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Tech Christmas
Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
December 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Tech Christmas
Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
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I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
As AI generated content becomes increasingly realistic, we think laws should be put in place to prevent misuse. All such media should carry a permanent watermark or disclosure, alongside a blanket ban...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine: in conversation — Speculative Insight
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine have both written novels that focus on empires, imperialism, and colonialism, and how people react to and work within those structures. I asked them to chat with me, a...
www.speculativeinsight.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
I'd be way more interested in using AI if it would do the tidying and cleaning and take the bins out
November 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'd be way more interested in using AI if it would do the tidying and cleaning and take the bins out
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Well, I've learned something this morning.
November 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Well, I've learned something this morning.
Surely there is no need for anything to come with an installation cd-rom in this day and age
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Surely there is no need for anything to come with an installation cd-rom in this day and age
Love Albert Hall as a venue anyway but I also really appreciate that they tell you the set times in advance
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Love Albert Hall as a venue anyway but I also really appreciate that they tell you the set times in advance
Accidentally stumbled across bardcore and some of it is just amazingly good
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Accidentally stumbled across bardcore and some of it is just amazingly good
Generic error messages are so frustrating. Give me a clue as to whether it's a permissions or firewall issue or something else that I can fix. I shouldn't have to bother support because computer says no but refuses to give a reason why.
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Generic error messages are so frustrating. Give me a clue as to whether it's a permissions or firewall issue or something else that I can fix. I shouldn't have to bother support because computer says no but refuses to give a reason why.
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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"i just use it to generate ideas"
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"i just use it to generate ideas"
Really need a palate cleanser of a book after finishing Careless People. There should be a genre of cheerful non-fiction about stuff that's helping make the world a better place.
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Really need a palate cleanser of a book after finishing Careless People. There should be a genre of cheerful non-fiction about stuff that's helping make the world a better place.
Talk of the rapture has just reminded me of the gorgeous soundtracks for The Leftovers
September 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Talk of the rapture has just reminded me of the gorgeous soundtracks for The Leftovers
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Hoping it’s real! #ShareGoodNewsToo
Some Good News, everybody!
"Nonprofit environmental organization the Ocean Cleanup has announced that it's on track to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034"
"Nonprofit environmental organization the Ocean Cleanup has announced that it's on track to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034"
Cleanup Group Says It's on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Nonprofit environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup has announced that it can clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade.
futurism.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Hoping it’s real! #ShareGoodNewsToo
Sonos seem to be like Sony with nice hardware, terrible software. Just getting it to work after a router change is painful
September 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sonos seem to be like Sony with nice hardware, terrible software. Just getting it to work after a router change is painful
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This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
September 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
Would be nice if booking systems would just hide/grey out days when there are no appointments available, rather than making you click on every single day to be told nope, no appointments that day
September 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Would be nice if booking systems would just hide/grey out days when there are no appointments available, rather than making you click on every single day to be told nope, no appointments that day
Oh. The package I sent to a friend in Mexico made it to the right area but somehow failed to get delivered and was returned to me 2 months later. So close.
September 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Oh. The package I sent to a friend in Mexico made it to the right area but somehow failed to get delivered and was returned to me 2 months later. So close.
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Hey Firefox users.
August 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey Firefox users.
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Firefox users! Right click on any page, mouse over "Ask an AI Chatbot", and click "Remove AI Chatbot" to nuke the feature into orbit!
I'm assuming they see statistics about how many people have done this.
I'm assuming they see statistics about how many people have done this.
August 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Firefox users! Right click on any page, mouse over "Ask an AI Chatbot", and click "Remove AI Chatbot" to nuke the feature into orbit!
I'm assuming they see statistics about how many people have done this.
I'm assuming they see statistics about how many people have done this.
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Give up on your personal archives while we jam all your data into the content extrusion machine.
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Give up on your personal archives while we jam all your data into the content extrusion machine.
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We're going to need journalists to stop talking about synthetic text extruding machines as if they have *thoughts* or *stances* that they are *trying* to *communicate*. ChatGPT can't *admit* anything, nor *self-report*. Gah.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
August 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We're going to need journalists to stop talking about synthetic text extruding machines as if they have *thoughts* or *stances* that they are *trying* to *communicate*. ChatGPT can't *admit* anything, nor *self-report*. Gah.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
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ok ok i wrote about it
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
August 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
ok ok i wrote about it
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
I THINK they’re mad because of the hardscaping? Not entirely sure.
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
July 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*