Danny Birchall
@dannybirchall.bsky.social
I was brought up to the sound of the synthesiser, I learned to dance to the beat of electronic drums
First smashed-inside-the-box Evri delivery of the festive season. Ho ho ho!
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
First smashed-inside-the-box Evri delivery of the festive season. Ho ho ho!
It's always a pleasure to catch a geographical error in the London-bases books of the Oxford-based Mick Herron, and the latest one did not disappoint
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It's always a pleasure to catch a geographical error in the London-bases books of the Oxford-based Mick Herron, and the latest one did not disappoint
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dreamed someone in the UK went life-changingly viral for coining a new expression of appreciation:
that banged the front door
that banged the front door
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
dreamed someone in the UK went life-changingly viral for coining a new expression of appreciation:
that banged the front door
that banged the front door
Trying to explain to my kids that they can choose what they watch on tiktok: met with baffled stares.
otoh I'll happily let Spotify choose an hour of bleep techno for me to listen to while I clean the kitchen
otoh I'll happily let Spotify choose an hour of bleep techno for me to listen to while I clean the kitchen
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Trying to explain to my kids that they can choose what they watch on tiktok: met with baffled stares.
otoh I'll happily let Spotify choose an hour of bleep techno for me to listen to while I clean the kitchen
otoh I'll happily let Spotify choose an hour of bleep techno for me to listen to while I clean the kitchen
Broke: LLMs are conscious
Woke: People who think that are dumb
Bespoke: Humans are evolutionarily hardwired to assume consciousness in things that seem conscious, we just can't help it
Woke: People who think that are dumb
Bespoke: Humans are evolutionarily hardwired to assume consciousness in things that seem conscious, we just can't help it
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Broke: LLMs are conscious
Woke: People who think that are dumb
Bespoke: Humans are evolutionarily hardwired to assume consciousness in things that seem conscious, we just can't help it
Woke: People who think that are dumb
Bespoke: Humans are evolutionarily hardwired to assume consciousness in things that seem conscious, we just can't help it
If he's the grinch I'd hate to meet the grfoot
If he's the grinch i'd hate to meet the frownch
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If he's the grinch I'd hate to meet the grfoot
Will smash every single fucking laptop in my kids' school if they try that dosgshit there
The government recently invited schools to become 'edtech testbeds'. Kristy Evers explains what they are, and how they can be run successfully for everyone involved
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/phillipson-should-look-to-nordics-to-help-guide-edtech-testbeds/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/phillipson-should-look-to-nordics-to-help-guide-edtech-testbeds/
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Will smash every single fucking laptop in my kids' school if they try that dosgshit there
I voted 'Your Party' because I already use 'Yorpers' in day-to-day speech
Bloody hell man
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I voted 'Your Party' because I already use 'Yorpers' in day-to-day speech
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Same reason you don’t get Police Cats.
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Same reason you don’t get Police Cats.
Why do people give drugs to cats, but not to dogs?
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Why do people give drugs to cats, but not to dogs?
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Next year, Shabana Mahmood is going to have you tortured at a black site if you’re caught performative reading Sally Rooney novels on the tube
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Next year, Shabana Mahmood is going to have you tortured at a black site if you’re caught performative reading Sally Rooney novels on the tube
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Black Friday Weekend Deal! Buy our book from an indy bookstore and get a free warm fuzzy feeling for being a good person with every purchase 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/muse... 📚 @bertsbooks.bsky.social 😁
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/muse... 📚 @bertsbooks.bsky.social 😁
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Black Friday Weekend Deal! Buy our book from an indy bookstore and get a free warm fuzzy feeling for being a good person with every purchase 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/muse... 📚 @bertsbooks.bsky.social 😁
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/muse... 📚 @bertsbooks.bsky.social 😁
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
ironic that the guillotine is so often used rhetorically against extreme capitalist wealth, when it was the bourgeois that invented & used it to advance their material interests
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
ironic that the guillotine is so often used rhetorically against extreme capitalist wealth, when it was the bourgeois that invented & used it to advance their material interests
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Today could be a really good day to buy a copy of Birding from an independent bookshop, or perhaps even its poor neglected older sibling This Is Yesterday
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today could be a really good day to buy a copy of Birding from an independent bookshop, or perhaps even its poor neglected older sibling This Is Yesterday
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
Just saw the John Peel meme on bluesky for the first time -- that's an instant block
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Just saw the John Peel meme on bluesky for the first time -- that's an instant block
the google AI can't read its own search results, how is this a business model??
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
the google AI can't read its own search results, how is this a business model??
Congratulations to the hardest working man in beer! (think that's what I mean)
it’s now time to share The Michael Jackson Award for Beer Writer of the Year
This is the final award of the evening, and it goes to…
🏆 Winner: David Jesudason
#BGBW25
This is the final award of the evening, and it goes to…
🏆 Winner: David Jesudason
#BGBW25
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Congratulations to the hardest working man in beer! (think that's what I mean)
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
Americans dumping helicopters in the sea as they fled Saigon. I was *so* mad because I wanted a helicopter, but I didn't have a helicopter and the Americans were just throwing them away.
1. What was the first major news story you remember as a child?
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Americans dumping helicopters in the sea as they fled Saigon. I was *so* mad because I wanted a helicopter, but I didn't have a helicopter and the Americans were just throwing them away.
Interrupting my kids watching Stranger Things every time David Harbour comes on screen to tell them another evil thing he did to Lily Allen
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Interrupting my kids watching Stranger Things every time David Harbour comes on screen to tell them another evil thing he did to Lily Allen
You Must Eat Shit Says Company That Has Pivoted To Manure Production
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
You Must Eat Shit Says Company That Has Pivoted To Manure Production
unhappy people make better art, discuss
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
unhappy people make better art, discuss