AI panders to you, lies to you and lies to others about you behind your back. This is why I think that's a problem in my industry. #insurance #ai #artificialintelligence

This post is so extremely depressing.

I wish Leinster were just on Bluesky. #Rugby #Leinster

If Israel were merely passive performers in Eurovision things might be different. But their intention and participating is intentionally political, it's a tool of the state. Their act is part of that. And that should not be forgotten. #eurovision

Everyone talking about HBO MAX changing names all the time, no one talking about how literally everyone still calls channel 4's streaming service 4od.

I've been saying for a while we've hit peak sauna. I wasn't correct till right now. Sweden, KAL, WTF #eurovision

Estonia is fucking doing a hatchet job on Italy in an unprovoked attack #eurovision

That is cultural plagiarism from Iceland. They're more similar to Jedward than the words Iceland and Ireland are to each other. #eurovision

The false positives hit really hard on GPT - it reminds me of when teachers used to warn kids that spellcheck wouldn't know which of their, there or they're was correct. @timharford.ft.com illustrates the dangers in this great ep from his podcast Cautionary Tales. timharford.com/2024/07/8801/

Not such a good Friday IMO

This is the best antidote to the negative articles last week about it.

Golf. He's completed it mate.

This is the most agonising, physically painful, drawn out, torture of any sport I've ever watched.

I bought a Ferrari hat at the Italian Grand Prix a few years ago and because it's a mostly red hat I never want to wear it these days. It's not the worst thing MAGA has done to the world, but it's a little reminder of how they've made everything worse.

I've seen a few people recommend this @theatlantic.com article by David Brooks. But like, I'm not sure the millions of Irish people killed or displaced by the Potato Famine are that keen on Robert Peel's great moral rectitude.

Just to clarify. These are direwolves to the same extent that two toddlers in a trench coat are a fully grown man.

Shout out to the home of my monthly column, @newscientist.com, which nailed their headline about the genetically modified GREY wolves www.newscientist.com/article/2475...

Reminder: Tariffs aren't paid by other countries. They're eventually paid by us at the check out line. And they're regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.

It's mad really that Jordie Barret doesn't start this game.

"Oleksandr Shepotylo, an econometrician at Aston University, which recently modelled the effects of a global trade war, said...." I've never heard of that job title in my life, and I am 100% certain that person knows more about Tariffs than Trump. www.ft.com/content/85d7...

For many consumer goods these tariffs are effectively going to become VAT. Products like clothing, homewhere and some food simply can't be profitably made in the USA even if the price is doubled. They'll still be made abroad. They'll just cost Americans more. #tariffs

The Atlantic's analysis is so damningly simple.

The full Tariff table if you're interested.

Norway in the EU is something I basically never would have believed (it still probably won't happen).

"I will yield for a question while retaining the floor" - is my phrase of the day, @booker.senate.gov

This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again

Schumer and Booker banter about the Giants and the Jets being New Jersey sports team isn't just fun, it's an important way to give @booker.senate.gov a short mental break (as well as entertain the audience). Going strong.

The current longest speech in the US Senate was a Fillibuster aimed at blocking the passage of the Civil Rights Act 1957. I hope @booker.senate.gov breaks that record. Another 10 hours or so to go... #politics

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Democratic senator Cory Booker holds marathon speech to highlight ‘recklessness’ of Trump policies – US politics live

These are not normal times, we need to "Get in good trouble, get in necessary trouble". Cory Booker is reading constituent letters from the floor right now. It is heartening to hear.

Cory Booker entering this 12th hour here, and he's still sounding very good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...

Tariffs are stupid, but it's worth noting that Tarrifs are also addictive - and a good example of that is Vehicle Registration Tax in Ireland. VRT replaced an auto Tariff that we originally introduced in 1920 to pay for roads but we kept it protect car manufacturing jobs in Ireland. 1/2

For years WhatsApp has felt separate to meta. But embedding their AI into the UX breaks that illusion.

Make this clip famous please.

You know when you're playing Articulate or Trivial Pursuit, and a person on the other team is trying to describe Mark Wahlberg, but they're saying he's the guy who starred in The Martian - but their teammate is also an idiot, so it cancels out and they get it. This is that. #Rugby

So basically every single western government that had elections post inflation, pre Trump 2 votes transferred to extremists (left or right). But since Trump2 any western government that has had elections has seen a migration back the centre. It's an amazing impact on foreign elections.

@theatlantic.com have released screenshots of the full signal group chat and members. And the thing that annoys me the most is that Vance's two letter icon is JV and not JD. Well, and the threat to national security.

There's a little bit of chat on the leaving cert / CAO system in Ireland. And I think this is worth saying. It was a good system, but even the best systems get gamed and solved by people with more resources. The only way to reduce that is to constantly evolve - which is hard on educators.

I wonder if Michael Waltz is secretly delighted that most people seem to think it was Pete Hegseth that fucked up.

Sad trombone

"And he called the group 'Houthi PC small chat'"

It's like when you accidentally add a work friend to a school buddies group chat about your trip to Budapest. But your school buddies are the most powerful people in the world, your work mate is the publisher of the Atlantic and you're bombing Yemen instead. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

You have to feel for Ivan Soroka, he's an Amateur rugby player, 30 years old. And he's trying to scrum to save a game and it goes against him. It means nothing to most of those guys, but it means a huge amount to him.

I *really don't* know how to feel about this, and I'd love some takes. At least part of the reason Twitter has gone to shit is becuase progressives left. We did becuase the deck was stacked, the X algorithm was going to amplify right wing voices. But it feels like we abandoned a moderate audience.

I just finished reading this. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was really clever. Now to read some reviews and find out why I'm wrong.

I've subscribed to the digital edition of @wired.com. The work @katie-drummond.bsky.social and her team are doing to defend democracy is more than commendable, and it can't be easy given the place the publication occupies in the tech industry.

Surely they also thought the first adhesive was "not prone to environmental embrittelment".

Wired has been a somewhat surprising bastion of democracy of late.