Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

A clear and depressing explanation of why I avoid buying anything from Amazon if I possibly can

Rather than unlocking UK community power, successive govts' digital policies have been focussed on Silicon Valley-style success. By me for @powertochange.org.uk, on why digital social policy is a necessary building block for a stronger society www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

I wrote a short piece for the Observer on the attacks in Manchester. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

If you are someone whose heartache for one horrific situation has twisted them into an anger that lacks any definition, today is a good day to take stock. To remind ourselves of the difference between a group of people and what one man does - whether that man is a terrorist or an elected leader. 2/

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

A new senate report is full of *shocking* details about DOGE activities inside the federal government. Including, unfortunately, the disturbing access that DOGE affiliates had to our SSNs: "One whistleblower noted the possibility that the agency may need to re-issue SSNs to all who possess one."

Such a wonderful triumph for medical science www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”

ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag

Responding to terrible proposals from terrible people with variations of "we're doooomed" gets us nowhere. Argue against them. Organise. Join/support parties, candidates, NGOs, trade unions that oppose the terrible proposals. Point out that much the media is crap. Fight back FFS.

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I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home. bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...

Not going to pretend today wasn't depressing but the far right has been stronger in the UK before. Mosley packed out Earls Court and was backed by several large newspapers. Enoch Powell had the support of 74% of the population. Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%

This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍

Nothing quite like a cross country train, a coffee and a good book...bliss!

had some stuff to get off my chest about strategies ~ gilest.org/notes/strate...

The exact talent & work they are talking about was happening for 10+ yrs. The people doing that work were fired & the teams they worked on gutted & dismantled. Any journalists who do not even mention what came before should not call themselves journalists. federalnewsnetwork.com/it-moderniza...

Well this made me cry.

This is an argument for falling population, falling GDP, and an employment crisis.

Gaza starvation is real and it is happening now, UN World Food Programme says – Middle East crisis live

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

"You do not need the strongest powers of observation to see that crime is a pretext — and not the main reason — for the military occupation of Washington by federal agents and soldiers from the National Guard."

During a theatre tour to San Francisco, Lionel Blair struck up a friendship with Bruce Lee, and the pair played postal chess until Lee's death.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

This article (linked further up in this vg thread) is well worth a read, but this bit stands out particularly. The companies pouring huge amounts of cash into AI infra only get to wash their face if we all pay much more for what they're selling ++

Do not forget Gaza. Do not forget Anas Al-Sharif. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Deeply shocked by Israel’s deliberate killing of the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, his colleague Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. Israel has now killed at least 186 journalists in this war.

WATCH: “Silencing the Coverage”: Israel Assassinates 5 Al Jazeera Journalists in Targeted Strike in Gaza. The "liberal democracy" Israel has now killed 238 journalists over the past 22 months. www.democracynow.org/2025/8/11/al...

Why does Vladimir Putin look like he’s just chalked his cue while pondering how to get back on the black after potting a tricky red to the far corner?

Courts service in England & Wales 'covered up' IT bug that caused evidence to go missing. Software had a long history of data loss. Executives covered up flaws. Judges made rulings with incomplete evidence. Another Post Office type of scandal looms.

This is a key table to understanding public opinion on migration. *When confronted with the real trade offs* people go for protecting the NHS and the economy over reducing migration. The problem as per the rest of the thread is many don't believe those trade offs exist.

I'm part of a bigger research project in which genAI has been used quite a bit and, after a few months, we've hit a point at which there is a huge amount of information, more than one person can usefully read or take in, but no one knows anything. It's like we're suffering from information bloat.

In 2022 I received the wholesome DM in the image on the left on the Other Site, tonight I received the one on the right 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Important thread from the founder of Bellingcat about just how thin the arguments and fleeting the morals of the self-appointed anti imperialist crowd are.

A Google search brings to to a web page that is a source which the person looking for info can evaluate, albeit ranked by an algorithm. A query of a generative AI tool gives you a stochastically generated mush of random words that fit a statistical pattern based on what is in its training data.

A nice way of summing up the difference between UK and US governance. Our labour statistics are borked through incompetence, and theirs are about to be through deliberate manipulation.

This is a very clear historical and current summary, and utterly damning. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Direct File was an easy way for Americans to file their taxes for FREE each year. It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it? To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.

Here's a World Food Programme ad for Gaza on Instagram. Meta will ban it and thousands like it across the EU from October.

In my latest for @alphaville.ft.com I take a look at why complex US tariffs is just as problematic as high US tariffs, through the medium of beer. on.ft.com/46lmSms Trump tariff troubles, canned version

New post just out: "Britain isn't broken" We have our problems but the doomerism is getting out of hand. I look at the real picture on crime, migration, social cohesion and the economy - rather than the dsyoptian fantasies of the radical right. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...

Retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). He says he witnessed tank shells, mortar rounds, and bullets being fired at Palestinians. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... @channel4news.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social

The aid agencies say not nearly enough supplies are getting through – which, if you've seen the photos, you'll know anyway. Reading the various websites, UNICEF seems as poised as anyone when/if the time comes. Like you, I've no idea what else to do other than donate and share the link.

Unspeakable crime. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Last month, the IRS' acting general counsel Andrew De Mello refused to turn over the addresses of 7.3 million taxpayers sought by ICE, saying he'd identified multiple legal “deficiencies” in ICE's request. Two days later, De Mello was forced out of his job.

Gaza: More than 30 people killed 'as Israeli troops open fire towards Palestinians waiting for aid'

Here's this week's premium newsletter - a guest post from @mrnikli.bsky.social of "I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again" - about the Remarkable Incompetence of CEOs and Engineers at the heart of the tech industry. www.wheresyoured.at/the-remarkab...