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Alexi Conman

@alexiconman.bsky.social

Writes comics sometimes. alexiconman.blogspot.com

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Private Eye Magazine@privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13h ago

“When I look round the boardroom at the other board members Palantir has recently also recruited from the House of Lords – notably Lord Vader and Lord Voldemort – I don’t have any sense that these people are evil,” said Watson. From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Dr Charlie Gardner@charliejgardner.bsky.social · yesterday

Whenever someone says that electricity is expensive because of decarbonisation, there are only two possibilities Either they are knowingly lying to you Or they are the victims of disinformation, and have been fooled by someone who was lying to them

ECIU@eciu.net · yesterday

Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills, new analysis from @nesta_uk in @CarbonBrief Contradicts idea, which has become embedded in UK media and political narratives, that UK’s net zero target is to blame for high energy bills www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-ex...

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · yesterday

The amazing thing is that he isn't getting Copilot to do it from scratch - it is very much the direct plagiarism thing I have been talking about!!! bsky.app/profile/keta...

Analyze Daniers model in the al
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2w ago

This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d ago

King Charles does not pay income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax Duchy of Lancaster trades, doesn't pay corporation tax, capital gains tax. Its competitors do. The King voluntarily paid £30m since Accession. No way of knowing what it could/should be. Would you like to pay tax voluntarily?

Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together

This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...

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Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s come to something when a photographer has to get legal advice, before displaying this photo in an exhibition, due to the risk of being prosecuted as a terrorist, but that’s exactly what I had to do yesterday. What a state this country is in.

Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social · last yr.

A woman weeps over the genocide in Gaza as she waits to be arrested as a terrorist for holding up a piece of cardboard. Parliament Square today.

Weeping woman with a placard, the contents of which cannot be replicated here due to the risk of prosecution
Kate Griffin@griffinkate.bsky.social · 3d ago

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Screenshot from a section of eBay UK's r User Privacy Notice. It reads: AI model training When training, testing, and improving generative AI models, we rely primarily on publicly available data. Some public datasets may incidentally include personal data, and in some cases we may also use certain user personal data, such as information about your use of our Services, including the items you list, sell, view, or buy, where we determine it is necessary and proportionate for a specific use (for example, to train AI models that improve product recommendations). Prior to training, we take steps to mitigate potential privacy impacts, such as de-identifying the data or applying other privacy-preserving techniques. In some jurisdictions, the data used for training as described in this section is not considered personal data; where our AI training does involve personal data as defined under applicable law, including in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, the legal basis of our legitimate interest is set out in section 3.4. See section 6 for more details on your rights. To learn more about specific training use cases and our processing of your personal data for generative AI training purposes, including the right to object to such processing for certain users, visit our Artificial Intelligence at eBay page.
Alexi Conman@alexiconman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Not enough appreciation of my song extolling CARLIN PEAS. You all just aren't ready for the concept of carlin peas. But I urge you to consider becoming ready.

Alexi Conman@alexiconman.bsky.social · 3d ago

Mild nutty flavour, more robust texture than garden peas. I have composed a song for the Carlin Pea Marketing Board: Oh, Carlin peas, Carlin peas. These are the peas that always please. Some for me? Please don't tease! I'll eat all these peas with ease.

Matt Round@mattround.com · 3d ago

Game dev team: *spends months creating a beautifully-crafted, technically-stunning cutscene that forms a pivotal, deeply moving point in the story* Me: *hammers skip button with the reaction time of an Olympic sprinter*

Alexi Conman@alexiconman.bsky.social · 3d ago

Guys, I'm now into CARLIN PEAS, the new (old) pick of hipster legume revivalists! Nutritious, sustainable, used like chickpeas - but 'parched peas' (forgotten northern English bonfire night snack - just w salt/pepper/vinegar/butter) is GREAT. Get 'em at H&B! www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product...

Holland & Barrett Carlin Peas 500g | H&B

Shop Holland & Barrett Carlin Peas 500g at Holland & Barrett today, and discover what it could do for your health & wellness journey.

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Internet Archive@archive.org · 6d ago

The Internet Archive has a museum for the weirdest art of the early web. 🖼️ It’s called GifCities. Thousands of animated GIFs rescued from the first wave of the web. Glitter. Dancing. Cats. Strange little loops that survived. 💾 Go find your perfect retro GIF 👉 gifcities.org #ToolsYouCanUse