Reposted by BMFlintile @lintile.lol · 11/10/2026blame it on the (A(I|u?DHD|l(cohol|gorithm))|D(og|NS)|intern|rain) 1222
Reposted by BMFJoris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The larger public in Europe may miss this. But every diplomat and international relations expert and pundit here sees this and will remember for a generation: after the US promised to protect Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, it is now openly supporting Russia. The great American betrayal. 12268128
Reposted by BMFCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me. 46107763003
Reposted by BMFStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If there's one groups in society who NEED to stop using AI to make resources, slides, posters, it's teachers. You're literally showing your students that you used AI to do your own homework. You look like a moron. It's shameful. Do not do this. 24721135
Reposted by BMFSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/10/2026The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine. 402642644
Reposted by BMFNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just so we’re crystal clear: Trump is now funding the murder of Ukrainian women and children to try and win the midterms. America is lost. 32671228
Reposted by BMFDave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK" 9878992125
Reposted by BMFKeith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s monstrous that people would consider trying to kill 1000 beings that are hundreds of years old and take 150 years to even reach sexual maturity, purely because they interfere with fishing for halibut. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comTo cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest sharkAs trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species 14269111
Reposted by BMFMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In the 70s Sister Sledge used to drive around in British cars. Their favourites were the Austin Music and Cortina Trap. 3251768
Reposted by BMFDanny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh yeah, apparently it's now Cyber Security Awareness Month, so you know, please be aware of cyber security. You can go back to clicking on every phishing link and downloading all the malware in November though. 3323
Reposted by BMFElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 30/09/2026Getting Signal up and running on your phone only takes a couple minutes. If you've already got it set up, take a minute to help your friends, too. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...ssd.eff.orgHow to: Use SignalDownload location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time required: 15-20 minutes Other reading: https://signal.org/ https://support.signal.org/ https://signal.org/blog/ Table of Contents Download and Install Signal Register and Verify... 310046
Reposted by BMFAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...humanists.ukReform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymnsReform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave... 2991859564
Reposted by BMFGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925431732
Reposted by BMFUffda Geek @annoyednerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026iPhone users…tip from me this morning if you run a pihole. When you upgrade to iOS 27, your phone will turn on “Connectivity Assist” in your WiFi network settings and all the ads will pour in. Turn it OFF and your ad blocks will work again. Gotta do it per SSID it looks like. 33824
Reposted by BMFJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 24/09/2026I propose a moratorium on news stories describing AI* tools as “going rogue” as if they have intent and moral agency. Instead, let’s describe the events in terms of the companies’ negligence. 04815
Reposted by BMFBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381922846
Reposted by BMFKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 24/09/2026*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing. 32754311
Reposted by BMFToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Standing up to far-right groups & organised intimidation & harassment: … Suggesting pints at the footy like it’s a presssing matter: ✅ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham brands ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stands as 'discrimination'The prime minister opposes the law - in place since 1985 - and believes there is a case to remove it. 158920
Reposted by BMFtbabb @tbabb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026approximately one industry in our civilization has figured out "systematically keep track of things that go wrong, and then systematically try to prevent them from happening again", and this is the result 16656137
Reposted by BMFGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There is not enough whimsy on BlueSky so thank god for the occasional Hoby cartoon say I Like and rebloot people, can't have 24/7 complaining about Shabana and the Beeb 3233
Reposted by BMFNathan Phillips @nbphillips1872.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is where bending over backwards to paint agressive racism as 'legitimate concerns' leads to. 022
Reposted by BMFRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The War Game is a show in which we are asked to pretend Michael Gove, the Tory Party's emotional support turbot, can handle a global nuclear crisis, when we all know he couldn't handle a spoonful of gak in an Aberdonian nightclub. 2429848
Reposted by BMFContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A little friend visits 😺 1324375869
Reposted by BMFAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026That’s a hard agree from me. I am genuinely astonished at the number of otherwise sensible commentators who still discuss his latest wild actions as if they’re within the parameters of the normal policy making process. 28948232
Reposted by BMFMike Batt @mikebatt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A little conversation I had on Twitter 🙂 1231942318
Reposted by BMFSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred. 1171828728
Reposted by BMFThe Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 13/09/2026Dog’s Worst Friend. If you’d like to see a new one of these every Sunday, join our Patreon. 036361
Reposted by BMFPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Reform conference shock From the new Private Eye, in shops now. 5416144
Reposted by BMFPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right). 187165495088
Reposted by BMFianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 08/09/2026Researchers studying the origins of the Butlerian Jihad were shocked to learn it was triggered by a domestic TV listening to someone's conversation. 21358
BMF @machinat0r.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Perhaps stop with the “legitimate concerns” messaging in every single government press release concerning them then. That’s not resisting, that’s pandering. 000
Reposted by BMFSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals. 391642616
Reposted by BMFDr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I find it baffling that Labour does not seem to get this. By equivocating on such a core issue, they’re making their own voters unsure about the core values of the party / government and hence more susceptible to voting for someone else. 30630163
Reposted by BMFJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632781881
Reposted by BMFRob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 05/09/2026My cousin’s shirt took me a second. He said “it’s great because anyone who would be offended by it couldn’t understand it anyway.” 868168142970
Reposted by BMFTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Dear UK 🇬🇧 government. It’s ok , your vote isn’t going to collapse if you name & shame fascists & racists . It may well increase . Your silence in not standing up to bullies makes it look as if you’re standing with them . Their expression more brutal but you’re playing for the same team 💔 424163
Reposted by BMFDanielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 05/09/2026How in God’s name has Andy Burnham allowed the TELEGRAPH to beat him to the punch on this? 714640
