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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 30m

The Climate Diplomat by Peter Betts review – the most important person you’ve never heard of
#GI5052 #environment #GI7037

The Climate Diplomat by Peter Betts review – the most important person you’ve never heard of

A British civil servant’s revelatory account of negotiations to avert climate catastrophe

www.theguardian.com

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2h

A Gaza ceasefire deal could be Trump’s biggest diplomatic achievement – but the devil is in the detail
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A Gaza ceasefire deal could be Trump’s biggest diplomatic achievement – but the devil is in the detail

The plan attempts to thread the needle between creating the conditions for a ceasefire and negotiating a lasting end to the war but hard questions remain

www.theguardian.com

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 3h

Marco Rubio interrupts Trump with handwritten note on Gaza deal

Note from secretary of state says ‘you need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first’

www.theguardian.com

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 4d

I do hope that the dozen or so consumptive people in the hall don’t have to suffer too much longer, and that the tosser whose mobile phone went off in the quiet closing bars of the final movement is able to have it surgically removed tonight (presuming that is where the people around him shoved it)

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 4d

An evening with my daughter at the Barbican to hear Sakari Oramo conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler 9. It was quite something

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 9d

Yep, this is a must-read:

“AI isn't going to wake up, become superintelligent and turn you into paperclips – but rich people with AI investor psychosis are almost certainly going to make you much, much poorer”

Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 9d

I very much recommend reading the ever wise Cory Doctrow's very clear explanation about why A.I. is a bubble and it's about to pop.

"AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations." 🔌💡

pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Screenshot from Corey's article which features a one hundred trillion dollar note from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe altered to including a glowing red lens and a drawing of Sam Altman's face. Below it is the title of the post "The real (economic) AI apocalypse is night"

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 9d

Good grief
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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 10d

'Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond', writes @radchenko.bsky.social
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Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond | Sergey Radchenko

Despite the cost of shooting down fighter jets and drones, small skirmishes remind both sides of the dangers of escalation, says academic Sergey Radchenko

www.theguardian.com

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 11d

What, there are still Meta enthusiasts out there?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor

The Meta CEO fumbled a demo of his AI Ray-Bans, giving us hope that the robots might be too dumb to take over

www.theguardian.com

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 11d

But Wilde would not forgive you for admiring someone who can do something useful

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 11d

The Telegraph today made the case for King Charles’ subtle diplomacy in advancing Ukraine’s interests (although I wouldn’t rule out Kate exerting some influence too, from the look on Trump’s stupid face)
#statevisit #GI5052 #GI7037

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 11d

And Mitch Hedberg’s brilliant response still works: “Celebrating the fifth anniversary of you asking me that question”

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Hell-issa Johnson, PhD 🎃 @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 14d

Most of my students think it's okay to use for "brainstorming" and "generating ideas." Once again: GENERATING IDEAS IS THE ENTIRE POINT OF YOU

Jillianne Hamilton 🦇 @jilly.ca · 14d

“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement.

YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 14d

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 14d

I wonder if any country has ever invoked Article 5 and, if so, which NATO member it was.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Bessent on why US troops won't get involved in defending Europe: "As I told my European counterparts about two weeks ago, 'All I hear from you is that Putin wants to march into Warsaw. The one thing I'm sure of is that Putin isn't marching into Boston.'"

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 14d

It’s also desperately unfair on the students, who find themselves in a strange land, without the basic tools they need to cope with their classes, while working to earn money (to send home?).

They may not be the authors of their predicament, just as they may not have authored ‘their’ assignments

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 14d

Everything. At his best, the answer is: Everything

Bachtrack @bachtrack.com · 14d

Dmitri Shostakovich was born on this day in 1906. In this fascinating article, Stephen Johnson asks, what does Shostakovich’s music mean for us today?
bachtrack.com/feature-shos...

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 14d

He should be typing with only one hand

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 15d

AI companionship

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 14d

He should be typing with only one hand

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 14d

Amen to this

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 14d

‘If universities are not already alive to this reality, they need to wake up. Every forged medical letter that passes unchecked, every essay or thesis written by a ghostwriter … undermines the credibility of the institution and the degree it awards.’

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 17d

NEW on Wonkhe: As universities rely increasingly on international fees, Daniel Sokol asks whether financial pressure is blinding institutions to a growing trade in deception buff.ly/YVffQG5

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 14d

Glorious day in London

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 15d

Now think about what it’s doing to our children that some teachers are relying on it to develop lesson plans that no one is fact- or bias-checking.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15d

The article echoes what I’ve seen and heard from peers: AI makes it easy to produce slick but shallow work that looks plausible on the surface, yet riddled with errors or bad assumptions underneath.

Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it.

It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 15d

The transcript of Trump's UN speech is wild. "All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. If the First Lady wasn't in great shape, she would've fallen. But she's in great shape." www.rev.com/transcripts/...

Donald Trump United Nations General Assembly | Rev

Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Read the transcript here.

www.rev.com

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