Martin Coyle
@coylehere.bsky.social
Not the lead, maybe a side character, sometimes just scenery.
used to be @coyle_mj on Twitter
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Martin Coyle
@coylehere.bsky.social
· Mar 5
Picked up this short book of Umberto Eco and am being blown away by a historical perspective that is brilliantly analytical and also worryingly prescient. Stunning.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is currently 50% off on GOG!
A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is currently 50% off on GOG!
A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
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Spent the afternoon listening to a concert of Handel's Messiah where the audience was the minority and that was the point.
Glorious
www.nidderdalemessiah.org.uk
Glorious
www.nidderdalemessiah.org.uk
Home | Nidderdale Messiah
www.nidderdalemessiah.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Spent the afternoon listening to a concert of Handel's Messiah where the audience was the minority and that was the point.
Glorious
www.nidderdalemessiah.org.uk
Glorious
www.nidderdalemessiah.org.uk
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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As a member of the Care and Support Alliance we want to remind the Chancellor of the real figures that matter this autumn #Budget. Older people, disabled people and their unpaid carers cannot wait another year for social care funding #FiguresThatMatter https://ow.ly/pvmN50XsL7f
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As a member of the Care and Support Alliance we want to remind the Chancellor of the real figures that matter this autumn #Budget. Older people, disabled people and their unpaid carers cannot wait another year for social care funding #FiguresThatMatter https://ow.ly/pvmN50XsL7f
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Who needs cameras in the courtroom when you’ve got THIS
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Who needs cameras in the courtroom when you’ve got THIS
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🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
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No animals were harmed during the making of this movie, but we did dress a gerbil up as a magician, which while not technically illegal does seem worth mentioning
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No animals were harmed during the making of this movie, but we did dress a gerbil up as a magician, which while not technically illegal does seem worth mentioning
Think this post could be generalised to many things including UK politics
It was an attempt to “win back” the fans.
But actually it was just capitulation to haters
Who hated it anyway
Because the point was the hating
The fact that it was genuinely bad mostly because it did the things they had said they wanted was irrelevant to them
But actually it was just capitulation to haters
Who hated it anyway
Because the point was the hating
The fact that it was genuinely bad mostly because it did the things they had said they wanted was irrelevant to them
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Think this post could be generalised to many things including UK politics
Cold walk, hot potato 📷
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cold walk, hot potato 📷
This is a great short article about a #SocialCare movement that was “born of frustration but driven by hope”
For fellow movement builders & shakers @socialcarefuture.bsky.social has shared this today - learning and reflections on several years of trying to shift a system to be more human sized and shaped thru growing narrative, people & relational power. Hope helpful socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...
Moving beyond a hashtag: how #SocialCareFuture is pushing for real change - Social Care Future
What impact has the #SocialCareFuture movement had? Today we are sharing an independent impact report as the first step in shaping our next steps together.
socialcarefuture.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is a great short article about a #SocialCare movement that was “born of frustration but driven by hope”
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For fellow movement builders & shakers @socialcarefuture.bsky.social has shared this today - learning and reflections on several years of trying to shift a system to be more human sized and shaped thru growing narrative, people & relational power. Hope helpful socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...
Moving beyond a hashtag: how #SocialCareFuture is pushing for real change - Social Care Future
What impact has the #SocialCareFuture movement had? Today we are sharing an independent impact report as the first step in shaping our next steps together.
socialcarefuture.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For fellow movement builders & shakers @socialcarefuture.bsky.social has shared this today - learning and reflections on several years of trying to shift a system to be more human sized and shaped thru growing narrative, people & relational power. Hope helpful socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...
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Which ancient Egyptian was most modest about their views?
Imho tep
Imho tep
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Which ancient Egyptian was most modest about their views?
Imho tep
Imho tep
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Whenever I think about the free-rider problem in economics, I think about the poem that begins:
"The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose"
And think about the companies that run the trains...
"The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose"
And think about the companies that run the trains...
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Whenever I think about the free-rider problem in economics, I think about the poem that begins:
"The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose"
And think about the companies that run the trains...
"The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose"
And think about the companies that run the trains...
Report suggests that figures would throw doubt on the business model of most general purpose LLMs
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Report suggests that figures would throw doubt on the business model of most general purpose LLMs
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soup as old as time
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
soup as old as time
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
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I identify less with my astrological sign than I do with the way people describe my dog. Like, I guess I'm a Capricorn but I'm for sure "treat motivated."
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I identify less with my astrological sign than I do with the way people describe my dog. Like, I guess I'm a Capricorn but I'm for sure "treat motivated."
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So, we broke into your house and stole all your stuff, please give us money.
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So, we broke into your house and stole all your stuff, please give us money.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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I cannot inagine how it feels to be this boy’s parents. What on earth are we doing, with everything we know about the ways unregulated social media have changed us, letting it happen all over again but worse with chatbots? www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I cannot inagine how it feels to be this boy’s parents. What on earth are we doing, with everything we know about the ways unregulated social media have changed us, letting it happen all over again but worse with chatbots? www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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being sappy and earnest and sincere is underrated. there are a million ways to show someone you love them and you should explore everyone of them, for friends and family and partners. do it for them, but do it for you, too. you'll feel great
FACT: you should be sappier with your friends and loved ones. there is no reason not to be.
November 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
being sappy and earnest and sincere is underrated. there are a million ways to show someone you love them and you should explore everyone of them, for friends and family and partners. do it for them, but do it for you, too. you'll feel great
Want a great example of problems currently inherent in AI?
Here you go...
Here you go...
Grok appears to have started offering this false account about eye-witnesses by generating its view from false rumours on X. It began by saying there wasn't evidence then picked up rumour and misinformation and amplified it
x.com/grok/status/...
x.com/grok/status/...
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Want a great example of problems currently inherent in AI?
Here you go...
Here you go...