Ros Jackson
@rosjackson.co.uk
🌹 Deputy Leader of the Labour Group at East Lindsey District Council. Ludensian. PHP and MySQL wrangler. Dragon chronicler. I block AI posters.
https://www.rosjackson.co.uk/
https://www.rosjackson.co.uk/
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We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
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The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
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Using these newfangled lightbulbs creates zombies, but what can do? There's a lot of money in newlight. The industry is robust. Sure, the zombie throngs are growing every day, and scientists project that 98% of all non-zombie life will be wiped out by 2055 but scientists aren't always correct.
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Using these newfangled lightbulbs creates zombies, but what can do? There's a lot of money in newlight. The industry is robust. Sure, the zombie throngs are growing every day, and scientists project that 98% of all non-zombie life will be wiped out by 2055 but scientists aren't always correct.
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It is, I am reliably informed, International Red Squirrels week. And it’s working. I am aware of red squirrels.
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It is, I am reliably informed, International Red Squirrels week. And it’s working. I am aware of red squirrels.
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Calls have been made for the press regulator to investigate “systematic failings which lead publishers to keep running fake, likely AI-generated, PR content.”
Rupert Murdoch’s Times humiliated over fake interviews
Calls have been made for the press regulator to investigate “systematic failings which lead publishers to keep running fake, likely AI-generated, PR content.”
leftfootforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Calls have been made for the press regulator to investigate “systematic failings which lead publishers to keep running fake, likely AI-generated, PR content.”
I'm hearing from more and more friends that they rarely use Facebook any more because it's so much more fascist, unusable, and slop-clogged.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm hearing from more and more friends that they rarely use Facebook any more because it's so much more fascist, unusable, and slop-clogged.
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Can anyone recommend an opensource/ shareware/cheap alternative to Adobe Acrobat, please and thank you?
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Can anyone recommend an opensource/ shareware/cheap alternative to Adobe Acrobat, please and thank you?
If your AI datacentre needs a SMR to power it, it's poorly coded and too general to be of any use. There's no point brute-forcing this software to try to do everything. This is part of why GenAI is such destructive garbage.
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If your AI datacentre needs a SMR to power it, it's poorly coded and too general to be of any use. There's no point brute-forcing this software to try to do everything. This is part of why GenAI is such destructive garbage.
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Buried news of the day IMO
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods
New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Buried news of the day IMO
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
Pinch of ground ginger, 1 1/2 spoons cocoa powder, whole milk not semi-skimmed, NO added sugar. Heat and stir until smooth, don't let it boil over. That's what this wet and windy November night calls for.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pinch of ground ginger, 1 1/2 spoons cocoa powder, whole milk not semi-skimmed, NO added sugar. Heat and stir until smooth, don't let it boil over. That's what this wet and windy November night calls for.
I'm listening to Cage of Souls on audiobook, and the narration is great. For all that it's set in the darkness and cruelty of the end of the world, it's engrossing.
#Booksky
#Booksky
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm listening to Cage of Souls on audiobook, and the narration is great. For all that it's set in the darkness and cruelty of the end of the world, it's engrossing.
#Booksky
#Booksky
Generative AI: built on illegal scraping, so it's no surprise that it's crime all the way through. This is just one example of its serious harm. Until this is fixed it should be banned in the UK.
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Generative AI: built on illegal scraping, so it's no surprise that it's crime all the way through. This is just one example of its serious harm. Until this is fixed it should be banned in the UK.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Are we so stupid that we don't think the kind of labor market disruption Altman and Amodei dream of won't result in a compounding of human misery?
Of poverty? Homelessness? Violence? Crime?
They know it will. They just don't care.
www.whatwelo.st/p/whats-past...
Of poverty? Homelessness? Violence? Crime?
They know it will. They just don't care.
www.whatwelo.st/p/whats-past...
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Are we so stupid that we don't think the kind of labor market disruption Altman and Amodei dream of won't result in a compounding of human misery?
Of poverty? Homelessness? Violence? Crime?
They know it will. They just don't care.
www.whatwelo.st/p/whats-past...
Of poverty? Homelessness? Violence? Crime?
They know it will. They just don't care.
www.whatwelo.st/p/whats-past...
Palantir and Nvidia getting shorted?
I feel this is going to lead to a run on popcorn.
I feel this is going to lead to a run on popcorn.
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Palantir and Nvidia getting shorted?
I feel this is going to lead to a run on popcorn.
I feel this is going to lead to a run on popcorn.
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Fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
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Let me be clear on my position: If ChatGPT Atlas was the only browser left, I would no longer use the web.
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Let me be clear on my position: If ChatGPT Atlas was the only browser left, I would no longer use the web.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird that people are bothered about online harms enough that we have the Online Safety Act, but when it comes to Generative AI chatbots fuelled by suspect data scraped from the whole net, that same caution doesn't apply?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Increase regulation of AI chatbots to protect children from grooming and harm
We think the government should increase regulations of AI chatbots to prevent grooming and harm to children.
petition.parliament.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird that people are bothered about online harms enough that we have the Online Safety Act, but when it comes to Generative AI chatbots fuelled by suspect data scraped from the whole net, that same caution doesn't apply?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Please, please, please stop using genAI to make your protest or ‘resistance‘ images, for feck’s sake! This is part of the shit you claim to be resisting!
It is literally a symbol of billionaires undermining individual creativity and harvesting it so they can amass more wealth by mass producing it.
It is literally a symbol of billionaires undermining individual creativity and harvesting it so they can amass more wealth by mass producing it.
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Please, please, please stop using genAI to make your protest or ‘resistance‘ images, for feck’s sake! This is part of the shit you claim to be resisting!
It is literally a symbol of billionaires undermining individual creativity and harvesting it so they can amass more wealth by mass producing it.
It is literally a symbol of billionaires undermining individual creativity and harvesting it so they can amass more wealth by mass producing it.
Ban AI scrapers from disobeying robots.txt. It would be a start, so please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Ban AI scrapers from scraping websites that have opted out
We want the Government to pass legislation making compliance with websites' wishes on web scrapers (often expressed through the robots.txt file) legally binding for all AI companies training their mod...
petition.parliament.uk
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ban AI scrapers from disobeying robots.txt. It would be a start, so please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
I'm currently listening to the second book in this series, and can report that Joe Jameson is mad talented as a narrator:
www.warpcoresf.co.uk/age-of-assas...
#booksky #fantasy
www.warpcoresf.co.uk/age-of-assas...
#booksky #fantasy
A review of Age Of Assassins by R. J. Barker
A review of the fantasy novel Age Of Assassins by R. J. Barker.
www.warpcoresf.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm currently listening to the second book in this series, and can report that Joe Jameson is mad talented as a narrator:
www.warpcoresf.co.uk/age-of-assas...
#booksky #fantasy
www.warpcoresf.co.uk/age-of-assas...
#booksky #fantasy
Installing Ubuntu Linux for Absolute Beginners
YouTube video by tektoc
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is what we all suspected; it's nice to see it backed by science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVf7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVf7...
AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats
YouTube video by Pivot to AI
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is what we all suspected; it's nice to see it backed by science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVf7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVf7...
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Welcome, new users. Posts on Bluesky are called skjörts. If someone re-skjörts you, that is a doppelskjört. If you respond to a doppelskjört, that is called a Trifect, and you cannot skjört again for nine hours. If you do anyway, that's a Time Clench. It's all very simple.
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Welcome, new users. Posts on Bluesky are called skjörts. If someone re-skjörts you, that is a doppelskjört. If you respond to a doppelskjört, that is called a Trifect, and you cannot skjört again for nine hours. If you do anyway, that's a Time Clench. It's all very simple.