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What are we even doing here
January 9, 2026 at 12:08 PM
What are we even doing here
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In "aged like surströmming in a festival portaloo" news.
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
In "aged like surströmming in a festival portaloo" news.
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there’s a lot of irony around how writing a genuinely good prompt for LLMs requires the exact kind of clarity and precision in communication that is taught by good (human) writing instructors - who have now almost all been laid off by college admins
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
there’s a lot of irony around how writing a genuinely good prompt for LLMs requires the exact kind of clarity and precision in communication that is taught by good (human) writing instructors - who have now almost all been laid off by college admins
And that this news broke the same day as the Skripal poisoning inquest findings...totally nuts all of this isn't bigger news!
You'd think us violating Irish neutrality in an apparent attempt to assassinate Zelensky by forcing his plane to crash would be bigger news.
For the Irish for a start.
For the Irish for a start.
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
And that this news broke the same day as the Skripal poisoning inquest findings...totally nuts all of this isn't bigger news!
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‘A little less cool’: Spotify’s listening age feature stirs delight and dismay
‘A little less cool’: Spotify’s listening age feature stirs delight and dismay
Some users jump generations in expanded Wrapped review while Taylor Swift tops UK streams for third year
It has given some in middle age dubious hope that they have their finger on the cultural pulse. Meanwhile, some younger users have been told their listening habits suggest they are well into retirement.
Spotify has confected a wave of intrigue over what our musical preferences suggest about our vintage, with its “your listening age” feature causing delight and consternation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
‘A little less cool’: Spotify’s listening age feature stirs delight and dismay
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
I wonder to what extent some informal backroom US/Russian agreement has been made? US sells out Ukraine and in return Russia doesn't offer any support for erstwhile ally Venuzuela? Back to 'Spheres of Influence' and goodbye to any semblance of international order?
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I wonder to what extent some informal backroom US/Russian agreement has been made? US sells out Ukraine and in return Russia doesn't offer any support for erstwhile ally Venuzuela? Back to 'Spheres of Influence' and goodbye to any semblance of international order?
My total inexpert opinion is that if this disastrous peace plan is foisted upon Ukraine there will be a Russia/Western Europe war by 2028.
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My total inexpert opinion is that if this disastrous peace plan is foisted upon Ukraine there will be a Russia/Western Europe war by 2028.
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
More of this kind of thing www.bbc.com/news/article...
Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags - BBC News
It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.
www.bbc.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
More of this kind of thing www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Shooters now know that their violence will be flattened, picked apart, argued over, and amplified, Charlie Warzel writes. The internet's poison is in its very architecture. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Something Is Very Wrong Online
The cycle of violence will continue as long as the medium doesn’t change.
www.theatlantic.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Shooters now know that their violence will be flattened, picked apart, argued over, and amplified, Charlie Warzel writes. The internet's poison is in its very architecture. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Go for it. I don't even care any more.
August 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Go for it. I don't even care any more.
UK and the US right now
Ella Baron on Britain’s ‘summer of crime’ – cartoon
Ella Baron on Britain’s ‘summer of crime’ – cartoon
Nigel Farage has said successive home secretaries have created conditions that are ‘nothing short of societal collapse’
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
UK and the US right now
Has anybody done the napkin maths on the environmental impact of generating AI cat soap opera slop? Cat soap operas and babies trapped in space: the ‘AI slop’ taking over YouTube www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Cat soap operas and babies trapped in space: the ‘AI slop’ taking over YouTube
Nearly one in 10 of the fastest growing channels globally consist of mass-produced, surreal AI-generated videos
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Has anybody done the napkin maths on the environmental impact of generating AI cat soap opera slop? Cat soap operas and babies trapped in space: the ‘AI slop’ taking over YouTube www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I like the idea of carefully considering the impact of the technologies you use and steering clear of those that don't align to your core beliefs.
August 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I like the idea of carefully considering the impact of the technologies you use and steering clear of those that don't align to your core beliefs.
Menace coming to the streets coz tech bros basically don't like talking to taxi drivers...
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Menace coming to the streets coz tech bros basically don't like talking to taxi drivers...
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Might have to invest in a wind-up radio what with all these definitely random infrastructure outages hitting Western European nations that opposed Putin.
April 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Might have to invest in a wind-up radio what with all these definitely random infrastructure outages hitting Western European nations that opposed Putin.
The older I get, the more I pray for a big ol' dose of EMP techcrunch.com/2025/04/19/f...
Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere | TechCrunch
Every now and then, a Silicon Valley startup launches with such an “absurdly” described mission that it’s difficult to discern if the startup is for real
techcrunch.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The older I get, the more I pray for a big ol' dose of EMP techcrunch.com/2025/04/19/f...
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This is where we are headed. If you don’t believe me, ask what basis the government had to send me and my family to a prison camp in Arkansas. We “looked like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.”
April 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is where we are headed. If you don’t believe me, ask what basis the government had to send me and my family to a prison camp in Arkansas. We “looked like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.”
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Nice solidarity here when Greene calls on an American: "I'm an American journalist, and I'd like to hear your answer to what she's asking."
Here's Marjorie Taylor Greene literally telling a British reporter to "go back to your country" and berating her for trying to ask a question.
"We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."
"We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."
March 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nice solidarity here when Greene calls on an American: "I'm an American journalist, and I'd like to hear your answer to what she's asking."
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Spray-Painted Penis Only Thing Holding Cybertruck Together
March 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Spray-Painted Penis Only Thing Holding Cybertruck Together