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@irksomelib.bsky.social

lib. postdoc. computer scientist (computational linguistics/natural language processing). british. likes metal, sci-fi and fantasy. extremely bad at posting. OCD-haver, ace/aro. he/him.

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Latest posts by irksomelib.bsky.social on Bluesky

Morgan McSweeney has now resigned as Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff

08.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 352    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 15

Babymetal are great on their own, but some of their collabs on Metal Forth are just next level.

08.02.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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o rly

07.02.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2318    πŸ” 399    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 42

Oh I'll add, if we're allowed to go into Westeros' past, Aegon IV absolutely 100% went to the island.

07.02.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes basically. He is is a natural follower which is why I think he'd also end up in there, getting involved in all the awful shit his brother does.

07.02.2026 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone knows Tywin is but surprisingly; so is Kevan. Oh and of course basically every Frey, but that's a given.

07.02.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now thankfully neither (the DWP's extremely dumb idea, or mass job losses to AI) are likely to come to pass. Does tell us how unbelievably useless the DWP is though.

06.02.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just cast mine! 🫑🫑🫑

06.02.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Me posting my ballot at a postbox in an overpriced area of south east London

Me posting my ballot at a postbox in an overpriced area of south east London

Info at https://ucucommons.org/who-else-should-i-vote-for/

Info at https://ucucommons.org/who-else-should-i-vote-for/

My #UCU NEC ballot paper arrived! Voted for @markpendleton.bsky.social and @suzitoole.bsky.social obviously plus a bunch of other @ucucommons.org and independent candidates at the list below.

06.02.2026 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

On this basis we would stop paying for free school meals for children and free bus passes for pensioners.

I don’t use it/don’t benefit is literally the direct opposite reason why we have taxation to fund pubic goods.

Education is a public good. Fund it!

30.01.2026 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Netflix and not-kill

29.01.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

When the bubble bursts and all the Gen-AI companies start going under I'm going to be necking so much champagne...

28.01.2026 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Take my country's fucking name out of your mouth and don't talk about it like it's a lab experiment, you disgusting fucking freak

27.01.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 13

Best case scenario (which tbf is the most likely one), is this government is too feckless and incompetent to actually implement it.

27.01.2026 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Best case scenario (which tbf is the most likely one), is this government is too feckless and incompetent to actually implement it.

27.01.2026 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This will go well I imagine... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

27.01.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is absolutely a line that can be drawn between liberalism (in its various permutations) and socialism (in its various permutations) even when they overlap because these are two different philosophies/epistemologies. There is no line that can be drawn between "liberalism" and "the left"

26.01.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

I'm just curious about what the weapons are for. What naval battles is he planning on getting into?

24.01.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
24.01.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

great moments in UK PREVENT history

23.01.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

PhD here, built a website with other PhDs devoted to organizing PhDs and future well respected people to criticize and comprehend kleptomaniac grifter plagiarist incapacitating machine

against-a-i.com

22.01.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

GDI campaign: Upholding global security in the face of terrorism and ecological collapse.

NOD campaign: Uprising of the left behind against the ruling classes.

Scrin campaign: Failed attempt to open a Starbucks in rural Mississippi.

21.01.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

we were living through a renaissance for injection molded plastic and we didn't even know it

20.01.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the ways you know AI is junk is because of how hard it’s being marketed and rammed down our throats. If it was that good such endless harassment wouldn’t be necessary.

20.01.2026 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

"Plans" is shockingly generous, this barely qualifies as "hopes". These idiots have no revenue stream.

20.01.2026 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When are people going to be held accountable for the nonsense slop and puff they emit.

18.01.2026 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1773    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 155    πŸ“Œ 78
Hans Moleman from the Simpsons from the scene where he said "I was saying Boo-Urns"

Hans Moleman from the Simpsons from the scene where he said "I was saying Boo-Urns"

Critics on Starfleet Academy: No one asked for Dawson's Creek in space
Me

17.01.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
1) Metallica
2) Gojira
3) Ghost
4) Blind Guardian
5) Therapy?

17.01.2026 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well it's just that 99% of the times when American lib's criticize the UK, it's generally about things that the US is objectively worse than the UK on.

16.01.2026 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never forget what a horrible cruel man he is

15.01.2026 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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