BenATG
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Purple Chrome Collective, Cosmic Egg and Palace House Records - there’s a few bits left to write at http://AfterTheGarage.com too
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No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
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This.
Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.
Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.
No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This.
Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.
Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.
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The Dalglish doc is v good
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Dalglish doc is v good
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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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This MTV recording I found from an extremely golden age of 1994 is a time capsule of exactly specifically the last time the world existed before Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” as shown by this ominous trailer. Make of that what you will.
If MTV only knew what they were about to unleash...
December 21, 2024 at 6:43 PM
This MTV recording I found from an extremely golden age of 1994 is a time capsule of exactly specifically the last time the world existed before Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” as shown by this ominous trailer. Make of that what you will.
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"House of Commons Jerk Seasoning" is 1) an extremely funny concept and more importantly 2) a sign of a complete and total victory for cultural pluralism in a way that is kind of difficult to concieve
Look, I know things aren’t great at the moment for (a) anyone, and (b) the Labour Party, but fuck me that’s bleak
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"House of Commons Jerk Seasoning" is 1) an extremely funny concept and more importantly 2) a sign of a complete and total victory for cultural pluralism in a way that is kind of difficult to concieve
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
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The great thing about this one is that even the most ardent “I’m not racist but…” Will see this and admit “that’s a bit racist to be fair”
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The great thing about this one is that even the most ardent “I’m not racist but…” Will see this and admit “that’s a bit racist to be fair”
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ah well, now this is a nice thing. Reflections on favourite drinking spots, self, life and change.
Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them?
No pressure then.
Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them?
No pressure then.
Reposting this personal essay on ritual and loss for the late night crowd and friends in different time zones.
Sign up for more if you like this.
www.anthonygladman.com/drink-it-in/
Sign up for more if you like this.
www.anthonygladman.com/drink-it-in/
Drink it in
Beer is full of quiet, private rituals and the places we return to. You never know, in the normal run of things, that you’re having your last drink in one of your special places, so it pays to savour ...
www.anthonygladman.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Ah well, now this is a nice thing. Reflections on favourite drinking spots, self, life and change.
Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them?
No pressure then.
Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them?
No pressure then.
Facebook event link for anyone else who’s yet to find a decent alternative!
www.facebook.com/share/17xUZ3...
www.facebook.com/share/17xUZ3...
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Facebook event link for anyone else who’s yet to find a decent alternative!
www.facebook.com/share/17xUZ3...
www.facebook.com/share/17xUZ3...
Do we do event postings on here? Not sure if anyone local follows me lol but I’ve got this coming up at the Golden Lion in Todmorden soon - really looking forward to it 😊
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Do we do event postings on here? Not sure if anyone local follows me lol but I’ve got this coming up at the Golden Lion in Todmorden soon - really looking forward to it 😊
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“AI is a collection of moderately useful tools being billed as a supernatural being, something being created before us by shovelling extra words into the word-guessing programme until it wakes up and turns us into paper clips.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
Cory Doctorow, the gatecrasher at the AI party
The writer coined the word ‘enshittification’ to describe how useful tech inevitably gets worse. Now he’s turning his sights on AI
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“AI is a collection of moderately useful tools being billed as a supernatural being, something being created before us by shovelling extra words into the word-guessing programme until it wakes up and turns us into paper clips.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
Oh my god - this book cover in this thread!
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oh my god - this book cover in this thread!
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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Interesting thread - I suspect I’m not the only person on here with a foot in both the software and artist camps. I find LLMs quite useful at the same time as recognising the enormous damage they’re doing and can do. The real world isn’t binary.
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Interesting thread - I suspect I’m not the only person on here with a foot in both the software and artist camps. I find LLMs quite useful at the same time as recognising the enormous damage they’re doing and can do. The real world isn’t binary.
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I’m usually giving counsel of despair so let me offer a hopeful note now: all this is the desperate thrashing of a dying generation, horrified to see up close the consequences of raising their children to believe violence and racism are wrong, and that people should treat each other decently.
This one really is useful because you won’t see a more clear demonstration of one of the most damaging political phenomena of the era: the reactionary professional mind rejecting unacceptable reality, only able to process and comprehend it via something close to conspiracy theory.
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I’m usually giving counsel of despair so let me offer a hopeful note now: all this is the desperate thrashing of a dying generation, horrified to see up close the consequences of raising their children to believe violence and racism are wrong, and that people should treat each other decently.
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There's a sort of Freudian "adjustment to reality" thing here. I remember a conservative writer once bemoaning how we all "live under the doctrine of multiculturalism" in America. And what would that mean, other than we're all adjusted to social reality and the writer is not?
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There's a sort of Freudian "adjustment to reality" thing here. I remember a conservative writer once bemoaning how we all "live under the doctrine of multiculturalism" in America. And what would that mean, other than we're all adjusted to social reality and the writer is not?
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I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
![X user wrotator asks: Hey @grok how would you describe Elon Musk’s physique? How about his mind? And his relationship with his kids?
Grok answers: Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields [buying websites, electric car companies and spacecraft and destroying them]. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreibdrfwpkt563lqwl7xsvd5my6vufdjd7ov4sef4qm3sz4lx2t7jsq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
A lovely warm thread on a cold morning 👇
We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A lovely warm thread on a cold morning 👇