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  AI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’ Intelligence? Chance would be a fucking fine thing. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/28/ai-godfathers-warn-of-runaway-intelligence-explosion

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  OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known AI breach of government body - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgl73pxgndwt

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  Haha, holy shit, it's my $workplace 👀 "Reputation is a rent, not a reward This is where the optimistic reading falls apart. Reputation does not behave like a currency you can earn; it behaves like land. It is finite, it is inherited, and its owners collect on it without having to produce anything new. An economy in which attention flows to institutional brand rather than to individual results is a rent economy, and rent economies have a well-documented set of properties: entry is close...

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  Are we cooked chat? "Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/super-el-nino-temperature-record

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  Remember when Tom Watson used to pretend not to be a massive douche?

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  Algorithm serving me this first thing on a Sunday. The very nerve. Is 47 the Most Miserable Age? https://economicsofpower.substack.com/p/economics-of-everyday-life-7

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  OpenAI's Sam Altman says world 'right to be afraid' but 'should trust' AI firms - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx2zpj4y525o

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  Good to see Mitch McConnell is back representing the voters of Kentucky.

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  AI is just NFTs for people with jobs.

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  Surely the point with mental health provision is to help people get better, not get the good little proles back into the workforce. https://www.channel4.com/news/new-mental-health-hub-will-get-people-back-to-work-says-health-secretary-yvette-cooper

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  Just saw a headline on BBC "using AI to fight wildfires" -- yes, let's consume the water used to fight wild fires asking Chatty G how best to fight wildfires. (⁠┛⁠◉⁠Д⁠◉⁠)⁠┛⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻

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  I am going to Diamond tomorrow. If you aren't aware, or haven't been, Diamond is the most amazing place to do science in the UK. https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home.html

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  #UKPol Tories and Reform trying to outflank each other on the right this morning. It's been kicked off by a pitiful attempt by Reform to reframe the narrative around (guess what?) immigration to try and distract from the fact that they are all dodgy sleazy thieving bastards. Reform are wanging on about "Operation Fortress, the biggest naval operation in the Channel since WWII" and the Tories are gleefully talking about leaving the ECHR so that they can withdraw basic rights fro...

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  We are all dried out. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgv657e1yko Also: "Levels are lowest in the South West, with Wimbleball and Blagdon classed as exceptionally low. " -- you will not convince me that these are real place names.

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  Suffolk wildfire updates: Homes and caravan park evacuated as major incident declared - BBC News Suffuck on fire as well now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce8l03d90n3t

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  Boy George: Pro false imprisonment. Pro Genocide. Pro AI slop. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/27/you-say-genocide-i-say-war-boy-george-releases-pro-israel-song-we-will-dance-again

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  Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands - BBC News Out-Fucking-Rageous. I grew up near here and used to spend so much time during summer holidays playing with the mock control panel in the old visitor centre. All the money is going on magic bean AI shit, not actual facilities with proven worth and outcomes. See also, Diamond, ISIS, Central Laser Facility. Why do actual science when spicy autocorrect can just guess the fucking answer? https://www.bbc.co...

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  US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system | Atlanta | The Guardian TL;DR version 🔸Guy has Pixel running GrapheneOS. 🔸Guy is pulled in for inspection when returning to US, because the feds put him on a watch list because he protested about Cop City. 🔸During interrogation, cops demand he enters phone PIN. 🔸He gives them the "Duress PIN" 🔸Duress PIN wipes the phone including the encryption key 🔸Guy arrested for destroying evidence, even though they were just...

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  Some dipshit in China has been gene editing kids again. Girl died. https://www.science.org/content/article/four-takeaways-our-investigation-hidden-gene-editing-death "Mei’s parents scraped together more than $800,000 to pay the team that developed her gene-editing treatment, under informal arrangements" These guys were duped into paying some quack to kill their kid. The quack faced zero consequences, natch.

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  PSA #Jimothy

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  BBC leading on wildfires threatening Madrid and Bordeaux. Almost a quarter of a million people displaced. Also wildfires in the Cairngorms (Scotland) and North Wales. The Climate emergency is very much emergency-ing. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjlenp0xk8o

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  Proud of my borough - first borough of Sanctuary, now this - a very British version of "Fuck ICE". Green-led Lewisham council will not assist in immigration raids - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq591pq35eo

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  Diamond Light Source is the jewel in the UK's scientific crown. Supporters (users or not) can sign this open letter to STFC leadership to try and ensure it is properly funded and supported. https://openletter.earth/open-letter-in-response-to-funding-pressures-affecting-diamond-light-source-ee231c6e

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  #StarTrek #Jimothy

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  Andy Burn'em's Cabinet not looking great. ➡️ Transphobic Minister for Women and equalities. ➡️ Department of Innovation of Science and Technology scrapped, and moved under business. This has been down before and it has never worked. ➡️ Former (widely respected) Science Minister Patrick Valance has gone. ➡️ Science and Tech no longer attends Cabinet. ➡️ Some dude I have never heard of is now Minister for Magic Beans (AI) and will attend cabinet.

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  "My fitness tracker knew I was pregnant before I did" - BBC News Me: "this is some cool biometric data" @clacksee@wandering.shop: "so folks in the US probably need to stop wearing these" :harold: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr474z1qyn6o

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  Good News Everyone! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced47jqyg1eo

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  Thanks, I hate it. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2026/7/6/are-you-older-or-younger-than-the-rest-of-the-world?traffic_source=rss

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  Only 4 years too late, but hopefully the first of many.

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  Damn that's dark. I love it.