Geeklawyer
@geeklawyer.bsky.social
Ex-barrister & tech company director. Politically centre right, not libertarian. Mostly grumpy & foul mouthed. Write bad code for fun, photographer, sing bass in a choir. UK based. Do not write about the law.
Convinced everyone else is an hallucination.
Convinced everyone else is an hallucination.
"Massive Attack break World record" Wow!! What? number of attendees? 32000, so no. Most number of artists on a stage? No. Longest ever performance? No.
Greenest and lowest CO2 emissions. 😂😂 Ah Bristol, don't ever change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greenest and lowest CO2 emissions. 😂😂 Ah Bristol, don't ever change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Massive Attack festival breaks world records
It is hoped the festival will now change the way other outdoor events are staged.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Massive Attack break World record" Wow!! What? number of attendees? 32000, so no. Most number of artists on a stage? No. Longest ever performance? No.
Greenest and lowest CO2 emissions. 😂😂 Ah Bristol, don't ever change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greenest and lowest CO2 emissions. 😂😂 Ah Bristol, don't ever change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin tried to murder Zelenskyy and his wife and children at the start of the war. But, yea, blowing up Putin's house would be truly awful 🙄
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
December 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Putin tried to murder Zelenskyy and his wife and children at the start of the war. But, yea, blowing up Putin's house would be truly awful 🙄
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
My biggest news story disappointment this Xmas?
Given the spate of lorry thefts by ghost drivers, the fact noone stole a delivery of Stollen cake as the headline would have been, yes, "Stollen stolen". Life is a string of disappointments.
Given the spate of lorry thefts by ghost drivers, the fact noone stole a delivery of Stollen cake as the headline would have been, yes, "Stollen stolen". Life is a string of disappointments.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My biggest news story disappointment this Xmas?
Given the spate of lorry thefts by ghost drivers, the fact noone stole a delivery of Stollen cake as the headline would have been, yes, "Stollen stolen". Life is a string of disappointments.
Given the spate of lorry thefts by ghost drivers, the fact noone stole a delivery of Stollen cake as the headline would have been, yes, "Stollen stolen". Life is a string of disappointments.
Our Xmas tree had grown an angry tail
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Our Xmas tree had grown an angry tail
Bad: new cat let out for first time runs out onto fast road.
Extra bad: anxious child, our of our sight, decides to follow and recover it.
😬😬😬
Extra bad: anxious child, our of our sight, decides to follow and recover it.
😬😬😬
December 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Bad: new cat let out for first time runs out onto fast road.
Extra bad: anxious child, our of our sight, decides to follow and recover it.
😬😬😬
Extra bad: anxious child, our of our sight, decides to follow and recover it.
😬😬😬
Cats and Xmas trees
This is it's why we can't have nice things at Christmas 😖
This is it's why we can't have nice things at Christmas 😖
December 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Cats and Xmas trees
This is it's why we can't have nice things at Christmas 😖
This is it's why we can't have nice things at Christmas 😖
Santa reconnaissance elf, cunningly disguised as our cat, spotted and makes a run for it.
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Santa reconnaissance elf, cunningly disguised as our cat, spotted and makes a run for it.
Reading the Naval Prize Act 1864. By god it's riveting stuff
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reading the Naval Prize Act 1864. By god it's riveting stuff
Lammy is a fucking twat. He seems to think a jury trial is a legal version of Morris dancing - an eccentric archaic tradition that's fun but not that important so we can just drop it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lammy is a fucking twat. He seems to think a jury trial is a legal version of Morris dancing - an eccentric archaic tradition that's fun but not that important so we can just drop it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Honestly the Telegraph's rabid hated of the BBC is verging on the comic.
Next headline: "Did the BBC create cancer? Shocking internal memo reveals its responsibility for this plague of death"
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Next headline: "Did the BBC create cancer? Shocking internal memo reveals its responsibility for this plague of death"
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Did the BBC kill Diana? This book suggests so
In a new account, Dianarama, Andy Webb exposes a shocking list of wrongdoing before and after the 1995 Panorama episode
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Honestly the Telegraph's rabid hated of the BBC is verging on the comic.
Next headline: "Did the BBC create cancer? Shocking internal memo reveals its responsibility for this plague of death"
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Next headline: "Did the BBC create cancer? Shocking internal memo reveals its responsibility for this plague of death"
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Why do politicians still do the photo "pointy" thing?
All this says to me is "I'll fuck you up if write anything bad mate"
All this says to me is "I'll fuck you up if write anything bad mate"
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Why do politicians still do the photo "pointy" thing?
All this says to me is "I'll fuck you up if write anything bad mate"
All this says to me is "I'll fuck you up if write anything bad mate"
I've eaten these, in Hakodate fish market in Japan, the meat is oddly sweet. If I'd known this I'd have been able to grunt "Braaaainz!"
gizmodo.com/sea-urchins-...
gizmodo.com/sea-urchins-...
Sea Urchins Are Basically Brains Covered in Spikes, Study Finds
The pointy shell of sea urchins hides a remarkably complex neural network that resembles the brains of vertebrates, new research suggests.
gizmodo.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I've eaten these, in Hakodate fish market in Japan, the meat is oddly sweet. If I'd known this I'd have been able to grunt "Braaaainz!"
gizmodo.com/sea-urchins-...
gizmodo.com/sea-urchins-...
bwhahaha. Oh my.🤣
"The company mistakenly included documents ... Details were written in white text on a white background but were spotted by staff at the regulator."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"The company mistakenly included documents ... Details were written in white text on a white background but were spotted by staff at the regulator."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Paperwork blunder by UK bookmaker reveals possible illegal offshore operation
Gambling Commission may launch inquiry after finding potentially incriminating evidence hidden in documents, sources say
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
bwhahaha. Oh my.🤣
"The company mistakenly included documents ... Details were written in white text on a white background but were spotted by staff at the regulator."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"The company mistakenly included documents ... Details were written in white text on a white background but were spotted by staff at the regulator."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Someone is turning mushrooms into high frequency low power memristors?! WTAF?!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Sustainable memristors from shiitake mycelium for high-frequency bioelectronics
Neuromorphic computing, inspired by the structure of the brain, offers advantages in parallel processing, memory storage, and energy efficiency. However, current semiconductor-based neuromorphic chips...
journals.plos.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Someone is turning mushrooms into high frequency low power memristors?! WTAF?!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Genius app error message #154: "something went wrong" ffs
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Genius app error message #154: "something went wrong" ffs
This Apple Liquid Glass theme is pretty much like something for kids. Not really impressed
September 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This Apple Liquid Glass theme is pretty much like something for kids. Not really impressed
Don't try looking cute new kitty. 20 fleas and counting.
September 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Don't try looking cute new kitty. 20 fleas and counting.
We got new kitteh!! Cuuute
September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We got new kitteh!! Cuuute
Listening to some idiot bleating about how a blockchain can provide accountability for the supply chain in fashion. Bizarre that three are people peddling this crap in 2025.
September 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Listening to some idiot bleating about how a blockchain can provide accountability for the supply chain in fashion. Bizarre that three are people peddling this crap in 2025.
Just a reminder: leave a slip of paper with all your passwords and pins somewhere/with someone. Your executor and family will really appreciate it.
Just spent /ages/ accessing locked Apple devices for someone who mistakenly thought he'd live forever & I got lucky luckily.
Just spent /ages/ accessing locked Apple devices for someone who mistakenly thought he'd live forever & I got lucky luckily.
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Just a reminder: leave a slip of paper with all your passwords and pins somewhere/with someone. Your executor and family will really appreciate it.
Just spent /ages/ accessing locked Apple devices for someone who mistakenly thought he'd live forever & I got lucky luckily.
Just spent /ages/ accessing locked Apple devices for someone who mistakenly thought he'd live forever & I got lucky luckily.
Reading all the commentary in the US about the Kirk shooting and I've come to the realisation that what we actually witnessed was, in reality, the second killing of Jesus, not a right wing extremist.
September 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reading all the commentary in the US about the Kirk shooting and I've come to the realisation that what we actually witnessed was, in reality, the second killing of Jesus, not a right wing extremist.
Oh lordy Peter, again?! Third time not so lucky for you: dodgy loans, dodgy passports, dodgy mates.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador by Keir Starmer over emails to Jeffrey Epstein
The Foreign Office says he was fired
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Oh lordy Peter, again?! Third time not so lucky for you: dodgy loans, dodgy passports, dodgy mates.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...