Nick Foster
@weknow0.bsky.social
Writer, rather primitive cartoonist and blogger at weknow0.co.uk. Member of @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social
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Again and again and again – We Know Zero
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About inquiries and yesterday's Budget pantomime. To be read to the accompaniment of Status Quo singing Again and Again weknow0.co.uk?p=2739
About inquiries and yesterday's Budget pantomime. To be read to the accompaniment of Status Quo singing Again and Again weknow0.co.uk?p=2739
Again and again and again – We Know Zero
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November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
About inquiries and yesterday's Budget pantomime. To be read to the accompaniment of Status Quo singing Again and Again weknow0.co.uk?p=2739
Professionals, who have for years given terse responses to their juniors' queries about the unintelligible instructions they have been given, will spend hours on prompt engineering so that Metal Mickey on their laptop can give them responses closer to what they were looking for weknow0.co.uk?p=2725
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November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Professionals, who have for years given terse responses to their juniors' queries about the unintelligible instructions they have been given, will spend hours on prompt engineering so that Metal Mickey on their laptop can give them responses closer to what they were looking for weknow0.co.uk?p=2725
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COVER REVEAL - Congratulations to #BSFG Committee member @theresaderwin.bsky.social on her forthcoming novel, GOD’S VENGEANCE
Congratulations to my friend, author @theresaderwin.bsky.social with the cover reveal for her forthcoming novel GOD’S VENGEANCE soon to be published with #CrystalLakePublishig
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
COVER REVEAL - Congratulations to #BSFG Committee member @theresaderwin.bsky.social on her forthcoming novel, GOD’S VENGEANCE
@stewarthotston.com braved Storm Claudia last night at @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social to take us through the Arcology of Project Hanuman, different interpretations of quantum mechanics, Watchdogs and some amazing LARPs! Great night
Come and join us at the @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social on 14 November when @stewarthotston.com will be joining us to talk Project Hanuman, epic fantasy and much else! Details below
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
@stewarthotston.com braved Storm Claudia last night at @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social to take us through the Arcology of Project Hanuman, different interpretations of quantum mechanics, Watchdogs and some amazing LARPs! Great night
We are going to do what we are going to do. The economics is just the fig leaf we use to rationalise what may otherwise appear unfair, cruel and hope-denying policies. The financial constraints are a convenient fiction for a government which lacks any guiding principles weknow0.co.uk?p=2707
Figleaf Economics – We Know Zero
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November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We are going to do what we are going to do. The economics is just the fig leaf we use to rationalise what may otherwise appear unfair, cruel and hope-denying policies. The financial constraints are a convenient fiction for a government which lacks any guiding principles weknow0.co.uk?p=2707
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
@novacon.bsky.social is finally here! Looking forward to meeting @emilytesh.net and everything else that's going on!
Novacon 54 is proud to announce our Guest Of Honour is Emily Tesh!
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@novacon.bsky.social is finally here! Looking forward to meeting @emilytesh.net and everything else that's going on!
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Come and join us at the @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social on 14 November when @stewarthotston.com will be joining us to talk Project Hanuman, epic fantasy and much else! Details below
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Come and join us at the @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social on 14 November when @stewarthotston.com will be joining us to talk Project Hanuman, epic fantasy and much else! Details below
This old broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles weknow0.co.uk?p=2701
The Trigger’s Broom Process of Career Management – We Know Zero
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This old broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles weknow0.co.uk?p=2701
Overhype, precarious supply chains, potential energy needs, dehumanisation of the rest of us: take your pick as a reason to push back against the AI Rush. But my bet would be on the next 10 years not being dominated by breathless commentary on the exploits of Tech Bros weknow0.co.uk?p=2661
Wallace and Gromit and AI’s Distribution Problem – We Know Zero
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October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Overhype, precarious supply chains, potential energy needs, dehumanisation of the rest of us: take your pick as a reason to push back against the AI Rush. But my bet would be on the next 10 years not being dominated by breathless commentary on the exploits of Tech Bros weknow0.co.uk?p=2661
Perhaps the days of the box are numbered. The box constructed to contain the anger about grooming gangs also now appears to be on the edge of collapse. And the PM himself rejected a perfectly normal box suddenly not making the decision he was expecting weknow0.co.uk/?p=2301
Boxes – We Know Zero
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October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Perhaps the days of the box are numbered. The box constructed to contain the anger about grooming gangs also now appears to be on the edge of collapse. And the PM himself rejected a perfectly normal box suddenly not making the decision he was expecting weknow0.co.uk/?p=2301
Come and join us at the @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social on 14 November when @stewarthotston.com will be joining us to talk Project Hanuman, epic fantasy and much else! Details below
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Come and join us at the @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social on 14 November when @stewarthotston.com will be joining us to talk Project Hanuman, epic fantasy and much else! Details below
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NOVEMBER EVENT: We are very excited to welcome SFF author and @bsfa.bsky.social Chair @stewarthotston.com as our guest on 14th Nov. Come and join us @ The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or online via Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1860499797979
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1860499797979
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
NOVEMBER EVENT: We are very excited to welcome SFF author and @bsfa.bsky.social Chair @stewarthotston.com as our guest on 14th Nov. Come and join us @ The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or online via Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1860499797979
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1860499797979
@divinecomedyhq.bsky.social Wonderful night in Wolverhampton. Think Mar-a-Lago by the Sea may become the permanent drinks break song! Beautiful a capella rendition of Other People in particular but I loved every minute. Great to see you back
October 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@divinecomedyhq.bsky.social Wonderful night in Wolverhampton. Think Mar-a-Lago by the Sea may become the permanent drinks break song! Beautiful a capella rendition of Other People in particular but I loved every minute. Great to see you back
To Gen Z: my feeling is that despite our increasingly strident efforts to do so, our generation is now deservedly losing power and is trying to hang on by making reverse centaurs of yours as a last ditch attempt to remain in control. Don't fall for it weknow0.co.uk/?p=2644
The AI Rush – We Know Zero
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October 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
To Gen Z: my feeling is that despite our increasingly strident efforts to do so, our generation is now deservedly losing power and is trying to hang on by making reverse centaurs of yours as a last ditch attempt to remain in control. Don't fall for it weknow0.co.uk/?p=2644
Great session at @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social tonight, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social covered everything from how to get shortlisted for a Hugo, to the difference between western fantasy and k-drama to how her favourite of her books to date is probably Black Water Sister
October 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Great session at @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social tonight, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social covered everything from how to get shortlisted for a Hugo, to the difference between western fantasy and k-drama to how her favourite of her books to date is probably Black Water Sister
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Still time to come along to tonight meeting and meet award-winning author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social From 7:45 pm at Birmingham Friends of Earth Warehouse or join us via Zoom
October 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Still time to come along to tonight meeting and meet award-winning author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social From 7:45 pm at Birmingham Friends of Earth Warehouse or join us via Zoom
As a human-in-the-loop responsible for AI system output where errors are hard to spot and stop, you are the human scapegoat, "accountability sink” and “moral crumple zone” rolled into one. This is not where you want to be as an early career professional weknow0.co.uk/?p=2630
How Not To Be A Reverse-Centaur – We Know Zero
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October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
As a human-in-the-loop responsible for AI system output where errors are hard to spot and stop, you are the human scapegoat, "accountability sink” and “moral crumple zone” rolled into one. This is not where you want to be as an early career professional weknow0.co.uk/?p=2630
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OCTOBER EVENT: This Fri 10th Oct, we are very excited to welcome award-winning fantasy & romance author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549
October 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
OCTOBER EVENT: This Fri 10th Oct, we are very excited to welcome award-winning fantasy & romance author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549
This Friday 10 October the @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social are delighted to welcome Hugo and Ray Bradbury prize winner @zenaldehyde.bsky.social! It all kicks off at 7.45pm at the FoE Warehouse on 54-57 Allison Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5TH
October 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This Friday 10 October the @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social are delighted to welcome Hugo and Ray Bradbury prize winner @zenaldehyde.bsky.social! It all kicks off at 7.45pm at the FoE Warehouse on 54-57 Allison Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5TH
It may be that the important language of the next century is already developing out of sight. And people developing it will have just as hard a time holding a conversation with our current rulers as we would have with someone from the 18th century weknow0.co.uk/?p=2622
Try holding a conversation without any of these words in it and think about how you would have thought about things before 1800 – We Know Zero
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October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It may be that the important language of the next century is already developing out of sight. And people developing it will have just as hard a time holding a conversation with our current rulers as we would have with someone from the 18th century weknow0.co.uk/?p=2622
We have one gymnasts' beam, supported by language fashioned for this purpose in the 1800s, along which we have been dancing ever since. If we now have a new dimension on the block, will it be time to abandon Flatland? And will it solve any of our problems? weknow0.co.uk/?p=2611
Time to leave Flatland? – We Know Zero
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September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We have one gymnasts' beam, supported by language fashioned for this purpose in the 1800s, along which we have been dancing ever since. If we now have a new dimension on the block, will it be time to abandon Flatland? And will it solve any of our problems? weknow0.co.uk/?p=2611
A discussion of Henry Farrell's latest piece on understanding AI as a social technology and how it changes the questions some of us were asking 8 or 9 years ago about the future of the actuarial profession and professions more generally weknow0.co.uk/?p=2607
The future for actuaries, 8 years on – We Know Zero
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September 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A discussion of Henry Farrell's latest piece on understanding AI as a social technology and how it changes the questions some of us were asking 8 or 9 years ago about the future of the actuarial profession and professions more generally weknow0.co.uk/?p=2607
@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social getting a mention here as an "innovative new outlet" 😊
We’re very happy to be name-checked alongside lots of pioneering new local news outlets by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social getting a mention here as an "innovative new outlet" 😊