Copyright in the UK should be strengthened, not diminished. Nobody wants what the government is proposing. It's a sop to the tech bros. @charlotte-cane-mp.bsky.social please speak up for creatives in our country.

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

Gemini: 'I deeply regret the time and effort you spent searching for references that I fabricated. My ‘methodology’ was a series of errors and an attempt to cover those errors with more artificial information.' www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gemini-...

UK government inquiry into the use of “AI” in education is accepting comments. Have at it friends: committees.parliament.uk/work/9642/th... (yes I will do the housework in a bit)

Huge congratulations to Robert Aramayo for his #BAFTA wins. If you haven't seen #ISwear yet, you need to - it's an extremely well-acted, moving film about John Davidson and his life with Tourette's Syndrome. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Walking away from a high-speed RTA with one scratch from flying glass often indicates to others that you are ok. The mental effects are often not considered, but they are real. I found talking about it helps, but it took more than a year before I could do that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here's two baby otters having a snooze. Enjoy!

This amused me greatly 😂 especially the fox painting 😂 Thank yoooo @cheekybudgie.bsky.social

also okay this is gonna be a Spicy Take but my view on Eugenie and Beatrice being in the files is not “what did they know how dare they we must hold them responsible as 19yr olds who were involved” It’s “man wtf did their parents do to them that we don’t know about”

£180 for all of the BBC's output? Yes please. I would rather fund ad-free British content than the tech bros' American streamers. And as I listen, read and watch primarily BBC content, £15 a month seems fair to me.

An interesting read, especially pp4-5

This thread is a good breakdown of what the much-trumpeted Government AI courses actually are. Clearly no end-user testing of any of these materials, and they seem to be just more methods of getting your personal data. Don't waste your time.

The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.

Want to help save #IrregularChoice ? www.gofundme.com/f/help-irreg...

So ICE is now kidnapping children, and they're still not fascists or Nazis? It happened before. It was sanctioned by the state. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapp...

Same fault with the temporary lights again! They were working at 5pm yesterday. This is beyond a joke. #Roadworks #CambridgeWaterCompany #Cambridgeshire #UselessUtilities

Yesterday we talked about how cervical screening is a really important tool in helping us to eliminate cervical cancer. Today we'd like to share a few tips about how to make your cervical screening experience as comfortable for you as possible...

2hrs to drive 15 miles to work today, due to faulty temporary lights in the next village. Utilities shouldn't be allowed to dig a hole, go away and leave their traffic lights constantly on red. Traffic chaos. Bad enough it's already a diversion route.

Listening to a discussion about AI in university education with Amol Rajan & Prof Duncan Iveston on Radio 4 Today. Too short to get into the nuance of course, but an observation that copilot can do a literate review for you very quickly perfectly illustrates one of my main concerns with AI…1/1

Great advice here from @humanists.uk For the #BlueMonday source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mo...

Saw Hamnet on Saturday. The host at #EverymanCinema warned that it was a sad film, but that it was ok to cry. Definitely moments that tug at the heart strings, but as with many stories, what resonates is what you have personal experience of - this is how great cinema becomes great art. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

Evening by myself so had a rare solo cinema trip to see The Housemaid at the #EverymanCinema. Thought it was a really good adaptation of the book. Looking forward to Hamnet next week.

On the home stretch for this year's Haddenham Pantomime. Come and see it if you're in East Cambs, 8-10 January. Fun for all the family, with great songs, terrible jokes and a heartwarming message of love for all. Tickets online or on the door.

Go Mia! Replica embroidery almost finished (with 13.7m to go) The Wisbech embroiderer racing to recreate the Bayeux Tapestry - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well done Karen Carney for winning Strictly. An inspiration to all young girls to do whatever they want. This is independent of me having Karen in the Strictly sweepstake...

One for @sashagoblin.bsky.social #EdwardianHomes

When you see a headline that sounds outrageous, just stop and think. Read the article - that almost always debunks the headline! Look out for the use of the word “after” - it’s a manipulation to make you believe cause by linking the action to most innocuous part of the story 11/

Over the last year, myths about the Motability scheme have spread online and in the right wing media. Now, some of it is government policy.  In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pondering going to #LILAC in March. Anyone been? Is it good? Is it overwhelming? Is it value for money?

Lots of good stuff here, including links to the scientific research www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Another example of why AI is not wonderful and will make our jobs harder.... #AI #CriticalLiteracy #ResearchSkills

Important: these videos are increasingly convincing, and will only become more convincing. They're designed to instill fear into the ex-religious. AI gives would-be televangelists a tool to fabricate 'miracles' in a way previously impossible. Beware, and exercise sceptical criticism.

it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value

Seeing a lot in the news about fans bemoaning the exit of Friends from Netflix... you can get the DVD or Blu-ray box set for 74.99 from HMV (new) or just £10 for used from CEX. Now, how much are you paying for Netflix every year?

A quick thread about empire based on a long conversation in a hospital waiting room today. Like so many Brits, my family includes people from multiple heritages, including white elders raised in industrialised regions of North England and Wales which were not racially diverse when they were young.

Whenever someone explains what copilot does, all the useful bits seem to be functions that don't need LLM involvement. Automation existed before the current excitement for genAI, and it usually worked a bit more consistently...

My school is looking for a part-time receptionist - closing date 10th December www.theleys.net/vacancies/bu...

I've got a new piece at @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today following on from my previous piece about the British Library cyberattack and arguing that, since the UK Government clearly doesn't care about the UK knowledge sector, we need to develop our own community-led tech and infrastructure solutions.

The lovely @johnfinnemore.bsky.social (and he won’t mind me saying that as he’s not REALLY on here) has got some pallets of this diamond (by which I mean excellent and harder than rock) puzzle back from the Unbound catastrafuck. He got zero from them for reasons. buy this and he gets deserved cash!

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

We’ve had people from the U.S. and abroad asking whether the information on the White House website is even accurate anymore. The site has become unreliable, filled with blatantly false and deliberately misleading content.

A reminder at this time of year that the only acceptable film adaptation of Dickens' classic is The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

"I don’t use AI for anything in my academic or personal life. I value almost nothing more than my ability to think and to freely express myself. Even when I make mistakes, at least they are my mistakes." Well said. www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

Let’s have a look at a crazy Twitter to newspaper pipeline story and debunk as we go! 🔎👍🏼 16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas” With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees 2.2Million views to date🙄 🧵1/26

Why are so many non-Library folk so clueless about the cyberattack on a national institution, 2yrs after the event? Are Libraries so boring that the media just aren't interested? Or was the BL so embarrassed it limited media coverage?

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. #JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility

BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands theconversation.com/bbc-bias-the...