Arron Ferguson
@arronferguson.bsky.social
Writer. Mainly for video games and YouTube documentaries about cats. (Not joking.)
I've not been in England for 5 months. But, reading the news from afar, it's clear my fellow countrymen are ready to take their country back. So. When I return, I look forward to drinking tea (wait, that's Indian), eating battered fish (wait, that's Portuguese)...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/eng...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/eng...
England flags spark pride and concern amid anti-immigration protests
The red and white St George's Cross and the Union Jack flags have proliferated along streets across England in recent weeks in what supporters say is a campaign to show national pride, but others fear is part of growing anti-immigration sentiment.
www.reuters.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I've not been in England for 5 months. But, reading the news from afar, it's clear my fellow countrymen are ready to take their country back. So. When I return, I look forward to drinking tea (wait, that's Indian), eating battered fish (wait, that's Portuguese)...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/eng...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/eng...
I'm not going to name any film in particular, 'cos I am not in the biz of publicly bad mouthing the work of others, but I am convinced the reason so many people think Gen AI videos are good is because they've had their standards lowered by two decades of mainstream cinema being visually plain.
Rewatching Spielberg's War of the Worlds, it's just another example of how BAD movies look these days, that film is 20 years old and it still looks better than 95% of blockbusters being released today.
Why? Because talent, skill and style beats money and modern special effects.
Why? Because talent, skill and style beats money and modern special effects.
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ALT: a group of people are walking down a street with a sign that says co
media.tenor.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm not going to name any film in particular, 'cos I am not in the biz of publicly bad mouthing the work of others, but I am convinced the reason so many people think Gen AI videos are good is because they've had their standards lowered by two decades of mainstream cinema being visually plain.
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This is actually very clever because like their human counterparts, AI MPs will be confidently wrong, a bit racist, unwilling to ever give an honest opinion of their own making and also probably destroy the planet.
Introducing the first AI prototype of a British MP🇬🇧🤖
When constituent and local business owner, Jeremy Smith, approached me with this idea, I was very excited to work with him. The AI revolution is happening and we must embrace it to see how it can be useful, in all sectors.
When constituent and local business owner, Jeremy Smith, approached me with this idea, I was very excited to work with him. The AI revolution is happening and we must embrace it to see how it can be useful, in all sectors.
Speak to Mark Sewards 24/7
Connect with Mark Sewards, your AI assistant, anytime.
www.neural-voice.ai
August 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is actually very clever because like their human counterparts, AI MPs will be confidently wrong, a bit racist, unwilling to ever give an honest opinion of their own making and also probably destroy the planet.
Q should be the villain of the next Bond film.
Revealing that the ‘tech guy’, who has close ties to the government, is an alt-right nutjob would be… relevant.
Revealing that the ‘tech guy’, who has close ties to the government, is an alt-right nutjob would be… relevant.
July 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Q should be the villain of the next Bond film.
Revealing that the ‘tech guy’, who has close ties to the government, is an alt-right nutjob would be… relevant.
Revealing that the ‘tech guy’, who has close ties to the government, is an alt-right nutjob would be… relevant.
Opera is Heavy Metal for posh cunts.
July 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Opera is Heavy Metal for posh cunts.
The biggest thing I cannot wrap my head around with “AI stans” is, why do you want to work alone?
“We can replace everyone with bots!”
Okay. But why don’t you want to collaborate and hang out with others? Isn’t that literally what life is?
“We can replace everyone with bots!”
Okay. But why don’t you want to collaborate and hang out with others? Isn’t that literally what life is?
July 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The biggest thing I cannot wrap my head around with “AI stans” is, why do you want to work alone?
“We can replace everyone with bots!”
Okay. But why don’t you want to collaborate and hang out with others? Isn’t that literally what life is?
“We can replace everyone with bots!”
Okay. But why don’t you want to collaborate and hang out with others? Isn’t that literally what life is?
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Sad to hear about today’s layoffs. If you happen to be part of the Xbox and Bethesda cohorts that have been let go, feel free to avail yourself of my game narrative job listing thread.
Starting a new game narrative job listing thread since the old one's getting long in the tooth. Wanna get new BSky folks up to speed with my posts. #gamedev #writing #narrative
Okay, 1st entry:
ea.gr8people.com/jobs/185329/...
Campaign Creative Lead Writer (Battlefield) - EA. Marina Del Rey, CA.
Okay, 1st entry:
ea.gr8people.com/jobs/185329/...
Campaign Creative Lead Writer (Battlefield) - EA. Marina Del Rey, CA.
Campaign Creative Lead, Writer- Battlefield at Electronic Arts
GR8 Job! at Electronic Arts
ea.gr8people.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sad to hear about today’s layoffs. If you happen to be part of the Xbox and Bethesda cohorts that have been let go, feel free to avail yourself of my game narrative job listing thread.
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We're days away from "Eat the Rich" being considered as criminal hate speech.
June 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're days away from "Eat the Rich" being considered as criminal hate speech.
The extreme ‘pearl clutching’ reactions to KNEECAP and BOB VYLAN is a real sign of how safe and sterile a lot of mainstream music has been for a long time man.
Y’all are too used to ‘easy bops.’
Y’all are too used to ‘easy bops.’
June 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The extreme ‘pearl clutching’ reactions to KNEECAP and BOB VYLAN is a real sign of how safe and sterile a lot of mainstream music has been for a long time man.
Y’all are too used to ‘easy bops.’
Y’all are too used to ‘easy bops.’
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After labelling every hippy with a can of soup a terrorist, the west is about to be reminded what real fucking terrorism is if it stumbles back into another war with the Middle East. And it’ll deserve it.
June 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
After labelling every hippy with a can of soup a terrorist, the west is about to be reminded what real fucking terrorism is if it stumbles back into another war with the Middle East. And it’ll deserve it.
Why are the cubicle doors in North American public restrooms so short? I’m only 5’8, if I can see over the top of a door that door is too small. Why don’t people in North American want to shit in peace, what’s going on?
June 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Why are the cubicle doors in North American public restrooms so short? I’m only 5’8, if I can see over the top of a door that door is too small. Why don’t people in North American want to shit in peace, what’s going on?
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learning that chatgpt can literally destroy your brain is the only news about the technology that makes me want to use it
June 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
learning that chatgpt can literally destroy your brain is the only news about the technology that makes me want to use it
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ChatGPT is designed to make people lazier and stupider. It’s a feature not a bug
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ChatGPT is designed to make people lazier and stupider. It’s a feature not a bug
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Generative AI is slowly degrading the internet. More alarming is that before long, the technology’s unreliability may go unnoticed, writes Matteo Wong:
Welcome to the Janky Web
The AI takeover is changing everything about the internet—and not necessarily for the better.
bit.ly
June 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Generative AI is slowly degrading the internet. More alarming is that before long, the technology’s unreliability may go unnoticed, writes Matteo Wong:
"They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
For you and me to live in
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
For you and me" - System of Down, 2001
They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
For you and me to live in
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
For you and me" - System of Down, 2001
June 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
For you and me to live in
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
For you and me" - System of Down, 2001
They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
They're tryna build a prison
For you and me to live in
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
For you and me" - System of Down, 2001
Each to their own and all that, but if ‘who’ gets cast in a children’s sci-fi show makes you angry, I flat out think you’re odd.
June 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Each to their own and all that, but if ‘who’ gets cast in a children’s sci-fi show makes you angry, I flat out think you’re odd.
THEORY: Lisa Nandy will be added as a playable character to Super Smash Bros.
May 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
THEORY: Lisa Nandy will be added as a playable character to Super Smash Bros.
Yes. That's the point.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Yes. That's the point.
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Hey, tech bros. Before you destroy civilisation by building a machine that can make fake video footage indistinguishable from the real thing, how about spending a bit of that brain power on making my fucking printer spit out six sheets of black and white text without having a one hour panic attack?
May 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Hey, tech bros. Before you destroy civilisation by building a machine that can make fake video footage indistinguishable from the real thing, how about spending a bit of that brain power on making my fucking printer spit out six sheets of black and white text without having a one hour panic attack?
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Elon Musk changing AI to do Holocaust Denialism is 100% what everyone was warning about. And it's only being caught because Elon Musk is a ham handed loser with no real talent. A competent person behind the scenes using AI to spread propaganda will be absolutely armageddon for truth as a whole.
May 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Elon Musk changing AI to do Holocaust Denialism is 100% what everyone was warning about. And it's only being caught because Elon Musk is a ham handed loser with no real talent. A competent person behind the scenes using AI to spread propaganda will be absolutely armageddon for truth as a whole.
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This man has replaced his friends with AI in his social life and has replaced himself with AI at work. At what point do the wealthy realize they can do this because their lives have no value, and this does not translate to the rest of society?
If you thought social media had scrambled America’s CEOs just wait until they’re fully cooked by AI apple.news/AJ_ht7MMyT9G...
May 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This man has replaced his friends with AI in his social life and has replaced himself with AI at work. At what point do the wealthy realize they can do this because their lives have no value, and this does not translate to the rest of society?
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Poverty makes us strangers. Division makes us strangers.
Decline makes us strangers.
Misery makes us strangers.
Fear makes us strangers.
Destitution makes us strangers.
Decline makes us strangers.
Misery makes us strangers.
Fear makes us strangers.
Destitution makes us strangers.
May 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Poverty makes us strangers. Division makes us strangers.
Decline makes us strangers.
Misery makes us strangers.
Fear makes us strangers.
Destitution makes us strangers.
Decline makes us strangers.
Misery makes us strangers.
Fear makes us strangers.
Destitution makes us strangers.
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I am FIRMLY on team "if you couldn't be arsed to write it, why should I bother reading it?"
Employees who use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini at work face negative judgments about their competence and motivation from colleagues and managers, according to a new study.
AI use damages professional reputation, study suggests
New Duke study says workers judge others for AI use—and hide its use, fearing stigma.
arstechnica.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I am FIRMLY on team "if you couldn't be arsed to write it, why should I bother reading it?"
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[Beastie Boys voice]
The CONclave is where the POPES are CHOsen
<let me inside 'cuz my toes are frozen>
The CONclave is where the POPES are CHOsen
<let me inside 'cuz my toes are frozen>
May 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
[Beastie Boys voice]
The CONclave is where the POPES are CHOsen
<let me inside 'cuz my toes are frozen>
The CONclave is where the POPES are CHOsen
<let me inside 'cuz my toes are frozen>