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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 3h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 5h

I assume this is about Celebrity Traitors and not some Sachsgate 2 scandal I’ve missed.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 12h

very possibly THE pivotal moment of the 21st century

Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · 12h

Watch This .

According to a 2012 Business Insider article recounting Musk's interview with Sarah Lacy at PandoDaily, he admitted that in 2000, while driving on Sand Hill Road with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, he decided to show off. "Watch this," he said, moments before the McLaren spun out of control, flew "like a discus" three feet into the air, and crashed. The worst part, Musk acknowledged, was that the million-dollar car wasn't insured.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 1d

Solving a tricky efficiency puzzle in healthcare: Jigsaw Medical wants to help hospitals get paid, by integrating with their workflows

My latest startup profile, this time from a founder tackling a problem he knows well, for a second time.

Jigsaw Medical: Solving a tricky efficiency puzzle?

Jigsaw Medical integrates with hospitals' existing clinical coding workflows while boosting efficiency of this vital part of the healthcare economy.

preseednow.com

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI is advertising ChatGPT with outdoor display ads.

Qualified mechanics despairing at this one.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 1d

Solving a tricky efficiency puzzle in healthcare: Jigsaw Medical wants to help hospitals get paid, by integrating with their workflows

My latest startup profile, this time from a founder tackling a problem he knows well, for a second time.

Jigsaw Medical: Solving a tricky efficiency puzzle?

Jigsaw Medical integrates with hospitals' existing clinical coding workflows while boosting efficiency of this vital part of the healthcare economy.

preseednow.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 2d

It both the US and the UK, the political right teaches institutions not to mess with it – a small slip up with be ruthlessly and publicly exploited.

The left, meanwhile, teaches the same institutions it can be repeatedly and easily messed with, and there will barely be a squeak.

Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 2d

if that HIGNFY Euan Blair fuckup had been about a right-winger it'd have had full front-page scandal coverage in the Mail followed by frontpage coverage across the board for the next week, days of "BBC in crisis" headline coverage by the BBC, and parliamentary questions about Tim Davie's future

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 2d

Substack is milking the Free Press acquisition for publicity but I bet it wishes it could take a 10% cut from every acquisition of a newsletter on its platform instead.

Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

I had never thought of that but now you’ve wrecked my brain

“If Bari Weiss saved your life or got you back with your ex-wife…”

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

Electronic anarchy!

Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social · 4d

Doing some book research into the mid-90s internet - this is a glossary from The Internet For Beginners, Usborne, 1997. It has made me feel very nostalgic

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

PA was apparently involved in behaviour far worse than breaking into a poorly secured airbase, but they have done a terrible job of convincing the public of that.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

If the government simply did a better job of justifying why Palestine Action is proscribed, they might not need new laws.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 3d

Ah yes, the fine Labour tradition of… cracking down on protests.

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

AKA: Copy Americans with an ICE-style force… and a weird obsession with political backronyms

Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

Sam Altman on the Sora social AI video app:

“We are hearing from a lot of rightsholders who are very excited for this new kind of "interactive fan fiction" and think this new kind of engagement will accrue a lot of value to them”

Sora update #1

We have been learning quickly from how people are using Sora and taking feedback from users, rightsholders, and other interested groups. We of course spent a lot of time discussing this before...

blog.samaltman.com

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

Okay 1988 was a bumper year but Straight Up is up there for me.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

They simply don’t appreciate the greatest pop hit of 1988

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

Playing Paula Abdul’s ‘Straight Up’ on the Roland D-50 soft synth, and my kids are distinctly unimpressed

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

The novelty wears off quickly

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

A really good read on how ego-stroking helped save Nato

“‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’”: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink

“‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’”: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink

Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump – and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse

www.theguardian.com

Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting!

Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 4d

I hope Hat Trick Productions is going to issue an apology and correction in next week’s edition of Have I Got News For You, because totally fake viral social posts should not be presented as fact on national television.

Just wow.

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Ann O’Dea @annodea.com · 4d

Missed this but HIGNFY (in a scripted moment) spread a fully debunked, viral conspiracy theory about ID cards last night. The most basic of fact checking clearly never happened. When online rubbish makes it to mainstream, worrying for public discourse.

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 5d

Here’s the clip (which I will once again note for out-of-context reposts, is a total bullshit conspiracy/fake news).

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 5d

Last night I had a dream Aphex Twin turned up at my house, detuned my synthesiser pleasingly, and left again.

He wouldn’t let me take a photo so all I had as a memory was a synth patch labelled ‘AFX’.

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 6d

Dilemma: I'm starting to see videos shared on social media where I'm 50%+ sure they're AI generated as ragebait, but calling them out when I'm not sure seems wrong so I'm just quietly not engaging with them and despairing for the information ecosystem.

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