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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 12h

ok kids just a quick update on digital safety: don't believe anything you see, read or hear ever again.

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 11h

A timely announcement as Oxford University rolls out ChatGPT Edu to the student body, 99.9% of whom are over 18:

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 17h

ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 18h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Will Wiles @willwiles.bsky.social · 20h

Performatively reading in the cafe, but wearing white gloves so I'm still venerating the Book As Object, with a t-shirt saying "I know archivists don't wear gloves" so people know the gloves are performative.

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 21h

Toys'R'Us closed (across the UK) in 2018 but the brand was revived within W.H. Smith shops last year

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Cycle to School Week …but here’s why it really isn’t:

Culham Bicycle User Group (CulBUG) @culbug.bsky.social · Jul 21

Europa #FRideDays #Bikebus is finished til next term, so take a look at an alternate route we tried.

Neither road nor narrow 'shared path' is ideal for encouraging modal shift along an increasingly congested A415. 🚴🚴🚴

Thanks @greenpartyemma.bsky.social for being our special guest on this ride! 🌟💚🌟

Abingdon-Europa Bikebus 3 #activetravel #cycling #bikebus

YouTube video by CulBUG

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 3d

‘This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.’

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 4d

Now that's something I never knew!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter...

Charter trustee - Wikipedia

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 4d

www.boundarybrookcommunityprojects.co.uk/oxbox

OXBOX | Boundary Brook Commu

www.boundarybrookcommunityprojects.co.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 5d

This is like the miracle of St David who created a small hill in Wales, a country not known for its flatness

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 6d

Hahaha Betteridge's Law!

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 6d

An unexpected archaeological discovery in Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com unearths a fascinating site – and floats an intriguing possibility…

oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...

Have we found St Frideswide’s Priory?

An unexpected discovery at Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent explains more… Oxfordshire County Council received some u...

oxfordclarion.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the brochure (click on 'Download particulars' for the PDF):

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16-17 Turl Street, Oxford, Leisure, For Sale - Conway

A Substantial Character Building located in the Heart of the City Centre suitable for a variety of uses - subject to any necessary consents. 16-17 Turl Street, Oxford, Leisure, For Sale - Conway

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 6d

I miss Turl Street Kitchen:

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2552415...

Grade II listed building on historic city street put up for sale

A grade II listed building on a historic city street near Oxford Colleges and the Bodleian Library has been put up for sale.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 6d

I take my children to school in a double-decker bus just in case I need to invite fifty of them for tea afterwards.

Actually that sounds like a great idea, but not when every other parent does the same.

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 6d

skill issue

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 6d

It's true - as soon as you buy a bike, it's compulsory to use it for every journey.

You couldn't make it up!

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 7d

Compulsory purchase? It looks like quite a liability. But maybe the council could move into it instead of a Saxon barn …

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 7d

With every year that passes I grow more surprised that this listed building in central Oxford has not yet gone on fire

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552402...

One for @oldenoughtosay.com …

Former Chinese takeaway is a 'blot on the landscape'

A former Chinese takeaway near the Westgate centre which cannot be demolished is continuing to deteriorate.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 7d

That's somewhat reassuring!

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 7d

'You couldn't make it up!'

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 7d

This is one of the new 'side road entry treatments' on Banbury Road (at St Margaret's Road).

It's a beautifully level invitation to pedestrians ... and a beautifully unmarked invitation to drivers 🤷

A wide, black, mostly unmarked bellmouth junction masquerading as a continuous pavement

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 7d

People just want to sit.

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 8d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 7d

'You told us it was just for an art installation and now it turns out it will be USEFUL?!'

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 8d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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