Hwaet
@cog1.bsky.social
Hwæt we Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
Seeing some excellent usage of flags as displays of national pride on #WinterOlympics
This is how to do it. Not a lamppost in sight.
This is how to do it. Not a lamppost in sight.
February 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Seeing some excellent usage of flags as displays of national pride on #WinterOlympics
This is how to do it. Not a lamppost in sight.
This is how to do it. Not a lamppost in sight.
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Well now. Person employed by AI company coming-out to say that "Ai is dead good, and that" isn't a surprise. But the fact that it's Gideon fucking Osborne is just the icing on the bullshit flavoured cake, with dogshit icing. Who'd have thought an absestos salesman would say asbestos is great, eh?
Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Well now. Person employed by AI company coming-out to say that "Ai is dead good, and that" isn't a surprise. But the fact that it's Gideon fucking Osborne is just the icing on the bullshit flavoured cake, with dogshit icing. Who'd have thought an absestos salesman would say asbestos is great, eh?
My sapient pearwood luggage has arrived
February 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
My sapient pearwood luggage has arrived
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
Looking at Facebook posts from yesterday, and it’s full of flag avatars wishing each other a “Happy Pancake Day” and — even worse — “Happy Lent”. People have lost their fucking minds.
February 18, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Looking at Facebook posts from yesterday, and it’s full of flag avatars wishing each other a “Happy Pancake Day” and — even worse — “Happy Lent”. People have lost their fucking minds.
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Dear visitors: This is London. It’s not “the subway”, it’s The Underground or “the tube”.
February 18, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Dear visitors: This is London. It’s not “the subway”, it’s The Underground or “the tube”.
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I’ve spent 45 years craving art that would feed my imagination and let me see new worlds and new parts of myself, while the kinds of people who love AI called that “a waste of time”.
Now they want to force-feed me slop and I’m at fault for saying “no”?
Fuck them.
Now they want to force-feed me slop and I’m at fault for saying “no”?
Fuck them.
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I’ve spent 45 years craving art that would feed my imagination and let me see new worlds and new parts of myself, while the kinds of people who love AI called that “a waste of time”.
Now they want to force-feed me slop and I’m at fault for saying “no”?
Fuck them.
Now they want to force-feed me slop and I’m at fault for saying “no”?
Fuck them.
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Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
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mRNA vaccines
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 2:36 AM
mRNA vaccines
This is why I love Bluesky
As far as anthropomorphised kiwifruit go, I much prefer the kiwi brothers
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22-...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22-...
Who are the swaying Kiwi Brothers?
And why do they sway so mournfully?
thespinoff.co.nz
February 18, 2026 at 2:58 AM
This is why I love Bluesky
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Pretty sure Wuthering Heights would be getting a lot better reviews if they’d used my theme tune that I sent them.
Yes, I know I’m just singing Wuthering Heights to the tune of Blankety Blank but it’s catchy as fuck and will let everyone know they’re in for a good time at the flicks.
Yes, I know I’m just singing Wuthering Heights to the tune of Blankety Blank but it’s catchy as fuck and will let everyone know they’re in for a good time at the flicks.
February 17, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Pretty sure Wuthering Heights would be getting a lot better reviews if they’d used my theme tune that I sent them.
Yes, I know I’m just singing Wuthering Heights to the tune of Blankety Blank but it’s catchy as fuck and will let everyone know they’re in for a good time at the flicks.
Yes, I know I’m just singing Wuthering Heights to the tune of Blankety Blank but it’s catchy as fuck and will let everyone know they’re in for a good time at the flicks.
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Farage absolutely clueless on the Epstein/Mandelson story here, where the FT (especially @pickardje.bsky.social) has led the way on recent revelations. His thin skin could easily become a vulnerability.
Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question.
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
February 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Farage absolutely clueless on the Epstein/Mandelson story here, where the FT (especially @pickardje.bsky.social) has led the way on recent revelations. His thin skin could easily become a vulnerability.
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Welcome to Reform’s front bench
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Welcome to Reform’s front bench
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
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A political party that spent years yelling "Britain Is Full!" suddenly declaring that UK women should be forced to be broodmares by the state, I'd say 'lacks a coherent ideology', so is presumably run by a bunch of vile reactionary chancers who are easily bought. But then, I'm cynical like that.
February 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
A political party that spent years yelling "Britain Is Full!" suddenly declaring that UK women should be forced to be broodmares by the state, I'd say 'lacks a coherent ideology', so is presumably run by a bunch of vile reactionary chancers who are easily bought. But then, I'm cynical like that.
February 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Happy 70th birthday to ATV in the Midlands…
ATV Idents - 1955 to 1982 (Recreations)
YouTube video by Gavin Moffitt
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Happy 70th birthday to ATV in the Midlands…
Confirmation that being an arsehole is a lifestyle choice
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h... "I am a pain in the arse and have fucked up real bad and want it to be someone else's fault"
I’m a London parent who hasn’t vaccinated my kids against measles, let me explain
A new outbreak of measles is spreading across north London, and it’s a wake-up call to all mums like me who didn’t give the MMR vaccines to our children, says Charlotte Cripps
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h... "I am a pain in the arse and have fucked up real bad and want it to be someone else's fault"
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I find this so fucking sad actually
it's from a great article by @bildoperationen.bsky.social
journals.openedition.org/transbordeur...
it's from a great article by @bildoperationen.bsky.social
journals.openedition.org/transbordeur...
February 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I find this so fucking sad actually
it's from a great article by @bildoperationen.bsky.social
journals.openedition.org/transbordeur...
it's from a great article by @bildoperationen.bsky.social
journals.openedition.org/transbordeur...
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I thought the pandemic might have taught more people that there are events where everyone gets the shitty stick at the same time and there's simply no one to complain to. See also war, financial crashes, extreme weather events. Some of us are still waiting for the pandemic to end. Who do we sue?
This is emblematic of the consumer culture that fees have engendered.
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I thought the pandemic might have taught more people that there are events where everyone gets the shitty stick at the same time and there's simply no one to complain to. See also war, financial crashes, extreme weather events. Some of us are still waiting for the pandemic to end. Who do we sue?
Just had a sauna, and there was a man pontificating about making his girlfriend go to the gym and to a dry ski slope for weeks prior to their skiing trip, “so I could have her skiing from day one and I didn’t have to nanny her.” I want to send the poor girl a bottle of wine and a bar of Dairy Milk.
February 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Just had a sauna, and there was a man pontificating about making his girlfriend go to the gym and to a dry ski slope for weeks prior to their skiing trip, “so I could have her skiing from day one and I didn’t have to nanny her.” I want to send the poor girl a bottle of wine and a bar of Dairy Milk.
Let’s not forget, in addition to everything else that is wrong with this, all those humans who will have been exploited to feed books into scanners and shred them afterwards. Generally the most vulnerable people who cannot afford to turn down pittance wages.
I've seen this episode of Buffy and it nearly ended very badly for Willow.
“AI giant Anthropic ran a massive program called Project Panama where they spent tens of millions of dollars to hoover up used books, which they then sliced, scanned, and pulped.”
February 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Let’s not forget, in addition to everything else that is wrong with this, all those humans who will have been exploited to feed books into scanners and shred them afterwards. Generally the most vulnerable people who cannot afford to turn down pittance wages.
This could actually persuade me that AI really is sentient and is having a laugh at our expense.
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 17, 2026 at 12:56 PM
This could actually persuade me that AI really is sentient and is having a laugh at our expense.
Even before the abomination of AI I was bewailing the fact that people seem to think that having a copy of the slides replaces personal note taking. It doesn’t. Something magical happens between brain, hand and paper/screen, the product of which is “learning".
And then you have no emotional or intellectual stake in what it wrote. Writing is hard, which is the whole point of it, and when you've done it you've accomplished something worthwhile. AI shortcuts undermine the whole enterprise.
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Even before the abomination of AI I was bewailing the fact that people seem to think that having a copy of the slides replaces personal note taking. It doesn’t. Something magical happens between brain, hand and paper/screen, the product of which is “learning".