Ryan Barrett
@radicalbyte.bsky.social
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"We made it so easy to program that any idiot could do it. So they do." - hn/bregma
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Software Engineering | Manga | Gunpla | C64 | Amiga | Electronics | Gaming | Politics | Football
"We made it so easy to program that any idiot could do it. So they do." - hn/bregma
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Funding/support from American oligarchs is a FAR more significant threat to British democracy than that from the Kremlin, which has a. a fraction of their cash and b. approximately zero popularity.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Funding/support from American oligarchs is a FAR more significant threat to British democracy than that from the Kremlin, which has a. a fraction of their cash and b. approximately zero popularity.
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Unpopular opinion: the obsession with whether Nigel Farage is taking Russian money is obscuring us from the far more troubling reality of where he's actually taking money from.
Yes, Russians have used Tether to launder money. So does everyone.
Yes, Russians have used Tether to launder money. So does everyone.
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Unpopular opinion: the obsession with whether Nigel Farage is taking Russian money is obscuring us from the far more troubling reality of where he's actually taking money from.
Yes, Russians have used Tether to launder money. So does everyone.
Yes, Russians have used Tether to launder money. So does everyone.
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Eet smakelijk.
Ik doe mijn best voor een verbod maar de meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer vindt het wel prima dat u PFAS eet.
Ik doe mijn best voor een verbod maar de meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer vindt het wel prima dat u PFAS eet.
PFAS duikt op in alledaagse graanproducten in heel Europa: ‘Verbod is simpel, maar de wil ontbreekt’
PFAS duikt op in alledaagse graanproducten in heel Europa: ‘Verbod is simpel, maar de wil ontbreekt’
Graanproducten uit heel Europa bevatten sporen van TFA, een afbraakproduct uit de PFASgroep. Uit een recente steekproef van de ngo European Pesticide Action Network PAN blijkt dat 53 van de 65 onderzochte producten uit 16 landen besmet zijn. Het gaat onder meer om brood, ontbijtgranen, bloem en zelfs pepernoten. Volgens professor milieuchemie Jacob de Boer VU Amsterdam is het probleem eenvoudig te verhelpen door fluorhoudende pesticiden, waaruit TFA ontstaat, te verbieden, maar ontbreekt de politieke urgentie. Het is helemaal de verkeerde houding, je moet het n aanpakken. Kom op, denk ik, doe wat.
www.bnr.nl
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Eet smakelijk.
Ik doe mijn best voor een verbod maar de meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer vindt het wel prima dat u PFAS eet.
Ik doe mijn best voor een verbod maar de meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer vindt het wel prima dat u PFAS eet.
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Terwijl de president van Oekraïne wellicht binnen de EU is aangevallen, denkt @VVD de tijd te hebben voor spelletjes ten bate van de verwende achterban.
Dat is echt voer voor journalisten (en als die dat laten liggen: historici).
Dat is echt voer voor journalisten (en als die dat laten liggen: historici).
'Drones waargenomen tijdens vlucht Zelensky naar Ierland, groot alarm geslagen' #nieuws
'Drones waargenomen tijdens vlucht Zelensky naar Ierland, groot alarm geslagen'
Vlak bij de vliegroute van de Oekraense president Volodymyr Zelensky naar de Ierse hoofdstad Dublin zijn eerder deze week drones waargenomen. Dat melden Ierse media, waaronder The Irish Times. Volgens die krant werd groot alarm geslagen omdat er vrees bestond dat het een poging was de vlucht te verstoren.
www.rtl.nl
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Terwijl de president van Oekraïne wellicht binnen de EU is aangevallen, denkt @VVD de tijd te hebben voor spelletjes ten bate van de verwende achterban.
Dat is echt voer voor journalisten (en als die dat laten liggen: historici).
Dat is echt voer voor journalisten (en als die dat laten liggen: historici).
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Real journalists would want to know whether any of the party's finances came in rouble form
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Alastair Campbell's diary: Where is Reform's money coming from?
Real journalists would want to know whether any of the party's finances came in rouble form
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Real journalists would want to know whether any of the party's finances came in rouble form
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Jetten en Bontenbal blunderen met inhoudelijk akkoord: andere partijen willen verder op basis van politieke spelletjes
Jetten en Bontenbal blunderen met inhoudelijk akkoord: andere partijen willen verder op basis van politieke spelletjes
Deze week presenteerden Jetten en Bontenbal de voorlopige resultaten van de tussenformatie.
speld.nl
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Jetten en Bontenbal blunderen met inhoudelijk akkoord: andere partijen willen verder op basis van politieke spelletjes
So I recently got hold of a CRT for gaming. It's cool and all but the flickering is crazy. I never had a problem with it in the day but now it gives me a headache after a few minutes.
Otherwise old games do look a whole lot better.
Is there something wrong with the set or is it me?
Otherwise old games do look a whole lot better.
Is there something wrong with the set or is it me?
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
So I recently got hold of a CRT for gaming. It's cool and all but the flickering is crazy. I never had a problem with it in the day but now it gives me a headache after a few minutes.
Otherwise old games do look a whole lot better.
Is there something wrong with the set or is it me?
Otherwise old games do look a whole lot better.
Is there something wrong with the set or is it me?
Peak gaming.
Throwback Thursday: Creatures 2 (C64), Apex Computer Productions' beautifully crafted sequel, chock-full of torture screens, bouncy bonus games, scuba diving sections, and epic demons.
#ThrowbackThursday #c64
#ThrowbackThursday #c64
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Peak gaming.
We know where Putin's daughter lives.
Four unidentified military-style drones flew along the flight path of President Zelensky’s aircraft on Monday evening, violating a no-fly order as he traveled to Ireland, The Journal reports.
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We know where Putin's daughter lives.
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What does this mean? It means the data they stole from the federal government was used to train their A.i.
Actually somewhat terrifying -- Grok is providing random people's home and work addresses to would-be stalkers
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Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People
Elon Musk's Grox chatbot will happily cough up real, current residential addresses of everyday Americans, with little to no prompting.
futurism.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What does this mean? It means the data they stole from the federal government was used to train their A.i.
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Belgium is not the only country that needs to transfer Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. Other European countries that hold such assets, as well as the UK, need to do it too!
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Belgium is not the only country that needs to transfer Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. Other European countries that hold such assets, as well as the UK, need to do it too!
Now I understand why me NEATO robot vacuum stopped working - they were bought out and lots of the functionality is cloud based.
I'm done with all of this internet of shit cloud-requiring crap.
I'm done with all of this internet of shit cloud-requiring crap.
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Now I understand why me NEATO robot vacuum stopped working - they were bought out and lots of the functionality is cloud based.
I'm done with all of this internet of shit cloud-requiring crap.
I'm done with all of this internet of shit cloud-requiring crap.
Been catching up on my podcasts and I have to say that the recent Common Sense from @dancarlin.bsky.social is a cracker.
Finally seeing an American articulate my political views (freedom above all) which I've framed as "real/not-retarded libertarian" is awesome.
www.dancarlin.com/product/comm...
Finally seeing an American articulate my political views (freedom above all) which I've framed as "real/not-retarded libertarian" is awesome.
www.dancarlin.com/product/comm...
Common Sense 324 – What’s Good for the Goose – Dan Carlin
www.dancarlin.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Been catching up on my podcasts and I have to say that the recent Common Sense from @dancarlin.bsky.social is a cracker.
Finally seeing an American articulate my political views (freedom above all) which I've framed as "real/not-retarded libertarian" is awesome.
www.dancarlin.com/product/comm...
Finally seeing an American articulate my political views (freedom above all) which I've framed as "real/not-retarded libertarian" is awesome.
www.dancarlin.com/product/comm...
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Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
The Dutch far-right party are giving 10 billion EUR to India for free.
Belastinggeld moet niet naar vervuilers van gister, maar vergroeners van morgen.
Toch stoppen we 10 miljard in een kankerverwekkende fabriek zonder businesscase.
D66 en CDA zetten deze afspraken door. Collega’s, durf te kiezen, sluit Tata. Kamervragen in de maak.
www.telegraaf.nl/financieel/o...
Toch stoppen we 10 miljard in een kankerverwekkende fabriek zonder businesscase.
D66 en CDA zetten deze afspraken door. Collega’s, durf te kiezen, sluit Tata. Kamervragen in de maak.
www.telegraaf.nl/financieel/o...
Onderzoek: overheid zit met Tata Steel in subsidiefuik van honderden miljoenen per jaar
De overheid dreigt door de deal met Tata Steel Nederland om de staalproductie te vergroenen, een subsidiefuik van honderden miljoenen per jaar in te worden getrokken. De Staat wil een eenmalige bijdrage leveren van 2 miljard euro, maar daar komen volgens een studie jaarlijks enorme meerkosten bij.
www.telegraaf.nl
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Dutch far-right party are giving 10 billion EUR to India for free.
So the worst thing they have to say about Labour is some semantics, but the Tories are great because all they do is tank our economy, cripple us strategically and through 20 billion GBP of NHS money to their backers and friends to buy their yachts.
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
So the worst thing they have to say about Labour is some semantics, but the Tories are great because all they do is tank our economy, cripple us strategically and through 20 billion GBP of NHS money to their backers and friends to buy their yachts.
Pro-Russisch framing van een Nederlandse krant.
De Russen hebben 20% van Oekraïne gejat. En ook de leven van >200 Nederlanders.
Blijkbaar hebben de Belgisch eigeneren van DPG Groep geen medelijden met Nederlanders.
www.gelderlander.nl/buitenland/e...
De Russen hebben 20% van Oekraïne gejat. En ook de leven van >200 Nederlanders.
Blijkbaar hebben de Belgisch eigeneren van DPG Groep geen medelijden met Nederlanders.
www.gelderlander.nl/buitenland/e...
EU wil Russische miljarden jatten voor Oekraïne, maar België roept: ho eens even, straks zijn wíj bankroet
In Brussel staat een kluis met 190 miljard euro aan Russisch geld. De EU wil dat geld gebruiken om Oekraïne te steunen, maar België heeft de sleutel van de kluis en ziet grote risico’s. De EU overweeg...
www.gelderlander.nl
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Pro-Russisch framing van een Nederlandse krant.
De Russen hebben 20% van Oekraïne gejat. En ook de leven van >200 Nederlanders.
Blijkbaar hebben de Belgisch eigeneren van DPG Groep geen medelijden met Nederlanders.
www.gelderlander.nl/buitenland/e...
De Russen hebben 20% van Oekraïne gejat. En ook de leven van >200 Nederlanders.
Blijkbaar hebben de Belgisch eigeneren van DPG Groep geen medelijden met Nederlanders.
www.gelderlander.nl/buitenland/e...
CDR makes so little sense when we could also massively ramp up trees - reforest everywhere - and if we do that properly we can even reverse desertification.
People who say we should have unlimited energy so we can do CO₂ removal (CDR) at a massive scale don’t understand that there are so many other factors that prevent scaling of CDR.
Among them are geophysical and environmental (land, water, resources, ecosystems), societal, financial, and governance.
Among them are geophysical and environmental (land, water, resources, ecosystems), societal, financial, and governance.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
CDR makes so little sense when we could also massively ramp up trees - reforest everywhere - and if we do that properly we can even reverse desertification.
Things that will interest Bluesky; Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, replaces Melvyn Bragg as host of In Our Time.
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tesla stock is priced like an exponential growth stock yet the only Tesla sales have been decimated - two years in a row - whilst VW sales not only track Tesla's largest jump, they also dwarf it.
Insane.
Insane.
"Tesla is currently seeking regulatory approval for a form of so-called "Full Self-Driving" across Europe, which appears to be a potential lighthouse to save a dreadful 2025 for the company."
#alwaysberiding #BEV #Europe
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#alwaysberiding #BEV #Europe
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December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Tesla stock is priced like an exponential growth stock yet the only Tesla sales have been decimated - two years in a row - whilst VW sales not only track Tesla's largest jump, they also dwarf it.
Insane.
Insane.
In The Netherlands they're trying to ban "Mincemeat" which doesn't contain meat.
It's patent bullshit: Mince Pies (and the mincemeat they're made of) have been a thing forever and they contain no meat.
It's patent bullshit: Mince Pies (and the mincemeat they're made of) have been a thing forever and they contain no meat.
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
In The Netherlands they're trying to ban "Mincemeat" which doesn't contain meat.
It's patent bullshit: Mince Pies (and the mincemeat they're made of) have been a thing forever and they contain no meat.
It's patent bullshit: Mince Pies (and the mincemeat they're made of) have been a thing forever and they contain no meat.
This is so stupid.. I love meat but some of these modern meat replacements are really nice.
The Beyond Meat burger is better than all but the premium beef burgers.
The Beyond Meat burger is better than all but the premium beef burgers.
And the meat industry lobbies have managed (not difficult really) to drag the wannabe-alpha-male rage-bait idiots (and their votes) along with them, believing they'll lose their 'manhood' if the accidentally eat a non-meat burger 😂
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is so stupid.. I love meat but some of these modern meat replacements are really nice.
The Beyond Meat burger is better than all but the premium beef burgers.
The Beyond Meat burger is better than all but the premium beef burgers.
Elon is a white South African, his ideology is that of the Boers and is fairly common among the white population in South Africa.
At least in my (extensive) experience.
At least in my (extensive) experience.
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Elon is a white South African, his ideology is that of the Boers and is fairly common among the white population in South Africa.
At least in my (extensive) experience.
At least in my (extensive) experience.
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.