merely rhys
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Lifelong Labour member, always fighting against the Tories and all those who'd prefer we lose.
Enterprise architect, Linux nerd, politico, street photographer […]
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I'm watching Jack Smith before Congress and I'm once again in awe of how dignified he is. He presents himself as the very model of a dedicated public servant — and, more than that, an honourable man of character.
Opposite the Republicans interrogating him, he seems a paragon of virtue. If only […]
Opposite the Republicans interrogating him, he seems a paragon of virtue. If only […]
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January 22, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I'm watching Jack Smith before Congress and I'm once again in awe of how dignified he is. He presents himself as the very model of a dedicated public servant — and, more than that, an honourable man of character.
Opposite the Republicans interrogating him, he seems a paragon of virtue. If only […]
Opposite the Republicans interrogating him, he seems a paragon of virtue. If only […]
For Christmas I built and shipped my dad a decent desktop computer, his first in years.
Today he returned it to me. After repeatedly turning it off using the PSU power switch, it no longer boots.
Beginning my investigation, I noted that the GPU fans […]
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Today he returned it to me. After repeatedly turning it off using the PSU power switch, it no longer boots.
Beginning my investigation, I noted that the GPU fans […]
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January 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
For Christmas I built and shipped my dad a decent desktop computer, his first in years.
Today he returned it to me. After repeatedly turning it off using the PSU power switch, it no longer boots.
Beginning my investigation, I noted that the GPU fans […]
[Original post on mastodon.rhys.wtf]
Today he returned it to me. After repeatedly turning it off using the PSU power switch, it no longer boots.
Beginning my investigation, I noted that the GPU fans […]
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I love London and I love the rain.
I do not love London in the rain.
I do not love London in the rain.
January 21, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I love London and I love the rain.
I do not love London in the rain.
I do not love London in the rain.
Reform lead down to a mere 5 points.
It's a 5-party era now and the benchmark for stability is now 20% rather than the traditional 30%. Clearing a 5 point gap is more than achievable, and my only worry for Westminster is that Starmer somehow be ousted […]
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It's a 5-party era now and the benchmark for stability is now 20% rather than the traditional 30%. Clearing a 5 point gap is more than achievable, and my only worry for Westminster is that Starmer somehow be ousted […]
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January 20, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Reform lead down to a mere 5 points.
It's a 5-party era now and the benchmark for stability is now 20% rather than the traditional 30%. Clearing a 5 point gap is more than achievable, and my only worry for Westminster is that Starmer somehow be ousted […]
[Original post on mastodon.rhys.wtf]
It's a 5-party era now and the benchmark for stability is now 20% rather than the traditional 30%. Clearing a 5 point gap is more than achievable, and my only worry for Westminster is that Starmer somehow be ousted […]
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There's been some equivocation over these topics recently with folks walking back some positions Polanski and the wider Green Party have previously claimed about them, but here's an up-to-date reaffirmation that Polanski wants us to leave NATO and de-nuclearise the country.
#ukpolitics #ukpol […]
#ukpolitics #ukpol […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 AM
There's been some equivocation over these topics recently with folks walking back some positions Polanski and the wider Green Party have previously claimed about them, but here's an up-to-date reaffirmation that Polanski wants us to leave NATO and de-nuclearise the country.
#ukpolitics #ukpol […]
#ukpolitics #ukpol […]
I can't believe it hasn't even been a year.
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I can't believe it hasn't even been a year.
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
January 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The CFD auction went well, despite some doubt beforehand. We're now firmly on track to double onshore wind, triple onshore solar, and quadruple offshore wind production and decarbonise the grid by 2030 🥳 […]
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January 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The CFD auction went well, despite some doubt beforehand. We're now firmly on track to double onshore wind, triple onshore solar, and quadruple offshore wind production and decarbonise the grid by 2030 🥳 […]
Jesus Christ: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c394zlr8e12t?post=asset%3A56ebb993-f7b3-45d8-81fa-f3cfe85cd172#post
An Israeli football team's fan contingent was banned from attending one of their games in part due to the police chief having used CoPilot to determine that they presented an undue […]
An Israeli football team's fan contingent was banned from attending one of their games in part due to the police chief having used CoPilot to determine that they presented an undue […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
January 14, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Jesus Christ: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c394zlr8e12t?post=asset%3A56ebb993-f7b3-45d8-81fa-f3cfe85cd172#post
An Israeli football team's fan contingent was banned from attending one of their games in part due to the police chief having used CoPilot to determine that they presented an undue […]
An Israeli football team's fan contingent was banned from attending one of their games in part due to the police chief having used CoPilot to determine that they presented an undue […]
I have pretty low expectations of them already, but seeing some people on the left siding with an authoritarian and theocratic regime is still a bit surprising — and painful to the soul.
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I have pretty low expectations of them already, but seeing some people on the left siding with an authoritarian and theocratic regime is still a bit surprising — and painful to the soul.
Hell yeah, new railways are my kink 😎
#ukpolitics #ukpol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75xrwlw5n2o
#ukpolitics #ukpol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75xrwlw5n2o
New Birmingham-Manchester rail link planned
Previous plans for a high-speed rail line between the cities were scrapped by Rishi Sunak's government.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Hell yeah, new railways are my kink 😎
#ukpolitics #ukpol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75xrwlw5n2o
#ukpolitics #ukpol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75xrwlw5n2o
Revising my estimation of the US's ability to seize #greenland after learning Greenland is home to over 7,000 polar bears: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/polar-bear-population-by-country
Polar Bear Population by Country 2026
Brief overview of the Polar Bear population by country, providing insights into the distribution of these iconic Arctic mammals across different nations.
worldpopulationreview.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Revising my estimation of the US's ability to seize #greenland after learning Greenland is home to over 7,000 polar bears: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/polar-bear-population-by-country
Gosh, bought a used color calibrator off ebay for £20 and it's amazing. Four monitors, all different models, all looking identical now.
The one quirk on my system is that Sway currently uses the OpenGL GLES API as its default renderer, which doesn't support colour profiles. I had to switch to […]
The one quirk on my system is that Sway currently uses the OpenGL GLES API as its default renderer, which doesn't support colour profiles. I had to switch to […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Gosh, bought a used color calibrator off ebay for £20 and it's amazing. Four monitors, all different models, all looking identical now.
The one quirk on my system is that Sway currently uses the OpenGL GLES API as its default renderer, which doesn't support colour profiles. I had to switch to […]
The one quirk on my system is that Sway currently uses the OpenGL GLES API as its default renderer, which doesn't support colour profiles. I had to switch to […]
It's a strange time right now watching Democrats re-establish themselves, and there are tons of fascinating characters emerging. This guy is my favourite […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
It's a strange time right now watching Democrats re-establish themselves, and there are tons of fascinating characters emerging. This guy is my favourite […]
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First we invented the LLM.
Then we made a far greater innovation which is the self correcting agentic loop.
And most people are still looking at reaponses from the first and going “ha-ha look how dumb it is, as if AI is ever going to happen”.
Then we made a far greater innovation which is the self correcting agentic loop.
And most people are still looking at reaponses from the first and going “ha-ha look how dumb it is, as if AI is ever going to happen”.
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
First we invented the LLM.
Then we made a far greater innovation which is the self correcting agentic loop.
And most people are still looking at reaponses from the first and going “ha-ha look how dumb it is, as if AI is ever going to happen”.
Then we made a far greater innovation which is the self correcting agentic loop.
And most people are still looking at reaponses from the first and going “ha-ha look how dumb it is, as if AI is ever going to happen”.
I've got to admit, I'm only torn on this out of an abundance of caution for the remnants of my liberalism. Everything in me is screaming that banning X is a good idea.
Fwiw, the Online Safety Act has lots of good stuff in it alongside the bad, and it's left to the regulator Ofcom to determine […]
Fwiw, the Online Safety Act has lots of good stuff in it alongside the bad, and it's left to the regulator Ofcom to determine […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I've got to admit, I'm only torn on this out of an abundance of caution for the remnants of my liberalism. Everything in me is screaming that banning X is a good idea.
Fwiw, the Online Safety Act has lots of good stuff in it alongside the bad, and it's left to the regulator Ofcom to determine […]
Fwiw, the Online Safety Act has lots of good stuff in it alongside the bad, and it's left to the regulator Ofcom to determine […]
Unconfirmed reports here of hundreds of protestors being shot in the #newiran protests: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/10/iran-protesters-tell-of-brutal-police-response-deaths-and-forced-confessions
Some of the other footage is incredible, including mosques on fire […]
Some of the other footage is incredible, including mosques on fire […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
January 10, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Unconfirmed reports here of hundreds of protestors being shot in the #newiran protests: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/10/iran-protesters-tell-of-brutal-police-response-deaths-and-forced-confessions
Some of the other footage is incredible, including mosques on fire […]
Some of the other footage is incredible, including mosques on fire […]
Read this blog about how this guy reduced his terminal startup time from 0.38 seconds with oh-my-zsh to 0.07 seconds with native zsh: https://rushter.com/blog/zsh-shell/
Spent all morning doing similar, customising my setup and plugins, and then tested performance *after*. With oh-my-zsh, 0.02 […]
Spent all morning doing similar, customising my setup and plugins, and then tested performance *after*. With oh-my-zsh, 0.02 […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
January 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Read this blog about how this guy reduced his terminal startup time from 0.38 seconds with oh-my-zsh to 0.07 seconds with native zsh: https://rushter.com/blog/zsh-shell/
Spent all morning doing similar, customising my setup and plugins, and then tested performance *after*. With oh-my-zsh, 0.02 […]
Spent all morning doing similar, customising my setup and plugins, and then tested performance *after*. With oh-my-zsh, 0.02 […]
My admiration for AOC continues: https://xcancel.com/AOC/status/2009792314634580390
She's the model, I think, for how to navigate the left without treading into being unserious, weird, and sometimes outright repugnant. I disagree with her on occasion, but she always demonstrates her […]
She's the model, I think, for how to navigate the left without treading into being unserious, weird, and sometimes outright repugnant. I disagree with her on occasion, but she always demonstrates her […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
January 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
My admiration for AOC continues: https://xcancel.com/AOC/status/2009792314634580390
She's the model, I think, for how to navigate the left without treading into being unserious, weird, and sometimes outright repugnant. I disagree with her on occasion, but she always demonstrates her […]
She's the model, I think, for how to navigate the left without treading into being unserious, weird, and sometimes outright repugnant. I disagree with her on occasion, but she always demonstrates her […]
Ahha. Your Party is an incredible gift to us all.
At the time I suggested that it may amount to criminal fraud. It seems the ICO may think the same.
#ukpolitics #ukpol
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/your-party-advised-to-refer-unauthorised-membership-launch-to-police
At the time I suggested that it may amount to criminal fraud. It seems the ICO may think the same.
#ukpolitics #ukpol
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/your-party-advised-to-refer-unauthorised-membership-launch-to-police
Your Party advised to refer unauthorised membership launch to police
An official body told the party it should consider doing so to determine whether "serious criminal activity" occurred
www.newstatesman.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Ahha. Your Party is an incredible gift to us all.
At the time I suggested that it may amount to criminal fraud. It seems the ICO may think the same.
#ukpolitics #ukpol
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/your-party-advised-to-refer-unauthorised-membership-launch-to-police
At the time I suggested that it may amount to criminal fraud. It seems the ICO may think the same.
#ukpolitics #ukpol
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/your-party-advised-to-refer-unauthorised-membership-launch-to-police
I'm still in goblin mode and not posting much, but the killing of Renée Good was monstrous, as has been the response from Vance and others describing an innocent person as being a 'domestic terrorist' and baselessly accusing her of trying to murder ICE agents with her car.
That these are the […]
That these are the […]
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January 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I'm still in goblin mode and not posting much, but the killing of Renée Good was monstrous, as has been the response from Vance and others describing an innocent person as being a 'domestic terrorist' and baselessly accusing her of trying to murder ICE agents with her car.
That these are the […]
That these are the […]
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Republicans call her a terrorist.
If you can bring yourself to call her a terrorist than there is zero chance that you have a moral framework that a rational person would recognize as being a moral framework.
If you can bring yourself to call her a terrorist than there is zero chance that you have a moral framework that a rational person would recognize as being a moral framework.
January 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Republicans call her a terrorist.
If you can bring yourself to call her a terrorist than there is zero chance that you have a moral framework that a rational person would recognize as being a moral framework.
If you can bring yourself to call her a terrorist than there is zero chance that you have a moral framework that a rational person would recognize as being a moral framework.