Ash Tyson
@atantalus.bsky.social
Another freelancer fleeing a troubled Twitter. Designer for print, web and digital - based in UK.
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I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
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1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
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Elon Musk has gone completely out of his mind.
He's ranting and raving violently by the hour now.
I believe this is what is called stochastic terrorism. It is a direct attempt to incite mass violence. He even reposted a *hit list*.
As dangerous a man as America has ever seen.
He's ranting and raving violently by the hour now.
I believe this is what is called stochastic terrorism. It is a direct attempt to incite mass violence. He even reposted a *hit list*.
As dangerous a man as America has ever seen.
September 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Elon Musk has gone completely out of his mind.
He's ranting and raving violently by the hour now.
I believe this is what is called stochastic terrorism. It is a direct attempt to incite mass violence. He even reposted a *hit list*.
As dangerous a man as America has ever seen.
He's ranting and raving violently by the hour now.
I believe this is what is called stochastic terrorism. It is a direct attempt to incite mass violence. He even reposted a *hit list*.
As dangerous a man as America has ever seen.
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The only political battle that matters in the world right now is the one against authoritarian nationalism (the word 'fascist' is succinct).
Very simply: if *any aspect* of your political platform aids authoritarian nationalism, we must oppose you with everything.
*Any* aspect. Reflect on that.
Very simply: if *any aspect* of your political platform aids authoritarian nationalism, we must oppose you with everything.
*Any* aspect. Reflect on that.
August 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The only political battle that matters in the world right now is the one against authoritarian nationalism (the word 'fascist' is succinct).
Very simply: if *any aspect* of your political platform aids authoritarian nationalism, we must oppose you with everything.
*Any* aspect. Reflect on that.
Very simply: if *any aspect* of your political platform aids authoritarian nationalism, we must oppose you with everything.
*Any* aspect. Reflect on that.
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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Jonathan Hall is speaking at Policy Exchange today, and if the reporting of his planned speech is accurate, some of these points are being put in an extraordinarily inept way, making it sound like any pro trans, feminist or anti racist discourse is undermining the UK and sustained by hostile powers:
May 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Jonathan Hall is speaking at Policy Exchange today, and if the reporting of his planned speech is accurate, some of these points are being put in an extraordinarily inept way, making it sound like any pro trans, feminist or anti racist discourse is undermining the UK and sustained by hostile powers:
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It is this, not arguing, but also this Labour party has been strikingly reluctant to occupy the commanding heights of the discourse. The last government made a bunch of attempts to embed right wing bias in institutions and processes; this government is content to leave them all in place.
The EHRC was captured by transphobes under the Tories and Labour could have appointed a new head but they did not, because they are also transphobic. Bigoted shits, the lot of them.
April 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It is this, not arguing, but also this Labour party has been strikingly reluctant to occupy the commanding heights of the discourse. The last government made a bunch of attempts to embed right wing bias in institutions and processes; this government is content to leave them all in place.
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Notable for a UK audience that Palantir has a significant and expanding role within the NHS…
You don’t have to be particularly sharp to decipher the code here.
But if you need someone to say it, this is a major technology company and a sizable defense and intelligence contractor publicly declaring, with only the thinnest patina of deniability, that its cause is white nationalism.
But if you need someone to say it, this is a major technology company and a sizable defense and intelligence contractor publicly declaring, with only the thinnest patina of deniability, that its cause is white nationalism.
![Palantir @PalantirTech • 26m
Dropping at select colleges today.
[Embedded image of a billboard ad:]
A moment of reckoning has
arrived for the West.
Our culture has fallen into shallow consumerism while abandoning national purpose. Too few in Silicon Valley have asked what ought to be built - and why.
We did.
We built Palantir to ensure America's future, not to tinker at the margins. On the factory floor, in the operating room, across the battlefield - we build to dominate.
Join us.
[signed by the Palantir founder]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreibnnhk4kfvgsvqnrjitt27efuetj44x5opwvjayzgrr55eqa5eive@jpeg)
April 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Notable for a UK audience that Palantir has a significant and expanding role within the NHS…
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i feel compelled to remind everyone that chatgpt/LLMs are functionally the *opposite* of an actual expert.
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
March 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
i feel compelled to remind everyone that chatgpt/LLMs are functionally the *opposite* of an actual expert.
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
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Would that be Wes 'Protector of Women' Streeting?
March 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Would that be Wes 'Protector of Women' Streeting?
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So tax breaks for tech bosses and welfare cuts for the disabled
March 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
So tax breaks for tech bosses and welfare cuts for the disabled
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Ugh. I can’t tell you how much I dislike this. To witness such cruelty, incompetence, contempt for the law and think ‘let’s have some of that’… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
March 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Ugh. I can’t tell you how much I dislike this. To witness such cruelty, incompetence, contempt for the law and think ‘let’s have some of that’… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk's only profitable company, Tesla, has created a cumulative grand total net income of $34 billion in its more than 20 years of existence.
That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received.
The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.
That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received.
The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.
Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Elon Musk's only profitable company, Tesla, has created a cumulative grand total net income of $34 billion in its more than 20 years of existence.
That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received.
The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.
That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received.
The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.
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What would a Democratic version of what's going on even look like?
President AOC plays League of Legends all day while defacto Commander-in-Chief Taylor Swift's team of 19-25 year old furries illegally confiscate all open FBI casefiles and upload them to Archive of Our Own as story prompts?
President AOC plays League of Legends all day while defacto Commander-in-Chief Taylor Swift's team of 19-25 year old furries illegally confiscate all open FBI casefiles and upload them to Archive of Our Own as story prompts?
February 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
What would a Democratic version of what's going on even look like?
President AOC plays League of Legends all day while defacto Commander-in-Chief Taylor Swift's team of 19-25 year old furries illegally confiscate all open FBI casefiles and upload them to Archive of Our Own as story prompts?
President AOC plays League of Legends all day while defacto Commander-in-Chief Taylor Swift's team of 19-25 year old furries illegally confiscate all open FBI casefiles and upload them to Archive of Our Own as story prompts?
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The ultimate power of any court is in its coercive orders - and a machinery to readily enforce those orders.
But once those coercive orders are defied without sanction, there is nothing left.
That’s it: game over.
Just pieces of paper with fancy words and writing.
But once those coercive orders are defied without sanction, there is nothing left.
That’s it: game over.
Just pieces of paper with fancy words and writing.
JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
February 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The ultimate power of any court is in its coercive orders - and a machinery to readily enforce those orders.
But once those coercive orders are defied without sanction, there is nothing left.
That’s it: game over.
Just pieces of paper with fancy words and writing.
But once those coercive orders are defied without sanction, there is nothing left.
That’s it: game over.
Just pieces of paper with fancy words and writing.
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What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
February 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
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I see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social met and expressed sympathy with the notorious Bayswater Group - and then invited them to participate in his 'consultation' and then ban on puberty blockers. www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...
Revealed: Streeting met with and expressed sympathy for pro-conversion therapy parents group Bayswater
QueerAF has uncovered video footage of the Health Secretary Wes Streeting saying he’d met with Bayswater parents and expressed his sympathy for the “traumatic experiences” families with trans children...
www.wearequeeraf.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social met and expressed sympathy with the notorious Bayswater Group - and then invited them to participate in his 'consultation' and then ban on puberty blockers. www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...
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Something to remember is that the Techbro billionaire class were rarely the actual tech pioneers. They're the ones who bankrolled it, or engineered a controlling share interest.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
January 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Something to remember is that the Techbro billionaire class were rarely the actual tech pioneers. They're the ones who bankrolled it, or engineered a controlling share interest.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
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Twitch streamer Angelique's 24 hour-Tits-Out-To-Get-Starmer-Out marathon hot-tub stream is currently being watched by over 12,000 gooners.
When will Starmer wash the soup bubbles of his failed leadership off the heaving bosom of British governance?
When will Starmer wash the soup bubbles of his failed leadership off the heaving bosom of British governance?
November 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Twitch streamer Angelique's 24 hour-Tits-Out-To-Get-Starmer-Out marathon hot-tub stream is currently being watched by over 12,000 gooners.
When will Starmer wash the soup bubbles of his failed leadership off the heaving bosom of British governance?
When will Starmer wash the soup bubbles of his failed leadership off the heaving bosom of British governance?
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The Pinterest Board calling for Starmer to resign has been bookmarked no fewer than 147 times, and two separate creators have used it as a template to crochet a throw pillow.
Under these circumstances, how long can the Prime Minister possibly cling to a position so obviously untenable?
Under these circumstances, how long can the Prime Minister possibly cling to a position so obviously untenable?
November 27, 2024 at 12:48 PM
The Pinterest Board calling for Starmer to resign has been bookmarked no fewer than 147 times, and two separate creators have used it as a template to crochet a throw pillow.
Under these circumstances, how long can the Prime Minister possibly cling to a position so obviously untenable?
Under these circumstances, how long can the Prime Minister possibly cling to a position so obviously untenable?
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Captain Sad and his Ship of Fools, the Cowsills, 1968, 📸 by @DonaldJTrumpJr
November 17, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Captain Sad and his Ship of Fools, the Cowsills, 1968, 📸 by @DonaldJTrumpJr
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Shall we do a re-cap for Labour? Deals with non EU countries will generate very little. They are too far away, we trade with them too little; trade deals' benefits are proportional to how deep they are and we and they are not going to want to go deep.
August 25, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Shall we do a re-cap for Labour? Deals with non EU countries will generate very little. They are too far away, we trade with them too little; trade deals' benefits are proportional to how deep they are and we and they are not going to want to go deep.