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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1h

What does that even mean? Fucking lobbyists

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 4h

Something where I'm a 1%er!

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 11h

Well that's a depressing read. It also underlined our troubling attitude to the conflict. We never properly backed Ukraine, we didn't destroy the Russian economy, we pushed Iran away...

Throwing Ukrainian gains away. Enabling Russia.

Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 14h

The Russian military is not stupid: it "has become a military that is capable of both evolving during this war and readying itself for future, high-tech conflicts."

They are deadly serious about fighting in Ukraine and beyond. We should be too.

How Russia Recovered

What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 15h

It's funny isn't it? It was Heseltine's crew that opened this door - very literally he and Thatcher. It's true that later on he did bemoan where things went, but when you mess your room you'd better be prepared to tidy it up.

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 15h

Ha ha ha.

Oh, Gwar never change.
Please, never change.

www.billboard.com/music/rock/g...

GWAR Singer Reacts to Alleged Outrage Over Onstage ‘Murder’ of Trump & Musk Dummies Amid 1st Amendment Crisis: ‘It’s Looney Tunes’

GWAR singer speaks to Billboard about the alleged outrage over band's 'cartoon' beheading of Elon Musk dummy at Riot Fest amid 1st Amendment crisis.

www.billboard.com

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Thing is, parrots are fascinating birds with complex social & (potentially) internal lives. The opposite of an LLM

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Wait... The first paragraph is clearly an admission of corruption

Staggeringly stupid

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

It's also what happens when you throw in with someone who is clearly not your friend. Weak

Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Another Brexit dividend

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

EU plan to match Trump steel tariffs spurs ‘existential threat’ to UK steel industry

Alarm sounds over plan in Brussels to double import tariff to 50% with four-fifths of UK exports heading to Europe

www.theguardian.com

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/HDsCeC6f0zc?...

The KLF - 3AM Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) (Official Video)

YouTube video by KLF

youtu.be

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Fellow asthmatic here. Coach Jerry is right.

Also the biggest polluters by far are industrial, environmental degradation & transport

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 1d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

local12.com

Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Been up since 0430, 4 days in so far.
#SleepIsForTheWeak

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Unlike state, I care for my disabled son every single day. And in many ways that's as unBritish as it gets.

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Tuesday’s French PM just dropped.

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

three cats are stacked on top of each other .

ALT: three cats are stacked on top of each other .

media.tenor.com

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

File under good news

HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 1d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Not bad
Wordle 1,571 3/6*

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Taken from this

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

www.theguardian.com

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Zelda Williams description of gen ai is great. I can't imagine how devoid of empathy you'd need to be to send a faked up video of someone's deceased father to their kid.

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

I'm old enough to remember when techbros said this about web browsers. That worked really well ...

Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 2d

This really gets at the scale of OpenAI's ambitions, a world in which it's not just a chatbot living inside a browser but an entire platform unto itself. from @willknight.bsky.social @laurengoode.bsky.social and @thiccreese.bsky.social

OpenAI Wants ChatGPT to Be Your Future Operation System

At OpenAI’s Developer Day, CEO Sam Altman showed off apps that run entirely inside the chat window—a new effort to turn ChatGPT into a platform.

www.wired.com

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

Now do sports coaches.

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 1d

This is really great but there's a few caveats. It's only open to 2000 artists - it's not universal. So people will still be forced to apply.

That the Irish government have noticed 40% profit from investment is heartening too.

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 2d

"Coming over here, living rent free in a wealthy-upper class family's loft. Who does he think he is?"

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Reposted by Gav

Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 2d

Unlikely, given his status as a Peruvian illegal immigrant.

Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 2d

I have so many questions about this

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Gav @antihippy.bsky.social · 2d

+1 for thrawn

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