Brian Boyle
@brummagem.bsky.social
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Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
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File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
![Comic strip script:
Scene is a SUPERMARKET, a MAN is walking past a display of CREME EGGS with his trolley.
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MAN:
Tut
2
CREME EGG [talking to him from the shelf]:
Excuse me - did you just tut at us?
3
MAN:
W-what?
CREME EGG:
Tutting because you’ve seen ‘Easter eggs’ on January 11th, is it?
4
MAN:
What? Well, y-yes, I -
CREME EGG:
Listen, Tut boy
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CREME EGG:
We are not Easter eggs. We are Creme Eggs.
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CREME EGG:
We are the shock troops of seasonal capitalism. Eldritch simulacra of rebirth. Fondant mockery of life.
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CREME EGG:
Not for us the grand safety of a cardboard box. Oh no.
They put us out here first, in our little foil uniforms, every January, to face the wrath of the nation.
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CREME EGG:
And what you gonna do about it? Tut? Snark about us on social media?
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CREME EGG:
Maybe you’ll write a little column in the Telegraph titled “It Is Sad That The Easter Eggs Are Out Already”.
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CREME EGG:
You tut because you know that unlike you, we will return, every January…
…forever.
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CREME EGG:
The eternal rebirth of mammon! The endless -
MAN:
Oh go on then
[He puts one of the Creme Eggs in his trolley]
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CREME EGG:
HA HA YOU WORM](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreigf4nleeln6m3pznu3n33mmk4m2f7uwxg7qh6khg4e5l65yycrdjy@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
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June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
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The Dawson Watch (6th December 1979). Cissie and Ada put the world to rights once more.
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Dawson Watch (6th December 1979). Cissie and Ada put the world to rights once more.
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So. We're very very very nearly there. Let's see if we can hammer the world with #TheGrandStretchIsBack at 16:05:45 Dublin time.
Hi all.
Are ye ready?
2 important notes:
- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.
- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
Are ye ready?
2 important notes:
- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.
- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So. We're very very very nearly there. Let's see if we can hammer the world with #TheGrandStretchIsBack at 16:05:45 Dublin time.
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Hi all.
Are ye ready?
2 important notes:
- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.
- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
Are ye ready?
2 important notes:
- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.
- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hi all.
Are ye ready?
2 important notes:
- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.
- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
Are ye ready?
2 important notes:
- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.
- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
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"...for all the points of the compass, there's only one direction and time is its only measure" 💀🤌
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"...for all the points of the compass, there's only one direction and time is its only measure" 💀🤌
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So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
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Deep within his cave, asleep atop a pile of money, tinsel and Lynx Africa sets, Noddy Holder stirs.
"Soon," he thinks.
"Soon," he thinks.
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Deep within his cave, asleep atop a pile of money, tinsel and Lynx Africa sets, Noddy Holder stirs.
"Soon," he thinks.
"Soon," he thinks.
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Why won’t people talk about slow ghosts?
Because they’re the last taboo.
Because they’re the last taboo.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Why won’t people talk about slow ghosts?
Because they’re the last taboo.
Because they’re the last taboo.
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If the Predator’s going to land in the 1970s, I think he needs to face the ultimate foe
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If the Predator’s going to land in the 1970s, I think he needs to face the ultimate foe
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"Ooh! Look at me. I'm making people happy.
I'm the magical man from Happy Land
In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."
I'm the magical man from Happy Land
In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Ooh! Look at me. I'm making people happy.
I'm the magical man from Happy Land
In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."
I'm the magical man from Happy Land
In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."
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"I am an exceptional delivery rider, Mrs. McClane. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more generous with your gratuity."
#DieHard #HansGruber #UberEats
#DieHard #HansGruber #UberEats
September 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"I am an exceptional delivery rider, Mrs. McClane. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more generous with your gratuity."
#DieHard #HansGruber #UberEats
#DieHard #HansGruber #UberEats
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A bonus bit of history today: the 154th anniversary of the Natural Creeping Baby Doll being patented in the United States
Please don’t have nightmares. Do sleep well
Please don’t have nightmares. Do sleep well
August 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A bonus bit of history today: the 154th anniversary of the Natural Creeping Baby Doll being patented in the United States
Please don’t have nightmares. Do sleep well
Please don’t have nightmares. Do sleep well
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More emails? But I haven’t finished ignoring the last lot.
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
More emails? But I haven’t finished ignoring the last lot.
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Stupid sexy Flanders...
August 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Stupid sexy Flanders...
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It's so weird how LLMs know so much about things I don't know anything about, and yet make fundamental and basic errors about things I do know anything about. Oh well, I'm sure that's a coincidence.
August 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's so weird how LLMs know so much about things I don't know anything about, and yet make fundamental and basic errors about things I do know anything about. Oh well, I'm sure that's a coincidence.
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I've just been offered a dream job: doing exams in the nude while my teeth fall out.
August 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I've just been offered a dream job: doing exams in the nude while my teeth fall out.
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it’s important to find time in your day to just switch your mind off and do nothing. it might be first thing in the morning, it might be last thing at night, or - and this is surprisingly popular - it might be when you get to the ticket barriers at waterloo. just take care of yourself, guys.
June 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
it’s important to find time in your day to just switch your mind off and do nothing. it might be first thing in the morning, it might be last thing at night, or - and this is surprisingly popular - it might be when you get to the ticket barriers at waterloo. just take care of yourself, guys.