James Annan
@jdannan.bsky.social
jamesannan on twitter before it went down the shitter, climate scientist (as was - now retired) occasionally weighing in on various topics. Also @jdannan@fediscience.org (mastodon) and http://blueskiesresearch.org.uk/
Is it really the case that the debt can increase by 38% in 3 years? That's around 11% compounded (and that's ignoring any repayments). I know inflation just about touched 10% a few years back but it's been well under 5 for most of this time....
This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Is it really the case that the debt can increase by 38% in 3 years? That's around 11% compounded (and that's ignoring any repayments). I know inflation just about touched 10% a few years back but it's been well under 5 for most of this time....
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This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
WHY DID NO-ONE THINK OF THIS?
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
(Aside: everyone thought of this)
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
(Aside: everyone thought of this)
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 PM
WHY DID NO-ONE THINK OF THIS?
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
(Aside: everyone thought of this)
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
(Aside: everyone thought of this)
Even the Guardian can’t help itself with the sanewashing. This isn’t “digitally altered”. It is fake, fraudulent, dishonest, abusive. “Digitally altered” is a change in contrast or sharpness.
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Even the Guardian can’t help itself with the sanewashing. This isn’t “digitally altered”. It is fake, fraudulent, dishonest, abusive. “Digitally altered” is a change in contrast or sharpness.
Apparently I haven’t switched off enough of the Artificial Stupidity in my computer. (To be clear the LHS is my typing and the RHS is the autocomplete suggestion.)
January 22, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Apparently I haven’t switched off enough of the Artificial Stupidity in my computer. (To be clear the LHS is my typing and the RHS is the autocomplete suggestion.)
I’m sure that cover will fly off the shelves.
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I’m sure that cover will fly off the shelves.
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Kudos to Gary for realising and saying this ages ago. But bugger me, why were the "big guns" so slow to realise it too, and how much faith can we have in their judgement?
LLMs are not the way to AGI - and the big guns are finally starting to acknowledge it.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Breaking: Sir Demis Hassabis becomes the latest to say that ChatGPT is a dead-end and that we must turn our focus to world models
Per the Times of India:
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Kudos to Gary for realising and saying this ages ago. But bugger me, why were the "big guns" so slow to realise it too, and how much faith can we have in their judgement?
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Yes, the UK govt’s official position is that they should continue to post on xitter but no one in the UK should be allowed to read it.
I fundamentally cannot compute the push for a government level ban of X when the vast majority of government figures and the entire infrastructure of the progressive left that would push for a ban also spend their days doing volunteer work for Musk by providing free content to X to keep it alive
If Brazil can do it so can the UK - assuming they have the guts to ban paedophilia
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Yes, the UK govt’s official position is that they should continue to post on xitter but no one in the UK should be allowed to read it.
So the govt’s official position is that they should continue to use xitter but no one in the UK should be allowed to?
NEW: Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, says Ofcom would have the "full backing" of government if it opted to block access to X in the UK (but it's a decision for Ofcom)
January 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
So the govt’s official position is that they should continue to use xitter but no one in the UK should be allowed to?
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Shared as a guide to users. (Free link).
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Shared as a guide to users. (Free link).
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
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AI ISN’T PEOPLE
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM
AI ISN’T PEOPLE
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This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
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sorry to grimpost so soon into the year but we truly gotta fight back against the people who are proudly encouraging use of the mistake generator and that's going to mean criticising some people we formerly respected as people who like the idea of science or truth or evidence
January 1, 2026 at 7:16 AM
sorry to grimpost so soon into the year but we truly gotta fight back against the people who are proudly encouraging use of the mistake generator and that's going to mean criticising some people we formerly respected as people who like the idea of science or truth or evidence
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Without exaggeration, there has never been a major loss that has been so self-inflicted and openly welcomed as machine-generated lies, mainly because it appeals to big male egos and self-interest through chatbot sycophancy and those personalities have had the biggest platforms
January 1, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Without exaggeration, there has never been a major loss that has been so self-inflicted and openly welcomed as machine-generated lies, mainly because it appeals to big male egos and self-interest through chatbot sycophancy and those personalities have had the biggest platforms
Why are people not pointing out that this is idiotic nonsense? People can be living abroad for any number of reasons when they have children…the idea that these children are therefore not British is plainly silly.
New YouGov research for ippr finds that civic conceptions of being British are held by most people, with a third prioritising birthplace. Reform voters are outliers, against the general public view, weighting ancestry and ethnicity more highly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Why are people not pointing out that this is idiotic nonsense? People can be living abroad for any number of reasons when they have children…the idea that these children are therefore not British is plainly silly.
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Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video
December 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video
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Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
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☕️📖 Nothing like spending a cozy morning curled up under a blanket with a cup of tea and a book on my lap to keep me company while I endlessly scroll my phone
December 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
☕️📖 Nothing like spending a cozy morning curled up under a blanket with a cup of tea and a book on my lap to keep me company while I endlessly scroll my phone
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Turns out to be a pretty average flu year that started a bit earlier.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Turns out to be a pretty average flu year that started a bit earlier.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
Chess should consider itself extremely lucky that these are the biggest issues in its world!
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Chess should consider itself extremely lucky that these are the biggest issues in its world!
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There's a powerful illustration here regarding "influencers" vs. "experts".
December 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
There's a powerful illustration here regarding "influencers" vs. "experts".
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You guys all voted for this, admit it, and own it. All of you spend your careers spreading climate disinformation on Twitter. This is on you because you are the ones who have been constantly peddling the false narratives that brought us here in the first place.
December 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
You guys all voted for this, admit it, and own it. All of you spend your careers spreading climate disinformation on Twitter. This is on you because you are the ones who have been constantly peddling the false narratives that brought us here in the first place.