Got distracted by a really nice Victorian Name of the Day today in SOLOMON SCAMP (he was in the same prison as one of my book boxers in 1891)... Then I found his brothers 🧐😀
Do try to remember that the EHRC guidance only affects service providers and not employment, so if you work somewhere where there are toilets or changing rooms for employees that aren’t open to the public then your employers are wrong if they try to stop you from using facilities for your gender
My first job out of uni was at a company that sold lifetime leases on retirement homes. The family that owned it once berated the whole workforce for simply seeing our work as a 9-5 job instead of investing our whole selves in the company. It was an early radicalisation for me...
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.
Watching Ed on these shows really reminds me of some of the scenes in Don't Look Up. The hosts are so scared that he might be right that they have to grasp at straws to argue against him.
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 5d agoWas awesome to join Bloomberg to talk about the lie of AI - everyone's buying into the mag7 believing CapEx is going towards diverse AI demand, when all it's really doing is supporting the circular cloud revenues of two unprofitable, unsustainable AI labs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHcZ...
Hey, Crazy! It's Marvin! Your cousin, Marvin Frog! You know that new sound you were looking for? Well listen to THIS!
It does feel very much like the world cup needs to be destroyed in order to get it away from Infantino and his ilk.
Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · last wk.It is very hard to see how anything other than a secession of all UEFA countries from Fifa (which other confederations would follow, as the WC is worth very little without European teams and markets) can put a stop to the assault Infantino and his US friends are leading on football.
You'd think the people investing billions into this nonsense would have a better understanding than my barely AI-literate self but apparently not. I use LLMs everyday as a code assistant. They're great for that. They're never going to be general intelligence.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
Even by Cory Doctorow's usual standards this is a great thread/piece. His hypothesis is that tech leaders are unexceptionally evil but the bubble they've created is exceptionally bad.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2w agoAs *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/
hey guys I don't read this genre but I'm here to revolutionise it. I haven't read a single book that's done this.
Nothing, and i mean nothing, makes Swappies turn up en masse like asking them to not attend. I was one of the organisers for a big RTN march. We asked all political parties to steer clear. Not only did they show up in droves with their own banners, they tried to take over the march.
Attitude Magazine@attitudemag.bsky.social · 2w agoJust days ahead of London Trans+ Pride 2026 on 25 July, organisers have issued an open letter addressed to the SWP www.attitude.co.uk/news/london-...
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
I’m sorry I know the match has been over for like four hours now but this is going down as one of the funniest charts in football history
John Muller@johnspacemuller.com · 2w agoWorried about what this red card could mean for Argentina’s ability to create chances
Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan
Psst Messi tells the bartender when he spots someone underage in the pub
My goodness we have a good bunch.❤️
Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 3w agoHow lovely is this?! When England were being given their Bronze Medals, Jordan Henderson asked for one more. The confused fifa official gave it to him. Hendo, Morgan Rogers & Jude Bellingham then called over Jason Steele (not in the squad but helping them train) and put it around his neck. ❤️ #FRAENG
The gap between Aliens and now is the same as between It's A Wonderful Life and Aliens
The Blogging Goth@theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 3w agoOn this day forty years ago, #Aliens by #JamesCameron was released in cinemas.
in england, they don't say i'll kick your ass, they say i'll see you on the
I know everyone is already worn down by the other segregation policy - this one is arguably worse, given how it directly segregates children. This country is the worst. How can my kid go to school from September being segregated, humiliated and categorically unsafe?
Nancy Kelley@nancymk.bsky.social · 4w ago🧵Yesterday government published a new version of KSCIE - its safeguarding guidance for English schools and colleges. In broad terms, it is trying to make every school and college adopt the practices of the most unsupportive schools (the schools supportive parents avoid!) tinyurl.com/43rmtczm
binface vs farage vs lawrence fox is like el classico for “different ways your mate’s dad could end up taking the divorce”
The weather is going to be glorious for the women’s test match and the tickets are only 20 quid for adults. You can get them on the Lords website perfect way to spend a sunny day.
Wait, I've only just seen the Balogun red card offence. Like, that's a pretty nailed on red card. He got none of the ball and all of the guy's ankle. What the fuck are the American's banging on about it being unfair? You could possibly argue it's harsh but it's a very bad foul.
keir starmer calling infantino to try and get that red card overturn and it somehow ends with harry kane getting suspended for the rest of the tournament