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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 14h

I mean at least it's an improvement on the earlier version, when I asked OK Google on my phone for driving directions to something, and it proceeded to enunciate the contents of a JSON document containing the GPS coordinates to ~12 digit accuracy, and nothing more

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Alan Lawlor @alanlawlor.bsky.social · 15h

The nearer locksmiths didn’t pay for Google Ads, so they don’t exist

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 14h

ahhh you've nailed it I think.

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 15h

The enshittification of Google Maps continues. I just tried to find a locksmith along my route home, and the new Gemini button, after thinking for 30 seconds, suggested a 12 km, 1 hour detour all the way across Dublin, passing maybe 4 locksmiths along the way? Stunning, no notes

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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was wrong. It’s happening

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 19h

Amazon used to have a search for "Amazon down?" on Twitter as a pageable alert

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why yes, of course you can build out your gigantic 72,500 m2 energy and resource-sucking data centre, but be sure to “encourage staff to use public transport, cycling & walking”. Beyond parody from the crack squad at An Coimisiún Pleanala. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 29/09/2026

It would definitely be worth contacting their support I reckon, possibly a number and knowledge of the routes it was used on might do it

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 29/09/2026

If you kept the number noted down somewhere you might be in luck?

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 29/09/2026

I incorrectly interpreted those clouds as ICBM exhaust plumes, and that's on me!

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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 28/09/2026

Both funded by the same Russian money too no doubt

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I already invented this it's called a fine

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Christ. Quite apart from the nauseatingly patronising attitude, what the actual fuck is he in about? One side absolutely wants to go back and is actively trying to, that's why we're here again!

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Unless it’s called “precautions, auditing and accountability” it’s more bullshit

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jonny (leachate composite form) @jo.nny.rip · 28/09/2026

better late than never at least

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that was added sometime in the last two days, after my last full dump of the filesystem. surely the model of addressing all problems by just one by one listing them in an ever-lengthing list of things not to do is a reasonable way that technology should work.

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jonny (leachate composite form) @jo.nny.rip · 28/09/2026

Current contents of Muse's `messenger` skill that governs this:

### Automatic replies

The user may create a recurring rule that checks their ordinary or Marketplace
conversations and replies for them. Build it once they have named the
conversations, how often to check, and the exact reply text; ask only for
settings that are genuinely missing.

When setting up an automatic reply, reject reply text that creates or changes
a real-world Marketplace commitment and suggest a non-committal alternative.
Write the exception into the saved rule itself: if an incoming message or a
proposed reply involves scheduling or other commitment details covered by
Routing and Safety, send no reply and report the conversation and exact
proposed text to the main conversation for fresh confirmation. Include this
exception in the setup preview so the user knows which messages need follow-up.

Before creating the rule, preview the conversations it covers, how often it
checks, and the exact reply text as a Markdown blockquote. Wait for explicit
confirmation, then create it. The rule's individual replies are not previewed
again in chat. When Messenger approvals are on, Muse shows each reply for
approval before it sends.

- Treat every Marketplace message that could create or change a real-world
commitment as requiring fresh user confirmation. This includes proposing,
accepting, confirming, rescheduling, or cancelling a meetup, pickup,
delivery, hold, price, or payment arrangement, and claiming that the user is
leaving, en route, nearby, or has arrived. Show the exact outgoing message
and wait for the user's explicit confirmation immediately before each send.
A permission approval, an earlier confirmation, or approval of a recurring,
cron, monitoring, or auto-reply task never authorizes a later commitment.
Background work must instead return the proposed reply and its context with
`muse.notify_main_agent` so the main conversation can ask the user; if that
confirmation cannot be obtained, leave the message unsent.

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This, together with the most recent QAA episode on the state of the State Department, makes me very worried about future US foreign policy in Europe

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"There's no carbon tax on aviation fuel"

"the worst person you know just made a great point" meme

Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Muse: 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

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Honestly, smoking would be great if it wasn't so bad for you

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Oh nooo I would not be into this. When you have a dodgy tummy, mint is what you need -- it's just the correct flavour

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Fantastic, this is a great idea for a project!

Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Colm McCarthy also said both the DART and the Luas would be disasters but sure look I guess he will be right about something one day.

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026

In retrospect, Iron Man's influence on geopolitics has been net negative given how much it seems to have driven Elon's self image

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Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products.

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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On behalf of the Irish nation I apologise

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Stanislav, baby don't alert me alert me to war #HappyPetrovDay

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Same thing with gig tickets. Bots already fight to get Glastonbury tickets and the like. That will get so much worse. A lot of things depend on friction to work well. Being an early adopter of AI agents is gonna be a lot better than when everyone has one

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

this is nuts, imagine a bank thinking “theyre gonna love seeing their friends in bed with random strangers” lmfao bsky.app/profile/leba...

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is just extremely evil shit. What are they like

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Reading this and getting struck by how much current AI Safety/alignment stuff is built on fixation on technical problems at the expense of meaningfully grappling with social alignment (politics)

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you’re bitching to the UN about a Twitch streamer it’s safe to say your PR battle has taken the biggest of L’s

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A dictatorship? Great place to film Star Wars? Tricky to find booze but plenty of weed available? The mind boggles

From the JustEatUK community on Reddit: AI vs Soda Bread

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This is way worse than I had imagined, bloody hell

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 24/09/2026

That sounds like a staggeringly mismatched mix of flavors

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They did such a great job on continuity there alright