish Film Classifications
PG: Mostly grand but sure you know yourself
12: Might be a bit of shifting
15: Shifting, implied riding, lads getting a box in the mouth, a few bad words
18: Riding, young wans in the nip, heads blew clean off, and the LANGUAGE out of them
PG: Mostly grand but sure you know yourself
12: Might be a bit of shifting
15: Shifting, implied riding, lads getting a box in the mouth, a few bad words
18: Riding, young wans in the nip, heads blew clean off, and the LANGUAGE out of them
October 28, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Irish Film Classifications
PG: Mostly grand but sure you know yourself
12: Might be a bit of shifting
15: Shifting, implied riding, lads getting a box in the mouth, a few bad words
18: Riding, young wans in the nip, heads blew clean off, and the LANGUAGE out of them
PG: Mostly grand but sure you know yourself
12: Might be a bit of shifting
15: Shifting, implied riding, lads getting a box in the mouth, a few bad words
18: Riding, young wans in the nip, heads blew clean off, and the LANGUAGE out of them