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No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
This is probably right, I think, and not only in journalism: that "AI" systems narrow the field of what is visible, in a way that's almost imperceptible to those in its bubble and skewed well to the right. Though the greatest insights may go to those able to take those blinkers off.
I wrote a 2026 media prediction for Nieman Labs. It's about how I think more newsrooms will use AI (and that the AI will have a right-wing bias). Check it out here: www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-...
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is probably right, I think, and not only in journalism: that "AI" systems narrow the field of what is visible, in a way that's almost imperceptible to those in its bubble and skewed well to the right. Though the greatest insights may go to those able to take those blinkers off.
Saw a large V formation of birds flying over Manchester today. So far so seasonal. But they seemed to be flying North. Maybe North East, but definitely in no way South. Is this normal, am I dreaming, do the birds know something I don't?
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Saw a large V formation of birds flying over Manchester today. So far so seasonal. But they seemed to be flying North. Maybe North East, but definitely in no way South. Is this normal, am I dreaming, do the birds know something I don't?
The RSF in Sudan, like the IDF in Palestine, wages genocide with weapons exported from Britain.
British military equipment exported to the UAE is being used by the Rapid Support Forces to commit atrocities in Sudan.
✍️ Take action now to email your MP calling for an arms embargo on the UAE!
✍️ Take action now to email your MP calling for an arms embargo on the UAE!
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The RSF in Sudan, like the IDF in Palestine, wages genocide with weapons exported from Britain.
Good god. Counter-revolution has truly opened the door to genocide.
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good god. Counter-revolution has truly opened the door to genocide.
It can be done. Motornormativity is a choice. And figures like these should be a national scandal:
"In Germany, 90% of people living in large cities have access to a tramway or underground train system. In France, it’s 80%. In the UK, the figure is less than 20%, a similar level to the US."
"In Germany, 90% of people living in large cities have access to a tramway or underground train system. In France, it’s 80%. In the UK, the figure is less than 20%, a similar level to the US."
“Moving to a situation where cars are not considered the fastest and most convenient mode of transportation will take ambition and imagination. But the alternative is a very expensive dependency, which clogs up the UK economy.”
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It can be done. Motornormativity is a choice. And figures like these should be a national scandal:
"In Germany, 90% of people living in large cities have access to a tramway or underground train system. In France, it’s 80%. In the UK, the figure is less than 20%, a similar level to the US."
"In Germany, 90% of people living in large cities have access to a tramway or underground train system. In France, it’s 80%. In the UK, the figure is less than 20%, a similar level to the US."
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We should get to decide how we protect ourselves at demonstrations.
But Government plans to restrict face coverings at protests could impact any of us.
We need your support to make sure this law doesn't go unchallenged
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https://action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/167409/petition/1
But Government plans to restrict face coverings at protests could impact any of us.
We need your support to make sure this law doesn't go unchallenged
👇
https://action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/167409/petition/1
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We should get to decide how we protect ourselves at demonstrations.
But Government plans to restrict face coverings at protests could impact any of us.
We need your support to make sure this law doesn't go unchallenged
👇
https://action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/167409/petition/1
But Government plans to restrict face coverings at protests could impact any of us.
We need your support to make sure this law doesn't go unchallenged
👇
https://action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/167409/petition/1
That does seem to be at least 40% of what Starmerism is. We have no agency, no responsibility, you'll have to talk to whoever's in charge.
I’d say this was another example of this Labour government’s “a big boy made us do it :(“ theory of governance, but that would imply they were unhappy with this one.
December 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That does seem to be at least 40% of what Starmerism is. We have no agency, no responsibility, you'll have to talk to whoever's in charge.
Correct. Starmer is responsible for authorising transphobic discrimination. The Supreme Court doesn't make the law, parliament does. It's Labour's political choice to accept rather than amend the reinterpreted Equalities Act. And to hide behind the judges rather than taking responsibility for it.
It's worth noting that the Government has a massive majority and could fix this in an instant with a one-line piece of legislation. It doesn't want to.
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Correct. Starmer is responsible for authorising transphobic discrimination. The Supreme Court doesn't make the law, parliament does. It's Labour's political choice to accept rather than amend the reinterpreted Equalities Act. And to hide behind the judges rather than taking responsibility for it.
I agree with David Lammy (2020) on jury trials
There's always a tweet... 🤬
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I agree with David Lammy (2020) on jury trials
but tell me more about how the BBC has a left-wing bias
Wild that articles like this are still being written without mentioning "climate" or "environment" one single time.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More North Sea exploration to be allowed in new Labour plan
The chancellor will unveil the North Sea Strategy in her Budget speech, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
but tell me more about how the BBC has a left-wing bias
I had no idea about this toxic spill, which is likely to continuing poisoning Zambia for years to come. Of course there must be consequences for those responsie. But also a reminder of how destructive and dangerous and industry mineral extraction often is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I had no idea about this toxic spill, which is likely to continuing poisoning Zambia for years to come. Of course there must be consequences for those responsie. But also a reminder of how destructive and dangerous and industry mineral extraction often is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I found this really enlightening on some of the intellectual (don't laugh) roots of the contemporary far right.
revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/heidegger-in...
revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/heidegger-in...
Rev Left Radio: Heidegger in Ruins: Philosophy, Fascism, and the Politics of Being
In this episode, Breht speaks with , author of , about the dark entanglement between Martin Heidegger’s philosophy and his lifelong commitment to National Socialism. Heidegger is often hailed as the m...
revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I found this really enlightening on some of the intellectual (don't laugh) roots of the contemporary far right.
revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/heidegger-in...
revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/heidegger-in...
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You know, someone should make a joke about the Judean People's Front off of Monty Python's Life Of Brian (1979). I bet that would be totally original and really funny, not teeth-grindingly derivative!
December 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
You know, someone should make a joke about the Judean People's Front off of Monty Python's Life Of Brian (1979). I bet that would be totally original and really funny, not teeth-grindingly derivative!
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"Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand"
Really horrific
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Really horrific
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates
Hundreds remain missing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as rescue efforts continue after Cyclone Ditwah
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand"
Really horrific
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Really horrific
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
"On the continent that brought you colonial terror, world war, and concentration camps, fascism is once again a mainstream ideology."
Gary Younge in @hammerandhope.bsky.social explains parallels, differences and interactions between the European and US far right. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Gary Younge in @hammerandhope.bsky.social explains parallels, differences and interactions between the European and US far right. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Donald Trump and the Far-Right Insurgency in Europe
On both sides of the Atlantic, a belligerent sense of whiteness and national identity, beset by economic insecurity, is winning elections.
hammerandhope.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"On the continent that brought you colonial terror, world war, and concentration camps, fascism is once again a mainstream ideology."
Gary Younge in @hammerandhope.bsky.social explains parallels, differences and interactions between the European and US far right. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Gary Younge in @hammerandhope.bsky.social explains parallels, differences and interactions between the European and US far right. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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What if we razed every Data Center to the ground and salted the earth where they stood
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
What if we razed every Data Center to the ground and salted the earth where they stood
It's a shame that we're keeping the terrible name, perhaps because the shortlist was made up entirely of terrible names. I voted "For the Many", but would much have preferred something like the more meaningful and straightforward name Zarah Sultana suggested in an interview this summer: The Left.
"Your Party" secures 37% of the ballot in what seems to be a first past the post vote. "Our party" trailed on 14%. Half of those voting split between joint runners-up Popular Alliance & For the Many
November 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It's a shame that we're keeping the terrible name, perhaps because the shortlist was made up entirely of terrible names. I voted "For the Many", but would much have preferred something like the more meaningful and straightforward name Zarah Sultana suggested in an interview this summer: The Left.
Fantastic news! So we
a/ voted not to sideline Zarah Sultana from leadership
b/ voted not to purge members of left groups, starting with the SWP
So we reaffirm, after a terrible summer of bureaucratic stitch-up, the vision to unite the left, build a mass party and engage in workers' struggle.
a/ voted not to sideline Zarah Sultana from leadership
b/ voted not to purge members of left groups, starting with the SWP
So we reaffirm, after a terrible summer of bureaucratic stitch-up, the vision to unite the left, build a mass party and engage in workers' struggle.
After yesterday's chaos, Your Party has
a) Voted for collective leadership.
b) Voted to ALLOW dual membership.
Yesterday's exclusions/expulsion letters were totally unnecessary.
a) Voted for collective leadership.
b) Voted to ALLOW dual membership.
Yesterday's exclusions/expulsion letters were totally unnecessary.
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Fantastic news! So we
a/ voted not to sideline Zarah Sultana from leadership
b/ voted not to purge members of left groups, starting with the SWP
So we reaffirm, after a terrible summer of bureaucratic stitch-up, the vision to unite the left, build a mass party and engage in workers' struggle.
a/ voted not to sideline Zarah Sultana from leadership
b/ voted not to purge members of left groups, starting with the SWP
So we reaffirm, after a terrible summer of bureaucratic stitch-up, the vision to unite the left, build a mass party and engage in workers' struggle.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
This would be so easy to sabotage, there's something deeply wrong with us as a society if it doesn't happen.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This would be so easy to sabotage, there's something deeply wrong with us as a society if it doesn't happen.
I've found the word we need to use for such people: slopaholics.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I've found the word we need to use for such people: slopaholics.
"The vacancy left by unsatisfying work isn’t filled by leisure, but by work in the garden, where you indulge in blunt and basic force." orionmagazine.org/article/force Lovely essay on the violent delight of the garden in @orionmagazine.bsky.social
orionmagazine.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"The vacancy left by unsatisfying work isn’t filled by leisure, but by work in the garden, where you indulge in blunt and basic force." orionmagazine.org/article/force Lovely essay on the violent delight of the garden in @orionmagazine.bsky.social
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Awful news from Hong Kong. Comparisons are being made to Grenfell. But, in this case, three arrests have already been made. Over EIGHT YEARS after Grenfell, there has not been a single arrest or prosecution, despite obvious wrongdoing.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Hong Kong police say unsafe scaffolding and foam may have spread fire that killed at least 83
Three construction employees arrested as firefighters battle to reach trapped people, with more than 250 still missing
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Awful news from Hong Kong. Comparisons are being made to Grenfell. But, in this case, three arrests have already been made. Over EIGHT YEARS after Grenfell, there has not been a single arrest or prosecution, despite obvious wrongdoing.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...