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@voidstarconst.bsky.social
Controlling the means of production of capital returns (London, UK)
Had one of these and took it around the world, loved it, nicest camera I ever used
What’s your favorite under-appreciated camera?
Every time I carry it, I am reminded that the zx-m (a hand-me-down from a neighbor) is a delight.
Uses all the great Pentax mf lenses. Lightweight. Nice display. Av. Winder. Usually available for ~$20! Better than a k1000.
#BelieveInFilm #CameraGear
Every time I carry it, I am reminded that the zx-m (a hand-me-down from a neighbor) is a delight.
Uses all the great Pentax mf lenses. Lightweight. Nice display. Av. Winder. Usually available for ~$20! Better than a k1000.
#BelieveInFilm #CameraGear
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Had one of these and took it around the world, loved it, nicest camera I ever used
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
When my peers giddily try to make grok sprout ever more ridiculous things, I nostalgically think back to being 11, in my friends house with a C-128, typing the craziest things we could think of into text based adventure games.
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
When my peers giddily try to make grok sprout ever more ridiculous things, I nostalgically think back to being 11, in my friends house with a C-128, typing the craziest things we could think of into text based adventure games.
as the cost of producing plausible sounding bullshit plummets it turns out that the old method of letting egotistical academics with personality issues the size of phone books gatekeep what we consider established scientific consensus wasn’t that bad after all
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
as the cost of producing plausible sounding bullshit plummets it turns out that the old method of letting egotistical academics with personality issues the size of phone books gatekeep what we consider established scientific consensus wasn’t that bad after all
I am a stone cold AI sceptic, but I do believe the technology will survive the coming carnage, and in the wastelands that lie beyond we will see huge demand for a type of job best described as AI librarian or source data curator
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am a stone cold AI sceptic, but I do believe the technology will survive the coming carnage, and in the wastelands that lie beyond we will see huge demand for a type of job best described as AI librarian or source data curator
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80s: Japan is the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
80s: Japan is the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
Many things up with this saga, but for one, this complete lack of integrity and sense of responsibility among supposedly important men fits well with the ”everybody is twelve” model of present reality
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Many things up with this saga, but for one, this complete lack of integrity and sense of responsibility among supposedly important men fits well with the ”everybody is twelve” model of present reality
There are evidently some reasonably tech savvy people working in reporting these days, and it warms my heart
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
There are evidently some reasonably tech savvy people working in reporting these days, and it warms my heart
Have been following the latest Epstein revelations thinking, huh, so that Larry guy seems a lot more dodge than I expected (all the while picturing Larry King in my head, not Summers)
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Have been following the latest Epstein revelations thinking, huh, so that Larry guy seems a lot more dodge than I expected (all the while picturing Larry King in my head, not Summers)
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This is basically the biggest thing I have changed my mind on in adult life. Having been raised in a Land Of Plenty soc dem, I was convinced of the 'insane subsidy to the rich' case for means testing until I came over here, saw the alternative, and I am now an Universal Coverage absolutist
The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This is basically the biggest thing I have changed my mind on in adult life. Having been raised in a Land Of Plenty soc dem, I was convinced of the 'insane subsidy to the rich' case for means testing until I came over here, saw the alternative, and I am now an Universal Coverage absolutist
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My "it was not at a pedophile party" email has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my email
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My "it was not at a pedophile party" email has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my email
ABF studiecirkelsveteraner måste tycka det är väldigt gulligt varje gång liberaler inser att det är svårt att få brett stöd för icke-populistisk ideologi utan folkbildning
The implication of this, of course, is that a liberal society requires pro-cognitive mores and means of imparting or enforcing them. I don't know any politician who would be willing to say, "People participating in public discourse should be obliged to think about it."
"The populist thrives in an environment where people act on their intuitions; so does the scammer. This doesn’t mean every populist is a con artist, but it does mean that they are likely to package their message in a similar way" on.ft.com/49j3ND2
By @timharford.ft.com
Vindicates a 2015 tweet! 1/
By @timharford.ft.com
Vindicates a 2015 tweet! 1/
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
ABF studiecirkelsveteraner måste tycka det är väldigt gulligt varje gång liberaler inser att det är svårt att få brett stöd för icke-populistisk ideologi utan folkbildning
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I miss the vision of the future from the 80s where everything was just much more 80s.
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I miss the vision of the future from the 80s where everything was just much more 80s.
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I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Personality like a freshly cut key
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Personality like a freshly cut key
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billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
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When you are pure of heart no amount of earnestness is Cringe. When you are a malevolent little freak no amount of sarcasm is enough to make you cool
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When you are pure of heart no amount of earnestness is Cringe. When you are a malevolent little freak no amount of sarcasm is enough to make you cool
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
I’m sorry but I can easily keep track of how much petrol I put in it, and see no reason to stop being smug
Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds
Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds
Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) pump out nearly five times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show, a report has found.
The cars, which can run on electric batteries as well as combustion engines, have been promoted by European carmakers as a way to cover long distances in a single drive – unlike fully electric cars – while still reducing emissions. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I’m sorry but I can easily keep track of how much petrol I put in it, and see no reason to stop being smug
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i am so ready for quantum to be the next dumb buzzword the tech industry forces everyone to pretend to care about. "how are you incorporating quantum into your daily work?" i'm not but it's so refreshing you asked me a new and different stupid question
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i am so ready for quantum to be the next dumb buzzword the tech industry forces everyone to pretend to care about. "how are you incorporating quantum into your daily work?" i'm not but it's so refreshing you asked me a new and different stupid question
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
I love this country, and I genuinely think it is uniquely welcoming and inclusive, but…
A. How much should we discount that inclusiveness for the fact that those who come here generally speak very good English?
A. How much should we discount that inclusiveness for the fact that those who come here generally speak very good English?
September 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I love this country, and I genuinely think it is uniquely welcoming and inclusive, but…
A. How much should we discount that inclusiveness for the fact that those who come here generally speak very good English?
A. How much should we discount that inclusiveness for the fact that those who come here generally speak very good English?
This is in many ways a society that has lost the plot
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This is in many ways a society that has lost the plot
I generally disapprove of people sharing stupid things they find stupid people saying on the internet, but this… this is fine. We appreciate this stupidity not by way of outrage or disbelief, but like we would a fine cheese, or wine
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I generally disapprove of people sharing stupid things they find stupid people saying on the internet, but this… this is fine. We appreciate this stupidity not by way of outrage or disbelief, but like we would a fine cheese, or wine