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Bethan M Jenkins
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Please look after this Bee. Cymraeg a Saesneg, fel y mynnoch. Was Dyddgu elseweb. Ei/Hi. She/Her

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tgnprofessor.bsky.social
I'm still using vi. It's not that there aren't better editors, I just never figured out how to close it.
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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ernie.tedium.co
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Early signs suggest an outbreak of bird flu (H5N1) in Oxfordshire. Following a dead swan in Witney which was subsequently confirmed by testing to have avian influenza, cases were confirmed yesterday in Blenheim and on Port Meadow.
Stock imagery of a swan (Erik van Dijk at unsplash.com)
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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tkingfisher.com
This is what it sounds like, when spuds fry…
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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tkingfisher.com
*sniffle* It’s so beautiful.
gamedesignerben.bsky.social Ben Johnson @gamedesignerben.bsky.social · 21h
CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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levostregc.bsky.social
Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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calummillerld.bsky.social
Along with everyone else, I am shocked by the horrendous dumping of tonnes of illegal waste by criminals that now threatens to pollute the River Cherwell.

⏰ Time is ticking. Please sign this petition to let the Government and Environment Agency know they need to act now and clean it up.
Clean up illegal waste - Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats
www.oxonld.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social
A Capella Party
Illustration of a falcon, duck, heron, kiwi bird, crow, and other birds dancing to jazz music.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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oregonthedm.bsky.social
"It really is a travesty that England, named after the Angles, speaks English and speakers are called Anglophone, when it could have been Sexland, named after the Saxons, speaking Sexish and speakers are called Saxophone"
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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rubenbolling.bsky.social
I’ve held onto this information about someone who could do great damage to our country, but now that the damage is already done, I feel the time is right.

It’s my patriotic duty to put this story out… behind a paywall.
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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markwaun.bsky.social
"This year, some special individuals decided when the water was over the beach area, rather than get their little tootsies wet, they would rip down a 500-year-old wall to make a path for themselves"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ardvrek Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones
Ardvrek Castle in Assynt is a 500-year-old former clan seat, and reputed to be haunted.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’
Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
"Raise the Colours" Ryan Bridge being sung out of Brum after Stirchley proved resistant to his toxic flag measles
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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robertbohan.bsky.social
Whilst the media, & far right, are focused on the red herring of ‘protecting’ women & girls from trans ppl, women & girls are actually being murdered & brutalised by non-trans men. Mostly ones they know.

If only this lethal pandemic got the coverage the false conspiracy trans panic gets.
Over 100 women murdered in Ireland since 2012 - and a gap in data on gendered violence
New cross-European investigation finds Ireland’s response to violence against women hindered by insufficient records.
www.thejournal.ie
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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unlox.bsky.social
so here’s a word I’m going to pronounce with four syllables forever now
jjinandtonic.bsky.social Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · Oct 24
Polycules? Is that some obscure hero from Greek mythology?
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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nation.cymru
In Wales, we take a special interest in Gill’s crimes because Reform will be a major player in the 2026 Senedd election. Had he not been found out, it is more than likely that he would have been heading back to the Senedd ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-19lT
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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zaichishka.bsky.social
A key reason I started studying Japanese at school:

"At one stage, some 25% of all Japanese investment into Britain was located in Wales, with just 5% of the UK population."
nation.cymru NationCymru @nation.cymru · 20h
This book is a collection of interviews with Welsh people, from ecologists, writers and translators to farmers, video game entrepreneurs and architects, detailing the connections and curiosity that led them to lives in Japan ✍️ Desmond Clifford
Book review: The Transplantable Roots of Catharine Huws Nagashima: encounters with the Welsh in Japan by Susan Karen Burton
Desmond Clifford This book is a collection of interviews with Welsh people living in Japan. They are a diverse bunch including ecologists, writers, translators, farmers, video game entrepreneurs (coal...
wp.me
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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roberthutton.co.uk
On the plus side, Nick Clegg's house in California looked terrific.
shipwreck75.bsky.social Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 20h
Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.

time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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calpain.bsky.social
We've come a long ways as a species but some things stay the same.
Artwork is by Onionpwder!
www.deviantart.com/o...
#mlp #mlpfim #art
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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henrymance.ft.com
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud
Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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21group.bsky.social
"I somehow fell and landed directly on a ‘send mass-redundancy email’ button", said HR Director at University of Derby

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Derby apologises for redundancy email blunder
Several staff members received confirmation of redundancy applications when they had not applied.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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oliviacampbell.bsky.social
Misogynist-in-chief strikes again
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin
Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.
www.newsweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
gwenynen.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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katebevan.com
Don't believe everything you read on social media, part 3,829,721
awest.uk Andrew West @awest.uk · 1d
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.

I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.

www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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snig.bsky.social
“If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michaelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.”
Uzoamaka Nwanneka “Uzo” Aduba
"...my full name is Uzoamaka, which means "The road is good." Quick lesson: My tribe is Igbo, and you name your kid something that tells your history and hopefully predicts your future... I was the first in roll call, and nobody ever knew how to pronounce it. So I went home and asked my mother if I could be called Zoe. I remember she was cooking, and in her Nigerian accent she said, "Why?" I said, "Nobody can pronounce it." Without missing a beat, she said, "If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka."
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM