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Scottish C/C++ dev, worshipper of the mighty penguin he/him https://ko-fi.com/lokonu

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Latest posts by Deren πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡±πŸ‡§πŸ΄ @lokonu

β€œWe’re in uncharted territory” / β€œIt is not uncharted, you ignored the chart” strikes again

10.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember when Turkey had huge anti-government protests and I'll tell you this, not a single British Turk I met through that was begging the big boys to lay waste to our parent's home country. I have nothing but contempt for the people who beg America to do the work they're too weak to see through.

09.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Asked if MPs should get a vote on UK military action, Badenoch says that given the number of left wing MPs with "silly views" she thinks it's best if not.
14:08 β€’ 2 Mar 2026

Asked if MPs should get a vote on UK military action, Badenoch says that given the number of left wing MPs with "silly views" she thinks it's best if not. 14:08 β€’ 2 Mar 2026

Kemi here saying the quiet part out loud: the business of parliament is ensuring that the great looting and death machine rampages on, unimpeded by the views of silly people who don’t matter and must be ignored.

02.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 348 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 9

I mean, this is the third PM in a row to be elected amid much fanfare about how great they would be, who has absolutely sucked shit and quickly tanked to despised public enemy status. Three looks like a trend, doesn’t it. And it’s not like nobody predicted this one would be terrible.

26.01.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i think the "immigration turns high trust societies into low trust societies" people were already on really shaky ideological ground but now they're watching neighbors helping one another and calling them paid antifa agitators

25.01.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 4003 πŸ” 556 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 17

You have to remember they've been calling for this since they were in opposition and it's ridiculous that they're labouring under the delusion that this is a remotely feasible policy.

23.01.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

fair enough!

yeah i only discovered recently and immediately messaged my buddy at work lol - miles above some hex editors i've used

23.01.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ImHex A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.

good god, impressive but also fuck that lol - next time use the diff tool in imhex maybe? (imhex.werwolv.net)

23.01.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is just unreconstructed racism and sectarianism (but it's coming from white people so we won't call it that)

07.01.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

hayΔ±r! hayΔ±r! hayΔ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±Δ±r!!!

06.01.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, because they are not leaders, and they never were: they’re are *vassals* of a foreign emperor. And so were all of their predecessors, back to 1945. And now it’s finally undeniable, but that won’t stop people who are paid to deny it, continuing to deny it.

03.01.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

sick of liberals speaking in the language of embarrassment and shame tbh. if you can't integrate the horror of trump into your understanding of the US and it's history, you are being an intellectual coward. absolute same goes for Brits doing this with Boris/Farage etc etc

03.01.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Again: β€œwe’ve tried all the versions of crackdowns Thatcherism we find acceptable and none of it works, Britain is ungovernable” is the same thing as saying β€œWell, I guess it’s time for Farage and fascism”.

31.12.2025 09:04 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
"Research by social scientists overwhelmingly shows that adopting far-right positions leads neither to electoral success for centrist parties nor to electoral defeat for far-right parties. But this has not stopped centre-left advisers, politicians and strategists."
The 21st century has so far seen two simultaneous electoral developments in western Europe: the decline of social-democratic parties and the rise of far-right parties. This has created the powerful narrative that social democrats are losing votes to the far right, in particular because of their (alleged) "pro-immigration" positions. And although research shows that their voters mainly moved to centre-right and green parties, social-democratic parties have been chasing this mythical "left behind" voter ever since.
Research by social scientists overwhelmingly shows that adopting far-right positions leads neither to electoral success for centrist parties nor to electoral defeat for far-right parties. But this has not stopped centre-left advisers, politicians and strategists. Whenever my colleagues and I refer to this research, someone will point to the alleged success of the "Danish model". The lure is so great that even as polls were predicting the loss of Copenhagen, Britain's Labour government ignored internal opposition and introduced a number of policies designed to emulate Denmark's extremely stringent asylum rules.
To be clear, the Danish model has never worked.

"Research by social scientists overwhelmingly shows that adopting far-right positions leads neither to electoral success for centrist parties nor to electoral defeat for far-right parties. But this has not stopped centre-left advisers, politicians and strategists." The 21st century has so far seen two simultaneous electoral developments in western Europe: the decline of social-democratic parties and the rise of far-right parties. This has created the powerful narrative that social democrats are losing votes to the far right, in particular because of their (alleged) "pro-immigration" positions. And although research shows that their voters mainly moved to centre-right and green parties, social-democratic parties have been chasing this mythical "left behind" voter ever since. Research by social scientists overwhelmingly shows that adopting far-right positions leads neither to electoral success for centrist parties nor to electoral defeat for far-right parties. But this has not stopped centre-left advisers, politicians and strategists. Whenever my colleagues and I refer to this research, someone will point to the alleged success of the "Danish model". The lure is so great that even as polls were predicting the loss of Copenhagen, Britain's Labour government ignored internal opposition and introduced a number of policies designed to emulate Denmark's extremely stringent asylum rules. To be clear, the Danish model has never worked.

No, it hasn’t. Do we think this is because they *don’t* understand.

09.12.2025 01:24 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

it might seem surprising that the people who said β€œlook, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying

06.12.2025 12:40 πŸ‘ 4180 πŸ” 1136 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse

03.12.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 2798 πŸ” 655 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 18

the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators

26.11.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 292 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Every time I see someone invoke the idea of "adults" being in charge two things run through my head. First, you can't help but remark upon what a shitty job the "adults" have done. Second, I wonder why everyone is acting like they're a little baby?

09.11.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"

They want people to assume this means game info or assets.

But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:

'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"

07.11.2025 08:56 πŸ‘ 4727 πŸ” 2038 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 24

It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.

04.11.2025 12:37 πŸ‘ 9072 πŸ” 1925 πŸ’¬ 146 πŸ“Œ 54

I love living in a country where "newspaper that publishes almost exclusively fake stories" is basically every single paper and seeing this take.

03.11.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

they are *grim* with a few exceptions - doesnt seem as bad as the asturfing that happened at the time though

01.11.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
29.10.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 2629 πŸ” 575 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3
(((Dan Hodges))) *
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As a ceasefire is about to come into effect, it's important to remember that every death, every injury, every bereavement, every destroyed building, every pile of rubble, every bullet fired and every bomb dropped was the fault of Hamas. They own all of this.

(((Dan Hodges))) * @DPJHodges Follow As a ceasefire is about to come into effect, it's important to remember that every death, every injury, every bereavement, every destroyed building, every pile of rubble, every bullet fired and every bomb dropped was the fault of Hamas. They own all of this.

Yes, because if it wasn’t this, then lots of important white people would now have to go to prison and the irresponsible clowns who cheered them on would have to resign in disgrace

11.10.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 307 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 4

WHAT

WHAT

29.09.2025 23:53 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

boy howdy am i tired of the daily "man who sells Thing says Thing very important" tech story

15.09.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 3678 πŸ” 479 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 8

I used to think the whole idealism vs materialism thing didn’t matter but every time you argue with a liberal you get to the center of the point which is that they mystify all of society and history. They detach institutions from the class structures that created and sustain them

13.09.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 2146 πŸ” 320 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 20

Well they hardly need facial recognition technology to recognise their off duty colleagues.

13.09.2025 11:29 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0