Adam Belcher
@adam.tophatsoftware.co.uk
Yorkshireman, 27, Software Engineer, Emperor of @empireofadammia.org.uk, Chair of Wakefield & District @libdems.org.uk local party. MMXXIV - MMXXV
Started reading @dan.nerdcubed.co.uk's The Paradox Paradox about 10pm last night and read pretty much nonstop until 2pm today. Worth it.
December 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Started reading @dan.nerdcubed.co.uk's The Paradox Paradox about 10pm last night and read pretty much nonstop until 2pm today. Worth it.
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Last week’s peerage list shows the House of Lords is still used to reward loyalty, connections and convenience - all dressed up as democracy, at a cost of £371 a day per peer.
If we want a true democracy, it’s time to end this patronage palace and abolish the House of Lords.
If we want a true democracy, it’s time to end this patronage palace and abolish the House of Lords.
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Last week’s peerage list shows the House of Lords is still used to reward loyalty, connections and convenience - all dressed up as democracy, at a cost of £371 a day per peer.
If we want a true democracy, it’s time to end this patronage palace and abolish the House of Lords.
If we want a true democracy, it’s time to end this patronage palace and abolish the House of Lords.
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![Comic. [Two people one one side of a pile of seven apples, next to person with long hair next to five apples.] PERSON: Okay, with my seven apples added to your five, we have… let’s se… twelve apples! PERSON 2 [with hands raised]: Incredible! Perfect agreement with the theory! [caption] Experimental Mathematicians](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifgv5skm72kzcxgexs4hbpex45met5vxhb6kf2aqshmktmo37nl5a@jpeg)
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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I've posted the video for Christmas Carol if anyone missed it yesterday!
(It's a shorter version as it doesn't have the stream break)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMF...
(It's a shorter version as it doesn't have the stream break)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMF...
A Christmas Carol for Jingle Jam
YouTube video by brionykay
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I've posted the video for Christmas Carol if anyone missed it yesterday!
(It's a shorter version as it doesn't have the stream break)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMF...
(It's a shorter version as it doesn't have the stream break)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMF...
Even the most jaded observers of American politics I know have had to check that this was real because they didn't believe it
Making up lies about a political opponent is nasty but not completely outside the bounds of normal discourse. Celebrating the death of the guy who directed "When Harry Met Sally", um, is.
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Even the most jaded observers of American politics I know have had to check that this was real because they didn't believe it
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We’ve just raised £3,000,000 for our partnered charities. You’re aiding causes across the world: helping to combat climate change, supporting mental health, children affected by conflict and LGBTQ+ young people, and so much more.
To all our fundraisers and supporters - THANK YOU!
To all our fundraisers and supporters - THANK YOU!
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We’ve just raised £3,000,000 for our partnered charities. You’re aiding causes across the world: helping to combat climate change, supporting mental health, children affected by conflict and LGBTQ+ young people, and so much more.
To all our fundraisers and supporters - THANK YOU!
To all our fundraisers and supporters - THANK YOU!
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His Imperial Majesty the Emperor has dissolved Parliament and called a general election for the 3rd and 4th of January 2026.
December 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor has dissolved Parliament and called a general election for the 3rd and 4th of January 2026.
Still live! Currently playing Peak for the first time
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Still live! Currently playing Peak for the first time
Switching to F1 25 momentarily!
December 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Switching to F1 25 momentarily!
Tomorrow I will be live on Twitch from 6pm until as late as I can manage raising money towards the Jingle Jam fundraiser in support of a wide range of charities.
I'll be live here from 6pm: www.twitch.tv/abanimationltd
And you can donate here: tilt.fyi/ghgZ72mP3z
I'll be live here from 6pm: www.twitch.tv/abanimationltd
And you can donate here: tilt.fyi/ghgZ72mP3z
ABanimationLtd - Twitch
Very occasional chill streams, sometimes Minecraft sometimes other stuff
www.twitch.tv
December 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Tomorrow I will be live on Twitch from 6pm until as late as I can manage raising money towards the Jingle Jam fundraiser in support of a wide range of charities.
I'll be live here from 6pm: www.twitch.tv/abanimationltd
And you can donate here: tilt.fyi/ghgZ72mP3z
I'll be live here from 6pm: www.twitch.tv/abanimationltd
And you can donate here: tilt.fyi/ghgZ72mP3z
The 6 7 meme is just Damn Daniel eight years on. Who remembers Damn Daniel? Exactly.
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The 6 7 meme is just Damn Daniel eight years on. Who remembers Damn Daniel? Exactly.
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Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
THE ONLY THING THEY FEAR IS ED
We're ready to take a chainsaw to the Brexit read tape. Are you?
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
THE ONLY THING THEY FEAR IS ED
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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Also when they explain which businesses are going to offer these apprenticeships and how they're going to improve the high drop-out rate and poor quality of many of them.
Badenoch says the Conservatives would want fewer “low value degrees” and many more apprenticeships. As ever with such announcements I will perhaps take it more seriously when the kids of government ministers and MPs are routinely doing apprenticeships and not degrees.
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Also when they explain which businesses are going to offer these apprenticeships and how they're going to improve the high drop-out rate and poor quality of many of them.
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The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
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I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
3 hours of Jingle Cats, 3 hours of Yogs failing at OpenTTD. Finally catch up to @ashens.bsky.social advent day 1. The carabiner labelled "not for climbing" is what finally broke me. Just couldn't make it up.
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
3 hours of Jingle Cats, 3 hours of Yogs failing at OpenTTD. Finally catch up to @ashens.bsky.social advent day 1. The carabiner labelled "not for climbing" is what finally broke me. Just couldn't make it up.
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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There was maybe a 45 minute window where you could get coverage of what was actually in the budget and it was, crucially, the period when it was leaked by the OBR but before it was announced.
December 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There was maybe a 45 minute window where you could get coverage of what was actually in the budget and it was, crucially, the period when it was leaked by the OBR but before it was announced.
Eve of the Jam, so here's a throwback www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Kt...
The Eve Of The Jam & Forever Jingle (#JingleCats2019) (Read Description)
YouTube video by Sjwatts
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November 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Eve of the Jam, so here's a throwback www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Kt...
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Sophie Crossthorn selected for Sheffield Hallam
Sophie Crossthorn selected for Sheffield Hallam
Liberal Democrat members have selected Sophie Crossthorn as the party's Parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Hallam.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Sophie Crossthorn selected for Sheffield Hallam
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Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.