Planetf1

Planetf1

@planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk

Brighton and Hove, UK @planetf1 on Twitter, Instagram, threads, mastodon. AI Software Engineer, IBM Research (AI Foundations). Focused on Generative Programming and Agentic Frameworks. Ex-Egeria & PQCA TSC Lead.

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So with #revolut uk seemingly down, I think it suggests #monzo is the better option for reliability. They do seem to have an innovative, effective approach to system outages with good redundancy/fallback.

This is taking the greens from respectable/growing to racist antisemitic extremism

James MacCleary MP@jamesmaccleary.bsky.social

It's not good enough for the Greens to try to brush this off. Fanning the flames of division makes them no better than Farage. I've worked locally with Green cllrs who will be appalled. I'm sure some will be considering if they can remain in the Green Party. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

First question I've ever tried with meta.ai - what are the top news headlines in the UK. Answers very wrong based on old info (wrong prime minister for example, despite correctly stating today's date). Not good as a general consumer-oriented chat interface.

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I dare to say I’ve been using social media quite a lot less (certainly in posting). Work, life, holidays. And right now spent more time on X than bluesky. Still surprised iOS ipad client isn’t full screen yet. But let’s browse content…

Thinking of you #Manchester with a #pomonaisland #dipa, strong #universityofmanchester memories and a real hope that you see through #reform and their divisive, abhorrent policies

Trump’s policies are just odd - making the US weaker,. alienating his core supporters, effecting the opposite of his supposed policy intents. incompetance? anterior motives - no idea, but it’s like !maga it seems…

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk

"We're in this place where China has leapfrogged America to become the place you go to sort out the problems of the world," says Emily Maitlis. Has Donald Trump made such a mess of his war in Iran, that China is now the world's leading superpower? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/have...

For a year or two I’ve hardly used X but have to say having looked back in many ways more diverse opinions, a lot relating to my area of work. Bluesky sadly is too much of Ann echo chamber. Yet it feels the right one to succeed…. Hmmm

another attack on oil by #israel and #trump . Current governments of both are critically dangerous to world safety and economy. Astounding. Never thought of see such deranged radicalism. I want no part of this. #uk had to align with #europe and those of similar values .Grotesque

I continue to be utterly astounded as to the support reform has. Yes we have problems but division, spite, xenophobia, incompetence, lining the pockets of the rich, are not the answer

Paula Surridge@psurridge.bsky.social

Seems like the closest Labour have been to Reform in a poll for a while. But having returned to work this week and thinking about polling again, it seems to me that trying to work out where any of this will be in 6 months time, never mind by the next election is not the best use of time.

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👏 Caroline Lucas: "Let's be in no doubt that Trump is a bully and a blackmailer." "This is a president who has said he's going to bomb Kharg island just for fun. The kind of language that he and Hegseth are using is so disgusting" "This is not Grand Theft Auto. This is real people's real lives."

Trump is so full of rubbish

Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social

Taking a step back, such as statement by the US President on NATO would have been considered the absolute worst case about a year ago. It reads like Trump is just one sentence away from declaring the US no longer regards itself bound to mutual defence in NATO.

I condemn #Iran's attacks on those not directly involved... yet at the same time I do get they face an existential threat.. I wish for regime change, yet can't stop feeling that the fact US/Israel attacked was fundamentally wrong, at least whilst in negotiations and without stronger evidence

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Brexit: So much work. So much time. So many resources. So much red tape. And yet so little progress. In fact, just relentless loss, risk and failure. It’s so mind-numbingly tedious. And no one who did this damage is ever held to account. But god they make a fuss about fixing it.

John Springford@johnspringford.bsky.social

The Peston show asked me to update my back-of-the-envelope estimates of the benefits of the UK-EU reset. Take a look

Oh this is a difficult one, but I can't help thinking this is a slippery slope we're caving in to - and this is not going to lead to a good outcome.

Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com

NEW: UK confirms it will allow the US to use RAF Fairford & Diego Garcia to conduct strikes on missile sites/capabilities being used to attack ships in Strait of Hormuz Starmer met with ministers today to discuss Iran targeting commercial shipping & attacks oil & gas facilities

Every weekend I make a point of disconnecting the #macbook (unless I am doing some AI/dev side projects) and using the teeny #n100 minipc ( #fedora ) . It's amazing how well it works really... !

Talking of which. #bsky is pretty good/friendly. But I do worry it's an echo chamber. To the point where, yes, I am using X on occasion. More opposing views. More geographical diversity.

One slight sight of restraint from #Israel in not attacking #Iran #oil fields. Will it hold. who knows. I strongly hope #UK is restrained.Allowing use of #US airbases here makes me uncomfortable. WE DID NOT START A WAR WITH IRAN. We were involved in dialog, diplomacy. #Trump and #Netanyahu dangerous

I got so fed up with #Spotify #AIslop that I've been trying out #AppleMusic for the last 2 weeks (EE free trial - yay!). Seriously wondering about sticking. Probably a bit less variety but no AI slop.... tempting. #Spotify just feels a bad place to be (no issue with #AI tracks - but need filter)

With the amount of adverts on YouTube, their music offering is tempting (ie with premium to get rid of YT video ads), but it's lacking in several ways - including nothing about 256 kbps AAC? Also to clarify: lack of £$ for new artists is one big issue I have with #Spotify and #tidal looking shaky

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California is beating its own climate goals ahead of schedule: ✅ Two-thirds of the state grid powered by clean energy ✅ More than 2.5M electric vehicles ✅ 201K public chargers (more than gas nozzles) ✅ 17,000 MW of battery storage (2nd only to China) The cynics said it couldn't be done.

Surprised the contactless limit is going up — since there is no second factor security. I see many banks are not permitting this. IMO makes sense. Apple Pay/Google wallet are fine as they are much more secure (ie biometrics etc) and already don’t have a mandated limit.

I don’t want to undermine the terror caused by Hamas bombs, the Iran Regime, or Russia and the massive attacks on ukraine - but seriously it’s looking rather as if #Israel and #USA are the biggest threads to world peace - taking things to another level entirely. Humanity loses.

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The Israeli government is now doing to southern Lebanon what it has done to Gaza. Horror and death on an unimaginable scale. And still our governments supply weapons, intelligence and diplomatic support. #PartyToTheCrime

Ukraine was attached. USA is the attacker ?

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk

“When you rang our doorbell to help with Ukraine, did you get help? Of course you did. Now President Trump is asking you for help have you said yes? You’ve said no.” Former White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt on whether the US and Europe are still allies.

stupid net zero — ha ha. Try looking at the gulf and the cause of wars right now. totally agree we need to accelerate this even further not pull back

Dale Vince@dalevince.com

While Reform bang on about ’stupid net zero’ and do all they can to undermine the vital steps we need to take to mitigate the worst of climate outcomes - what do they say to this? buff.ly/5gOEB3L

It feels like the #UnitedStates and #Israel attack on #Iran truly is out of control. No objective. destroying infrastructure. indiscriminate. Endangering innocent parties including other middle eastern countries physically and entire globe economically. #Trump is a danger to us all. (#uk)

Wow! Well done Antonelli! Awesome. Even though a scare near end. Merced so strong, Ferrari great but oh what gained to McLaren! (Catching up after busy weekend!) #f1

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It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

President Macron making the case for renewables in light of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, "Everything we do to move towards transition is also about reducing our dependence and therefore our exposure to geopolitical risks"

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the level of hypocrisy in some of the press (this time it's the right, I'm not saying it's always that side!) is just awesome A bit like around the EU Have your cake and eat it - works great if you're a multi millionaire.

Westy@westy44.bsky.social

So the right wing want a war but not to pay the costs as it hits the fuel price.

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So, Johnson, Farage, Badenoch, the Telegraph… howl about the UK being “an irrelevance on the world stage”. Remind me again who decided to isolate us with a strategically and economically idiotic Brexit, relying on a trade deal with the US to save us from exactly the kind of weakness they now bemoan.

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