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Sometimes I think about how the last ten years started as a publicity stunt for a fading reality show that went sideways.

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I rant AI occasionally on #BobetoRantsAboutAI, but inspired by this gigantic dickhead today I've been thinking about #MusicAILacksTheCreativityOrHumanityToWrite. No1 in an occasional series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEZG... "as I wonder what the murderers of James Byrd thought about the General Lee"

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YouTube video by Juggaknots - Topic

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Apparently AI is capable of this music and this video! Cool, isn't it? I personally am glad we crossed that particular boundary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSJe...

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Madvillain - All Caps

YouTube video by Stones Throw

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

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Patrick Boyle 💎 @pboyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think this is the best piece I have seen or read on AI safety. youtu.be/claxN4oxDuY

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I Read the AI Doomsday Papers. I Wasn’t Expecting This.

YouTube video by House of El: AI

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I just got a frantic call from Allison Statham. She's the mother of Haley Oliveaux, the girl Chris Duncan was wrongly convicted of killing. She says the police are now at her door and demanding a DNA sample. They're threatening to arrest her.

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The framing of Chris Duncan: Part Two

“God doesn’t let innocent babies die for no reason. Somebody has to be punished.”

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nice to see this getting some attention. It's completely true, and I dearly wish more journalists understood where these common narratives about AI actually come from.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026

“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Producers with Nigel Farage as Max Bialystock.

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What an absolute clown show. Of course some people will fall for it like they fell for all the other lies, only to appear in news articles a few months later: "I needed that $5k to pay off my medical/utility/whatever bill but I never got it now I'm bankrupt... why would Donny betray me like that?"

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/09/2026

I will say it is funny watching OpenAI boast about solving a complex math problem using millions of dollars of compute (and someone else’s work) all while remaining unable to solve the most obvious math problem (how to make their services profitable)

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Realizing the extent to which this is true wildly changed my opinions about how to deal with Trumpism, since they're never going to be satisfied unless they're actively dominating everyone else. You can't give them some concessions and go back to the status quo: they're reactionary revolutionaries.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026

This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.

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Mr. Beat @iammrbeat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If I see an AI-generated thumbnail, I don't click on the video. If I think I'm watching AI-generated content, I click/swipe away. If you're "creating" AI-generated content, I'm biased to think you're a lazy person looking for shortcuts with little creative ambition.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My next book has a whole section on the psychology behind "People becoming successful by simply lying about already being successful then charging other people to learn their 'secrets' about how to become successful". This would make a perfect case study, but I doubt the legal team will go with it.

bad.baltic.takes 12h
Lawvers for Andrew Tate have had to admit in
court that he is not a citizen of Estonia as he
previously claimed.
Much of his wealth and status is fabricated, they
said in attempt to convince the court he and his
brother are not a flight risk if released on bail
That included his claims to seven passports.
"The Tates are engaged in several businesses
teaching men how to earn money. It is in their
interest to portray themselves on social media
as uberwealthy." 1/3

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Please let the first line of her next column be "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, ..."

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This would produce M*A*S*H-finale monoculture numbers.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 08/08/2026

this is an admission of a crime btw; superpacs cannot coordinate with candidates

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Forty years ago, in 1986, NYC suffered over 1,600 homicides. Homicides would peak at over 2,200 a few years later. There were 305 in 2025.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/07/2026

It is putting it mildly to describe these people as a death cult.

ALLISTER HEATH
Britain can't stop
climate change. Scrap
net zero and embrace
Mediterranean

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

There will come a point where the extent of the similarities will necessitate a name change. Or at the very least more chatter around the myriad ways in which the USA seems hell bent on losing a war they won 35 years ago. #UnionOfTrumpianFascistRepublics

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Jesus H Christ even the NYT can't help but go in with an elbow to the neck on this... "Unsurprisingly, the idea is the brainchild of FIFA president Gianni Infantino."

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/07/2026

Fitch is now warning that an AI Market Correction is emerging as a major credit risk, with “the the medium- and long-term potential of [AI] being highly uncertain” www.fitchratings.com/research/ban...

FITCH WIRE
Al Market Correction
Emerging as Major
Credit Risk

The scale of the Al investment boom and the accelerated global technology cycle has been a significant driver of US equity market valuations and corporate bond issuance over the past year. The effects on real economic indicators are profound. The 18% yoy rise in IT capital investment directly added 1.4pp to 1Q26 GDP growth. The wealth effect from Al-related investor optimism and equity market gains has also been a meaningful support for US consumer spending growth, which has been broadly slowing.
That said, the medium- and long-term potential of the underlying technology is highly uncertain, as with previous tech cycles. The combination of revenue uncertainty and the extent to which capital markets and economies have become intertwined with Al have
created a vulnerability for credit in the event of a reevaluation of long-run returns potential. Very short-term spikes in market volatility for individual equities and tech-heavy stock indices have already occurred, but a larger, more protracted correction could have wider market, macro and credit effects depending on its scale, duration and contagion.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the spanish national team.
Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I wonder what the Polymarket payoff was on Trump being in shot when the World Cup was lifted...

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Senesi comes on. Those who know their history know that the penalty Germany scored from in the 1990 final was conceded by Sensini. One to keep an eye on...

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I would literally rather watch the first half again than this.

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Things I've thought during this game: 1) It's possible that Michael Olise is more talented at football than any human has been talented at anything 2) If Michael Olise actually tried he'd be the greatest sportsperson of all time by an absolute mile 3) Michael Olise has a bet on himself not to score

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Cole and Yorke version was prettier

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just saw a big account say "the #1 predictor of a mass shooter is violence against women," and that DV is a "real red flag." The former is almost certainly not true (bet "male" is), and the latter def isn't true (bc ~nothing can predict mass shooters). Not nitpicking. This is a big stat error.

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Jelly Pumpkins @jellyzedsy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I cannot stop laughing at this. They were so close to cracking lmao #InfoWars #MAJA

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disgruntled lesbian of Minneapolis @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026

Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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History Will Judge the Complicit

Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?

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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

“what was everyone cheering, really? three little letters on a television graphic. a flag. the idea that this guy, the son of a French multimillionaire and a member of the All England Club, is somehow doing it for all of us.” www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

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No more Fery-tales: fantastical fever dream is over and now the hard work starts

The last person in the stadium who truly believed was Arthur Fery himself, outclassed but never outfought, a 5ft 9in battery pack in a world of power plants

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This Cartoon by @davidsquires.bsky.social is *over 12 years old.* In unrelated news, new Portugal coach Jorge Jesus speaks: "I haven't spoken with [Ronaldo] yet. [He] is never going to be a problem for the national team. Not for the national team, nor for me."

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I think for a lot of people this will leave a sour taste in the mouth (even my Argentinian friends don't think they deserved to win that), but I think we can all agree that the idea that, wherever he is, Ronnie is *seething*, is one that brings tremendous joy.

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Not so sure. I think Farage is doing the same as always - he wants to lose an election narrowly because it's much much easier for him to shout from the sidelines than it is if he actually has a role with any actual responsibility.

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"We had goals that weren't counted. They had goals scored by dead people. There were goals delivered in drop boxes. Each of their goals was counted three times. The machines which count the goals are rigged by Venezuela."

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Fabrizio Romano's other account covers the war in Ukraine...

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

folarin balogun steps onto the pitch. he's got a new celebration– six-shooter finger guns! wait, those are real revolvers! he guns down the entire belgian side in the first minute & trump lands marine one at midfield to present him with an official pardon and the medal of honor. he is then deported

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Matt Upson on the BBC commentary has called the Egyptian goalkeeper 'Ryan' and I think earlier referenced "Turkey's" centre backs, rather than Egypt's. Curious.

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Bobeto @bobeto.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Dan Taylor's review of the Ronaldo film - over ten years ago - predicted exactly this: "a level of self-obsession that makes one wonder how he will cope now he is approaching the age [...] when the powers gradually start to decline. www.theguardian.com/football/blo...

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Cristiano Ronaldo film captures giant ego and strange, lonely world of being CR7

Ronaldo’s rivalry with Messi and extraordinary self-regard are to the fore in this vanity project but the suffering his success has brought his mother and the forward’s sheer competitive drive also ca...

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