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Just catching up with this amazing bit of London Centric reporting and this is such an excellent description of the weird epistemic ambiguity produced by AI: "There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is." www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Just catching up with this amazing bit of London Centric reporting and this is such an excellent description of the weird epistemic ambiguity produced by AI: "There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is." www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
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guy who won't stop calling things "liminal" found dead at the end of a normal hallway
February 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
guy who won't stop calling things "liminal" found dead at the end of a normal hallway
Tried to order steak and ale pie in a pub a couple of weeks ago but they’d run out. Tonight I got to close the tab
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Tried to order steak and ale pie in a pub a couple of weeks ago but they’d run out. Tonight I got to close the tab
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My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.
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Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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An absolute 🤯 at every level
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
An absolute 🤯 at every level
Increasingly feel like my position towards Labour is going from “I can’t vote for them under their current leadership” to “I’m not sure I can ever vote for them again”
The main question to be asked here is, "What on earth made you think that this was a good idea?" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reforms
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce major reforms to the asylum system on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Increasingly feel like my position towards Labour is going from “I can’t vote for them under their current leadership” to “I’m not sure I can ever vote for them again”
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The irony of the Blue Labour rhetoric is actually how prejudicial it is about the white working class.
why do I emphasize the Manchester-ness of this? because Blue Labour 'thinkers' try to portray themselves as authentic representatives of a neglected Northern working class. But while there's plenty of racism in the North, as anywhere else, there's also a long history of integration and anti-racism.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The irony of the Blue Labour rhetoric is actually how prejudicial it is about the white working class.
Wondering how many fictionalised versions of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez there are on TV lately. There was one in The Boys, and now one in The Beast In Me, there must be others
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Wondering how many fictionalised versions of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez there are on TV lately. There was one in The Boys, and now one in The Beast In Me, there must be others
🎶 I think I’m gonna die in this house 🎶
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎶 I think I’m gonna die in this house 🎶
Vince Gilligan deciding to set another show in Albuquerque
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Vince Gilligan deciding to set another show in Albuquerque
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
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i still refuse to back down from my belief that every single living person has the capacity for artistic genius. society-as-profit has just crushed those of us who don't happen to luck out
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
i still refuse to back down from my belief that every single living person has the capacity for artistic genius. society-as-profit has just crushed those of us who don't happen to luck out
New Robyn single! We’re so back!
Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Robyn
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New Robyn single! We’re so back!
I read the 2018 Michael Wolff book about Trump (eh, it was alright, I must have been in a doomy mood), and remember thinking that that the only way you get that kind of access is if you’re either a massive suck-up or actively complicit
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I read the 2018 Michael Wolff book about Trump (eh, it was alright, I must have been in a doomy mood), and remember thinking that that the only way you get that kind of access is if you’re either a massive suck-up or actively complicit
Confused how our cat has managed to acquire and install a talking button for “Birkin bag” that she’s now pressing continuously
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Confused how our cat has managed to acquire and install a talking button for “Birkin bag” that she’s now pressing continuously
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they say the first 70k posts are the hardest ones
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
they say the first 70k posts are the hardest ones
Suddenly reminded of the time last year that me, a total LARP newbie and my friend, more of a veteran, were congratulated by a random comrade for being everywhere during the battle - that’s the kind of encouragement we should give each other more often
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Suddenly reminded of the time last year that me, a total LARP newbie and my friend, more of a veteran, were congratulated by a random comrade for being everywhere during the battle - that’s the kind of encouragement we should give each other more often
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Sure, though for the past 3 decades (?) the idea of a national culture has p much been undermined by successive governments : cuts to arts funding, walling off access to creative industries to the richest in society, making the UK incredibly difficult to be a creative worker etc.
I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sure, though for the past 3 decades (?) the idea of a national culture has p much been undermined by successive governments : cuts to arts funding, walling off access to creative industries to the richest in society, making the UK incredibly difficult to be a creative worker etc.
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
It's Wuthering Heights Winter lets goooo
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's Wuthering Heights Winter lets goooo
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
Feel like I’m starting to lose my actual mind when a US president and allies who lie and misrepresent things every day are able to get news channels to back down and apologise for editing errors
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Feel like I’m starting to lose my actual mind when a US president and allies who lie and misrepresent things every day are able to get news channels to back down and apologise for editing errors