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• Post #4431767

  @jason@click.ba.it Ha!

• Post #4409162

  "If you’re under the impression that these models are 'glorified autocomplete' or that progress is slowing down, I need to urge you: stop thinking that." No, really, do. Just because some dweeb is using them to make obviously-fake images or bad poetry doesn't mean they're not capable of much, much worse things. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/07/29/some-notes-about-anthropics-new-results/

• Post #4117094

  Ahh, Raise the Colours. The best of British patriots, who councils around the country appear to be tying themselves in knots to avoid dealing with. But who are they? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/26/birmingham-council-raise-the-colours-flags-city

• Post #4111038

  Meanwhile, Elon Musk is calling for the murder of British people and the government does nothing.

• Post #4091164

  Imagine if instead of pumping billions into AI we gave the money to artists. What a flowering of culture we would gain.

• Post #3920031

  I love the FT, but this paragraph is a classic case of being one-eyed about reality. Yes, Burnham is being nostalgic: but in the same sentence is “the reasons Thatcherism was needed in the first place.” Which, of course, is another form of nostalgia. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/eb8f8782-20d1-4be6-94a0-b4cb28c6faa9

• Post #3912289

  I had exactly the same reaction to Arrival and I know that I'm not the only one https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3mqvcmd7hpk2z

• Post #3759137

  Curious person: "Hey Ian, you're a journalist! Your living has long been paid for by advertising. Why do you use an ad blocker?" Me:

• Post #3741523

  RE: https://mastodon.scot/@decembr14/116900950529910384 Accepted.

• Post #3642824

  Why I can’t bring myself to read Neal Asher these days.

• Post #3603437

  Ever day, in every way, I thank my lucky stars that I bought 32Gb of RAM and a 4Tb SSD long before the AI idiots made it more expensive than rubies.

• Post #3455467

  I really like that @kagihq@mastodon.social has a feature called "SlopStop" that lets you downrank or exclude sites which use a lot of AI generated content.

• Post #3452704

  Leeches. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/28/1-in-every-11-spent-uk-public-contractors-private-equity

• Post #3445297

  RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/116825465041766357 This, I suspect, will be a story that recurs. And as with most corporate errors, management will not be accountable at all.

• Post #3161316

  No. https://www.ft.com/content/6536f2f5-e365-4594-a928-8c1d5ac2e7b6?syn-25a6b1a6=1

• Post #3161315

  Well @brokenbottleboy is always good value but I love his latest piece on the completely fake “Farage banned from Desert Island Discs!” story. The sooner people realise that the Mail makes stuff up the better. https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/?utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web

• Post #3161314

  We really are at the end phase of the decline of the American republic. Gold ballrooms, statues to Caesar, praetorian guard. Next we will have Didius Julianus buying the presidency.

• Post #3161313

  You’re not required to disclose you have a GRC but you can’t use the facilities of the gender you’re recognised as, thus making it obvious that you have a GRC. Seriously who writes this shit, and do they ever actually bother reading it to find out how stupid it is? https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xurjtu2wa2akyi64gab34ahg/post/3mnd44iyzys2i

• Post #3161312

  This. This x1000. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xfq2h4jv25kw3fzzgwjxli46/post/3mndkx4ysam27

• Post #3161311

  One of the things I enjoyed most about my degree was doing some astronomy. I was a humanities student but my minor was astronomy and I was taught by the lovely Iain Nicolson. I think about Iain every time I see the full moon https://britastro.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/IainNicolson.pdf https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:67bgg4j34njbopitm62cvddy/post/3mndksvwamk2g

• Post #3018180

  That's it lads the robots are revolting

• Post #2493434

  “Young men are all right wing now!” Erm, no. 30% of young men (18-24) would vote Green, whilst just 12% would vote Reform. https://www.instagram.com/p/DUn9esviFX_/

• Post #2450297

  Once again, can I just point out how good Kagi’s Small Web is? Every Sunday I spend an hour using it to read blogs and other sites that I would never otherwise come across, and finding some proper gems. Thank you @kagihq

• Post #2044044

  RE: https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/116489750246654989 I approve this exception

• Post #2044043

  I adore this song. https://music.apple.com/gb/album/uncertain-smile/210039073?i=210039614

• Post #1944088

  Good news for the people of New Mexico! https://www.theverge.com/policy/921557/meta-threatens-leaving-new-mexico

• Post #1944086

  L'Etat, c'est Moi

• Post #1944084

  Current mood: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/roads/1440653096?i=1440653203

• Post #1916176

  Nope. https://theweek.com/business/is-palantir-fit-for-uk-consumption

• Post #1910530

  I wrote a post about something that's a little hidden in Anthropic's focus on cybersecurity for its next model. Then I did something which turned the whole thing a little more dark. https://www.ianbetteridge.com/the-worst-of-us/