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I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
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If you need a giggle this morning I thoroughly recommend this - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard
Britain’s briefest PM kept her fans waiting before launching her latest plea for Maga attention in the form of a ham-fisted YouTube talk show
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
If you need a giggle this morning I thoroughly recommend this - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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More than anything else classism is that if you lose your company half a million you get fired, but if Zuck loses Meta 77 billion he gets paid $28 million.
Meritocracy doesn't fail due to DEI, if fails becaues we can't ever let a rich nimrod suffer consequences for any level of screwup.
Meritocracy doesn't fail due to DEI, if fails becaues we can't ever let a rich nimrod suffer consequences for any level of screwup.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
More than anything else classism is that if you lose your company half a million you get fired, but if Zuck loses Meta 77 billion he gets paid $28 million.
Meritocracy doesn't fail due to DEI, if fails becaues we can't ever let a rich nimrod suffer consequences for any level of screwup.
Meritocracy doesn't fail due to DEI, if fails becaues we can't ever let a rich nimrod suffer consequences for any level of screwup.
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Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
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![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
This is good on why you need formal (concept) ontologies before let your GenAI loose on things:
semanticallyspeaking.substack.com/p/semantical...
semanticallyspeaking.substack.com/p/semantical...
Semantically Speaking: Reasoning Without Reality
Why the New Blueprint for Reasoning Models Still Misses the World They Are Supposed to Understand.
semanticallyspeaking.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is good on why you need formal (concept) ontologies before let your GenAI loose on things:
semanticallyspeaking.substack.com/p/semantical...
semanticallyspeaking.substack.com/p/semantical...
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“In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."
time.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
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Possibly the worst idea I have ever heard
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Possibly the worst idea I have ever heard
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It was Marco Rubio's turn to recite spells from the Book of the Dead...
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It was Marco Rubio's turn to recite spells from the Book of the Dead...
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A reminder that London is far safer than many major cities, that crime is falling and that racists hate both these truths because they undermine their vicious little divisive narrative.
Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.
Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A reminder that London is far safer than many major cities, that crime is falling and that racists hate both these truths because they undermine their vicious little divisive narrative.
Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.
Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.
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Five (this one courtesy of @seanpdailey.bsky.social)
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Five (this one courtesy of @seanpdailey.bsky.social)
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2025, going on 2026, and we're yet again reinventing magic spells.
"By bell, book and candle
Let us get a handle
On this AI slop
Before it blows us up."
Oh, look, here's Captain Ludd, dancing in a frock, waving a hammer. His is an excellent plan.
"By bell, book and candle
Let us get a handle
On this AI slop
Before it blows us up."
Oh, look, here's Captain Ludd, dancing in a frock, waving a hammer. His is an excellent plan.
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
2025, going on 2026, and we're yet again reinventing magic spells.
"By bell, book and candle
Let us get a handle
On this AI slop
Before it blows us up."
Oh, look, here's Captain Ludd, dancing in a frock, waving a hammer. His is an excellent plan.
"By bell, book and candle
Let us get a handle
On this AI slop
Before it blows us up."
Oh, look, here's Captain Ludd, dancing in a frock, waving a hammer. His is an excellent plan.
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Hard to watch what looks like the U.S. applauding the aggressor while the suffering Ukrainians goes on. If talks now focus on drawing a de facto border with Russia, that’s not peace.
We shouldn’t be rewarding invaders and punishing the invaded. The world sees the cruelty and the hypocrisy.
#Awake
We shouldn’t be rewarding invaders and punishing the invaded. The world sees the cruelty and the hypocrisy.
#Awake
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Hard to watch what looks like the U.S. applauding the aggressor while the suffering Ukrainians goes on. If talks now focus on drawing a de facto border with Russia, that’s not peace.
We shouldn’t be rewarding invaders and punishing the invaded. The world sees the cruelty and the hypocrisy.
#Awake
We shouldn’t be rewarding invaders and punishing the invaded. The world sees the cruelty and the hypocrisy.
#Awake
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Budget 2025: This is how you lose the world iandunt.substack.com/p/budget-202...
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Budget 2025: This is how you lose the world iandunt.substack.com/p/budget-202...
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Still stuck on how some people just said remember: crime is illegal in a video and the president and the ruling party’s response was to announce many times that the river of blood will flow if we hear this heresy once more
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Still stuck on how some people just said remember: crime is illegal in a video and the president and the ruling party’s response was to announce many times that the river of blood will flow if we hear this heresy once more
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You also can’t “permanently pause” something.
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You also can’t “permanently pause” something.
Long thread of the most amazing and intricate designs from across history.
Plus a cock and balls from Roman Britain.
Plus a cock and balls from Roman Britain.
Part 209 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Miniature phallus pendant made of jet found at Vindolanda. Great Britain, Roman period, 4th century AD.
Miniature phallus pendant made of jet found at Vindolanda. Great Britain, Roman period, 4th century AD.
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Long thread of the most amazing and intricate designs from across history.
Plus a cock and balls from Roman Britain.
Plus a cock and balls from Roman Britain.
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turkey pardoned by trump rearrested for drunk driving and gun possession
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
turkey pardoned by trump rearrested for drunk driving and gun possession
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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It is - by this point - obvious to even casual observers of media that WAY MORE than a couple of MPs or MEPs have been compromised.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It is - by this point - obvious to even casual observers of media that WAY MORE than a couple of MPs or MEPs have been compromised.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
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Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
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If the AI people were smart, they'd be building their data centers with massive solar panels and could generate all the energy they need without destroying the grid. So far I haven't seen any evidence that they're all that smart, though. I'd bet their AIs could figure this out for them.
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If the AI people were smart, they'd be building their data centers with massive solar panels and could generate all the energy they need without destroying the grid. So far I haven't seen any evidence that they're all that smart, though. I'd bet their AIs could figure this out for them.