Spencer
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In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
On Incomputable Language: An Essay on AI
An incidental consequence of having written a book on tech-fascism and the so-called rationalist movement is that I find myself periodically queried for my thoughts on artificial intelligence. On the ...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
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I don't usually care much for conspiracy theories, but that is usually only because they aren't so extremely demonstrably true.
We are actually witnessing a coordinated attack on all our democracies by the richest people in the world.
World War 3 is a class war!!!
www.authoritarian-stack.info
We are actually witnessing a coordinated attack on all our democracies by the richest people in the world.
World War 3 is a class war!!!
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I don't usually care much for conspiracy theories, but that is usually only because they aren't so extremely demonstrably true.
We are actually witnessing a coordinated attack on all our democracies by the richest people in the world.
World War 3 is a class war!!!
www.authoritarian-stack.info
We are actually witnessing a coordinated attack on all our democracies by the richest people in the world.
World War 3 is a class war!!!
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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This might be of interest to a few people
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November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
September 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
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The BBC must join the growing list of European broadcasters who won't take part in Eurovision if apartheid Israel is allowed to compete.
Together with @zackpolanski.bsky.social, Mal O'Hara and @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social I've made this call to the BBC Director General.
Together with @zackpolanski.bsky.social, Mal O'Hara and @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social I've made this call to the BBC Director General.
September 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The BBC must join the growing list of European broadcasters who won't take part in Eurovision if apartheid Israel is allowed to compete.
Together with @zackpolanski.bsky.social, Mal O'Hara and @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social I've made this call to the BBC Director General.
Together with @zackpolanski.bsky.social, Mal O'Hara and @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social I've made this call to the BBC Director General.
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Chicago keeping art alive:
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Chicago keeping art alive:
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
I’m not signing up for age verification @bsky.app. The T&Cs of the service you chose are a gross erosion of privacy.
In hope I’m not the only one to object and refuse.
In hope I’m not the only one to object and refuse.
July 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I’m not signing up for age verification @bsky.app. The T&Cs of the service you chose are a gross erosion of privacy.
In hope I’m not the only one to object and refuse.
In hope I’m not the only one to object and refuse.
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Pockets picked
Big pharma made £12bn excess profit from just 10 NHS drugs; profit mark-ups up to 23,000%.
Energy companies £514bn operating profit since 2020.
England Water companies £85bn in dividends, dump sewage in rivers.
Govts subservient to corporations. Abuses continue.
Wither democracy.
Big pharma made £12bn excess profit from just 10 NHS drugs; profit mark-ups up to 23,000%.
Energy companies £514bn operating profit since 2020.
England Water companies £85bn in dividends, dump sewage in rivers.
Govts subservient to corporations. Abuses continue.
Wither democracy.
Taming corporations is the key issue of our times
To appease corporations, people may raze mountains, divert rivers, clear forests, cover countryside in tarmac and shower subsidies upon them, but they have no loyalty to any place, people or product.
leftfootforward.org
July 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Pockets picked
Big pharma made £12bn excess profit from just 10 NHS drugs; profit mark-ups up to 23,000%.
Energy companies £514bn operating profit since 2020.
England Water companies £85bn in dividends, dump sewage in rivers.
Govts subservient to corporations. Abuses continue.
Wither democracy.
Big pharma made £12bn excess profit from just 10 NHS drugs; profit mark-ups up to 23,000%.
Energy companies £514bn operating profit since 2020.
England Water companies £85bn in dividends, dump sewage in rivers.
Govts subservient to corporations. Abuses continue.
Wither democracy.
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And now for today’s climate forecast …
July 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
And now for today’s climate forecast …
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IT’S HAPPENING!
Labour MPs have launched a major rebellion to stop Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts which will plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
Write to your MP NOW and ask them to vote against the planned cuts. You can use this handy link
action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...
Labour MPs have launched a major rebellion to stop Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts which will plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
Write to your MP NOW and ask them to vote against the planned cuts. You can use this handy link
action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...
June 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
IT’S HAPPENING!
Labour MPs have launched a major rebellion to stop Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts which will plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
Write to your MP NOW and ask them to vote against the planned cuts. You can use this handy link
action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...
Labour MPs have launched a major rebellion to stop Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts which will plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
Write to your MP NOW and ask them to vote against the planned cuts. You can use this handy link
action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...
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More of this tone please 😏
June 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
More of this tone please 😏
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Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
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Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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May 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
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May 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.
"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?
The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."
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The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.
"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?
The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."
🧵 1/4
May 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.
"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?
The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."
🧵 1/4
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.
"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?
The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."
🧵 1/4
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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Being a software professional at the moment's a bit like being a doctor in a time when every hospital administrator believes the X--Ray specs they advertise in the back of newspapers actually work.
April 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Being a software professional at the moment's a bit like being a doctor in a time when every hospital administrator believes the X--Ray specs they advertise in the back of newspapers actually work.
I wrote a thing over on LinkedIn. “Despite the zeitgeist, UX is not dead 💀, nor is it a solved problem"
www.linkedin.com/posts/uxspen...
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Despite the zeitgeist, UX is not dead 💀 nor a 'solved problem'.
To be… | Spencer Turner
Despite the zeitgeist, UX is not dead 💀 nor a 'solved problem'.
To be blunt: the obsession with "building an app in hours" is a dangerous distraction. I'm seeing a creeping bel...
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April 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I wrote a thing over on LinkedIn. “Despite the zeitgeist, UX is not dead 💀, nor is it a solved problem"
www.linkedin.com/posts/uxspen...
www.linkedin.com/posts/uxspen...
Just had to do my first Bluesky block 😞
March 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just had to do my first Bluesky block 😞