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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“A person-centred, high-quality care service that starts in the home. A system where everyone contributes and everyone is covered. Free at the point of use… Conference, this is the National Care Service we will build.” labour.org.uk/updates/stor...

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Andy Burnham's speech to Labour Party Conference 2026 – The Labour Party

Hear from Andy Burnham, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Clarion once again doing political reporting the way it should be done

Oxford Clarion reports on Cllr Phil Godfrey’s role as the owner of a car servicing and tyre business alongside his claimed concerns about the Lib Dem’s “anti-motorist approach”

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

(AI actually has been used in science and medicine for decades and is incredibly good at doing things like finding cancer that can’t be seen with the human eye but that is a completely different type of AI then we’re all angry about it and we shouldn’t discuss them in the same conversations TBH)

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Sam Scarpino @scarpino.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

1/ Yesterday I was more worried about #hantavirus than I am today. Why? Flight attendant who was exposed - Tested negative Viral genome - No concerning mutations Two Singaporean's exposed - Tested negative Data situation - We're tracking at Global.health (h/t @mugkraemer.bsky.social)

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Yes, the fact that UK solar is an appealing investment opportunity is a GOOD THING because that means it’ll get built. This stuff makes me want to cry.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Still one of the best pieces of writing on Botley West that you'll read! Bravo again Clarion!

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Now to figure out if I have already preordered this or if I need to preorder it It looks amazing! The colours 🥰

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I don’t understand how… they need a human artist to paint it right. AI can’t paint a building. Is this an artist who likes painting but not making art?? I’m so confused

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

That’s interesting to know! And yes would be useful context to a story like this. I have to say, it did seem a bit spurious until I saw his logo and he’s clearly trying to associate with University vibes. But knowing that this is an obligation from them too is important for understanding fully.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Am I right in thinking that the main issue here would be the font and shield he’s using in his logo?

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

1 - there isn’t enough rooftop in the country to provide what we need 2 - dribs and drabs here and there isn’t effective in the grid 3 - this approach isn’t scalable as fast as we need Farmland is the best approach - !for now! - that’s why all these projects are 40 year temporary sites

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I think it would be really interesting to do some genuinely representative polling of some of the towns and villages near large solar developments. Consultations and campaigns are so naturally self selecting, and you only hear the loudest claiming to speak for “the local people”.

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Oxford Social Sciences Division @socsci.ox.ac.uk · 22/12/2025

🐈‍⬛Research finds that cats set-paw over our thresholds far later than originally thought finds @gregerlarson.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social 📸 We'd love to see some snaps of the feline friends that make your house a home! Share with #SocSciHome More: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Cats became our companions way later than you think

In true feline style, cats took their time in deciding when and where to join us on the sofa.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Doing the hard work of keeping us cozy!

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

If the council would like to send an exploratory committee to investigate their mass-transit ecosystem I’d be very happy to volunteer.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Would love for Oxford to have a Disney World style monorail, boat, gondola ecosystem to support existing buses. And what a lovely way to see the skyline!

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Wondering how much I could manipulate boomers at work by adopting Chat GPT complimentary language in everything. What a great insight, Stuart. Have you also noticed that xxxx Instead of, Sorry Stuart, that’s not quite right, we actually need xxxx

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I mean it’s the least of its problems but “My ChatGPTeacher” was right there

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I’m sure @dieworkwear.bsky.social wrote a thread about how he always has sloping shoulders because he has shoulderpads and the shoulder seams are set extra wide(?) This all seems very high and square. Definitely looks like it’s hiding something underneath.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Is there still an Artemis at Trinity? Spent some lovely summer evenings watching them mousing in the bushes.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Just discovered that Gen AI has ruined Etsy… so that’s a bummer.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Let’s sell all out public property to Goldmoney Inc, what could possibly go wrong? Next on the agenda for approval, a 25 year IT contract with Cyberdyne Systems. I hear they’re making amazing strides in the AI space.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Goldmoney Inc feels like the “LexCorp” of a very lazy or unimaginative comic book writer. I’m sure they made their name in Unobtanium mining.

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

LOL - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKALATON WONDRING WHY ANY ONES STILL USING "DA NAZI BAR" IF THERE NOT ENJOYING ALL DA RIGHT WING BULL SHIT IN THERE, IF YOU ROOTED AROUND IN THE PORTOPOTTY EVERY DAY LOOKEN FOR TURDS AND SAID IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO SAY THE TURDS ARE BAD, I DONT THINK ANY ONE WOULD BELIEVE YOU, AT THE END OF THE DAY IF YOU GOT SHIT UP TO YOUR ELBOW'S YA GOTTA ADMIT THAT YOU LOVE THE SMELL, ANY WAY A SKELATON IS AT SELF CHECK OUT AND THINKEN ABOUT MOVING ITEMS AROUND IN THE CORECT ORDER, EVERY LEVEL OF CAPTALISM IS ABOUT PAYING AS LITTLE OUT TO LABOR AS POSSIBLE, EVEN THO ITS MORE FUN TO SHOP WITHOUT TALKING TO ANY ONE IT WAS A SIGN THAT THE RULING CLASS WOULD RATHER PAY TWICE AS MUCH TO BUY A COMPUTER THAN TO HIRE A WORKER, ITS CLASS WARFARE AND IF YOU AINT FIGHTING THEM YOUR LOSING, ANY WAY DA TEXT SAYS "LOL IF YOUR USING TWITTER IN 2025, IF I WANTED TO BE YELLED AT BY A BOT I WOULD MOVE ITEMS TO THE BAGGING AREA WITHOUT SCANNIGN THEM "- DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 06/10/2025

"great!"

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 21/09/2025

Me in December 2024 referencing my work from earlier in 2024 www.wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-m...

Throughout these pieces I have repeatedly made the point that — separate to any lack of a core value proposition, training data drought, or unsustainable economics — generative AI is a dead end due to the limitations of probabilistic models that hallucinate, where they authoritatively state things that aren't true. The hallucination problem is one that is nowhere closer to being solved — and, at least with the current technology — may never go away, and it makes it a non-starter for a great many business tasks, where you need a high level of reliability.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt. This is simply false. - UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh - panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Shopping is such a fascinating and knotty problem - especially given that many ships being delivered today will still be in operation in 2050. Interested in than projection though. Around 40% current shipping is moving fossil fuels, is that doubling in a Net Zero world?

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I'm all for trying to ease intergenerational tensions, but the people who are most opposed to reaching net zero by 2050 are literally those who will not be around to face the consequences.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

We’re doing something quite good it turns out 😉

Joe O’Connor, Eleanor Schofield and Eloise Sheffield as Orsino, Viola, and Olivia in Twelfth Night

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

You can buy tickets at www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event... And our Instagram is @oxfordclarion.bsky.social approved. Check it out for more photos and a sneak peak of the fabulous cast www.instagram.com/reel/DKw-7yi...

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BMH Productions Presents: Twelfth Night - Oxford Castle & Prison

Join us for an unforgettable live performance of Twelfth Night at Oxford Castle, presented by BHM Productions of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Lovely people of Oxford/Eynsham etc. for the last 6 months ago I have been plotting and working with a group of lovely people to put on a play. Twelfth Night opens on Monday at Oxford Castle and runs for two weeks. I think it’s something really special, made by local people. Won’t you come along?

The actors playing Orsino, Viola and Olivia demonstrate the shows central love triangle. Orsino gazes lovingly at Olivia, who yearns for Viola, who looks out at us longingly from the centre of the tangle.

A bright pink advertising banner for Twelfth Night in front of Oxford’s Castle Mound, with its iconic twin trees. The sky is bright blue with wispy clouds.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Debonair ne're-do-well.... debone're-do-well

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 27/04/2025

Is this anything?

A promo image for Nickelodeon show Rocko's Modern Life, except the text has been edited to read Rocko's Modern Basilisk.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

They dropped the asking price from more than half a mil by £40,000 - less than 8%. They want to make £330,000 profit - more than a 200% profit margin. If so that's £14,000 per year, more than minimum wage for the first 14 yrs! If the house isn't selling, it's not worth what you're asking.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Now looking at property sale records, this is trickier - I think the name might have changed at some point. As that property name has no sold records. But there's a detached house in that postcode with a name now not coming up on Google that sold in 2002 for £145,000.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Because the #BBC have given us a picture and a village, I've found the house which is on the market for £475,000 - it's a detached 3 bed, but one of the beds is on the ground floor. With the street name and a bit of Google Streetview the property is easy to find. Looks like the name is out front!

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Mr Williams has owned a second home in the area for for 20 years... they had had little interest from potential buyers, despite dropping the price by £40,000. Let's ask the fun question, how much did you buy it for and how much are you trying to sell it for? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Gwynedd house prices plunge as council acts on second homes

House prices in a Welsh county have fallen by more than 12% year-on-year, according to new figures.

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Great news for biodiversity in #Oxfordshire thanks to Botley West plans - and should put paid to claims of a “glass and steel wasteland”. @eynsham1.bsky.social @libdemsoxon.bsky.social @calummillerld.bsky.social

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It’s genuinely bad at the one thing it does. It can’t even reorder lists reliably and blames its own “human error” when it does

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

And yet the solar NIMBYs keep a sky why we need to do grid scale solar? And why near them?

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Kate’s Agate @katesagate.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Just reread this and the Hemlock Queen. Can’t wait for the final book in July.

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