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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 21h

An extra cup for H from Steps

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 1d

I was just watching this and thinking “hey it’s that comedian off of social media” 👌

Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 4d

Very much enjoyed being a part of Slow Horses!

Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 2d

Is it worth paying for a vaccine booster if I’m in my 40s and generally healthy and have never had Covid to my knowledge? I feel like the peace of mind might be worth it.

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 2d

Lol US vs UK libel law.

Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Jeannette Vargas said the lyrics in Lamar’s Not Like Us, which refers to Drake as a “certified paedophile”, were a matter of opinion, which could not be “actionable defamation”.

on.ft.com/4ojA6pH Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

[FREE TO READ] Jeannette Vargas’s judgment says ‘Not Like Us’, which calls the Canadian singer a paedophile, was a statement of opinion

on.ft.com

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 2d

It really is!

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 2d

I know he was lobbying hard, but did anyone really expect Trump to get the Nobel Peace Prize?

Maybe next year if the Gaza ceasefire leads to lasting peace in the Middle East... and if he stops deploying military in his own cities... and stops sinking boats in the Caribbean... he'll have a chance.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 2d

Reeks of (w)reaking havoc

Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 2d

If the only bitcoin I own is a tiny (like $1 at the time) amount given to me by ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ in a demo about 12 years ago, does that make it holy bitcoin?

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2d

Sources: crypto investor Roger Ver, aka "Bitcoin Jesus", has reached a tentative agreement with the US DOJ to pay ~$48M to end a 2024 criminal tax fraud case (New York Times)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 2d

Here's an ACTUAL threat to campus free speech.

WTF

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

www.theguardian.com

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

The Meta AI app opened up in the UK this week and, yes, Vibes is as bad as I suspected.

Just why?! At least OpenAI's Sora plays to your ego by letting you (me) create AI versions of yourself (myself) in skits about turnips.

An AI slop lizard dancing in an orange coat. In Meta AI’s Vibes feed.

Me in a field. The bottom half of me is a turnip. In OpenAI’s Sora.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

An FT data analysis has revealed that the majority of all houses in England are now in the wrong council tax band. Find out if you are paying the correct amount of council tax here: on.ft.com/4q7xrRG

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

Helping AI talk about you more often:
Armed with £510,000 pre-seed funding from SVV, Elelem says it has an edge in the emerging AI optimisation market.

Helping AI talk about you more often

Elelem says it has an edge in the emerging AI optimisation market

preseednow.com

Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

Reading the lyrics to Heaven 17's Temptation for the first time.

The line I always heard as 'Put your bum on the hopscotch' is actually 'Put your dime in the hot slot'... which is disappointing.

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 3d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

I assume this is about Celebrity Traitors and not some Sachsgate 2 scandal I’ve missed.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 3d

very possibly THE pivotal moment of the 21st century

Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · 3d

Watch This .

According to a 2012 Business Insider article recounting Musk's interview with Sarah Lacy at PandoDaily, he admitted that in 2000, while driving on Sand Hill Road with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, he decided to show off. "Watch this," he said, moments before the McLaren spun out of control, flew "like a discus" three feet into the air, and crashed. The worst part, Musk acknowledged, was that the million-dollar car wasn't insured.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 5d

Solving a tricky efficiency puzzle in healthcare: Jigsaw Medical wants to help hospitals get paid, by integrating with their workflows

My latest startup profile, this time from a founder tackling a problem he knows well, for a second time.

Jigsaw Medical: Solving a tricky efficiency puzzle?

Jigsaw Medical integrates with hospitals' existing clinical coding workflows while boosting efficiency of this vital part of the healthcare economy.

preseednow.com

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 5d

OpenAI is advertising ChatGPT with outdoor display ads.

Qualified mechanics despairing at this one.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 5d

Solving a tricky efficiency puzzle in healthcare: Jigsaw Medical wants to help hospitals get paid, by integrating with their workflows

My latest startup profile, this time from a founder tackling a problem he knows well, for a second time.

Jigsaw Medical: Solving a tricky efficiency puzzle?

Jigsaw Medical integrates with hospitals' existing clinical coding workflows while boosting efficiency of this vital part of the healthcare economy.

preseednow.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 6d

It both the US and the UK, the political right teaches institutions not to mess with it – a small slip up with be ruthlessly and publicly exploited.

The left, meanwhile, teaches the same institutions it can be repeatedly and easily messed with, and there will barely be a squeak.

Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 6d

if that HIGNFY Euan Blair fuckup had been about a right-winger it'd have had full front-page scandal coverage in the Mail followed by frontpage coverage across the board for the next week, days of "BBC in crisis" headline coverage by the BBC, and parliamentary questions about Tim Davie's future

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 5d

Substack is milking the Free Press acquisition for publicity but I bet it wishes it could take a 10% cut from every acquisition of a newsletter on its platform instead.

Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 6d

I had never thought of that but now you’ve wrecked my brain

“If Bari Weiss saved your life or got you back with your ex-wife…”

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 7d

Electronic anarchy!

Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social · 8d

Doing some book research into the mid-90s internet - this is a glossary from The Internet For Beginners, Usborne, 1997. It has made me feel very nostalgic

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 7d

PA was apparently involved in behaviour far worse than breaking into a poorly secured airbase, but they have done a terrible job of convincing the public of that.

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