@ stephenkb.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head of course. "the Labour Party has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point" - as.ft.com/r/97d33f08-a...

Labour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggery

A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse

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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

Mr. Tyler Crook@mrtylercrook.bsky.social · last wk.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

I think Grian Chatten probably is the first person since Kiefer Sutherland in Lost Boys to successfully make a mullet look cool

Instead, you can read @jackstilgoe.bsky.social on drum machines: aeon.co/essays/what-...

What drum machines can teach us about artificial intelligence | Aeon Essays

As AI drum machines embrace humanising imperfections, what does this mean for ‘real’ drummers and the soul of music?

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3w ago

“I had a discussion with a few people a few days ago. They were against AI, and I’m like, ‘OK, you sound like the person that would have been against the drum machine when it came out.’ Or synthesizers, right?”

But we live in a world of toddler politics alas

The economic debate in Britain needs to be about the best way of addressing the costs of an ageing population, climate change and geopolitical instability which inevitably must include the best ways of increasing taxation.

Amazing results and demonstrates the benefit of leadership for long term

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 4w ago

This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.

It’s been very odd biting the bullet & revealing details only my closest friends knew about was going on around monkey cage over last few years - and now I wait for the next lot of attacks but I also know there will be solidarity www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...

The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea

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Some thoughts on high streets based, entirely parochially, on where I live (Bristol). 1. Income really matters Ultimately, the nice shops - coffee, gelato, hardware, little restaurants, boutiques etc. - are in places where people can afford them. You need to Baumol money into people’s pockets

2. Leisure is an increasingly important use of the high street Bristol’s traditional shopping centre - Broadmead - is a bit run down (post-war redevelopment) and got too much capacity added to it in 2008 (Cabot Circus). It has been struggling for a long time BUT it is beginning to change…

Doug is absolutely correct, and UK climate advocates need to take this seriously. There has been a wave of recent comments criticising CCS that spectacularly miss the central dynamic: fossil fuel interests do not want to do it! Climate folks need to call this bluff, not hand O&G an easy exit.

Doug Parr@dougparr.bsky.social · last mo.

Exxon is annoyed EU is insisting on some kind of CO2 capture Makes most sense if you think oil company advocacy for CCS is more about pretending to politicians they have an answer for climate change, rather than their actual willingness to do anything about it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Love “baroque and slightly greasy”!

Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · last mo.

So there are a whole lot of people for whom it's a v reasonable assumption is that the baroque and slightly greasy style of AI-writing is what good looks like; meanwhile AI detection software will flag their writing as AI, and the only people who'll pass as human writers will be super privileged

The current debate in the UK on new licences for oil extraction from the North Sea is about the red sliver.

Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

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Can't be bothered to search but has anyone ever done the obvious and titled a report on building energy efficiency "implementation is lagging"? If not I may have to write one just to use that title.

I'm not posting Odyssey memes because one must be wary of GIFs bearing Greeks.

German broadcast. Nailed it

Well deserved red card

There have been some amazing moments this #worldcup but this closing ceremony is awful beyond words

Typically insightful and nuanced thread from @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social , this.

Jennifer Williams@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 2mo ago

AB, a 🧵

Well I’m proud of the England team anyway #wonderwall

Manchester is currently suffering from massive air quality issues, due to wildfires caused in part due to climate change.

Today marks the 10th day in a row where somewhere in the UK has recorded 30°C or higher 🌡️ This is the most since 2006, when we recorded 14 consecutive days 👀

I think they're perfectly aware that they are convincing more people to read *Careless People* (you should read it, it's genuinely excellent): us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 35/

Careless People

#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AN...

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When she won the British Book Award, she did not speak to accept it, and the cover of her book was blurred out on the overhead screen: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... 27/

Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awards

In a rare public appearance, Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams warned of ‘networks of powerful elites’ using wealth and influence to silence dissenting voices

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Nevertheless, when she was to speak - about a subject other than her book - at the Hay Festival with Tim Wu and Carole Cadwalladr, Meta sent a legal threat to the festival and Wynn-Williams, claiming that if by speaking about *anything* in public, she would violate the arbitrator's order. 29/

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

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Not my most credible feature but I bloody love Total Eclipse of the Heart. RIP

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Total Eclipse of the Heart singer Bonnie Tyler dies at 75

A single day of extreme heat kills 3,400 people in India; a five-day heatwave kills nearly 30,000. Fossil Fuel burning is making heatwaves more frequent.

Frontiers | Estimating heatwave-induced excess mortality in India's districts

India is among the world’s most heat-exposed nations, with hundreds of millions of people facing dangerous temperatures each summer and a mortality burden th...

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NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️ x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths. x8 in Zambia x7 in Botswana x6 in Sudan x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia 🧵