Seeadler
@seeadler.bsky.social
Ex-RM from NI with a PhD. Author and professional editor. "Bluesky elder," apparently. #BSMRGUK
To my Ukrainian friends: вдачi і вдалого полювання
To my Ukrainian friends: вдачi і вдалого полювання
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Seeadler
@seeadler.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I spent a decade arguing with antivaxxers on X. Showing them papers. Explaining their errors. Correcting their disinformation.
I've done my bit for "dialogue with people I disagree with".
I'm here to hang out with people I like. For everyone else, I have no guilt about using the block button.
I've done my bit for "dialogue with people I disagree with".
I'm here to hang out with people I like. For everyone else, I have no guilt about using the block button.
This is one of those weird transatlantic differences that catch people out. In the UK, purple drinks/candies are usually blackcurrant flavoured.
And grape flavored
9 times out 10 the purple category isn't "hard," it's just stupid.
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
This is one of those weird transatlantic differences that catch people out. In the UK, purple drinks/candies are usually blackcurrant flavoured.
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My doorstep.
February 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
My doorstep.
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[Me reading this headline and getting to the end]
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 AM
[Me reading this headline and getting to the end]
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I share this only to help those contemplating whether to tweet "I support Palestine Action".
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I share this only to help those contemplating whether to tweet "I support Palestine Action".
Pforzheim was, as far as I can see, about the closest human beings have ever managed to come to recreating the Biblical conditions of Hell on Earth.
February 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Pforzheim was, as far as I can see, about the closest human beings have ever managed to come to recreating the Biblical conditions of Hell on Earth.
Dear politicians: for too many people, the system, as is, isn't working.
When you say that there's a scandal that would collapse it, because there's evidence the people running it are heinous, that's a double-barrelled blast of GOOD NEWS.
We don't want either them or the system that protects them.
When you say that there's a scandal that would collapse it, because there's evidence the people running it are heinous, that's a double-barrelled blast of GOOD NEWS.
We don't want either them or the system that protects them.
This seems to demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding on the part of politicians about WHY the people want the files released…
BRING IT DOWN
LET IT BURN
”the people” want to toast marshmallows on the smoldering ruins
(Or at least that’s MY impression, YMMV)
BRING IT DOWN
LET IT BURN
”the people” want to toast marshmallows on the smoldering ruins
(Or at least that’s MY impression, YMMV)
politicians who have read the unredacted files keep say that if ppl knew it would bring the system down
bring it on bitch
bring it on bitch
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Dear politicians: for too many people, the system, as is, isn't working.
When you say that there's a scandal that would collapse it, because there's evidence the people running it are heinous, that's a double-barrelled blast of GOOD NEWS.
We don't want either them or the system that protects them.
When you say that there's a scandal that would collapse it, because there's evidence the people running it are heinous, that's a double-barrelled blast of GOOD NEWS.
We don't want either them or the system that protects them.
*Spoiler alert*
This is also the plotline to every single antivaxxer. Except that with vaccine refusal, they don't even have to be *your own grandkids* that you put in danger.
This is also the plotline to every single antivaxxer. Except that with vaccine refusal, they don't even have to be *your own grandkids* that you put in danger.
Dante's Peak is not great, as far as disaster movies go, but the "Ruth is a dumbass and as a result puts her grandkids in mortal danger" storyline is underrated.
February 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
*Spoiler alert*
This is also the plotline to every single antivaxxer. Except that with vaccine refusal, they don't even have to be *your own grandkids* that you put in danger.
This is also the plotline to every single antivaxxer. Except that with vaccine refusal, they don't even have to be *your own grandkids* that you put in danger.
I keep returning to my metric, which is "AI is roughly Cliff from Cheers," and asking people to consider exactly what tasks they would cheerfully and confidently entrust to him.
Again if AI is the equivalent of a shit research assistant it has some, extremely limited, kind of annoying, value
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I keep returning to my metric, which is "AI is roughly Cliff from Cheers," and asking people to consider exactly what tasks they would cheerfully and confidently entrust to him.
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The High Court will hand down judgment tomorrow in the judicial review against the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action.
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The High Court will hand down judgment tomorrow in the judicial review against the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action.
The Chaos House, and more particularly the way Madeline narrates these threads about it, pretty much justifies Bluesky's existence all on its own.
Things have progressed to the point where I can tell you about them so would all y’all like to hear about the latest Chaos House nonsense?
I am not going to explain this for at least a couple weeks for Reasons but lmao the chaos house sure is chaosing right now!!! So if I’m a bit distracted that would be why
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The Chaos House, and more particularly the way Madeline narrates these threads about it, pretty much justifies Bluesky's existence all on its own.
British Rail Class 66 enters the chat.
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
British Rail Class 66 enters the chat.
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In fairness there are good reasons why a Head of Government may say nicer things about the USA than Johan Citizen does.
Zelinskyy's public utterances about US leaders are quite flattering. I suspect his private comments are unprintable.
Zelinskyy's public utterances about US leaders are quite flattering. I suspect his private comments are unprintable.
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM
In fairness there are good reasons why a Head of Government may say nicer things about the USA than Johan Citizen does.
Zelinskyy's public utterances about US leaders are quite flattering. I suspect his private comments are unprintable.
Zelinskyy's public utterances about US leaders are quite flattering. I suspect his private comments are unprintable.
And they're incredibly holistic about it. I edited one paper that said "we need high-capacity electrical lines running from power generation centres like wind and solar farms to urban centres. So what's the greenest way to manufacture those power lines?"
For a "communist" state, China is the most ruthlessly mercantile in the business and have been building green infrastructure, and filing green patents, at a basically unparalleled rate because it is the future.
One estimate is that 90% of green tech patents have been filed in China.
One estimate is that 90% of green tech patents have been filed in China.
NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
And they're incredibly holistic about it. I edited one paper that said "we need high-capacity electrical lines running from power generation centres like wind and solar farms to urban centres. So what's the greenest way to manufacture those power lines?"
It is now clear that the only sin in an elected official that Republican Americans will not tolerate or excuse is being a Democrat.
Any one of these would have ended any other presidency.
We have a party of enablers in the GOP.
We have a party of enablers in the GOP.
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
It is now clear that the only sin in an elected official that Republican Americans will not tolerate or excuse is being a Democrat.
Would watch.
(Read the thread)
(Read the thread)
I once had a dream about a Star Wars TV show that didn't (to my knowledge) exist and then I woke up and wish it existed.
Maybe that's a fitting metaphor for Star Wars.
Maybe that's a fitting metaphor for Star Wars.
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Would watch.
(Read the thread)
(Read the thread)
Genuinely thought this was Eva Green for a second.
This is a photo of me doing stand-up sixteen years ago to the very day and I don't understand why it needs to be so menacing.
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Genuinely thought this was Eva Green for a second.
It finally happened!
The paper I'm editing just cited Dunning and Kruger!
The paper I'm editing just cited Dunning and Kruger!
February 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
It finally happened!
The paper I'm editing just cited Dunning and Kruger!
The paper I'm editing just cited Dunning and Kruger!
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“Titan Submersibled” come on down, you’re the next induction to the bluesky lexicon
Anyway I don’t believe there will be a moon base in under ten years but I DO believe that there’s a chance that inside ten years Jeff Bezos, Nikki Minaj, and Kyle Rittenhouse will get Titan Submerisbled on the maiden voyage because Musk fired all the “woke” engineers
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 AM
“Titan Submersibled” come on down, you’re the next induction to the bluesky lexicon
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The people pushing the social media moral panic the loudest genuinely believe it because it is a simple, reductive explanation for a complex, nuanced, and multifaceted problem that also allows them to blame people they don't like
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The people pushing the social media moral panic the loudest genuinely believe it because it is a simple, reductive explanation for a complex, nuanced, and multifaceted problem that also allows them to blame people they don't like
"It became necessary to close down an entire university in order to preserve free speech" is the far-right's new "It was necessary to destroy the village in order to save it."
Perhaps they should reflect on exactly how well that went.
Perhaps they should reflect on exactly how well that went.
Reform's Sarah Pochin (the one who complained about brown people being in adverts) wrote to Bangor university's student debating society asking to be hosted. They said 'no thanks, you're a bit of a racist, we don't like those' & now Reform are threatening to shut down the entire university!
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
"It became necessary to close down an entire university in order to preserve free speech" is the far-right's new "It was necessary to destroy the village in order to save it."
Perhaps they should reflect on exactly how well that went.
Perhaps they should reflect on exactly how well that went.
"No one will ever learn pronunciation from AI-written materials, because no AI has ever spoken" sounds weirdly sad and profound.
I once went to a *really* interesting lecture about how people study this. Mixture of linguistics, what we know of subsequent versions, but the most fun and touchingly human thing was how you can tell from people's spelling errors.
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
"No one will ever learn pronunciation from AI-written materials, because no AI has ever spoken" sounds weirdly sad and profound.
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Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
I edited some of the published research on AI in healthcare settings. There is some stuff that the evidence suggests it is legitimately good at (I recall one paper finding that it more reliably found small tumours than radiographers did), but "AI can do medicine" is too broad a claim to be correct.
usually medicine requires you to publish research and meet a bunch of boring scientific evidentiary standards before you can bring something to clinical practice, but I guess AI is a very special boy
February 10, 2026 at 9:39 AM
I edited some of the published research on AI in healthcare settings. There is some stuff that the evidence suggests it is legitimately good at (I recall one paper finding that it more reliably found small tumours than radiographers did), but "AI can do medicine" is too broad a claim to be correct.
They're trying to *import* religious intolerance to Northern Ireland?
American conservative Erika Kirk is expected to visit Northern Ireland as part of a tour to recruit young people to Turning Point, the organisation founded by her murdered husband.
Widow of murdered US activist Charlie Kirk to recruit students on NI visit
Ex-DUP MP Ian Paisley backing plan to launch branch of Christian-right group Turning Point here
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:24 AM
They're trying to *import* religious intolerance to Northern Ireland?