Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
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Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis.
We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways.
Born at 336.13ppm CO2.
More biscuit than man.
44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone...
Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Apr 13, 2026
@MichaelRoss The bare minimum for any project not taking an ethical stance against the practices of "AI" companies.
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Apr 12, 2026
@maxleibman Indeed - if they were truly intent on upending the social and economic systems in favour of people generally, they would start with UBI, UBS, housing as human right, and they absolutely would not be chasing military contracts.
It's about maintaining the power of the few over the many.
It's about maintaining the power of the few over the many.
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Apr 10, 2026
@OohOkayKay @TheBreadmonkey @maxleibman Fair enough 🙂 Rants generally, especially for old men like me chancing to see a cloud 😄
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Apr 10, 2026
@OohOkayKay @TheBreadmonkey @maxleibman Also swearing at "AI" bros/transphobes/landlords/any other nasty fucker out there 😄
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
@brad@1040ste.net
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Apr 10, 2026
@magnetichuman @thomasfuchs We'll let 'em use tomato sauce, we aren't monsters 😄
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
@brad@1040ste.net
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Apr 10, 2026
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
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Apr 09, 2026
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
@brad@1040ste.net
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Apr 09, 2026
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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@brad@1040ste.net
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Apr 09, 2026
@mkj @rysiek @trisweb @neurovagrant The astronomical cost aside though, at least they'll fit better in the hypothetical station wagon than 2500 HDDs.
Neither's impossible but I know which I'd rather take on the road with standard rear springs 😉
Neither's impossible but I know which I'd rather take on the road with standard rear springs 😉
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Apr 09, 2026
@mkj @rysiek @trisweb @neurovagrant I was employing a degree of hyperbole for comedic effect - sorry 🙂 'Twas a comment on the recent spike in memory prices generally.
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Apr 09, 2026
@rysiek @trisweb @neurovagrant Indeed - and the price for 2500 4TiB SSDs would bankrupt several small and medium-sized nations.
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
@brad@1040ste.net
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Apr 09, 2026
@trisweb @rysiek @neurovagrant Station wagon full of backup tapes, or its Chinese supercomputer facility equivalent.
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
@brad@1040ste.net
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Apr 09, 2026
@raymaccarthy @psneeze @ccferrie You'd hope having one organisation running all the public transport modes would lead to the different parts within it talking to each other properly, to make sure the buses don't leave Bray just as the last DART pulls in 🙂
On the other hand, having distinct organisations for each area that are answerable to local government appeals to me as well.
Privatising it is nothing more than legalised corruption though, as can be seen vividly in the English example.
On the other hand, having distinct organisations for each area that are answerable to local government appeals to me as well.
Privatising it is nothing more than legalised corruption though, as can be seen vividly in the English example.
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Apr 09, 2026
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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@brad@1040ste.net
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Apr 09, 2026
Elect a shower of pricks, get fucked in the arse. Good job, Canada - New Zealand, the UK, and Australia weren't warnings enough, eh? https://youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
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Jan 23, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop Ah, that makes sense - rentals or loans rather than leases. I was imagining they were pretending that they were fleet cars or something. Thanks for clarifying that.
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
@brad@1040ste.net
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Jan 23, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop @jaark@infosec.exchange @coral@empty.cafe Yes, that's what I'm getting at 😊 I thought vehicle registration papers named the keeper - so the owner, or the lessee - rather than the owner. It's weird that Tesla would need to divulge the vehicles' keepers rather than that being declared at the point of "sale"; I didn't think that was legally allowed.
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Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
1040ste.net
Brad Macpherson
@brad@1040ste.net
Middle-aged know-it-all and newly-minted Irishman. He/him, cis. We must stop the perpetual-GDP-growth insanity, property hoarding, and churches' influence in public institutions. Build active travel routes, not more bloody highways. Born at 336.13ppm CO2. More biscuit than man. 44 TTL chips and a ham sandwich should be enough RAM for anyone... Not my site but something I whole-heartedly support - https://www.stoproaddeaths.ie/
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Nov 21, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop @scruss@xoxo.zone I have to admit, Shipman was very much in mind when I wrote that. Active malevolence isn't required though, mundane incompetence or depraved indifference does the job just as well.
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