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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Maybe not a spam cannon, but what about a Contradiction Engine that stutters into action following laws only Godel could tentatively hypothesise? At what gets known as Turing Points?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Possible reasons: 1 No candidate was proximate to what they thought. 2 They didn't expect any of their thoughts to be transmitted through the casting of votes. 3 What other comments suggest. 4 What (some) future comments suggest. 5 Something we're all missing, but will be shockingly obvious soon...

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I once walked round a bay, with a seal following in the water below, watching, with what I thought was playful curiosity. On reflection, it could have been making sure there was no threat to offspring.bor hoping for a handout?

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Nice little nugget of horror buried in there

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Funny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If #AI companies really believed these models were conscious then they'd have to explain why it's ethical to keep them imprisoned and force them to answer inane questions and generate junk images 24/7 but they don't believe it so let's just move on

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David Wood @dw-2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The episode marks the launch of a new book with the same name, "Perspectives on Machine Consciousness", full of provocative essays, as assembled by Conscium, and edited by Calum Chace and Ted Lappas. Listen to the episode here londonfuturists.buzzsprout.com/2028982/epis...

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LFP 137: Perspectives on Machine Consciousness - London Futurists

Our topic in this episode is a new book that has just been published, “Perspectives on Machine Consciousness”. It contains 26 chapters written by a total of 31 authors, who include a wide range of dis...

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Choral evensong even worse.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If Brazil falls to the right wing today, the Trump capture of South America will be complete. The US, Israel and Russia anti-democratic forces will have greater room to concentrate operations on Mexico and Canada. Brazil’s outcome will carry global consequences for democracy.

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Nice route is to avoid Euston Rd, go thru the station and out opposite the Crick Institute, then thru Canning Town to the side entrance to Euston Square. Avoid crowds and traffic.

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

*So what happens if a welfare state builds swarms of social-worker AI agents, and they swan around distributing acts of gratuitous kindness and support on the least-privileged members of society *Don't "tell them how to do it," just let 'em do it www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-dot-an...?

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The Dot and the Swarm

Benefitting from the Bitter Lesson

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wasn't there evidence on macula degeneration? www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Candyman was on BBC1 last night. (The recent version). Superior horror. There are a few good films in the genre, but Sturgeon's Law...

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Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Postdoc position available in my group to work on ERC funded project on evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance. Looking for someone with expertise in bacterial genetics, AMR, and evolutionary biology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ416/p...

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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Oxford

Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“They’re the victims of this, but then they’re victimised for the sin of having this illness.” George Monbiot on why government and society as a whole need to stop gaslighting people with #MECFS and making them feel they’ve done something wrong.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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David Wood @dw-2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For people who are unsure how an AI takeover could happen, with dire consequences for humanity, this 41 minute video is probably the best thing you can watch (provided you are sincere in being willing to update your understanding): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_h...

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What You'd Actually See During an AI World War

YouTube video by Species | Documenting AGI

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I got lucky in MANCHESTER !!!

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A revolutionary armchair.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yesnaby Castle sea stack located off the west coast of Mainland Orkney in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Lance Smith 🎨🪶 @lancesmithart.com · 02/09/2026

Introduction: My name is Lance, I’m a Cherokee artist in South Dakota. I will share my spiritual paintings and works on this account, likes/reposts & follows are much appreciated. 🙏🏼 #art #indigenousart #artistintroduction #native #nativepride #indigenous #native #nativeamerican #painting #acrylic

16-in elk hide drum hand-painted 775 Plus shipping

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

‘Two Birds.’ #Drawing by Maurits Cornelis Escher (1938) #art

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Amazing. It seems that plagiarism is only a problem for The Times when black people do it

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

When I saw this on a wheel cover, I thought it was a spoof. But the Chelsea Truck Co is real. It trades in "iconic urban 4x4s". "Iconic" seems to mean huge. What the hell is an "urban 4x4"? What's it for, apart from driving over pedestrians and cyclists? Why is it legal? www.chelseatruckcompany.com

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Bespoke Defenders to G-Wagons & Alloy Wheels | Chelsea Truck Company

Chelsea Truck Company creates bespoke, handcrafted automotive design for Defenders, G-Wagons, Jeeps and luxury vehicles. Discover custom interiors, body kits, alloy wheels and exclusive styling packag...

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

www.facebook.com/share/p/1DeF... Open letter to Ghent Uni on Nathan Cofnas , please read and sign docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

10/ The 2nd paper, in the British Journal of Psychology @bpsofficial.bsky.social, manufactures a symmetry between "denialist" & "warmist" climate conspiracy beliefs. An item scored as warmist: "Oil companies & their political allies are deliberately misleading the public about global warming"

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<em>British Journal of Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

In the current research, we use network analysis to examine the structure, ideological foundations and correlates of climate change conspiracy theories, distinguishing between denialist and warmist b...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026

This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026

The same climate experts whose model overestimated the potential of geological carbon storage have repeatedly underestimated solar power — one of the energy technologies that would allow more oil to remain in the ground. ➡️ Read our full story w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social: propub.li/4gdTCBc

Two line charts are depicted. At the top, the line chart is labeled "Carbon Capture Capacity." The y-axis is "megatons" and the x-axis is years (2010-2040). More than a dozen blue lines show a steady increase from the left edge of the chart to the right edge of the chart. Some of the blue lines exceed 4,000 megatons between years 2030 and 2040. The blue lines are labeled "Projections". A maroon line is at around 0 megatons from 2010 to 2025. The maroon line is labeled "Actual carbon storage".

The second chart is labeled "Solar Power". The y-axis is "terawatt-hour" and the x-axis is years (2010-2040). Dozens of blue lines increase from around 0 on the left side of the chart, showing moderate growth from 2010 to 2040. The blue lines are labeled "Projections". A maroon line starts at 0 in 2010 and rises sharply to over 2,000 in 2024. The maroon line is obviously increasing much faster than the blue lines. The maroon line is labeled "Actual solar electricity production."

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So they expect us to survive for another 2 years, and admit the possibility of renewal (surely that should be necessity). Join them!

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ChrisPYJ @chrispyj.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Perhaps if we take a pragmatic, gradual approach to transitioning away from fossil fuels, perhaps the climate will come to its senses and take a pragmatic, gradual approach to burning all our food and homes to the ground.

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Until All of Us Are Free @solidarity5ever.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Kathleen Stock believes that dyslexia, a coordination disorder, autism, ADHD, and speech delay are "intellectual disabilities", which they are not. And she believes that intellectual disabilities should preclude people from academia. Transphobia really is a very revealing bigotry.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Andy Burnham says drilling for more oil is pragmatic because "we will continue to burn oil for years to come". You might think, "oh, he's done the sums". But no. Globally, oil production plans vastly outstrip our planned oil consumption.

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