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"And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line".
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’
Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line".
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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one of the reasons fascism loses so consistently is that it is obsessed with the aesthetics of martial power over the reality of martial power. there's no reason a general needs to be personally strong, if he ever *sees* an enemy, somebody fucked up
Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."
September 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
one of the reasons fascism loses so consistently is that it is obsessed with the aesthetics of martial power over the reality of martial power. there's no reason a general needs to be personally strong, if he ever *sees* an enemy, somebody fucked up
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This epitomises Starmerism for me.
Scrapping an investment that's proven to reduce reoffending to generating short-term cash while ballooning long-term *cost* (and harm). Prioritising their own individual power and careers over the actual wellbeing of the country they're supposed to be governing.
Scrapping an investment that's proven to reduce reoffending to generating short-term cash while ballooning long-term *cost* (and harm). Prioritising their own individual power and careers over the actual wellbeing of the country they're supposed to be governing.
September 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This epitomises Starmerism for me.
Scrapping an investment that's proven to reduce reoffending to generating short-term cash while ballooning long-term *cost* (and harm). Prioritising their own individual power and careers over the actual wellbeing of the country they're supposed to be governing.
Scrapping an investment that's proven to reduce reoffending to generating short-term cash while ballooning long-term *cost* (and harm). Prioritising their own individual power and careers over the actual wellbeing of the country they're supposed to be governing.
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At some point, you have to defend democracy, not just pivot to talking points, or there won't be fair future elections to win www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/p...
What I told @ronbrownstein.bsky.social (joking/not joking):
What I told @ronbrownstein.bsky.social (joking/not joking):
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
At some point, you have to defend democracy, not just pivot to talking points, or there won't be fair future elections to win www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/p...
What I told @ronbrownstein.bsky.social (joking/not joking):
What I told @ronbrownstein.bsky.social (joking/not joking):
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Reminded of one of my friends, who taking advantage of the UL being a deposit library, ordered up to the reading room "Mr Bump's Bathtime", which is an inflatable book, and silently blew it up, surrounded by people focusing on their scholarly works.
The Reading Room at Cambridge University Library in 1934 and 2025. Which era do you prefer?
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #OldPhotos
Images:
1. Photograph of the Reading Room in 1934 (Cam.bb.934.7)
2. Photograph of the Reading Room taken in 2025
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #OldPhotos
Images:
1. Photograph of the Reading Room in 1934 (Cam.bb.934.7)
2. Photograph of the Reading Room taken in 2025
August 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reminded of one of my friends, who taking advantage of the UL being a deposit library, ordered up to the reading room "Mr Bump's Bathtime", which is an inflatable book, and silently blew it up, surrounded by people focusing on their scholarly works.
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Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
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“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
August 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
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![Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber who no longer works at the company, appeared on All-In to talk with hosts Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya about the future of technology. When the topic turned to AI, Kalanick discussed how he uses xAI’s Grok, which went haywire last week, praising Adolf Hitler and advocating for a second Holocaust against Jews.
“I’ll go down this thread with [Chat]GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics,” Kalanick explained. “And we’re approaching what’s known. And I’m trying to poke and see if there’s breakthroughs to be had. And I’ve gotten pretty damn close to some interesting breakthroughs just doing that.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlnirjwff4ibiw3wchmleszo/bafkreiac2szurc5dnw6klquhpjmo7iafg4n6fwmrqyred7jrrph6h6mptq@jpeg)
July 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Who the fuck do these lot think they are? And who the fuck do these lot think their *friends* are, if this is how they're carrying on?
July 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Who the fuck do these lot think they are? And who the fuck do these lot think their *friends* are, if this is how they're carrying on?
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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It’s pretty startling that it’s become a feature of the Roberts Court that they save the most outrageous and infuriating usurpations of the Constitution for the last day they are in session and then disappear for months onto the planes and boats of the billionaire friends safe from public scrutiny.
June 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s pretty startling that it’s become a feature of the Roberts Court that they save the most outrageous and infuriating usurpations of the Constitution for the last day they are in session and then disappear for months onto the planes and boats of the billionaire friends safe from public scrutiny.
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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Oh do the camps have showers.
Ron DeSantis on his new camp for migrants: "We've got showers. There you see the shower and bath facilities."
June 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Oh do the camps have showers.
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I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
Rightwingers in Israel and the US claim they are defending LGBTQ+ rights while Gaza’s people are killed. Don’t dare do this in our name, says British-Palestinian video producer and journalist Jad Salfiti
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
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From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
June 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
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The messaging this time doesn’t even seem to pay lip service to the welfare of the Iranian people. I might have expected some cant about liberating them from a horrendous regime, even if we’d all have seen through it as a motivation and doubted the alternatives. But no: it’s just smash it up
June 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The messaging this time doesn’t even seem to pay lip service to the welfare of the Iranian people. I might have expected some cant about liberating them from a horrendous regime, even if we’d all have seen through it as a motivation and doubted the alternatives. But no: it’s just smash it up
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
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
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
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A great night celebrating Beltain at @butserancientfarm.co.uk last night #butserbeltain
May 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A great night celebrating Beltain at @butserancientfarm.co.uk last night #butserbeltain
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me reading national security secrets bc i've been accidentally added to a group chat
March 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
me reading national security secrets bc i've been accidentally added to a group chat
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1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
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Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Last night I attended one of what the LSO has called a “Half Six Fix’ at the Barbican Concert Hall.
Essentially it is an hour of classical music which runs from 18:30-19:30.
We heard Sir Antonio Pappano conduct A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Essentially it is an hour of classical music which runs from 18:30-19:30.
We heard Sir Antonio Pappano conduct A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
February 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Last night I attended one of what the LSO has called a “Half Six Fix’ at the Barbican Concert Hall.
Essentially it is an hour of classical music which runs from 18:30-19:30.
We heard Sir Antonio Pappano conduct A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Essentially it is an hour of classical music which runs from 18:30-19:30.
We heard Sir Antonio Pappano conduct A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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Not getting enough attention:
Trump froze funding for Pepfar, the HIV/AIDS program which has provided lifesaving drugs to 25m people in 50+ countries; totally transforming the health outlook in Africa. Hundreds of thousands depend on it every day. And it’s stopping.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump froze funding for Pepfar, the HIV/AIDS program which has provided lifesaving drugs to 25m people in 50+ countries; totally transforming the health outlook in Africa. Hundreds of thousands depend on it every day. And it’s stopping.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment to as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Not getting enough attention:
Trump froze funding for Pepfar, the HIV/AIDS program which has provided lifesaving drugs to 25m people in 50+ countries; totally transforming the health outlook in Africa. Hundreds of thousands depend on it every day. And it’s stopping.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump froze funding for Pepfar, the HIV/AIDS program which has provided lifesaving drugs to 25m people in 50+ countries; totally transforming the health outlook in Africa. Hundreds of thousands depend on it every day. And it’s stopping.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
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The Rooks Have Returned, Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov, 1871.
January 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Rooks Have Returned, Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov, 1871.
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My LinkedIn feeds silence on David Lynch is deafening
January 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My LinkedIn feeds silence on David Lynch is deafening