Is net zero the main reason electricity bills have risen? No, it's still rising gas costs. We ran the numbers on how energy bills have changed in real terms in the last 6 years for Carbon Brief... www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-exp...
They don't make it easy to get from their email to that particular AI setting.. fortunately, it seems I'd already turned if off before. For web users, here's a direct link to the AI Preferences page - accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/ai-preferences
Opt out of training generative AI models
accountsettings.ebay.co.uk
eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.
Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/
Reminds me of something I wish I could forget: During GCSE music we got taken to a dress rehearsal of a new musical about the life of a sofa and its various owners - from the sofa's perspective. It was absolutely terrible in every way - I have not watched a musical since.
MꙬse Allain@mooseallain.bsky.social · 4w ago
This is a really wonderful album. zoecure.bandcamp.com/album/wave
Wave, by Zoe Cure
10 track album
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If people spending taxpayers money on alcohol is such an undeniable problem, I assume they also plan to permanently close the House of Commons bar?
£30 million *in total* for community renewables, as proof of UK govt seriousness on climate. £28 billion *per year* in UK subsidies for fossil fuels, per IMF (2024, converted from $36m USD). These are not serious people.
Richard Delevan@richard.wickedproblems.earth · 2mo agoBurnham's found religion on climate, has he? £30 million of funding for community renewables? WOW. That's less than a single crypto-billionaire Reform donation. Almost like there's a by-election in a couple of weeks and we want to polish our green cred. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With all this Bayeux discourse, it's time for the definitive list of the five best Normans: Whiteside Cook Peterson Wisdom Whiteside (twice as good as the others)
If the people working at Anthropic et al sincerely believe that GenAI will kill 10% of humanity in the next decade, why can't we try them for conspiracy to murder?
I mean, to be fair to the tech industry, if you had invested $1.5 trillion in me over the last three years, I also probably would've failed to produce AGI and committed a bunch of crimes.
The 5 Simpsons lines I've uttered most of the top of my head. 1. Are you some kind of moron? 2. I declare mob rule. 3. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. 4. Wont somebody think of the children. 5. But Marge, I swear I never thought you'd find out.
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe 5 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head: 1. I… Don’t… Know. 2. Abortions for some. Miniature American flags for others. 3. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. 4. I don’t recall saying good luck. 5. Sleep! That’s where I’m a Viking.
If you get a billion dollars there should be big announcement, a party, a big parade, and an hour long tv special. You win! and then we throw you in jail, change the laws & financial regulations to fix the loopholes you took advantage of, and take all the money away so other kids can play the game
Haikus are tricky Too easy to get confused Counting the syllab
"Why do the kids hate the filterless sociopaths who are destroying the environment and the economy and who monologue like James Bond villains?"
Futurism@futurism.com · 3mo agoThey're even more unpopular than data centers.
Nothing says "legitimate concerns about children's wellbeing" than depriving a 10 year old child of medication prescribed by qualified professionals and broadcasting the results to millions of strangers. My critique of this whole debacle: theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/some-quest...
Some Questions for Channel 4, about their documentary ‘The Great ADHD Myth?’
Channel 4 have announced a new documentary exploring the ‘myth’ of ADHD. There are so many questions they need to answer about this incredibly reckless endeavour.
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Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · 3mo agoRadio Times has pubbed a piece this week on "The Great ADHD Myth?" Channel 4 is broadcasting next week.
[redacted person who does not know whose mentions they wandered into]: In my city, the cyclists are so entitled, they act like they own the roads. Me: LET THE BIKES OWN THE ROADS. THE BIKES ARE FAR LESS DANGEROUS AND POLLUTING BY ABSOLUTELY EVERY MEASURE. MAKE THE CARS PAY TOLLS TO THE CYCLISTS.
“It felt like his words were meant for me at age 40, not age 17. I received his encouragement when I really needed it . . . later in life, when I needed to be reminded of the spark inside of me.” I Wrote Elliott Smith A Fan Letter. Decades Later, I Got A Reply:
I Wrote A Famous Musician A Fan Letter. Decades Later, I Got A Response That Rocked My World.
“Maybe he didn’t have a stamp and then forgot about it. At any rate, it was there, waiting to be found.”
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One of the sad things about the death of writing is that we are going to be taking life advice primarily from visually attractive people now who don’t know shit. ideally you want the world filtered through awkward homunculi filled with rage who know the plural of homunculus
“Why is climate action so difficult?” Mainly because the people who benefit most from not acting just made $93 billion, about $700,000 per minute, in three months. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
Today (and yesterday) are when There Will Come Soft Rains is set
For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk
Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition
theguardian.com
You should enter this comp, and then when you don't win, just buy the book. It is great.
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3mo agoCOMP. If anyone would like a signed book and a lovely hare postcard just repost this & pop a reply below. I'll choose the winner in about 30 minutes. If you'd prefer to purchase & help some niche weird fiction survive, you can get it here with free delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
At astonishing speed, our rights are being cancelled, worldwide. In the UK, the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC is the latest example of blatant authoritarianism. Why? Because this is what billionaires and corporations demand. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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