LynnG
@lynng.bsky.social
Photographer, sub-editor, writer, designer, mother. Life is a constant eyeroll.
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
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La forme des nuages, par Bill Whitehead
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
La forme des nuages, par Bill Whitehead
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Despite industry leaders promising that agentic AI is the future, taking care of virtually all human tasks within the next few years
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Despite industry leaders promising that agentic AI is the future, taking care of virtually all human tasks within the next few years
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Sound up for best experience 😆
Every element of this is comedic perfection.
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Sound up for best experience 😆
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The only one learning is ChatGPT
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The only one learning is ChatGPT
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This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
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Apparently the internet has figured out that the new Oval Office signage and gilding is at base a literal meme template
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Apparently the internet has figured out that the new Oval Office signage and gilding is at base a literal meme template
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
This looks like a temporary placeholder sign but still, just so on brand that they can't even get the basics ie kerning right. Just small town crappy "signage for the cheap cafe or tacky gift shop" vibes.
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This looks like a temporary placeholder sign but still, just so on brand that they can't even get the basics ie kerning right. Just small town crappy "signage for the cheap cafe or tacky gift shop" vibes.
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I understand why people may be caught up in the illusion of llms but if you're writing an article you should really learn what the architecture is behind the illusion.
It would be like publishing a matter of fact article about a magician sawing a woman in half
It would be like publishing a matter of fact article about a magician sawing a woman in half
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I understand why people may be caught up in the illusion of llms but if you're writing an article you should really learn what the architecture is behind the illusion.
It would be like publishing a matter of fact article about a magician sawing a woman in half
It would be like publishing a matter of fact article about a magician sawing a woman in half
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Korte Leidsedwarsstraat, Amsterdam in 1983 and today
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Korte Leidsedwarsstraat, Amsterdam in 1983 and today
Incredibly, still marketing these places as 'a smart investment property' www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
October 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Incredibly, still marketing these places as 'a smart investment property' www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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Looks a lot like how we sometimes try to design here in Aotearoa. It’s essential to seperate the footpath with curbs or bollards otherwise the space will just be taken over by cars. 🚘
"Subtle cues" fail again. This is a classic American woonerf or shared street where the architect thinks paving variation, unobtrusive street furniture, and an "implied curb" are enough to protect pedestrian space from encroachment by cars.
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Looks a lot like how we sometimes try to design here in Aotearoa. It’s essential to seperate the footpath with curbs or bollards otherwise the space will just be taken over by cars. 🚘
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I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
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New Yorkers are blocking Ice from kidnapping people. This is solidarity ✊✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
New Yorkers are blocking Ice from kidnapping people. This is solidarity ✊✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
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At the bank I was told "pick your four digit pincode but it can't be a year." "Aren't they all years?" I asked. We sat in silence for a bit.
November 26, 2024 at 10:45 PM
At the bank I was told "pick your four digit pincode but it can't be a year." "Aren't they all years?" I asked. We sat in silence for a bit.
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Yes! and for women, for most women receiving super is our first experience of pay equity!
FYI I’ll be on TVNZ Breakfast from 7:05am to talk about the age of eligibility for NZ Super. I say don't extend it. It’s not fair on manual workers, Maori, Pasifika, the disabled & those in 30s/40s without the unearned wealth those in 60s/70s are now sitting on. Land tax/wealth tax better. #nzpol
September 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Yes! and for women, for most women receiving super is our first experience of pay equity!