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Jacques Le Singe 🏏📯

@johnthemonkey.bsky.social

I am a foolish old man who has been drawn into a wild goose chase by a harpy in trousers and a nincompoop. Was @John_the_Monkey on twitter

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Libération@liberation.fr · 8mo ago

⚫ Mort d’Ebo Taylor, icône ultime du highlife ghanéen Pionnier du style forgé dans le chaudron culturel post-indépendance du Ghana et voix du panafricanisme des années 70, le musicien était revenu sur le devant de la scène dans les années 2000. Il est mort le 7 février à 90 ans. ➡️ bit.ly/4rIQBxa

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Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.

Dr Vanessa@hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Imagine running a higher education system/country so badly that you actually can't afford, or refuse to fund, research that is *literally defined as* "internationally excellent". Stupid, stupid, stupid country.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

;Eliminating funding for 3* research in the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) would benefit Russell Group institutions by about £50 million a year, suggests modelling into how potential changes to funding formulas may play out.' 1/3

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · last yr.

There’s an enormous amount of stuff in this book I’d like to highlight, but start with: “What emerges as the most elementary insight is that, since we do not now have any ways of making computers wise, we ought not now to give computers tasks that demand wisdom.”

What could be more obvious than the fact that, whatever intelligence a computer can muster, however it may be acquired, it must always and necessarily be absolutely alien to any and all authentic human concerns? The very asking of the question, "What does a judge (or a psychiatrist) know that we cannot tell a computer?" is a monstrous obscenity. That it has to be put into print at all, even for the purpose of exposing its morbidity, is a sign of the madness of our times. Computers can make judicial decisions, computers can make psychiatric judgments. They can flip coins in much more sophisticated ways than can the most patient human being. The point is that they ought not be given such tasks. They may even be able to arrive at "correct" decisions in some cases-but always and necessarily on bases no human being should be willing to accept. There have been many debates on "Computers and Mind." What I conclude here is that the relevant issues are neither technological nor even mathematical; they are ethical. They cannot be settled by asking questions beginning with "can." The limits of the applicability of computers are ultimately statable only in terms of oughts. What emerges as the most elementary insight is that, since we do not now have any ways of making computers wise, we ought not now to give computers tasks that demand wisdom.
Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last yr.

AI trash is everywhere, and that’s in part because social media platforms have made it profitable for people churning out AI-generated videos and photos that try to grab your attention. Great to have @jasonkoebler.bsky.social back on the show to understand what’s going on.

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · last yr.

AI slop is proliferating across social media platforms, but how do the people behind it actually make money? This week @jasonkoebler.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss the economy of AI slop and how it’s changing social media platforms. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/274_...

Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray)@boakandbailey.bsky.social · 2y ago

One of our specialist subjects. (With thanks to @municipaldreams.bsky.social for hosting our thoughts on this.) municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2017/10/03/c...

Council Estate Pubs: ‘Never drink in a pub with a flat roof’

I’m very pleased to feature this week a guest post – a meditation on the estate pub – from Jessica Boak and Ray Bailey. Jessica and Ray blog about beer and pubs at boakandbailey.com and their …

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Paul Frame@paulframe85.bsky.social · 2y ago

Currently explaining the concept of a Flat Roofed Murder Pub. Can anyone help me out by providing some examples? My colleagues think I've made this up.

Dr Eleanor Janega@goingmedieval.bsky.social · 2y ago

Torching one of the last viable industries in the UK to be racist and also "save money". Real 4D chess stuff here from the grownups who are back in charge.

Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 2y ago

Straight off we see the impact of changes to student visas, in particular restricting dependents. Student visas are limited terms though, meaning including them in overall stats tends to skew them, but makes an easy "win" for a government looking to reduce immigration. 2/ www.gov.uk/government/s...