Neil
@nudgecloud.bsky.social
A reader. A coder. Against certainty. A one-time London marathon runner.
No Dr Gladys West, no GPS.
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
No Dr Gladys West, no GPS.
Truth. Untruth. And bullshit
January 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Truth. Untruth. And bullshit
The Trump Foundation Prize for the Promotion of War and the Warrior Spirit.
The inaugural Trump Foundation Prize for the Promotion of War and the Warrior Spirit, proudly sponsored by Donald Trump's House of Wings, is to be awarded to Donald J Trump.
The inaugural Trump Foundation Prize for the Promotion of War and the Warrior Spirit, proudly sponsored by Donald Trump's House of Wings, is to be awarded to Donald J Trump.
January 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The Trump Foundation Prize for the Promotion of War and the Warrior Spirit.
The inaugural Trump Foundation Prize for the Promotion of War and the Warrior Spirit, proudly sponsored by Donald Trump's House of Wings, is to be awarded to Donald J Trump.
The inaugural Trump Foundation Prize for the Promotion of War and the Warrior Spirit, proudly sponsored by Donald Trump's House of Wings, is to be awarded to Donald J Trump.
Ninety minutes, thereabouts, is the ideal length of a film.
Two hours is justified for a special film.
The Brutalist (2024) at 215 minutes is another architecture film like The Fountainhead (1949) at 114 minutes.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Two hours is justified for a special film.
The Brutalist (2024) at 215 minutes is another architecture film like The Fountainhead (1949) at 114 minutes.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director
Clare Binns says three-hour runtimes deter audiences as she is named Bafta recipient for outstanding British contribution to cinema
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Ninety minutes, thereabouts, is the ideal length of a film.
Two hours is justified for a special film.
The Brutalist (2024) at 215 minutes is another architecture film like The Fountainhead (1949) at 114 minutes.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Two hours is justified for a special film.
The Brutalist (2024) at 215 minutes is another architecture film like The Fountainhead (1949) at 114 minutes.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
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January 19, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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Agent Krasnov has committing High Treason.
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Agent Krasnov has committing High Treason.
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Plaque on the 4th floor of building 34 at MIT. Outside the elevators. Information theory.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Plaque on the 4th floor of building 34 at MIT. Outside the elevators. Information theory.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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Never give in to a protection racket.
This is the tactic of a coercive controlling abuser.
This is the tactic of a coercive controlling abuser.
Trump acts like he is running a protection racket. What's going to be interesting is watching all those right wingers who have defended him argue that it is right that he attempts to strong arm UK et al into letting him occupy another NATO country.
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Never give in to a protection racket.
This is the tactic of a coercive controlling abuser.
This is the tactic of a coercive controlling abuser.
AI has a negative effect on productivity?
That can't be true. Why would so many people be investing so much money in this wonderful technology?
Have they been sold a dream with little to support it?
That can't be true. Why would so many people be investing so much money in this wonderful technology?
Have they been sold a dream with little to support it?
January 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
AI has a negative effect on productivity?
That can't be true. Why would so many people be investing so much money in this wonderful technology?
Have they been sold a dream with little to support it?
That can't be true. Why would so many people be investing so much money in this wonderful technology?
Have they been sold a dream with little to support it?
Life has surface noise. That's how the snap, crackle, and pop gets in.
Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, "listen mate, life has surface noise."
January 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Life has surface noise. That's how the snap, crackle, and pop gets in.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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Minnesota is authoritarianism in action.
What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
January 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Minnesota is authoritarianism in action.
It's okay to tell the boss he has a dumb idea.
True. But there are too many people too scared to say boo to the silly goose that is this Potus 47.
True. But there are too many people too scared to say boo to the silly goose that is this Potus 47.
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It's okay to tell the boss he has a dumb idea.
True. But there are too many people too scared to say boo to the silly goose that is this Potus 47.
True. But there are too many people too scared to say boo to the silly goose that is this Potus 47.
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Chicago, Illinois.
Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
January 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Chicago, Illinois.
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What is with Wolverhampton and Conservative & Unionist Party racists?
Enoch Powell was MP for Wolverhampton South West from 1950 to 1974.
That's the constituency where fan boy Jenrick went to school (1995 - 2002?).
Enoch Powell was MP for Wolverhampton South West from 1950 to 1974.
That's the constituency where fan boy Jenrick went to school (1995 - 2002?).
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
What is with Wolverhampton and Conservative & Unionist Party racists?
Enoch Powell was MP for Wolverhampton South West from 1950 to 1974.
That's the constituency where fan boy Jenrick went to school (1995 - 2002?).
Enoch Powell was MP for Wolverhampton South West from 1950 to 1974.
That's the constituency where fan boy Jenrick went to school (1995 - 2002?).
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In 1799, in the midst of a complex conflict for the freedom of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Toussaint Louverture penned a letter to the people of France. Read more about the letter and Louverture in our blog post commemorating Haitian Independence Day: https://bit.ly/liberty-in-saint-domingue
January 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In 1799, in the midst of a complex conflict for the freedom of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Toussaint Louverture penned a letter to the people of France. Read more about the letter and Louverture in our blog post commemorating Haitian Independence Day: https://bit.ly/liberty-in-saint-domingue
Don't blame the tools.
An absolutely key first principle when using AI is that you, the human, are responsible for its outputs, and that you must *check* everything it churns out. Blaming Copilot doesn't wash.
WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
January 14, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Don't blame the tools.
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After the 1660 Stuart Restoration England disinterred the regicides and executed the corpses.
With enough macabre imagination a computer can be held responsible for its actions and punished accordingly.
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With enough macabre imagination a computer can be held responsible for its actions and punished accordingly.
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Old enough to remember when this was just something every IT worker knew knew along with the garbage in garbage out principle
January 14, 2026 at 10:17 AM
After the 1660 Stuart Restoration England disinterred the regicides and executed the corpses.
With enough macabre imagination a computer can be held responsible for its actions and punished accordingly.
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With enough macabre imagination a computer can be held responsible for its actions and punished accordingly.
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Here's the history of the USA that should be taught in schools
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Here's the history of the USA that should be taught in schools
Civil Forfeiture is a criminal shakedown
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Civil Forfeiture is a criminal shakedown