Hugh Barnard
@hughbarnard.bsky.social
Ecology, local democracy, FOSS, AI, ethics, radical financial reform/alternative currencies, music:http://tinyurl.com/4btpysvm, miscellaneous mischief.
Pic is Umi&me at the Grand Soleil in Gruissan
@hughbarnard@post.lurk.org and https://hughbarnard.org
Pic is Umi&me at the Grand Soleil in Gruissan
@hughbarnard@post.lurk.org and https://hughbarnard.org
Reposted by Hugh Barnard
did you know that generating a video uses an extremely eye-watering amount of energy consumption? The estimate below is for a very-old open-source model creating a tiny, low-frame-rate (6 fps!!) video.
Sora 2 must be WAY higher than this - as should Meta's systems
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
Sora 2 must be WAY higher than this - as should Meta's systems
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
did you know that generating a video uses an extremely eye-watering amount of energy consumption? The estimate below is for a very-old open-source model creating a tiny, low-frame-rate (6 fps!!) video.
Sora 2 must be WAY higher than this - as should Meta's systems
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
Sora 2 must be WAY higher than this - as should Meta's systems
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
Reposted by Hugh Barnard
Jan 2020 - just as he was helping to set up GBNews (and Johnson had won a landslide) x.com/robbiegibb/s...
Robbie Gibb on X: "Trapped by its own woke group think, the Today programme - or radio misery as my friends call it - bombards its listeners with a relentlessly negative and sneering tone and paints a picture of Britain that is monstrously out of touch. #today https://t.co/UTsXVp8wZW" / X
Trapped by its own woke group think, the Today programme - or radio misery as my friends call it - bombards its listeners with a relentlessly negative and sneering tone and paints a picture of Britain that is monstrously out of touch. #today https://t.co/UTsXVp8wZW
x.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Jan 2020 - just as he was helping to set up GBNews (and Johnson had won a landslide) x.com/robbiegibb/s...
Reposted by Hugh Barnard
and honestly the craziest thing about it is that time and again evidence is borne out that BEING GOOD SAVES COSTS. Diversity of opinions enriches work culture and makes teams more strategic. Housing the unhoused saves governments money. Basic income is cheaper on civic systems than mass poverty.
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
and honestly the craziest thing about it is that time and again evidence is borne out that BEING GOOD SAVES COSTS. Diversity of opinions enriches work culture and makes teams more strategic. Housing the unhoused saves governments money. Basic income is cheaper on civic systems than mass poverty.
Reposted by Hugh Barnard
“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They‘re the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Farage” Carole Cadwalladr 👇
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They‘re the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Farage” Carole Cadwalladr 👇
Reposted by Hugh Barnard
Need human connection? Here’s a chat bot. Want walkable neighborhoods and green spaces? Here’s a video game to explore instead. If you’re hungry, here’s candy that sort of tastes like fruit so you can trick your brain into thinking you’re getting some nutrients.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Need human connection? Here’s a chat bot. Want walkable neighborhoods and green spaces? Here’s a video game to explore instead. If you’re hungry, here’s candy that sort of tastes like fruit so you can trick your brain into thinking you’re getting some nutrients.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
Reposted by Hugh Barnard
"the Momdani effect" where you're so tired of the old f*rts that you'll vote for the idealist and cross your fingers
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"the Momdani effect" where you're so tired of the old f*rts that you'll vote for the idealist and cross your fingers