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"Keyboard apologises for terrible news article"
I hate this phrasing and how it buys into what is essentially a falsehood about the autonomy of chatbots that is RIGHT NOW deforming our entire law and society. Grok doesn't say anything. That's like saying 'Microsoft Word apologized for losing everyone's files'
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:29 PM
"Keyboard apologises for terrible news article"
They need to rescue those people stuck in the ice before they start the race though, otherwise it isn't safe
Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
January 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
They need to rescue those people stuck in the ice before they start the race though, otherwise it isn't safe
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My two pieces this week on the Abd el-Fattah case.
At New Statesman comparing it with the Lucy Connolly case as a "free speech" issue:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
At Prospect, comparing it with Begum case re demands to deprive him of citizenship:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
At New Statesman comparing it with the Lucy Connolly case as a "free speech" issue:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
At Prospect, comparing it with Begum case re demands to deprive him of citizenship:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
When should social media posts have legal consequences?
Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah
www.newstatesman.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
My two pieces this week on the Abd el-Fattah case.
At New Statesman comparing it with the Lucy Connolly case as a "free speech" issue:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
At Prospect, comparing it with Begum case re demands to deprive him of citizenship:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
At New Statesman comparing it with the Lucy Connolly case as a "free speech" issue:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
At Prospect, comparing it with Begum case re demands to deprive him of citizenship:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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This is quite an important point; if you are a UK citizen with Twitter on your phone, opening it up is like playing Russian roulette that the algorithm might commit a strict liability offence on your behalf.
Has everyone whose scroll the illegal image appeared on also committed an offence by downloading it? This is one of those AI worst case scenarios that ought to make everyone aware of the current direction of travel.
January 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
This is quite an important point; if you are a UK citizen with Twitter on your phone, opening it up is like playing Russian roulette that the algorithm might commit a strict liability offence on your behalf.
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@willmac23.bsky.social This is important viewing. Canon.
If you are a fan of PLURIBUS you might want to see this very early performance by Rhea Seehorn in the tutorial for the Magic The Gathering PC game. Try not to think or say the words 'Kill Jester' while watching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jp4...
Tutorial Videos - Magic the Gathering 1997 (Shandalar)
YouTube video by John Locksley
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:49 PM
@willmac23.bsky.social This is important viewing. Canon.
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
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Starmer has killed hope. When the Tories were the nasty party, we could at least hope for something better. Now that Labour are the nasty party, we must dread an opposition that's even worse.
December 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Starmer has killed hope. When the Tories were the nasty party, we could at least hope for something better. Now that Labour are the nasty party, we must dread an opposition that's even worse.
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This is one of the best articles on this subject.
Calls to strip pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah of his British citizenship pile torment on top of torture.
New piece by me on a dangerous and manufactured storm:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New piece by me on a dangerous and manufactured storm:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein
I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and c...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This is one of the best articles on this subject.
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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❌ "passed away" - vague, maudlin, passive
✅ "fell into shadow" - dynamic, exciting, implied Balrog
✅ "fell into shadow" - dynamic, exciting, implied Balrog
December 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
❌ "passed away" - vague, maudlin, passive
✅ "fell into shadow" - dynamic, exciting, implied Balrog
✅ "fell into shadow" - dynamic, exciting, implied Balrog
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This from @vizcomic.bsky.social will never get old.
December 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This from @vizcomic.bsky.social will never get old.
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People talk about a double edged sword as something that can hurt others and also you, but it’s like dude you’re supposed to use both edges on the other guy.
December 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
People talk about a double edged sword as something that can hurt others and also you, but it’s like dude you’re supposed to use both edges on the other guy.
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My fear, when these proposals were mooted then adopted, was that the effect of making citizenship contingent for some citizens would be to make those same citizens second class: how can you confidently exercise your full range of democratic rights against a Government which can remove them?
We commissioned lengthy legal advice on the history, effect and legitimacy of provisions which made it easier to remove the contingent citizenship held by large numbers of Black and Brown people. goodlawproject.org/nationality-...
The Nationality and Borders Bill is racist - we want Government to think again | Good Law Project
Today, we are publishing advice about the extension to the powers to strip Britons of their citizenship in the Nationality and Borders Bill. The advice was commissioned from some of the country’s lead...
goodlawproject.org
December 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My fear, when these proposals were mooted then adopted, was that the effect of making citizenship contingent for some citizens would be to make those same citizens second class: how can you confidently exercise your full range of democratic rights against a Government which can remove them?
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Reform are calling for someone with historic anti Jewish comments to have their a British citizenship removed.
December 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Reform are calling for someone with historic anti Jewish comments to have their a British citizenship removed.
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make sure you grab this and play it, this game is so good! very fun and some surprisingly spooky bits.
SKALD: Against the Black Priory is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
make sure you grab this and play it, this game is so good! very fun and some surprisingly spooky bits.
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Dear Roy, Before Christmas you had a Wheelie Bin pinched. I have just had a Satellite Dish taken from my garden. I used this as a Parabolic Reflector for recording Birdsong. So if anyone sees this at a car boot sale, be careful as it may be Radioactive.
December 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dear Roy, Before Christmas you had a Wheelie Bin pinched. I have just had a Satellite Dish taken from my garden. I used this as a Parabolic Reflector for recording Birdsong. So if anyone sees this at a car boot sale, be careful as it may be Radioactive.
Watching this battle of the sexes tennis match. Nobody sends to be taking it seriously, or having any fun either. Just an utterly joyless event.
December 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Watching this battle of the sexes tennis match. Nobody sends to be taking it seriously, or having any fun either. Just an utterly joyless event.
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Beautiful new translations of some remarkable clear-headed writing. It might be trite to say, but these essays could have been written fifty years ago or last week, they still have immense power.
new today: for the first time in English, two brilliant essays by Natalia Ginzburg, "Universal Pity" and "The Jews," translated by Gini Alhadeff, with an introduction by Pankaj Mishra www.equator.org/articles/our...
Our Monstrous Ideas • EQUATOR
In these two essays, newly translated for Equator, the Italian writer articulates a powerful moral vision of what it means to belong, and to whom we owe our compassion
www.equator.org
December 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Beautiful new translations of some remarkable clear-headed writing. It might be trite to say, but these essays could have been written fifty years ago or last week, they still have immense power.
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I'm friends with some of Walliams' family and they said Christmas was awful at his house this year. This was the first time he didn't do any of his accents. Spare a thought for those targeted by the bitter wokerati.
December 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'm friends with some of Walliams' family and they said Christmas was awful at his house this year. This was the first time he didn't do any of his accents. Spare a thought for those targeted by the bitter wokerati.
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Public service announcement
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Public service announcement
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”