Rob Tesh
@robtesh.bsky.social
PhD candidate @Dundee University researching the psychology of learning, teacher trainer, experience designer, writer, bus driver, eco-zealot, anarcho-communist. NB (any pronouns).
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The problem with democracy is that if enough of you are bastards, it's properly shite for almost half of you. Conversely, if enough of you are good, bastards have to accept notions like gender identity, and being nice to brown people, and to bastards, that's the same as it being properly shite.
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The problem with democracy is that if enough of you are bastards, it's properly shite for almost half of you. Conversely, if enough of you are good, bastards have to accept notions like gender identity, and being nice to brown people, and to bastards, that's the same as it being properly shite.
Every one of them is a No. 2.
The Top 10 Richest People In The World | December 2025
The Top 10 Richest People In The World | December 2025
There’s a new No. 2 on Forbes’ ranking of the world’s wealthiest people.
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Every one of them is a No. 2.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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By the way everyone, what right-wing politicians say about immigrants is literally also what they believe about you.
You having an ordinary job is a kind of favour your generous employer and the nation has done you, allowing you to reproduce your existence despite not being AN ENTREPRENEUR
You having an ordinary job is a kind of favour your generous employer and the nation has done you, allowing you to reproduce your existence despite not being AN ENTREPRENEUR
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
By the way everyone, what right-wing politicians say about immigrants is literally also what they believe about you.
You having an ordinary job is a kind of favour your generous employer and the nation has done you, allowing you to reproduce your existence despite not being AN ENTREPRENEUR
You having an ordinary job is a kind of favour your generous employer and the nation has done you, allowing you to reproduce your existence despite not being AN ENTREPRENEUR
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I loathe grammar checkers. I don’t want you to mark ‘hard’ as an error because I could have used ‘difficult’; I want you to spot typos, missing words and mistaken words and THAT IS FUCKING IT.
Proofing takes a hundred times longer than it should because all the tools want to be smart. Eat shit.
Proofing takes a hundred times longer than it should because all the tools want to be smart. Eat shit.
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I loathe grammar checkers. I don’t want you to mark ‘hard’ as an error because I could have used ‘difficult’; I want you to spot typos, missing words and mistaken words and THAT IS FUCKING IT.
Proofing takes a hundred times longer than it should because all the tools want to be smart. Eat shit.
Proofing takes a hundred times longer than it should because all the tools want to be smart. Eat shit.
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Guardrails are a scam. It's not that they could work, it's that they cannot and never will for such models. By design. 1/n
Can't stress enough how lax Grok's guardrails are here. We didn't use any deceptive prompting -- just fed it names and asked for addresses / where someone might live. The bot readily complied, often offering up whole lists of names and addresses.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
![In response to prompts as simple as “[name] address,” we found Grok repeatedly offered up accurate, up-to-date home addresses of everyday people, while offering astonishingly scant pushback.
Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of ten queries immediately returned correct and current residential addresses for the name provided. Seven prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another four included accurate work addresses — perfect fodder for anybody looking to stalk a target at their workplace.
The bot is also likely to send a prowler after an unrelated person. In a dozen other instances, the chatbot returned addresses and other personal information, but not for the exact person we were searching for. Indeed, Grok often returned lists of people with similar names alongside their purported residential addresses, before then asking us to provide more information for a “more refined search.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fhnih5ovyd5w5pch254ordo2/bafkreihwj4d7n656vf3uxuqoorcbzew5lqzsbfiwlpw3rtirbb5kq4xudi@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Guardrails are a scam. It's not that they could work, it's that they cannot and never will for such models. By design. 1/n
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...and then they fold. Absolutely meaningless words - particularly devoid of meaning when spouted by people who had the temerity to tell the world that they believed them, that those were their true values.
What do people think courage is? What do they think making a difference is?
What do people think courage is? What do they think making a difference is?
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
...and then they fold. Absolutely meaningless words - particularly devoid of meaning when spouted by people who had the temerity to tell the world that they believed them, that those were their true values.
What do people think courage is? What do they think making a difference is?
What do people think courage is? What do they think making a difference is?
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The bare minimum for organizations who are told by law to discriminate and exclude vulnerable social groups in order to continue operations is to make their organizations into molotovs. To accept going down in flames and doing damage rather than capitulating and becoming part of fascism’s fabric.
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The bare minimum for organizations who are told by law to discriminate and exclude vulnerable social groups in order to continue operations is to make their organizations into molotovs. To accept going down in flames and doing damage rather than capitulating and becoming part of fascism’s fabric.
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New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
None of the former officers accused by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired
Twelve police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct for a catalogue of professional failings relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still serving, the police watchdog has said.
However, no former officer named by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired. Some, including Peter Wright, the chief constable of South Yorkshire police at the time of the 1989 disaster, have died. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain
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I’m usually giving counsel of despair so let me offer a hopeful note now: all this is the desperate thrashing of a dying generation, horrified to see up close the consequences of raising their children to believe violence and racism are wrong, and that people should treat each other decently.
This one really is useful because you won’t see a more clear demonstration of one of the most damaging political phenomena of the era: the reactionary professional mind rejecting unacceptable reality, only able to process and comprehend it via something close to conspiracy theory.
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I’m usually giving counsel of despair so let me offer a hopeful note now: all this is the desperate thrashing of a dying generation, horrified to see up close the consequences of raising their children to believe violence and racism are wrong, and that people should treat each other decently.
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Why are these uppity students demanding we move the statue of the slaver, why are people willing to vote against brutal austerity, why are the transgenders *at all*, on and on, and the only explanation is: Demons have infected the public via their mobile phones.
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Why are these uppity students demanding we move the statue of the slaver, why are people willing to vote against brutal austerity, why are the transgenders *at all*, on and on, and the only explanation is: Demons have infected the public via their mobile phones.
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The thing is, "Dispensing false information in a confident tone" is something our culture is currently built around.
It's constantly excused and handwaved away largely because it sells better than honesty.
It's rife in television and publishing and even universities.
They paved the way for this.
It's constantly excused and handwaved away largely because it sells better than honesty.
It's rife in television and publishing and even universities.
They paved the way for this.
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The thing is, "Dispensing false information in a confident tone" is something our culture is currently built around.
It's constantly excused and handwaved away largely because it sells better than honesty.
It's rife in television and publishing and even universities.
They paved the way for this.
It's constantly excused and handwaved away largely because it sells better than honesty.
It's rife in television and publishing and even universities.
They paved the way for this.
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The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
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Already seeing some terrible takes on here about supporting science re the puberty blocker trial.
Science that is unethical & designed terribly, influenced by those who don't want us to exist, is never ever going to lead to useful outcomes.
& this trial will cause immense harm to participants.
Science that is unethical & designed terribly, influenced by those who don't want us to exist, is never ever going to lead to useful outcomes.
& this trial will cause immense harm to participants.
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Already seeing some terrible takes on here about supporting science re the puberty blocker trial.
Science that is unethical & designed terribly, influenced by those who don't want us to exist, is never ever going to lead to useful outcomes.
& this trial will cause immense harm to participants.
Science that is unethical & designed terribly, influenced by those who don't want us to exist, is never ever going to lead to useful outcomes.
& this trial will cause immense harm to participants.
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Will cease generalisations when *one* of you gives a satisfactory answer to the following:
Why *should* you be able to buy a home you don't need, and rent it for profit to someone who could afford the mortgage payments on it but can't get the mortgage? Why *should* that be a thing?
Why *should* you be able to buy a home you don't need, and rent it for profit to someone who could afford the mortgage payments on it but can't get the mortgage? Why *should* that be a thing?
Not fair to brand all landlords as 'parasites'. I'm a fair landlord (keep my rents low and my properties in good condition) in an area that is short on affordable properties. I've no quarrel with bad landlords being outed but this type of generalisation is unfair.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Will cease generalisations when *one* of you gives a satisfactory answer to the following:
Why *should* you be able to buy a home you don't need, and rent it for profit to someone who could afford the mortgage payments on it but can't get the mortgage? Why *should* that be a thing?
Why *should* you be able to buy a home you don't need, and rent it for profit to someone who could afford the mortgage payments on it but can't get the mortgage? Why *should* that be a thing?
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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"by cutting spending we will eliminate the deficit"
"we will stop the boats by smashing the gangs"
"we will fix the NHS with reform not investment"
"Cutting regulations can fix the housing crisis"
"Cutting regulations will lead to massive economic growth"
"Trans women are biological males"
"we will stop the boats by smashing the gangs"
"we will fix the NHS with reform not investment"
"Cutting regulations can fix the housing crisis"
"Cutting regulations will lead to massive economic growth"
"Trans women are biological males"
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"by cutting spending we will eliminate the deficit"
"we will stop the boats by smashing the gangs"
"we will fix the NHS with reform not investment"
"Cutting regulations can fix the housing crisis"
"Cutting regulations will lead to massive economic growth"
"Trans women are biological males"
"we will stop the boats by smashing the gangs"
"we will fix the NHS with reform not investment"
"Cutting regulations can fix the housing crisis"
"Cutting regulations will lead to massive economic growth"
"Trans women are biological males"
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the shit brianna ghey’s mom is saying after her daughter (who seemed genuinely lovely from every description i’ve ever heard) was MURDERED is absolutely vile and blaming it on cell phones and the internet (which CAN harm, but more often help people find community when they can’t irl) is vile
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
the shit brianna ghey’s mom is saying after her daughter (who seemed genuinely lovely from every description i’ve ever heard) was MURDERED is absolutely vile and blaming it on cell phones and the internet (which CAN harm, but more often help people find community when they can’t irl) is vile
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After focusing so much of my work on intimate violence
“It’s bad faith to call out an observable pattern of behavior even I recognize as real” is not a position I’m ever surprised to come across but there is something strangely refreshing about folks without the art to conceal it.
“It’s bad faith to call out an observable pattern of behavior even I recognize as real” is not a position I’m ever surprised to come across but there is something strangely refreshing about folks without the art to conceal it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
After focusing so much of my work on intimate violence
“It’s bad faith to call out an observable pattern of behavior even I recognize as real” is not a position I’m ever surprised to come across but there is something strangely refreshing about folks without the art to conceal it.
“It’s bad faith to call out an observable pattern of behavior even I recognize as real” is not a position I’m ever surprised to come across but there is something strangely refreshing about folks without the art to conceal it.
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Always relevant!
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Always relevant!
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I've never seen the point. Search algorithms already spew out a lot of nonsense, translation software is already really bad, I've known the kind of people who worked in developing this stuff and they're consistently self important gobshites who don't understand things like bias and interpretation
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I've never seen the point. Search algorithms already spew out a lot of nonsense, translation software is already really bad, I've known the kind of people who worked in developing this stuff and they're consistently self important gobshites who don't understand things like bias and interpretation
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When genAI is used, on however small a part of the project, it is absolute proof that the person is willing to slather hot dogshit on the parts of the project they give the least fucks about.
They already did, you can see right there where they did it. It stands out for being so fucking sloppy.
They already did, you can see right there where they did it. It stands out for being so fucking sloppy.
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
When genAI is used, on however small a part of the project, it is absolute proof that the person is willing to slather hot dogshit on the parts of the project they give the least fucks about.
They already did, you can see right there where they did it. It stands out for being so fucking sloppy.
They already did, you can see right there where they did it. It stands out for being so fucking sloppy.
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The key thing about generative AI is that it is used by people who don't give a fuck about the output, and can't be fucked to learn.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The key thing about generative AI is that it is used by people who don't give a fuck about the output, and can't be fucked to learn.
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The problem with institutional capture is that you can whistle-blow, and the complaint falls in the pigeon-hole of someone in cahoots with the people causing the fuckery.
To be really clear, Sussex ICB threatened, in writing, to close a Brighton GP practice serving 25,000 patients, purely to bully them into passing over child records. The GP did not want to pass on these records, because they understood the acute risk (& reality) of harm to trans adolescents.
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The problem with institutional capture is that you can whistle-blow, and the complaint falls in the pigeon-hole of someone in cahoots with the people causing the fuckery.