Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 3hA book to run Vogon poetry close, TBH I can't believe this is a thing that got made 😱 055
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 21hReally painful read from @sportingintel.bsky.social on the darkest aspect of sportswashing: how some Man City fans turned to horrible abuse and threats because he dared to report on their club's finances. www.dailymail.com/sport/footba...dailymail.comNICK HARRIS: The truth about all the ugly tactics Man City used on meIt's 2020 and I'm sat at a hospice window. Behind it, paralysed due to terminal brain cancer is my wife Helen. My phone rings: 'Your address has just been posted on Twitter by a City fan, making threa... 1339
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 20hHere are my top three personal (mostly Boro) moments of the Man City sham era (2029-2018). 3. Lardy-boy Lee Tomlin's Bergkamp turn in our 2 - 0 win against City in the FA Cup, 2015 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm0j...youtube.comLee Tomlin Turn Turn Turn - Middlesbrough v Manchester CityYouTube video by Paul Williams 100
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In an act of gross unfairness I was put in the 'Blues' team in this week's 7-a-side, when it was felt necessary to create a Reds (Utd) v Blues (City) game. This despite the fact I AM A MIDDLESBROUGH FAN. So much for the 'red mafia'! 🙄 000
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BBC announce the formal opening of the diesel panic buying season! Good luck out there guys! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUS pressures Europe to release diesel reserves as Trump threatens export banPresident Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections. 030
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nvidia committed to spreading systemic risk throughout the entire financial system! 🚀 010
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'Inappropriate use of artificial intelligence (AI) in structural design' ....clues about the conclusions are in the title! www.cross-safety.org/uk/safety-in...cross-safety.orgInappropriate use of artificial intelligence (AI) in structural designConcerns are raised about the unverified use of AI-generated structural design outputs to justify the installation of heavy plant on an existing building roof. 010
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fascinating and wide ranging reflections in the responses to this provocation from Will... 010
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So sad that he had to "flee" Britain (in fear of his life perhaps?) and this from a philanthropist do-gooder, wealth-creater. What have we become?? 😭 110
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Kuenssberg demanding Burnham commit to austerity on BBC and getting angry when he won't. 🙄 110
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.disconnect.blogThe media has the AI threat all wrongGenerative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios. 271739590
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is bad and a challenge for policy makers, campaigners and practitioners,but the intriguing aspect is that it's not 'belief' in climate change that is falling, but belief in 'Net Zero's... 240
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Piracy yes, but with 'legitimate concerns'... 020
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026Happy mushroom season! 5140611327
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When people talk about the 'dangers of AI' this is what they should be referring to... arstechnica.com/health/2023/...arstechnica.comUnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit allegesFor the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug. 120
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I turned off Radio 4 World at One today when they read out a blog from a chatbot - assumedly so that it might offer insight into it's 'consciousness' 🙄 110
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It's been 4 years since the 2022 energy crisis. The UK spent £44bn supporting energy bills over that winter. We've had 4 years to prepare for the next one, to invest in a robust energy advice network, to build our capacity to retrofit homes. But we are woefully unprepared for the 2026 energy crisis. 1156
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Iran, having kippered Trump, has now got the Saudis tied up. arthursnell.substack.com/p/strategic-...arthursnell.substack.comStrategic genius strikes again?If you judge MBS by his track record and not his wallet, he’s calamitous 03910
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Ned 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
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Like asking a toddler to define the concept of money... 000
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Great article in the Athletic about Middlesbrough, the club, the town... www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...nytimes.comMiddlesbrough and the meaning of football in troubled times (Gift Article)It has not been an easy fortnight for Teesside, an area which has long experience of being talked down. But the football club offers hope 000
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Someone at the BBC has clearly crapped themselves at some ChatGPT response and now they've been running a live blog since Saturday about the AI apocalypse 🙄 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukAI getting more powerful 'by the day' and kill switch should be required, tech boss tells BBCJack Clark, co-founder of AI firm Anthropic, says artificial intelligence could become a "major risk to society", after a number of tech bosses call for a slowdown in AI development. 110
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you don't usually read Dario Amodei's blog post, you might not be aware that at least once a year he drops a very confident one that says something like, "super intelligence is coming at the end of this year, everything will be different". He frequently over-estimates the rate of breakthrough 47915
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A pretty good summary of the position... nickmark.substack.com/p/pacing-the...nickmark.substack.comPacing the Frontier, or Pacing the Narrative?Is Amodei’s Proposal About Protecting Humanity of Protecting the IPO? 000
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026In today's Teesside Lead... How poverty and deprivation drives child criminal exploitation across the region. In 2023 the number of children in Cleveland known to be part of county lines drugs gangs was 72. In 2024 it had risen to 111.teesside.thelead.ukChild criminal exploitation is ‘hidden in plain sight’ across TeessideA charity working with Cleveland Police warns that fear, distrust and overstretched services could mean warning signs of child criminal exploitation are missed 0109
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Have the big AI corporates suddenly found a conscious, or are they responding to the inevitability of open models taking the market? 110
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I do believe AI could obliterate humanity, luckily, its inability to draw accurate maps will be its downfall... 010
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I don't know why the DUP are chuntering, Trump likely put the cause of a united Ireland back decades thanks to his 'magic touch' of endorsing things that immediately fall apart... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...bbc.co.ukDonald Trump says unified Ireland would be a 'great thing' as he meets Irish PM - follow liveThe president is meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Dublin, before he attends the Irish Open golf tournament in County Clare. 030
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 10/09/2026I maintain that gutting our regulators poses a much more disastrous threat than AI becoming self-aware and solylent greening the eastern seaboard yet curiously the press coverage of the former is muted at best, wonder why that is 713933
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Typical geologist blaming his tools, why not take some responsibility for once?? "Cave collapsed due to a "fault in the rocks", a geologist has said." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHolywell Bay cliff fall in Newquay caused by 'fault in rocks'Geologist Paul Foster says the fault which had made the cave's colourful rocks caused the collapse. 000
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 06/09/2026substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-if-tr...substack.nomoremarking.comWhat if transferable skills don’t exist?The implications for schools, universities, and the British civil service 000
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Since the media are talking about untraceable, mysterious men dressed in black it's worth remembering that it's actually well known who they are and who is behind them... hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/05/p...hopenothate.org.ukPatriot Platform’s masked members march on Dover – HOPE not hateAt approximately 7:30 this morning, hundreds of black-clad members of Patriot Platform, a far-right vigilante unit, blockaded roads in Dover. They marched north east off... 11311
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Yes I can hear you Tanguy Destable 421878173
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Balaclava'd teens spinning round playing fields, FTP grafitti'd on a wall. This is the kind of cut and paste article you could write with ChatGPT and plays into already established media stereotypes. You need to spend more than an afternoon there to understand the place www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukA66 crash: Distrust and fear hang over MiddlesbroughBBC News visits town where violence has escalated after the fatal crash and residents say they are living in fear. 001
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Jon's excellent new book is now out and I "stuck it to the man" (and supported my local independent bookshop @darkpeakbooks.bsky.social) by buying it on audio book from @libro.fm! Maybe you should too? 🤔 091
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Had my first 'Detroit Style' pizza and whilst it was very tasty i suspect it has accounted for more than 100% of my RDA of calories. 🙄 010
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Tories are going to have to find a new Shadow Energy Secretary willing to pretend nuclear and gas power plants are cheap and happy to ignore climate risks and the realities of the global clean energy boom. 3224
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My friends the band A-Sun Amissa have collaborated with eco poet Lauren Mason to create a stunning work exploring water and issues of pollution and corporate extraction. They are bringing the work to Sacred Trinity Church, Salford next Friday 4th Sept... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tbc21-a-su...eventbrite.co.ukTBC#21 A-Sun Amissa and Lauren Mason performing Water ScoresThe Black Circle brings powerful spoken word and deep, experimental sonic textures to the beautiful Sacred Trinity Church in Salford. 110
Reposted by Jonathan Atkinson James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026>imperial concubine controls national security >court eunuchs are ceaselessly fighting for internal influence >the viziers are scheming over who replaces the leader >the leader fritters away all his time repeatedly replacing the grass on the lawn >the palace debt grows greater by the day 481708335
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Great article dissecting Hellberg's #Boro team and his underlying philosophy 19andcounting.substack.com/p/kim-hellbe...19andcounting.substack.comKim Hellberg.Birds of a feather flock together. 000
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Talking about "everything and nothing" is certainly a skill I have observed Trump has. Not sure I "love him" for it though. 🙄 000
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It would be fascinating to delve into public perceptions of the differences between "Net Zero" and "climate action", I instinctively feel I know the difference, but I wonder what others think about it! 001
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Luckily we'll all have forgotten about climate change in a few weeks... 🙄 0101
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Sure, this sounds frightening, but what about Ed Milliband as chancellor?? 🙄 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comFour taken to hospital and homes damaged in West Midlands firesGrassfire covering about 16 hectares near golf course in Stourbridge was one of several large blazes in region 010