Alan Hasell

Alan Hasell

@alanhasell.bsky.social

Scientist. Engineer. Cynic. Generally grumpy old git. Geek but not the cool kind. Currently clean on OPSEC.

1,087 Followers 844 Following 960 Posts Joined Oct 2023
6 hours ago
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Trump says securing the Strait of Hormuz will be a "team effort"

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7 hours ago

I cannot adequately explain how fucked up the World Cup situation is wihen the president of a host nation *threatens the safety* of one of the participants (Iran).
The USA should be removed as a host nation and if it's not, the games shoud be boycotted and ANYONE WITH A MORAL CENTER should see that.

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22 hours ago
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Grandma jailed after AI error linked her to crime in state she never visited: lawyer The charges were later dismissed after bank records showed she was in Tennessee at the time

If only a college professor could condescendingly yell at her that AI is useful, I bet she’d feel so much better about all this

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1 day ago
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“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

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9 hours ago

It’s hard to blame woke DEI when the military is losing a war because of the straits.

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16 hours ago
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I have nothing to add here. Yes, it’s that bad.

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7 hours ago

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.

1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

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6 hours ago

the man operates at a third grade reading level and has absolutely zero idea how literally anything works

an even semi-competent political press would have made this relentlessly clear over the last decade

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8 hours ago
Straight of Hormuz, with Buddha imposed, text: The realization that the lack of oil isn't causing your suffering, but the desire for oil itself, on your path to enlightenment.

Possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz?

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8 hours ago
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage

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8 hours ago

Watching these guys learn basic geopolitics in real time is incredible. Ah so that's why you need allies. I see

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7 hours ago

Where exactly did he say he thought it would work, chief?

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8 hours ago
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I'm going to be real with you Mr President, the PLAN isn't doing that

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8 hours ago

You don't get to paper over the fact that they are bigots. They knowingly wanted to strip minorities and women of any historical representation. They killed projects simply because they had ethnic identities and genders attached.

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12 hours ago

This is, to put it mildly, a double standard. This guy was part of a government that encouraged online social media figures to engage in routine harassment of government employees to the point that many were fired or went into hiding. Some of it was done by Elon Musk, this guy's boss.

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22 hours ago

hi speaking as a narrative lead on a GOTY and long time builder of VO pipelines, this has literally been a solved problem for ages with text to speech and other tools so we haven’t ever needed evil shit like genAI for this solved ass problem. This is basic shit.

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16 hours ago
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why are bees doing brutalism

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1 day ago
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Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."

No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

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1 day ago

Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.

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2 days ago
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Reform UK's Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering Reform UK processes cryptocurrency donations through a foreign infrastructure that housed a US Treasury sanctioned crime syndicate laundering $4 billion in illicit funds – including proceeds from Nort...

EXCL: Reform UK have been processing cryptocurrency donations through Poland, under a 'lax' regulatory regime which previously housed a Cambodian crime syndicate sanctioned by the US Treasury for laundering $4 billion in illicit funds (inc. proceeds from North Korean state-sponsored cyber heists)

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2 days ago
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GB News Under Fire After Airing ‘White Genocide’ Conspiracy Theory From Former Boris Johnson Aide Ofcom is under pressure to investigate after the channel promoted his claims that white Britons face demographic "genocide" by ethnic minorities who will "turn on" them

🔴 GB News Under Fire After Airing ‘White Genocide’ Conspiracy Theory From Former Boris Johnson Aide

Ofcom is under pressure to investigate after the channel promoted his claims that white Britons face demographic “genocide” by ethnic minorities who will “turn on” them

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1 day ago
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"Faster than a speeding bullet."

I love watching border collies work.

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2 months ago
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Darkwood – Farrago Books Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths. This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn’t perform magic, but does know a lot of maths. When the sin...

You know who's done a bunch of comedy novels for kids and isn't a Danger (just a bit of an arsehole sometimes)? farragobooks.com/book/darkwood/

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23 hours ago

Well then welcome to the Streisand effect

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22 hours ago

Hahahahagagagagahahahahahahahahaa

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2 days ago
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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

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12 hours ago

As a resident of Worcestershire, I also wish they hadn’t bothered.

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16 hours ago
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Nigel Farage regrets running 'bankrupt' Worcestershire Council The Reform UK leader says he wishes the party

“Farage has said he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of Worcestershire County Council, because of its financial problems”

V much summing up his approach to power.
Grifting and gobshiting - yes please.
Hard work and responsibility - god no.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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13 hours ago
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Pete Hegseth is openly calling on Trump-friendly oligarchs to take over the media while unshackling the military from the "rules of engagement" he hates so much. What he really wants is a world in which horrors like the school bombing don't ever fully come to light.

newrepublic.com/article/2077...

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