C’mon Apple - you said The Savant would start streaming in July (having been delayed since last September). It’s now August :( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sav...

The Savant - Wikipedia

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NEW: A series of issues in Apple’s web browser engine — the tech underlying all browsers on iOS — means that Apple’s iCloud Private Relay tool, which is supposed to hide a user’s IP address, in many cases doesn’t actually work. In fact, its exposing users' real IP addresses.

Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses

Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses.

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Fuck AI slop, I want my sense of wonder back...

We've spent our lives, until very recently, reading predominantly human words, human sentences, human text, poetry. What is it doing to us now, emotionally, to have to wade through so much written material which simply isn't written by a person? If you're a big reader, love words, I think it hurts.

Dr Dave Hitchcock@davehitchcock.bsky.social · yesterday

"If it seems true, we keep reading", and that truth doesn't have to be literal, contained in the sentence itself, but I think it does have to be authorial. This explains to me in no small part why I struggle so hard to even read artificially generated text. To even get through a single sentence.

An injured kitten named Gelato gained the ability to walk thanks to a wheelchair that staff at a Cincinnati animal shelter built with toy cars and rulers. Read more: https://wapo.st/4hIOSpF

The only reason BlueSky is a thing is that it gave people fleeing Nazi Twitter a plug-and-play place to reconnect with the people and formerly good parts of Twitter they enjoyed without turning every conversation into an edge lord fight club of bigotry.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

rip 😔

Strongly recommend Sarah Perry on the wonder of Jodrell 🔭 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Earth to Whitehall: the wonder and knowledge of Jodrell B...

The threatened closure of the world-famous radio telescope is symptomatic of a drive against learning and inquiry that is making us sicker as a society

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So you’re either a science denier or suggesting more deaths were a price you were willing to pay so which is it Lewis? Maybe an exciting mix of the two, a beautiful cocktail of classic conservative reality denial and heartlessness

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 5d ago

“I’m glad we live in a country that is deferential to expertise - but at times in the pandemic, that did go too far.” “I’m not sure school closures were a price worth paying.” Lewis on how ‘legitimate questions’ have emerged - and should be asked - about how we handled Covid.

Holy shit, “Just one small problem Sell their houses to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?” is a Haiku

This is the first and only chapter of The World in the Walls, Book One of the Fillory and Further series by Christopher Plover, which are the books-within-the-books of the Magicians trilogy. I wish I could write more, but I can’t open.substack.com/pub/levgross...

The Wonderful Clock

This is the first and only chapter of The World in the Walls, Book One of the Fillory and Further series by Christopher Plover. I wish I could write more, but I can't

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"There are shades of the departed Starmer government in this saga: @ukri.org wants to tell a big story about science funding going up, but instead is mired in a row over a fairly minor sum.... One does not have to be an astronomer to know that optics matter." 👌🔭 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics | Editorial

Editorial: Funders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their plans

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X-Wing!

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 5d ago

Name a videogame that deserves a comeback.

Shutter Story's launch has been pushed to the first month of 2027. This was a tough decision but Sept-Oct, the planned date, is shaping up to be a bloodbath which would be terrible window for press, streamer and Steam algo attention! Read more below 👇

Been looking forward to Aly’s next book for a long time. I absolutely love his art and the stories are always so evocative (and heartbreaking).

Aly Fell@alyfell.bsky.social · last wk.

Book all but done with a title change! Two 'special' internal pages to finish which I saved as a treat, and the cover is currently underway. It'll go to Kickstarter early Autumn, and I'll set up a pre-launch soon. This is one of the early pages - I will show more eventually - there's 120 of 'em!

Book all but done with a title change! Two 'special' internal pages to finish which I saved as a treat, and the cover is currently underway. It'll go to Kickstarter early Autumn, and I'll set up a pre-launch soon. This is one of the early pages - I will show more eventually - there's 120 of 'em!

I do hope that British people will take to delivery robots by hurling them into the nearest canal.

iOS - I’m suddenly having a lot of alerts fail, both in reminders and calendar. But not all. Nice work Apple, you vibe coding all your updates now?

Earlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...

UKRI launches two AI research labs to stay ahead in global race

Two new labs will back British researchers to develop next generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, helping secure the UK’s position as a global leader.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You can still watch the recent Sky at Night special on Jodrell Bank, which details the e-Merlin system (and how it incorporates other small telescopes around the UK, including Cambridge), has great archive photos, and shows the diversity of the scientists based there. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The Sky at Night - Jodrell Bank: Tuning Into the Universe

The team explore the remarkable story of Jodrell Bank Observatory and its towering Lovell Telescope, which scientists have used to listen to the cosmos for almost 70 years.

bbc.co.uk

Much will rightly be made of Tom Chadbon’s Doctor Who appearances, especially City of Death. But his scream of “IT’S IN THE COMPUTER!” in The Stone Tape will be forever burned into my brain.

The Royal Astronomical Society is shocked and dismayed to hear that the UK's iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory is at risk of closure amid a slew of catastrophic budget cuts. Read our full statement here: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

There are facilities that do world leading science and there are facilities that inspire the young to dream big and pursue a career in science. The Lovell telescope does both like no other facility I can think of in the UK. I hope sense will prevail 🧪🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

bbc.co.uk

This shit is not inevitable, it could be made illegal tomorrow if our governments weren't in the pocket of Big Pervert.

Unofficial CTV News Mirror@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · last wk.

AI devices that see, listen and record: Are we ready for the post-smartphone world?

This is *insane* and I suspect might get reversed given it's both less than 20 miles away from the new Number 10 North and a very conspicuous symbol of UK science and discovery.

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · last wk.

Terrible news. Aside from learning more about the universe, we're not going to get much economic growth by cutting science funding. (If only we had a Prime Minister who was interested in supporting the north, and Manchester in particular, who could stop this.) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

bbc.co.uk

“All scientific observations at Jodrell are expected to cease on the 1 April 2028 unless alternative funding can be found.” I don’t know what to say. This is catastrophic. 💔🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

bbc.co.uk

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

bbc.co.uk

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 3w ago

“What will the Lovell Telescope discover/enable 20 yrs from now? I can’t tell you, and that’s the point. It will either be something extraordinary that none of us can yet predict, or we will defund it and leave Cheshire with a rusting monument to unfulfilled potential and discoveries never made.” 🔭🧪

On that note, how many of us came to love classical music through Bugs Bunny? My point is: you don't have to come to these subjects through traditional channels! There are many ways into art and history and music.

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some academics turn up their noses at movie adaptations or popular history books, but I call them "gateway drugs" into deeper scholarship. How many of us fell in love with history because a movie (or book) sparked our curiosity first? For me, it was Amadeus - it sent me down an 18thC rabbit hole.

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Janine Gibson@janinegibson.ft.com · last wk.

Just if your days are filled by devising measures to stop the customers using your product to harass and secretly spy on others do you think you'd wonder if your product was bad? www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...