“Everyone has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies”: Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net on why the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
in 2016 Elon Musk said he would build a fully automated factory in Fremont, California for the upcoming Model 3 and he then spent on the order of $2 billion on production lines that didn't work, forcing Tesla to assemble cars by hand in a tent but sure, now he's gonna do it on the moon
This wasn't a issue till a few years ago when people decided that what we needed to do was prevent trans people using the loo that fits their as they had done for decades. This is completely the consequence of the approach gender critical activists have taken. Own it.
Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 10h agoOur code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx
As some attempt to legislate trans people out of public life, we stand firm in our values and will continue to advocate for, celebrate and protect trans people at every opportunity. Check out the Good Law Project for more detailed updates on the EHRC guidance: goodlawproject.org/were-support...
We’re supporting a legal challenge against the code of practice | Good Law Project
The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back
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And a reminder that "Run For Your Life" was part of one of the most genuinely brilliant pieces of live TV production in 1983, when ver Fizz were split up due to fog, half of them in Jersey and half in TVC. But thanks to CSO, they still performed together... www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhmV...
Run For Your Life- Bucks Fizz
YouTube video by BLUEGUTTER
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When we play the MCC from 14-16 August, the matches will be played at Tungubakkavöllur, Mosfellsbær. If the MCC beat us, we will ask their squad to pronounce the venue, and if they do not do a satisfactory job, we will declare 'a moral victory'. We will judge them fairly.
Ibsen's *An Enemy of the People*, published 1882, concerns the scapegoating of a scientific expert trying to explain to a community that industrial pollution will destroy their livelihoods. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Enem...
Le Monde@lemonde.fr · 8h agoL’écologie, bouc émissaire facile de ceux qui n’ont rien vu venir
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
1 mt in orbit would be 3,333 launches per year at maximum payload capacity.
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When you get two cats, how do they decide which one will have a tiny chirp like a pixie’s doorbell and which one will wail like the ghost of a jilted bride?
This is a measured and damning thread from Sunder - you just have to continue reading past the first post which is obviously too much for some people.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2d ago66 seems a young age for Rod Liddle to die. Talented comic writer, insightful about football.obvs took much pleasure in transgressing political correctness But just lied when caught being much more indefensibly racist+ sexist online in his Millwallmonkey persona www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
saying this not as a dig to Paul but as a general point, but it does worry me that we've ended up in a world where the two options are seemingly "leftist bubble" or "oh hey the nazis are here" - surely we should be able to have a politically heterogenous platform with tight rules on hate speech etc?
Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 2d agoThe new CEO of Bluesky wants to change Bluesky from being a leftist bubble. The thing is, there’s nothing wrong with being a leftist bubble: the idea that everything has to be all-encompassing and suitable for everyone is a trap. 🧵 1/4
Guys will listen to male influencer bullshit about needing to have a six pack and manipulate everyone and meanwhile women will go “you know who is the sexiest fucking guy I’ve ever seen?” and post this
JUST IN: Staff reportedly increasingly concerned that companies are hiring them for the value of their output, as opposed to their wellbeing and development.
Max P III@blackballer.bsky.social · 2d agoIts embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.
Reposting this because it's so lovely
Anna H@athenepallas.bsky.social · 2d agoRichard Cartwright • The Tall, Tall Trees •
Yeah. So much chat about disinformation is on the political side (which really matters!) but the biggest high harm stuff (that we could probably fix more quickly and easily) is just “straightforwardly untrue financial advice and disordered eating content”.
Marques Brownlee: That's Kind Of The Point
Alt: Marques Brownlee: That's Kind Of The Point
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Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d ago"Questions about [my] money could go on for years," says Nigel Farage, when asked about the secret deal he struck with the convicted fraudster George Cottrell before agreeing to return as leader of Reform UK.
"Questions about [my] money could go on for years," says Nigel Farage, when asked about the secret deal he struck with the convicted fraudster George Cottrell before agreeing to return as leader of Reform UK.
Too much of the British uplands is devoted to grouse shooting moors which get bone dry and very vulnerable to wildfires. They are mainly used for investment bankers to play at being 19th century country gentlemen. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Dry spell is a reminder of the fallacy of climate change denial - Andy Brown
It has been a relentless summer. Weeks of drought conditions have dried up fields and left the stubble of cut down wheat crops a near perfect target for any discarded cigarette to set off a dangerous ...
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“Grouse shooting moors” should be taxed to hell
Andy Brown@andybrown1951.bsky.social · 3d agoToo much of the British uplands is devoted to grouse shooting moors which get bone dry and very vulnerable to wildfires. They are mainly used for investment bankers to play at being 19th century country gentlemen. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
From a historical perspective it's a genuinely strange state of affairs that the Church of England turns out to be too woke for much of the modern right. But really it just feels like: having a consistent moral code that demands taking Lessers and Outgroup seriously is impossible for populist right.
Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social · 3d agoMan who shagged his girlfriend behind his wife's back lectures the Archbishop of Canterbury on Christianity.
