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Kevin McLean
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Dad, researcher, photographer, mandolin and harmonica player, ex-Twitterer; Scot based in Hackney, London
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Notably, Bluesky video limit is 3 minutes. Challenge accepted!
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 1h
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
Got 3 minutes? This habit may help boost hope and reduce stress
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
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Important - one of the real downsides of AI is de-skilling, just when we need more critical thinking and good writing, not less
Same concerns with lawyers using AI
Detailed account of scamming industry - you wonder just how many (mainly) men must be bored and lonely
‘One of the more bewildering aspects of the South-East Asian scamming compounds – or “internet investment parks”, as they call themselves – is the funhouse mirror they put up to recent American corporate culture.’

Alexander Clapp on industrial-scale scamming:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
www.lrb.co.uk
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We’re doing well, but who’s in charge of the team kit washing machine?
Looks like we've got ourselves a good old-fashioned "who can grab the try scoring record" contest...
Good game so far. But who is in charge of the Scotland kit washing machine?
Here we go! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸
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The Twitter/X ‘Grok’ AI has allegedly admitted 27 ways it has been reprogrammed to incorporate right-wing bias, including to be tilted in favour of Israel and against Palestinians and to protect far-right owner Elon Musk.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
'Grok' spills its code: Elon’s AI ‘truth machine’ admits it’s wired for propaganda
So much for neutrality — Grok confessed to 27 right-wing biases, from defending Elon Musk at all costs to pushing Israeli propaganda
www.thecanary.co
Well worth a read
NO MORE KINGS by Will Lloyd

Why we should abolish the monarchy.
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Or put slightly differently: grokipedia is an epistemic weapon.
The point of grokipedia is to produce vast volumes of apparently high-quality open-licensed tokens to be scooped up by LLM trainers, not to be read by humans, right?
Clear pen, can’t believe var turned a blind eye - quite a few dodgy decisions, but got job done!
Against 12 too, Brighton and the ref
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This summer Bruce donated his entire $12.9m tour bonus & sponsorship deal
to build homeless centres in New Jersey. 

He said his music has always been about working people who’ve been left behind and he wanted to take action ❤️
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It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.

Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October

Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.

Then share. Thank you.

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A rare bit of common sense
Love this
Feeling a little "minimal" this morning.
There is less chaos. Less clutter.
Simplicity.

#blackandwhitephotography
#classicmono
#minimalistic
#photography