j4
@jaffa.bsky.social
Mostly badger, occasionally mermaid. Terminally online.
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This is my biggest pet peeve about dashboards: what is someone going to *do* when they get this information? If it's "be informed" that's the same as saying "nothing" and why did you even bother?
We need to start thinking about information’s value being decision-centric. what makes outlets like Financial Times so good is that the model reader is, well, a financial decision-maker. Whereas other papers cater to someone whose only purpose is a nebulous “being informed.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is my biggest pet peeve about dashboards: what is someone going to *do* when they get this information? If it's "be informed" that's the same as saying "nothing" and why did you even bother?
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Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
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if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 AM
if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good
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Not the last word on teens and social media, but massively more rigorous than the sloppy work Jonathan Haidt has peddled. No one should ever listen to him on anything, let alone base legislation on his claims.
Social media time does not increase teenagers’ mental health problems – study
Research finds no evidence heavier social media use or more gaming increases symptoms of anxiety or depression
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Not the last word on teens and social media, but massively more rigorous than the sloppy work Jonathan Haidt has peddled. No one should ever listen to him on anything, let alone base legislation on his claims.
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This is not education; it is propaganda.
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
This is not education; it is propaganda.
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You can no longer fuck ICE on r/FuckingFascists.
Fascist Kink Roleplay Subreddit Draws the Line: No More ICE Porn
You can no longer fuck ICE on r/FuckingFascists.
www.404media.co
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
You can no longer fuck ICE on r/FuckingFascists.
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The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved from 89 seconds to 85 seconds , four seconds closer to “doomsday.” That is the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight. That’s when, in the metaphor proposed by the keepers
The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight. Does Anyone Care?
The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved from 89 seconds to 85 seconds, four seconds closer to “doomsday.” That is the closest the Clock has ever been...
www.404media.co
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved from 89 seconds to 85 seconds , four seconds closer to “doomsday.” That is the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight. That’s when, in the metaphor proposed by the keepers
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I wrote about Minneapolis and why that Orwell quote everyone's been sharing makes me nervous about what comes next
The Evidence of Our Eyes and Ears Is Under Attack
Extensive video footage is prevailing in debunking false accounts of Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis. Next time, it may not be enough.
www.theringer.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I wrote about Minneapolis and why that Orwell quote everyone's been sharing makes me nervous about what comes next
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A collection of “well-made apps and sites” gathered by Marcin Wichary. [unsung.aresluna.org]
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A collection of “well-made apps and sites” gathered by Marcin Wichary. [unsung.aresluna.org]
This article is brilliant & you should read it (but not feel guilty if you don't).
Why do RSS readers look like email clients? “When we applied that same visual language to RSS (the unread counts, the bold text for new items, the sense of a backlog accumulating) we imported the anxiety without the cause.” [terrygodier.com]
Phantom Obligation
Why RSS readers look like email clients, and what that’s doing to us.
www.terrygodier.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
This article is brilliant & you should read it (but not feel guilty if you don't).
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finally, social media that doomscrolls itself
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 PM
finally, social media that doomscrolls itself
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Lee Anderson has been lampooned after gleefully sharing photos of himself campaigning ahead of a by-election - in the wrong constituency
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform MP Lee Anderson mocked by Angela Rayner over major by-election blunder
Lee Anderson shared photos of himself campaigning for the Gorton and Denton by-election outside Stanley House Function Rooms - which is in the wrong constituency
www.mirror.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Lee Anderson has been lampooned after gleefully sharing photos of himself campaigning ahead of a by-election - in the wrong constituency
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Ah I gather from R4 that govt are announcing a programme today where Microsoft and Google offer training to everyone in the country to use their AI tools, which I'm guessing this research was commissioned to justify. Also, great to be in a govt-backed multi-level marketing plan
I would say this findings shows women are more AI literate than men, because the majority of non-magical beings have no innate ability to "judge truthfulness"
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Ah I gather from R4 that govt are announcing a programme today where Microsoft and Google offer training to everyone in the country to use their AI tools, which I'm guessing this research was commissioned to justify. Also, great to be in a govt-backed multi-level marketing plan
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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i designed a t-shirt to let people know about my dream of a beautiful perfect world of horse
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January 27, 2026 at 11:09 PM
i designed a t-shirt to let people know about my dream of a beautiful perfect world of horse
roryblank.bigcartel.com
roryblank.bigcartel.com
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Seeing Reform lead in the polls makes me feel like I’m losing my whole god damn mind. Brexit’s been a disaster? Let’s vote for the guy who caused it. The country’s a mess? Let’s vote for the lot who spent 14 years systematically trashing it. It’s okay, they’re wearing different coloured ties now.
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Seeing Reform lead in the polls makes me feel like I’m losing my whole god damn mind. Brexit’s been a disaster? Let’s vote for the guy who caused it. The country’s a mess? Let’s vote for the lot who spent 14 years systematically trashing it. It’s okay, they’re wearing different coloured ties now.
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The Reverend Daughter Harrowhark Nonagesimus is not allowed to make soup again, we've been over this.
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The Reverend Daughter Harrowhark Nonagesimus is not allowed to make soup again, we've been over this.
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This is one of those stories where the headline is perfect, any more detail would probably ruin it for me.
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 AM
This is one of those stories where the headline is perfect, any more detail would probably ruin it for me.
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We finally got gun-control.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 5:47 PM
We finally got gun-control.
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Facebook, which I barely use anyway, is suddenly refusing to let me in unless I give either Meta £2.99 a month (fuck off) or explicit permission to use my "information" for "ads", which I imagine is a cover for some kind of LLM scraping. So I guess I don't use Facebook at all any more.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Facebook, which I barely use anyway, is suddenly refusing to let me in unless I give either Meta £2.99 a month (fuck off) or explicit permission to use my "information" for "ads", which I imagine is a cover for some kind of LLM scraping. So I guess I don't use Facebook at all any more.
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Britain in 2026 ... yes we're out of the bit of austerity where the councils are finally patching our disgraceful roads up ... but it's going to take an awful lot longer for the education system to catch up.
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Britain in 2026 ... yes we're out of the bit of austerity where the councils are finally patching our disgraceful roads up ... but it's going to take an awful lot longer for the education system to catch up.
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Maybe they should try making them like they did before they turned to shit?
Dr Martens boot sales slow as fewer discounts deter shoppers reut.rs/3NFcgYo
Dr Martens boot sales slow as fewer discounts deter shoppers
British bootmaker Dr Martens posted a decline in quarterly sales and forecast broadly flat annual revenue growth on Tuesday as shoppers across Europe and Asia-Pacific baulked at a return to full prices, knocking its shares nearly 13% down.
reut.rs
January 27, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Maybe they should try making them like they did before they turned to shit?