King_Klong
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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“business could falter without customers”
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“business could falter without customers”
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Happy 25th birthday, @wikipedia.org! 🎂
The first edit in Wikipedia's database, to HomePage, was made on January 15, 2001, at 19:27 (UTC), and stated in its entirety "This is the new WikiPedia!"
Over 65 million articles across 300+ languages. Here's to many more 🎉
#Wikipedia25 🧪
The first edit in Wikipedia's database, to HomePage, was made on January 15, 2001, at 19:27 (UTC), and stated in its entirety "This is the new WikiPedia!"
Over 65 million articles across 300+ languages. Here's to many more 🎉
#Wikipedia25 🧪
January 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Happy 25th birthday, @wikipedia.org! 🎂
The first edit in Wikipedia's database, to HomePage, was made on January 15, 2001, at 19:27 (UTC), and stated in its entirety "This is the new WikiPedia!"
Over 65 million articles across 300+ languages. Here's to many more 🎉
#Wikipedia25 🧪
The first edit in Wikipedia's database, to HomePage, was made on January 15, 2001, at 19:27 (UTC), and stated in its entirety "This is the new WikiPedia!"
Over 65 million articles across 300+ languages. Here's to many more 🎉
#Wikipedia25 🧪
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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MEDIA STUDIES: How the Times bungled its coverage of the OBR report on climate change & UK govt debt
Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…"
In fact, the OBR had said the opposite!
1/6
Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…"
In fact, the OBR had said the opposite!
1/6
July 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
MEDIA STUDIES: How the Times bungled its coverage of the OBR report on climate change & UK govt debt
Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…"
In fact, the OBR had said the opposite!
1/6
Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…"
In fact, the OBR had said the opposite!
1/6
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i dno, maybe time to let it go
July 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
i dno, maybe time to let it go
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From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."
Peroration from Robert Jenrick’s speech at the Roger Scruton conference today:
“In the words of George Orwell, ‘nothing ever stands still. We must add to our heritage, or lose it. We must grow greater or grow less. We must go forward or backward.’ I say, let’s go forward.”
“In the words of George Orwell, ‘nothing ever stands still. We must add to our heritage, or lose it. We must grow greater or grow less. We must go forward or backward.’ I say, let’s go forward.”
June 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."
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On the Today programme, Kemi Badenoch tells Emma Barnett: “You are asking questions that are changing the very focus of what it is I’m talking about.”
Yes, that’s how interviews work.
Yes, that’s how interviews work.
June 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
On the Today programme, Kemi Badenoch tells Emma Barnett: “You are asking questions that are changing the very focus of what it is I’m talking about.”
Yes, that’s how interviews work.
Yes, that’s how interviews work.
Elliot das Schmunzelmonster
June 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Elliot das Schmunzelmonster
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sometimes when I'm sad I go on my photos from seven years ago from a holiday to Portugal when I saw two stuffed lions who look like Neil and Christine Hamilton
June 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
sometimes when I'm sad I go on my photos from seven years ago from a holiday to Portugal when I saw two stuffed lions who look like Neil and Christine Hamilton
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MAGA agenda spreading to Tesco.
May 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
MAGA agenda spreading to Tesco.
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Pet parrots were taught to do video calls, and it was a hit.
The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
May 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pet parrots were taught to do video calls, and it was a hit.
The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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🚨Some major errors & misleading claims from experienced presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today, when discussing British Steel with Treasury Minister James Murray
I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future.
Here's what he got wrong... 🧵
I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future.
Here's what he got wrong... 🧵
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚨Some major errors & misleading claims from experienced presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today, when discussing British Steel with Treasury Minister James Murray
I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future.
Here's what he got wrong... 🧵
I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future.
Here's what he got wrong... 🧵
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
Happy Shrove Tuesday to all who celebrate. Kept it traditional this year with sugar and lemon
March 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Happy Shrove Tuesday to all who celebrate. Kept it traditional this year with sugar and lemon
What an impressive endeavour by three eager young scientists www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film
Three young scientists set traps to capture and film species of special concern in move that can help conserve the shrew
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What an impressive endeavour by three eager young scientists www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"A strange assumption has taken hold, including in the chattering classes: that there is a trade-off between good things like regulatory protections, and economic growth"
A long standing UK problem. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A long standing UK problem. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s decision to muzzle regulators in the name of ‘growth’ will backfire horribly | Nicolas Shaxson
The Competition and Markets Authority is the strongest line of defence against monopolies, so its change in leadership really matters, writes the journalist Nicholas Shaxson
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"A strange assumption has taken hold, including in the chattering classes: that there is a trade-off between good things like regulatory protections, and economic growth"
A long standing UK problem. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A long standing UK problem. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trying something new for dinner tonight: vegetarian empanandas with bravas, guacamole and salsa dips. With @dougbamford.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trying something new for dinner tonight: vegetarian empanandas with bravas, guacamole and salsa dips. With @dougbamford.bsky.social