Alexandrine Kantor
@alexakantor.bsky.social
Oxford UK / supports the #LibDems, UK + former Cllr / CEng / University of Oxford + She/Her + #Bi + Autistic+ADHD + French/British
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"Transphobia isn't feminist. Feminism has always questioned what it means to be a woman. We have fought against conformity and defining us by anatomy or fertility. We have no intention of starting now."
From the amazing @libdemwomen.bsky.social
From the amazing @libdemwomen.bsky.social
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Very nice!
“AI companies use the future to justify the present, as though speculative benefits should outweigh actual, ongoing damages. This temporal shell game, destroying the world to save it, would be comedic if the consequences weren’t so severe.”
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
#agi #superintelligence #ai
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
#agi #superintelligence #ai
The Politics Of Superintelligence | NOEMA
Today’s tech “prophets” push a narrative that God-like artificial superintelligence is inevitable, and only they can ensure humanity’s safety from their creations.
www.noemamag.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Very nice!
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Trains were cancelled in Lancaster, UK, after an AI-generated image that seemed to show major damage to a railway bridge was posted on social media following an earthquake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image
Rail services were cancelled after a 'hoax' picture of a damaged bridge appeared on social media
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Trains were cancelled in Lancaster, UK, after an AI-generated image that seemed to show major damage to a railway bridge was posted on social media following an earthquake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If government could stop obsessing about AI and fix some stuff like this that might be kinda useful?
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
If government could stop obsessing about AI and fix some stuff like this that might be kinda useful?
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With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
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Amazing how many of these guys' Wikipedia pages have a section titled "sexual assault allegations". What a strange coincidence.
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Amazing how many of these guys' Wikipedia pages have a section titled "sexual assault allegations". What a strange coincidence.
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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Not enough money to electrify the railways or continue to allow the cycle to work scheme to subsidise cargo bikes though innit.
When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Not enough money to electrify the railways or continue to allow the cycle to work scheme to subsidise cargo bikes though innit.
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The main question I have for Labour is, what will you do when the polls don’t improve for you after this?
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The main question I have for Labour is, what will you do when the polls don’t improve for you after this?
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Thank you, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social for pressing the government on today's appalling leaked EHRC proposals. It is both sickening and predictable that they should leak on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Thank you for committing the @libdems.org.uk to standing up for our rights.
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thank you, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social for pressing the government on today's appalling leaked EHRC proposals. It is both sickening and predictable that they should leak on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Thank you for committing the @libdems.org.uk to standing up for our rights.
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And yet there are solid anti-car cases no matter which ideology you subscribe to:
If you're a socialist, cars are drivers of inequality.
If you're a liberal, car-centric infrastructure deprives you of choice.
If you're a conservative, cars cost the public purse and hoover up state subsidies.
If you're a socialist, cars are drivers of inequality.
If you're a liberal, car-centric infrastructure deprives you of choice.
If you're a conservative, cars cost the public purse and hoover up state subsidies.
A stark contrast between London Labour & Oxfordshire LibDems (pro charging drivers more to tackle congestion) and London LibDems and Oxfordshire Labour (against additional charges).
Which party is in favour of which travel schemes is so often a postcode lottery.
Which party is in favour of which travel schemes is so often a postcode lottery.
From 2 January 2026, London's daily Congestion Charge will jump from £15 to £18. TfL says it's necessary to tackle increasing traffic.
Electric vehicles will be affected too, though with a 50 per cent discount for electric vans, HGVs and quadricycles and a 25 per cent discount for electric cars.
Electric vehicles will be affected too, though with a 50 per cent discount for electric vans, HGVs and quadricycles and a 25 per cent discount for electric cars.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And yet there are solid anti-car cases no matter which ideology you subscribe to:
If you're a socialist, cars are drivers of inequality.
If you're a liberal, car-centric infrastructure deprives you of choice.
If you're a conservative, cars cost the public purse and hoover up state subsidies.
If you're a socialist, cars are drivers of inequality.
If you're a liberal, car-centric infrastructure deprives you of choice.
If you're a conservative, cars cost the public purse and hoover up state subsidies.
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Anno....yeah this one hurts. This is a real low point. The (hand drawn) loading screen art in Anno 1800 was so beautiful I didn't mind the long loading times.
Really love how Generative AI tools are enabling tiny developers like ~checks notes~ ...Ubisoft... to really punch above their weight with risky indie hits like... the 8th game in the Anno franchise.
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Anno....yeah this one hurts. This is a real low point. The (hand drawn) loading screen art in Anno 1800 was so beautiful I didn't mind the long loading times.
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
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My employer, which requires me to use a VPN to access a whole host of internal sites not to mention the servers that our production code runs on, will no doubt be thrilled about this. The British state knows nothing about technology.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My employer, which requires me to use a VPN to access a whole host of internal sites not to mention the servers that our production code runs on, will no doubt be thrilled about this. The British state knows nothing about technology.
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“The youngest New York mayor in more than a century. The city’s first Muslim mayor, first South Asian mayor, first mayor born in Africa.”
In First Draft from Zeteo, Peter Rothpletz on a historic night for Mamdani, for Dems, for NYC, for America:
In First Draft from Zeteo, Peter Rothpletz on a historic night for Mamdani, for Dems, for NYC, for America:
🌊 It’s a Blue Wave, Baby!
Peter Rothpletz on Zohran Mamdani’s historic win, the Democrats’ electoral sweep, and Graham Platner’s viral response to the passing of Dick Cheney.
zeteo.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“The youngest New York mayor in more than a century. The city’s first Muslim mayor, first South Asian mayor, first mayor born in Africa.”
In First Draft from Zeteo, Peter Rothpletz on a historic night for Mamdani, for Dems, for NYC, for America:
In First Draft from Zeteo, Peter Rothpletz on a historic night for Mamdani, for Dems, for NYC, for America:
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Claire Coutinho voted in June to continue to prosecute and imprison women for having abortions.
Claire Coutinho writing in the Times today that "Every day of delay over the guidance puts women at risk"
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Claire Coutinho voted in June to continue to prosecute and imprison women for having abortions.
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We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.
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the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
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At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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This is Life After Cars.
A before-and-after video instead of just an image, Rue Landouzy in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, in order to keep the full image ratio and show the whole of the young new tree in the foreground ;)
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is Life After Cars.
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This attempt to both-sides obvious undeniable racism is a truly grim way to report this
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bsky.app/profile/itvp...
Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?
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October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This attempt to both-sides obvious undeniable racism is a truly grim way to report this
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Rubio's dead eyed stare into the void as Trump is describing a dementia test is incredible content
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Rubio's dead eyed stare into the void as Trump is describing a dementia test is incredible content
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"If you access the public’s savings at scale, you should meet the public’s disclosure standards."
... seems like a good principle to minimize harmful bubbles
www.techpolicy.press/ai-isnt-a-su...
... seems like a good principle to minimize harmful bubbles
www.techpolicy.press/ai-isnt-a-su...
AI Isn’t a Superintelligence. It's a Market in Need of Disclosure. | TechPolicy.Press
If AI is going to be governed as a market technology, it must be brought into the market’s accountability machinery, write Dr. Ilan Strauss and Tim O'Reilly.
www.techpolicy.press
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"If you access the public’s savings at scale, you should meet the public’s disclosure standards."
... seems like a good principle to minimize harmful bubbles
www.techpolicy.press/ai-isnt-a-su...
... seems like a good principle to minimize harmful bubbles
www.techpolicy.press/ai-isnt-a-su...
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This gets at the heart of the matter. The capabilities of generative AI are in tension with the needs and dynamics of sound social functioning. The speculative promises of AI clash ever-more visibly and starkly with the harmful realities of this technology for society.
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
Generative AI is a societal disaster
Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society
disconnect.blog
October 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This gets at the heart of the matter. The capabilities of generative AI are in tension with the needs and dynamics of sound social functioning. The speculative promises of AI clash ever-more visibly and starkly with the harmful realities of this technology for society.
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From government to private enterprise why is everyone suddenly apparently unaware that discarding the junior ranks will mean in 10 - 15 years you won't have any experienced senior ranked employees? Is everyone just assuming AI will be able to do their jobs by then?
Wes Streeting has put junior doctors on notice that taxpayers’ cash will not fund more training posts if they continue to strike, in interview with Sunday Times
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/afbe...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/afbe...
Junior doctor strikes will mean fewer jobs, Wes Streeting warns
The health secretary says walkouts from November 14 could force him to scale back plans for more specialist training posts
www.thetimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
From government to private enterprise why is everyone suddenly apparently unaware that discarding the junior ranks will mean in 10 - 15 years you won't have any experienced senior ranked employees? Is everyone just assuming AI will be able to do their jobs by then?
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"Amazon as a whole consumed 105bn gallons of water in total in 2021, as much as 958,000 US households, which would make for a city bigger than San Francisco, according to the memo."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Amazon as a whole consumed 105bn gallons of water in total in 2021, as much as 958,000 US households, which would make for a city bigger than San Francisco, according to the memo."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...