"AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations" Cory Doctorow #AIAIno
The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh
Sweating (the assets) to the oldies.
doctorow.medium.com
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local, no-tail, mostly harmless, bit gonzo, sometimes sweary taking notes, library & research assistant English. From Norfolk, of Birmingham, in Europe, on Earth. Meet me in my pinned if you want. Fair Witness.
All along it has been clear that the only people able to remove Putin are the Russian people themselves and I hope they finally get stung into action by the collapse of Wildberries and the loss of access to stuff they've been buying to pretend that they aren't 4 yrs into an illegal war of occupation
Igor Sushko@igorsushko.bsky.social · last wk.Wildberries is most definitely on the verge of bankruptcy and they're dragging tens of thousands of small businesses in Russia into that abyss. Wildberries was already delinquent on debt of over $10.6 billion at around 18% interest in 2025. Full amount is due this year.
Ukraine's war on Wildberries continues apace.
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · 7h agoFP-1 drones destroyed another of Wildberries' largest logistics hubs overnight, burning down the 190,000 m² sorting center in Aleksin, Tula region. According to CyberBoroshno, this is the 13th destroyed Wildberries hub, leaving nearly two-thirds of the company's key logistics capacity lost. #Ukraine
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
thenerve.news
Tommy Robinson claims two years in “solitary confinement” explains his aggressive and anti-social behaviour. But it’s a lie. In prison, he was always able to receive visits and enjoy exercise, other human contact and perks other prisoners were denied. Read more here:
Tommy Robinson’s 'solitary confinement' lies: the truth behind his prison claims | Searchlight
Tommy Robinson claims two years in "solitary confinement" explains his aggressive and anti-social behaviour. But it's a lie. In prison, he wa ...
searchlightmagazine.com
They are all convinced that immigrant men will come over here and take their jobs
Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 20h agoOne in five people arrested during the 2024 anti-migrant riots have since been reported to police for domestic abuse, adding to earlier findings that two in five had already been reported for domestic abuse before the disorder took place. [June 2026 report] #FarageRiots
You come home to find Farage outside your house! I thought hes come to Clacton but I said it out loud he laughed but not sure he found us funny standing in our garden shouting vote binface.
There comes a point when visiting your parents and seeing a house full of decades of possessions prompts a slightly alarming thought: Who is eventually going to have to sort all this out? If you already know the answer is “me”, this may strike a chord. @eastangliabylines.co.uk
Attic attack: do we love or loathe our ‘stuff’?
The “Boomer” generation are hitting their 80s, and Gen X are facing challenges such as the proliferation of our parents’ possessions…
eastangliabylines.co.uk
The TACO special today has BBC sauce
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 19h agoJUST IN: Trump signals plan to reframe his suit against BBC. Likely to narrow Trump's claim to take out ref to damage to his businesses/brand. Needs judge's OK, but may limit BBC access to his financial data Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
I just can’t believe we’re seeing this sort of stuff from a sitting MP Just want to say to British Somalis that you are loved and I’m so, sorry this is happening.
A mass accelerator. On the moon. A celestial body with just seven percent the surface area of Earth. But with an economy one thousand to a million times bigger. May I see it?
The Simpsons: Principal Skinner's Aurora Borealis
ALT: The Simpsons: Principal Skinner's Aurora Borealis
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George Pearkes@peark.es · 20h agoElon is talking about using robots to build a mass accelerator on the moon in support of an economy 1000x to 1 million times the current earth economy. It's a bad sci fi novel not an earnings call.
On Wednesday, the upper stage (section) of one of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets will "impact" the Moon, according to Nasa's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) This drifting SpaceX space junk has been travelling at around 2.43 kilometres per second (5400mph), and will make a 50km impact plume
What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?
Our satellite has endured countless blows over millions of years - and astronomers think this one could be a useful accident.
bbc.co.uk
One in five people arrested during the 2024 anti-migrant riots have since been reported to police for domestic abuse, adding to earlier findings that two in five had already been reported for domestic abuse before the disorder took place. [June 2026 report] #FarageRiots
Police data shows 1 in 5 men arrested during 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse | End Violence Against Women
Joint statement from Southall Black Sisters (SBS), Hibiscus, Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS), Imkaan, End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), Women for Refugee Women, Asylum Matters...
endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
This is craaaazy. And they all just stand there.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
The borders of the U.K. have been in place since 1922.
Pascal Jacquemain@jacquep.bsky.social · 23h agoRosindell is mad as a box of frogfaces.
