Alec
@lec.social
Edu IT guy for a living.
Living for cycling, ebikes and my cats. Less occasional gamer.
Living for cycling, ebikes and my cats. Less occasional gamer.
2026 : it's time for a bike van.
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
2026 : it's time for a bike van.
While I've seen Die Hard 2 a few times, I forgot about the US armys crisis priority procedure in 1990.
December 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
While I've seen Die Hard 2 a few times, I forgot about the US armys crisis priority procedure in 1990.
An instrument for the US to implement Insurrection Act + Alien Enemies Act.
Dark times ahead.
Dark times ahead.
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
An instrument for the US to implement Insurrection Act + Alien Enemies Act.
Dark times ahead.
Dark times ahead.
Is the test, who is dumb enough to pay for this? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links
Meta is encouraging users to verify themselves to unlock more features or engagement with their posts.
www.bbc.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Is the test, who is dumb enough to pay for this? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sense of humour from the seller of a Hiplok DX1000
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sense of humour from the seller of a Hiplok DX1000
Street Fighter | Game Awards Sneak Peek (2026 Movie)
YouTube video by Paramount Pictures
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Only about 15 years late...
UK to Europe: The time to counter Russia's information war machine is now
UK to Europe: The time to counter Russia's information war machine is now
Foreign secretary set to address senior diplomats later today
The UK's foreign secretary is calling for closer collaboration with Europe to combat the growing threat of information warfare as hybrid attacks target countries on the continent.…
dlvr.it
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Only about 15 years late...
I am genuinely surprised at how brain dead this take is.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I am genuinely surprised at how brain dead this take is.
So wet, so muddy and an 8 hour round trip, but Bike Park Wales is so much fun.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So wet, so muddy and an 8 hour round trip, but Bike Park Wales is so much fun.
Weird how the "US plan" for Ukraine would meet all Russian demands and maximise the pain and minimises long term viability for Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Weird how the "US plan" for Ukraine would meet all Russian demands and maximise the pain and minimises long term viability for Ukraine.
All while making it worse
Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
All while making it worse
I don't understand, what's wrong with them?
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I don't understand, what's wrong with them?
Trump is gonna go to war with random country just to distract that he is the don in Epstein's PDF ring.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Trump is gonna go to war with random country just to distract that he is the don in Epstein's PDF ring.
Government considering new tax on EV drivers in Budget
The BBC understands there have been
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Popped over to Wales for the day and someone has clearly made a mistake with that Sun icon.
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Popped over to Wales for the day and someone has clearly made a mistake with that Sun icon.
Trying to explain this to people spellbound by sales teams prepared lines and AI PR... Is frustrating.
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Trying to explain this to people spellbound by sales teams prepared lines and AI PR... Is frustrating.
No idea why people still use it.
Musk: X will delete all heuristics from its recommendation system within six weeks. ...the familiar logic of likes, replies, and reposts that shaped Twitter for years is about to disappear. In its place, Grok, the platform's in-house Al model, will read and watch more than one hundred million posts.
Brace for another wave of x refuges
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
No idea why people still use it.
I'm struggling to tell the difference between Portland and Gaza
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I'm struggling to tell the difference between Portland and Gaza
Trump defunding the police.
To create the situation and send the army in.
To create the situation and send the army in.
Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
October 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump defunding the police.
To create the situation and send the army in.
To create the situation and send the army in.
Tiktok's forced sale wasn't about Chinese threat of manipulation, but the potential for to be utterly abused domestically
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA”
Uncertainty reigns as Trump claims China approved TikTok deal.
arstechnica.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Tiktok's forced sale wasn't about Chinese threat of manipulation, but the potential for to be utterly abused domestically
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Trying to avoid Alien Earth spoilers and while I don't agree with the death penalty, some youtubers are seriously pushing my moral compass.
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Trying to avoid Alien Earth spoilers and while I don't agree with the death penalty, some youtubers are seriously pushing my moral compass.