Sarah
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Curiouser and curiouser, and increasingly militant
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One might well also ask what David Lammy, as Foreign Secretary & Justice Secretary, is supposed to have done to farmers, except be Black in public...
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One might well also ask what David Lammy, as Foreign Secretary & Justice Secretary, is supposed to have done to farmers, except be Black in public...
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Every time one of these cursed startups comes along, someone is there to make the economic/class argument, as if we haven’t seen a thousand times that the business model is to neutralise the competition, render people reliant on their product then hike prices.
All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Every time one of these cursed startups comes along, someone is there to make the economic/class argument, as if we haven’t seen a thousand times that the business model is to neutralise the competition, render people reliant on their product then hike prices.
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
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Yeah. The correct 'reform' of the OBR is it should be Parliament's creature first and foremost. It's good for HMT to have its own forecasts and for the Chancellor's ideology to be a partial driver to them!
What should happen is that: we publish multiple OBR forecasts in advance around different tax / spend scenarios and we can then have a proper debate about the state of the nations finances.
The OBR publishing early is bad news for a) the person who carries the can b) the political debate around the OBR but maybe good for those of us who think Budget documents should be published before, not after, the Chancellor speaks as a matter of course when the world doesn't end at 13:30 today?
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Yeah. The correct 'reform' of the OBR is it should be Parliament's creature first and foremost. It's good for HMT to have its own forecasts and for the Chancellor's ideology to be a partial driver to them!
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My closing thought is the same as it's been for years: companies want to make LLMs into liability avoidance devices. Someone at IBM figured this out in 1979 and put this in a presentation, and it's only become more accurate over time: blog.apaonline.org/2023/04/13/r...
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
My closing thought is the same as it's been for years: companies want to make LLMs into liability avoidance devices. Someone at IBM figured this out in 1979 and put this in a presentation, and it's only become more accurate over time: blog.apaonline.org/2023/04/13/r...
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Andrew, because he’s a dickhead everyone hates; Mandelson, because he’s a dickhead who made the lobby hacks look like bent clowns. Even then, this was all decided offscreen, far from anything that looks like scrutiny. There are no higher principles at work than “Thou shalt not humiliate the lads”.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Andrew, because he’s a dickhead everyone hates; Mandelson, because he’s a dickhead who made the lobby hacks look like bent clowns. Even then, this was all decided offscreen, far from anything that looks like scrutiny. There are no higher principles at work than “Thou shalt not humiliate the lads”.
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Contracted women players announced
Some exciting young names included; Catríona Finn, Jane Neill, Beth Buttimer
But some big omissions too, and unclear why as yet.
No Linda Djougang, Clare Boles, Nicole Fowley, Brittany Hogan...
Some exciting young names included; Catríona Finn, Jane Neill, Beth Buttimer
But some big omissions too, and unclear why as yet.
No Linda Djougang, Clare Boles, Nicole Fowley, Brittany Hogan...
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Contracted women players announced
Some exciting young names included; Catríona Finn, Jane Neill, Beth Buttimer
But some big omissions too, and unclear why as yet.
No Linda Djougang, Clare Boles, Nicole Fowley, Brittany Hogan...
Some exciting young names included; Catríona Finn, Jane Neill, Beth Buttimer
But some big omissions too, and unclear why as yet.
No Linda Djougang, Clare Boles, Nicole Fowley, Brittany Hogan...
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Ts and Cs say "While you may have a strong emotional reaction you expressly agree to assume all risks associated with your use of the Services and not to hold Enough liable for any social, emotional, or legal consequences of such discoveries or encounters."
This is not trauma-informed!
This is not trauma-informed!
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Ts and Cs say "While you may have a strong emotional reaction you expressly agree to assume all risks associated with your use of the Services and not to hold Enough liable for any social, emotional, or legal consequences of such discoveries or encounters."
This is not trauma-informed!
This is not trauma-informed!
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The Mail gave the co-founder of Enough a massive spread to talk about the campaign, and to tell his daughter's story. No where does it mention the concerns, the criticisms, the issues with self swab kits, how it shares disinfo about rape crisis, and - always to me the most shocking bit - how its
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The Mail gave the co-founder of Enough a massive spread to talk about the campaign, and to tell his daughter's story. No where does it mention the concerns, the criticisms, the issues with self swab kits, how it shares disinfo about rape crisis, and - always to me the most shocking bit - how its
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We might as well enjoy the SpyCops inquiry while it lasts because the way things are right now, it looks like it’ll be the last sip of transparency we’ll get for the next two decades at least.
It's worth noting this in the context of the "An assault on our ancient liberties" discourse around the plan to curtail jury trials. The UK justice system has always been anti-democratic and indulgent of the security state. Authoritarianism is built-in.
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‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We might as well enjoy the SpyCops inquiry while it lasts because the way things are right now, it looks like it’ll be the last sip of transparency we’ll get for the next two decades at least.
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“Judicial reviews are not the problem & deregulation is no answer
Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse
Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse
Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
We have seen before how cutting ‘red tape’ leads to disaster, especially in planning and housing
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“Judicial reviews are not the problem & deregulation is no answer
Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse
Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse
Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Nothing is fun about this fact, but the thread it starts will shock even the most battle hardened trans people/allies.
What the UK press and political class - especially Labour - have allowed to metastacize over the past 10 years is nothing short of a moral panic.
What the UK press and political class - especially Labour - have allowed to metastacize over the past 10 years is nothing short of a moral panic.
Fun fact I couldn't mention until now: At the time Graham Linehan was harassing Sophia Brooks online, I was contacted by her former teachers and School Safeguarding Team to get her latest contact details, as they were worried sick about her being publicly stalked by an abusive alcoholic celebrity.
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Nothing is fun about this fact, but the thread it starts will shock even the most battle hardened trans people/allies.
What the UK press and political class - especially Labour - have allowed to metastacize over the past 10 years is nothing short of a moral panic.
What the UK press and political class - especially Labour - have allowed to metastacize over the past 10 years is nothing short of a moral panic.
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Also fundamentally deceitful to list a load of NATO members who are required as part of their membership to reach a spend of 3.5% of their GDP on military shit by 2035 and then go "LOOK HOW LOW IRELAND AND MALTA ARE"
Yeah we're not in the war nonce club sorry lockheed martin :/
Yeah we're not in the war nonce club sorry lockheed martin :/
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Also fundamentally deceitful to list a load of NATO members who are required as part of their membership to reach a spend of 3.5% of their GDP on military shit by 2035 and then go "LOOK HOW LOW IRELAND AND MALTA ARE"
Yeah we're not in the war nonce club sorry lockheed martin :/
Yeah we're not in the war nonce club sorry lockheed martin :/
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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can anyone who understands finance lingo tell me if this is a good or bad sign??
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
can anyone who understands finance lingo tell me if this is a good or bad sign??
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Universitiws are one of the only three truly world-class institutions that the UK has and this government wants them to collapse. It's mind boggling.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Universitiws are one of the only three truly world-class institutions that the UK has and this government wants them to collapse. It's mind boggling.
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It's not *just* academics and students (two groups that Starmer's Labour despise and see as undesirable) who populate universities. They employ vast work forces! There are administrators, cleaners, cafeteria staff, gardeners, post workers, builders all dependent on their university remaining open.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It's not *just* academics and students (two groups that Starmer's Labour despise and see as undesirable) who populate universities. They employ vast work forces! There are administrators, cleaners, cafeteria staff, gardeners, post workers, builders all dependent on their university remaining open.
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Obviously this government are wantonly reckless and idiotic and their treatment of universities, and see this as a disciplining of an out of touch elite.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Obviously this government are wantonly reckless and idiotic and their treatment of universities, and see this as a disciplining of an out of touch elite.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
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Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
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This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
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AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
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Does this address the mirage of Thatcherism transforming Britain for the better? There was no "economic miracle" for the UK in the 1980s: only the rich & powerful; economic growth pa was the same as the 1970s. The UK was kept afloat by North Sea oil, privatisation & an explosion of household debt.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Does this address the mirage of Thatcherism transforming Britain for the better? There was no "economic miracle" for the UK in the 1980s: only the rich & powerful; economic growth pa was the same as the 1970s. The UK was kept afloat by North Sea oil, privatisation & an explosion of household debt.
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if Peadar Tóibín can understand that a high rate of successful appeals on refused disability payments means that lots of eligible people are being refused in the first instance, why can he not understand the same is true for asylum seekers
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Disability allowance appeals surge as thousands of rejected applications later approved
New figures show disability allowance refusals have climbed to unprecedented levels, with thousands later approved after lengthy appeals
www.irishexaminer.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
if Peadar Tóibín can understand that a high rate of successful appeals on refused disability payments means that lots of eligible people are being refused in the first instance, why can he not understand the same is true for asylum seekers
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
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Pope Leo's first foreign trip as the leader of the Catholic Church will see him visit Lebanon, where he's expected to send a message of support amid deepening internal crises and regional instability - esp. Israel's continuing ceasefire violations - have left Lebanon in a precarious situation ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Pope Leo's first foreign trip as the leader of the Catholic Church will see him visit Lebanon, where he's expected to send a message of support amid deepening internal crises and regional instability - esp. Israel's continuing ceasefire violations - have left Lebanon in a precarious situation ⬇️