Tom Morris
@tommorris.org
Eternally damned techno-priest heretic, curly brace balancer, and pesky citation requester.
I tried the government's new 'AI Skills Hub'. Let's just say I was underwhelmed.
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Turn it off and run - upskilling for the AI age
The government have made a website where you can learn how you were prompting it wrong.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I tried the government's new 'AI Skills Hub'. Let's just say I was underwhelmed.
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The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
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Letter in Times today
January 20, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Letter in Times today
Man with a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Chicago discovers supply and demand.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Man with a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Chicago discovers supply and demand.
You sacrifice your liberties after you’ve been convicted of a crime.
Properly adjudicating who is and is not guilty requires a criminal justice system which unfortunately needs paying for and is not nearly as sexy as an AI panopticon.
Properly adjudicating who is and is not guilty requires a criminal justice system which unfortunately needs paying for and is not nearly as sexy as an AI panopticon.
Shabana Mahmood here, and the vibes are not getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 10:14 AM
You sacrifice your liberties after you’ve been convicted of a crime.
Properly adjudicating who is and is not guilty requires a criminal justice system which unfortunately needs paying for and is not nearly as sexy as an AI panopticon.
Properly adjudicating who is and is not guilty requires a criminal justice system which unfortunately needs paying for and is not nearly as sexy as an AI panopticon.
Latest from a website that continues to be used by the British government.
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Latest from a website that continues to be used by the British government.
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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is it normal for encyclopedias to include “skin tone” or just when they’re generated by a white nationalist’s ai?
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
is it normal for encyclopedias to include “skin tone” or just when they’re generated by a white nationalist’s ai?
RIP for a true poster. Absolutely no hesitation in the face of qualified experts.
In 2019, Scott Adams got his feelings hurt over being called a white nationalist, threatened to sue for defamation, argued to me that Times v. Sullivan meant that he had more protection from libel as a public figure than a private person would, and then blocked me.
And now he’s dead.
And now he’s dead.
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
RIP for a true poster. Absolutely no hesitation in the face of qualified experts.
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We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
Some people say politicians lack principles but “I was fine when it was just Nazis but I must draw the line at paedo-Nazis” shows true moral courage and leadership.
January 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Some people say politicians lack principles but “I was fine when it was just Nazis but I must draw the line at paedo-Nazis” shows true moral courage and leadership.
Some people in the media, political and commentariat crowd really struggle with this rather simple concept…
Other websites exist.
Other websites exist.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Some people in the media, political and commentariat crowd really struggle with this rather simple concept…
Other websites exist.
Other websites exist.
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As people are asking me what is bad about it, here are a few points in just the initial pars - I don't have the time or inclination to edit the entire thing!
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
As people are asking me what is bad about it, here are a few points in just the initial pars - I don't have the time or inclination to edit the entire thing!
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This is a shockingly bad piece, doing very little to actually inform readers about the current state of quantum computers. Don't let your economics editor write about cutting-edge science and technology! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inside the sub-zero lair of the world's most powerful quantum computer
Faisal Islam gets rare access to Willow - Google's quantum computer.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:40 AM
This is a shockingly bad piece, doing very little to actually inform readers about the current state of quantum computers. Don't let your economics editor write about cutting-edge science and technology! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“I still believe Stormfront is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech.”
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
“I still believe Stormfront is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech.”
Can’t possibly ask him a legal question. Not like he’s a solicitor.
Govt minister Darren Jones is asked what element of international law gives the US the right to abduct the leader of another country.
Jones says he's not qualified to answer that question and he's not a spokesperson for the US administration.
Jones says he's not qualified to answer that question and he's not a spokesperson for the US administration.
January 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Can’t possibly ask him a legal question. Not like he’s a solicitor.
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Controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, you say?
Cilia Flores, who was captured by the U.S. with her husband, Venezuela’s longtime authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, is one of the country’s most powerful political figures. She helped consolidate his rule while controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, experts say.
Who Is Cilia Flores, the Power Broker Captured Alongside Maduro?
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, you say?
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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There was a leak but not to the media
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 AM
There was a leak but not to the media
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"Stakeholders" here is code for "people with any knowledge of policy". Policies, of course, being the main things that governments are meant to have, and that one would expect at least some voters might reasonably be interested in.
Just like the Tories, Labour's centrist hacks think themselves omniscient and infallible - they cannot fail, they can only be failed. So when they do fail, they blame everyone else.
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
January 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM
"Stakeholders" here is code for "people with any knowledge of policy". Policies, of course, being the main things that governments are meant to have, and that one would expect at least some voters might reasonably be interested in.
I'll believe the UK has rule by lawyers when Post Office executives and PPE fraudsters are in the Old Bailey.
Also, is rule by lawyers so bad? It's an improvement on rule by generalist Bullingdon Club tossers. Plus, unlike Parliamentarians, someone ensures lawyers actually know how the law works.
Also, is rule by lawyers so bad? It's an improvement on rule by generalist Bullingdon Club tossers. Plus, unlike Parliamentarians, someone ensures lawyers actually know how the law works.
Very struck by the description of the US as "rule by lawyers" as opposed to China's "rule by engineers", and think the former also applies to the UK, where process and regulation have replaced politics far too often. More on that in the coming weeks.
January 2, 2026 at 9:06 AM
I'll believe the UK has rule by lawyers when Post Office executives and PPE fraudsters are in the Old Bailey.
Also, is rule by lawyers so bad? It's an improvement on rule by generalist Bullingdon Club tossers. Plus, unlike Parliamentarians, someone ensures lawyers actually know how the law works.
Also, is rule by lawyers so bad? It's an improvement on rule by generalist Bullingdon Club tossers. Plus, unlike Parliamentarians, someone ensures lawyers actually know how the law works.
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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by this time next year ai will be capable of opening presents with your family, freeing you up to finish those spreadsheets your boss has been waiting on
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
by this time next year ai will be capable of opening presents with your family, freeing you up to finish those spreadsheets your boss has been waiting on
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joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this