Will Reid-Tong (née Thong)
@willthong.com
💻 Release Engineer at a cybersecurity firm
🌹 Ex-Labour fundraiser, 2021-2023
🎓 Ex-Magdalene College, Cambridge fundraiser
🧑🍳 Even more formerly a MasterChef 2017 contestant
All opinions personal; RT ≠ endorsement
🌹 Ex-Labour fundraiser, 2021-2023
🎓 Ex-Magdalene College, Cambridge fundraiser
🧑🍳 Even more formerly a MasterChef 2017 contestant
All opinions personal; RT ≠ endorsement
FWIW they have improved massively at this sort of thing - first gen LLMs used to tell you how to make anthrax, and now the safeguards work much better
January 29, 2026 at 9:30 AM
FWIW they have improved massively at this sort of thing - first gen LLMs used to tell you how to make anthrax, and now the safeguards work much better
Eg from a free model with no gating:
January 29, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Eg from a free model with no gating:
The dumbest model I've used - runs locally on my phone. This code works! LLMs are capable at some things (which is why we use them at work). Also, the path to verifying their work (here: run the code) is simpler in STEM than in humanities-type roles.
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The dumbest model I've used - runs locally on my phone. This code works! LLMs are capable at some things (which is why we use them at work). Also, the path to verifying their work (here: run the code) is simpler in STEM than in humanities-type roles.
Or, crazy thought, the electoral reform the PM pledged in 2020
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Or, crazy thought, the electoral reform the PM pledged in 2020
The PM is gonna be raging when he finds out he pledged to abolish the Lords in 2020
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The PM is gonna be raging when he finds out he pledged to abolish the Lords in 2020
Can't fault the response 😂
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Can't fault the response 😂
The body is appointed by the Norwegian government
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The body is appointed by the Norwegian government
Yeah I'll quite happily take this homicide rate over the States' tyvm 🤷♀️
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yeah I'll quite happily take this homicide rate over the States' tyvm 🤷♀️
Or for the less well read among us, Hercules vs the Hydra (1997)
January 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Or for the less well read among us, Hercules vs the Hydra (1997)
Another @duncanrobinson.bsky.social classic 😂
January 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Another @duncanrobinson.bsky.social classic 😂
Given they only post infrequently across all departments, a combined feed approach seems best
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Given they only post infrequently across all departments, a combined feed approach seems best
I know it's not the point, but I find LBC's AI-generated "listen to this article" very funny. Probably needs some simple filtering to remove all the underscore underscore underscore underscore... 😂
January 5, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I know it's not the point, but I find LBC's AI-generated "listen to this article" very funny. Probably needs some simple filtering to remove all the underscore underscore underscore underscore... 😂
Starmer has told Tom McTague in the Statesman that the system isn't broken! It is simply an incredibly complacent narrative, and it blinkers his administration to even quite modest reforms like "make the upper chamber marginally more democratic to your own benefit"
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Starmer has told Tom McTague in the Statesman that the system isn't broken! It is simply an incredibly complacent narrative, and it blinkers his administration to even quite modest reforms like "make the upper chamber marginally more democratic to your own benefit"
Right but it also speaks to an underlying truth, indelibly stamped on the public record; the guy is a liar and knew full well he'd go back on what he told the membership. Literally only rail nationalisation left. (excerpt from Get In)
December 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Right but it also speaks to an underlying truth, indelibly stamped on the public record; the guy is a liar and knew full well he'd go back on what he told the membership. Literally only rail nationalisation left. (excerpt from Get In)
Was this the piece in the Observer? Tbh even though the piece was written by a friendly publication, I'm a bit baffled by why they're striking. Censorship of comms? No evidence adduced. Changing legislation? A cause with which most would agree, but Mandela didn't consider it an effective strat...
December 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Was this the piece in the Observer? Tbh even though the piece was written by a friendly publication, I'm a bit baffled by why they're striking. Censorship of comms? No evidence adduced. Changing legislation? A cause with which most would agree, but Mandela didn't consider it an effective strat...
Yeah this is the core para IMO. Proficiency is always going to rely on grokking your subject to the extent that the fundamentals are memorised. You shouldn't need to memorise (in history) the dates, (in law) the party names or (in computing) language-specific syntax -
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Yeah this is the core para IMO. Proficiency is always going to rely on grokking your subject to the extent that the fundamentals are memorised. You shouldn't need to memorise (in history) the dates, (in law) the party names or (in computing) language-specific syntax -
This was an argument our Party would have been able to make with a straight face before our explicit policy became "deport children born in the UK".
December 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This was an argument our Party would have been able to make with a straight face before our explicit policy became "deport children born in the UK".
No idea what about my music taste is telling Spotify I'm statistically dead 🤷♀️
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
No idea what about my music taste is telling Spotify I'm statistically dead 🤷♀️
Is this thing working
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Is this thing working
Fascinating that Badenoch's position is that you should resign if a quango in your department does an accidental data breach. I wonder if she'd also consider it a resigning offence for an MP, let's say Kemi Badenoch, to have intentionally and illegally hacked a political rival's website?
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fascinating that Badenoch's position is that you should resign if a quango in your department does an accidental data breach. I wonder if she'd also consider it a resigning offence for an MP, let's say Kemi Badenoch, to have intentionally and illegally hacked a political rival's website?
We spend 10 years & tens of thousands of pounds training each doctor thru uni, then the NHS, then once qualified we tell them to go home just cos Boomer Bob from Clacton thinks there's too many of them Asians around?!? The old right's xenophobia doesn't even make sense on its own terms 🤦♀️
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We spend 10 years & tens of thousands of pounds training each doctor thru uni, then the NHS, then once qualified we tell them to go home just cos Boomer Bob from Clacton thinks there's too many of them Asians around?!? The old right's xenophobia doesn't even make sense on its own terms 🤦♀️
Who else are you claiming deals with lawsuits between or against companies?
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Who else are you claiming deals with lawsuits between or against companies?
Thanks for the link - I enjoyed the article. Don't agree though - I think the thing the author misses is that juries' lack of legal expertise makes their verdicts inevitably more error prone. Also, this is a rough thing to say is "good" given how few sexual violence cases make it to the police
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thanks for the link - I enjoyed the article. Don't agree though - I think the thing the author misses is that juries' lack of legal expertise makes their verdicts inevitably more error prone. Also, this is a rough thing to say is "good" given how few sexual violence cases make it to the police
Proof of the former and latter claims
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Proof of the former and latter claims