Owain
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NHS biomedical scientist, gaymer and geek living and working in London. He/Him. 🏳️🌈🏴
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In a way though, LLM adoption is the natural endpoint of decades of software UX design intended to deskill, demean, and disempower users. Almost no software people use daily has automation affordances or even decent UI customization options.
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In a way though, LLM adoption is the natural endpoint of decades of software UX design intended to deskill, demean, and disempower users. Almost no software people use daily has automation affordances or even decent UI customization options.
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was placed in a healing cocoon in Jamaica Bay while the Phoenix took his form, memories, and place in the Cratchits, who were impressed by both his sudden good health and fantastic new cosmic power.
December 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was placed in a healing cocoon in Jamaica Bay while the Phoenix took his form, memories, and place in the Cratchits, who were impressed by both his sudden good health and fantastic new cosmic power.
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Sir David Attenborough is right: London is full of natural wonder.
We’re giving nature a helping hand. For the first time in hundreds of years, beavers and white storks are being reintroduced to the capital with support from City Hall.
We’re giving nature a helping hand. For the first time in hundreds of years, beavers and white storks are being reintroduced to the capital with support from City Hall.
Why Sir David Attenborough wouldn't live anywhere else but London
In a new one-off documentary, the broadcaster and conservationist comes home - to London.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sir David Attenborough is right: London is full of natural wonder.
We’re giving nature a helping hand. For the first time in hundreds of years, beavers and white storks are being reintroduced to the capital with support from City Hall.
We’re giving nature a helping hand. For the first time in hundreds of years, beavers and white storks are being reintroduced to the capital with support from City Hall.
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There should be large predatory birds that prey on cars during traffic jams. They should live on mountains and manipulate dreams to cause DUIs and thus fecund hunting grounds.
December 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There should be large predatory birds that prey on cars during traffic jams. They should live on mountains and manipulate dreams to cause DUIs and thus fecund hunting grounds.
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I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous.
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Zack Polanski: Allow small boat migrants in and let them work
Green Party leader accuses Sir Keir Starmer of following Nigel Farage in ‘pushing racist rhetoric’ and calls JK Rowling’s stance on single-sex spaces ‘hateful’
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous.
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Has anyone checked the British Museum?
Hundreds of items stolen in 'high value' Bristol museum raid
Hundreds of items stolen in 'high value' Bristol museum raid
More than 600 artefacts from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection were taken.
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Has anyone checked the British Museum?
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
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An experienced organizer I really respect once reminded folks "you can't always win, but you can always, always inflict a cost. Those add up."
You cannot match the size and resources of these organizations that are abandoning trans youth and sacrificing trans lives, but you have one advantage they do not: an ability to maintain a relentless focus upon them.
Make it your work, every week, to think about how you can punish them.
Make it your work, every week, to think about how you can punish them.
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
An experienced organizer I really respect once reminded folks "you can't always win, but you can always, always inflict a cost. Those add up."
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Scrapping jury trials would undermine a foundational principle of British justice: the right to have your case heard by fellow citizens.
We need investment and reform to tackle court backlogs, not the abolition of key legal safeguards.
We need investment and reform to tackle court backlogs, not the abolition of key legal safeguards.
Lammy’s jury trial plans are ‘massive mistake’, say Labour MPs and peers
Only cases such as murder and rape or offences carrying sentence longer than three years would face jury under plans
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Scrapping jury trials would undermine a foundational principle of British justice: the right to have your case heard by fellow citizens.
We need investment and reform to tackle court backlogs, not the abolition of key legal safeguards.
We need investment and reform to tackle court backlogs, not the abolition of key legal safeguards.
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I just think there should be a desktop centrifuge for pens. Yeah! I know it would make a mess! I know how physics works! I don't care, I want it. Get that ink ALL the way to the bottom. That's what I want.
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I just think there should be a desktop centrifuge for pens. Yeah! I know it would make a mess! I know how physics works! I don't care, I want it. Get that ink ALL the way to the bottom. That's what I want.
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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welcome to the uk. we have two systems of paying for housing. option 1 gets cheaper for 20 years and then it's free, and option 2 gets more expensive until you die
I guess I'd like option 1?
I'm sorry option 1 carries a cover charge of one hundred thousand pounds
I guess I'd like option 1?
I'm sorry option 1 carries a cover charge of one hundred thousand pounds
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
welcome to the uk. we have two systems of paying for housing. option 1 gets cheaper for 20 years and then it's free, and option 2 gets more expensive until you die
I guess I'd like option 1?
I'm sorry option 1 carries a cover charge of one hundred thousand pounds
I guess I'd like option 1?
I'm sorry option 1 carries a cover charge of one hundred thousand pounds
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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"Death of the Author" doesn't mean separating the author's bad behaviour from their art. It means taking away their authority and allowing readers to interpret the art based on their own perspectives. It doesn't absolve the author of being a bastard, in fact it may inform how you interpret the art.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Death of the Author" doesn't mean separating the author's bad behaviour from their art. It means taking away their authority and allowing readers to interpret the art based on their own perspectives. It doesn't absolve the author of being a bastard, in fact it may inform how you interpret the art.
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A time for us all to gather for a meal, a celebration of the birth of a very special child, born miraculously through immaculate conception. Reminding us that what truly matters is what's inside... 🎄
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A time for us all to gather for a meal, a celebration of the birth of a very special child, born miraculously through immaculate conception. Reminding us that what truly matters is what's inside... 🎄
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Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
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hey so don't like a lot of companies use Gmail and stuff for like regular communication about business matters? don't millions of people get sensitive legal documentation through gmail? how isn't this the most illegal thing you can do LMAO
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
hey so don't like a lot of companies use Gmail and stuff for like regular communication about business matters? don't millions of people get sensitive legal documentation through gmail? how isn't this the most illegal thing you can do LMAO
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theres a whole bunch of cultures that don't do rings to mark marriage but do do necklaces for the purpose, so do only Christians get to keep wedding jewelry or
Ministers now appear to be confirming in broadcast interviews that they would audit and could confiscate assets (including jewellery) excepting wedding rings from the jewellery that they could confiscate.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
theres a whole bunch of cultures that don't do rings to mark marriage but do do necklaces for the purpose, so do only Christians get to keep wedding jewelry or
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Refugees have often smuggled valuables so that they aren’t completely destitute on arrival at their destination. Sewing coins or jewelry into clothing as a nest egg for starting a new life. This is deliberate impoverishment followed by complaints about dependence on state resources.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Refugees have often smuggled valuables so that they aren’t completely destitute on arrival at their destination. Sewing coins or jewelry into clothing as a nest egg for starting a new life. This is deliberate impoverishment followed by complaints about dependence on state resources.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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it's basically impossible to argue with this, they have won significant policy concessions, and there's no reason to think they'll stop pushing now that Labour have opened the door for them
They must be proud with this endorsement, they worked hard for it.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
it's basically impossible to argue with this, they have won significant policy concessions, and there's no reason to think they'll stop pushing now that Labour have opened the door for them