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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

I mean, surely weekend, late night and lone working, whilst officially "frowned upon" <cough>, is still mandatory, right?

Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

Wait what?

I missed burning grad students for weekend working!

I've been out of chemistry for nearly a decade now, tell me, are the synthetic organic chemists still emulating/worshipping at the work culture of RB Woodward? Or has some sanity and decency entered the workplace?

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 17h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

I worry that the sandwich/hotdog debates are less vehement than they were.

Perhaps I should let them go, but as I age, the nostalgia grips me...

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

Ah yes, the wonderful pairing of systematised gaslighting and theft that is modern capitalism.

"A artistic career is worthless because it doesn't immediately translate into units of production! Units I define conveniently for my exploitation of you. So just hand over those worthless artworks..."

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

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

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

She's actually gutted she didn't think of it first.

Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

This is how they draw you in. With "help" and "kindness".

It's actually a method of gaslighting and psychological torture.

I may have adopted a deliberately extremist position for comedy purposes, but this *IS* the internet, so that's allowed. Probably.

(Glad you get help. I feel your pain)

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

This is a hate crime that should be tried in The Hague.

Minimum.

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

Unfortunately I think the business model is "viable" in exactly the same way that war and chattel slavery are/were...

...That isn't, I grant, the *GOOD* viable!

They get away with it by what is, essentially, stochastic violence. Who can stop them before the profits are made and the harms are done?

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

My presentation skills aren't the best, but I can create wonderful flavours and do some fun/cleverish techniques.

I can also throw a sizzling hot cast iron pan at a waiter with unerring accuracy. Quite an advanced skill.

(Yes, I am exaggerating for comic effect. Never throw pans at people. bad!)

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

My beloved wife, the most wonderful and kind human, has a similar policy with my kitchen.

Yes it is *MY* kitchen, I do all the cooking and (in the dim and distant past) trained as a chef.

I reached the "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY KITCHEN!" stagel of Cordon Bleu cookery...

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1d

My wife doesn't have assigned drawers for any of her clothes. T-shirts go in with dresses, trousers with jumpers, even towels are chucked in anywhere. Her socks go in my sock drawer. This should be her fess, but she doesn't see the problem.

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

P.S. If your industry actually openly relies on theft (of IP or anything else) perhaps rethink it.

Just a heads up.

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 17h

Good!

1) Indiscriminate use of any dataset to train (esp. generative) "AI" (still hate the term for glorified autocorrect) has inherent risks re: dis/misinformation.

2) If other people's property is just up for grabs, I would like to bagsy some bank accounts and megayachts pleasethankyou.

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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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 18h

MOFs...finally!

#chemsky

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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 1d

Any reaction that uses any element heavier than hydrogen is not metal free...

...according to astronomers.

Aren't definitions fun?

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[16] This is the English version of Trump’s ‘inner cities’ & ‘no go areas’ racist dog whistles - combined with Trump’s ‘fake news’ accusations.

In a functioning liberal democracy this nasty man would be forced to resign. It’s likely, however, that other larger parties will agree with him.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[15] Between posts 11 & 12, the word ‘mainstream’ got left out. ‘Not mainstream politicians’. Apologies I find it hard to concentrate so words go astray!

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[14] The collapse of the Torys into a far right rump, instigated by Johnson has reached the worst extreme in this interview. What we hear, versus what the far right street gangs do, are v different things. They’ll hear a mainstream politician telling them it’s OK to smash up non-White communities.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[13] With the far right, everything is ‘double-speak’. They say one thing, but mean another. So you’ll have been inundated with them screaming free speech, but you’ll find that in power they will censor & criminalise it. So Jenrick accuses the questioner:

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[12] … politicians. The last time that the current far right Tory talking points were used was with Enoch Powell & his Rivers of Blood speech in 1968. Powell was so ostracised he had to become a Northern Ireland politician. The event led to a taboo on racism in mainstream politics. Overview:

Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood: The speech that divided a nation

He feared the division of a nation, yet who or what divided Britain more than Enoch Powell himself?

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[11] … the far right. Its hatred & incitement to violence against trans people & acceptance of the far right terminology used against refugees are well known.

Then Jenrick doubles down. He says the ‘debate’ has been going on for decades. It has in far right gangs & Neo-Nazi groups - not…

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s not racist to be racist,” say the racists

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[10] … things, he asked questions of what was a particularly emotive thing to say about ‘White faces’. Here’s where Jenrick does the attack the questioner & accuses him/journos of fomenting terrorism. Ironically, British print journalism does often incite hate & violence, but not against…

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[9] The challenge with racist dog-whistles is when you are found out. You can see this clearly when Jenrick is challenged. He accuses the mild journo of ‘trying to shut’ him down. Claims that the journo is ‘implying you can’t say comments like that’. Of course the journalist didn’t do those…

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