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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 5h

“We’re all cranks and/or crooks and we thought we could sell this bullshit to the world’s dumbest and most crooked governments” is going to ring very true however, not least because the British government seems to have dived into it arse-first, loudly squawking about how great it will be.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 6h

If anyone’s struggled to keep up with my threads on why the genAI bubble
Is a bubble, here’s a simplified pictorial explanation, the plug is OpenAI and the sockets are Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD

A power strip with the plug end plugged in to one of the sockets

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Jinzee @jinzee.bsky.social · 6h

If you're a Youtuber remember to disable Automatic Dubbing! They re-enabled the setting for me today and it's a garbage AI feature!

Settings > Upload defaults > Advanced Settings > Automatic dubbing

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 6h

Bribery

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 7h

"No, you don't understand, this is an *ethical* genocide" - some Labour-right briefcase freak, probably.

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 7h

I like to think I'm the first thing but I'm probably the second

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 7h

The COO of bluesky, Rose, is following the heritage foundation account on bluesky.

Soyweiser @soyweiser.bsky.social · 8h

She is the COO en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_o... of bsky. This is worrying because after the 'we are turning waffles into an anti-trans thing' by the CEO the CEO started to follow a transphobe. Shows a pattern.

Wonder when we find out one of them follows the discovery institute.

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 7h

Padding the list out with AI slop, I see

"Supermarket Simulator" cropped from the shared image.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Claude AI’s logo is unironically Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 8h

Every single person on this list is corrupt

Exposing the Labour Right 🥀✊🇵🇸 @labourrightwatch.bsky.social · 14h

The Labour MPs who think weapons should be classed as ethical investments.
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/t...

The Labour MPs who think weapons should be classed as ethical investments

In March 2025, a group of 96 Labour MPs and peers called for investments in arms manufacturing to be recategorised as ‘ethical’, arguing that ESG policies were holding back defence spen…

labourrightwatch.wordpress.com

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 20h

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 8h

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 9h

Best OS ever

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 9h

Arts degrees are only “worthless” because tech cunts revalued the highly desirable product of freelance artists at close to zero, cos it made running the digital supply pipes look cheaper on the spreadsheets. Pay properly for the arts, and see how worthless artists are.

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The Spectre Haunting Europe @frightfulhobgoblin.bsky.social · 10h

Haha oh boy wouldn't it be a thing if the government had mortgaged the whole economic fortunes of the country on these obviously overinflated penny stocks

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 11h

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI - on.ft.com/4o3RheA

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 11h

It was originally called Fidel's until they heard a customer on the phone say "yeah, we're all in Fidel's" (I just made this up but it is now my unshakable head canon)

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 12h

When changing the country's politics is off the table, all you have left is comms. They really believe the problem isn't the failed Thatcherite consensus of the last 5 decades, but a failure to "sell" it well enough.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 13h

Lulu is indeed lovely.

Please help her and the family that cares for her.

gofund.me/35fdca7d

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Guy Boo! 👻 @guyroux.bsky.social · 1d

Thames Water customers will be delighted to hear money from their bill increases is going towards YouTube adverts telling me they're upgrading their pipes. I'm in Devon. Nationalisation please

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 1d

He should go to Ireland and tell them

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Bob Vylan playing in front of the Israeli embassy for 24 hours @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 1d

Hey man, this you?

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.

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Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 2d

Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

A large number of far right actors who have been arrested, including leaders of these rallies, have convictions of domestic and/or sexual abuse, including of children. This is something that ought to be front and center whenever these people are talked about.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPL6RCE...

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