m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 9h"Some bad things" = total dislocation of society, for example? I think I'd like to pass, thank you. What do you mean that's not an option? 011
Reposted by m4macPaul Hindley 🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is a very important idea. I am really glad to see Ed Davey and the Lib Dems taking the political lead on highlighting the existential risks to humanity posed by super-intelligent AI. The negotiation of such a non-proliferation treaty won’t be easy, but it is an absolute necessity. 🔶👏 #LDconftheguardian.comHalt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to sayAt Lib Dems’ conference in Brighton, leader will accuse Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and ‘tech bros’ to solve problem 066
Reposted by m4macNowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Unfortunately, this is not shocking at all. 02810
Reposted by m4macM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026President Obama Shows Us What Leadership Looks Like....... 25956372
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So, another year and another golden master OS release from Apple for all devices – Macs, iPhones, iPads, TV – yada, yada. But before you all rush to install, just hold off a couple of days. Remember the old adage – never install software with a point zero version number. You know it makes sense. 011
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I can quite see how 'sudden death' could occur. One slip, head hits pavement ... They walk among us. 110
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"The digital system they’re working on to reject ballots would toss out every ballot mailed in large batches through USPS, even if just one ballot was ruled invalid." "The new system [...] effectively [gives] the Trump regime veto power over who gets to vote." gizmodo.com/heres-how-tr...gizmodo.comHere's How Trump Plans to Steal the Midterm Elections, According to a WhistleblowerThe plan sounds chaotic, but the chaos may be the point. 032
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Norway – behave yourselves. This the sort of thing I'd expect from some soulless American multinational. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...secure.avaaz.orgNorway: Stop the flooding!Norway calls itself a champion of Indigenous rights -- yet its own state-owned energy company is about to drown a sacred Mapuche territory in Chile for profit. 000
Reposted by m4macAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Anytime someone online calls themselves an “independent thinker” or “independent researcher,” you know you’re about to read some of the stupidest shit imaginable from someone spectacularly detached from reality. Their “independent” means independent of a functioning frontal cortex. 37820148
Reposted by m4macPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026“Is Kemi still anti-net zero?” From the new Private Eye, in shops now. 321653
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 18/08/2026If anything requires a Public Inquiry then it's this sorry affair. Signed. #JasonArday goodlawproject.org/petition/jas...goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 001
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 23/07/2026My new book is out this week! 111
Reposted by m4macglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Well that was a dramatic sunrise from Glastonbury Tor! More photos to follow later as it went from a very dark inky blue with flashes of red appearing in the clouds to this beautiful golden sunrise. Put it this way, I had to move quickly to capture it all 😂 201550169
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Here's some more details. www.planetslade.com/moshpit-memo...planetslade.comMoshpit Memories | Paul Slade - JournalistMoshpit Memories - one music fan's diaries from the peak years of UK pub rock, punk and ska, covering gigs by the Clash, the Damned, the Ruts, Stiff and 2 Tone, plus later encounters with Tom Waits, N... 013
Reposted by m4macPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 23/07/2026One of the many brilliant jokes in this weeks issue of Private Eye Make sure you get your copy now at all good newsagents (and not so good ones too) or subscribe at www.subsonline.co.uk 523042
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Kindle & paperback editions available here. www.amazon.com/Moshpit-Memo...amazon.comMoshpit Memories: One fan's diaries from the peak years of UK pub rock, punk rock and ska. (PlanetSlade): Slade, Paul: 9798196258237: Amazon.com: BooksMoshpit Memories: One fan's diaries from the peak years of UK pub rock, punk rock and ska. (PlanetSlade) [Slade, Paul] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Moshpit Memories: One fan's ... 021
Reposted by m4macDianneSpiritlight @dpfrazier22.bsky.social · 16/07/2026spot.fund/v42c2rtsb Please don’t forget Jason and please help if you can🙋♀️💙😇💙spot.fundClick here to support Major Jason Watson Legal Trust's story *HeroStand4Democracy*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today. 16239
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Several of these I might reasonably expect to find on a maps app. I guess Apple's way of telling everyone to go use another app. www.macworld.com/article/3192...macworld.comApple Maps ads won't include plumbers, crypto, or bail bondsmenNewly announced rules for advertising on Apple Maps prohibit plumbing, roofing, electrics, and pest control, as well as crypto ATMs, bail bonds, and the usual sex and violence. 000
Reposted by m4macCorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 12/07/2026Behold… the Arc de Trump. Finally, a monument that captures the scale of the ego… and the size of the insecurity. 😏 #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance #TrumpIsNoHero #TrumpIsADickhead 37255111
Reposted by m4macᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Give this video a watch! It is sadly true! Credit: Seattle Indivisible 8030871532
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 12/06/2026BBC News found this lady in the crowd outside yesterday's Mexico v South Africa game. The character of La Catrina was created by Mexican print-maker José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913) to make fun of his country's wealthy elites. 011
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I live these days in Devon, consequently a captive customer of South West Water – fortunately not in the Brixham area but nonetheless... Now ask me why for the first time in my life bottled water is a regular buy. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSouth West Water fined £1.85m over parasite outbreak in DevonUtility company pleaded guilty to criminal offence of supplying water unfit for humans 011
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I always love the Paul Foot awards saluting the year's best investigative journalism - often involving young reporters on smaller publications. Check out all the shortlisted stories on Private Eye's Page 94 audio podcasts. 021
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 26/05/2026AI: "It's not progress". www.thenerve.news/p/interview-...thenerve.news‘It’s not progress, and we can stop it’: journalist Karen Hao on big tech, protest and the preventable AI futureThe US reporter and bestselling author was one of the first journalists to get inside OpenAI – and was alarmed at what she found. Six years on, she tells Carole Cadwalladr, a coalition of resistance i... 000
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Here's a New Yorker cartoon for the computer professional in your life. 111
Reposted by m4macJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE. 270138224174
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 19/05/2026We await with bated breath. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...vaticannews.vaPope Leo XIV’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas to be published May 25 - Vatican NewsPope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, will be released on May ... 000
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The excellent Muleskinner Jones has just announced all his music's now available on streaming platforms. I like his stuff a lot, so do yourself a favour and check it out. muleskinnerjones.bandcamp.commuleskinnerjones.bandcamp.comMuleskinner JonesDeconstructed swamp-gothic from the Wyrd West of England. "The British Johnny Dowd" The Independent **** "Sci-fi B movies soundtracked by gonzo country" Q **** Also records as Faceless Mule Corpora... 011
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 14/05/2026A life-defining moment for me too. I started my own consulting business concurrent with System 7's release. Upgrading clients to the new system was a core part of what I did way back in 1991. Funny how things haven't really changed after all! www.macworld.com/article/3136...macworld.com35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgradeSystem 7 is mostly forgotten today, but we're all still using many of its innovations 000
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 09/05/2026PlanetSlade's song of the day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9i8...youtube.comT-Bone Walker - Tell Me What's The ReasonYouTube video by Jazz Everyday! 021
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 06/05/2026A beauty! Banksy is a national treasure, unlike Farage who is a nation disgrace. 100
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Which? is suing Apple over iCloud. Fancy joining in? Just click here cloudclaim.co.ukcloudclaim.co.ukiCloud storage Claim | iCloud storage compensation UK - Which?Which? alleges Apple abused its dominant position by not giving iPhone and iPad users a choice of cloud storage provider. Instead, it steered them to its own iCloud service, and this led to Apple char... 010
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Glad someone's fighting back against the AI apocalypse. Well done Taylor Swift. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTaylor Swift files to trademark voice and image after AI concernsStar lodges applications for a photo and two audio clips in apparent attempt to protect her image and voice. 010
Reposted by m4macPlanetSlade.com @planetslade.bsky.social · 19/04/2026@dumteedum.bsky.social We've established in the past few years that Ambridge resesidents receive Radio Four broadcasts of both The Food Programme and Farming Today. Presumably, that means they can tune in to the rest of the Radio 4 schedule too. So what do THEY hear at 7:02pm each weekday? 1/3 221
Reposted by m4macPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Unimprovable headline From the latest Private Eye, out now. 8752216
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The unemployed actors will definitely care. This is beyond belief. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...theguardian.com‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine directorMathieu Kassovitz, who is currently working on an AI-enabled film, also dismisses concerns over copyright 000
Reposted by m4macFiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Bernie Sanders, who is Jewish, says, "The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government." No pay wall.theguardian.comNo more US military aid to Israel | Bernie SandersThe time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government 14423
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 10/04/2026What a surprise. Seems UK govt has just discovered Altman has form for being economical with the truth. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comOpenAI shelves Stargate UK in blow to Britain’s AI ambitionsArtificial intelligence company cites high energy costs and regulation for putting landmark project on hold 000
Reposted by m4macstuartjames2001.bsky.social @stuartjames2001.bsky.social · 03/04/2026A perfect word for something that's been deliberately made difficult and/or complicated for no good reason. Commercial software I worked with was often this way, in order to sell training courses. 021
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Attie haters ... hopefully I made it onto that list – badge of honour. #No2AI 010
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Okay ... who said “We are unlocking trapped value through a growth-led separation of foods, creating a scaled, global flavour powerhouse” ? 000
Reposted by m4macMark Bechtel @markymark757.bsky.social · 26/03/2026@fireeyebooks.bsky.social @waysideleslie.bsky.social @packers1.bsky.social @cathyhadenough.bsky.social @j1j2.bsky.social @markymark757.bsky.social @blue-is-better.bsky.social @alphacentauri53.bsky.social @be4dawn.bsky.social @sarabethr85.bsky.social @dragonfire1964.bsky.social @gwenie.bsky.social 42313
m4mac @m4mac.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Jesus wept. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comMarriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusionOne minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter 000
Reposted by m4macBluebird (BB) 🐦 🌼💫🎶🫶 🐦 @bluebird4us.bsky.social · 25/03/2026We need to have this song playing Saturday at the No Kings Protests, "All You Fascists Bound to Lose."👏👏👏 22113