Adrian Selby
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Chews rather more than he can bite off. A bit left. A bit busy.
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“The most popular models privilege dominant ways of knowing (typically western and institutional) while marginalising alternatives, especially those encoded in oral traditions, embodied practice and languages”
“The most popular models privilege dominant ways of knowing (typically western and institutional) while marginalising alternatives, especially those encoded in oral traditions, embodied practice and languages”
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
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November 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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“The most popular models privilege dominant ways of knowing (typically western and institutional) while marginalising alternatives, especially those encoded in oral traditions, embodied practice and languages”
“The most popular models privilege dominant ways of knowing (typically western and institutional) while marginalising alternatives, especially those encoded in oral traditions, embodied practice and languages”
Sally Wainwright killing it once again with Riot Women. So good.
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Sally Wainwright killing it once again with Riot Women. So good.
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Polly is bang on with this. The BBC needs protecting and strengthening.
Polly is bang on with this. The BBC needs protecting and strengthening.
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Polly is bang on with this. The BBC needs protecting and strengthening.
Polly is bang on with this. The BBC needs protecting and strengthening.
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Like why would the bbc need to ‘balance’ its cover of the US in this way?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Like why would the bbc need to ‘balance’ its cover of the US in this way?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
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“When we hold our phones we have, in theory, most of the world’s accumulated knowledge at our fingertips, so why do we spend so much time dragging our eyeballs over dreck?”
“When we hold our phones we have, in theory, most of the world’s accumulated knowledge at our fingertips, so why do we spend so much time dragging our eyeballs over dreck?”
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
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October 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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“When we hold our phones we have, in theory, most of the world’s accumulated knowledge at our fingertips, so why do we spend so much time dragging our eyeballs over dreck?”
“When we hold our phones we have, in theory, most of the world’s accumulated knowledge at our fingertips, so why do we spend so much time dragging our eyeballs over dreck?”
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Here's the stamp on the back!
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Here's the stamp on the back!
Andor grounds Star Wars.
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Andor grounds Star Wars.
#lowkey absolutely amazing tonight in Brighton. A privilege to see him work. Shout out too to the girl in the audience who duetted the one track :)
September 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#lowkey absolutely amazing tonight in Brighton. A privilege to see him work. Shout out too to the girl in the audience who duetted the one track :)
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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This feels important. Not sure why.
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This feels important. Not sure why.
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I think he’s running against Susan Collins
September 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I think he’s running against Susan Collins
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One use of AI I could get on board with is using it to scan YouTube and Tiktok etc posts for disinformation and nonsense and lies and either take it down or, if that violates freedom of speech, slap warnings all over it that the host is talking cobblers and link to actual facts.
September 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
One use of AI I could get on board with is using it to scan YouTube and Tiktok etc posts for disinformation and nonsense and lies and either take it down or, if that violates freedom of speech, slap warnings all over it that the host is talking cobblers and link to actual facts.
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No lies detected....
September 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
No lies detected....
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The desperation by those on the Right to smear Angela Rayner is wearing thin🙄
And no - don’t bother replying UNTIL you’ve read the thread!
I’ve trawled through multiple versions of this “story” in the Telegraph and Daily Mail to try and piece together what’s going on!
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And no - don’t bother replying UNTIL you’ve read the thread!
I’ve trawled through multiple versions of this “story” in the Telegraph and Daily Mail to try and piece together what’s going on!
🧵1/17
August 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The desperation by those on the Right to smear Angela Rayner is wearing thin🙄
And no - don’t bother replying UNTIL you’ve read the thread!
I’ve trawled through multiple versions of this “story” in the Telegraph and Daily Mail to try and piece together what’s going on!
🧵1/17
And no - don’t bother replying UNTIL you’ve read the thread!
I’ve trawled through multiple versions of this “story” in the Telegraph and Daily Mail to try and piece together what’s going on!
🧵1/17
I can’t take a season of this, #Liverpool, you’re taking years off me.
August 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I can’t take a season of this, #Liverpool, you’re taking years off me.
Total Misty Mountains vibes
Where the Karakoram Highway connects Pakistan with China over the Khunjerab Pass at 4700m above sea level, one of the highest paved roads in the world.
August 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Total Misty Mountains vibes
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Interesting survey, but the question about immigrants being perceived not to share our values winds me up. What exactly are ‘our’ values anyway?
Interesting survey, but the question about immigrants being perceived not to share our values winds me up. What exactly are ‘our’ values anyway?
Is there public support for large-scale removals of migrants? | YouGov
Public attitudes towards immigration are heavily influenced by the belief that most migration to the UK is 'illegal’
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August 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Interesting survey, but the question about immigrants being perceived not to share our values winds me up. What exactly are ‘our’ values anyway?
Interesting survey, but the question about immigrants being perceived not to share our values winds me up. What exactly are ‘our’ values anyway?
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Real.
August 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Real.
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It doesn’t strike me that he’s given much thought to the strong likelihood that nothing will turn out as he’d like to think it could. Maybe direct your efforts into good social governance models.
It doesn’t strike me that he’s given much thought to the strong likelihood that nothing will turn out as he’d like to think it could. Maybe direct your efforts into good social governance models.
Demis Hassabis on our AI future: ‘It’ll be 10 times bigger than the Industrial Revolution – and maybe 10 times faster’
The head of Google’s DeepMind says artificial intelligence could usher in an era of ‘incredible productivity’ and ‘radical abundance’. But who will it benefit? And why does he wish the tech giants had...
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August 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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It doesn’t strike me that he’s given much thought to the strong likelihood that nothing will turn out as he’d like to think it could. Maybe direct your efforts into good social governance models.
It doesn’t strike me that he’s given much thought to the strong likelihood that nothing will turn out as he’d like to think it could. Maybe direct your efforts into good social governance models.
