Ben
@bpaul.bsky.social
Leeds fan, sci-fi geek, all things tech, politics nerd, Radiohead super fan. The usual.
I don’t give a shit about EA, but I do care about all the amazing studios they aggressively bought and closed down after whatever ‘on-trend’ game an idiot exec forced them to make and shove loot boxes into didn’t meet some absurd sales forecast. And for what?
Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 12h agoThe months-long process of Electronic Art's acquisition finally came to a close late last night. https://bit.ly/4fE0ucf
If we spend money supporting research, education and practice in areas we're actually good at, there might not be enough money to throw at the long shot of being 'world leaders" in AI.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d agoCreative & performing arts subjects received £16.8 million SPG 2024-25; £12.9 million in 2025-26; £ O million in 2026-27. The University of Creative Arts will thus lose half of its government funding this year; Art University Bournmouth 40.7%, Norwich U of Arts 40.4% and Leeds Arts U 30.3%. 1/2
They’ll have to do it again in a few weeks too!
Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d agoIt’s embarrassing that Nigel Farage is asking Reform UK councillors from as far away as Wigan to pay homage and travel to campaign for him. Especially after they lost every ward in Wigan in the Manchester Mayoral.
Yes lockdown was really tough for kids. Lots of those kids are teenagers now so maybe as a thank you our establishments could stop deliberately making even more things worse for them due to a weird systemic hatred of our own youth
The oddest thing about the response to this essay is people who say it’s “personal”. You can disagree about some or all of it! I may well be wrong! But it’s not “personal” to analyze a film or other work of art, even negatively. Criticism is more than “Hurray!” or “Hiss!”
Is this like how there was going to be a Mars colony 2 years ago and everybody would have fully autonomous cars by 2019 and Optimus was ready for mass production last year?
Taylor Noakes@taylornoakes.com · last wk.Words cannot describe how much I despise this person’s contempt for how hard real scientists work It’s the kind of attitude you can only get from inheriting a fortune from an Apartheid era emerald mine finance.yahoo.com/sectors/heal...
Hmm, I wonder if Sam Altman and OpenAI have anything to gain from people believing things like “this is the singilarity” and “our latest model escaped containment.” Maybe, just fucking maybe, the press could be *little* more credulous about what these companies say.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
Absolutely zero chance this thing replaces your iPhone unless it is, fundamentally, also a phone. I am *begging* tech journalists to have even a modicum of scepticism about this stuff.
It is now beyond absurd that the one thing every government on earth isn’t pouring all available resources into is decarbonisation and climate change mitigation. But no, we have to fight our stupid wars and protect the oil industry and chase unsustainable economic growth at all costs.
Godamnit, I did NOT have ‘newfound respect for Marc Cucurella’ in my 2026 bingo card. #lufc
If we get Trafford and Brandt done, with perhaps another striker and left-back then the squad starts to look really serious. #lufc
The media really need to stop with this shit. Who does this serve? Just nonsense. Remember that guy on QT a few years back who claimed he was working class but that he would also get hit by the higher rate tax rise?
Sky News@news.sky.com · 2w ago'£50 doesn't even buy a meal': What people think of Burnham's electricity VAT cut
Completely normal way to frame public ownership of a critical utility.
I feel like there’s a non-zero chance he came to this opinion after watching 300 while drunk on hotel mini fridge whisky 17 years ago.
Gingerspiced@gingerspiced.bsky.social · 3w agoPete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
Honestly, it will be a minor miracle if Doomsday actually hangs together.
Tarik Muharemović has the longest surname in Leeds United's history that alternates each letter between a consonant and a vowel. He has beaten previous record holders Zan Benedicic and Danny Milosevic. #lufc
Genuinely think that was a once in a lifetime chance to win the World Cup and the players have absolutely been let down by the manager tonight.
One last thing, but how does Saka not get on the pitch today? Bizarre game management from Tuchel.
Sorry, desperately booting it up to Dan fucking Burn doesn’t exactly scream world class tactician does it…
Only got ourselves to blame here. Game was there to be won and Tuchel bottled it. #lufc
