Annemarie Cancienne
@cancienne.bsky.social
Art, nature, writing woes. Sometimes funny, often intentionally. New Yorker by birth, Londoner by practice. She/her.
Story ‘Nothing Compared to You’ out in the Book of Witty Women : https://bit.ly/3Q72ug0
Story ‘Nothing Compared to You’ out in the Book of Witty Women : https://bit.ly/3Q72ug0
A friend is working for an AI education startup. Of the 1000 AI-generated questions they had to read through, about 80% had errors they had to fix. They’ll get paid for all this work once the company - which hasn’t launched yet - hits their subscriber target.
And I. Just.
And I. Just.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A friend is working for an AI education startup. Of the 1000 AI-generated questions they had to read through, about 80% had errors they had to fix. They’ll get paid for all this work once the company - which hasn’t launched yet - hits their subscriber target.
And I. Just.
And I. Just.
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Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
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My annual good gift guide - just out!
A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
madlinblog.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My annual good gift guide - just out!
A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
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Salami Advent Calendar, Czech Republic. podnikovka.cz/uzeniny_c103...
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Salami Advent Calendar, Czech Republic. podnikovka.cz/uzeniny_c103...
14yo came home w a letter from school. ‘Can you sign it? It’s so I can go on the choir trip to France.’
But you’re not in…
‘I’m in the choir now’
Sweet, naive youth. She thinks she’s playing them, and has no idea there are regionals coming up.
But you’re not in…
‘I’m in the choir now’
Sweet, naive youth. She thinks she’s playing them, and has no idea there are regionals coming up.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
14yo came home w a letter from school. ‘Can you sign it? It’s so I can go on the choir trip to France.’
But you’re not in…
‘I’m in the choir now’
Sweet, naive youth. She thinks she’s playing them, and has no idea there are regionals coming up.
But you’re not in…
‘I’m in the choir now’
Sweet, naive youth. She thinks she’s playing them, and has no idea there are regionals coming up.
This sounds like a great idea that’s neither open to exploitation nor is morally bankrupt.
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This sounds like a great idea that’s neither open to exploitation nor is morally bankrupt.
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70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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forſooth ſhe liketh not our type-ſetting & hath made yᵉ ſign of vvanquing
i'm going back in time and making fun of print-makers for using f instead of s. they're so mad they burn an effigy of me. i retaliate by inventing the jerk off motion two centuries before people are ready for it, forever altering the timeline
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
forſooth ſhe liketh not our type-ſetting & hath made yᵉ ſign of vvanquing
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a visionary, touched by the muse, has created their Yorkshire Pudding Sistine Chapel
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
a visionary, touched by the muse, has created their Yorkshire Pudding Sistine Chapel
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Let's... talk more abt this? Make the govt talk more about this?
Why do I need to read multiple national news articles about ridiculous plans to take wedding rings from refugees and zero (0) on how UK schools getting state funding to successfully install clean energy are cutting operational costs?
Why do I need to read multiple national news articles about ridiculous plans to take wedding rings from refugees and zero (0) on how UK schools getting state funding to successfully install clean energy are cutting operational costs?
The first 23 schools have now installed GB Energy solar panels & are cutting their energy bills.
The full list of 250 schools set to benefit has also been published.
The government is building all new schools to be climate-resilient & meet net-zero as part of the School Rebuilding Programme.
The full list of 250 schools set to benefit has also been published.
The government is building all new schools to be climate-resilient & meet net-zero as part of the School Rebuilding Programme.
Schools to cut bills with Great British Energy solar panels
Schools across England to cut bills with Great British Energy solar panels.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Let's... talk more abt this? Make the govt talk more about this?
Why do I need to read multiple national news articles about ridiculous plans to take wedding rings from refugees and zero (0) on how UK schools getting state funding to successfully install clean energy are cutting operational costs?
Why do I need to read multiple national news articles about ridiculous plans to take wedding rings from refugees and zero (0) on how UK schools getting state funding to successfully install clean energy are cutting operational costs?
My borough has a looming bin strike and an argument’s started in my street WhatsApp about whether we club together and pay a man w a van to collect our rubbish or we support the workers and let it pile up. I’d love a solution where we both get out workers a better wage *and* rats don’t move in.
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My borough has a looming bin strike and an argument’s started in my street WhatsApp about whether we club together and pay a man w a van to collect our rubbish or we support the workers and let it pile up. I’d love a solution where we both get out workers a better wage *and* rats don’t move in.
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Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
Labour deserving this drubbing.
And:
I don't like this cycle of polls w/out an election. It's grown since Brexit and leads to gov'ts who act on polls rather than policy. Which is partly why, I think, Labour's policies are so appalling - trying to game the polls rather than plan ahead.
And:
I don't like this cycle of polls w/out an election. It's grown since Brexit and leads to gov'ts who act on polls rather than policy. Which is partly why, I think, Labour's policies are so appalling - trying to game the polls rather than plan ahead.
Labour now down to 18% in our latest @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social voting intention, the joint lowest we've ever had them - prev. May 2009 (expenses scandal, economic crisis). What's happening in 3 charts ...
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Labour deserving this drubbing.
And:
I don't like this cycle of polls w/out an election. It's grown since Brexit and leads to gov'ts who act on polls rather than policy. Which is partly why, I think, Labour's policies are so appalling - trying to game the polls rather than plan ahead.
And:
I don't like this cycle of polls w/out an election. It's grown since Brexit and leads to gov'ts who act on polls rather than policy. Which is partly why, I think, Labour's policies are so appalling - trying to game the polls rather than plan ahead.
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UK Labour is now literally copying NAZI policies.
I'm not sure how you can come back from this.
I'm not sure how you can come back from this.
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
UK Labour is now literally copying NAZI policies.
I'm not sure how you can come back from this.
I'm not sure how you can come back from this.
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This thread, plucked from this week’s newsletter, will likely change your perspective on extreme wealth.
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This thread, plucked from this week’s newsletter, will likely change your perspective on extreme wealth.
Had homework to write a story in another language. Being a swot, I tried going dictionary-free (failed). Fine, my brain said. If you *must* look a word up, use it again in a call back.
When I read it out, I realised that choice made it taught in a narratively satisfying way.
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When I read it out, I realised that choice made it taught in a narratively satisfying way.
/1
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Had homework to write a story in another language. Being a swot, I tried going dictionary-free (failed). Fine, my brain said. If you *must* look a word up, use it again in a call back.
When I read it out, I realised that choice made it taught in a narratively satisfying way.
/1
When I read it out, I realised that choice made it taught in a narratively satisfying way.
/1
I’ll repost this every time I see it.
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I’ll repost this every time I see it.
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JP Morgan analysts calculated "AI products would have to create an additional $650 billion a year, indefinitely, to give investors a reasonable 10% annual return. That’s more than 150% of Apple’s yearly revenue, and a far cry from OpenAI’s current revenue of about $20 billion a year." (🎁)
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
Record capital expenditures and data-center planning are running up against the ground truths of physical infrastructure.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
JP Morgan analysts calculated "AI products would have to create an additional $650 billion a year, indefinitely, to give investors a reasonable 10% annual return. That’s more than 150% of Apple’s yearly revenue, and a far cry from OpenAI’s current revenue of about $20 billion a year." (🎁)
Essential cheese knowledge just hit.
A Swiss Gruyere has been crowned the 2025 World Cheese Champion, seeing off competition from more than 5,000 rivals from 46 countries
u.afp.com/SnsZ
u.afp.com/SnsZ
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Essential cheese knowledge just hit.
I really do despair. Tax us! Your manifesto wasn’t a legal contract! We want nice things around us! Like children’s centres and bin collections and usable A&E departments!
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I really do despair. Tax us! Your manifesto wasn’t a legal contract! We want nice things around us! Like children’s centres and bin collections and usable A&E departments!
At this point, I can only think that several Labour bigwigs took out a huge bet on Greens winning the next election and they’re all working hard to make their gamble come good. Because they’re entering the ‘it’s statistically impossible to be this bad’ zone.
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
At this point, I can only think that several Labour bigwigs took out a huge bet on Greens winning the next election and they’re all working hard to make their gamble come good. Because they’re entering the ‘it’s statistically impossible to be this bad’ zone.
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So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
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What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks.
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks.
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?