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Brian M. Milton

@munchkinstein.bsky.social

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Short, rumpled Scotsman. Has a terrible pain in all the diodes down his left hand side. Not on social media as much as he used to be but if he is, it will be occasional writing and a lot of stupid bollocks. He/Him https://munchkinstein.co.uk

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 16h

And no one thinks they can replace their workforce with them.

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 1d

Also, on any diagram of a system with an LLM in it, the LLM was represented by a parrot. Which also feels pretty telling.
At least parrots look prettier than a pile of GPUs.

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 1d

On a chat at work that got a link to a book on Agentic AI posted. Took an idle look and it's quite the thing to see something pro-'AI' that nonetheless feels the need to go in-depth on how many problems it has, like hallucinations, because it's for those who have to make it work.

Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps Sherlock Holmes has moved in and you're about to be embroiled in several twisty, but fascinating, cases.

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not sure the solution the writer wants is practical either. Are they asking for sellers to be forced to take the first offer of the valuation? Or saying that each buyer has to get their own, secret valuation as it's not on the report?

Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 2d

And, of course, most surveys were done by the same people, so you were paying them just to print a new copy, but at full price.
Reports are definitely better.

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 2d

A final big thank you of an update on the running, with bonus family victory.
www.justgiving.com/page/brian-m...

Brian's "Reason to keep running" collection

Help Brian Milton raise money to support Trussell

www.justgiving.com

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2d

It's an Incredible DORK TOWER MONDAY! Fantastic new strip up now, at the Mothership!

www.dorktower.com/2025/10/06/1...

Reblog/Repost/Repeat, cheers and thank you so much!

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 2d

Morning all. It's a day for wearing a new run t-shirt and wondering why my feet are sore.

Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 2d

Occasionally a Green will respond "That's unhinged." but the news won't tell you, because it might offend a voter in a run-down constituency who voted for one of the unhinged policies.

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 3d

British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.

Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 3d

The pint of victory has been claimed.

A pint of brown beer and a half marathon medal.

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 3d

Nip tape oan, knees oot.
Time tae hit the mean streets ae Glesga.
#GlasgowHalfMarathon

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 3d

NB This article is taken from Cory Doctorow's writing, so is worth reading, in case you were thinking it'd be pointless Sunday opinion piece handwringing.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

www.theguardian.com

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 4d

The theme to Super Gran, slowly building in menace as The Scunner Campbell emerges from the dark, eyes a twinkle with evil, and smiles creepily.

ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ @soberthots.bsky.social · 5d

question for the timeline

Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 5d

Just the last hour it's got much more noticeable here.

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 5d

The wind from #Amy is getting more excitable round here.
Ca' canny and coorie in, Scotland.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 5d

My new story is out in The Pink Hydra today! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...

The Pink Hydra | Four Flowers in Formaldehyde - Heather Valentine

Four Flowers in Formaldehyde by Heather Valentine

www.thepinkhydra.com

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 5d

That bittersweet feeling of opening up the Good Omens graphic novel that just arrived from the long time back Kickstarter and seeing how lovely it looks.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 5d

Coorie in close bairns - that hizzie Amy is on her wey...

"The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last;
The rattling show'rs rose on the blast;
The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd;
Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellow'd:
That night, a child might understand,
The Deil had business on his hand."

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 5d

In memoriam...

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 5d

Just received a "2 days to go" email for the Half Marathon. It's still on (bugger!) as the wind should be calming, but they are recommending re-thinking any inflatable or fancy dress costumes.
Guess I'll not be going as that full masted schooner, then.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 5d

Exceptional Doctorow piece on the solar rollout, why it's unstoppable, & why many old downsides of solar aren't factors anymore. The entire material mining needed 4 a global solar transition = only 17% of the fossil fuel mining we do every year! & then we're done! doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

Decarbonization at a distance

A post-American century that runs on sunshine.

doctorow.medium.com

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 6d

I fear that's just Cunk On ...

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 6d

It's the only thing stopping me going full middle-aged male and starting one, the requirement to know more than the surface level on anything.

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 7d

The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

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