Tim Squirrell
@tmsqrll.bsky.social
Professional abyss gazer. Tech horrors in 57 varieties, head of strategy @foxglovelegal.bsky.social but my views are shared only by the demented and damned. I also have a PhD in Online, so that’s Dr 🐿️ to you
One undercovered aspect of the Epstein emails is the work on reputation management. Working to ensure your Wiki article doesn’t mention anything untoward, and is instead “pretty tame” is well known in my industry but I don’t think its ubiquity or importance is broadly recognised.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
One undercovered aspect of the Epstein emails is the work on reputation management. Working to ensure your Wiki article doesn’t mention anything untoward, and is instead “pretty tame” is well known in my industry but I don’t think its ubiquity or importance is broadly recognised.
Most Europeans also concerned about data centre water demands.
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Most Europeans also concerned about data centre water demands.
New polling: majority of Europeans in 5 countries (inc UK) agree that data centres should only be built if new renewable energy sources power them.
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New polling: majority of Europeans in 5 countries (inc UK) agree that data centres should only be built if new renewable energy sources power them.
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MITIGATE THE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
i am going to lose my entire fucking mind
i am going to lose my entire fucking mind
October 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MITIGATE THE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
i am going to lose my entire fucking mind
i am going to lose my entire fucking mind
Some other nuggets of complete insanity from this story:
- This data centre is planned to be 5 gigawatts. That's 1/6 of the National Grid's *peak demand* added by a single project
- It 'would pave the way for a British ChatGPT' - sorry, wtf??
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
- This data centre is planned to be 5 gigawatts. That's 1/6 of the National Grid's *peak demand* added by a single project
- It 'would pave the way for a British ChatGPT' - sorry, wtf??
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
October 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Some other nuggets of complete insanity from this story:
- This data centre is planned to be 5 gigawatts. That's 1/6 of the National Grid's *peak demand* added by a single project
- It 'would pave the way for a British ChatGPT' - sorry, wtf??
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
- This data centre is planned to be 5 gigawatts. That's 1/6 of the National Grid's *peak demand* added by a single project
- It 'would pave the way for a British ChatGPT' - sorry, wtf??
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
On the 30th August. Criminal.
August 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
On the 30th August. Criminal.
But we were told that data centres would actually help mitigate climate change!
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686e73...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686e73...
August 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
But we were told that data centres would actually help mitigate climate change!
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686e73...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686e73...
working on a thesis that the earnestness of AI chatbots is fundamentally antithetical to the bri'ish mind
August 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
working on a thesis that the earnestness of AI chatbots is fundamentally antithetical to the bri'ish mind
google has delightfully informed me that the Data (Use and Access) Bill appears in Season 8, Episode 254 of that long-running TV show, 'House of Lords'
August 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
google has delightfully informed me that the Data (Use and Access) Bill appears in Season 8, Episode 254 of that long-running TV show, 'House of Lords'
yet *despite* this, techUK can confidently state that the water issue is overblown, because half of the surveyed sites self-report not using water for cooling.
August 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
yet *despite* this, techUK can confidently state that the water issue is overblown, because half of the surveyed sites self-report not using water for cooling.
Welp, suppose we might find out the answer to that question in the eyes of the state
August 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Welp, suppose we might find out the answer to that question in the eyes of the state
ah, monsieur, please take a seat
August 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
ah, monsieur, please take a seat
inspired by @marcharris.bsky.social, tag yourself
July 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
inspired by @marcharris.bsky.social, tag yourself
Trump's AI Action Plan makes it crystal clear that they want to use AI as a tool of geostrategic dominance, locking in everyone else.
Will Peter 'jangling keys admirer' Kyle continue to accept Google/OpenAI/whoever's offers of 'free AI support!!' with credulity?
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Will Peter 'jangling keys admirer' Kyle continue to accept Google/OpenAI/whoever's offers of 'free AI support!!' with credulity?
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
July 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Trump's AI Action Plan makes it crystal clear that they want to use AI as a tool of geostrategic dominance, locking in everyone else.
Will Peter 'jangling keys admirer' Kyle continue to accept Google/OpenAI/whoever's offers of 'free AI support!!' with credulity?
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Will Peter 'jangling keys admirer' Kyle continue to accept Google/OpenAI/whoever's offers of 'free AI support!!' with credulity?
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Looks like they want to make the rest of the world dependent on the US tech giants. Fun to be in the UK right now where our politicians are welcoming this with open arms.
July 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Looks like they want to make the rest of the world dependent on the US tech giants. Fun to be in the UK right now where our politicians are welcoming this with open arms.
'nightingale hospitals? why not nightingale prisons-' you catch a reflection in the mirror. it's michel foucault. he's holding a claw hammer
July 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
'nightingale hospitals? why not nightingale prisons-' you catch a reflection in the mirror. it's michel foucault. he's holding a claw hammer
a full *half* of 12-15s using X are using it for 'politics and current affairs', more than double any other platform. I'm sure this is doing completely normal things to these kids' brains.
July 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
a full *half* of 12-15s using X are using it for 'politics and current affairs', more than double any other platform. I'm sure this is doing completely normal things to these kids' brains.
Ofcom news consumption report is out today. Lots to look at, but the thing that struck me is the increase in proportion of 12-15 y.o.s using X/Twitter, and just how much more politically engaged they seem than rest of their cohort.
LOOK at the far right (heh)
www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
LOOK at the far right (heh)
www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
July 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ofcom news consumption report is out today. Lots to look at, but the thing that struck me is the increase in proportion of 12-15 y.o.s using X/Twitter, and just how much more politically engaged they seem than rest of their cohort.
LOOK at the far right (heh)
www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
LOOK at the far right (heh)
www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
Yes, though not in time to prevent it being repeated on Good Morning Britain:
July 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Yes, though not in time to prevent it being repeated on Good Morning Britain:
This quote about water privatisation doing the rounds (including in a well-read post by @peterstefanovic.bsky.social) does not appear *anywhere* in the Independent Water Commission report. It's unclear where Robert Peston got it from. Could it be an AI summary gone wrong?
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This quote about water privatisation doing the rounds (including in a well-read post by @peterstefanovic.bsky.social) does not appear *anywhere* in the Independent Water Commission report. It's unclear where Robert Peston got it from. Could it be an AI summary gone wrong?
*to the tune of eleanor rigby*
Elton John Marmite,
Elton John Marmite,
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
*to the tune of eleanor rigby*
Elton John Marmite,
Elton John Marmite,
These are the argts Anderson presents for why 'violence fascinated individuals' should be treated as a terrorism issue. To my mind, the most compelling is the practical: *only* CT has the resources to really do something about this. Everything else is window-dressing.
July 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
These are the argts Anderson presents for why 'violence fascinated individuals' should be treated as a terrorism issue. To my mind, the most compelling is the practical: *only* CT has the resources to really do something about this. Everything else is window-dressing.