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Andy Broomfield
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New media nomad.
Drupal and other things, currently at a local authority.
Neurospicy enby.
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My brother is making a short film about time travel and romance, It’s the last day to donate to the crowdfunder.

#BirminghamFilm #CreateBirmingham #Birmingham

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chasing-time
Chasing Time | Short Film | Sci-Fi/Romance
We are raising funds to make a heartfelt sci-fi/romance short film about reliving happier past moments using a time travel device.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
October 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Kids looking at Pikachu saying "We have such sights to show you"
ignatzhoch.bsky.social Judy (is drawing) @ignatzhoch.bsky.social · 1d
Did anyone else read this as
- sheet ghost
- spiderman
- cenobite?
jacoboller.bsky.social Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · Oct 12
every writer should do their research, not only because it makes your writing better, but because it can lead to finding things like this New Yorker cover ft. chubby Pikachu with a huge sack of cash
October 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Freelancer? In Brighton? Come to our meet up tomorrow evening! It's very relaxed, usually 10-15 freelancers along for a nice chat. We'll be in the Battle of Trafalgar pub from 8pm-11

Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...

Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
Python work and app stores, notes from 23rd September 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 23rd September, nine freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton to talk almost everything except freelancing, but it did occasionally come up. This i...
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September 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Today is the last day to tell the Government you want to hear the voices of LGBTQ+ people impacted by Section 28, a law that banned the promotion of homosexuality from 1988-2003

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
September 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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A company shouldn't keep their B Corp status if replacing human creative work with automated output in order to cut costs.
The B Corp cert is meant to reflect a company’s treatment of workers, customers & wider society.
Can we please maintain a little authentic human communication? #JustSayin
September 23, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Tomorrow we're having a freelancers meet up in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton, 8pm-11pm. Freelance or want to be? Please join us!

Last week ten people came along: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...

Map to the pub: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
Rolling out updates, blocking bot traffic and more - notes from 16th September 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 16th September, ten freelancers got together in the Battle of Trafalgar to talk all things self employment, tech, and singers who have got themselves in a bit of bother. This is some of what we...
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September 22, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton. We'll be there 8pm-11pm. Freelance or want to be? Come and join us whenever you can make it.

Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...

Map to the pub: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
Reverse Centaurs, Duo, finding work and more - notes from 9th September 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 9th September, 15 freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar to talk all things tech and self employment. This is some of what we talked about: Good and bad uses of AI in the...
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September 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Did you miss pages from Ceefax when it was on the telly.
It’s been recreated.

https://www.youtube.com/live/v8OUAiWH_jc
September 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Tomorrow our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton, 8pm-11ish. We'll be in the beer garden if the weather is good. Freelancer? Come and chat freelancing, tech & some nonsense too

Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...

Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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September 8, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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📢 Our next event is up! On Wednesday 9 September, Rob Allen and Tamas Erdelyi will join us for two talks about API security and what goes into building a side project.

📅 Details and registration 👇

www.meetup.com/php-s...

#php
September | Securing Your API + Side Project Behind-the-Scenes, Wed, Sep 9, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup
This month we've got a couple of talks for you. First up is [Tamas Erdelyi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/terdelyi/) with a lightning-ish talk about his experience building
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September 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Poet man from season 1 Lexx
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Aug 26
I have long believed that “what, to you, is Tim Curry’s definitive role” should replace Myers-Briggs, the enneagram and H*gwarts houses as our primary societal methodology for sorting categories of people

I am a Frank-N-Furter sun with a Van Helsing moon and a Long John Silver rising
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Aug 26
It’s been interesting to see whose mind immediately went to Rocky Horror and whose mind immediately went to Muppets and whose mind immediately went to Clue and whose mind immediately went to SPAAAACE and on and on and on because no matter what age you are he’s iconic and very special to you
August 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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brightonfarm.bsky.social
This Wednesday we're having a freelancers get together in the Battle of Trafalgar in Brighton, from 8pm - 11ish. Freelancer? Please join us!

Last week 15 people and one ginger cat came along: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...

Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...

#freelancing #brighton
The good and bad of clients using AI tools and more notes from 19th August 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 19th August, fifteen freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar in Brighton to talk clients, tech, cats, and other random things. This is a little of what we talked about: Conversational interfaces vs traditional interfaces New work! Clients exploring ideas via Claude AI Clients exposing confidential information via n8n […]
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August 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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thebabygoat.bsky.social
It really is that simple❤️
#studioghibli #ghibli #hayaomiyazaki
Digital illustration of studio Ghibli Kodama spirits holding a flag: “If you claim to love Studio Ghibli but use the ChatGPT Ghibli image generator, then no. You don’t love Studio Ghibli. Even further, you fundamentally do not understand or respect Miyazaki and his art.”
March 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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What I love is that Devon have annexed Cornwall, but would they then follow through on independence?
markreckons.bsky.social Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · Aug 22
I absolutely love this that someone just posted on linkedin clearly created by AI without even rudimentary checking. Surrey appears to be trying to escape to France. Staffordshire and Oxfordshire have annexed Wales. And Labour are very strong in the county of "Monthiste". Which has never existed.
AI generated map of the UK with hallucinations up the wazoo
August 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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My brothers directing a new short film (Chasing time, a sci-fi romance about reliving happier past moments) and the team behind it have launched a crowdfunder to get it made.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chasing-time

Chasing Time | Short Film | Sci-Fi/Romance
We are raising funds to make a heartfelt sci-fi/romance short film about reliving happier past moments using a time travel device.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
August 20, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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brightonfarm.bsky.social
We're having a freelancers meet up tomorrow in Brighton. We'll be in the Battle of Trafalgar pub from 8pm - 11pm, please join us!

Last week 11 people came along: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...

Map to the pub: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...

#sussex #event
Eclipse! Eclipse! Eclipse! Notes from our meeting on 13th August 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 13th August, 11 freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub to talk… mainly the eclipse, which happened just before our meeting and had 96% coverage of the sun in...
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August 18, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Don’t forget your cup of tea on the worktop, it will go cold #OtherUKEmergencyAlerts
August 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Totality in Greenland on RRS Sir David Attenborough ☀️🌙

The GIANT expedition team were lucky enough to be in the path of the total eclipse in Greenland.

It was a view so good we rang up our friends at RAL Space to share it with the 1000+ people at their eclipse event in the UK.
August 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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You know this is how the Triffids happened right?
August 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Partial Solar eclipse from Devils Dyke, Sussex. August 2026. #SolarEclipse #Eclipse2026 #EclipseStream
Partial eclipse of the sun with the moon cover NY the sun from the right side and the sun forming a crescent. The sun looking like an arch with the moon mostly blocking it with a small arch remaining. The crescent sun with the moon passing in front and now passing by blocking the left side about three quarters. The moon now blocking only a small part of the left side of the sun as the eclipse ends.
August 12, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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This is quite a funky telling of the story.
August 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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brightonfarm.bsky.social
Tomorrow our freelancers meet up in Brighton is in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub from 8pm-11. Come along whenever you like, we're always up for a good chat about freelancing and tech.

Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...

Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
Meeting notes from the 29th July 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 29th July, seven freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub to talk self employment, tech and science fiction. Here’s some of what we talked about: AYN Odin 3 ga...
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August 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Look what’s arrived! I think I backed the Voyager documentary years and years ago. Need to set some time aside to watch.

#StarTrek #ToTheJourney
The front cover of the backer edition of the Star Trek Voyager documentary To the Journey. It features the cast photo all standing together looking at the camera. Back cover of the To the Journey Blu ray detailing extending features and that it is not rated.
August 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Wrote up some of my thoughts on machinery of government changes, DSIT closure, and the future of GDS

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Machinery of Government changes, DSIT closure, and the future of GDS
With a change of Prime minister in the UK, there comes with it a very big shake up of the technology aspect of government. The closure of the Department of Science and Technology (DSIT) with many o…
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August 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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Someone had just emailed me on a Friday night to ask if I have any thoughts to share on AI in digital govt and I think my answer is that we should focus on making basic services work for everyone and stop worrying about AI
July 31, 2026 at 8:32 PM