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If you are watching the King's Speech remember that he is worth £21bn gets hundreds of millions a year tax free.
But he still charges Wind Farms to rent worthless seabed that he 'owns'.
The result £200m a year to him and you pay it on your Energy Bill.
But he still charges Wind Farms to rent worthless seabed that he 'owns'.
The result £200m a year to him and you pay it on your Energy Bill.
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
If you are watching the King's Speech remember that he is worth £21bn gets hundreds of millions a year tax free.
But he still charges Wind Farms to rent worthless seabed that he 'owns'.
The result £200m a year to him and you pay it on your Energy Bill.
But he still charges Wind Farms to rent worthless seabed that he 'owns'.
The result £200m a year to him and you pay it on your Energy Bill.
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I sympathize with our students not knowing what to do about genAI, given that some parts of the university are busy telling them to use it and get certificates in it and demanding they apply it and some of us are begging them to stop destroying themselves and the planet and our minds.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I sympathize with our students not knowing what to do about genAI, given that some parts of the university are busy telling them to use it and get certificates in it and demanding they apply it and some of us are begging them to stop destroying themselves and the planet and our minds.
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🧵Teaching Students NOT to use AI
So...I've tried to explain to my students why they aren't allowed to use genAI in MY class (even though the university seems to be encouraging them to)
I've written this document to try to explain WHY it's a bad idea rather than just forbidden fruit.
#AI
#genAI
So...I've tried to explain to my students why they aren't allowed to use genAI in MY class (even though the university seems to be encouraging them to)
I've written this document to try to explain WHY it's a bad idea rather than just forbidden fruit.
#AI
#genAI
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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A lot of people who should know better could learn a thing or two from this excellent explainer as to why gen AI is for cunts and should not be used for anything.
December 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A lot of people who should know better could learn a thing or two from this excellent explainer as to why gen AI is for cunts and should not be used for anything.
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AI Bros: With our product you’ll never have to work again!
Everyone: Ok, cool. What will I do for income though?
AIB: That’s the fun part! You’re gonna starve!
E: Umm, ok no thank you.
AIB: But wait there’s more! All art will be devoid of humanity and the planet will die!
E: *grabs pitchfork*
Everyone: Ok, cool. What will I do for income though?
AIB: That’s the fun part! You’re gonna starve!
E: Umm, ok no thank you.
AIB: But wait there’s more! All art will be devoid of humanity and the planet will die!
E: *grabs pitchfork*
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
AI Bros: With our product you’ll never have to work again!
Everyone: Ok, cool. What will I do for income though?
AIB: That’s the fun part! You’re gonna starve!
E: Umm, ok no thank you.
AIB: But wait there’s more! All art will be devoid of humanity and the planet will die!
E: *grabs pitchfork*
Everyone: Ok, cool. What will I do for income though?
AIB: That’s the fun part! You’re gonna starve!
E: Umm, ok no thank you.
AIB: But wait there’s more! All art will be devoid of humanity and the planet will die!
E: *grabs pitchfork*
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This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
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Imagine an Upper House filled with people we got to vote for, instead of poshos, state faith clerics & whatever cranks & crooks ministers feel they owe a favour to.
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Imagine an Upper House filled with people we got to vote for, instead of poshos, state faith clerics & whatever cranks & crooks ministers feel they owe a favour to.
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Love my black reflector strip, or as I like to think of it Hi-Visigoth
December 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Love my black reflector strip, or as I like to think of it Hi-Visigoth
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
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Late to this, but if the Sunday Times is correct that Morgan McSweeney spent one and a half hours last week with Lord Glasman then he isn't fit to fill any senior position in government.
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Late to this, but if the Sunday Times is correct that Morgan McSweeney spent one and a half hours last week with Lord Glasman then he isn't fit to fill any senior position in government.
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I'm thinking this through further and there is no difference between deporting people to form a "culturally coherent group of people" and Hitler saying jews could not be aryan.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
She said both that integration matters but was very pessimistic about how possible it is after *many* generations
Language of "a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people" conveys a sense that *some* people may remain too visibly different, somehow, to be "culturally coherent"
Language of "a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people" conveys a sense that *some* people may remain too visibly different, somehow, to be "culturally coherent"
October 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm thinking this through further and there is no difference between deporting people to form a "culturally coherent group of people" and Hitler saying jews could not be aryan.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
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Yesterday my etsy shop had preciously one view. (And i think that was probably me) If you like my stuff please repost. An eccentric millionaire with lots of empty wall space could be scrolling your timeline right now. marswasrubbish.etsy.com/listing/1579...
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Yesterday my etsy shop had preciously one view. (And i think that was probably me) If you like my stuff please repost. An eccentric millionaire with lots of empty wall space could be scrolling your timeline right now. marswasrubbish.etsy.com/listing/1579...
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Don’t use it.
This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...
Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business
OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...
www.cnn.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Don’t use it.
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"I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize because they said I'd done too much peace. The most peace anyone has ever done. They said if I did any more peace then peace would cease to exist. Phenomenal amounts of peace, huge levels of peace" x
October 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize because they said I'd done too much peace. The most peace anyone has ever done. They said if I did any more peace then peace would cease to exist. Phenomenal amounts of peace, huge levels of peace" x
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Labour's clearly inadequate plan for government was evident within weeks. So, wahey, Kemi Badenoch does even less and it is a great speech?
Come on folks, this isn't serious politics.
Come on folks, this isn't serious politics.
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Labour's clearly inadequate plan for government was evident within weeks. So, wahey, Kemi Badenoch does even less and it is a great speech?
Come on folks, this isn't serious politics.
Come on folks, this isn't serious politics.
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Sorry, but if you're saying those implausible and shallow Kemi Badenoch announcements constitute a good speech then you're part of the UK's political problem.
Same half-baked "tax cut good / international commitments bad" bearing no resemblance to well formed policy.
Same half-baked "tax cut good / international commitments bad" bearing no resemblance to well formed policy.
October 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Sorry, but if you're saying those implausible and shallow Kemi Badenoch announcements constitute a good speech then you're part of the UK's political problem.
Same half-baked "tax cut good / international commitments bad" bearing no resemblance to well formed policy.
Same half-baked "tax cut good / international commitments bad" bearing no resemblance to well formed policy.
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Remembering that it’s Fat Bear Week has certainly perked me up after a blue day yesterday. BRING ON THE CHONKERS
#FatBearWeek #art
#FatBearWeek #art
September 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Remembering that it’s Fat Bear Week has certainly perked me up after a blue day yesterday. BRING ON THE CHONKERS
#FatBearWeek #art
#FatBearWeek #art
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The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
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Solution is simple: Switch off the planet burning plagiarism machine that drives people insane and tells them to eat glue, instead reinvest in Flash and bring back little tie-in educational games for kiddies on the CBeebies website etc
July 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Solution is simple: Switch off the planet burning plagiarism machine that drives people insane and tells them to eat glue, instead reinvest in Flash and bring back little tie-in educational games for kiddies on the CBeebies website etc
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Just go ahead and sack McSweeney. A week is a long time in politics, let alone four years. Heap all of Labour’s many sins on his shoulders and shove him out into the wilderness. Then start again. Start better.
July 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just go ahead and sack McSweeney. A week is a long time in politics, let alone four years. Heap all of Labour’s many sins on his shoulders and shove him out into the wilderness. Then start again. Start better.
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Good note in @stephenkb.bsky.social’s daily email (from Jonathan Eley) on what the NHS does and what it doesn’t do.
This absolutely matches my experience of having a bad knee.
This absolutely matches my experience of having a bad knee.
July 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Good note in @stephenkb.bsky.social’s daily email (from Jonathan Eley) on what the NHS does and what it doesn’t do.
This absolutely matches my experience of having a bad knee.
This absolutely matches my experience of having a bad knee.
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Turn it off. Stop using it. Turn it off. Stop. Stop. Stop.
If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.
If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.
When I searched to see if Mary Shelley and Jane Austen could have met in Bath, Google AI informed me that they were, in fact, sisters...
June 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Turn it off. Stop using it. Turn it off. Stop. Stop. Stop.
If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.
If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.
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The current collapse of public morality should not obscure from us all the other collapses of public morality we have suffered over the last decade.
The Johnson Cabinet should be hanged by the ankles from the streetlights along Victoria Embankment for what they did. Murdering swine.
The Johnson Cabinet should be hanged by the ankles from the streetlights along Victoria Embankment for what they did. Murdering swine.
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
May 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The current collapse of public morality should not obscure from us all the other collapses of public morality we have suffered over the last decade.
The Johnson Cabinet should be hanged by the ankles from the streetlights along Victoria Embankment for what they did. Murdering swine.
The Johnson Cabinet should be hanged by the ankles from the streetlights along Victoria Embankment for what they did. Murdering swine.
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Via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on insta, the most accurate use of this meme ever
May 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on insta, the most accurate use of this meme ever
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in pretty much every domain, and not just through research, private industry *exists* because of public funding, public infrastructure, etc. It is a baby held up by its mother, thinking it can stand on its own two feet.
Right, but a lot of important foundational research isn't profitable right up until it is. Private industry used to be able to count on the government to fund the years of research it can take to get to the profitable part. Now it's just not going to happen.
May 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
in pretty much every domain, and not just through research, private industry *exists* because of public funding, public infrastructure, etc. It is a baby held up by its mother, thinking it can stand on its own two feet.