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An enquiring mind and a bit of optimism. You'd go bonkers otherwise.
I'm going to go ahead and predict that there will be at least one headline in the coming says along the lines of: "Man blinded because ChatGPT said it would be safe to watch Eclipse through old timey magnifying glass."
Want to give a shout-out to one of the BBC's most consistently excellent radio shows, @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social's "The Briefing Room". Today I caught up with a fab two-parter on immigration featuring @msumption.bsky.social, @bbcdomc.bsky.social and @robfordmancs.bsky.social. Do give it a listen.
BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, Part 1: How's the government doing on immigration?
David Aaronovitch and guests discuss small boats, asylum seekers and illegal migration.
bbc.co.uk
This website is unintentionally the funniest thing I've seen in ages. Read it and weep. www.tacticalsoap.com
Chris Hohn, billionaire hedge fund manager: ‘All these people who say we can't afford net zero - they're completely misunderstanding the gravity of the situation.' www.thetimes.com/article/de38...
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
For a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? Some AAA batteries that may or may not have charge.
Dr Sarah Brand@sarahgailbrand.bsky.social · 6d agoFor a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? Multiple plug adapters for North America and Europe.
Approximately 100 years ago when I did my English degree (1992-95), I did a course called History of the English language. We spent more time than I'd have liked on Middle English orthography, but the core text was the pithily titled "Language Change: Progress or Decay?" by Jean Aitchison
Don't think it's sunk in for people in the UK that we will feel this *next* summer. This summer was just a warm up
Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 7d agoThe rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.
Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps
Rather concerningly, the lawyer for the Tate brothers has confused “extradition” with “execution”. Young lawyers note - be careful not to do this in court.
It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
BOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide
A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
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Someone please stop Chrstopher Nolan making any more movies. I'm embarrassed for him and he's wasting everyone's time.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the creator of the viral Crewkerne Gazette series of AI clips, is due to stand for election to Somerset council next year in a new Crewkerne South district. He told the Guardian he was an executive member of the Tories’ Yeovil branch, working as an events organiser. Continue reading...
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According to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...
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.
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Actually quite angry reading this. I know it’s a bit passé to talk about “why don’t politicians crack down on people not using headphones on the bus” but I think we do need to reckon with platforms that incentivise people to completely disregard the norms of civil society and get away with it.
TikToker faces police probe over secret filming using Meta 'smart glasses'
The "content maker" published videos of encounters with young women and a female Sikh shop worker where he talked of a plot to "breed out the white race".
bbc.co.uk
Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
Not sure who did this but they should be arrested immediately.
Every criminal defence lawyer should now be asking - as standard: * Has any piece of evidence, schedule, digital search, summary, or unused assessment been conducted by AI? * Has any witness used AI in the formulation of their statement, exhibits or in preparation of giving oral evidence at trial?
Millions seeing their incomes and quality of life reduced as they struggle to be amateur, unpaid carers leading to reduced tax take, or we free up that economic capacity by paying more tax now to pay people to do it as their job thereby increasing tax take. How hard can it be to make this leap?
Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 2w agoBurnham announces: 1. Casey will bring forward her review by a year to summer 2027. He wants it to focus on creating a National Care Service that is ‘highly integrated’ with the NHS. 2. He will look at improving pay and progression of social care workforce. 3. Cross party talks to begin today.
deepfake nudes are, of course, integral to the future of space exploration
Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social · 2w agoSpaceX-owned xAI, the developer of Grok, sued Minnesota AG to challenge a law coming into effect in the state that will ban "nudify" apps, use of these AI image generators to make non-consenting intimate images, aka AI deepfake porn of real people including minors. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/s...
The UK's whole science, research and universities 'strategy' is basically 'drive the country off a cliff'. Not even worth arguing about any more. 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
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules: