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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
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This is probably the funniest headline of the year.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is probably the funniest headline of the year.
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'London from Greenwich' by John Duffin
johnduffin.co.uk
johnduffin.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
'London from Greenwich' by John Duffin
johnduffin.co.uk
johnduffin.co.uk
Even this lunatic dipshit doesn't want digital ID cards.
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Even this lunatic dipshit doesn't want digital ID cards.
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if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
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Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
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We used to get videos and images from people who liked making videos and images. AI means we can now get them from people who dislike making videos and images. This doesn’t feel like an improvement.
October 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
We used to get videos and images from people who liked making videos and images. AI means we can now get them from people who dislike making videos and images. This doesn’t feel like an improvement.
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Wow we should base our entire economy on this technology
September 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Wow we should base our entire economy on this technology
Just the dumbest fucking thing to rebuild our whole world around.
Interesting regarding AI and Kpop Demon Hunters 1/2
September 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Just the dumbest fucking thing to rebuild our whole world around.
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One of the most profound mistakes of the last 30 or so years was conceding the principle that one of the main purposes of education (at all levels, but especially university) was preparation for employment.
An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
September 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
One of the most profound mistakes of the last 30 or so years was conceding the principle that one of the main purposes of education (at all levels, but especially university) was preparation for employment.
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What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.
When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"
So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵
So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.
Someone's going to turn this into a screenlife movie, nobody let Timur Bekmambetov see this
One of my favorite genre of posts on Twitter right now is people who think grok can help them find the killer
September 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Someone's going to turn this into a screenlife movie, nobody let Timur Bekmambetov see this
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every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
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You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.
September 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.
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Evolution (abridged)
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Evolution (abridged)
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Tennessee Williams died in 1983, so he was alive at the same time as Venus and Serena - the other tennis-y Williams
September 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Tennessee Williams died in 1983, so he was alive at the same time as Venus and Serena - the other tennis-y Williams
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Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...
August 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...
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GORDON RAMSAY: and the eggs, they are?
UGLÙK: they eggs. Taste good. Canapé.
RAMSAY: no I mean, where do you get the eggs
UGLÙK (gesturing towards Shelob’s lair): Get from big spider
RAMSAY: from big spider. Fuck me. Canapé eggs from big spider. Fucking hell.
UGLÙK: they eggs. Taste good. Canapé.
RAMSAY: no I mean, where do you get the eggs
UGLÙK (gesturing towards Shelob’s lair): Get from big spider
RAMSAY: from big spider. Fuck me. Canapé eggs from big spider. Fucking hell.
October 18, 2023 at 8:17 PM
GORDON RAMSAY: and the eggs, they are?
UGLÙK: they eggs. Taste good. Canapé.
RAMSAY: no I mean, where do you get the eggs
UGLÙK (gesturing towards Shelob’s lair): Get from big spider
RAMSAY: from big spider. Fuck me. Canapé eggs from big spider. Fucking hell.
UGLÙK: they eggs. Taste good. Canapé.
RAMSAY: no I mean, where do you get the eggs
UGLÙK (gesturing towards Shelob’s lair): Get from big spider
RAMSAY: from big spider. Fuck me. Canapé eggs from big spider. Fucking hell.
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bragging about being a giant pussy is integral to the conservative mindset
August 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
bragging about being a giant pussy is integral to the conservative mindset
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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This is wild. The missing 1-3 minutes isn't the half of it.
Late in the day but this is really phenomenal work by CBS. I didn't think the story could surprise me anymore, but I exclaimed out loud several times reading this.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies
A CBS News investigation found discrepancies between the government's description of the Jeffrey Epstein jail video and what the video shows.
www.cbsnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is wild. The missing 1-3 minutes isn't the half of it.
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Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.
From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.
I've seen numerous examples of this in recent days - we're at a point where some reporters are using LLMs as a source and not even remotely properly factchecking, but also where LLM generated material is making its way into other material and being unknowingly reproduced by others.
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.