Amanda Forsyth
@pedaltrill.bsky.social
Charity Trustee, Choral singer, retired investment manager.
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No one in 2026 should be buying *anything* from Elon Musk.
Trump and Musk are doing their best to help Putin kill Ukrainians.
kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-...
kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-...
'This cannot be a coincidence' — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser says
Ukraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
October 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
No one in 2026 should be buying *anything* from Elon Musk.
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Bread and circuses.
October 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Bread and circuses.
Surprised that 'woke' is being used as a criticism by the BBC. Caring for the planet is a good thing, surely?
www.bbc.co.uk headline change
✏️ 3rd headline change
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6je50ydld31o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
New text is now
Jaguar unveils new electric car after 'woke' ridicule
✏️ 3rd headline change
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6je50ydld31o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
New text is now
Jaguar unveils new electric car after 'woke' ridicule
October 7, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Surprised that 'woke' is being used as a criticism by the BBC. Caring for the planet is a good thing, surely?
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As someone who stayed, it’s both. Liberal/left discourse hollowed out completely as people left, which gave the false impression of a cultural shift, and that drove some people to the right because they can’t distinguish between real life and Twitter.
Did staying on X the everything site make people worse, or did people who were already worse stay there
October 1, 2026 at 10:51 PM
As someone who stayed, it’s both. Liberal/left discourse hollowed out completely as people left, which gave the false impression of a cultural shift, and that drove some people to the right because they can’t distinguish between real life and Twitter.
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I was shot at (I don't know why.)
September 11, 2026 at 7:02 AM
I was shot at (I don't know why.)
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There is no such thing as "AI upskilling"
Higher Education Minister pushes for €300m to fund AI upskilling in budget talks www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Higher Education Minister pushes for €300m to fund AI upskilling in budget talks
Proposed €60m annual allocation over five years expected to come from National Training Fund €2bn surplus
www.independent.ie
September 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
There is no such thing as "AI upskilling"
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To be fair, you honestly can’t say that Enid Blyton isn’t prepared to move with the times.
September 28, 2026 at 4:47 AM
To be fair, you honestly can’t say that Enid Blyton isn’t prepared to move with the times.
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Times this morning.
Me in December last year.
It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths.
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
Me in December last year.
It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths.
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
September 28, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Times this morning.
Me in December last year.
It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths.
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
Me in December last year.
It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths.
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
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The school notebook of the 14-year-old boy killed by Russia in Kyiv today.
The Russian strike killed him in the middle of the day, in his own room.
His desk still had the notebook with unfinished homework.
The Russian strike killed him in the middle of the day, in his own room.
His desk still had the notebook with unfinished homework.
September 25, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The school notebook of the 14-year-old boy killed by Russia in Kyiv today.
The Russian strike killed him in the middle of the day, in his own room.
His desk still had the notebook with unfinished homework.
The Russian strike killed him in the middle of the day, in his own room.
His desk still had the notebook with unfinished homework.
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The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
September 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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I thought I’d resurrect a very popular thread I once posted on the other place.
As barristers we are trained to question very young children, and it pays dividends in this scenario.
Here are my top tips:
Finding Out What Your Child Did At School - a parent’s questioning toolkit
As barristers we are trained to question very young children, and it pays dividends in this scenario.
Here are my top tips:
Finding Out What Your Child Did At School - a parent’s questioning toolkit
September 21, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I thought I’d resurrect a very popular thread I once posted on the other place.
As barristers we are trained to question very young children, and it pays dividends in this scenario.
Here are my top tips:
Finding Out What Your Child Did At School - a parent’s questioning toolkit
As barristers we are trained to question very young children, and it pays dividends in this scenario.
Here are my top tips:
Finding Out What Your Child Did At School - a parent’s questioning toolkit
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here you can go a long way for threepence
September 20, 2026 at 9:27 PM
here you can go a long way for threepence
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I think the prime minister should have said this
Former PM Rishi Sunak in the Sunday Times challenges the rise of ethno-nationalism in British politics, as an argument within the right about Britishness being about ancestry, DNA and ethnicity
www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...
www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...
September 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I think the prime minister should have said this
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my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform
www.ft.com/content/f270...
www.ft.com/content/f270...
September 18, 2026 at 10:54 PM
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform
www.ft.com/content/f270...
www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Join tomorrow if you’re free! We hope to see you there! 💚✊
Hands Around the Kennedy Center
Friday, September 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM ET
The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
Hands Around the Kennedy Center
Friday, September 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM ET
The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
September 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Join tomorrow if you’re free! We hope to see you there! 💚✊
Hands Around the Kennedy Center
Friday, September 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM ET
The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
Hands Around the Kennedy Center
Friday, September 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM ET
The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
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“The BBC lost its reporting sea-legs with Brexit.”
Excellent thread.
Excellent thread.
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
September 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
“The BBC lost its reporting sea-legs with Brexit.”
Excellent thread.
Excellent thread.
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Like all abusers, Trump hates it when people try to move out of his control.
Trump threatens 'serious tariffs' on EU over proposal to make Canada 'associate member'
"I think it's laughable," Trump said, when asked about the Canada-EU proposal. The Canadian prime minister is speaking at the European Parliament today.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Like all abusers, Trump hates it when people try to move out of his control.
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social great to see the junction of Grange Road and Lauder Road open again. The 'road closed' signs need to come down, though, and can we have our 24 bus back please? @lothianbuses.bsky.social
September 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social great to see the junction of Grange Road and Lauder Road open again. The 'road closed' signs need to come down, though, and can we have our 24 bus back please? @lothianbuses.bsky.social
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And this morning the Shed is a prison cell, alive with the ghosts of the century…
September 16, 2026 at 7:39 AM
And this morning the Shed is a prison cell, alive with the ghosts of the century…
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Party that wants to retrospectively change rules so as to remove migrants also says retrospective rules on party funding are "dictatorship tactics".
September 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Party that wants to retrospectively change rules so as to remove migrants also says retrospective rules on party funding are "dictatorship tactics".
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He really thinks if you run a deficit with another country, that represents a net loss.
Sort of like … oh gosh, trying to think of an example here … ok wait, I’ve got a crazy one … it’s like running a casino, but where your expenses exceed your revenues.
And then you have to file for bankruptcy.
Sort of like … oh gosh, trying to think of an example here … ok wait, I’ve got a crazy one … it’s like running a casino, but where your expenses exceed your revenues.
And then you have to file for bankruptcy.
Trump says he will cut off all trade entirely with "some nations" unless the Fed lowers interest rates
September 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
He really thinks if you run a deficit with another country, that represents a net loss.
Sort of like … oh gosh, trying to think of an example here … ok wait, I’ve got a crazy one … it’s like running a casino, but where your expenses exceed your revenues.
And then you have to file for bankruptcy.
Sort of like … oh gosh, trying to think of an example here … ok wait, I’ve got a crazy one … it’s like running a casino, but where your expenses exceed your revenues.
And then you have to file for bankruptcy.
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I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview.
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
September 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview.
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
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The world’s scientists breathed a sigh of relief this week as temperatures in the UK dropped below 35 degrees, meaning that everything is fine and we can go back to burning fossil fuels forever without any worries.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1682, August 2026.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1682, August 2026.
September 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The world’s scientists breathed a sigh of relief this week as temperatures in the UK dropped below 35 degrees, meaning that everything is fine and we can go back to burning fossil fuels forever without any worries.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1682, August 2026.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1682, August 2026.
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It’s not just the scale of the money.
It’s also the character of the people making the donations which is extremely worrying - as I argued in this thread over the summer ⬇️
It’s also the character of the people making the donations which is extremely worrying - as I argued in this thread over the summer ⬇️
The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇
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September 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
It’s not just the scale of the money.
It’s also the character of the people making the donations which is extremely worrying - as I argued in this thread over the summer ⬇️
It’s also the character of the people making the donations which is extremely worrying - as I argued in this thread over the summer ⬇️
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Pay taxes? Give to charity?
For some tech founders, making hundreds of millions of dollars didn’t feel like they thought it would. And they’re looking for advice on what to do now. Read more: bloom.bg/4h0b4tk
📷: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
📷: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
September 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Pay taxes? Give to charity?