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IP addresses? Family number telephones? DNA?
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
IP addresses? Family number telephones? DNA?
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A brief history of the AI hype:
Credit: SandSerif by cartoonist, graphic designer, and illustrator, Sandy C.
Credit: SandSerif by cartoonist, graphic designer, and illustrator, Sandy C.
December 17, 2024 at 8:51 PM
A brief history of the AI hype:
Credit: SandSerif by cartoonist, graphic designer, and illustrator, Sandy C.
Credit: SandSerif by cartoonist, graphic designer, and illustrator, Sandy C.
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This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
Revised Definitions of the Verb "To Google" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rev...
Revised Definitions of the Verb “To Google”
1. To look something up quickly and then spend twenty minutes fact-checking the AI summary, only to find out that it was absolutely wrong.
2. To se...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Revised Definitions of the Verb "To Google" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rev...
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this is GREAT. Such a smart way to wrangle data into something really useful
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
this is GREAT. Such a smart way to wrangle data into something really useful
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Springer Nature retracting papers based on bonkers dataset
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Springer Nature retracting papers based on bonkers dataset
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
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The entirety of British politics now just consists of all parties from across the political spectrum making increasingly deranged statements about how and why they are going to deport people
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The entirety of British politics now just consists of all parties from across the political spectrum making increasingly deranged statements about how and why they are going to deport people
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Someone made a working computer out of Lego that is capable of playing tic-tac-toe/noughts and cross - simply incredible work! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Tic-Tac-Toe Playing Machine | LEGO® Ideas
I'm a bit in a hurry, can you give me a quick summary?This is an 18th-century-style machine with a medieval/knights game theme. With over 200 moving components,…
beta.ideas.lego.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Someone made a working computer out of Lego that is capable of playing tic-tac-toe/noughts and cross - simply incredible work! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
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NEW
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
The Best Philosophy Books of 2025
The best new philosophy books of 2025, as recommended by our philosophy editor, the author and podcaster Nigel Warburton
fivebooks.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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Why juries matter
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why juries matter
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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an important read for at least 2 reasons:
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.
There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.
taranis.ie
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
an important read for at least 2 reasons:
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
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Some folks were unable to access this essay last week, but happily The Verge graciously agreed to let me republish it on my Substack. You can find it there along with some new takes on critiques of my argument.
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-lang...
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-lang...
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Some folks were unable to access this essay last week, but happily The Verge graciously agreed to let me republish it on my Substack. You can find it there along with some new takes on critiques of my argument.
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-lang...
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-lang...
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“The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can try to convince your boss to fire you and replace you with AI,” says Cory Doctorow.
“The AI that can’t do your job is pushing on an open door because bosses are insatiably horny for firing workers and replacing them with automation.”
“The AI that can’t do your job is pushing on an open door because bosses are insatiably horny for firing workers and replacing them with automation.”
Cory Doctorow, the gatecrasher at the AI party
The writer coined the word ‘enshittification’ to describe how useful tech inevitably gets worse. Now he’s turning his sights on AI
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can try to convince your boss to fire you and replace you with AI,” says Cory Doctorow.
“The AI that can’t do your job is pushing on an open door because bosses are insatiably horny for firing workers and replacing them with automation.”
“The AI that can’t do your job is pushing on an open door because bosses are insatiably horny for firing workers and replacing them with automation.”
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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AI is great, pass it on.
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
AI is great, pass it on.
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THE CURSED RATIO
YourParty (or whatever it's called) has adopted a "pioneering collective member leadership role"
after a...wait for it...52:48 vote in favour
after a...wait for it...52:48 vote in favour
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
THE CURSED RATIO
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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Hmmm yes this is quite significant. www.thetimes.com/business/eco...
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Hmmm yes this is quite significant. www.thetimes.com/business/eco...
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As Jesus said: “You’re on your own mate, not my problem”
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
As Jesus said: “You’re on your own mate, not my problem”