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It's not the most important thing at the moment, but I'm so embarrassed for America. To have world leaders concern themselves with symbols of placation for an overgrown manchild. To have the leader of a country fighting for its life thinking about what he wears to the White House.
August 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's not the most important thing at the moment, but I'm so embarrassed for America. To have world leaders concern themselves with symbols of placation for an overgrown manchild. To have the leader of a country fighting for its life thinking about what he wears to the White House.
I have made soup, and so I am feeling justified and excellent.
My Dad always used to say, "A day without soup is a day wasted".
I assumed that was a common saying, but it doesn't seem to be - a variant on Chaplin's more famous a day without laughter version, perhaps.
My Dad always used to say, "A day without soup is a day wasted".
I assumed that was a common saying, but it doesn't seem to be - a variant on Chaplin's more famous a day without laughter version, perhaps.
August 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have made soup, and so I am feeling justified and excellent.
My Dad always used to say, "A day without soup is a day wasted".
I assumed that was a common saying, but it doesn't seem to be - a variant on Chaplin's more famous a day without laughter version, perhaps.
My Dad always used to say, "A day without soup is a day wasted".
I assumed that was a common saying, but it doesn't seem to be - a variant on Chaplin's more famous a day without laughter version, perhaps.
Is it lord mayors or lords mayor?
(Of London, if relevant.)
(Of London, if relevant.)
July 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Is it lord mayors or lords mayor?
(Of London, if relevant.)
(Of London, if relevant.)
www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...
"While the source of the issue was human error ..."
No, it wasn't. Your system made it possible for this to happen. And so you've fixed the system.
Don't blame humans for making mistakes. If your system doesn't make mistakes obvious and hard to make, that's on you.
"While the source of the issue was human error ..."
No, it wasn't. Your system made it possible for this to happen. And so you've fixed the system.
Don't blame humans for making mistakes. If your system doesn't make mistakes obvious and hard to make, that's on you.
Wimbledon 2025: Changes made to electronic line calling after 'human error'
Wimbledon makes changes to its electronic line calling system to remove the possibility of 'human error' after controversy on Sunday.
www.bbc.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...
"While the source of the issue was human error ..."
No, it wasn't. Your system made it possible for this to happen. And so you've fixed the system.
Don't blame humans for making mistakes. If your system doesn't make mistakes obvious and hard to make, that's on you.
"While the source of the issue was human error ..."
No, it wasn't. Your system made it possible for this to happen. And so you've fixed the system.
Don't blame humans for making mistakes. If your system doesn't make mistakes obvious and hard to make, that's on you.
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RIP Sgt Mohammed Hussain, who died on Friday aged 100. Born in Rawalpindi in pre-partition India, he joined the Army aged sixteen in 1941, fighting in Italy from 1943-45, and later settling in Berkshire where he marked his 100th birthday last month.
June 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
RIP Sgt Mohammed Hussain, who died on Friday aged 100. Born in Rawalpindi in pre-partition India, he joined the Army aged sixteen in 1941, fighting in Italy from 1943-45, and later settling in Berkshire where he marked his 100th birthday last month.
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Ancient IT is also the biggest and most serious cyber security risk to the public realm. If Reform’s seemingly preposterous DOGE effort ends up usefully highlighting the problem, then so be it
So British DOGE's search for wasteful spending discovered that... councils need more money to update their IT systems? www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
June 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Ancient IT is also the biggest and most serious cyber security risk to the public realm. If Reform’s seemingly preposterous DOGE effort ends up usefully highlighting the problem, then so be it
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AI use case.
June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
AI use case.
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Maybe it's because I'm a third child, but I find this argument bizarre.
Who knows how well off they'll be in 15 years? Maybe you'll lose your job. Maybe a parent will need care. Maybe Liz Truss will double your mortgage costs.
And maybe you'll make bad choices. But that's hardly the child's fault.
Who knows how well off they'll be in 15 years? Maybe you'll lose your job. Maybe a parent will need care. Maybe Liz Truss will double your mortgage costs.
And maybe you'll make bad choices. But that's hardly the child's fault.
June 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Maybe it's because I'm a third child, but I find this argument bizarre.
Who knows how well off they'll be in 15 years? Maybe you'll lose your job. Maybe a parent will need care. Maybe Liz Truss will double your mortgage costs.
And maybe you'll make bad choices. But that's hardly the child's fault.
Who knows how well off they'll be in 15 years? Maybe you'll lose your job. Maybe a parent will need care. Maybe Liz Truss will double your mortgage costs.
And maybe you'll make bad choices. But that's hardly the child's fault.
An early morning @kevlin.bsky.social at LHR.
May 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
An early morning @kevlin.bsky.social at LHR.
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For some reason I am reminded of the baffling conversation I once had with a KGB officer in Siberia who was convinced that Thought for the Day had to be coded instructions for Western intelligence agents.
“Otherwise it would just be nonsense and the BBC would not broadcast nonsense!”
“Otherwise it would just be nonsense and the BBC would not broadcast nonsense!”
May 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For some reason I am reminded of the baffling conversation I once had with a KGB officer in Siberia who was convinced that Thought for the Day had to be coded instructions for Western intelligence agents.
“Otherwise it would just be nonsense and the BBC would not broadcast nonsense!”
“Otherwise it would just be nonsense and the BBC would not broadcast nonsense!”
Every single birth certificate says on its face that it is not evidence of identity.
May 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Every single birth certificate says on its face that it is not evidence of identity.
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The obvious solution is to hire some, and then fire them.
May 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The obvious solution is to hire some, and then fire them.
I see Race Around the World is starting in China this time.
Presumably they want to avoid the risk of authoritarian regimes like, say, the USA.
Presumably they want to avoid the risk of authoritarian regimes like, say, the USA.
April 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I see Race Around the World is starting in China this time.
Presumably they want to avoid the risk of authoritarian regimes like, say, the USA.
Presumably they want to avoid the risk of authoritarian regimes like, say, the USA.
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I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.
April 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duy_T%C...
While poking about in French Colonial history I discovered an exiled Vietnamese Emperor. Who was a ham radio enthusiast, resistance member , briefly joined french navy and ended WW2 as a Lieutenant Colonel
@dreadships.bsky.social
@garius.bsky.social
While poking about in French Colonial history I discovered an exiled Vietnamese Emperor. Who was a ham radio enthusiast, resistance member , briefly joined french navy and ended WW2 as a Lieutenant Colonel
@dreadships.bsky.social
@garius.bsky.social
Duy Tân - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duy_T%C...
While poking about in French Colonial history I discovered an exiled Vietnamese Emperor. Who was a ham radio enthusiast, resistance member , briefly joined french navy and ended WW2 as a Lieutenant Colonel
@dreadships.bsky.social
@garius.bsky.social
While poking about in French Colonial history I discovered an exiled Vietnamese Emperor. Who was a ham radio enthusiast, resistance member , briefly joined french navy and ended WW2 as a Lieutenant Colonel
@dreadships.bsky.social
@garius.bsky.social
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Brussels Midi really is a horrible station.
March 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Brussels Midi really is a horrible station.
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Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
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"Signal would exit the French market before it would comply with this law as written"
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Signal would exit the French market before it would comply with this law as written"
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org
Nihilistic poetry
March 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Nihilistic poetry
As a native speaker, I don't believe "we made flaws" can possibly be correct English.
I believe the idiomatic phrase is "we fucked up".
I believe the idiomatic phrase is "we fucked up".
February 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
As a native speaker, I don't believe "we made flaws" can possibly be correct English.
I believe the idiomatic phrase is "we fucked up".
I believe the idiomatic phrase is "we fucked up".
All LLMs have guard filters on them, on both input (block problematic questions) and output (ditto answers).
They're entirely separate from the core model, which has no inhibitions.
Obviously Chinese filters have different settings than US ones; this tells you nothing about the underlying model.
They're entirely separate from the core model, which has no inhibitions.
Obviously Chinese filters have different settings than US ones; this tells you nothing about the underlying model.
January 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
All LLMs have guard filters on them, on both input (block problematic questions) and output (ditto answers).
They're entirely separate from the core model, which has no inhibitions.
Obviously Chinese filters have different settings than US ones; this tells you nothing about the underlying model.
They're entirely separate from the core model, which has no inhibitions.
Obviously Chinese filters have different settings than US ones; this tells you nothing about the underlying model.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
💛WIN A BOLLARD💛
The most popular competition in the history of social media is back. It's the prize you've all been waiting for.
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#WorldBollardAssociation
The most popular competition in the history of social media is back. It's the prize you've all been waiting for.
Repost and follow to be in with a chance of winning this gorgeous Monoscape Bridgeford Smooth Grey Concrete Bollard worth £252.42.
#WorldBollardAssociation
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On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz I wanted to share this quote from Prime Levi:
"Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it....
(1/3)
"Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it....
(1/3)
January 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz I wanted to share this quote from Prime Levi:
"Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it....
(1/3)
"Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it....
(1/3)