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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 3h

From Bullshit-As-A-Service to Bullshit-As-A-Platform

#BAAP

WIRED @wired.com · 3h

At OpenAI’s Developer Day, CEO Sam Altman showed off apps that run entirely inside the chat window—a new effort to turn ChatGPT into a platform.

OpenAI Wants ChatGPT to Be Your Future Operating System

At OpenAI’s Developer Day, CEO Sam Altman showed off apps that run entirely inside the chat window—a new effort to turn ChatGPT into a platform.

wrd.cm

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 9h

Timeless

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 17h

“One Ukrainian Army officer recently tried to explain to an American officer in Washington what it felt like to fight on a battlefield swarming with drones.

“Everything wants to destroy you,” Lt. Col. Volodymyr Dutko told his U.S. counterpart”

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones

www.nytimes.com

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 10h

Well yes

Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 10h

Resistance Top Trumps ofc

Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 12h

i made a model to assign scores for how robustly US politicians oppose fascism & graded 13 leading dems

criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:

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Mark Elliott @thatmarkelliott.bsky.social · 10h

If only there were people who could go around and find out what the reality is, and then perhaps report on it back to everyone. They could even publish their reporting in print or online, and possibly even make a business out of keeping folk informed about what's happening in the world. If only.

From the New York Times:
"Comparative Calm or 'Hellscape'? In Portland, Depends on the Narrator."

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 10h

Trump: Fascist or fruitcake rascal. Depends on the Narrator.

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 10h

Mystery solved! The answer is: comparative calm. By which I mean regular calm.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 10h

I’d like to unread this now

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

kyivindependent.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 10h

For some of us it’s a relief

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 11h

Food for though. I've struggled to balance genAI use in my classes. I've allowed it, required it, and banned it in different contexts. I found this op-ed useful for thinking through what is gained & lost and how we can make space for learning through other means #AcademicBluesky
tinyurl.com/ybbkp333

Why I'm Saying No to Generative AI

There is no value-add to using generative AI for historical work

theimportantwork.substack.com

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 11h

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 11h

Reupping this, my nice happy story about why bicycles are revolutionising transport

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12h

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 1d

A new study in @nature.com shows the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to renewable energy capacity — despite claiming for years to be leading the energy transition.

one law prof said it "could influence a jury" in climate lawsuits

www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...

Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’

New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.

www.exxonknews.org

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13h

It's been natural and ok to have conversations about consent and respect. But now I have to check that they aren't workshopping dating using incel videos that treat women like mice in a cage?

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13h

Freaks me out somewhat as a Dad of teenage boys that they might encounter morons like this guy on the internet.

Beans, Frightening Bleeble 🫀🎃 @flawlessangel.bsky.social · 15h

idk why the youtube algo fed me this but i can't describe how scary & weird it is being a woman knowing these freaks are doing presentations on how to understand & conquer us like. we are just people. have you tried being fucking normal. i will never get used to society being like this

a man stood in front of a whiteboard that is just covered in loads of text because he's solved the 'woman' conspiracy he looks like a meme

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13h

I wouldn't venture off my patch, which is a specialism in US law, Sean.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13h

Well exactly, readers loved all the previous uses of this cliche so why would the next one find any less favour?😀

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Beans, Frightening Bleeble 🫀🎃 @flawlessangel.bsky.social · 15h

idk why the youtube algo fed me this but i can't describe how scary & weird it is being a woman knowing these freaks are doing presentations on how to understand & conquer us like. we are just people. have you tried being fucking normal. i will never get used to society being like this

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13h

Jesus, the emptiness in his eyes.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13h

Finally watching The Good Wife and I'm well into it and therefore fully up to speed on criminal and civil law so if any of you have any questions on these subjects let me know.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Weird equivalence of predicaments of Labour, who have a relevance lifeline in the form of 4 years in govt with almost 400 MPs in Parliament, and the Tories, who, er, do not.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 14h

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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