Calum Brough
@calumbroughingham.bsky.social
(He/Him) Dilletante and biology enthusiast. I do bits and bobs of writing and editing and some autism advocacy. Fairly Gay.
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If you need a robot to decide which flowers you like looking at for you you are barely even a person.
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If you need a robot to decide which flowers you like looking at for you you are barely even a person.
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Just saw a Gemini ad where a woman asked it which flowers to buy. Not which make sense for a specific purpose, or which have specific symbolic meanings, or which work in specific weather/conditions. But just generally which of a line-up she should buy.
If this works on you you are an embarrassment.
If this works on you you are an embarrassment.
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just saw a Gemini ad where a woman asked it which flowers to buy. Not which make sense for a specific purpose, or which have specific symbolic meanings, or which work in specific weather/conditions. But just generally which of a line-up she should buy.
If this works on you you are an embarrassment.
If this works on you you are an embarrassment.
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The thing about being a human is that making choices is what makes us human. We are a pile of all our choices. Refraining from making your own choices & outsourcing every tiny life choice (what to write in an email, where to go eat, what to see on holiday...) to an LLM makes you literally less human
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The thing about being a human is that making choices is what makes us human. We are a pile of all our choices. Refraining from making your own choices & outsourcing every tiny life choice (what to write in an email, where to go eat, what to see on holiday...) to an LLM makes you literally less human
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this is whose reputation they're trying to whitewash www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
this is whose reputation they're trying to whitewash www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
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EXCLUSIVE: Epstein didn’t just prey on children. He helped bankroll and embed a worldview of race science, climate “culling” and eugenics inside Silicon Valley’s elite AI networks. Tonight we publish the final part of my
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite
The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Epstein didn’t just prey on children. He helped bankroll and embed a worldview of race science, climate “culling” and eugenics inside Silicon Valley’s elite AI networks. Tonight we publish the final part of my
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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Ebenezer Scrooge: Goes outside
500 Muppets: There goes Mr Asshole! There Goes Mr Bitch!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/bafkreidpnqgypmc6oppofjfzndjgcuxavuzord76sblkc32n6opdjmyadm@jpeg)
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Solving world hunger was estimated to cost 6 billion per year.
These people are terrorists.
These people are terrorists.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Solving world hunger was estimated to cost 6 billion per year.
These people are terrorists.
These people are terrorists.
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
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Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
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Wes Streeting orders inquiry into mental health ‘overdiagnosis’
Health secretary wants clinical review of the rise in conditions such as ADHD and autism that cause people to drop out of the workforce
share.google
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
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spotify wrapped in 2025 is not a good look babes delete that shit we have moved on between the CEO investing in military robotics, them severely underpaying artists, them going hard in on "ghost artists" and AI, and getting in bed with far right propagandists. it's enough. leave spotify behind.
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
spotify wrapped in 2025 is not a good look babes delete that shit we have moved on between the CEO investing in military robotics, them severely underpaying artists, them going hard in on "ghost artists" and AI, and getting in bed with far right propagandists. it's enough. leave spotify behind.
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yeah isnt the whole reason its hard to ditch your citizenship bc the country wants your taxes
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
yeah isnt the whole reason its hard to ditch your citizenship bc the country wants your taxes
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I’d really like a GC person to justify this particular case of trans exclusion. It’s not a limited membership organisation so trans girl guides aren’t taking spaces that would otherwise go to cis girl guides. It’s not competitive so there’s no cheating angle. Girl Guides itself doesn’t want to do it
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’d really like a GC person to justify this particular case of trans exclusion. It’s not a limited membership organisation so trans girl guides aren’t taking spaces that would otherwise go to cis girl guides. It’s not competitive so there’s no cheating angle. Girl Guides itself doesn’t want to do it
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You want economic growth?
Release your restrictions on immigration. Forge significantly closer economic ties with Europe.
You don't want to do that?
Then you don't get to talk about economic growth.
It's that simple.
Release your restrictions on immigration. Forge significantly closer economic ties with Europe.
You don't want to do that?
Then you don't get to talk about economic growth.
It's that simple.
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You want economic growth?
Release your restrictions on immigration. Forge significantly closer economic ties with Europe.
You don't want to do that?
Then you don't get to talk about economic growth.
It's that simple.
Release your restrictions on immigration. Forge significantly closer economic ties with Europe.
You don't want to do that?
Then you don't get to talk about economic growth.
It's that simple.
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Any actor appearing on the Harry Potter show is dead to me.
James Acaster, proving that he's one of the best comedians/people ever, took a swing at actors appearing in the upcoming "Harry Potter" TV series. He did it on the Off Menu podcast, ranting about the cowards who've been cast but are too afraid to announce it b/c they know Rowling is a shit-ass.
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Any actor appearing on the Harry Potter show is dead to me.
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Today:
- Read @georgemonbiot.bsky.social piece on corporate courts
- Share it widely
- Take action 👇
#ExitISDS
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4490
- Read @georgemonbiot.bsky.social piece on corporate courts
- Share it widely
- Take action 👇
#ExitISDS
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4490
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Today:
- Read @georgemonbiot.bsky.social piece on corporate courts
- Share it widely
- Take action 👇
#ExitISDS
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4490
- Read @georgemonbiot.bsky.social piece on corporate courts
- Share it widely
- Take action 👇
#ExitISDS
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4490
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As the Whamageddon discourse once again rears its ugly head, a reminder that @benpartridge.bsky.social already figured this one out.
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As the Whamageddon discourse once again rears its ugly head, a reminder that @benpartridge.bsky.social already figured this one out.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
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"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
r/pcgaming
www.reddit.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.
...was it that you're allergic to eucalyptus?
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
...was it that you're allergic to eucalyptus?
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Home Alone (1990)
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Home Alone (1990)
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"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea