Chris Emerson
@chris.emerson.social
Socialism, software, sailplanes, synths, space, science & sums. Software specialist at CGI & @qi.com
http://hachyderm.io/@cemerson
was @chris_emerson on Twitter
http://hachyderm.io/@cemerson
was @chris_emerson on Twitter
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Everything is awful but the creativity behind some of these handmade posters gives me a glimmer of hope in humanity.
January 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Everything is awful but the creativity behind some of these handmade posters gives me a glimmer of hope in humanity.
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
Windows 11 started falling apart at the seams for me and crashing constantly last year, leading to me to switch to Linux back in June. Now there's broken updates causing issues on my work PC too... none of this is even considering the AI being crammed down our throats, privacy invasions and the rest
January 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Windows 11 started falling apart at the seams for me and crashing constantly last year, leading to me to switch to Linux back in June. Now there's broken updates causing issues on my work PC too... none of this is even considering the AI being crammed down our throats, privacy invasions and the rest
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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Entirely typical of the BBC's treatment of trans people that it presents Michael Foran, who is literally on the advisory Board of the Sex Matters hate group, as an independent expert.
How the NHS became the battleground in the trans debate at work
What's next for employers and their staff in the aftermath of the Darlington nurses ruling?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Entirely typical of the BBC's treatment of trans people that it presents Michael Foran, who is literally on the advisory Board of the Sex Matters hate group, as an independent expert.
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Greens surge to joint highest polling as Reform support stalls
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...
Greens surge to joint highest polling as Reform support stalls
The Green Party have seen a jump in the polls as they closed the gap on Labour, the Tories and Reform.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Greens surge to joint highest polling as Reform support stalls
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...
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Breaches include his GB News fees and fees for advertising gold, as well as personal donations
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Breaches include his GB News fees and fees for advertising gold, as well as personal donations
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New - Nigel Farage has been found by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to have made 17 standards breaches, adding up to over £380,000 in late declarations.
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
New - Nigel Farage has been found by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to have made 17 standards breaches, adding up to over £380,000 in late declarations.
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
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She's just sacked a police chief for believing in the power of AI.
Shabana Mahmood here, and the vibes are not getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 AM
She's just sacked a police chief for believing in the power of AI.
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Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
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Feeling a bit low today? That’s human.
Being told it’s the most depressing day of the year? That’s marketing.
Blue Monday is not an actual thing.
I should know. I wrote a book explaining why our brains fall for it.
The Idiot Brain - Million-selling 10th Anniversary edition out now.
Being told it’s the most depressing day of the year? That’s marketing.
Blue Monday is not an actual thing.
I should know. I wrote a book explaining why our brains fall for it.
The Idiot Brain - Million-selling 10th Anniversary edition out now.
January 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Feeling a bit low today? That’s human.
Being told it’s the most depressing day of the year? That’s marketing.
Blue Monday is not an actual thing.
I should know. I wrote a book explaining why our brains fall for it.
The Idiot Brain - Million-selling 10th Anniversary edition out now.
Being told it’s the most depressing day of the year? That’s marketing.
Blue Monday is not an actual thing.
I should know. I wrote a book explaining why our brains fall for it.
The Idiot Brain - Million-selling 10th Anniversary edition out now.
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Then stop.
James Cameron says he must find a cheaper way to produce the Avatar movies in order to continue making them. https://bit.ly/4qnlOpl
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Then stop.
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Avatar movies existing don't negatively effect me - I watched the first and thought it was pretty but empty, and have ignored the others, although I'm aware the second is Questionable - but there's no reason to announce this except to pave the way for using generative AI in future instalments.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Avatar movies existing don't negatively effect me - I watched the first and thought it was pretty but empty, and have ignored the others, although I'm aware the second is Questionable - but there's no reason to announce this except to pave the way for using generative AI in future instalments.
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Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
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"Congratulations, we are cutting migration. But we have persistently high NHS waiting lists, a shortage of social care, collapsing universities, missed housebuilding targets, lower economic growth and higher taxes."
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/fall...
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/fall...
Falling migration could be about to drive your taxes up
Our reliance on migration for economic stability and adequate care for our ageing population is obvious and undeniable
inews.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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This reminds me of a Cambridge professor who once told me:
“We do the *hard thinking* at Oxbridge…[pause]…whereas the *doing* is done in the provinces…”
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“We do the *hard thinking* at Oxbridge…[pause]…whereas the *doing* is done in the provinces…”
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““We don’t do hard luck stories,” sniffed one academic. “Oxford doesn’t do remedial education,” complained another…”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major
Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot, says professor of social mobility at ...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This reminds me of a Cambridge professor who once told me:
“We do the *hard thinking* at Oxbridge…[pause]…whereas the *doing* is done in the provinces…”
🙃
“We do the *hard thinking* at Oxbridge…[pause]…whereas the *doing* is done in the provinces…”
🙃
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Notts Techfast is back & we're starting 2026 the easy way ☕️🥐
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
What should Tech Meetups look like in 2026?, Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:30 AM | Meetup
## **Notts Techfast 2026: a relaxed kick-off to pick your brains**
Let’s start 2026 the easy way: **breakfast and a friendly chat** with local tech folks.
This month isn’
www.meetup.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Notts Techfast is back & we're starting 2026 the easy way ☕️🥐
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
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Sometimes politics isn’t actually all that difficult. It’s just the current generation of Westminster leaders have an amazing gift for making everything seem that way.
It speaks to how broken MPs' media diet is that all parties didn't collectively go "pedophilia bad" at the first possible opportunity here
The least surprising poll finding you'll ever see:
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Sometimes politics isn’t actually all that difficult. It’s just the current generation of Westminster leaders have an amazing gift for making everything seem that way.
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Hinckley. Plus, news of two events I’d love to go to — the unveiling of Lovelace's new statue, and a Fieldwork-related event at the Uni of York that's come out of the workshop I did last year. I'd love to go to both, but I need your help to get there. ALD is still unfunded, and last year's been...
January 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Hinckley. Plus, news of two events I’d love to go to — the unveiling of Lovelace's new statue, and a Fieldwork-related event at the Uni of York that's come out of the workshop I did last year. I'd love to go to both, but I need your help to get there. ALD is still unfunded, and last year's been...
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Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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One of the few things that might actually get some kind of reaction from Musk would be the government and all MPs simply leaving X.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.
Liz Kendall to give a Commons statement today on online regulation. She wrote this Telegraph piece, calling this a tipping point.
I'd like to hear govt + the regulator show that they are taking the full range of unlawful content seriously - not just one strand
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
I'd like to hear govt + the regulator show that they are taking the full range of unlawful content seriously - not just one strand
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Sexual deepfakes are a disgrace – and we won’t stand for it
This Government is as determined to ensure women and girls are safe online as we are to ensure they are safe in the real world
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 AM
One of the few things that might actually get some kind of reaction from Musk would be the government and all MPs simply leaving X.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.
Back at work today and I hate it :(
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Back at work today and I hate it :(
Why are people even still on Twitter / X at this point? Is being owned by a Nazi not enough of an impetus to leave, even before all the recent goings on?
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Why are people even still on Twitter / X at this point? Is being owned by a Nazi not enough of an impetus to leave, even before all the recent goings on?
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The Rehearsal, season 2, the most insane finale of any series of all time, just jaws to the floor from the first minute to the genius final line.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The Rehearsal, season 2, the most insane finale of any series of all time, just jaws to the floor from the first minute to the genius final line.