david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 1h🚨 Labour’s "inactivity adviser" Alan Milburn swears at disabled editor of Disability News Service, after being challenged on safeguarding of young claimants www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labours-inac...disabilitynewsservice.comLabour’s inactivity adviser swears at DNS editor after being challenged on safety of young claimantsThe government’s youth inactivity adviser swore at Disability News Service’s editor after being challenged about his failure to discuss the safeguarding risks involved in forcing tens of thousands … 010
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 4hCapital punishment isn't "complicated" it's barbarism. 41308
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 2hIndigenous languages are often hidden to LLMs, for good reason. We speak with Keoni Mahelona about his work on Indigenous data sovereignty, and why it’s worth being skeptical when the “AI" industry says it cares about preserving Indigenous languages. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social) 49729
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 2hBBC fails to explain why Question Time host repeatedly fails to debunk the lie of 'spiralling welfare' www.disabilitynewsservice.com/bbc-fails-to... #bbcqt Via @johnpring.bsky.socialdisabilitynewsservice.comBBC fails to explain why Question Time host repeatedly fails to debunk the lie of ‘spiralling welfare’The BBC has failed to explain why the host of its flagship current affairs programme Question Time has repeatedly pushed the idea that social security spending must be cut, while ignoring official … 041
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 21hWe present a typology of traps to avoid: 1. Believing that AI systems are minds 2. Believing that AI systems are theories 3. Believing that cognitive science can be automated. Learn to recognise and avoid these traps. Failure to avoid leads to numerous problems. 17523
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 21h✨ Published version ✨ Iris van Rooij & Olivia Guest (2026). Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @olivia.science Thread with highlights 🧵 25225
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialSpecial Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 23hOn SNJ Today: Are neurodivergent people put at a disadvantage, when Government uses AI to analyse official consultations? One ADHD mum believes communication styles of parents like her may see their responses, filtered leading to “algorithmic silencing” www.specialneedsjungle.com/using-ai-fil... 032
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895439936
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Whilst out and about and cake-bothering booksellers, I saw my first Hookland sticker out in the wild. 942759
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialHealthwatch @healthwatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A good and useful metaphor. Burnham has written the headline before Casey has finished writing the report. 121
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialHealthwatch @healthwatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The government says “free personal care for older people”—narrower than all adults. If it excludes the full cost of residential/nursing-home care, this is closer to Scotland’s model than an NHS-style service covering all adult social care. www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukPrime Minister Andy Burnham sets out plans for a new National Care ServiceThe Prime Minister announced a new settlement for older people today: a state pension that rises every year, no personal care charges and a high-quality National Care Service to give peace of mind in ... 123
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Do Disabled people under 65 exist? This is not a 'National Care Service'. It's a badly cut and pasted version of the SNP's policy, which has not alleviated the inequality, post-code lottery, and privatisation that underpins the social care system. www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukPrime Minister Andy Burnham sets out plans for a new National Care ServiceThe Prime Minister announced a new settlement for older people today: a state pension that rises every year, no personal care charges and a high-quality National Care Service to give peace of mind in ... 162
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialisaac @sevier.io · 29/09/2026I'm walking into the woods forever brb 1233
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Seriously, just do not use muse 16822270
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/09/2026> But: not everything is a business. Not everything is a loop! The entire human experience cannot be captured in a database. That’s the limit of software brain. That’s why people hate AI. It flattens them. 🔥 2234
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialRefugee and Migrant Justice @rmjusticeuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026💔💔💔 Absolutely heart-breaking news that 3 people, including a child, have lost their lives trying to cross the Channel to safety. These aren't just numbers, they are human beings. We must never forget that. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comThree people dead, including a child, in attempt to cross Channel to UKDozens also reported as injured during Monday’s attempted crossing off the coast of Wissant, northern France 23316
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The beatings will continue until morale improves.” 210820
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Unpopular opinion maybe, but "AI" is anti-technology. People are rightly angry and scared because the essentially human experience of making, using and understanding technology has never been so under threat. It's more than 'enshitification', horror is exactly right. 010
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Muse: oh wow it looks like you got shot and robbed. here’s what happened: after giving up your home address i told that dude “what are you gonna do, shoot me?” and that’s on me 329193
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As unprofessional as it may be, I suspect I will be shouting "we have been saying this for years" a lot today. Harsher immigration policies don't just ruin individual lives, they damage the economy, reduce jobs, and generally harm the whole country. 831799
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026Hey everyone remember how I was saying the AI X-risk criti-hype is a targeted project designed to kill regulations and further ensure an impatient rush on data centre contsruction www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auOpenAI breach proves need for more data centres, major parties sayLabor, Coalition agree OpenAI's Medicare breach proves the need for Australia to secure "a seat at the AI table" by rolling out data centres nationally. 17248102
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And that has always been the problem with the way AI pushers and the credulous people who seem to be doing most the reporting talk about "AI"'s feelings and "pain": they are far more willing to believe that "AI" feels pain than actual living human beings or non-human animals, even. Its dehumanizing. 05115
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18772063002
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Humanities is "feminine," so those of us who studied it are expected to accept that it's on us to read widely, whereas STEM is "masculinized," which means humanities has to do all that work for them 47217
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This He's been talking about this for best part of two decades. While Lab kick social care down the road again, via the farcical Casey Review, more disabled people will be denied support or driven in poverty by care charges, while the privatised care industry continues to profit from public funds. 020
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026AfD bans Stolpersteine: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGerman town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victimsGermany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal". 24265159
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialSlurms MacKrueger @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They're not fine words though Liam, he reiterates that he agrees with their goal of immigration to be "dealt with" so the only difference is that he finds their methods to be uncouth rather than the racist extremism behind their methods 3966
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Condemnation is pure hot air if in the next breath you’re telling everyone you’re doing your best to give the fascists what they want, just without the masks 19809273
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialStiofán Ó Donnáin Dálzéil 🇵🇸 @donnans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is going to be very very bad. 0205
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"More than 900 wheelchairs donated by two Australian charities have reportedly been blocked from entering Gaza for over a year. The UN says Gaza has the world’s highest concentration of child amputees. Gaza amputees: Israel blocking entry of 900 wheelchairs www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5S...youtube.comGaza amputees: Israel blocking entry of 900 wheelchairsYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 11114
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 26/09/2026Amazingly, no one was responsible 301375272
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 26/09/2026These people love the whole "but it's brainlike" but never for a moment think that's an utterly unscientific claim without minimally some definition. Superficial appearances matching and this being seen as something deep is core pseudoscientific knowledge. More below. 415335
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This vile rant is by Starmer-MacSweeny hired hate monger, Paul Ovenden, in the Times 'newspaper'. 010
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Roses are red Cactuses prickly 418724
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Can photocopying pieces of paper with the word 'burger' written on it cure world hunger? Maybe, according to a recent study. The work, which has not been peer reviewed... " 010
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialClimate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026HUGE UPDATE: we halted Amazon's panel at Climate Week. We shut it down so hard that every guest and every speaker had to leave the premises. No one was able to return. Their whole event lasted less time than their warehouse workers' pee break. 25749252
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Constructed privatisation, Dereliction of care. NHS boards bring in minimum 2 year wait for Autism & ADHD assessments. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comNHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessmentsPatient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses 030
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialSpecial Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We covered the suspension of referrals some time ago. Some NHS ICBs in England have now gone a step further, imposing a two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments. www.theguardian.com/society/2026... theguardian.comNHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessmentsPatient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses 045
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialShamsa @shamsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Give us a trillion more dollars so we can make ecoli medicin to sell with every burger 021
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396392560
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 24/09/2026Cognitive fly-tipping. 072
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's one small thing about this. His wife and his staff absolutely know his phone number and his address. I guarantee it. The "Offloading" is always on loaded to other people and AI is never going to change that for those people. 932366
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Really good analysis of the government 'marking it's own homework', as it plans to attack the rights of disabled children. 000
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hannah Einbinder was just arrested protesting Benjamin Netanyahu's safe passage into New York and the genocide of Palestinians. Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, and Chelsea Manning are among those currently blocking the road 72230477
Reposted by @david-s.bsky.socialWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"We need to fight this" How long can people accept ongoing exposure to harmful chemicals, while our governments continue to pursue policies of deregulation? Will legal action be the "spearhead" that accelerates action on PFAS pollution? Our story on ITV News: www.itv.com/news/2026-09... 110241
david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 24/09/2026No one is more anti-technology than the "AI" industrial complex. 000
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Illustration of why AI systems cannot realistically scale to human cognition within the foreseeable future: (b) Human cognitive capacities (such as reasoning, communication, problem solving, learning, concept formation, planning etc.) can handle unbounded situations across many domains, ranging from simple to complex. (a) Engineers create AI systems using machine learning from human data. (d) In an attempt to approximate human cognition a lot of data is consumed. (c) Making AI systems that approximate human cognition is intractable (van Rooij, Guest, et al., 2024), i.e., the required resources (e.g. time, data) grows prohibitively fast as input domains get more complex, leading to diminishing returns. (a) Any existing AI system is
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