John Leonard
@johnleonard.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Tech journo interested in technological evolution and the way tech is changing the world - and us. Searchable tfr
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Not sure what to make of this survey given its sponsors, but it's true that water management in the UK is a mess. We have no clue who's using what. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/30/water-shortages-could-derail-uk-net-zero-plans-study-finds
#uk #water #netzero
#uk #water #netzero
November 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Not sure what to make of this survey given its sponsors, but it's true that water management in the UK is a mess. We have no clue who's using what. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/30/water-shortages-could-derail-uk-net-zero-plans-study-finds
#uk #water #netzero
#uk #water #netzero
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🔴Morgan McSweeney, 'The Fraud' and The Takeover of the Labour Party
Investigative journalist Paul Holden joins @ollyhaynes.bsky.social to talk about his new book, 'The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy'
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/morgan-mcs...
Investigative journalist Paul Holden joins @ollyhaynes.bsky.social to talk about his new book, 'The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy'
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/morgan-mcs...
Morgan McSweeney, 'The Fraud' and The Takeover of the Labour Party
Investigative journalist Paul Holden joins Olly Haynes to talk about his new book, 'The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy'
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🔴Morgan McSweeney, 'The Fraud' and The Takeover of the Labour Party
Investigative journalist Paul Holden joins @ollyhaynes.bsky.social to talk about his new book, 'The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy'
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/morgan-mcs...
Investigative journalist Paul Holden joins @ollyhaynes.bsky.social to talk about his new book, 'The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy'
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/morgan-mcs...
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Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
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I'm so excited the #fediverse has passed the "you see other people's posts about the massive outage before you get a chance to post about it yourself" tipping point.
#cloudflare #outage
#cloudflare #outage
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'm so excited the #fediverse has passed the "you see other people's posts about the massive outage before you get a chance to post about it yourself" tipping point.
#cloudflare #outage
#cloudflare #outage
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John Coltrane: Why Giant Steps is renowned for its complexity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w
#music #jazz #johncoltrane #legend #genious #musictheory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w
#music #jazz #johncoltrane #legend #genious #musictheory
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
John Coltrane: Why Giant Steps is renowned for its complexity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w
#music #jazz #johncoltrane #legend #genious #musictheory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w
#music #jazz #johncoltrane #legend #genious #musictheory
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Thinking about all these repeated attempts to strip away privacy to make it easier for cops to catch bad guys.
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
Original post on mastodon.monoceros.co.za
mastodon.monoceros.co.za
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thinking about all these repeated attempts to strip away privacy to make it easier for cops to catch bad guys.
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
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Curious that whenever someone shows me “the cool #ai flow” they built that’s supposed to be impressive, the conversation goes the same way:
Stage 1: “But you don’t understand. You don’t like AI because you haven’t used it right. Let me show you how much you can do it with.”
Stage 2: “Here are […]
Stage 1: “But you don’t understand. You don’t like AI because you haven’t used it right. Let me show you how much you can do it with.”
Stage 2: “Here are […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Curious that whenever someone shows me “the cool #ai flow” they built that’s supposed to be impressive, the conversation goes the same way:
Stage 1: “But you don’t understand. You don’t like AI because you haven’t used it right. Let me show you how much you can do it with.”
Stage 2: “Here are […]
Stage 1: “But you don’t understand. You don’t like AI because you haven’t used it right. Let me show you how much you can do it with.”
Stage 2: “Here are […]
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Mathematics is a language. But innumeracy is also a language and our president is fluent.
It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper.
He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]
It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper.
He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Mathematics is a language. But innumeracy is also a language and our president is fluent.
It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper.
He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]
It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper.
He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]
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Photographed during the fall in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. #colorado #photography #PhotoOfTheWeek #wallart #artistry #art
#naturelovers #interiordecoration #homedecoration #treepic #wallart #homedecor
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November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Photographed during the fall in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. #colorado #photography #PhotoOfTheWeek #wallart #artistry #art
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#naturelovers #interiordecoration #homedecoration #treepic #wallart #homedecor
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Two #google “#AI” results. The first is not that far off—wish Google would cite its source, but of course it won’t, so the original site doesn’t get a hit. (Was it us?) The second was done on a separate browser just a minute later and is, at best, BS.
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Two #google “#AI” results. The first is not that far off—wish Google would cite its source, but of course it won’t, so the original site doesn’t get a hit. (Was it us?) The second was done on a separate browser just a minute later and is, at best, BS.
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But, I will say something like "have you tried to get it to do any moment from the script?"
And this is when they say "yeah, it was hard it couldn't get the faces right..." etc. Because that's where this stuff fails.
But then they say "soon it will be better"
It's been three years.
But also […]
And this is when they say "yeah, it was hard it couldn't get the faces right..." etc. Because that's where this stuff fails.
But then they say "soon it will be better"
It's been three years.
But also […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
But, I will say something like "have you tried to get it to do any moment from the script?"
And this is when they say "yeah, it was hard it couldn't get the faces right..." etc. Because that's where this stuff fails.
But then they say "soon it will be better"
It's been three years.
But also […]
And this is when they say "yeah, it was hard it couldn't get the faces right..." etc. Because that's where this stuff fails.
But then they say "soon it will be better"
It's been three years.
But also […]
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I've been having a few surreal conversations about AI with one or two people I know who may be less pessimistic about the tech than I am.
In both cases we are not talking about investor types, these are artists. And they'll say something like "Now I can shoot that period drama I wrote and […]
In both cases we are not talking about investor types, these are artists. And they'll say something like "Now I can shoot that period drama I wrote and […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I've been having a few surreal conversations about AI with one or two people I know who may be less pessimistic about the tech than I am.
In both cases we are not talking about investor types, these are artists. And they'll say something like "Now I can shoot that period drama I wrote and […]
In both cases we are not talking about investor types, these are artists. And they'll say something like "Now I can shoot that period drama I wrote and […]
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Paul Rudnick explained what he learned from the meetings of Donald Trump and world leaders, most recently Xi Jinping:
"Trump politics: Invent a problem. Concoct a drastic solution. Become a global punchline. Withdraw the solution so everything stays the same. Declare victory. Repeat."
#losing […]
"Trump politics: Invent a problem. Concoct a drastic solution. Become a global punchline. Withdraw the solution so everything stays the same. Declare victory. Repeat."
#losing […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Paul Rudnick explained what he learned from the meetings of Donald Trump and world leaders, most recently Xi Jinping:
"Trump politics: Invent a problem. Concoct a drastic solution. Become a global punchline. Withdraw the solution so everything stays the same. Declare victory. Repeat."
#losing […]
"Trump politics: Invent a problem. Concoct a drastic solution. Become a global punchline. Withdraw the solution so everything stays the same. Declare victory. Repeat."
#losing […]
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CNN editor-in-chief Mark Thompson, following a While House meeting, sought to soften the news network’s coverage of President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing, claiming viewers aren’t that interested in the story, according to the Status newsletter.
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
CNN editor-in-chief Mark Thompson, following a While House meeting, sought to soften the news network’s coverage of President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing, claiming viewers aren’t that interested in the story, according to the Status newsletter.
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I liked the good ol “irrational exuberance” better than the new “mandatory exuberance”
October 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I liked the good ol “irrational exuberance” better than the new “mandatory exuberance”
Notorious hacking group Crimson Collective has claimed responsibility for a major breach of Nintendo's internal systems.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/crimson-collective-claims-nintendo-hack
#nintendo #infosec #crimsoncollective #databreach #cybersecurity
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/crimson-collective-claims-nintendo-hack
#nintendo #infosec #crimsoncollective #databreach #cybersecurity
Crimson Collective claims to have hacked Nintendo
Notorious hacking group Crimson Collective has claimed responsibility for a major breach of Nintendo's internal systems.
www.computing.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Notorious hacking group Crimson Collective has claimed responsibility for a major breach of Nintendo's internal systems.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/crimson-collective-claims-nintendo-hack
#nintendo #infosec #crimsoncollective #databreach #cybersecurity
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/crimson-collective-claims-nintendo-hack
#nintendo #infosec #crimsoncollective #databreach #cybersecurity
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"Asking enslaved people if they actually want to work the plantations for free would kill the cotton industry."
-- Nick Clegg
#AI #aicon #exploitation #bigtech
-- Nick Clegg
#AI #aicon #exploitation #bigtech
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"Asking enslaved people if they actually want to work the plantations for free would kill the cotton industry."
-- Nick Clegg
#AI #aicon #exploitation #bigtech
-- Nick Clegg
#AI #aicon #exploitation #bigtech
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## You did no fact checking, and I must scream
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/i-have-no-facts-and-i-must-scream/
I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a […]
[Original post on shkspr.mobi]
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/i-have-no-facts-and-i-must-scream/
I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a […]
[Original post on shkspr.mobi]
October 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
## You did no fact checking, and I must scream
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/i-have-no-facts-and-i-must-scream/
I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a […]
[Original post on shkspr.mobi]
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/i-have-no-facts-and-i-must-scream/
I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a […]
[Original post on shkspr.mobi]
Meta is to use the conversations users have with its AI assistant – both voice and text – to provide even-more personalised advertising.
Meanwhile Wikipedia opens up to more AI innovation
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/meta-to-use-ai-chats-for-targetted-advertising
#meta #facebook […]
Meanwhile Wikipedia opens up to more AI innovation
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/meta-to-use-ai-chats-for-targetted-advertising
#meta #facebook […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Meta is to use the conversations users have with its AI assistant – both voice and text – to provide even-more personalised advertising.
Meanwhile Wikipedia opens up to more AI innovation
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/meta-to-use-ai-chats-for-targetted-advertising
#meta #facebook […]
Meanwhile Wikipedia opens up to more AI innovation
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/meta-to-use-ai-chats-for-targetted-advertising
#meta #facebook […]
State-aligned hacking groups have sharply escalated their cyber operations against the EU over the past year, says European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Threat Landscape Report
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/state-aligned-threats-against-eu-intensify
#technew […]
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/state-aligned-threats-against-eu-intensify
#technew […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
State-aligned hacking groups have sharply escalated their cyber operations against the EU over the past year, says European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Threat Landscape Report
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/state-aligned-threats-against-eu-intensify
#technew […]
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/state-aligned-threats-against-eu-intensify
#technew […]
Imgur has started blocking access to its site from UK users after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) threatened to fine the company over its advertising and data collection policies […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Imgur has started blocking access to its site from UK users after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) threatened to fine the company over its advertising and data collection policies […]
Who doesn’t love a good buzzword? It’s possible that half the tech industry (and a good proportion of tech journalism) wouldn’t exist if the industry didn’t hunger for a neologism. One of the latest (but not the latest) is vibe coding […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Who doesn’t love a good buzzword? It’s possible that half the tech industry (and a good proportion of tech journalism) wouldn’t exist if the industry didn’t hunger for a neologism. One of the latest (but not the latest) is vibe coding […]
Keir Starmer has announced an "online hospital" initiative to transform how outpatient care is delivered in England.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/pm-unveils-online-hospital-plan
#technews #nhs #uk #ukpol #onlinehospital #labour
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/pm-unveils-online-hospital-plan
#technews #nhs #uk #ukpol #onlinehospital #labour
NHS unveils 'online hospital' plan to slash waiting lists
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a landmark "online hospital" initiative to transform how outpatient care is delivered in England.
www.computing.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Keir Starmer has announced an "online hospital" initiative to transform how outpatient care is delivered in England.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/pm-unveils-online-hospital-plan
#technews #nhs #uk #ukpol #onlinehospital #labour
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/pm-unveils-online-hospital-plan
#technews #nhs #uk #ukpol #onlinehospital #labour
A new government procurement platform intended to encourage more small businesses to bid for contracts, driving competition, has seen its costs balloon from an intended £1.5 million to £12 million as multinational consultancies won contracts to build and manage it […]
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mastodon.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A new government procurement platform intended to encourage more small businesses to bid for contracts, driving competition, has seen its costs balloon from an intended £1.5 million to £12 million as multinational consultancies won contracts to build and manage it […]
TCS - the weak link?
The cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is showing us in real time how individual decisions from private enterprise to outsource tech functions like cybersecurity can end up having a much bigger impact, and a cost to taxpayers […]
The cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is showing us in real time how individual decisions from private enterprise to outsource tech functions like cybersecurity can end up having a much bigger impact, and a cost to taxpayers […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
TCS - the weak link?
The cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is showing us in real time how individual decisions from private enterprise to outsource tech functions like cybersecurity can end up having a much bigger impact, and a cost to taxpayers […]
The cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is showing us in real time how individual decisions from private enterprise to outsource tech functions like cybersecurity can end up having a much bigger impact, and a cost to taxpayers […]