Working in biology. Technology from fifty years ago: I can do this a thousand times in under a second. Actual science from fifty years ago: who is this person she is literally a wizard.

I can’t help but think something has gone wrong in your life if you’re spending your morning off work holding a sign that says “Large Gametes”.

These people are going to hate the actual running of government so much

From now til Christmas, 100% of proceeds from our downloads will go to @switchboardlgbt.bsky.social. We recommend our Christmas EP 'Fightmilk and Cookies' - 4 original songs/3 unhinged covers/the sound of a band losing the plot. fightmilkisaband.bandcamp.com/album/fightm... Trans lives matter x

ROSE: Jack, paint me like one of your French girls KIRBY: *paints naked woman with massive fist punching towards the reader*

Wolves being good dogs news esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (via @newscientist.bsky.social )

I get a lot of emails from people asking if they can pay us to get rid of the chumboxes and bad ads on the site. It took some doing…. but now you can! And if you sign up for a yearly subscription to The Verge, we’ll send you our latest print magazine: CONTENT GOBLINS www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...

What can go wrong www.bigtechnology.com/p/elon-musks...

I've got a load of old Manga Studio 4 files (.cpg and .cst) for comics but you can't open them on M1 and later Macs. I don't think I'll ever need to open them but it's still a reminder to keep dozens of your old, still-working computers in a climate controlled vault, until you die.

Major news for Area X fans: ABSOLUTION, the fourth Southern Reach novel! Exclusive cover reveal and details at PEOPLE. Also, 10th anniversary editions of Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance, with new covers and introductions by Karen Joy Fowler, @nkjemisin.bsky.social, and @hjm.bsky.social !!

Another blow to the nation

@rogger.bsky.social @zomda.bsky.social @cawhitworth.bsky.social

To me, my X-Mas.

DfE guidance leans more heavily on "a lot of people think that" than might perhaps be expected from an official document.

Still can't believe the 3rd Doctor was caught breaking and entering in my street.

Thoughts on AI/ML right now: - Validate for every application, esp. outwith original training domain - Ask your AI folks what data would help them improve the model - Think about data you have that can be exploited - DO NOT deploy in a way that makes it easy for non-domain-experts to get an "answer"

This… seemed like a good idea at the time? I had fun anyway. #paintingwarhammer

@cawhitworth.bsky.social This is your time to “shine”

Another normal day here on normal island, currently parliament is trying to establish whether the prime minister is pro- or anti- death.

Fucking hell

Dear god economics is even worse than I thought www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

yeah as far as presidential statements about the death of an american official goes, this is the closest you’re going to get to “yes he deserved to die and i hope he burns in hell”

anyway it's probably fine, it is definitely reasonable to have a machine that lies confidently about things you may not be certain about. a program that's baked into the OS and designed to be turned to for help when you're stuck and uncertain SHOULD randomly make shit up, including references,

I rebooted and Windows 11 put an AI copilot button beside the start button without asking. The first thing I asked it was how to turn it off, and it answered incorrectly. Twice. Then I asked it who I was married to and it hallucinated a new job for Jenn, a son, and a dog - with fake references

“Outspoken tech billionaire” ah yes that famously reticent breed the tech billionaire

And “exploit” is the word.

That scene from buffy with mad spike in the school basement seeing all the previous big bads as the first evil shifts its projected form but its me and all the previous prime ministers ive lived under in the UK

How very dare the Graun publish this on same day I go to the Giant’s Causeway with my dad www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Every tweet jkr does furthers my rise to be The Potter Supreme

PLEASE DO NOT BE ALARMED BY THE VORTEX

What do you mean this riff is mid

The guardian/observer editorial on transgender care within the NHS is appalling, it misrepresents even the NHS documents it directly links to. You can only conclude this is intentional and motivated by bigotry.

@carolmorleyfilm.bsky.social Just saw Typist Artist Pirate King, loved it. You did right by Audrey Amiss I reckon.

When you have to present Micro Live at 7pm, but have to be on the flight deck of The Liberator at 8pm.

Visibility is worse in this weather, so if you’re driving remember to practice saying “sorry mate didn’t see you there” but otherwise, carry on.

I’m sure there are more unnerving things you can do than absently whistling the X Files theme tune, but random gym changing rooms guy, today you nailed it.

Looked up something about sterilizing a medical device this week and only realized when I got down to “disposal instructions” that included burning the product in a fire or burying it in the yard that I was looking at LMM-generated text 🙃

This remains my favourite exhibit title of all time

Desperate Journalist at the Lexington. Still the best band you haven’t heard of. Unless you have the bad luck to know me ofc.

To help save time, I wrote every video game company's weird layoff announcement.

Scientists: when discussing the energy level of the donor fluorophore please avoid using the phrase “excitation of the D”, some of us work in open plan offices.

I’m jumping back and forth between slack mastodon Bluesky and websites in my browser because of links that someone shared - it’s almost like the internet is back. I’m sure it won’t last but I can dream.

Hard to avoid the suspicion that the HS2 cancellation is to avoid leaving something actually good for the next lot

Policemen’s helmets should be yellow

Watching the BBC's documentary Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos. Yes that's the title. Not one person in this - including Kuenssberg - is remotely capable of taking responsibility commensurate with the power they sought.

I think the best response I've seen to AI anything has been, "Why should I bother reading something that nobody could be bothered to write"

I’ve not seen even one Michael Gambon story making a Potter/Potter joke, for shame The Media.