Eoin Chaput-Bathurst
@silentechogm.bsky.social
Full stack dev (TS, Svelte) mostly playing TTRPGs.
Trump is the inevitable result of a generations long campaign to make it easier for Republicans to win without needing to actually convince more people to vote for them than are voting for Democrats.
The pressure to subvert democracy has been in action far longer than Trump has been relevant.
The pressure to subvert democracy has been in action far longer than Trump has been relevant.
Ya know, I wish the media would stop saying the "US is alienating friendly countries." Sorry, it's TRUMP that is alienating friendly countries!!
December 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Trump is the inevitable result of a generations long campaign to make it easier for Republicans to win without needing to actually convince more people to vote for them than are voting for Democrats.
The pressure to subvert democracy has been in action far longer than Trump has been relevant.
The pressure to subvert democracy has been in action far longer than Trump has been relevant.
The experiment with a government that is "Conservative pretending to be Labour but with 3% more empathy and as much bending over backwards to appease the alt-right" is going so well.
I moved to Germany because the trend in the UK was "disabled people don't have the right to a comfortable life"
I moved to Germany because the trend in the UK was "disabled people don't have the right to a comfortable life"
Minister mislead MPs on 2B cuts to disability benifits and refuses to apologise.
Labour still going after disabled 🙄.
Labour still going after disabled 🙄.
December 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The experiment with a government that is "Conservative pretending to be Labour but with 3% more empathy and as much bending over backwards to appease the alt-right" is going so well.
I moved to Germany because the trend in the UK was "disabled people don't have the right to a comfortable life"
I moved to Germany because the trend in the UK was "disabled people don't have the right to a comfortable life"
I vaguely remember a stat about a non-zero percentage of Americans thinking Europe is a US State and whether that's true or not, it says a lot that I don't feel like I can dismiss it out of hand.
At some point, more Republicans are going to see him as a liability and act.
December 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I vaguely remember a stat about a non-zero percentage of Americans thinking Europe is a US State and whether that's true or not, it says a lot that I don't feel like I can dismiss it out of hand.
The pessimistic view of this is that "reform society" is very optimistic compared to the general consensus in fiction that "form a society" is more likely after political turmoil in a heavily connected society
The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The pessimistic view of this is that "reform society" is very optimistic compared to the general consensus in fiction that "form a society" is more likely after political turmoil in a heavily connected society
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HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A DRUG PROBLEM IT'S A HOUSING PROBLEM
I'm so sick of y'all in my mentions with this talking point, just stop.
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD RENT. Half of renters are paying over 30% of their income on rent, another quarter are paying over 50%!!!
People need homes they can afford!
I'm so sick of y'all in my mentions with this talking point, just stop.
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD RENT. Half of renters are paying over 30% of their income on rent, another quarter are paying over 50%!!!
People need homes they can afford!
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A DRUG PROBLEM IT'S A HOUSING PROBLEM
I'm so sick of y'all in my mentions with this talking point, just stop.
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD RENT. Half of renters are paying over 30% of their income on rent, another quarter are paying over 50%!!!
People need homes they can afford!
I'm so sick of y'all in my mentions with this talking point, just stop.
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD RENT. Half of renters are paying over 30% of their income on rent, another quarter are paying over 50%!!!
People need homes they can afford!
You have to make it to the last sentence of this one
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
You have to make it to the last sentence of this one
This is the best suggestion for a tax that targets corporate-led wealth inequality that I've ever seen
Tax large corporations based on the number of their employees that qualify for food stamps. Why should we subsidise their
profits?
profits?
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is the best suggestion for a tax that targets corporate-led wealth inequality that I've ever seen
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Tax large corporations based on the number of their employees that qualify for food stamps. Why should we subsidise their
profits?
profits?
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tax large corporations based on the number of their employees that qualify for food stamps. Why should we subsidise their
profits?
profits?
I don't think it's weird that people now avoid talking about something that has had strong negative connotations since 2008, through 13 years of Tory austerity.
We're in a weird situation where older folks don't think about it because they already got what they needed from the economy and
We're in a weird situation where older folks don't think about it because they already got what they needed from the economy and
I also think that part of this is the weird disappearance of economics from our national debate.
It just... doesnt seem to matter that much to many people
It just... doesnt seem to matter that much to many people
Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I don't think it's weird that people now avoid talking about something that has had strong negative connotations since 2008, through 13 years of Tory austerity.
We're in a weird situation where older folks don't think about it because they already got what they needed from the economy and
We're in a weird situation where older folks don't think about it because they already got what they needed from the economy and
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It’s surreal to have so many docs repeatedly recommend exercise.
Me: You know that caused a permanent decline in me?
Them: Oh, you need to try it this way.
M: Still causing a decline. (Hands studies showing exercise can be harmful in #MECFS)
T: You need to be more active
Me: You know that caused a permanent decline in me?
Them: Oh, you need to try it this way.
M: Still causing a decline. (Hands studies showing exercise can be harmful in #MECFS)
T: You need to be more active
The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
“People who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, and their ignorance is dangerous,” said @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social. She and other experts agree these trials are a waste of $$ and will not advance our biological understanding of Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s surreal to have so many docs repeatedly recommend exercise.
Me: You know that caused a permanent decline in me?
Them: Oh, you need to try it this way.
M: Still causing a decline. (Hands studies showing exercise can be harmful in #MECFS)
T: You need to be more active
Me: You know that caused a permanent decline in me?
Them: Oh, you need to try it this way.
M: Still causing a decline. (Hands studies showing exercise can be harmful in #MECFS)
T: You need to be more active
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“Imagine plugging in a dead cell phone over night. When you awake, you expect it to be at 100%. But when you wake, it’s only at 9% and you have to try and function on that 9 percent. You’re never fully charged.” https://buff.ly/3rRDYWM #chronicillness #severeME #pwME #pwLC
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Imagine plugging in a dead cell phone over night. When you awake, you expect it to be at 100%. But when you wake, it’s only at 9% and you have to try and function on that 9 percent. You’re never fully charged.” https://buff.ly/3rRDYWM #chronicillness #severeME #pwME #pwLC
It just occurred to me that as a #pwME, I never call in sick to work because I'm having a bad day. I call in sick because I'm not going to HAVE a day. I'm going to have a stretch of boredom enforced by being unable to concentrate or move.
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It just occurred to me that as a #pwME, I never call in sick to work because I'm having a bad day. I call in sick because I'm not going to HAVE a day. I'm going to have a stretch of boredom enforced by being unable to concentrate or move.
I saw someone complain about Rider and I managed not to reply Neovim.
Any character growth achieved by this is instantly erased by typing it out.
Any character growth achieved by this is instantly erased by typing it out.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I saw someone complain about Rider and I managed not to reply Neovim.
Any character growth achieved by this is instantly erased by typing it out.
Any character growth achieved by this is instantly erased by typing it out.
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The crime of genocide didn't exist until after WW2. It was something we decided was real, needed to be identified and punished. Even if we've been spectacularly bad at putting it in practise, we conceptualised it.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The crime of genocide didn't exist until after WW2. It was something we decided was real, needed to be identified and punished. Even if we've been spectacularly bad at putting it in practise, we conceptualised it.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
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every author in the class action, please file the claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
every author in the class action, please file the claim.
If the UK was "too generous" to people who need help, people who need saving, all the people at the end of their tether, then I wouldn't be living in Germany right now.
The UK has become a place where citizens & immigrants no longer have the right to exist unconditionally & be free of persecution
The UK has become a place where citizens & immigrants no longer have the right to exist unconditionally & be free of persecution
The Labour government has released to the media more details of its asylum reforms - to be released on Monday.
Their premise: UK attracts asylum seekers because it is too generous + reducing pull factors will change that.
There is a lot of overspinning from this govt
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Their premise: UK attracts asylum seekers because it is too generous + reducing pull factors will change that.
There is a lot of overspinning from this govt
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reforms
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce major reforms to the asylum system on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
If the UK was "too generous" to people who need help, people who need saving, all the people at the end of their tether, then I wouldn't be living in Germany right now.
The UK has become a place where citizens & immigrants no longer have the right to exist unconditionally & be free of persecution
The UK has become a place where citizens & immigrants no longer have the right to exist unconditionally & be free of persecution
I have no idea how Labour is fucking up this hard. They need to provide an alternative position Reform & Tories, tax the top 1% a lot more, tax the top 20% a little more, & communicate the end result that they are working towards.
Instead, they are trying to see how many bullets fit in their foot.
Instead, they are trying to see how many bullets fit in their foot.
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I have no idea how Labour is fucking up this hard. They need to provide an alternative position Reform & Tories, tax the top 1% a lot more, tax the top 20% a little more, & communicate the end result that they are working towards.
Instead, they are trying to see how many bullets fit in their foot.
Instead, they are trying to see how many bullets fit in their foot.
I just found out about the Tenacious D drama.
We consistently hear that violence has no place in a democracy. If that is true, why did the US need to fight for independence to establish a democracy?
There has to be a line that when crossed makes violence an acceptable solution to protect democracy
We consistently hear that violence has no place in a democracy. If that is true, why did the US need to fight for independence to establish a democracy?
There has to be a line that when crossed makes violence an acceptable solution to protect democracy
October 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I just found out about the Tenacious D drama.
We consistently hear that violence has no place in a democracy. If that is true, why did the US need to fight for independence to establish a democracy?
There has to be a line that when crossed makes violence an acceptable solution to protect democracy
We consistently hear that violence has no place in a democracy. If that is true, why did the US need to fight for independence to establish a democracy?
There has to be a line that when crossed makes violence an acceptable solution to protect democracy
Anyone remember playing the Sims, seeing how expensive the good beds are, and thinking that can't be worth it only to later find out it's basically a game exploit to have a really expensive bed?
That's a thing IRL too, especially when it comes to furniture that you spend 40 hours a week sitting on.
That's a thing IRL too, especially when it comes to furniture that you spend 40 hours a week sitting on.
October 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Anyone remember playing the Sims, seeing how expensive the good beds are, and thinking that can't be worth it only to later find out it's basically a game exploit to have a really expensive bed?
That's a thing IRL too, especially when it comes to furniture that you spend 40 hours a week sitting on.
That's a thing IRL too, especially when it comes to furniture that you spend 40 hours a week sitting on.
Now I kinda want to see how badly jippity would do at Hearts of Iron from someone just describing the world state to it
dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated
October 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Now I kinda want to see how badly jippity would do at Hearts of Iron from someone just describing the world state to it
Humans are temporarily abled
Disability is one of the only minority groups you can join at any time.
Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
It won’t happen to them. They will “try harder” and overcome.
They think we’re failing.
It is not a moral failing and very few people will be the exception.
Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
It won’t happen to them. They will “try harder” and overcome.
They think we’re failing.
It is not a moral failing and very few people will be the exception.
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Humans are temporarily abled
I'm now married and employed as the most recent steps in a chain of events that started because a random guy saw a tweet and sent me the $100 I needed to get to Rocket League's second World Championship LAN.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I'm now married and employed as the most recent steps in a chain of events that started because a random guy saw a tweet and sent me the $100 I needed to get to Rocket League's second World Championship LAN.
I really miss the 23 episode seasons because some of the best episodes of TV come from the constraints of required runtime, pacing for ad breaks improved the average show and a lot of shows got good in season 2 or 3.
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I really miss the 23 episode seasons because some of the best episodes of TV come from the constraints of required runtime, pacing for ad breaks improved the average show and a lot of shows got good in season 2 or 3.
Capitalists will do literally anything and everything to avoid recognising that the market cannot support their enterprise.
Maybe a business does not deserve to exist if you can't make money without stealing from people, not even giving them credit for how essential that theft was to the product
Maybe a business does not deserve to exist if you can't make money without stealing from people, not even giving them credit for how essential that theft was to the product
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Capitalists will do literally anything and everything to avoid recognising that the market cannot support their enterprise.
Maybe a business does not deserve to exist if you can't make money without stealing from people, not even giving them credit for how essential that theft was to the product
Maybe a business does not deserve to exist if you can't make money without stealing from people, not even giving them credit for how essential that theft was to the product
There is no way that this is a good solution that is worth investigation. The breakthroughs occurring with geothermal mean that in a decade we should be able to start converting existing powerplants to geothermal; without the historical issue of needing such specific geology to be cost effective
Whisper: Maybe we should stop messing with the radiative balance of Earth.
Plan to Reflect Sunlight to Power Solar Panels at Night Upsets Astronomers
Reflect Orbital aims to launch its first of a planned 4,000 satellites into orbit next year. Scientists worry that it would be “ruinous” for research.
www.bloomberg.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
There is no way that this is a good solution that is worth investigation. The breakthroughs occurring with geothermal mean that in a decade we should be able to start converting existing powerplants to geothermal; without the historical issue of needing such specific geology to be cost effective