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· Jan 6
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I made a blog! I'm not sure if it's that interesting to the few people that follow me on here (it's about making/engineering), but who knows, maybe? 🤷♂️
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Presumably this new feature where Twitter publishes the geographic origin of various fake accounts will quickly become useless as the bad actors switch to use VPNs. It's quite surprising they weren't doing so already. I suppose it would be fairly easy for Twitter to indicate VPN use though.
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Presumably this new feature where Twitter publishes the geographic origin of various fake accounts will quickly become useless as the bad actors switch to use VPNs. It's quite surprising they weren't doing so already. I suppose it would be fairly easy for Twitter to indicate VPN use though.
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So, on the current poll, Farage would have a very comfortable overall majority, with no effective checks on his powers, on less than a third of the vote. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social members who still think 1st Past the Post keeps the extremists out need to re-examine the facts @labour4pr.bsky.social
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So, on the current poll, Farage would have a very comfortable overall majority, with no effective checks on his powers, on less than a third of the vote. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social members who still think 1st Past the Post keeps the extremists out need to re-examine the facts @labour4pr.bsky.social
Quite interesting that Con/Ref voters are hugely in favour of Labour getting themselves (presumably) a better leader. Or maybe they're just thick and think "someone else" means their own party leaders?
Do you think Keir Starmer should remain as leader of the Labour Party, or stand down and let someone else take over?
Should remain: 27%
Should stand down: 51%
2024 Labour voters
Should remain: 46%
Should stand down: 36%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Should remain: 27%
Should stand down: 51%
2024 Labour voters
Should remain: 46%
Should stand down: 36%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Quite interesting that Con/Ref voters are hugely in favour of Labour getting themselves (presumably) a better leader. Or maybe they're just thick and think "someone else" means their own party leaders?
I think I have a reasonably good intuition about how LLMs work, at least at a basic level, so I'm slightly baffled when people who are much more invested in the space see them as a foundational basis for AGI.
I mean surely not even being able to learn new information is a fundamental disqualifier?
I mean surely not even being able to learn new information is a fundamental disqualifier?
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I think I have a reasonably good intuition about how LLMs work, at least at a basic level, so I'm slightly baffled when people who are much more invested in the space see them as a foundational basis for AGI.
I mean surely not even being able to learn new information is a fundamental disqualifier?
I mean surely not even being able to learn new information is a fundamental disqualifier?
When something you're watching on Amazon Prime resumes after an interstitial advert, on my LG TV invariably the sound is desynced until you rewind 10 seconds. It's mad that a) something I'm paying for has adverts in the first place b) pirating the same content will deliver a better experience.
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
When something you're watching on Amazon Prime resumes after an interstitial advert, on my LG TV invariably the sound is desynced until you rewind 10 seconds. It's mad that a) something I'm paying for has adverts in the first place b) pirating the same content will deliver a better experience.
What do you reckon the chances are that Reform are being financially supported by Musk? (In some underhanded non-visible way, obviously.)
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
What do you reckon the chances are that Reform are being financially supported by Musk? (In some underhanded non-visible way, obviously.)
The paedo formerly known as Prince.
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The paedo formerly known as Prince.
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why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good
How on earth is AWS engineered that the whole thing can fail so badly?
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How on earth is AWS engineered that the whole thing can fail so badly?
Surely the most tediously boorish people on the internet are those that feel the need to constantly point out that wind turbines don't generate power when the wind isn't blowing and likewise for solar panels when there's no sun.
October 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Surely the most tediously boorish people on the internet are those that feel the need to constantly point out that wind turbines don't generate power when the wind isn't blowing and likewise for solar panels when there's no sun.
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Artist: a_j_green https://b3ta.com/board/11422145
From the 'More Educational Posters for Hospitals' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/moreeducationalpostersforhospitals/popular/ #MoreEducationalPostersForHospitals
October 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Artist: a_j_green https://b3ta.com/board/11422145
From the 'More Educational Posters for Hospitals' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/moreeducationalpostersforhospitals/popular/ #MoreEducationalPostersForHospitals
That *checks notes* 9 day old ceasefire is going well then.
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
That *checks notes* 9 day old ceasefire is going well then.
I genuinely wonder what the Venn diagram of flag waving cohorts of the last decade or so looks like. It would not surprise me if e.g. some of the AUOB lot were at these rallies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The battle for Scotland's flag: Why the right has adopted the saltire
The saltire has long been embraced by supporters of Scottish independence – but now it is being unfurled for a different cause.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I genuinely wonder what the Venn diagram of flag waving cohorts of the last decade or so looks like. It would not surprise me if e.g. some of the AUOB lot were at these rallies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wonder if anyone has investigated the energy costs of asking a LLM a question and getting a straightforward answer immediately versus a traditional Google, visit of several search results and potential subsequent additional Googles. Basically, are like for like LLM/Google comparisons fair?
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I wonder if anyone has investigated the energy costs of asking a LLM a question and getting a straightforward answer immediately versus a traditional Google, visit of several search results and potential subsequent additional Googles. Basically, are like for like LLM/Google comparisons fair?
As much as it's fantastically amusing watching the Tories self immolate, I do hope they sort themselves out before the next election; the more votes they can take off Farage the better.
October 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
As much as it's fantastically amusing watching the Tories self immolate, I do hope they sort themselves out before the next election; the more votes they can take off Farage the better.
Fascinating. I don't know why I'm surprised because in hindsight it's obvious, but Reform voters appear to be split along authoritarian/liberal lines rather than left/right. From that point of view it makes even less sense for the Tories to be trying to occupy the same space.
Pressing marking and review deadlines so of course I decided to update this tracking votes shares in the values groups in England since the 2019 election.
public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
Party share by values groups, 2019 - 2024
A Flourish data visualization by Paula Surridge
public.flourish.studio
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Fascinating. I don't know why I'm surprised because in hindsight it's obvious, but Reform voters appear to be split along authoritarian/liberal lines rather than left/right. From that point of view it makes even less sense for the Tories to be trying to occupy the same space.
October 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It always amazes me how confidently people can be wrong about technology, and data privacy in particular. Insofar as tech companies or random third parties do read/use your data, 99.9% of the time it's because you...
October 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It always amazes me how confidently people can be wrong about technology, and data privacy in particular. Insofar as tech companies or random third parties do read/use your data, 99.9% of the time it's because you...
The chances of imminent Tory regicide are surely increasing.
October 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The chances of imminent Tory regicide are surely increasing.
Hard to disagree with this. Go to Facebook and open any comment section, on any subject, and it will almost inevitably be full of conflict. And that's ignoring the fact that what it shows you is invariably not something you are actively following.
Facebook found out I’m a Mets fan and now I’m getting content for the angriest, dumbest sports guys imaginable instead of anything else and I really do think the problem with America right now is that our phones are machines that run software that exists to make us angry. Being mad is the enemy.
October 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hard to disagree with this. Go to Facebook and open any comment section, on any subject, and it will almost inevitably be full of conflict. And that's ignoring the fact that what it shows you is invariably not something you are actively following.
It will be especially ironic if proportional representation is finally implemented in order to stave off the threat of a small party winning the next election.
September 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It will be especially ironic if proportional representation is finally implemented in order to stave off the threat of a small party winning the next election.
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"I, Jonathan Weston, am against digital IDs. As a 42yo old man residing in Winchester, just next to the Oxfam store, with children in the primary down the road (photos attached), and a wife whose FB password is Password123, I won't stand for two-tier Kier's surveillance state."
September 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"I, Jonathan Weston, am against digital IDs. As a 42yo old man residing in Winchester, just next to the Oxfam store, with children in the primary down the road (photos attached), and a wife whose FB password is Password123, I won't stand for two-tier Kier's surveillance state."