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teajunkie.bsky.social
"And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line".
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’
Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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acarter.bsky.social
This epitomises Starmerism for me.

Scrapping an investment that's proven to reduce reoffending to generating short-term cash while ballooning long-term *cost* (and harm). Prioritising their own individual power and careers over the actual wellbeing of the country they're supposed to be governing.
September 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
Reminded of one of my friends, who taking advantage of the UL being a deposit library, ordered up to the reading room "Mr Bump's Bathtime", which is an inflatable book, and silently blew it up, surrounded by people focusing on their scholarly works.
theul.bsky.social Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Aug 23
The Reading Room at Cambridge University Library in 1934 and 2025. Which era do you prefer?

#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #OldPhotos

Images:
1. Photograph of the Reading Room in 1934 (Cam.bb.934.7)
2. Photograph of the Reading Room taken in 2025
August 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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seamas.bsky.social
Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
Headline: BBC under pressure to pull Sally Rooney dramas over vow to fund Palestine Action Headline: Tory minister Robert Jenrick pictured with former Nazi terror chief at far right protest.
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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chrisshehanart.bsky.social
“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”

Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
August 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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paulwaldman.bsky.social
My god these guys are such spectacular morons

gizmodo.com/billionaires...
Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber who no longer works at the company, appeared on All-In to talk with hosts Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya about the future of technology. When the topic turned to AI, Kalanick discussed how he uses xAI’s Grok, which went haywire last week, praising Adolf Hitler and advocating for a second Holocaust against Jews. “I’ll go down this thread with [Chat]GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics,” Kalanick explained. “And we’re approaching what’s known. And I’m trying to poke and see if there’s breakthroughs to be had. And I’ve gotten pretty damn close to some interesting breakthroughs just doing that.”
July 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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tyron.bsky.social
Who the fuck do these lot think they are? And who the fuck do these lot think their *friends* are, if this is how they're carrying on?
July 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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keithfitzgerald.bsky.social
Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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theguardian.com
I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
Rightwingers in Israel and the US claim they are defending LGBTQ+ rights while Gaza’s people are killed. Don’t dare do this in our name, says British-Palestinian video producer and journalist Jad Salfiti
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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jeradwalker.bsky.social
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.
June 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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alexvont.bsky.social
The messaging this time doesn’t even seem to pay lip service to the welfare of the Iranian people. I might have expected some cant about liberating them from a horrendous regime, even if we’d all have seen through it as a motivation and doubted the alternatives. But no: it’s just smash it up
June 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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auspex.bsky.social
A great night celebrating Beltain at @butserancientfarm.co.uk last night #butserbeltain
A giant wicker man in the form of a Roman gladiator is ablaze. Flames are rising up to the top of the structure and sparks are flying. Drummers are silhouetted in front of the wicker man, offering a sense of scale and rhythm.
May 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. Major news in transgender care.

Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.

They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.

Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.

Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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legalmusings.bsky.social
Last night I attended one of what the LSO has called a “Half Six Fix’ at the Barbican Concert Hall.

Essentially it is an hour of classical music which runs from 18:30-19:30.

We heard Sir Antonio Pappano conduct A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
February 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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bencoates1.bsky.social
Not getting enough attention:
Trump froze funding for Pepfar, the HIV/AIDS program which has provided lifesaving drugs to 25m people in 50+ countries; totally transforming the health outlook in Africa. Hundreds of thousands depend on it every day. And it’s stopping.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment to as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
The Rooks Have Returned, Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov, 1871.
Winter landscape, church in background, rooks flocking in wintered trees.
January 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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shutupmikeginn.bsky.social
My LinkedIn feeds silence on David Lynch is deafening
January 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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peterapeel.bsky.social
At least we have this photo of David Lynch and Billy Wilder.
January 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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minovskyarticle.bsky.social
From Lynch on Lynch, David Lynch explains his stance on not explaining things and how he views behind-the-curtains peeks at movie magic as the death of magic itself.
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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badideas.bsky.social
For history’s sake, record of a late stage capitalism life arc
Keith Wasserman v @Keith _Wasserman Follow XI The Cybertruck is one badass machine. 11:06 AM • Sep 19, 2024 • 2,569 Views Keith Wasserman v @Keith Wasserman Follow Property taxes too please Donald J. Tr @realDonal • Sep 17, 2024 Your Automobile Insurance is up 73% — VOTE FOR TRUMP, I'LL CUT THAT NUMBER IN HALF! 6:04 PM • Sep 17, 2024 • 5,613 Views Keith Wasserman v @Keith_Wasserman Follow XI ... Make money in tech, preserve wealth in real estate. 11:13 AM • Mar 18, 2022 Keith Wasserman & @Keith _Wasserman Follow Does anyone have access to private firefighters to protect our home in Pacific Palisades? Need to act fast here. All neighbors houses burning. Will pay any amount. Thank you. 9:36 PM • 1/7/25 • 58K Views
January 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
I'll say it: I think 2025 may have to be the year of the Butlerian jihad
January 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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andyburnham.bsky.social
Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!

After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
The first Bee Network service pulls out of a snowy Altrincham Interchange early this morning.
January 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
⚠️ In response to Musk changing the X algorithm to deboost negative content, people asked Grok what is considered “negative” and were told:

• Criticism of the government
• Commentary about misinformation
• Suggestion the public is being manipulated
• Attacks against powerful people or institutions
Answer Under the new algorithm, posts by [redacted] could be considered too negative might include those that express strong dissent against established narratives or institutions, or those that portray a very bleak or cynical view of societal or political outcomes. Here are some examples based on posts found on X: • Posts that directly attack or insult powerful figures or institutions could be seen as too negative, especially if they suggest systemic manipulation or deceit. This includes posts that question official narratives or imply widespread misinformation by political influencers. • Comments on the manipulation of public sentiment or the encouragement of negative social behaviors, like casual sadism or misinformation, would likely be viewed negatively under an algorithm designed to reduce the spread of content that could be seen as objectionable or divisive. • Posts that highlight a perceived collapse or failure of systems, particularly those that use sarcasm or humor to critique the current state of affairs, might be flagged for promoting a negative outlook. • Any content suggesting that the public is being systematically misled or conditioned in a certain way, especially if it involves political outcomes or public health crises, could be deemed too negative. These types of posts might be deboosted or have their visibility reduced as they could be seen as promoting negativity, misinformation, or discord, which are often targeted by algorithms aiming to maintain a more positive or balanced user experience. If X wants to limit reach for [redacted] negative posts, what are the top 5 examples of posts of hers that X considers negative? Answer X might consider limiting the reach of C posts based on the following examples, which could be perceived as negative or controversial: 1. Criticism of Government Actions: A post where she describes actions by the US and UK governments as "unforgivable malfeasance" could be seen as highly critical and potentially inflammatory. This kind of statement might be flagged for its political nature and could be interpreted as negative by X's algorithms or moderation policies. 2. Commentary on Social Media Misinformation: Her post about people who downplayed the USS Liberty story while pushing another narrative suggests a critique of selective information dissemination. This could be viewed as negative if it's seen as promoting conspiracy theories or misinformation. Accusations Against Public Figures: Mentioning Joel Kaplan's collaboration with the Israeli government to restrict criticism on social media platforms might be viewed negatively due to its accusatory tone towards individuals or entities. Such posts can be controversial and might trigger moderation for potentially spreading unverified claims. 4. Disparaging Comments in Replies: In her responses, particularly one where she tells someone to "fuck off" and dismisses their content as "dumbass hostage flyers," this kind of vulgar and confrontational language could be flagged for violating community guidelines on civility and respect. 5. Skepticism and Derision Towards Media or Events: Posts where she expresses extreme skepticism or mocks the authenticity of certain events or communications, like her comment on the difference in writing styles of letters in a case, might be considered negative due to the tone of disbelief and derision. These posts could be considered for reach limitation by X due to their potential to engage users in a negative or controversial manner, possibly attracting more negative feedback or violating platform policies on misinformation, personal attacks, or civility. However, the actual decision by X would depend on their specific content moderation policies and algorithms regarding negative content.
January 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM