Steve Brodie
@stevebrodie.bsky.social
Audio Engineer | Video Producer
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@peterprinsleymp.bsky.social as my local mp I hope you might take a look at this.
@peterprinsleymp.bsky.social as my local mp I hope you might take a look at this.
The world needs social sovereignty
The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodo...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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@peterprinsleymp.bsky.social as my local mp I hope you might take a look at this.
@peterprinsleymp.bsky.social as my local mp I hope you might take a look at this.
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Our Christmas countdown for nature lovers is back! 😍🎄
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our Christmas countdown for nature lovers is back! 😍🎄
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
This is troubling…
fullfact.org/technology/g...
Totalitarian drift doesn’t need jackboots, it just needs opacity.
#totalitariandrift #truthvfeed #algorithm
fullfact.org/technology/g...
Totalitarian drift doesn’t need jackboots, it just needs opacity.
#totalitariandrift #truthvfeed #algorithm
Google cuts funding to Full Fact... – Full Fact
The company has been one of our biggest funders over the last three years, helping us build some of the best AI tools for fact checking in the world. But things have now changed abruptly.
fullfact.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is troubling…
fullfact.org/technology/g...
Totalitarian drift doesn’t need jackboots, it just needs opacity.
#totalitariandrift #truthvfeed #algorithm
fullfact.org/technology/g...
Totalitarian drift doesn’t need jackboots, it just needs opacity.
#totalitariandrift #truthvfeed #algorithm
www.pinkun.com/sport/norwic...
@canaries.co.uk As someone who is directly affected by these plans, I’m grateful to those who articulated the emotion and hurt it has generated amongst fans at the meeting. 1/2 #canaries #ncfc #otbc
@canaries.co.uk As someone who is directly affected by these plans, I’m grateful to those who articulated the emotion and hurt it has generated amongst fans at the meeting. 1/2 #canaries #ncfc #otbc
Inside heated meeting as City fans voice displeasure over stadium shake-up
Carrow Road played host to a heated meeting between disgruntled fans and club executives after stadium shake-up plans.
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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@canaries.co.uk As someone who is directly affected by these plans, I’m grateful to those who articulated the emotion and hurt it has generated amongst fans at the meeting. 1/2 #canaries #ncfc #otbc
@canaries.co.uk As someone who is directly affected by these plans, I’m grateful to those who articulated the emotion and hurt it has generated amongst fans at the meeting. 1/2 #canaries #ncfc #otbc
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Wonderful article about Tommy Flowers, Post Office engineer, and his crucial role in the history of computing.
#computing #historyofcomputing #bletchleypark
Wonderful article about Tommy Flowers, Post Office engineer, and his crucial role in the history of computing.
#computing #historyofcomputing #bletchleypark
Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies
The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Wonderful article about Tommy Flowers, Post Office engineer, and his crucial role in the history of computing.
#computing #historyofcomputing #bletchleypark
Wonderful article about Tommy Flowers, Post Office engineer, and his crucial role in the history of computing.
#computing #historyofcomputing #bletchleypark
@chrisgoreham.bsky.social I’ll admit to a raised eyebrow at the choice of Andy Marshall for the co commentary for the derby game 😄, but actually thought his analysis was very interesting and insightful.
I’d be glad to hear him another time.
#canaries #ncfc
I’d be glad to hear him another time.
#canaries #ncfc
October 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
@chrisgoreham.bsky.social I’ll admit to a raised eyebrow at the choice of Andy Marshall for the co commentary for the derby game 😄, but actually thought his analysis was very interesting and insightful.
I’d be glad to hear him another time.
#canaries #ncfc
I’d be glad to hear him another time.
#canaries #ncfc
youtu.be/Ssd3U_zicAI?...
I’m not sure why this song keeps coming to mind at the moment!
#peaceloveandunderstanding
I’m not sure why this song keeps coming to mind at the moment!
#peaceloveandunderstanding
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
YouTube video by ElvisCostelloVEVO
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September 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I’m not sure why this song keeps coming to mind at the moment!
#peaceloveandunderstanding
I’m not sure why this song keeps coming to mind at the moment!
#peaceloveandunderstanding
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I’m still hoping we might get our act together on children and animals before we worry about the LLMs.
Maybe by the time we’ve done that AI might be showing signs of sentience.
#AI #ethics #animalwelfare #childprotection #sentience
I’m still hoping we might get our act together on children and animals before we worry about the LLMs.
Maybe by the time we’ve done that AI might be showing signs of sentience.
#AI #ethics #animalwelfare #childprotection #sentience
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I’m still hoping we might get our act together on children and animals before we worry about the LLMs.
Maybe by the time we’ve done that AI might be showing signs of sentience.
#AI #ethics #animalwelfare #childprotection #sentience
I’m still hoping we might get our act together on children and animals before we worry about the LLMs.
Maybe by the time we’ve done that AI might be showing signs of sentience.
#AI #ethics #animalwelfare #childprotection #sentience
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.’ by @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy could come from the pen of my fellow Thetfordian Thomas Paine.
#uspolitics #TomPaine #Thetford
‘Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.’ by @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy could come from the pen of my fellow Thetfordian Thomas Paine.
#uspolitics #TomPaine #Thetford
The Trump administration pushed out a university president – its latest bid to close the American mind | Robert Reich
Demanding that the University of Virginia’s president resign is taken from the Viktor Orbán playbook of authoritarianism
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July 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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‘Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.’ by @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy could come from the pen of my fellow Thetfordian Thomas Paine.
#uspolitics #TomPaine #Thetford
‘Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.’ by @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy could come from the pen of my fellow Thetfordian Thomas Paine.
#uspolitics #TomPaine #Thetford
If you're near the Norfolk coast this summer, come soak in one of the UK’s last end-of-pier theatres. It’s a tradition worth celebrating😉
Grateful to be part of a team that’s reimagining the tradition each year! Here's to a fantastic season ahead! #LiveTheatre #SoundDesign
Image: Will Jarvis
Grateful to be part of a team that’s reimagining the tradition each year! Here's to a fantastic season ahead! #LiveTheatre #SoundDesign
Image: Will Jarvis
July 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If you're near the Norfolk coast this summer, come soak in one of the UK’s last end-of-pier theatres. It’s a tradition worth celebrating😉
Grateful to be part of a team that’s reimagining the tradition each year! Here's to a fantastic season ahead! #LiveTheatre #SoundDesign
Image: Will Jarvis
Grateful to be part of a team that’s reimagining the tradition each year! Here's to a fantastic season ahead! #LiveTheatre #SoundDesign
Image: Will Jarvis
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Attacks on Wikipedia from Musk and his allies aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled.
January 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Attacks on Wikipedia from Musk and his allies aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled.
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‘I hate it’: Manchester commuters back ban out-loud music on public transport
‘I hate it’: Manchester commuters back ban out-loud music on public transport
Lib Dem move to ban practice is broadly welcomed, though some feel the party should focus on more important things
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
‘I hate it’: Manchester commuters back ban out-loud music on public transport
Lib Dems back ban on playing music and videos on public transport in England
@peterprinsleymp.bsky.social hope you’ll back this?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@peterprinsleymp.bsky.social hope you’ll back this?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems back ban on playing music and videos on public transport in England
Under the plan, those who flout the prohibition could face a maximum fine of £1,000
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April 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Lib Dems back ban on playing music and videos on public transport in England
@peterprinsleymp.bsky.social hope you’ll back this?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@peterprinsleymp.bsky.social hope you’ll back this?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Energy independence or leave ourselves vulnerable to global markets and global events like the invasion of Ukraine?
#energy #politicsuk
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#energy #politicsuk
shorturl.at/qoxwD
Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. They’re wrong: it will secure all our futures| Ed Miliband
The argument for a clean energy transition is not just one of climate breakdown but social justice and national security too, says Ed Miliband
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April 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Energy independence or leave ourselves vulnerable to global markets and global events like the invasion of Ukraine?
#energy #politicsuk
shorturl.at/qoxwD
#energy #politicsuk
shorturl.at/qoxwD
“There is nothing more important than the stories we tell our children.”
— Oliver Postgate
Tomorrow marks 100 years since the birth of Oliver—the quiet genius behind Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, etc
#OliverPostgate #Bagpuss #TheClangers #IvorTheEngine #Smallfilms #BritishAnimation
— Oliver Postgate
Tomorrow marks 100 years since the birth of Oliver—the quiet genius behind Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, etc
#OliverPostgate #Bagpuss #TheClangers #IvorTheEngine #Smallfilms #BritishAnimation
April 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“There is nothing more important than the stories we tell our children.”
— Oliver Postgate
Tomorrow marks 100 years since the birth of Oliver—the quiet genius behind Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, etc
#OliverPostgate #Bagpuss #TheClangers #IvorTheEngine #Smallfilms #BritishAnimation
— Oliver Postgate
Tomorrow marks 100 years since the birth of Oliver—the quiet genius behind Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, etc
#OliverPostgate #Bagpuss #TheClangers #IvorTheEngine #Smallfilms #BritishAnimation
At @stanstedairport.bsky.social.
Youngsters making videos for TikTok etc all around. I have the much sort after role of ‘grumpy old dude in background’.😁
Youngsters making videos for TikTok etc all around. I have the much sort after role of ‘grumpy old dude in background’.😁
April 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
At @stanstedairport.bsky.social.
Youngsters making videos for TikTok etc all around. I have the much sort after role of ‘grumpy old dude in background’.😁
Youngsters making videos for TikTok etc all around. I have the much sort after role of ‘grumpy old dude in background’.😁
So the head of the IOC is a minister in an administration with a rather questionable record for free and fair elections. I struggle to quibble with @nedboulting.bsky.social when he asserted a few years ago that ‘the Olympics is on its arse’.
#olympics #sport
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
#olympics #sport
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
So who is Kirsty Coventry, who now has global sport’s most powerful job? | Sean Ingle
IOC’s first female president faces significant challenges including handling Donald Trump’s power and protecting women’s sports
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
So the head of the IOC is a minister in an administration with a rather questionable record for free and fair elections. I struggle to quibble with @nedboulting.bsky.social when he asserted a few years ago that ‘the Olympics is on its arse’.
#olympics #sport
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
#olympics #sport
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
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Bandcamp Friday is back for 2025. On March 7, we’ll once again waive our revenue share, ensuring more money goes directly to artists. Last year, fans spent $3.1 million in a single day—the biggest since 2022. Let’s keep that momentum going. Mark your calendars and get your wishlist ready.
March 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Bandcamp Friday is back for 2025. On March 7, we’ll once again waive our revenue share, ensuring more money goes directly to artists. Last year, fans spent $3.1 million in a single day—the biggest since 2022. Let’s keep that momentum going. Mark your calendars and get your wishlist ready.
Reposted by Steve Brodie
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An interesting perspective on the immigration and growth debate.
#economics #ukpolitics
An interesting perspective on the immigration and growth debate.
#economics #ukpolitics
Why is Spain’s economy booming? Thanks to migration – which proves xenophobia doesn’t pay | María Ramírez
With Spanish GDP growth leading Europe last year, diversity is making us richer – not only financially but culturally, too, says journalist María Ramírez
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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An interesting perspective on the immigration and growth debate.
#economics #ukpolitics
An interesting perspective on the immigration and growth debate.
#economics #ukpolitics
Kudos to @chrisgoreham.bsky.social for referencing Half-man Half Biscuit in his commentary on Saturday. 😀
With the key intervention from the squirrel it had something for everyone; music, nature, and even some football! 😂
#ncfc
youtu.be/na12OyJEgJ8?...
With the key intervention from the squirrel it had something for everyone; music, nature, and even some football! 😂
#ncfc
youtu.be/na12OyJEgJ8?...
All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit
YouTube video by dobrejchlap
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February 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Kudos to @chrisgoreham.bsky.social for referencing Half-man Half Biscuit in his commentary on Saturday. 😀
With the key intervention from the squirrel it had something for everyone; music, nature, and even some football! 😂
#ncfc
youtu.be/na12OyJEgJ8?...
With the key intervention from the squirrel it had something for everyone; music, nature, and even some football! 😂
#ncfc
youtu.be/na12OyJEgJ8?...
I have any number of cardboard boxes which have long outlasted the appliances they once contained. That just seems wrong. 🤔
#environment
#environment
February 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I have any number of cardboard boxes which have long outlasted the appliances they once contained. That just seems wrong. 🤔
#environment
#environment