Reposted by Graham BinnsJanina Matthewson @j9andif.bsky.social · 3hThe thing that pisses me off about about this is that loads of the people employed in the arts and entertainment and crucial to its success are unseen workers in jobs that are considered trade when they're not in services of the arts 217269
Reposted by Graham Binnsglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Pink Paradise at Dawn. This morning on Glastonbury Tor shortly before sunrise. 141560179
Reposted by Graham BinnsOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...cmarmitage.substack.comBig Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six StatesFired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee. 1152504565
Reposted by Graham BinnsNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Okay so @defector.com has had an odd glitch since the site redesign a couple of weeks back where the wrong photo and headline are often put together on the main page and I was going to ask them about fixing it but this just happened and as far as I'm concerned they have to leave it as is. 7270811519
Reposted by Graham BinnsLisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.  329252975777
Reposted by Graham Binnsedeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Holy shit, I am pleasantly surprised by the news for once? For friends abroad, that’s the UK’s national federation of unions. It’s about time the beast awakened.leftfootforward.orgTUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans peopleDelegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable' 51380401
Reposted by Graham BinnsScott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Fixed that for you, BBC. 4636215
Reposted by Graham BinnsJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026(Takes '500 Miles' off the dance playlist) (And yes, I've put it into DJ sets before, it works) (But, you know, fuck transphobia and all that) 741748295
Reposted by Graham Binnstante @tante.cc · 31/08/2026Stanislaw Lem having almost perfect foresight again Jussi Pakkanen: Stanisław Lem foretold the current LLM mania in 1964 24015
Reposted by Graham BinnsMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/08/2026"We’re not saying cake is healthy. Birthdays in the RFK Jr. household are always celebrated the MAHA way—with a heaping portion of fermented whale meat, which has way more protein than funfetti. That said, for a limited time, we’re suspending FDA nutritional guidelines." buff.ly/epPztWXmcsweeneys.netRelax, If Food Is No Longer Safe to Eat, Just Eat Cake“Liberals can grumble all they want about ‘affordability’ and ‘access to food that doesn’t leave them doubled over on the toilet begging for death.’ This is ... 07719
Reposted by Graham BinnsTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...bylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network 3127241193
Reposted by Graham BinnsCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone. 402397680
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026And human sprinters need to be stopped with a big pad and then stretchered away with an arm off too, don’t they? What do you mean “no, you bellend?” 000
Reposted by Graham BinnsErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026C'mon man what the fuck are we doing here with this one precious life we each only get here on this tiny miracle of a planettheguardian.comReport supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hearsExclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI 733980
Reposted by Graham BinnsHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026“Writing builds our working memory, executive planning skills and metacognition — the ability to think about our thinking, weigh alternate viewpoints and revise for clarity and style. It takes decades to develop writing skills, from toddlerhood into adulthood.”nytimes.comWhat Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills. 5366133
Reposted by Graham BinnsCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff! 251639390
Reposted by Graham BinnsIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Can confirm. Show me what you can actually do, or I’m not buying.  131269
Reposted by Graham Binnselia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The entirety of the NHS, from inception, was made possible thanks to non-white immigrants. Every accusation is a confession. They don’t want talented people regardless of skin colour. They just want white people regardless of skills. 2425116
Reposted by Graham BinnsJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 03/08/2025The fact that ai art and writing programs are built on stolen work really seems to be fading from the discussion even amongst artists and writers, which is a bit shit. 122595948
Reposted by Graham BinnsMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Kids: 1 KIDS Act: 0 67103972058
Reposted by Graham BinnsCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Being so racist against and jealous of Black people that you can't appreciate Stevie Wonder has to be a curse from God. 12067426
Reposted by Graham BinnsAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/07/2026A doggie joined emergency workers in clearing out its yard from the debris after a Russian missile attack. 📹: DSNS 428061
Reposted by Graham BinnsBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Manchester, 1976, photo by John Bulmer. 941047
Reposted by Graham BinnsLeah Reich @leahreich.com · 22/07/2026Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great Wednesday. Just wanted to make sure everyone knows what a baby heron looks like. Ok bye see you later www.instagram.com/p/DateeyJCE3Y/ 793733844
Reposted by Graham BinnsAurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 21/07/2026"Cognitive surrender" is a fascinating concept to think about the impact of AI as it exists under reactionary tech Preventing people from thinking for themselves and imagining different worlds is a godsend for authoritarians thenextweb.com/news/wharton...thenextweb.comWharton researchers coined 'cognitive surrender' to describe what happens when people let AI think for themA Wharton study found people accepted wrong AI answers 80% of the time, as apps like Moot now let five AI personas vote on your life decisions. 241297548
Reposted by Graham BinnsMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026'Scientists are appealing to birders to limit their use of AI when editing images over fears that it could undermine the credibility of popular citizen science platforms such as iNaturalist and Macaulay Library, which are routinely used in scientific research to monitor species’ habitat range.'theguardian.comAI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at riskExperts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists 214460
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Idly looking at software engineering / director of engineering / cto roles. So many “agentic AI first roles.” Would it be churlish to open one’s questions at interview with “what are your plans for when the token bill comes due?” 010
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Been wandering around a little with a camera today, trying to find a rhythm in something I once loved — #streetphotography. I’ve never noticed before just how scared I am — must be all the therapy. 🤷 — of getting caught practicing “art” without a license. It’s as though a piece of me is missing. 110
Reposted by Graham BinnsAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026No, this really really really is rape 1773822779
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Dunno if it’s cos I’m tired and too hot, or cos there’s smoke lingering in the air from the moorland fires…. Whatever it is, my patience is low today and I am really feeling the weight of the loathing that I’m starting to feel for a lot of the tech industry. 000
Reposted by Graham BinnsPete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I want to know if an interesting, potentially useful package/library is slop coded because I can't risk including it in a project only to discover later that the "creator" can't maintain it and doesn't know how it works, and it requires rewriting before it can even be forked. It's risk. 45716
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I’m not a #football (the #soccer kind) fan; I’m a #rugby and #cricket man. So can a football person explain to me why #VAR seems to always be causing issues. I’m not saying that the rugby union TMO or DRS in cricket are without errors, but rarely do they cause the VAR-levels of kerfuffle. 110
Reposted by Graham BinnsDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/07/2026Cheer up, USA. One of your soccer teams has won 4 World Cups. 6886991641
Reposted by Graham BinnsHistoric Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Another example of how brilliant Championship cricket can be and what we are missing for the next seven weeks ... July 3rd 2024 at Cheltenham ... Glamorgan, chasing a record 593 to beat Gloucestershire, on 592 for 9 on the last ball... one to win, one wicket for a tie, with a draw also possible ... 4418
Reposted by Graham BinnsSara Lando @bruko.bsky.social · 02/07/2026But for real: (about meta glasses) why the fuck would you pay money to steal and share your friends' and neighbors' biometric data without their consent? It's the same people who were copy pasting "I do not consent Facebook to steal my children's photos" in their status a couple of years ago 071
Reposted by Graham BinnsJ.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 01/07/2026 3544071497
Reposted by Graham BinnsJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026All of these sorts of changes are designed, I believe, to address sites like Temu. And as always, no thought is given to the small businesses they have a much larger effect on. 15017
Reposted by Graham BinnsCricinfo @cricinfo.com · 29/06/2026Ben Stokes end his Test captaincy with 24 wins - only Root and Vaughan have more for England 🫡 042
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Going to have to steer clear of socials for a bit I guess. Makes me too angry right now. #cricket #stokes #engvnz 000
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I think people have forgotten that there’s a lot to be said about the psychological impact of an unexpected berserker #EngvNZ 000
Reposted by Graham Binns𝕳 𝖔 𝖙 𝖍 𝖎 🎃 @gizzi-m.bsky.social · 28/06/2026What an afternoon of Test cricket Stokes is pure theatre A box office cricketer the game of Test cricket desperately needs these days #cricket #EngvNZ 161
Reposted by Graham BinnsDr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social · 25/06/2026So, I work at a large, public university in the US, ostensibly helping researchers make use of the supercomputing cluster the university has for their research. 1349
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 22/06/2026As a lifelong owner of a larger body, I have noticed myself reacting to the return of thin culture, combined with people who use fitness content as a way to further their own grift. At the age of 45 I am the fittest I have ever been in my life… yet I can still feel that boiling shame being stoked. 010
Reposted by Graham BinnsJon Marcus @jmcrapola.bsky.social · 21/06/2026AI is not your friend @meredithmeredith.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/s...techcrunch.comSignal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ | TechCrunch"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” 425664
Reposted by Graham BinnsBlue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This makes me laugh every time. 27540146
Reposted by Graham BinnsDr Fern Riddell @drfernriddell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026But that is exactly how the suffragettes operated. With a nationwide organisation of sleeper cells of arsonists and bombers. I’m gratefully people have reached out and referenced my work today. I remain (I believe) the only academic expert on the terrorism of the suffragettes. Links below: 21888384
Reposted by Graham BinnsWIRED @wired.com · 03/06/2026A government committee says that the country’s growing dependence on the data analytics company is a serious liability. www.wired.com/story/uk-gov...wired.comPalantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians WarnA government committee says that the country’s growing dependence on the data analytics company is a serious liability. 17269109
Graham Binns @grahambinns.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I mean, I’m by no means the first person to think this, but Nigel Farage really is an opportunistic turd isn’t he? 000