Morgan McSweeney has now resigned as Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff
08.02.2026 14:24 β π 352 π 57 π¬ 37 π 15@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.
Morgan McSweeney has now resigned as Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff
08.02.2026 14:24 β π 352 π 57 π¬ 37 π 15Babymetal are great on their own, but some of their collabs on Metal Forth are just next level.
08.02.2026 14:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0o rly
07.02.2026 17:08 β π 2318 π 399 π¬ 50 π 42Oh 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 π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yes 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 π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Everyone 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 π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Now 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 π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just cast mine! π«‘π«‘π«‘
06.02.2026 15:49 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Me 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/
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 π 16 π 8 π¬ 1 π 3On this basis we would stop paying for free school meals for children and free bus passes for pensioners.
I donβt use it/donβt benefit is literally the direct opposite reason why we have taxation to fund pubic goods.
Education is a public good. Fund it!
Netflix and not-kill
29.01.2026 15:41 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 2When 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 π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Take 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 π 479 π 56 π¬ 31 π 13Best 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 π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Best 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 π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This will go well I imagine... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
27.01.2026 10:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0There 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 π 143 π 20 π¬ 5 π 3I'm just curious about what the weapons are for. What naval battles is he planning on getting into?
24.01.2026 12:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0great moments in UK PREVENT history
23.01.2026 18:09 β π 38 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0PhD 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
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.
we were living through a renaissance for injection molded plastic and we didn't even know it
20.01.2026 12:38 β π 395 π 28 π¬ 13 π 0One of the ways you know AI is junk is because of how hard itβs being marketed and rammed down our throats. If it was that good such endless harassment wouldnβt be necessary.
20.01.2026 10:47 β π 54 π 15 π¬ 2 π 1"Plans" is shockingly generous, this barely qualifies as "hopes". These idiots have no revenue stream.
20.01.2026 06:27 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0When are people going to be held accountable for the nonsense slop and puff they emit.
18.01.2026 09:19 β π 1773 π 343 π¬ 155 π 78Hans 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
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
1) Metallica
2) Gojira
3) Ghost
4) Blind Guardian
5) Therapy?
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 π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Never forget what a horrible cruel man he is
15.01.2026 11:38 β π 72 π 15 π¬ 2 π 0