Stuart Arnell
@stuartarnell.bsky.social
IT Architect in the north west of England. Shovelling money into pension funds in the vain hope of ever retiring.
“MAGA and the other Far Right parties around the world are a Victim Movement. All the problems I’m experiencing in my life are caused by someone else, definitely not me. People who aren’t White. Trans people. Gay people. And women.”
The Man Problem
The Cornell Rape Case is a feature not a bug
chadbourn.substack.com
No. No it isnt. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
nytimes.com
Clearly this was a rug pull on Farage. Set the scene Wait till he is fully committed to ‘the thing’ PULL THE RUG NOW!
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3d agoFarage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron.
An inconvenient truth for the racists and xenophobes. Low birth rate in the UK inevitably means fewer young supporting ever more older people. Immigration brings in young people and eases the problem. Without it, everyone must work longer.
To assert that any contemporary AI can think or is conscious represents a particularly emaciated meaning of those words, and suggests that any author of such assertions has a profound misunderstanding of the exquisite nature of what it means to be human.
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Oh wow. I had no idea. While it makes more sense, it’s …. An ‘interesting’ choice.
This company just radiates predator energy
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d ago“Everyone hates cameras in smart glasses. But if the camera is contained in a charm you wear around your neck, it shifts the agency. Suddenly, you’re not recording people. It’s just a cute little animated avatar looking out on the world.”
Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 5d agoClass solidarity.
Maybe, just maybe, we would be better off if you hadn’t enthusiastically backed and funded Brexit.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 6d agoBillionaire Peter Hargreaves has warned against hitting wealthy individuals with higher taxes, saying that Britain cannot afford to lose more 'big taxpayers' such as hedge fund manager Chris Rokos. ft.trib.al/IcBozW5
TV pet peeve: People just being able to wander in to police stations, lawyers offices, hospitals, without apparently needing to deal with any kind of reception and security check.
The single biggest drivers in UK energy prices has been Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Trump attacking Iran. The idea the UK (or Eu) could ever compete with the US both in raw materials and manufacturing capacity is unfeasible. At most there's ~some~ feasible arguments here if he wasn't so idiotic
I don’t see any viable path for AI to destroy humanity in the next 10 years. I do, however, see a path for people to use AI in dumb ways without sufficient oversight leading to humanity destroying humanity in the next 10 years.
Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · last wk.‘Almost Started A War’: Trump Administration’s AI Policies Are Hurtling Towards Catastrophe The same technology marketed as the only way to defend the US from China… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/09/21/almost-started-a-war-trump-administrations-ai-policies-are-hurtling-towards-catastrophe/
The GOPs obsession with other people’s genitalia continues.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w agoNEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
Is it ‘because they don’t have Boris Johnson and David Frost in charge’?
Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2w ago📌 ICYMI — Why Canada Could End Up With a Better Deal With the EU Than the UK — @alexhh.bsky.social As the UK continues to hesitate over drawing back towards the EU, Canada has spotted an opportunity, argues former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
This is an absolute disgrace. There is no excuse for anyone not calling this out for the thuggish extremism it is.
John Oxley@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 2w agoWhat on earth is happening?
Imagine how much of a deluded bellend you must be to attack brave volunteers putting themselves in harms way to save lives. Absolute cowards threatening RNLI staff and volunteers. Solidarity with the RNLI ❤️ rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2w ago🚨 NEW: RNLI has now temporarily closed its Portsmouth station after staff and volunteers faced "physical abuse" and doxing over bringing migrants ashore
A med student asked me today: "Why does cold mucus turn yellow or green? Does that mean I need antibiotics?" Millions of people panic when they see green. They think it’s a bacterial takeover. But the biology is actually fascinating and way less scary. Let me explain.🧵
a tale of two 15-year-olds. on raheem sterling, jj gabriel and football's army of child labour www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Raheem Sterling’s bleak tale a reminder of absurd path young footballers face | Jonathan Liew
The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned
theguardian.com
Byline Times has identified seven Reform councillors who are listed as members of the masked anti-migrant groups bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
bylinetimes.com
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
bbc.com
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
