Reposted by Anna HirschfeldJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 4hNothing is more important than intimidating asylum seekers 915075
Anna Hirschfeld @annahirschfeld.bsky.social · 19hThis is a very tough read, and you don't have to read it. But this is what is happening in Israel right now. 030
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 10246791044
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldWikipedia @wikipedia.org · 08/10/2026Knowledge built by humans. This is Wikipedia. If you're using automation to access the website, do it through our APIs. Learn more at developer.wikimedia.org. 08612
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Paul Verhoeven: too subtle for his own good. 347168
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldTom Loosemore @tomski.com · 02/10/2026My colleague Audree Fletcher has published a fabulous article in the Lewis Silkin magazine making the case for pragmatic optimism. Am big fan of Audree. And big fan of her ideas. www.lewissilkin.com/our-thinking...lewissilkin.comThe hard-nosed case for optimism<div class="ck-content"><p>Despite its reputation for softness, a particular kind of optimism is the most useful thing a leader can bring to bear in times of uncertainty. </p></div> 086
Reposted by Anna Hirschfeldkottke.org @kottke.org · 01/10/2026Map of the Lighthouses of the World. Each lighthouse sweeps out its actual arc and the reach of the beams is true to scale. Very cool. [kottke.org]kottke.orgMap of the Lighthouses of the WorldFrom mapped.earth, a map of every lighthouse on the planet, along with other charted lights like lighted buoys and such. The screenshots above are static but the lights on the real map move: each lighthouse sweeps out it 717585
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882123873
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldViktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Might fuck around and do unto others as I would have them do unto me 11747192
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17092983069
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026‘This is playing into his hands’/‘this will allow him to play the martyr card’/‘this will help with his fundraising’ are all really bad takes. Criminals should be arrested and charged with crimes. 161775280
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldIain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The first benefit cap stats have been published since the 2-child limit was scrapped. 165,000 families - containing over 370,000 children - are now hit by the benefit cap. That’s 50,000 more families than before. 1/4 22526
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask. 4639411076
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1 4253912350
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181141006479
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldLucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Not so smug about the believability of them continuing to build Jurassic Parks now are we 91202252
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldCiaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My latest on the AI and cyber stuff www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-pac...linkedin.comAI pacing: the call and the claimThe Anthropic boss chose a very sloppy, easily dismantled example from cyber security with which to lead his call to pace the frontier. That was a mistake, but shouldn't undermine the force of the int... 12317
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me 355227744
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/09/2026AI* has a >10%** chance to kill us all *not the AI we're working on but some other AI that we'll build for sure if you keep funding the company I work at **number I made up based on a still-theoretical technology that nobody has but we all love talking about 351104237
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145151509
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 05/09/2026This is a foreign funded attack on Critical National Infrastructure. They should all be immediately detained under Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023 and the ringleaders investigated for collusion with a hostile foreign power... Oh hang on, I'm being told they have "legitimate concerns" 2428289
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Wonder if they'll be dealt with as harshly by the criminal justice system as the various environmental activists jailed after blocking roads etc. 🧐 2232578
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldAdam Drummond @adamdrummond.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Helpful reminder that the vast majority of middle England home-owning "Con15/15/19" voters who think immigration is too high will also see these guys as thugs and their anger at the state response will likely be at how slow and ineffective it is. 1017854
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldOnce Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/202623 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com 8450262704
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This thread hurts my heart to read. I have known three children who transitioned in my life, all who suffered profoundly until they were made free to live as they knew themselves to be. Once you have seen the difference it makes to be supported in that, you will never forgive those who strip it away 121058
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldCal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2 9437971406
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldRoderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026JFC people.kernel.org/monsieuricon... 096
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldAdam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.social · 26/08/2026No better day to share my absolute favorite piece of writing about Tim Curry EVER. RIP to one of the best to ever do it.vice.comAn Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by CapitalismHow an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend. 319860
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldHadley Beeman @hadleybeeman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Buy a book for a child in Dolly’s memory. donate.imaginationlibrary.com And the wonderful story of her Imagination Library: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...donate.imaginationlibrary.comHomeMake a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children. 065
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 25/08/2026see you're going to read the headline and you're going to think "hmm, but how bad can it be" and then you're going to click on the link and go OH, OH QUITE BAD YEAH 4538383
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 22/08/2026Reneging on open data would be an utter disaster. Don’t do this, government. 34219
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026 Very, very good stuff from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-r... 110526
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026sending this to everyone at work 17013
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The right's attempts to turn empathy into a negative have to be fought hard. 14608122
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable! 502301526
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky www.npr.org/2026/07/31/n...npr.orgGoogle pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the skyJournalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one. 12112
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...blog.googleTransform any place with Nano Banana in Google EarthCustom images — generated from Google Earth satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery — help you redesign any location. 671665580
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldDavid Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 27/07/2026For unknown reasons the Number 10 media team still doesn't have anything official on Bluesky so I spent 15 mins vibe-coding up this which automatically shares @andyburnham.bsky.social 's Instagram and TikTok posts. @unofficialandy.bsky.social #AndyBurnham Please share away! 56135
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldTom Loosemore @tomski.com · 18/07/2026Deckchair shuffling is for the unserious. loosemore.com/2026/07/18/d...loosemore.comDeckchair shuffling is for the unseriousThe FT and Guardian report that the new PM will disband the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSIT), splitting its functions between a beefed-up Department for Business and Trade (D… 32612
Anna Hirschfeld @annahirschfeld.bsky.social · 13/07/2026So heartbreaking, particularly after he'd only recently announced he was cancer free. A phenomenal actor and just seemed to be a truly lovely human 😢 000
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldMartin Nutbeem (Ghoulish edition, but cool with it) @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 13/07/2026If you have never seen The Dish, I urge you to watch it. Warm, funny and based on the true story of an Australian observatory playing a pivotal role in the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dishen.wikipedia.orgThe Dish - Wikipedia 4517
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldCNN @cnn.com · 09/07/2026Palestinians in Gaza have had the opportunity to collectively watch the World Cup, but the man who had been organizing the watch parties was killed by an Israeli strike ahead of the event. 30998516
Reposted by Anna HirschfeldJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/07/2026In better news, John Oliver's three-day stint/stunt as a corporate villain on legendary soap opera "General Hospital" appears to be going... fucking brilliantly?? I have watched this clip on a loop for like 20 mins I really, truly need to see the full episodes NOW 203120852636
Anna Hirschfeld @annahirschfeld.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Have a great week! Sad to be missing you all 010