I saw an application figure for a work recruitment today and it was truly eye watering. Tough labour market obv partly a factor but it's mostly AI surely. Not sure if "we" have quite caught up to the implications tbh.
lots of people, especially on here, are fastened onto the idea that it's just AI bro marketing or whatever to consider it a fixture of the information landscape. it's easy to think that when everyone in your circles is an ethical AI refuser. but I'm afraid it really has been mass adopted.
January 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I saw an application figure for a work recruitment today and it was truly eye watering. Tough labour market obv partly a factor but it's mostly AI surely. Not sure if "we" have quite caught up to the implications tbh.
Amazon spending $75m on a "vibe shift" that never happened. Funny.
January 28, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Amazon spending $75m on a "vibe shift" that never happened. Funny.
Matt Goodwin getting done for lying about his dad
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Matt Goodwin getting done for lying about his dad
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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
There's a lot of attention on the way BBC gets big stories completely wrong (like whether a protester being murdered on camera was murdered or not) but important to remember they're also terrible at the little details too, like "what is supply and demand"
BBC News never ceases to find new ways to get facts completely wrong. In interconnectors *lower* prices in markets where supply is tight. Power flows from areas with low prices (areas with plentiful supplies) to those with high prices (areas with tight supplies), lowering the price in those places.
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 AM
There's a lot of attention on the way BBC gets big stories completely wrong (like whether a protester being murdered on camera was murdered or not) but important to remember they're also terrible at the little details too, like "what is supply and demand"
It's a terrible decision for Labour as a party because means they will probably lose the by-election and also narrows the field of successors to the idiot in charge. It's neutral for the idiot in charge who is sinking anyway and a good decision for ppl who don't want Burnham to take over.
As the Burnham fall-out continues, I find it amazing how many politicos seems to have real difficulty separating “this is a terrible strategic decision” and “this is not the outcome I personally wanted”.
Both options spelled trouble for Starmer. You don’t have to like the decision to see the logic
Both options spelled trouble for Starmer. You don’t have to like the decision to see the logic
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It's a terrible decision for Labour as a party because means they will probably lose the by-election and also narrows the field of successors to the idiot in charge. It's neutral for the idiot in charge who is sinking anyway and a good decision for ppl who don't want Burnham to take over.
This is true and also it's not like Labour aren't already having a psychodrama! lol
This whole assertion that the Tories lost because voters disliked internal “psychodrama” strikes me as simply wrong empirically. They won elections through an extended period of intraparty drama and they lost quite concretely because of partygate, crashing the economy, and the cost of living crisis
Labour must avoid a ‘psychodrama’ over Andy Burnham, warns Mahmood
January 26, 2026 at 8:19 AM
This is true and also it's not like Labour aren't already having a psychodrama! lol
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comedians should be banned from podcasts, politics, writing, cameras, frankly all of society.
January 25, 2026 at 8:34 PM
comedians should be banned from podcasts, politics, writing, cameras, frankly all of society.
Pretty small time that the actual PM still has to (or chooses to?) go to these stupid internal party meetings. Just as well there's nothing else going on!
January 25, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Pretty small time that the actual PM still has to (or chooses to?) go to these stupid internal party meetings. Just as well there's nothing else going on!
Taking a sideways look at the week's news on Radio 4-ass profile pic
The quick & clear decision of Labour’s NEC means we can move on from the damaging, introspection & psychodrama of the last week.
Let’s pull together behind whoever is selected and come together to beat Reform and then focus on vital elections in May.
Let’s pull together behind whoever is selected and come together to beat Reform and then focus on vital elections in May.
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Taking a sideways look at the week's news on Radio 4-ass profile pic
"Why do you want to be in charge of these absolute losers" is indeed a good reason for him to stay away tbf
And yet, it could all backfire for Burnham.
Even if he gets through all the hurdles, there's no guarantee he'll be welcomed.
“Where was he in the Corbyn years?," says one MP. "I was in the trenches, dealing with all the abuse, with people in tears – and he swans off to be mayor of Manchester."
Even if he gets through all the hurdles, there's no guarantee he'll be welcomed.
“Where was he in the Corbyn years?," says one MP. "I was in the trenches, dealing with all the abuse, with people in tears – and he swans off to be mayor of Manchester."
January 25, 2026 at 8:19 AM
"Why do you want to be in charge of these absolute losers" is indeed a good reason for him to stay away tbf
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This mendacious drivel should be a resigning issue, for both the author and anyone who thought it was right to publish it
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
This mendacious drivel should be a resigning issue, for both the author and anyone who thought it was right to publish it
Pretty bad imo that the state broadcaster (which it is a criminal offence not to pay for) is still running editorial policy set by agents of the government that was booted out of office nearly 2 years ago.
The BBC summary relays false claims but does not prioritise the facts at all
January 24, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Pretty bad imo that the state broadcaster (which it is a criminal offence not to pay for) is still running editorial policy set by agents of the government that was booted out of office nearly 2 years ago.
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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Emerging structural problem for the "stop Burnham" people is that they're all anonymous whereas all the "let him stand" people are identifiable people.
Ed Miliband tells the Fabian Society conference: “I very much hope the local party will have the option of selecting Andy Burnham as the candidate”.
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Emerging structural problem for the "stop Burnham" people is that they're all anonymous whereas all the "let him stand" people are identifiable people.
Pepys sensing the Burnhamentum
Homewards, and meeting Sir W. Batten, turned back again to a coffee-house, and there drunk more till I was almost sick, and here much discourse, but little to be learned, but of a design in the north of a rising, among some men of condition, and they sent for up.
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Pepys sensing the Burnhamentum
"One of the great Keir Starmer TV clips" v funny concept
snap verdict: I love him and I want to sniff his hair, welcome to the Guardian's politics live text.
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"One of the great Keir Starmer TV clips" v funny concept
Reform plateauing and declining a bit under discussed imo. I reckon the Farage racism stories + normal people being unsettled by the flag lamppost shit and far right marches etc have probably hurt them at the margin.
Is the Tory Party dead? This week I wrote about a Conservative comeback scenario: www.economist.com/britain/2026...
January 22, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Reform plateauing and declining a bit under discussed imo. I reckon the Farage racism stories + normal people being unsettled by the flag lamppost shit and far right marches etc have probably hurt them at the margin.
Real make u think moment that I bought the original Help album on CD and the anniversary one on vinyl
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War Child UK confirm HELP(2) album: tracklist, release date & artists working on the charity record
The new charity compilation album for War Child is released on 6th March, with featuring Arctic Monkeys, Wet Leg, Damon Albarn, Pulp and many more.
www.radiox.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Real make u think moment that I bought the original Help album on CD and the anniversary one on vinyl
www.radiox.co.uk/news/music/w...
www.radiox.co.uk/news/music/w...
"All BAME" shortlist would be illegal anyway lol
Amazing how they just say this stuff out loud now. I assume they understand people can see them saying it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"All BAME" shortlist would be illegal anyway lol
Pretty amazing that this is legal imo!
Out of the 26 Labour-led district councils where local elections were planned for May, 21 are being delayed.
Out of the 21 Liberal Democrat-led district councils where local elections were planned for May, one (1) is being delayed.
That says it all.
Out of the 21 Liberal Democrat-led district councils where local elections were planned for May, one (1) is being delayed.
That says it all.
Government confirms that the district council elections due in May will NOT be held.
Labour was set to lose control of the council in May and Exeter is likely to return a Green MP in 2029.
Councillors will instead serve for five years instead of three.
A shocking abuse of power.
Labour was set to lose control of the council in May and Exeter is likely to return a Green MP in 2029.
Councillors will instead serve for five years instead of three.
A shocking abuse of power.
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Pretty amazing that this is legal imo!
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This is such an unforced error. The local government reorganisation hasn't even been agreed yet in these areas. And in the same reorganisation area some councils are having elections delayed and others not. It looks really bad. People assume the worst. metro.co.uk/2026/01/22/f...
Full list of councils that are postponing their local elections
23 local councils are set to request a delay to local elections, including West Sussex
metro.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is such an unforced error. The local government reorganisation hasn't even been agreed yet in these areas. And in the same reorganisation area some councils are having elections delayed and others not. It looks really bad. People assume the worst. metro.co.uk/2026/01/22/f...
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