Sach Spanner
@spannerlab.bsky.social
He/him. Manchester, UK.
Chess arbiter, teacher and Dungeon Master. Got out of The Bad Place a long time ago and am trying not to be feral online for financial reasons.
Chess arbiter, teacher and Dungeon Master. Got out of The Bad Place a long time ago and am trying not to be feral online for financial reasons.
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one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
Subsidised a chess tournament entry for a junior who I suspected needed it- only then did his father tell me exactly what the child had been through.
I wish I could help so much more.
I wish I could help so much more.
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Subsidised a chess tournament entry for a junior who I suspected needed it- only then did his father tell me exactly what the child had been through.
I wish I could help so much more.
I wish I could help so much more.
Never been so excited to check my emails. Hopeful to announce good news soon.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Never been so excited to check my emails. Hopeful to announce good news soon.
Spent the weekend at an arbiter training course and came back to the sort of email inbox that makes people run screaming into the woods forever
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Spent the weekend at an arbiter training course and came back to the sort of email inbox that makes people run screaming into the woods forever
Squeaky wheels are interesting. They can be irritating, certainly, but it's infinitely better than having an event fail and not knowing why.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Squeaky wheels are interesting. They can be irritating, certainly, but it's infinitely better than having an event fail and not knowing why.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
My husband wanted a vegan version of maafe and I followed the recipe and, aside from the peanut butter there's no protein and it's completely joyless- there's no satisfying bite to it. Any ideas for salvaging it? "Add meat" is my first thought, but open to ideas.
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My husband wanted a vegan version of maafe and I followed the recipe and, aside from the peanut butter there's no protein and it's completely joyless- there's no satisfying bite to it. Any ideas for salvaging it? "Add meat" is my first thought, but open to ideas.
Please don't post curses. No more "repost or you'll have a horrible November". This isn't Tumblr circa 2010 or email circa 2005. People are already living in interesting times. Please stop.
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Please don't post curses. No more "repost or you'll have a horrible November". This isn't Tumblr circa 2010 or email circa 2005. People are already living in interesting times. Please stop.
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You’ve heard of Duo Lingo, but I found Uno Longo.
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
You’ve heard of Duo Lingo, but I found Uno Longo.
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www.commondreams.org/news/cancel-... I cancelled spotify long ago. #spotify
'Don't Stream Fascism': ICE Recruitment Ads Spark Calls to Cancel Spotify Subscriptions | Common Dreams
Outrage over Spotify running ICE recruitment ads sparks calls for boycotting the streaming service.
www.commondreams.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
www.commondreams.org/news/cancel-... I cancelled spotify long ago. #spotify
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have you ever created a video game mod to make characters "look better" (whatever that means to you)? i want to talk to you for an article i'm writing! get at me via maddymyerswrites at gmail dot com. or repost this if it's not you and you just wanna help me spread the word. thanks <3
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
have you ever created a video game mod to make characters "look better" (whatever that means to you)? i want to talk to you for an article i'm writing! get at me via maddymyerswrites at gmail dot com. or repost this if it's not you and you just wanna help me spread the word. thanks <3
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We don't just want 9 river walks, we want access to all rivers. 96% of rivers in England and Wales have no rights of access. Landowners have blocked public access to rivers for centuries. Labour's promise is just 9 new river walks. We say that's not enough.
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We don't just want 9 river walks, we want access to all rivers. 96% of rivers in England and Wales have no rights of access. Landowners have blocked public access to rivers for centuries. Labour's promise is just 9 new river walks. We say that's not enough.
Just remembered I'm playing chess tonight for the first time in about six months. Remind me again what the horsey does? And does it still count if I don't make the clip-clop sounds? #chesspunks
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Just remembered I'm playing chess tonight for the first time in about six months. Remind me again what the horsey does? And does it still count if I don't make the clip-clop sounds? #chesspunks
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So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language
October 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language
Struggled to send my invoice for last month because I didn't want to confront how little it was.
Something needs to change. I don't know what that change looks like yet, but it's painfully necessary.
Something needs to change. I don't know what that change looks like yet, but it's painfully necessary.
October 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Struggled to send my invoice for last month because I didn't want to confront how little it was.
Something needs to change. I don't know what that change looks like yet, but it's painfully necessary.
Something needs to change. I don't know what that change looks like yet, but it's painfully necessary.
"Chess-Results is down."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Chess-Results is down."
I think sometimes when you see a wild take on the internet it might be good to remember that some people have taken a lot of dextromethorphan that day and are posting because they can't do anything else.
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I think sometimes when you see a wild take on the internet it might be good to remember that some people have taken a lot of dextromethorphan that day and are posting because they can't do anything else.
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Living wage? What of the laughing wage. How much is the loving wage. Tell me that
October 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Living wage? What of the laughing wage. How much is the loving wage. Tell me that
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Thread.
When Enron collapsed, taking Arthur Andersen (then one of The Big Five accounting firms) with them the two big issues were:
1. Enron’s corporate culture which was dependent on the value of their shares always going up.
And
2. Their Mark-to-Market bookkeeping system
When Enron collapsed, taking Arthur Andersen (then one of The Big Five accounting firms) with them the two big issues were:
1. Enron’s corporate culture which was dependent on the value of their shares always going up.
And
2. Their Mark-to-Market bookkeeping system
"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
www.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thread.
When Enron collapsed, taking Arthur Andersen (then one of The Big Five accounting firms) with them the two big issues were:
1. Enron’s corporate culture which was dependent on the value of their shares always going up.
And
2. Their Mark-to-Market bookkeeping system
When Enron collapsed, taking Arthur Andersen (then one of The Big Five accounting firms) with them the two big issues were:
1. Enron’s corporate culture which was dependent on the value of their shares always going up.
And
2. Their Mark-to-Market bookkeeping system
Real trans allies refuse to answer when NHS 111 asks what genitals you were born with when you call up with an ear infection
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Real trans allies refuse to answer when NHS 111 asks what genitals you were born with when you call up with an ear infection
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September 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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For anyone who needs it, Big Bobcat and Little Bobcat doing a bit of fieldwork.
September 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
For anyone who needs it, Big Bobcat and Little Bobcat doing a bit of fieldwork.
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i think about this post every time i watch a movie
September 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
i think about this post every time i watch a movie