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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 16h

WIP

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 16h

It's taken a while but the track is getting there...

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 18h

Capitalism is a party that the vast majority of people have been forced to watch on a screen.

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 20h

Sorry, what? There is no “race debate”. There is racism, there are racists.

This isn’t a legitimate political polemic, this is hate speech and hate crime.

Can we stop trying to wedge the bigotry of fragile white men in to public discourse? Doing so is hate-washing and we need to stop it.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 18h

I'm guessing the relationship between the writers and the networks will be similar to farmers and supermarkets so any exotic product that fails to conform to basic supermarket requirements gets ignored.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

This is how a super intelligent AI would work: it would make itself seem more stupid than it is in any tests while it consolidated its dominance.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told

Mercedes, Ford, Renault, Nissan and Peugeot/Citroën face group action in which damages could exceed £6bn

www.theguardian.com

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

"No one can say for sure which camp is right and which one is wrong."

I don't even need to think about which camp is right...

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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

definitely worth a read

www.theregister.com/2025/10/13/a...

We're all going to be paying AI's Godzilla-sized power bills

Opinion: Even if you never use it, you'll be paying for it thanks to datacenters' never-ending hunger for electricity

www.theregister.com

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

It's comparable to the 'grey goo' fears following the hype of nanotechnology.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

AI that can create *anything* is like a giant mountain of gold being discovered - initially people think they're rich, then it dawns on them all gold gets devalued until it becomes worthless.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe radio hosts interviewing guests could adopt the same line: 'I'm experiencing higher than normal requests for a status on my well being so let's cut to the chase shall we?'

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

You can bet your house that any ceasefire that Israel agrees to will be to their advantage.

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

The thing that sticks out from the emails between prince Andrew and Epstein is how childish they seem.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 2d

How many times do you need to be caught out before you get a wrist slapping?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 2d

It's ludicrous I know to try and make the polluter pay.

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 2d

Contains advice on how to cut down on your exposure. I always think the onus should be on the manufacturers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 3d

What is going through the minds of people who answer a question on TripAdvisor with, 'I don't know'?

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 3d

'Contains distressing scenes' is starting to distress me. I can't find any. Drone footage of scorched earth with naked flames still burning is a mere cutaway in the aftermath of a regular war movie.

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 4d

Impressive. It's been a good day for it (I went on my bike to do a bit of shopping).

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 4d

It must have been a tough choice for the Nobel committee: cave in to Trump and give him the Peace Prize or resist his bullying and risk a war. I'd get rid of this Peace Prize, it's nothing but trouble.

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 4d

Ah, Trump didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize. I guess we'll have to get back to the Epstein files...

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 4d

He's thinking of statistics.

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 4d

It's activist gravity that is sabotaging his empire.

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