Jim Caris
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
Nobody can resolve that "my protagonist has been blown up" thing with Bond, it's literally impossible
a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a planet and the words illusivesoft on the bottom right
Alt: The Illusive Man from Mass Effect 2, a video game in which the protagonist is blown to smithereens in the first scene before being brought back to life by the Illusive Man and his organisation
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Nobody can resolve that "my protagonist has been blown up" thing with Bond, it's literally impossible
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In the last decade, the BBC has legitimised climate change denialism, paved the way for Brexit, defended the coup that was prorogation, over-platformed Farage's Far Right projects, and is neutral on our abandonment of human rights norms.
What is this 'good' it supposedly does?
What is this 'good' it supposedly does?
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In the last decade, the BBC has legitimised climate change denialism, paved the way for Brexit, defended the coup that was prorogation, over-platformed Farage's Far Right projects, and is neutral on our abandonment of human rights norms.
What is this 'good' it supposedly does?
What is this 'good' it supposedly does?
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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It remains frustrating that so many British moderates are rotted by GCism to the point that they can clearly recognise a far-right agenda but neatly carve out an exception for the transphobia that's integral to that agenda—as if it's a stopped clock situation—without a moment's self-reflection
I came across a clip from yesterday from LBC of John Sopel and Emily Maitlis talking to Shelagh Fogarty about what's happening at the BBC and they all conceded the complainant DID have a point about the BBC's pro-trans bias and it was just three people being transphobic for a couple of minutes.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It remains frustrating that so many British moderates are rotted by GCism to the point that they can clearly recognise a far-right agenda but neatly carve out an exception for the transphobia that's integral to that agenda—as if it's a stopped clock situation—without a moment's self-reflection
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A group of powerful national journalists choosing to single out the healthcare of a vulnerable minority for a campaign of intense laser-like scrutiny would, in an humane society, be described as an insane radicalised pogrom.
But on Normal Island, that's a Wednesday.
But on Normal Island, that's a Wednesday.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A group of powerful national journalists choosing to single out the healthcare of a vulnerable minority for a campaign of intense laser-like scrutiny would, in an humane society, be described as an insane radicalised pogrom.
But on Normal Island, that's a Wednesday.
But on Normal Island, that's a Wednesday.
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alt text for image: "PM picks former OpenAI exec as new AI adviser
Jade Leung was governance lead at the company behind ChatGPT before moving to AI Security Institute"
I'm sure this is the person the PM was told to pick.
Jade Leung was governance lead at the company behind ChatGPT before moving to AI Security Institute"
I'm sure this is the person the PM was told to pick.
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
alt text for image: "PM picks former OpenAI exec as new AI adviser
Jade Leung was governance lead at the company behind ChatGPT before moving to AI Security Institute"
I'm sure this is the person the PM was told to pick.
Jade Leung was governance lead at the company behind ChatGPT before moving to AI Security Institute"
I'm sure this is the person the PM was told to pick.
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Who's ready for WRESTLEMANIA 43?
The Saudi regime has executed Abdullah al-Derazi, under 18 at the time of his alleged crimes, linked to him attending demonstrations against the regime.
In August, the Saudis had executed Jabal Labbad, also arrested as a minor, in his case for attending demonstrations and funerals.
In August, the Saudis had executed Jabal Labbad, also arrested as a minor, in his case for attending demonstrations and funerals.
Saudi regime executes another child offender for attending protests
Amnesty said that the execution of Abdullah was just one of a long line of executions
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Who's ready for WRESTLEMANIA 43?
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Yes the "liberal" press could take an interest in this one but the UK has no mainstream news outlet that isn’t extremely antitrans and thrilled to publish any lies in service of that agenda
At one point, the right wing press printed a story that 1000+ families were part of a law suit over Tavistock referrals for puberty blockers.
The only slight problem was that at that point, there hadn't even been a thousand kids referred.
OK so maybe a bigger problem was it was all MADE UP.
The only slight problem was that at that point, there hadn't even been a thousand kids referred.
OK so maybe a bigger problem was it was all MADE UP.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Yes the "liberal" press could take an interest in this one but the UK has no mainstream news outlet that isn’t extremely antitrans and thrilled to publish any lies in service of that agenda
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A person is not "qualified" to be PM in the same way as they are qualified to be a surgeon or a mechanic. You can picture Polanski learning the technical aspects of government a lot more easily than you can picture Farage or Starmer acquiring the necessary ethical or humanistic qualities.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A person is not "qualified" to be PM in the same way as they are qualified to be a surgeon or a mechanic. You can picture Polanski learning the technical aspects of government a lot more easily than you can picture Farage or Starmer acquiring the necessary ethical or humanistic qualities.
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Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
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This is the fifth or sixth time I’ve been served up a paid Times ad pushing their criticism of one of Epstein’s many victims, and I’ve spoken before about where you will find that paper situated on the matter, when rich and powerful people are accused of crimes. Water that always needs muddying.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This is the fifth or sixth time I’ve been served up a paid Times ad pushing their criticism of one of Epstein’s many victims, and I’ve spoken before about where you will find that paper situated on the matter, when rich and powerful people are accused of crimes. Water that always needs muddying.
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The project of building a 'national culture' inevitably requires the creation of outgroups that are acceptable to be crushed, and I'm very tired of people trying to invent reasons why that is good, actually.
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The project of building a 'national culture' inevitably requires the creation of outgroups that are acceptable to be crushed, and I'm very tired of people trying to invent reasons why that is good, actually.
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As for the hazards, they’re clear and obvious. But while liberals have stood around defending a backsliding BBC, the right have carried on attacking it while building parallel organisations and institutions. All the time wasted defending it would have been better spent doing the same.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
As for the hazards, they’re clear and obvious. But while liberals have stood around defending a backsliding BBC, the right have carried on attacking it while building parallel organisations and institutions. All the time wasted defending it would have been better spent doing the same.
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This is all extremely shady, but also: the former *governance lead* at OpenAI? The company that consistently utterly fails with any kind of governance framework? On top of any other horrible corruption going on, Leung is clearly utterly incompetent.
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This is all extremely shady, but also: the former *governance lead* at OpenAI? The company that consistently utterly fails with any kind of governance framework? On top of any other horrible corruption going on, Leung is clearly utterly incompetent.
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This feels like a reasonable time to share an article from The Telegraph from 2023, which certainly makes it seem that Matt Hancock knew that I was interviewed to appear on BBC Question Time (how?) and seemed to attempt to intervene to prevent my appearance.
Should politicians…
Should politicians…
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This feels like a reasonable time to share an article from The Telegraph from 2023, which certainly makes it seem that Matt Hancock knew that I was interviewed to appear on BBC Question Time (how?) and seemed to attempt to intervene to prevent my appearance.
Should politicians…
Should politicians…
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Jade Leung worked for OpenAI from 2021 to 2023. You would expect her to have shares, worth a lot of money - which will get more valuable if OpenAI remains only lightly regulated.
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
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Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Jade Leung worked for OpenAI from 2021 to 2023. You would expect her to have shares, worth a lot of money - which will get more valuable if OpenAI remains only lightly regulated.
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
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Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
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There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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rather than banning phones from schools, the uk government could choose to actually force meta et al to moderate their platforms properly
Instagram has become a marketplace for neo-Nazis. Influencers are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and sell merchandise. Their content, drenched in antisemitism, misogyny, and racism, reaches millions daily. Meta knows it — but refuses to act.
Read more:
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Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy
Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...
globalextremism.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
rather than banning phones from schools, the uk government could choose to actually force meta et al to moderate their platforms properly
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whatthetrans.com/trans-allies...
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
Trans Allies Systematically Intimidated Inside Tavistock – What The Trans!?
whatthetrans.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
whatthetrans.com/trans-allies...
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
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NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
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Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.
Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
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Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware