The PCR positivity map is out, all national surveillance indicators are on the upturn this week, and some areas are very clearly well above the average. RD suggests highest positivity is in the 15-44 age group. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7

An example of how AI critique gets mired in the structures of academic expediency: - a metaphor (Katamari Damacy) is in common usage for a few years in AI critique - someone describes the metaphor, omitting the source - someone else recognizes the description and says >>>

Yan Basque@yanbasque.com · last wk.

Love this new metaphor for AI. It’s basically a katamari. 😅 (Read the full thread)

The PCR positivity map is out, national positivity has held steady, and last week's hotspots seem to be spreading out. Areas that didn't report last week have reported this week, and vice versa. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7

The PCR positivity map is out, national positivity has held steady, and last week's hotspots seem to be spreading out. Areas that didn't report last week have reported this week, and vice versa. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7

BBC News - North East and Cumbria pavement parking "dangerous" for disabled - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

North East and Cumbria pavement parking "dangerous" for disabled

Disabled residents across the region say parking across pavements is forcing them into the road.

bbc.co.uk

The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity has bounced back up from 0.6 to 1%. Adjusted for non-reporting, we make that 3.97% in England; there are clear hotspots. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/6

The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity has bounced back up from 0.6 to 1%. Adjusted for non-reporting, we make that 3.97% in England; there are clear hotspots. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/6

404 are rightly calling out all the genAI flyer slop out there, so I'm almost afraid to tell them we in the UK have gone several horrifying steps beyond already 🧵👇

404 Media@404media.co · 4w ago

“It might feel like you’re ‘saving time and money,’ but you’re actually slowly turning your brand into something generic like all the other brands out there using AI tools.” www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

404 are rightly calling out all the genAI flyer slop out there, so I'm almost afraid to tell them we in the UK have gone several horrifying steps beyond already 🧵👇

404 Media@404media.co · 4w ago

“It might feel like you’re ‘saving time and money,’ but you’re actually slowly turning your brand into something generic like all the other brands out there using AI tools.” www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

This year's NHS GP-Patient Survey is now out. It's a massive survey (650,000 responses this year) that gives us a snapshot of key health trends. 1/7

The PCR positivity map is out and there's been reassuringly little change since last week. NHS stats show covid beds have bounced back up again from their low of mid-June, but only to the level we saw earlier in the year. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5

Nigel Farage failed to declare staff, security and housing gifted to him by a convicted fraudster and crypto gambler who was charged for his role in a “dark web” money laundering plot www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal

The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals

thetimes.com

The PCR positivity map is out and there seems to be slightly more reporting this week, most of it reactive and from areas that have not been reporting for a while but which have small recent outbreaks. National surveillance signals are mixed. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5

The PCR positivity map is out and there seems to be slightly more reporting this week, most of it reactive and from areas that have not been reporting for a while but which have small recent outbreaks. National surveillance signals are mixed. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5

The PCR positivity map is out and it looks a lot nicer than UKHSA's weather health alert map. Hope you're all keeping your cool. National positivity, on average, has hardly changed during June. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5

The PCR positivity map is out and it looks a lot nicer than UKHSA's weather health alert map. Hope you're all keeping your cool. National positivity, on average, has hardly changed during June. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5

From "Bop the Stoats" to "Stop the Boats" The Wind in the Willows is a very neat unintentional allegory of current British right-wing politics and I'm sure Nigel Fridge has modelled his public persona on Mr Toad

The PCR positivity map is out and this week we have data for Scotland, where reporting is a little more reliable than in much of England. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/4

I have to point out that this ostensibly capitalism-sceptic guy discovered AI 4 months ago and was bedazzled by what was an obvious example of straightforward code-theft x.com/rcbregman/st... If your take is "theft is good, actually", you do tend to end up in a moral cul-de-sac

Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman) on X

I'm increasingly annoyed by how many journalists, academics and large parts of the left get everything wrong about AI. So many smug dismissals from people who clearly don't use it (much) or don't know...

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Rutger Bregman@rutgerbregman.com · 2mo ago

Twenty years ago, climate denial was a problem of the right. Today, AI denial is a problem of the left, and the consequences could be even more disastrous. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpTZ...

With an equally AI-weary colleague I have inadvertently invented a new Olympic sport called Synchronized Sighing

The PCR positivity map is out and it's another poor week for reporting, with data delays owing to the late May Bank Holiday mentioned on DASH. Adjusted national positivity is 2.89%. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/4

With an equally AI-weary colleague I have inadvertently invented a new Olympic sport called Synchronized Sighing

The PCR positivity map is out and it's another poor week for reporting, with data delays owing to the late May Bank Holiday mentioned on DASH. Adjusted national positivity is 2.89%. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/4

This is the most malignant piece of antiscience quackery since The Psychopath Test. Such books launder fascist ideas clothed in performative 'concern', all in plain sight. @wired.com used to have a better filter for them.

WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

There might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it.

bsky.app/profile/long...

Long Covid Advocacy@longcovidadvoc.com · 2mo ago

We compiled a testimony of harms of brain retraining after the Miranda Hart book controversy. Both her & Levinovitz conveniently silence these narratives. Any writing on brain retraining should carry a warning. TW - This includes suicide attempts & ideation docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This is the most malignant piece of antiscience quackery since The Psychopath Test. Such books launder fascist ideas clothed in performative 'concern', all in plain sight. @wired.com used to have a better filter for them.

WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

There might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it.

I read the UNU "The Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints" report yesterday. Here's the thing that really stands out to me. Is this technology sustainable? No, not even close. Not by a country mile. So what does that mean when something isn't

The PCR positivity map is out. Most areas are either not reporting or have stopped within the last 7 days, hence this week's national average is unlikely to have any meaning at all. I'll discuss known hotspots first, then the data shortage issue. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/8

The PCR positivity map is out. Most areas are either not reporting or have stopped within the last 7 days, hence this week's national average is unlikely to have any meaning at all. I'll discuss known hotspots first, then the data shortage issue. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/8

The PCR positivity map is out and I'm afraid it's the only source this week, with no UKHSA surveillance report, no RCGP report, and no PHS data. There's also a lot of non-reporting areas, no doubt owing to the Bank Holiday. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/4