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Irene

@derbren.bsky.social

1.2K followers 700 following 7.9K posts

books, bikes, cats, cheese, and cinemas. Non-practising German. Unreliable narrator, ready for my close-up. Probably have a crush on you. For more, go here: https://linktr.ee/DerBren

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 5h

petition to retire the phrase “that doesn’t cost the earth”

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 5h

Do you know how rich you had to be to be able to watch a movie on demand while sitting on a toilet in 1953? And now virtually anyone can do it.

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 6h

just walked past someone in the street who said - to no one, addresing the oncoming traffic: “put your head between your legs and blow”

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 7h

found the team that won the Betsey Book Quiz.
And met all you lot 😘

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 18h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 8h

goals

NecroFrancer 🦇🐍™️ @danceyfrancy.bsky.social · 15h

The key is to look like you have a completely dead expression but your eyes are seething. Once someone told me I had 'fuck off' written across my face v

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 11h

preorder her. 1 like= 1 preorder

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 11h

I already said I’ll buy it Daniel

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 11h

I hope that the likes this is getting aren’t all of you nodding along, recognising the thought. if so, put away your phone and go write, please. I promise I’ll buy the book.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 14h

In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 11h

*roars meekly*

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 11h

sometimes I think maybe I’d actually write something at some point if I didn’t pour every half-baked thought into this app here

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 11h

I’m not even anti-AI. I’m largely anti-GenAI. I think some AI is brilliant (such as anomaly detection in medical images, and cybersecurity defense stuff). But I’m anti-undifferentiated thinking all AI is good (and especially thinking that we should let it take important decisions!)

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 11h

Faith in the AI boom has recently been rattled by research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI.

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 11h

BRING.IT.ON

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 12h

that’s like when the bagel place was supposed to open across the road. got so excited about bagels for months and then the sign disappeared and it became one of those dessert shops

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 14h

@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social and @lucyfishwife.bsky.social hbu?

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 14h

lol. I think I’m safe at Citylit.

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 14h

should have shared this two weeks ago! could have saved myself a few quid

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 14h

then I don’t need the class anymore

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 14h

the plot is often the least interesting bit about any book

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 22h

Abridging has always been in vogue. Now, apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?

Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.

www.newyorker.com

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 15h

lol

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 15h

yes please!

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 15h

it me

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 15h

yeah the teacher is called Sean which is probably just a clever pseudonym

Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 15h

Only did one session so far. I was fun, but also quite challenging in terms of comfort zones (that’s probably good)

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