Musk is posting on X that it's the only platform you can trust for news because "all the other platforms are bought and paid for". $44bn wasn't it?

@jackabbott.bsky.social At the very least THIS government should carry out an immediate speedy and PUBLIC analysis of costs/benefits of Brexit. The appeasing of this fascist project shows us where the country really stands.

Day 8 of your Hammy Christmas Advent Calendar

Someone needs to invent some kind of online calculator whereby we Brits can put in our recent healthcare appointments/meds/experiences and it’ll calculate what it would cost on average in the USA. Just to hammer home how bloody lucky we are to have the NHS and how fiercely we need to protect it.

What have I been saying for the last 5 years? Deregulated SEZs and Freports are the gateways to privatising the UK. BlackRock will privatise Britain – our housing, education, health, nature and green energy – with our taxpayer money as sweetener. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour is putting its plans for Britain in the hands of private finance. It could end badly | Daniela Gabor

Handing vital infrastructure to big finance will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan, says Daniela Gabor, a professor of economics and macrofinan...

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I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Thought you might like to see a good old tikkytokky… 😂😂 sound up!

Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind. Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.

With Nigel Farage back on Question Time and with around 300,000 reads in over 144 countries but still with no response from Question Time Here's @docrussjackson.bsky.social's open letter to the BBC about widely held concerns about why bias on #bbcqt is not going away @yorksbylines.bsky.social

An open letter to the BBC

Dr Russell Jackson, senior lecturer in communication and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, writes to the BBC about Question Time

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20 days until 👇🏼🎄 Save the date and join in the fun 😍

Gen-"A.I." is a bullshit machine in the technical sense. It is indifferent to whether its outputs are true - necessarily so, because it's not a person who can assess truth and falsehood! Fabulous paper by some of my colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on this. The title goes hard.

ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology

Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist...

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Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · 2y ago

Problem with referring to AI errors as "hallucinations" is that it makes them seem like something abnormal when in fact it's the exact same process it uses to produce every response

So the day has finally come - and the early risers among you get to be the first to see the new Pinguwalda Enterprises Online Emporium (would love to call it that but y’know, copyright issues). Enjoy! submerged.teemill.com/blog/launch-...

So, when I ditched Twitter, I deleted content and changed my user name to ‘F£!k Elon Musk’ before deleting the app. Just got an email from them…. Hahahaha.

All rather fun! Head over to @fekri.io’s site blueskyroast.com to get your analysis. #BlueskyRoast

Left: Kemi Badenoch, "The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions" Right: Kemi Badenoch wants Donald Trump (guilty of 34 convictions) to address parliament

"One by one, the premises of Britain’s 2016 decision [for Brexit] are crumbling. Britain cannot thrive alone and in the cold. It’s not ideology or idealism, but hard-headed, practical common sense to say our place is in Europe – and to say so now." #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU | Jonathan Freedland

From defence to trade, the incoming US president is upending the old order – and standing apart from our neighbours leaves us dangerously exposed, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Eye-watering sums for political posturing.............

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social · 2y ago

In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions www.gov.uk/government/p...

Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots. To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

We laud people like, say, Martin Lewis for helping us get what we are entitled to, but scorn the disabled and unwell for doing the same.

"Me? I'm having to fight 'em off mate - it's the ones I turned down who are getting all menopausal about it"

“The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.” www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year

The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’

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Andrea Jenkyns joins Reform. Never has there been a more natural fit for a party of ignorant bigots and idiots.

The Secretary of State commits to the first ever Men’s Health Strategy. Fact... Men tend to seek help for their mental health less than women. They are also more likely to die by suicide, with men accounting for three of four suicides. This is good news as #MenMatter 🧍‍♂️ www.gov.uk/government/n...

Secretary of State commits to first ever Men’s Health Strategy

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting announced plans at a Men’s Health Summit with Movember and Premier League.

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Perhaps tonight is a good time to remember that about 19% of NHS staff in England are non-British nationals. They are some of the most hardworking & caring members of our society. They look after our sick & vulnerable & during the pandemic risked their lives to keep us safe

🧵 Well. Here is the GMC on X, responding to revelations (via FOI requests) that they're been secretly employing social media specialists to monitor doctors' criticisms of their actions regarding physician associates & shape their tactics accordingly. I'm one of those being monitored. 1/n