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Human. Whisk(e)y drinker. Freelance writer for various tech publications.

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I like the guy, and I don't agree with your assessment that he's either "unwell" or "autistic". But the half-hour rants today felt a little OTT.

20.05.2025 17:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are the @lbc.co.uk phone lines down today?

James O'Brien is going on half-hour rants.

20.05.2025 10:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But I thought he was going to end the war on day one?!

18.04.2025 12:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Threads definitely feels more like X from a few years ago, and being a Meta property means engagement is valued above all else.

17.04.2025 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome to Bluesky. I have zero to do with the scheduling of my articles on PCWorld, I'm afraid ๐Ÿ˜„

Threads could go either way at this point. I enjoy the conversations, but the engagement farming is becoming a big issue.

17.04.2025 13:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Of course you can. They are, after all, just opinions.

16.04.2025 21:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Time and time again, the "majority" are proven to be wrong, regressive, and/or downright thick.

16.04.2025 16:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social Claiming that this judgement doesn't erode transpeople's rights is nonsense.

As the caller said, they're now likely to get thrown out of changing rooms and toilets. So, where are they meant to go?

16.04.2025 12:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At the expense of trans women, yes.

The Supreme Court claiming otherwise is bullshit.

16.04.2025 11:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trans people clearly will be disadvantaged by this.

16.04.2025 11:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mrjamesob.bsky.social No, I'm not changing my views on democracy based on what one writer said to you.

15.04.2025 10:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ

14.04.2025 13:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Liverpool's era was the late 70s and early 80s. United's was the 90s and 2000s. City's has been since.

Arsenal and Chelsea have had inconsistent spells due to the dominance of the above three teams.

14.04.2025 12:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's more that your assertion that Liverpool and Arsenal have always been great is BS.

The big teams rise and fall. The last few years have belonged to City, and that will fade.

14.04.2025 11:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha! In a world of bad takes, this is a doozy.

14.04.2025 11:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A penguin pointing w a stick at a pic sitting on an easel of a Tesla w a pigeon flying over head pooping on it as 3 pigeons look on

A penguin pointing w a stick at a pic sitting on an easel of a Tesla w a pigeon flying over head pooping on it as 3 pigeons look on

๐Ÿคฃ

04.04.2025 16:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 36507 ๐Ÿ” 8271 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 853 ๐Ÿ“Œ 705

I've been in shorts and a T-shirt for two weeks already.

04.04.2025 11:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm finding Threads much more active than Bluesky these days.

Anyone else having a similar experience?

01.04.2025 23:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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31.03.2025 13:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 280 ๐Ÿ” 56 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I'm pretty sure the lack of attention on the female victim in Adolescence was intentional, mirroring what happens in the media.

27.03.2025 11:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Except that when you're building a fascist dictatorship, any notion of process flies out of the window.

26.03.2025 18:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Quite honestly, I think they're screwed either way.

If they even attempt to get closer to the EU, Reform and the Tories will rouse the Brexit mob.

And what Labour is currently doing to the sick and disabled is going to lose them a lot of trad voters.

25.03.2025 23:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm sure they're well aware, but 8 months into this parliament, it would be suicide to raise the issue of Brexit.

25.03.2025 23:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this legit? It looks like it's from a dystopian film.

18.03.2025 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a parody.

17.03.2025 11:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm suddenly getting a lot more engagement on Threads, and very little on Bluesky. ๐Ÿค”

14.03.2025 13:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I'm a dissenting voice for abolishing NHS England.

Why? Because it makes the NHS more of a political football. If anything, we should be moving the NHS out of politics. It needs a 20-year plan that cannot be sidelined by an election result.

14.03.2025 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, they should have. Obviously.

I get that this is one rule for one, and one rule for another.

12.03.2025 20:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not the ones sitting on the forecourt.

12.03.2025 20:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Protesting, no, but setting fire to the cars, yes.

12.03.2025 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0