I don't know how Keir Starmer can wake up in the morning, see that pogroms have been taking place under his watch, that they are being fuelled by literal illegal activity on social media, and not make it his entire purpose to stop it. We know you're no politician, but are you not a lawyer?

sylvia townsend warner in 1926, foreseeing the type of author who would use AI:

This is how NYC does sage purification of a building tainted by evil

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

I’m sure it’s fine.

I don't have a job but I'm more than ready for a bit of civil disobedience/support crew.

Today is a good day to leave that app.

Has anyone considered Muppet Doctor Who??? (All muppets except for one human as the doctor)

A species with the longevity and intelligence to transform our planet, cure disease, build machines that defy gravity, escape our planet's orbit, communicate instantly around the globe ... is shackled to a species still fighting an ancient stick battle with the tribe on the other side of the hill.

People really, really refuse to understand that half of all children died in their pre-industrial utopia. They just, helplessly, died. Modern medicine, sanitation and regulation have saved literally billions from that fate.

The British Press: "Watch us"

The rain's back on.

If the media could try making sexual assault taboo instead of framing it as a series of confused lovelorn men having their polite attempts at courtship cruelly spurned by shrews that would be a nice start, it could in fact help

i don’t think you can ethically watch this world cup, sorry

If we let ai destroy our collective ability to think critically then spool forward a decade and ask it ‘Should Israel occupy the West Bank?’ or ‘Why is the climate breaking down?’ or ‘Is it ok to get an abortion?’ … it all gets pretty scary.

Ground to a halt in school run traffic and happened to glance lazily out of the window. … … … What the fuck is wrong with this country.

Guys. It hasn’t worked. It’s worse than Ceefax and your local freesheet. Time to start over.

Je ne voudrais pas vous faire peur, mais on a une catastrophe en cours et on ne bouge toujours pas #Inaction ⏰ 🌡️🔥⚠️⚠️🚨 #ClimateCrisis

WTF??

We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine.

Today is #WorldOceansDay. These fabulous sea creatures feature in Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (A History of the Northern Peoples), c.1558 by Olaus Magnus.

Finally a break in the weather long enough to go to the local gym.

The replies in this thread give some faint hope that the kids might be all right.

Every time you open a phone camera, an instant high-bandwidth datastream opens up, and a - what, AI agent? - somewhere starts deciding if what it "sees" is authorised for permanent capture. At what refresh-rate? Blithering lunacy.

I think every politician who proposes to ban anything on the internet for teens should be required to propose, as an alternate, a free and accessible and all weather space for teens to hang out in their own hometown

Something which, as a woman lucky enough to get access to all the education I needed (and arguably rather a lot that I probably didn’t) has never really worried me…

My mate Logos could kick Mythos's arse.

Salt'n'vinegar crisps every day, you say?

This afternoon's reflection on AI and the dying internet.

Everybody should listen to this. A more articulate and specific critique of the AI financing speculative bubble than I’ve heard pretty much anywhere else. I guess he didn’t make it past the primary? May not be the last we see of him.

One more reason to totally ignore this shitshow. And I say that as a Scotland supporter.

I went to a powerful session on Palestine at the Jaipur Lit Fest @britishlibrary.bsky.social yesterday. The standout was a horrific 10 minute presentation on the IDF's deliberate targeting of healthcare workers and children by consultant surgeon Nick Maynard. Read these: 1/3

the Department of Unsubtle Metaphors keeps delivering bangers

2/2 Stars of Las Meninas: Maria Agustina offering chocolate to the Infanta.Who is way more interested in visitors to the painter's studio. Or to the picture. Plus attendant dwarves Maribarbola and Nicolas Pertusato.

Infanta Margarita Teresa without all the fuss, painted by Diego Velazquez. And three years later, in blue, with some A+ accessories. Today is Velazquez's day.

Three scenarios discussed in our article illustrate the choices and risks we face. I'd say: let's aim for the green one. We still have a choice, and are not yet destined to bequeath a much less habitable planet to future generations. Our children and grandchildren deserve a fair chance.

We are in the Age of Humans - the Anthropocene. Our new article (open access) shows how even with a moderate future emissions scenario, global temperature will still be elevated by 3-4°C in the year 3000! Lifetime of our CO2 in the air is that long. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

This shiny stuff is Element 13, called, variously, aluminUM or aluminIUM. It is the most abundant /metal/ in the Earth's crust, at about 8% of total mass. So why the two names? I'll lay out the history.

The first Saturday in June is National Black Bear Day so enjoy this Black bear linocut on translucent washi paper with bark inclusions #linocut #printmaking #bear #blackBear #wildlifeArt #reliefPrint 🐡🧪

Empress Dowager Cixi1 (1835 – 1908), of the Manchu Yehenara clan, was a Chinese empress dowager and regent who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years from 1861 until her death in 1908. #CelebratingWomen

Happy weekend! Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago! 🐙❤️ Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

London is a foreign country, they do things differently there... By rights, he should really be sitting at the centre of a panopticon, keeping a waxy eye on all the miscreants. Great thread.

If anyone would like to see a photo of a cat that appears to be running very low on toner, then this is your lucky day. #Caturday

Good to see a country push back against foreign billionaire profiteers. I so wish the British public would do the same.

On a train with a craft project inspired by the @economist.com

my nam is trol and wen i see a skete that dos not tend to me i rant and ror i run amok i am a bor i get the blok

NOT NOW, 32000 YEAR OLD SIBERIAN PERMAFROST WORMS

'Labour will make artificial intelligence “work for workers”, and not abandon people whose jobs are swept away by its rapid advance... the technology secretary claimed that the government could shape the way it is adopted...' What a load of utter horseshit. These people are idiots.

if there's another reason to boycott the fucking world cup, here

Our nearest loch. A bit of all right, I'm sure you'd agree.