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Paul Duane 🥔

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A very Irish filmmaker. All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree. “A folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast) “It’s filled with dread!” says @kermodemovie.bsky.social He/him. https://linktr.ee/paulduane

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Jun 30

This loops endlessly if you need a constant background sound of fifty thousand people shouting FUCK KEIR STARMER & let's face it, who doesn't

Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Jun 30

If you want anything done around here you have to do it yourself

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 8h

The data centres being built now will be derelict by 2030.

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 8h

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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Nesma☘️ @johk12.bsky.social · 12h

💔 My little girl
In a small tent in southern Gaza, my daughter suffers from scabies and severe malnutrition. She endures cold, hunger, and no access to treatment. Please pray for her and help provide medicine and food 🩷
gofund.me/a9a610a4e

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Rami Nasser Aj 🫶 @mo-x09.bsky.social · 10h

I’m Rami, a father from Gaza.
The bombs may be silent, but the suffering never stopped. My children wake up hungry in a city turned to dust, no homes, no schools, no water, no hope. Every day feels like a battle to survive. Please, stand with us before we disappear.
gofund.me/edd687b8

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 10h

I'm just on my way to these guys, just sayin
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Om jameel ❤️ @joodgood8.bsky.social · 1d

I am Umm Jameel, I suffer from a heart valve. I am still begging you to save us from death. We are homeless, without a tent. We live on the sand. Our food is contaminated, and we have contracted infectious diseases. My kids need a new tent😭😭😭
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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 10h

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

It is impossible for OpenAI to build the 26GW of compute - which will require 33.8GW of power - that they've promised. It requires massive pre-ordering of custom electrical gear and hundreds of billions of dollars of infrastructure.

Sam Altman is lying.
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It Is Fundamentally Impossible For OpenAI To Build The Data Center Capacity It’s Promised, As It Would Require 33.8GW of Power, Massive Pre-Ordering Of Custom Transformers, and Hundreds of Billions Of Dollars In Power Infrastructure Alone — And Most Of The Capacity Remains Unplanned
In any case, as I’ve explained, the power infrastructure necessary to build out these data centers is immense. For example, the power necessary for a 900MW data center planned in Virginia will be run across three different 300 Megawatt phases, won’t begin construction until February 2027, won’t finish construction until June 2028, and won’t even complete its first 300 Megawatt phase until 2031, despite Google saying it would take 18 to 24 months to build the data center.

For OpenAI to build 26GW of compute capacity would require them to secure 33.8GW of power. For comparison, the US Energy Information Administration predicts that the US will add approximately 63 gigawatts of new power capacity in 2025.

Honestly, it’s hard to even calculate the amount that this power infrastructure might cost, as things vary wildly based on location (hotter climes require more cooling, and are more susceptible to transmission loss), the kinds of chips used in these facilities, and so on.

There are hard, physical limits to the amount of power that you can build, with each massive power project requiring bespoke transformers and infrastructure, each in and of itself requiring anyone planning these massive deployments to pre-order them years in advance.

Money can only accelerate so much, and custom projects built with electrical-grade steel cannot be accelerated if the steel itself is in short supply, a problem compounded by tariffs. Even if the steel were available, power companies require massive amounts of surveys and testing to make sure the power is reliably and safely delivered to the end customer. You need to win the approval of local governments — and, crucially, local communities, who might ta…

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 1d

He needs to help his brother.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

Nostalgia for the Reagan era I suppose

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

I am reading that sentence someone at the WSJ wrote and imagining what kind of person could have this opinion and even worse, put it in writing and publish it

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

Never forget the core thing funding the sheer scale of the spending spree of AI investments is primarily due to the turborich wanting to solve the “problem” of having to pay wages.

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

"Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this."

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.

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Abo jameel @engabojameel37.bsky.social · 1d

I send you in a faint voice full of fatigue and despair. If you stop donations, we will waste our lives inside our worn-out tent. No food, no clothing, no blankets, no work. Do not break my kids hearts. They need $250 urgently to secure them.
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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

I have a copy of The Hollow Man somewhere, will see if I can dig it out for a re-read.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

Today for @thebulwark.com I take a look at the short fiction of one of the great American genre writers, Charles Beaumont.

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The Hopeless Horror of Charles Beaumont

The writer died before his fortieth birthday—but left behind an influential catalogue of stories and unforgettable Twilight Zone episodes.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

No need at all to apologise, I feel the same way!

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 1d

Folk (song) horror: @paulduane.bsky.social's funny, freaky, fucked-up ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH (2023) "plays out present cover versions of past love, betrayal and accursed vengeance". On @arrowplayer.bsky.social (UK/Ireland) from today projectedfigures.com/2023/10/13/a...

All You Need Is Death (2023) - Projected Figures

Paul Duane's folk (song) horror ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH plays out present cover versions of past love, betrayal and accursed vengeance

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

and rightly so

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Baraa🕊❤️ @masaa55.bsky.social · 2d

Hello my friends,we are very happy that the war is over and we will finally live in safety&peace Please help me survive&get out of the Gaza Strip and get out with my family when the crossing reopens to treat my daughter Massa.The arrangements are very expensive.Please support me🙏😔
gofund.me/74c01145

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 2d

You are preaching to the choir, Farran

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 2d

The Connolly campaign see the Presidency as an opportunity to further Catherine's lifelong mission of helping people. Fine Gael see it as a strategy game to be won at any cost. Straight from the horse's mouth #spéirgorm #Áras2025

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sally05.bsky.social @sally05.bsky.social · 6d

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Selyfamily😔💔🕊️ @salyyy.bsky.social · 7d

Please, my friends, I am a mother whose heart is torn apart for my child. My only dream is for him to eat and for him to survive. Please help us. We have great hope in you.💔😔
gofund.me/001d3fab

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

Apropos absolutely nothing else there is still a rather rude awakening which is yet to come for those in the Democratic Party and in the camp of liberalism writ large if they think Israel's public image is at all recoverable among young and nonwhite voters and apparatchiks.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 2d

Another €300BN in venture capital will DEFINITELY fix this problem

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Steven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 2d

Had a look at some of the films featured previously at this festival plus some other AI-produced shorts to see if this aim of 'HBO-level' film was accurate, and at a basic level AI can't yet even create a convincing 1 minute scene of 2 people talking in a room without them regenerating in every shot

A shot from an AI produced short. 8 screenshots show a supposed continuous conversation between two people. On the left a woman in black sci-fi armour, with her hair tied back, on the right a man in a black polo neck. They are in a grey and black room. Every shot of the woman shows a different face and so does every shot of the man.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 2d

same