James Aylett
@james.tartarus.org
He/him. Working on privacy and responsible AI; usually worried about both. The pandemic isn't over. If I don't follow you it doesn't mean I don't like you. I've built things you've forgotten.
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*bangs table* CHAOS WITH ED MILIBAND
Verdict of one Labour grandee I just bumped into: “Ed Miliband is the person most likely to be the most next Prime Minister”.
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
*bangs table* CHAOS WITH ED MILIBAND
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“Everybody’s chasing AI skills, and now judgment is priceless.”
He then goes on to say judgement is not a skill and how do we teach this???
My dude, may I introduce you to the liberal arts?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvpgyfb/
He then goes on to say judgement is not a skill and how do we teach this???
My dude, may I introduce you to the liberal arts?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvpgyfb/
We don’t talk about judgement enough #ai #learn #chatgpt #learnontiktok
TikTok video by Nate
www.tiktok.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Everybody’s chasing AI skills, and now judgment is priceless.”
He then goes on to say judgement is not a skill and how do we teach this???
My dude, may I introduce you to the liberal arts?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvpgyfb/
He then goes on to say judgement is not a skill and how do we teach this???
My dude, may I introduce you to the liberal arts?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvpgyfb/
Replace News 24 with Olds 24, just rolling programs picked from the Beeb's archive
Exactly. It is not humanly possible not to editorialize as an anchor, if you are filling an indeterminate period of 'dead air'. Also, procedurally inevitable that you will give platform to questionable pundits, whose nonsense goes unchallenged, as the gallery barks instructions in your ear. Obvious.
Strongly agree with the case that Alex made for this. Also - the News 24 presenters all look as if they HATE the gig. (Rolling news works on a station like LBC because the public join in the conversation and the presenters are allowed to have opinions).
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Replace News 24 with Olds 24, just rolling programs picked from the Beeb's archive
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Wow. Thanks for the downer, Science
'The universe will just get colder and deader from now on': Euclid telescope confirms star formation has already peaked in the cosmos
Astronomers using data from ESA's Euclid and Herschel space telescopes have confirmed that star formation has already peaked in the cosmos, and that the universe is bound to get steadily 'colder and d...
www.livescience.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Wow. Thanks for the downer, Science
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I cannot stress enough that you should not in any circumstances be using an AI-generated summary when you are signing contracts of any kind
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I cannot stress enough that you should not in any circumstances be using an AI-generated summary when you are signing contracts of any kind
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
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One final Witching Season announcement....
AMBER BENSON from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will be writing a foreword for our anthology!
We are so thrilled to have one of our favorite witches (Tara 😭) contribute to this book.
This truly means the world to me 💜
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
AMBER BENSON from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will be writing a foreword for our anthology!
We are so thrilled to have one of our favorite witches (Tara 😭) contribute to this book.
This truly means the world to me 💜
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One final Witching Season announcement....
AMBER BENSON from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will be writing a foreword for our anthology!
We are so thrilled to have one of our favorite witches (Tara 😭) contribute to this book.
This truly means the world to me 💜
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
AMBER BENSON from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will be writing a foreword for our anthology!
We are so thrilled to have one of our favorite witches (Tara 😭) contribute to this book.
This truly means the world to me 💜
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
“We can only deliver opportunity for children in our country if they’re in school, achieving and thriving,” the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said.
Somewhat revealing of the lack of imagination of the government about what opportunity means or how people grasp it. As well as being dumb.
Somewhat revealing of the lack of imagination of the government about what opportunity means or how people grasp it. As well as being dumb.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“We can only deliver opportunity for children in our country if they’re in school, achieving and thriving,” the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said.
Somewhat revealing of the lack of imagination of the government about what opportunity means or how people grasp it. As well as being dumb.
Somewhat revealing of the lack of imagination of the government about what opportunity means or how people grasp it. As well as being dumb.
The Steam Frame really should be the successor to a product called the Water Frame
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Steam Frame really should be the successor to a product called the Water Frame
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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Commission of a wizard dragon who has their very own wizard tower like a fancy pants.
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Commission of a wizard dragon who has their very own wizard tower like a fancy pants.
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Really, I’m a sucker for these type of threads, and this one’s another banger.
It's Tuesday. It's November. And it's been awhile. So lets tell the story about the eel, the scheming wife who ate it, and the talking magpie that ratted her out!
That's right! It's time for the eel tale from the 1370s blockbuster hit, "The Book of the Knight of the Tower." 1/5
🗃️🧪
That's right! It's time for the eel tale from the 1370s blockbuster hit, "The Book of the Knight of the Tower." 1/5
🗃️🧪
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Really, I’m a sucker for these type of threads, and this one’s another banger.
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I get so mad when I read about non-phonics methods of teaching reading because they're so OBVIOUSLY inefficient and mentally taxing ways to read.
It's like teaching kids to count on their fingers and that's it, that's how they're supposed to count for their entire lives. It's mindboggling.
It's like teaching kids to count on their fingers and that's it, that's how they're supposed to count for their entire lives. It's mindboggling.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I get so mad when I read about non-phonics methods of teaching reading because they're so OBVIOUSLY inefficient and mentally taxing ways to read.
It's like teaching kids to count on their fingers and that's it, that's how they're supposed to count for their entire lives. It's mindboggling.
It's like teaching kids to count on their fingers and that's it, that's how they're supposed to count for their entire lives. It's mindboggling.
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"'Maximum Alpha at 1.25X Speed: The Misuse of Chariots in Homer's Iliad."
Destined to become the quoted bit in the first half of an academic thesis title before the colon.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"'Maximum Alpha at 1.25X Speed: The Misuse of Chariots in Homer's Iliad."
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Honestly, "but Bond died in the last movie" is just...every new actor has been a new Bond, a fresh start. If you want to do the obsessive continuity thing, you do that within that actor's run. I'd have thought anyone immersed in 007 movies would realize this
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Honestly, "but Bond died in the last movie" is just...every new actor has been a new Bond, a fresh start. If you want to do the obsessive continuity thing, you do that within that actor's run. I'd have thought anyone immersed in 007 movies would realize this
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when someone gets into knitting, crochet, sewing and such things for the first time, the universe should deliver unto them a tin of biscuits. both encouragement and destiny fulfilment for what the tin will ultimately get used for: CRAFTY BITS
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
when someone gets into knitting, crochet, sewing and such things for the first time, the universe should deliver unto them a tin of biscuits. both encouragement and destiny fulfilment for what the tin will ultimately get used for: CRAFTY BITS
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Unbeknownst to Bond, his brain was encased in a special capsule inside his skull by circa 1997 Q and survived the explosion.
Due to a series of hilarious mishaps, the brain capsule ends up in a new host made up of various body parts of his former nemesises, including the ears of Blofeld's cat.
Due to a series of hilarious mishaps, the brain capsule ends up in a new host made up of various body parts of his former nemesises, including the ears of Blofeld's cat.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Unbeknownst to Bond, his brain was encased in a special capsule inside his skull by circa 1997 Q and survived the explosion.
Due to a series of hilarious mishaps, the brain capsule ends up in a new host made up of various body parts of his former nemesises, including the ears of Blofeld's cat.
Due to a series of hilarious mishaps, the brain capsule ends up in a new host made up of various body parts of his former nemesises, including the ears of Blofeld's cat.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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If you thought your portfolio was doing badly here, wait till you see what a bear market in Japan looks like
Businesses in Japan are ramping up safety measures amid record numbers of bear sightings, with convenience stores and delivery firms acting to protect employees and customers.
Businesses in Japan tighten bear safety measures as sightings surge
Convenience stores and delivery companies are taking action to protect employees and customers as the predators are spotted in record numbers.
ebx.sh
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If you thought your portfolio was doing badly here, wait till you see what a bear market in Japan looks like
If you boot a client-side web framework then load the data and only *then* start rendering, you are making assumptions about my priorities.
But if you boot a client-side framework with a default data view then load data into it, just fuck off right now because you are *lying* until full render
But if you boot a client-side framework with a default data view then load data into it, just fuck off right now because you are *lying* until full render
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If you boot a client-side web framework then load the data and only *then* start rendering, you are making assumptions about my priorities.
But if you boot a client-side framework with a default data view then load data into it, just fuck off right now because you are *lying* until full render
But if you boot a client-side framework with a default data view then load data into it, just fuck off right now because you are *lying* until full render
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This whole thread but especially this. Layoffs at tech companies are out of control, and have been rising since the start of the bubble. In an uncertain political climate with less regulation, tech jobs will keep shrinking. This is before even going into electricity costs, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This whole thread but especially this. Layoffs at tech companies are out of control, and have been rising since the start of the bubble. In an uncertain political climate with less regulation, tech jobs will keep shrinking. This is before even going into electricity costs, etc.
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Speed dating is when you have to tell Keanu Reeves a little bit about yourself or this bus will explode
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Speed dating is when you have to tell Keanu Reeves a little bit about yourself or this bus will explode
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No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.