Orla Fiona Mulholland
@orlafmulholland.bsky.social
Scot in Berlin.
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The oil lamp at the end of "The Turin Horse" has gone out.
January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The oil lamp at the end of "The Turin Horse" has gone out.
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I see various people posting this up. Here’s me from 2001 talking about AI. Dunno how accurate it is. I hope it isn’t. youtu.be/6mvUqM2Ty5c?...
Conference "A.I." from the Armando Iannucci Show
YouTube video by Simon Kidd
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I see various people posting this up. Here’s me from 2001 talking about AI. Dunno how accurate it is. I hope it isn’t. youtu.be/6mvUqM2Ty5c?...
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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The display from @dundeeunitedfc.bsky.social
Ultras the other night:
"Choose Life, Ditch the Knife"
This is the kind of messages we are seeing across a lot of the Ultras groups, and it shows how conscious young working-class boys and girls are of their conditions. 🧵
Ultras the other night:
"Choose Life, Ditch the Knife"
This is the kind of messages we are seeing across a lot of the Ultras groups, and it shows how conscious young working-class boys and girls are of their conditions. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The display from @dundeeunitedfc.bsky.social
Ultras the other night:
"Choose Life, Ditch the Knife"
This is the kind of messages we are seeing across a lot of the Ultras groups, and it shows how conscious young working-class boys and girls are of their conditions. 🧵
Ultras the other night:
"Choose Life, Ditch the Knife"
This is the kind of messages we are seeing across a lot of the Ultras groups, and it shows how conscious young working-class boys and girls are of their conditions. 🧵
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Bow yer head, a great one be passing...
Sorry to hear of the death of Adam McNaughtan - The Jeely Piece Song, Where is the Glasgow that I used to know - and this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Bm...
Sorry to hear of the death of Adam McNaughtan - The Jeely Piece Song, Where is the Glasgow that I used to know - and this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Bm...
They're Pulling Doon the Buildin' Next Tae Oors
YouTube video by bigmanio
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Bow yer head, a great one be passing...
Sorry to hear of the death of Adam McNaughtan - The Jeely Piece Song, Where is the Glasgow that I used to know - and this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Bm...
Sorry to hear of the death of Adam McNaughtan - The Jeely Piece Song, Where is the Glasgow that I used to know - and this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Bm...
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I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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This is one of the best analyses of the total grift and scammery of AI in education I’ve seen, and it is a MUST Read: “Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI - defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...
defector.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is one of the best analyses of the total grift and scammery of AI in education I’ve seen, and it is a MUST Read: “Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI - defector.com/higher-eds-r...
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Meet me on the corner,
When the lights are coming on,
And I'll be there.
I promise I'll be there.
Down the empty streets,
We'll disappear into the dawn,
If you have dreams enough to share...
Pinkston Power Station, and its cooling pond, 1950s.
Pic: Andy McDonald, Dennistoun Camera Club
When the lights are coming on,
And I'll be there.
I promise I'll be there.
Down the empty streets,
We'll disappear into the dawn,
If you have dreams enough to share...
Pinkston Power Station, and its cooling pond, 1950s.
Pic: Andy McDonald, Dennistoun Camera Club
October 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Meet me on the corner,
When the lights are coming on,
And I'll be there.
I promise I'll be there.
Down the empty streets,
We'll disappear into the dawn,
If you have dreams enough to share...
Pinkston Power Station, and its cooling pond, 1950s.
Pic: Andy McDonald, Dennistoun Camera Club
When the lights are coming on,
And I'll be there.
I promise I'll be there.
Down the empty streets,
We'll disappear into the dawn,
If you have dreams enough to share...
Pinkston Power Station, and its cooling pond, 1950s.
Pic: Andy McDonald, Dennistoun Camera Club
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The Magnum Photo Archive has recently published 5 unseen photos from Raymond Depardon's now iconic Glasgow 1980 series, discovered during a digitisation project.
📷 Magnum/Raymond Depardon
#Glasgow
📷 Magnum/Raymond Depardon
#Glasgow
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The Magnum Photo Archive has recently published 5 unseen photos from Raymond Depardon's now iconic Glasgow 1980 series, discovered during a digitisation project.
📷 Magnum/Raymond Depardon
#Glasgow
📷 Magnum/Raymond Depardon
#Glasgow
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October 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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“Gehen wir diesen Samstag in Berlin auf die Straße. Es ist wahrscheinlich unsere letzte Chance, mit dem langen Schweigen zu brechen.” Ich habe gemeinsam mit Jacobin’s Loren Balhorn einen Aufruf veröffentlicht jacobin.de/artikel/all-...
»All Eyes on Gaza« kann nur der Anfang sein
Die Kundgebung am 27. September in Berlin könnte die größte pro-palästinensische Demonstration werden, die es in Deutschland je gegeben hat. Wer den politischen Wind drehen und den Genozid in Gaza noc...
jacobin.de
September 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Gehen wir diesen Samstag in Berlin auf die Straße. Es ist wahrscheinlich unsere letzte Chance, mit dem langen Schweigen zu brechen.” Ich habe gemeinsam mit Jacobin’s Loren Balhorn einen Aufruf veröffentlicht jacobin.de/artikel/all-...
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Once more for the people in the back
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Once more for the people in the back
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Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise | Gordon Brown
Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise | Gordon Brown
Homes without heating, bedrooms without beds. If we are to offer any hope to the children of austerity, the next few weeks will be decisive, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise | Gordon Brown
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Had a few conversations recently that make me think, for the first time in ages, there are some exciting things happening in media. This is one of the highlights: Equator, a new magazine set up by Nesrine Malik, Pankaj Mishra, Jonathan Shainin and others. Sign up for info here: www.equator.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Had a few conversations recently that make me think, for the first time in ages, there are some exciting things happening in media. This is one of the highlights: Equator, a new magazine set up by Nesrine Malik, Pankaj Mishra, Jonathan Shainin and others. Sign up for info here: www.equator.org
This is a great interview:
Historian Mar Hicks on why nothing about AI is inevitable
www.fastcompany.com/91384078/not...
Historian Mar Hicks on why nothing about AI is inevitable
www.fastcompany.com/91384078/not...
Historian Mar Hicks on why nothing about AI is inevitable
The author of Programmed Inquality peers through the AI hype by recalling the rise of past technologies.
www.fastcompany.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is a great interview:
Historian Mar Hicks on why nothing about AI is inevitable
www.fastcompany.com/91384078/not...
Historian Mar Hicks on why nothing about AI is inevitable
www.fastcompany.com/91384078/not...
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Ah! @monisharajesh.bsky.social ‘s night train book is out next week. Preview in The Guardian here www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
I’ve seen an early draft, and the chapter about Finland alone is so spot on that just that justifies buying it 😀
I’ve seen an early draft, and the chapter about Finland alone is so spot on that just that justifies buying it 😀
Sleeper hit: how Europe is revelling in the return of the night train
With a bucket list of journeys that would take her from Palermo to Trondheim and Istanbul, our writer rekindles her love affair with long-distance train journeys
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Ah! @monisharajesh.bsky.social ‘s night train book is out next week. Preview in The Guardian here www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
I’ve seen an early draft, and the chapter about Finland alone is so spot on that just that justifies buying it 😀
I’ve seen an early draft, and the chapter about Finland alone is so spot on that just that justifies buying it 😀
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Small is beautiful, in tech too:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage
Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Small is beautiful, in tech too:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government. They should halt all arms sales to Israel,” the FT editorial board writes
The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us
July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government. They should halt all arms sales to Israel,” the FT editorial board writes
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Sneaky academics include invisible (e.g., white text) AI prompts to give them a good review for sneaky reviewers who might use AI. 🙄 #AIEthics asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...
'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review
asia.nikkei.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sneaky academics include invisible (e.g., white text) AI prompts to give them a good review for sneaky reviewers who might use AI. 🙄 #AIEthics asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...