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Alice Brockway @alicebrockway.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent summary of the problems with AI.

Kurzgesagt is a really interesting educational resource and well worth looking at for kids and adults alike.

youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0

AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Evanyell @evanyell.bsky.social · 23d

Post a mage!

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT! Come along if you’re within reach of Sheffield and/or on a mercy dash from the south to get some Hendo’s. This is going to be fab. I’m (a) super excited; (b) on my way!

musicintheround.co.uk/events/chris...

CHRIS ADDISON'S INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO CHAMBER MUSIC

CHRIS ADDISON'S INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO CHAMBER MUSIC - Music in the Round %

musicintheround.co.uk

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Art Limited @artlimited.net · 1d

Izu Peninsula, Japan. by Rafal Krol https://www.artlimit...
#ourplanetdaily #filmphotography #japan #fineartlandscape #hasselblad #mediumformat #film120 #rafalkrol #river #longexposurephotography #filmrollmag #landscape #film #hasselbladculture #waterscape #hassy #ilfordphoto…

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Alice Brockway @alicebrockway.bsky.social · 1d

Let AI die until they can do it without stealing.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · 2d

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Government Tracker – Full Fact

Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises

fullfact.org

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TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · 2d

I was quite surprised, given the amount of negative press that would have you believe that this government is the worst we’ve had yet.

I’ll put the link in the next post but given we had a complete shit show with the Tories, this is astonishing. Do reshare or bookmark the link, it’s handy.

Under the last Tory Govt, elected in 2019, of 42 Manifesto Pledges, only
2 were delivered in 5 years.
Under the current Labour Govt, elected in 2024, of 83 Manifesto Pledges, 57 are delivered (18), on track (19), or in process (20).
In 1 year.
(FullFact Tracker)

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 1d

Videos shared online are making false claims about the government launching “one of the harshest crackdowns UK drivers have ever seen” this month.

The government hasn’t announced the changes described in the videos, and they appear to use fake audio of the Prime Minister.

The government hasn’t announced ‘one of the harshest crackdowns’ UK drivers have ever seen – Full Fact

A government spokesperson confirmed claims circulating on social media about driving rules are “untrue” and that no new “crackdown” has been announced.

fullfact.org

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Steven @steveninstpaul.bsky.social · 2d

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 3d

One book sale in seventeen days. Yikes. Help us to avoid the worst of all possible fates - the crowdfunder - by buying our scrupulously edited, meticulously designed, handsomely produced and fastidiously packaged books here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

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Alice Brockway @alicebrockway.bsky.social · 3d

But they're the ones protecting women right?

Puño @puno.bsky.social · 3d

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Camila 🌷 @nekomori-art.bsky.social · 9d

Nighttime visitor 🐱 New phone wallpaper pack is up on my Ko-fi!

👻: ko-fi.com/s/e84d9285c5

[ #CuteArt #Wallpapers ]

Mock up of a phone wallpaper and icon set titled "Nighttime Visitor". The Lock screen shows a graveyard at night illuminated by a full moon. A calico cat is curled up on one of the graves while three glowing ghosts surround it curiously. The Home screen shows various icons designed around the Halloween theme. Text on image: new phone wallpaper and icon set available on ko-fi.com/nekomori

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 3d

Witchy crows 🐦‍⬛

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

Current mood

A cartoon depicts a man and a woman walking side by side on a street. The woman wears a stylish dress and holds a purse, while the man is in a suit. The caption reads, "My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”

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Alice Brockway @alicebrockway.bsky.social · 3d

I would like to see some serious work done on the role of increased liability aversion, standardisation, & automation on the wellbeing of people with these kinds of needs (myself included). That's on top of the various economic issues that always hit people with differences first.

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Alice Brockway @alicebrockway.bsky.social · 3d

A hill I will die on is that this whole discourse comes from people who have previously been able to function increasingly finding themselves in environments & situations that are unsuitable for them, & without the social/environmental supports that have generally been in place historically...

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Alice Brockway @alicebrockway.bsky.social · 3d

In the case of ND & mental health 'overdiagnosis' is almost always the wrong term as well. It means giving a patient a diagnosis when they are asymptomatic &/or don't require treatment. In both ND & MH 'symptoms' are the primary/only features available for diagnosis...

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 3d

I sort of feel like “no shit, Sherlock” doesn’t quite cover it.

Of course this is what’s happening!

Nigel Farage
GB News's US expansion feared to be new way for Trumpian views to reach UK audience
White House backing was on full display as GB News launched The Late Show Live

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 4d

forgot I made this

Davis Bickford @davis.social · Sep 11

Four panel comic

Panel 1
Trump: THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS!

Panel 2
Trump: THEY'RE EATING THE CATS!

Panel 3
Harris: I WILL DO ACTUAL THINGS TO SOLVE ACTUAL PROBLEMS.

Panel 4
News anchor: WHY DOES KAMALA HARRIS
HATE AMERICAN PETS? MORE ON THIS AT 10.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 4d

I do not want that stupid app.
It’s spyware-bloated, full of crap.

I want appliances that work,
without tattling to some techbro jerk.

I’m sick of “AI” garbage-spew,
Sick of silo’d platforms too.

To analog I shall return,
and wait for all this mess to burn.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Alice Brockway @alicebrockway.bsky.social · 5d

That I completely agree with. As I said a little while ago

Israel/Netanyahu ≠ All Jews
Hamas ≠ All Muslims

It's about time we got clear on this.

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