Cameron Clark
@cameronclark.bsky.social
Premature geriatric
Former journo & audience guy, now solicitor
Former journo & audience guy, now solicitor
“Am I stupid? Scientists say it’s time to consider”
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“Am I stupid? Scientists say it’s time to consider”
I for one can’t wait for Labour to eat a mountain of shit for this budget, only to have to do it all over again next year when it fails to change the structural balance of the economy
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I for one can’t wait for Labour to eat a mountain of shit for this budget, only to have to do it all over again next year when it fails to change the structural balance of the economy
Yeah, I don’t think that’s how that works lads…
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Yeah, I don’t think that’s how that works lads…
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New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
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I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
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My “We’re not ENRON” press releases are raising a lot of questions already answered by the press releases.
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My “We’re not ENRON” press releases are raising a lot of questions already answered by the press releases.
It should worry us all that such a deeply bigoted sickness has overtaken so much of Britain’s media class
These people are as detached from reality as they are their morals – they just can’t see it
These people are as detached from reality as they are their morals – they just can’t see it
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It should worry us all that such a deeply bigoted sickness has overtaken so much of Britain’s media class
These people are as detached from reality as they are their morals – they just can’t see it
These people are as detached from reality as they are their morals – they just can’t see it
So Pritzker v. Vance in 2028 is just going to be us re-litigating The Last Jedi?
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
So Pritzker v. Vance in 2028 is just going to be us re-litigating The Last Jedi?
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Only the best people!
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Only the best people!
Probably a bad sign for the company that most people's reaction to this will be "OpenAI had a mental health team?"
A Research Leader Behind ChatGPT’s Mental Health Work Is Leaving OpenAI
The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Probably a bad sign for the company that most people's reaction to this will be "OpenAI had a mental health team?"
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Just an absolute joke of a newspaper these days
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just an absolute joke of a newspaper these days
I've observed this myself and often find it mad. You've got candidates who, most likely, have another 10-15 years of work in them, and significant experience/past seniority
I do understand the hesitancy, but it feels antiquated that we still regard employees in their 50s as 'old'
I do understand the hesitancy, but it feels antiquated that we still regard employees in their 50s as 'old'
Also, employers increasingly don't want anyone much over 50: if you lose a job in your 50s, you might well be absolutely stuffed, and the small lifeline of the state pension doesn't kick in until your late 60s. This is a big crisis coming down the track. Put as much money as you can into a pension!
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I've observed this myself and often find it mad. You've got candidates who, most likely, have another 10-15 years of work in them, and significant experience/past seniority
I do understand the hesitancy, but it feels antiquated that we still regard employees in their 50s as 'old'
I do understand the hesitancy, but it feels antiquated that we still regard employees in their 50s as 'old'
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Mayor's plan for pedestrianising Oxford Street is out, with only the western end of losing traffic for now (largely on one side of Regent Street) but the rest may follow at a later date if there's the political desire. Buses will go to the north, along Wigmore Street. Cycles will also be banned.
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Mayor's plan for pedestrianising Oxford Street is out, with only the western end of losing traffic for now (largely on one side of Regent Street) but the rest may follow at a later date if there's the political desire. Buses will go to the north, along Wigmore Street. Cycles will also be banned.
See also: 'Nepotism'/'nepo-baby'
8 times out of 10, when people use this they're actually referring to cronyism
8 times out of 10, when people use this they're actually referring to cronyism
I grumble about this. A new buzzword emerges with a specific, useful meaning, then quickly turns into a loose synonym for something we already have a word for because it's been around for ages (eg clickbait doesn't just mean a provocative headline, gaslighting doesn't just mean lying)
A reminder that “enshittification” has a specific and useful meaning and doesn’t just mean “things, companies or countries are getting worse”. There is an existing word for that which is “decline”.
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
See also: 'Nepotism'/'nepo-baby'
8 times out of 10, when people use this they're actually referring to cronyism
8 times out of 10, when people use this they're actually referring to cronyism
Well that's... something alright
Heatherwick and Manica reveal plans for ‘12-chimneys’ Birmingham City stadium
Heatherwick Studio and Manica Architecture have revealed their designs for Birmingham City FC’s new stadium, featuring 12 chimney-like roof supports
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Well that's... something alright
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this has been really interesting with the Ox Congestion Charge, where, I had a two hour debate with someone on here convinced she was gonna pay £70 each time she drove through it and simply would not hear me out that she, as a BB holder living inside the ring road, would have unlimited passes
A perpetual quirk of voter psychology (and one I'm not really sure you can 'solve') is people automatically assuming that all punitive measures will apply to them. See ULEZ in London for another example
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
A thing that I remember vividly from GE2015 is when you'd knock on the door of a never-gonna-be-hit-by-the-mansion-tax house that was never going to be hit by a mansion tax who really thought their house's inflated price meant it might be close to it. Turns out that has spread to officials!
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
this has been really interesting with the Ox Congestion Charge, where, I had a two hour debate with someone on here convinced she was gonna pay £70 each time she drove through it and simply would not hear me out that she, as a BB holder living inside the ring road, would have unlimited passes
A perpetual quirk of voter psychology (and one I'm not really sure you can 'solve') is people automatically assuming that all punitive measures will apply to them. See ULEZ in London for another example
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
A thing that I remember vividly from GE2015 is when you'd knock on the door of a never-gonna-be-hit-by-the-mansion-tax house that was never going to be hit by a mansion tax who really thought their house's inflated price meant it might be close to it. Turns out that has spread to officials!
I sometimes feel like I am going mad.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A perpetual quirk of voter psychology (and one I'm not really sure you can 'solve') is people automatically assuming that all punitive measures will apply to them. See ULEZ in London for another example
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
I do wonder if we've all developed some sort of collective amnesia around the 2024 GE?
People were very much suspicious of Labour's ability to deliver at the time - it was whole basis for which the Times refused to endorse them!
www.ft.com/content/68ee...
People were very much suspicious of Labour's ability to deliver at the time - it was whole basis for which the Times refused to endorse them!
www.ft.com/content/68ee...
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I do wonder if we've all developed some sort of collective amnesia around the 2024 GE?
People were very much suspicious of Labour's ability to deliver at the time - it was whole basis for which the Times refused to endorse them!
www.ft.com/content/68ee...
People were very much suspicious of Labour's ability to deliver at the time - it was whole basis for which the Times refused to endorse them!
www.ft.com/content/68ee...
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
It would be profoundly unwise for this guidance to be issued in its current form. The government's attempt to wash its hands of trans rights as a political issue has, perversely, ensured it'll remain an albatross for them
The Times has been leaked the full EHRC guidance on trans people/single sex spaces, and what it mainly confirms is that for all the calls for immediate implementation, this is still a vast, largely unresolved ethical can of worms, and a job creation scheme for lawyers.
![The EHRC document states it is “a legitimate aim” to provide single-sex spaces for “ensuring the safety of women or the privacy and dignity of women and/or men”.
The guidance said that if transgender people are excluded from a space, organisations should consider whether there is a suitable alternative for them and that it would not be proportionate to leave them without essential services, such as access to lavatories.
But it also outlines how in some cases that may not be possible owing to the physical constraints of buildings or high costs. It said: “It may be that offering alternative arrangements is not reasonably possible […] this may be because of the type of service being provided, the needs of the service users, the physical constraints of any building, or because of the disproportionate financial costs associated with making those arrangements.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fondzonhxhlrfp777gwvfmah/bafkreid2txt5re2in7zquojrpprocctbunz4kdyiz3qx7rgku55eyfdfqq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It would be profoundly unwise for this guidance to be issued in its current form. The government's attempt to wash its hands of trans rights as a political issue has, perversely, ensured it'll remain an albatross for them
I don't know how much we can meaningfully infer about the AI bubble from Nvidia's earnings call. The performance of chip-makers is likely to be something of a lagging indicator
To use the shovels/gold rush analogy: the shovel-maker only starts to suffer once new miners stop showing up
To use the shovels/gold rush analogy: the shovel-maker only starts to suffer once new miners stop showing up
Nvidia shrugs off ‘AI bubble’ anxiety with bumper chip demand
US tech group’s quarterly sales outstrip expectations, reassuring investors and boosting shares worldwide
www.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I don't know how much we can meaningfully infer about the AI bubble from Nvidia's earnings call. The performance of chip-makers is likely to be something of a lagging indicator
To use the shovels/gold rush analogy: the shovel-maker only starts to suffer once new miners stop showing up
To use the shovels/gold rush analogy: the shovel-maker only starts to suffer once new miners stop showing up
They're really starting to scrape the barrel for these Hollywood sequels
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
They're really starting to scrape the barrel for these Hollywood sequels
Bush's Law™️: all strands of thought will eventually lead back to the Harry Potter TV show
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Bush's Law™️: all strands of thought will eventually lead back to the Harry Potter TV show
Prediction: This outcome will have zero impact on the immigration 'debate' in the UK
Net migration now estimated to have fallen from 944,000 to 345,000 in Dec ‘24.
Some projections even suggest David Cameron’s old target of “tens of thousands” could be met. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
Some projections even suggest David Cameron’s old target of “tens of thousands” could be met. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Prediction: This outcome will have zero impact on the immigration 'debate' in the UK
Cowardice become something of a defining trait within 'establishment' politics, particularly on the left
We keep being told about the rise of dangerous, 'dark forces', but there's never a suggestion that we should try to fight back against such evils, only placate them
We keep being told about the rise of dangerous, 'dark forces', but there's never a suggestion that we should try to fight back against such evils, only placate them
Tl;dr - if Labour want to combat racism, they should say racism is wrong, over and over, and act on that belief (e.g. by leaving certain social media sites owned by racists). That would do more to promote anti-racist norms, and protect the interests of Britain's minorities than immigration controls.
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Cowardice become something of a defining trait within 'establishment' politics, particularly on the left
We keep being told about the rise of dangerous, 'dark forces', but there's never a suggestion that we should try to fight back against such evils, only placate them
We keep being told about the rise of dangerous, 'dark forces', but there's never a suggestion that we should try to fight back against such evils, only placate them