Alec

Alec

@lec.social

Edu IT guy for a living. Living for cycling, ebikes and my cats. Less occasional gamer.

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Alec
@lec.social

Me: Nostalgia farming is ridiculous now, can't believe people fall for it Also me: Totally tempted to see Street Fighter.

Alec
@lec.social

I'm sure JD Vance knows migrants have nothing to do with it, but his audience don't and why speak sensibly when you can stoke fear ahead of a US election.

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Not sure how he can keep a straight face while while RU supports AfD, Le Penn, Reform etc

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social

Lavrov stated that the special military operation must be completed in such a way that there is no more Nazism in Europe.

Alec
@lec.social

Turns out Dianna Ross' penalty in 1994 was actually high point for American entertainment at the world cup.

Alec
@lec.social

This has the potential to be legendary.

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social

NEW - Greens won’t stand in Clacton. So it is Nigel Farage versus Count Binface.

Alec
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The 16 year old house cat caught a bird on the balcony! She carried it inside and dropped it, the bird was unharmed and flew away. I dread to think how many she kill if she was allowed out.

Alec
@lec.social

The Hungarian Propaganda money has dried up I see

Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social

🇺🇸 This is wild. Laura Loomer – a major #MAGA blogger who once praised Putin as a “defender of traditional values,” wrote for RT, and called Russia freer than the US – sent reporter Andrew Moore to Ukraine. Now, Loomer admits: “We fell for Russian propaganda. I fell for it.” 1/3

Alec
@lec.social

Second Bluetti Elite 100v2 that won't power on after being shutdown. Note to self: get a DJI next time.

Alec
@lec.social

That lineup tho

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

The featured performers for The Great American State Fair on the National Mall: -Vanilla Ice -Martina McBride -Young MC -C+C Music Factory -Milli Vanilli -The Commodores - Morris Day & The Time - Flo Rida -Bret Michaels

Alec
@lec.social

Jazz music seems to act like a auditory fidget spinner for by brain. Zero work concentration today until I put some Miles Davis on. I still don't understand it, but it explains why Spotify thinks I'm 83.

Alec
@lec.social

Only took about 6 bleeds of the GFs Magura MT5 brakes before they held a strong bite. Seriously considering just buying more Maven B1 so I never have to work on Magura again.

Alec
@lec.social

If the answer is Wes Streeting, I can only presume the question is: who is less likable than the current PM.

Alec
@lec.social

The worst thing about AI is that every delivery company has given up all pretese of customer service.

Alec
@lec.social

Starting to think the billionaires might not have our interests at heart

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I think one of the cats has come to complain to me that the Sun has gone in and I should do something about it.

Alec
@lec.social

Orban maybe defeated, but his methods are alive and well in European "conservatives". Big result for the EU, Putin will be pissed, but he'll move onto a Czech or Serbian leader to do his bidding.

Alec
@lec.social

I'd bet he's so deluded he still thinks he's in the running to get the Nobel Peace Prize next year.

Alec
@lec.social

The first film that made me cry and I sat in silence for about 30 mins afterwards.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Stand by Me review – Rob Reiner’s nostalgic look at friendship and the loss of innocence still grips tight

theguardian.comStand by Me review – Rob Reiner’s nostalgic look at friendship and the loss of innocence still grips tightThe 40th anniversary re-release of the film about four boys on a quest to see a dead body is a masterclass in directing, storytelling and acting
Alec
@lec.social

I can't believe this is real

niki grayson@nikigrayson.com

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

Alec
@lec.social

Pls @ofgem.gov.uk do a thing

Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

Alec
@lec.social

Braindead strategy, but not in any way surprising.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

Alec
@lec.social

Might have to come back and pay tax 😭

Emma Yeomans@yeomans.bsky.social

"The trade was not that you were getting exposed to geopolitics when moving to Dubai."

Alec
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Pretending to be shocked

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Alec
@lec.social

I really want to block YouTube shorts based on their music track. This might be a sign i've scrolled too much today.

Alec
@lec.social

I need an AI bot that auto corrects my colleagues use of "reasoning" to "mimic reasoning" and "understanding" to "interpret" when talking/writing about AI That would genuinely save me time.