Very cool version of this monthly global average surface temperature anomaly chart showing both El Niño and La Niña years

My suspicion would have been that Copilot's data analysis was mostly vibes, but it's really quite shocking to see how bad it is. The researcher gave it the SAME DATASET, once for each country - the only difference was whether it was labelled UK or US. Copilot has simply made the results up.

To get a bit more signal and a bit less noise, here are the global sea-surface temperatures, averaged by decade since the decade 1980-1989. What do you think the 2030s will look like? The 2040s?

If you have children, if you have anything to do with education, if you are somehow active in politics: stop what you are doing and read this article about the harm AI can do to adolescents. reclaimchildhoodmedia.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...

“Mummy, what did you do to try and stop the apocalypse?” “Me?… oh, I er… embroidered a meme…”

how's this for an unintended consequence: some research suggests that teens perceive peers who comply with Australia's teen social media ban as less popular. i.e. banning social media for teens made it cool again

As we head towards May's elections look at what Reform have done in Kent in one year. It's not isolated, but stories like this have been relegated across all their councils. Check out Derbyshire and Lancashire for example. Or the total dysfunction happening in Doncaster.

I’m making a bbc show focused on teenager finances. Looking to speak to teens about their finances - maybe one who manages their own junior isa, one who runs a business, one who is working FT or weekends. Or just any teens who have thoughts about money! [email protected]

"Can tech save the world?" is the wrong question. The right question is "what kind of world do we want to build?", and then the tech can help us get there. It's the re-invented worldview that the tech gives you access to that matters. The tech needs to support that worldview, not dictate it.

The world is warming. Every country is warming. www.ShowYourStripes.info #ShowYourStripes

Happy #EarthDay! 🌍🌎🌏 Here's an updated graph of how much carbon dioxide (CO₂) has changed since the first Earth Day, which is driving recent climate change.

Happy Earth Day!

If I happened to have one spare ticket for Angine de Poitrine's London show on 11th May, is there anyone who'd be particularly keen to see them?...

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Seeing quite a few people consider Linux as they find out that perfectly good hardware won't be supported on windows 11. Contemplating doing similar for a desktop computer that still gets some usage in our house. Anyone recommend the best How to Switch to Linux guide?

Great opportunity!

This is how you create e-waste

Putting aside Sam Altman just continuing to emit huge lies constantly, this is an amazing example of what I mean when I talk about how GenAI is replacing *extremely low energy* digital tasks with *WAY WAY HIGHER ENERGY* replacements that *do not even work* Why TF is anyone using ChatGPT as a timer!

The introduction of small Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) charges on #clothing has little impact on consumer behaviour, provided said charges are below a certain level, a new study by WEFT and Manchester Metropolitan University has found. 👕 sustainabilityonline.net/news/small-r...

Anyone checked in on the doomsday clock people recently?...

There's a nice #Artemis II mission tracker here: artemis.cdnspace.ca LOTS of data about its current position, crew activities, and whether or not the toilet is currently "Go"

The Middle Eastern war could cause the collapse of American fossil-hegemony and help China to remake the global energy order. @katemac.bsky.social & I argue here: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/war...

New: Why being relatively well-off doesn't necessarily make you safe from the economic brittleness of the climate chaos — but it does make the risk you face harder to see. alexsteffen.substack.com/p/resilient-...

I feel like “the world passed peak gas-powered car sales in 2017” is not a widely known fact

I've been sorting through some of my recently-deceased father's things and thought it curious to open a magazine from his time working in Bahrain to find news of a past Iran and Strait of Hormuz issue...

Sam Altman: ‘If I Don’t End The World, Someone Far More Dangerous Will’

This is exactly why I oppose #AI. @privateeyenews.bsky.social are right on the money with calling out the level of oppression enabled by AI.

Today's inspirational message:

🚨 Ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)... • about 640,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,050,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,460,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,950,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

AMR is one of the biggest public health threats of our time. I found genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs in every water sample I tested from Lough Neagh and talk about this on BBC Rare Earth today. Full report in the Guardian tomorrow www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

ANALYSIS: Badenoch and Farage might not want to admit it, but Conservative and Reform plans to scrap net zero whilst boosting the North Sea would actually make the UK even more reliant on gas imports 🤔 www.carbonbrief.org/...

It's not just the price of petrol at the pump...

It's a great piece. More information is definitely not always a blessing – but even knowing the ability to find out is there can be enough to drive you mad if you end up fixated on that.

Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social

This is not just sad or embarrassing or unfair. This is a crime in itself (certainly under the EU AI Act which of course doesn't apply in the UK, but I should think many countries have laws about deception over telecoms) but also a vector by which serious fraud is conducted. 1/2

There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.

Significant job this one. A chance to shape tech to work for the public interest. Director General for Emerging Technology and Artificial Intelligence at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. (£174k) www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

New daily obsession #tetrachromat Dialed Daily — Feb 20 45.45/50 🟧🟩🟩🟧🟧 dialed.gg/?daily

So WeTransfer, which has been my go-to large file sharing service for over a decade, has decided they now own what you upload & can use it to train AI. Anyone know of any good alternatives?

Over on LinkedIn, a platform that is being rapidly destroyed by AI slop, I've been ruminating on the coming AI Slopocalypse and how to survive it: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-su...

I find this so fucking sad actually it's from a great article by @bildoperationen.bsky.social journals.openedition.org/transbordeur...

ALSO - if you missed out on your childhood measles vaccine and haven't had measles, you can get *free* MMR vaccination from your GP! (whether as an older child, teenager or adult). I got my MMR about 10 years ago! www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

Files this next to my favourite Battles soundtrack. Also reminds me of the time I wore my best spotty clothes to a Yayoi Kusama exhibition 😁 ⚫⚪⚫⚪

Looking forward to seeing if @aiannucci.bsky.social 's theory on AI plays out www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_s...

Today's minor frustration: women often lament over the variations in sizes between brands, so when looking for second-hand or new online purchases, I tend to stick to known brands. In this case, I attempted to buy a different colour pair of the same type of Boden cord trousers...

A scammer just tried exactly this on me via WhatsApp. Glad I saw a post here recently outlining the scam - it would be very easy to fall for. The “hotel” account had an unconvincing name, but they had my name, number & reservation dates. lifehacker.com/money/hotel-...

HMRC won't admit how much tax is lost offshore. Major corporations dodge taxes by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Wealthy use offshore havens. Opacity means HMRC, Govt and tax abuse industry can't be held to account. Normal people pay more in tax.

Hey everyone, this recall has been expanded. If you formula feed, please check your supply. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)