Daniel Rough
@haggistamer.bsky.social
Lecturer in Computing at University of Dundee! 💻👨🏫 Doing HCI research. Scottish. Metalhead. Cheerful Goth. Tamer of haggises. Impostor academic. Occasionally irate. Fuelled by coffee/chocolate/whisky. ☕🍫🥃. he/him
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Vibe coffee
YouTube video by Daniel R
youtu.be
"Vibe coding" has been named word of the year by Collins dictionary. But why stop there? Aren't you and your underlings on the "vibe coffee" hype train yet? Don't get left behind! In this video I'll share with you how to minimise time, expense, and empathy. 🤑
'...the government has been guided by the belief that “if you can’t beat the bot, befriend the bot.”'
What the fuck is that!? Replace 'bot' with 'billionaires' and it tells you everything you need to know about this government's policies. Come back, Diogenes, your country needs you 🙄
What the fuck is that!? Replace 'bot' with 'billionaires' and it tells you everything you need to know about this government's policies. Come back, Diogenes, your country needs you 🙄
Greek secondary school teachers to be trained in using AI in classroom
Greek secondary school teachers to be trained in using AI in classroom
Some teachers and pupils voice concerns about pilot programme after government’s agreement with OpenAI
Secondary school teachers in Greece are set to go through an intensive course in using artificial intelligence tools as the country assumes a frontline role in incorporating AI into its education system.
Next week, staff in 20 schools will be trained in a specialised version of ChatGPT, custom-made for academic institutions, under a new agreement between the centre-right government and OpenAI. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
'...the government has been guided by the belief that “if you can’t beat the bot, befriend the bot.”'
What the fuck is that!? Replace 'bot' with 'billionaires' and it tells you everything you need to know about this government's policies. Come back, Diogenes, your country needs you 🙄
What the fuck is that!? Replace 'bot' with 'billionaires' and it tells you everything you need to know about this government's policies. Come back, Diogenes, your country needs you 🙄
Reposted by Daniel Rough
Fucking hell. It's like the Broligarchy says we can't have airbags in our vehicles because then there's no room for cutting-edge services like emotionally abusive chatbot passengers, and the EU is like "oh hm well i gues we DO want cutting-edge services don't we" 🙄
apparently the unprecedented wealth and inflcuence big tech is amassing at the cost of the most marginalised is not enough. big tech ceos are not that different from drug cartels
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
EU set to water down landmark AI Act after pressure from big tech
European Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book amid concerns over implications for EU competitiveness
www.irishtimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Fucking hell. It's like the Broligarchy says we can't have airbags in our vehicles because then there's no room for cutting-edge services like emotionally abusive chatbot passengers, and the EU is like "oh hm well i gues we DO want cutting-edge services don't we" 🙄
My future supervisor was next to me in the urinals and said "So have you ever considered doing a PhD?"
I said "I would love to!" just to relax myself and now here I am as a fucking academic because I was struggling to piss in 2013 🙃
I said "I would love to!" just to relax myself and now here I am as a fucking academic because I was struggling to piss in 2013 🙃
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My future supervisor was next to me in the urinals and said "So have you ever considered doing a PhD?"
I said "I would love to!" just to relax myself and now here I am as a fucking academic because I was struggling to piss in 2013 🙃
I said "I would love to!" just to relax myself and now here I am as a fucking academic because I was struggling to piss in 2013 🙃
When I was a wee lad the worst I had to worry about was if mum had put the yogurt I didn't especially like in my packed lunch.
Now they've gotta worry about being forced into Google's shitty puppet show, cast as marionettes labeled with "AI Ambassador" in a technocapitalist matinee!?
Fuck this 🤮
Now they've gotta worry about being forced into Google's shitty puppet show, cast as marionettes labeled with "AI Ambassador" in a technocapitalist matinee!?
Fuck this 🤮
This is immoral.
Feeling queasy now I've learned that Google is not only now offering Gemini ambassador certificates to teachers but also awarding students and *children* to be corporate AI mascots. Coercive normalization of commercialized digital education. blog.google/outreach-ini...
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When I was a wee lad the worst I had to worry about was if mum had put the yogurt I didn't especially like in my packed lunch.
Now they've gotta worry about being forced into Google's shitty puppet show, cast as marionettes labeled with "AI Ambassador" in a technocapitalist matinee!?
Fuck this 🤮
Now they've gotta worry about being forced into Google's shitty puppet show, cast as marionettes labeled with "AI Ambassador" in a technocapitalist matinee!?
Fuck this 🤮
For the sake of completeness: Me as your Bsky patient
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
For the sake of completeness: Me as your Bsky patient
My fellow fans of Scots, please make it happen! (The only emoji that appears when I enter "Scot" is whisky 🥃).
So have a dram or five, and order your copy ASAP! 😍
So have a dram or five, and order your copy ASAP! 😍
This isn’t even all the books… Help me make a third print run happen soon! ☺️🏴
#Booktok #ScotsLanguage #BeguidtaeyerMammy #Novel
#Booktok #ScotsLanguage #BeguidtaeyerMammy #Novel
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My fellow fans of Scots, please make it happen! (The only emoji that appears when I enter "Scot" is whisky 🥃).
So have a dram or five, and order your copy ASAP! 😍
So have a dram or five, and order your copy ASAP! 😍
Dad just sent me his father-of-the-bride speech for my sister's upcoming wedding to read over.
I'm so glad he sent it to me now because I'd have been bawling without knowing what was coming. Fuck the grammar - this man's writing has my heartstrings fully tugged 😭
I'm so glad he sent it to me now because I'd have been bawling without knowing what was coming. Fuck the grammar - this man's writing has my heartstrings fully tugged 😭
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Dad just sent me his father-of-the-bride speech for my sister's upcoming wedding to read over.
I'm so glad he sent it to me now because I'd have been bawling without knowing what was coming. Fuck the grammar - this man's writing has my heartstrings fully tugged 😭
I'm so glad he sent it to me now because I'd have been bawling without knowing what was coming. Fuck the grammar - this man's writing has my heartstrings fully tugged 😭
Shall we have another one?
"See how it's democratising creativity for us all!"
=
"Cringy shit wasteful AI videos rot sore climate"
I fucking loathe the "democratising creativity" rhetoric as a guise for "grifters with no talent can now pretend they're 'creative' and profit from it" 🤮
"See how it's democratising creativity for us all!"
=
"Cringy shit wasteful AI videos rot sore climate"
I fucking loathe the "democratising creativity" rhetoric as a guise for "grifters with no talent can now pretend they're 'creative' and profit from it" 🤮
Alright one more to make it four, or maybe five I think
"Elon Musk Creates Grokipedia" is an anagram of...
"Loser cretin makes dog-puke AI"
There! I have something to show for my otherwise wasted Sunday. Cheers! 🥂
"Elon Musk Creates Grokipedia" is an anagram of...
"Loser cretin makes dog-puke AI"
There! I have something to show for my otherwise wasted Sunday. Cheers! 🥂
sorrysorry but just worked out my favourite so far.
"Mark Elliot Zuckerberg - Facebook's billionaire" is an anagram of...
"Crook Beelzebub making real kills for erotic AI"
Gonna compile these into a LinkedIn post so if you have any of your own please do share 💜
"Mark Elliot Zuckerberg - Facebook's billionaire" is an anagram of...
"Crook Beelzebub making real kills for erotic AI"
Gonna compile these into a LinkedIn post so if you have any of your own please do share 💜
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Shall we have another one?
"See how it's democratising creativity for us all!"
=
"Cringy shit wasteful AI videos rot sore climate"
I fucking loathe the "democratising creativity" rhetoric as a guise for "grifters with no talent can now pretend they're 'creative' and profit from it" 🤮
"See how it's democratising creativity for us all!"
=
"Cringy shit wasteful AI videos rot sore climate"
I fucking loathe the "democratising creativity" rhetoric as a guise for "grifters with no talent can now pretend they're 'creative' and profit from it" 🤮
I have genuinely loved teaching Embedded Systems this semester! Students have come up with some awesome ideas.
Gotta say my personal favourite is the group that has modified a real toaster with a sound sensor to toast your bread for a duration defined by how loud you shout at it 😂
Gotta say my personal favourite is the group that has modified a real toaster with a sound sensor to toast your bread for a duration defined by how loud you shout at it 😂
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I have genuinely loved teaching Embedded Systems this semester! Students have come up with some awesome ideas.
Gotta say my personal favourite is the group that has modified a real toaster with a sound sensor to toast your bread for a duration defined by how loud you shout at it 😂
Gotta say my personal favourite is the group that has modified a real toaster with a sound sensor to toast your bread for a duration defined by how loud you shout at it 😂
In these intrepid, hateful, fascist, climate-destroying times, I have to ask:
Why not both? 🚬🍷
Why not both? 🚬🍷
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In these intrepid, hateful, fascist, climate-destroying times, I have to ask:
Why not both? 🚬🍷
Why not both? 🚬🍷
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It was 1917, the Western Front. Somme, to be precise. It was a bright, cold morning in March. Kevin, do fetch me my brandy."
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It was 1917, the Western Front. Somme, to be precise. It was a bright, cold morning in March. Kevin, do fetch me my brandy."
"These tools can empower users to enhance student engagement, accelerate research and transform teaching and learning"
ok but how
"These tools can empower users to enhance student engagement, accelerate research and transform teaching and learning"
yeah but how can
"These tools can empo-"
k fuck off
ok but how
"These tools can empower users to enhance student engagement, accelerate research and transform teaching and learning"
yeah but how can
"These tools can empo-"
k fuck off
“By utilizing the secure and robust cloud infrastructure of AWS and its Amazon Bedrock’s services…”
😬😬😬
😬😬😬
What can go wrong? Pitt what are you doing? Maybe we should worry more about education and research
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"These tools can empower users to enhance student engagement, accelerate research and transform teaching and learning"
ok but how
"These tools can empower users to enhance student engagement, accelerate research and transform teaching and learning"
yeah but how can
"These tools can empo-"
k fuck off
ok but how
"These tools can empower users to enhance student engagement, accelerate research and transform teaching and learning"
yeah but how can
"These tools can empo-"
k fuck off
Reskeeting (I think this is BlueSky nomenclature?) this to outline the dangers of "vibe coding", and to inflate my fragile ego, and to reiterate this statement:
DON'T USE GenAI FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT OR I SHALL SMITE THEE DOWN WITH A BLUNT BUT SURPRISINGLY HEAVY STICK.
Thou hast been warn-ed 👿
DON'T USE GenAI FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT OR I SHALL SMITE THEE DOWN WITH A BLUNT BUT SURPRISINGLY HEAVY STICK.
Thou hast been warn-ed 👿
"Vibe coding" has been named word of the year by Collins dictionary. But why stop there? Aren't you and your underlings on the "vibe coffee" hype train yet? Don't get left behind! In this video I'll share with you how to minimise time, expense, and empathy. 🤑
Vibe coffee
YouTube video by Daniel R
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Reskeeting (I think this is BlueSky nomenclature?) this to outline the dangers of "vibe coding", and to inflate my fragile ego, and to reiterate this statement:
DON'T USE GenAI FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT OR I SHALL SMITE THEE DOWN WITH A BLUNT BUT SURPRISINGLY HEAVY STICK.
Thou hast been warn-ed 👿
DON'T USE GenAI FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT OR I SHALL SMITE THEE DOWN WITH A BLUNT BUT SURPRISINGLY HEAVY STICK.
Thou hast been warn-ed 👿
Reform are, in my humblest of opinions, balls-out "Make Britain White Again" racists
"Party claims its policies would eliminate 'black hole'"? Replace 'hole' with 'people' - behold their ideology!
Labour is sadly Diet-Reform. We need progressive leadership from Greens and Lib Dems more than ever
"Party claims its policies would eliminate 'black hole'"? Replace 'hole' with 'people' - behold their ideology!
Labour is sadly Diet-Reform. We need progressive leadership from Greens and Lib Dems more than ever
Reform would ‘cut benefits for EU nationals and hike NHS immigration surcharge’
Reform would ‘cut benefits for EU nationals and hike NHS immigration surcharge’
Party claims its policies would eliminate ‘black hole’ Rachel Reeves faces in the budget – but Labour says the ‘fantasy numbers don’t add up’
A Reform UK government would block EU nationals from receiving universal credit, a move that would rip up the post-Brexit trade deal with Europe and risk potential retaliation from Brussels.
It is among several proposals that will be announced by Nigel Farage at a press conference on Tuesday. The party claims its measures would save £25bn a year in total – enough to cover the supposed shortfall faced by Rachel Reeves in next week’s budget. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Reform are, in my humblest of opinions, balls-out "Make Britain White Again" racists
"Party claims its policies would eliminate 'black hole'"? Replace 'hole' with 'people' - behold their ideology!
Labour is sadly Diet-Reform. We need progressive leadership from Greens and Lib Dems more than ever
"Party claims its policies would eliminate 'black hole'"? Replace 'hole' with 'people' - behold their ideology!
Labour is sadly Diet-Reform. We need progressive leadership from Greens and Lib Dems more than ever
Reposted by Daniel Rough
Europe’s policy makers continue to echo corporate hype and tech CEOs' speculations about “AGI” and “superintelligence”. In this piece, @krisshrishak.bsky.social & I call on our policy makers to be grounded in empirical evidence
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press
Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Europe’s policy makers continue to echo corporate hype and tech CEOs' speculations about “AGI” and “superintelligence”. In this piece, @krisshrishak.bsky.social & I call on our policy makers to be grounded in empirical evidence
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
"Mistletoe and Wine" was on the supermarket radio today.
It only just occurred to me that "gifts on the tree" suggests that the presents are somehow forcibly lodged in the tree itself, or the gifts are actually pine needles, or an incorrect preposition has been used.
Your thoughts are welcome x
It only just occurred to me that "gifts on the tree" suggests that the presents are somehow forcibly lodged in the tree itself, or the gifts are actually pine needles, or an incorrect preposition has been used.
Your thoughts are welcome x
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Mistletoe and Wine" was on the supermarket radio today.
It only just occurred to me that "gifts on the tree" suggests that the presents are somehow forcibly lodged in the tree itself, or the gifts are actually pine needles, or an incorrect preposition has been used.
Your thoughts are welcome x
It only just occurred to me that "gifts on the tree" suggests that the presents are somehow forcibly lodged in the tree itself, or the gifts are actually pine needles, or an incorrect preposition has been used.
Your thoughts are welcome x
I think of them more like kidney stones: very painful until you've passed them.
Deadlines are your true friends. They are always waiting for you. 🥲
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I think of them more like kidney stones: very painful until you've passed them.
Alright one more to make it four, or maybe five I think
"Elon Musk Creates Grokipedia" is an anagram of...
"Loser cretin makes dog-puke AI"
There! I have something to show for my otherwise wasted Sunday. Cheers! 🥂
"Elon Musk Creates Grokipedia" is an anagram of...
"Loser cretin makes dog-puke AI"
There! I have something to show for my otherwise wasted Sunday. Cheers! 🥂
sorrysorry but just worked out my favourite so far.
"Mark Elliot Zuckerberg - Facebook's billionaire" is an anagram of...
"Crook Beelzebub making real kills for erotic AI"
Gonna compile these into a LinkedIn post so if you have any of your own please do share 💜
"Mark Elliot Zuckerberg - Facebook's billionaire" is an anagram of...
"Crook Beelzebub making real kills for erotic AI"
Gonna compile these into a LinkedIn post so if you have any of your own please do share 💜
Okay last one maybe.
"Microsoft's GenAI CoPilot" =
"Coming to force its AI slop"
yeah I know having AI in the anagram is cheating a bit but you must forgive me x
"Microsoft's GenAI CoPilot" =
"Coming to force its AI slop"
yeah I know having AI in the anagram is cheating a bit but you must forgive me x
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Alright one more to make it four, or maybe five I think
"Elon Musk Creates Grokipedia" is an anagram of...
"Loser cretin makes dog-puke AI"
There! I have something to show for my otherwise wasted Sunday. Cheers! 🥂
"Elon Musk Creates Grokipedia" is an anagram of...
"Loser cretin makes dog-puke AI"
There! I have something to show for my otherwise wasted Sunday. Cheers! 🥂
sorrysorry but just worked out my favourite so far.
"Mark Elliot Zuckerberg - Facebook's billionaire" is an anagram of...
"Crook Beelzebub making real kills for erotic AI"
Gonna compile these into a LinkedIn post so if you have any of your own please do share 💜
"Mark Elliot Zuckerberg - Facebook's billionaire" is an anagram of...
"Crook Beelzebub making real kills for erotic AI"
Gonna compile these into a LinkedIn post so if you have any of your own please do share 💜
Okay last one maybe.
"Microsoft's GenAI CoPilot" =
"Coming to force its AI slop"
yeah I know having AI in the anagram is cheating a bit but you must forgive me x
"Microsoft's GenAI CoPilot" =
"Coming to force its AI slop"
yeah I know having AI in the anagram is cheating a bit but you must forgive me x
Breaking news: Samuel Harris Altman is an anagram of "AI Satan = LLM user harm"
Coincidence? Probably but fuck it I'll perish on this hill if needs be
Coincidence? Probably but fuck it I'll perish on this hill if needs be
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
sorrysorry but just worked out my favourite so far.
"Mark Elliot Zuckerberg - Facebook's billionaire" is an anagram of...
"Crook Beelzebub making real kills for erotic AI"
Gonna compile these into a LinkedIn post so if you have any of your own please do share 💜
"Mark Elliot Zuckerberg - Facebook's billionaire" is an anagram of...
"Crook Beelzebub making real kills for erotic AI"
Gonna compile these into a LinkedIn post so if you have any of your own please do share 💜
Okay last one maybe.
"Microsoft's GenAI CoPilot" =
"Coming to force its AI slop"
yeah I know having AI in the anagram is cheating a bit but you must forgive me x
"Microsoft's GenAI CoPilot" =
"Coming to force its AI slop"
yeah I know having AI in the anagram is cheating a bit but you must forgive me x
Breaking news: Samuel Harris Altman is an anagram of "AI Satan = LLM user harm"
Coincidence? Probably but fuck it I'll perish on this hill if needs be
Coincidence? Probably but fuck it I'll perish on this hill if needs be
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Okay last one maybe.
"Microsoft's GenAI CoPilot" =
"Coming to force its AI slop"
yeah I know having AI in the anagram is cheating a bit but you must forgive me x
"Microsoft's GenAI CoPilot" =
"Coming to force its AI slop"
yeah I know having AI in the anagram is cheating a bit but you must forgive me x
Newest member of my Garfield family arrived today! He is my new user experience teaching mascot 😍
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Newest member of my Garfield family arrived today! He is my new user experience teaching mascot 😍
Through some hard work I have discovered another anagram for you to enjoy.
"Donald Trump Epstein Files" rearranged gives us...
"Print: Senile satsuma pedo lied. Fin."
ngl proud of this one
"Donald Trump Epstein Files" rearranged gives us...
"Print: Senile satsuma pedo lied. Fin."
ngl proud of this one
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Through some hard work I have discovered another anagram for you to enjoy.
"Donald Trump Epstein Files" rearranged gives us...
"Print: Senile satsuma pedo lied. Fin."
ngl proud of this one
"Donald Trump Epstein Files" rearranged gives us...
"Print: Senile satsuma pedo lied. Fin."
ngl proud of this one
Breaking news: Samuel Harris Altman is an anagram of "AI Satan = LLM user harm"
Coincidence? Probably but fuck it I'll perish on this hill if needs be
Coincidence? Probably but fuck it I'll perish on this hill if needs be
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Breaking news: Samuel Harris Altman is an anagram of "AI Satan = LLM user harm"
Coincidence? Probably but fuck it I'll perish on this hill if needs be
Coincidence? Probably but fuck it I'll perish on this hill if needs be
Have you ever sat so long at a traffic light that when it was finally time to move you realised you'd temporarily forgotten how to drive and you're trying to figure out how to make the car move like
a man is sweating while wearing headphones on a plane .
Alt: GIF from the movie Airplane where the protagonist is trying to land a plane while sweat is pouring off him.
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Have you ever sat so long at a traffic light that when it was finally time to move you realised you'd temporarily forgotten how to drive and you're trying to figure out how to make the car move like