Andrew Cherry
@kolektiv.xyncro.com
Tech-person, primarily software, occasionally hardware. Somewhat of the left. Dog-dad (also actual child-dad). He/Him. European.
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every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
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Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
🧵 Ok, off-topic #adhd rant, because I'm angry, and in particular, I'm angry at companies that take advantage of people who are desperate for help. In this case, some crap called Liven, but I've seen many more. Now, I have #adhd. It's not a superpower; on balance, it sucks.
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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The era of "platforms are neutral" is long behind us (or rather it was never really true, but now it's much more obvious).
If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
I wrote this in April 2024, about why people were refusing to leave X as it became undeniably a pro-white-supremacist site
But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place
But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place
You are the fuel that energises Elon Musk’s hate machine
X is something entirely new: it has the clout and influence of Twitter, blended with the hate of 4chan and the lies of TruthSocial. And it lingers because its users don’t see themselves as th…
ketanjoshi.co
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The era of "platforms are neutral" is long behind us (or rather it was never really true, but now it's much more obvious).
If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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Grok is awful; it's the very worst example of what running AI without any guardrails and concern for harm looks like. But let's not forget that it's people - and let's be clear here, those people are men - who are telling Grok to make those images.
If you thought Elon Musk's “Grok” chatbot couldn't get worse, read my latest article: Grok isn't just undressing women, it's now putting swastika bikinis on them. One woman who was targeted is a recently-deceased Holocaust survivor.
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Grok is awful; it's the very worst example of what running AI without any guardrails and concern for harm looks like. But let's not forget that it's people - and let's be clear here, those people are men - who are telling Grok to make those images.
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🗣️ LET’S MAKE CURIOSITY COOL IN 2026
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🗣️ LET’S MAKE CURIOSITY COOL IN 2026
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The Telegraph here advocating an surprisingly aggressive response to unwanted Christmas gifts.
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The Telegraph here advocating an surprisingly aggressive response to unwanted Christmas gifts.
Having spent some time looking at the state of #rustlang UI libraries and frameworks, I've decided to see how much of a TUI modular synth it's possible to make. Seeing as ideally most interactions should be through hardware control surfaces...
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Having spent some time looking at the state of #rustlang UI libraries and frameworks, I've decided to see how much of a TUI modular synth it's possible to make. Seeing as ideally most interactions should be through hardware control surfaces...
Do you think we could combine Musk's ludicrous Mars ship obsession with the self-obsessed narcissism of the ultra-rich tech bros to convince them of some kind of B-Ark scenario? Like, we're all coming, but make sure there's ubiquitous GenAI, and everything's financialized before we get there?
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Do you think we could combine Musk's ludicrous Mars ship obsession with the self-obsessed narcissism of the ultra-rich tech bros to convince them of some kind of B-Ark scenario? Like, we're all coming, but make sure there's ubiquitous GenAI, and everything's financialized before we get there?
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Kind of a fun milestone today - the first basic implementation of a DCB sample on Eventrica code! See github.com/eventrica/ev... for the details, but... well, it's pretty cool. It already feels like a nice way to implement relatively complex event-driven logic.
eventric-model/examples/eventric-model-examples/examples/course_subscriptions at f735587fb3c9616517748f531801334407b7dc11 · eventrica/eventric-model
Eventric Development Model Libraries. Contribute to eventrica/eventric-model development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Kind of a fun milestone today - the first basic implementation of a DCB sample on Eventrica code! See github.com/eventrica/ev... for the details, but... well, it's pretty cool. It already feels like a nice way to implement relatively complex event-driven logic.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Prodigy
Orbital
Moderat
Jon Hopkins
Squarepusher
The Prodigy
Orbital
Moderat
Jon Hopkins
Squarepusher
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Prodigy
Orbital
Moderat
Jon Hopkins
Squarepusher
The Prodigy
Orbital
Moderat
Jon Hopkins
Squarepusher
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RC 1 is out! I forgot to post about RC 0, but here we are.
At this point API and disk format are unlikely to further change - now it's all about stabilization for the final release...
crates.io/crates/fjall...
At this point API and disk format are unlikely to further change - now it's all about stabilization for the final release...
crates.io/crates/fjall...
crates.io: Rust Package Registry
crates.io
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
RC 1 is out! I forgot to post about RC 0, but here we are.
At this point API and disk format are unlikely to further change - now it's all about stabilization for the final release...
crates.io/crates/fjall...
At this point API and disk format are unlikely to further change - now it's all about stabilization for the final release...
crates.io/crates/fjall...
So majority of positive responses to Labour proposals on asylum seekers coming from Tories, Reform, and likes of Tommy Robinson. Majority of horror from rest of Labour and everyone else. If you were a Labour minister, shouldn't that make you stop and think? To doubt, to question? Shameful.
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So majority of positive responses to Labour proposals on asylum seekers coming from Tories, Reform, and likes of Tommy Robinson. Majority of horror from rest of Labour and everyone else. If you were a Labour minister, shouldn't that make you stop and think? To doubt, to question? Shameful.
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Number of refugees per 1,000 people:
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 137
🇩🇪 Germany: 31
🇸🇪 Sweden: 23
🇧🇪 Belgium: 14
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 13
🇬🇧 UK: 6.5
We are not a "generous country". There is no crisis, other than a bankrupt political elite scapegoating the most vulnerable people on Earth.
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 137
🇩🇪 Germany: 31
🇸🇪 Sweden: 23
🇧🇪 Belgium: 14
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 13
🇬🇧 UK: 6.5
We are not a "generous country". There is no crisis, other than a bankrupt political elite scapegoating the most vulnerable people on Earth.
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Number of refugees per 1,000 people:
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 137
🇩🇪 Germany: 31
🇸🇪 Sweden: 23
🇧🇪 Belgium: 14
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 13
🇬🇧 UK: 6.5
We are not a "generous country". There is no crisis, other than a bankrupt political elite scapegoating the most vulnerable people on Earth.
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 137
🇩🇪 Germany: 31
🇸🇪 Sweden: 23
🇧🇪 Belgium: 14
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 13
🇬🇧 UK: 6.5
We are not a "generous country". There is no crisis, other than a bankrupt political elite scapegoating the most vulnerable people on Earth.
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What does AI even mean in this context?! www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It's never clearly explained, it sounds like there's some kind of formula - why would AI even be theoretically helpful here? Uncritical slop reporting of uncritical slop usage - complete absence of journalism. Come on!
It's never clearly explained, it sounds like there's some kind of formula - why would AI even be theoretically helpful here? Uncritical slop reporting of uncritical slop usage - complete absence of journalism. Come on!
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What does AI even mean in this context?! www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It's never clearly explained, it sounds like there's some kind of formula - why would AI even be theoretically helpful here? Uncritical slop reporting of uncritical slop usage - complete absence of journalism. Come on!
It's never clearly explained, it sounds like there's some kind of formula - why would AI even be theoretically helpful here? Uncritical slop reporting of uncritical slop usage - complete absence of journalism. Come on!
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
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1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
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1/22
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
Bizarrely, I've never really touched Python, and have no meaningful connection to it, but nevertheless - hats off to them for showing how to stand up and put principles first. Always good (if all too rare) to see a tech community with a decent moral core.
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Bizarrely, I've never really touched Python, and have no meaningful connection to it, but nevertheless - hats off to them for showing how to stand up and put principles first. Always good (if all too rare) to see a tech community with a decent moral core.
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like whatever your position is on AI, you would be disingenuous to deny that it was almost completely supply-driven
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
like whatever your position is on AI, you would be disingenuous to deny that it was almost completely supply-driven
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The thing to understand about fascism is that most people you know will be bought off. Bought with promises of peace and stability, bought with business opportunities or paid with actual cash. Most people aren't going to resist. Get used to it and get used to operating in that environment.
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The thing to understand about fascism is that most people you know will be bought off. Bought with promises of peace and stability, bought with business opportunities or paid with actual cash. Most people aren't going to resist. Get used to it and get used to operating in that environment.
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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