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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 2h

These people have devolved into medieval alchemists, and not in a good, fun way with cool hats.

Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 2h

Another one for the list

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 4h

A UK presenter shouldn’t crow about an audience’s ignorance of Nathan Gill who took bribes from Kremlin agents & was a close ally of Farage . It shows they have failed to do their job . What next , telling us that Watergate was one of the lowest points in investigative journalism 🥺 ?

Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 1d

The Nathan Gill scandal should be huge news so why has the British media been mainly silent about it? (I think we know 🤔)
Here's Fiona Bruce shutting down any mention & acting like the audience aren't interested.
#bbqt

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 5h

Yes I was late in because I stuck around at home waiting for her to break the surface, then getting to watch that almighty crash at school later in the morning...

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 7h

A small antelope species in Namibia. Photo by Yathin S Krishnappa, via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 9h

stop thinking right now

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 7h

*Etched* in my youthful memory...

The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 7h

CRASH!

On this day 11:49am, 11th October 1982, the world watched in horror as the lifting frame dramatically fell into place, having been caught on a misaligned strop. No real damage was done, other than to our nerves!

Find out more in our blog - maryrose.org/blog/crash-t...

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 9h

There’s a comment piece in The Times about sickness benefits mysteriously going up and no mention of Covid, long Covid, the effects of lockdown etc. Boosters help people stay healthy, but now they are only available to the very old or people who can afford them.

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 10h

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 12h

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1671

Paddington in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

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David Kipping @davidkipping.bsky.social · 12h

“Carl… Carl…”

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 12h

she is getting her two hands cuffed behind her back and still has one hand holding a mic in front of her. and people are sharing this as if it's real

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 22h

The Daily show also interviewed "father" of effective altruism William MacAskill & promoted his book.

The billionaires gave him millions to promote his book so a PR person probably got him on the show.

All mainstream media shilling propaganda for the corporations claiming to build machine gods 🙄

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

In this week’s new #TheWeeklyShow episode, Jon & Geoffrey Hinton discuss ⬇️:

>> AI 101
>> AI Threats & Regulation
>> Ping, Ping, Ping
>> Always Angry Trump & Pardons

NEW YouTube video out now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrK3...

AI: What Could Go Wrong? with Geoffrey Hinton | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

www.youtube.com

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 11h

To clarify: No, it's a "real" satirical tweet by Pixelated Boat exaggerating (though not so much) the kind of material that was in Wolfe's book/s.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 1d

This is what peak performance looks like…

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 1d

As all #DoctorWho fans know, Deadly Assassins are the Worst Kind of Assassins.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus wept, as my mother used to say.

Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 1d

The planet is on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster, but we’ve run out of time to discuss that I’m afraid.

#bbcqt @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 1d

Do you like sitting in the middle of your loving room and staring at the walls? Have a lot of visitors who you don't want to look at? Bid now!

ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

If you are of reasonably financial means but also gifted with an awfully large room, the National Gallery is selling off some of its large sofas and wooden benches

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/art...

Arty bums for sale! National Gallery auctions off its famously well-sat sofas

If you are of reasonably financial means but also gifted with an awfully large room, the National Gallery is selling off some of its large sofas and wooden benches

www.ianvisits.co.uk

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 1d

oh boy, i hope ukgov isn't betting the farm on AI

(handed paper from offscreen)

my APES

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 1d

Movie idea: The Incredible Journey but in this one, the animals hijack a plane to get home.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

‘We spent £2,000 flying our cat to America - she wasn't grateful’

Chris Morris, reading tomorrow’s newspaper headlines.

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the update! Is this where the word dispepysia comes from, I wonder? 😂

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 1d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @ladyliminal.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂😂

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Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing could possibly go wrong with this. Creating a lifelike digital avatar on a third party platform will definitely not open teaching staff up to career destroying issues in the event of that platform being hacked.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

'Deepfake' teacher avatars to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to introduce resources for pupils returning to school

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2d

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 2d

“The results were surprising, even for me,” says Llavero Pasquina. “I knew they were playing a very little role in the energy transition. I knew it was only for show. It was only for dressing their narrative. But I didn’t expect this low number.”

www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

Top 250 oil and gas firms own just 1.5% of the world's renewable power

Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy

www.newscientist.com

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