Reposted by Nick ChristianMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 572215374199
Reposted by Nick ChristianStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?” 6857851249
Reposted by Nick ChristianAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026how do we get the anger people felt when the sycamore gap tree was cut to translate into anger towards, I dunno, everything else? 38816
Reposted by Nick ChristianAnnalee @flowerhorne.com · 19/09/2026This is why I think it's so important to push back against the personification of LLMs. If a person shoots someone while wearing a hand puppet, they can't claim the hand puppet did the murder. 21653501
Reposted by Nick ChristianCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026AI critics: This is a theft machine for lazy turds with no imagination AI Stans: This is the greatest, most powerful tech in history. It is not a theft machine. There are no original thoughts anymore People Who Created AI: This is a theft machine for lazy turds with no imagination 3526170
Reposted by Nick ChristianGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 22/11/2024felt coot, might delete later 16559139
Reposted by Nick ChristianDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161168607
Reposted by Nick ChristianNed Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Never. Never. Never buy books from Amazon. I mean, try not to buy anything from there, but never ever books. They are destroyers of the thing I hold dearest. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAmazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AIAn investigation by 404 Media found that Amazon bought a shipment of rare books so it could scan and destroy them to train AI. 1519272
Reposted by Nick Christianalexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026stop 273136639
Reposted by Nick ChristianRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Great success with the long lead this morning - after years of trying and failing to get #Sophiefromromania on the beach we struggled to get her off it 1462850141
Reposted by Nick ChristianChristina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024It's Friday. It's the shortest amount of time anyone has ever owned a trouser press. youtu.be/tNqn5bKmKNc?...youtu.beBullseye - The cruel mistress that is the Prize BoardYouTube video by ChristinaLMartin 59904293
Reposted by Nick ChristianPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 21/07/2026the concept of migration control is incredibly historically new and when it is abolished - and it will be abolished, like all unjust laws are - we will look back on it as if it was a complete insanity. what lunatic would say that your life should be restricted to a territory you were born in 626367
Reposted by Nick ChristianTheo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 28/07/2026Fucking hell as if receiving automated rejection letters for jobs wasn't bad enough. 872475696
Reposted by Nick ChristianJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A show all about handmade crafting using AI for its advert is so bad it’s almost delicious. Reassuringly they’re getting rinsed in the comments. 37320
Reposted by Nick ChristianEd Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We urgently need enforced disclosure of AI usage in TV shows & other media. These AI models use stolen work to displace human labour. It is reasonable to demand disclosures that let you avoid media made with them. variety.com/2026/biz/new... 18875403
Nick Christian @nickchristian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Dunno what everyone's grumbling about. Wordle 1,852 4/6* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 020
Nick Christian @nickchristian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The FT parking their tanks on your lawn @deserterblog.bsky.social. Time to start covering 10 year gilt yields on the pubcast? 071
Reposted by Nick ChristianViz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz355bs 119935
Reposted by Nick Christianbinp @binp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026we are scarily close to general artificial intelligence 654620944
Reposted by Nick ChristianMark Yarm @markyarm.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Omg, I 100% clicked on this thinking Morrissey's new single was called "Diversity Is a Lie."consequence.netMorrissey Claims BBC Won't Play New Single: "Diversity Is a Lie"Morrissey has slammed the BBC on his website, claiming the broadcaster is refusing to play his new single "Notre-Dame" despite its chart success. 691635123
Reposted by Nick ChristianLauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026futurism.com/future-socie... lol 178105202956
Reposted by Nick ChristianAndy McGrath @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Excited to say that the paperback version of Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today 🚵♀️ You can enjoy my comprehensive biography of modern cycling's greatest while seeing if he makes it five Tour de France wins 🟡 Order here: linktr.ee/andymcgra (Coffee not included) 0122
Reposted by Nick ChristianRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Scots found a dog and immediately made it their new God 642096403
Reposted by Nick ChristianAoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026If other news was reported like climate change: 1726641027
Reposted by Nick ChristianElias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The AI rollout is an incredible test case for the power of capital to overrule everything in its way. An overwhelmingly stupid, obscenely polluting, and wildly dangerous set of technologies are being brute-forced into every part of our lives because money says so. 161150349
Reposted by Nick ChristianAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Agree. There’s so much about media & social media that I think is absolutely urgent and essential for the government to get to grips with. “Ban it for kids” is the dumbest and least effective approach I can think of. The kids aren’t even the problem! Radicalisation is happening to older generations 7368111
Reposted by Nick ChristianIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Of course the prime minister is posting on X about how bad the riot organised on X is. Fucking of course he is. An expression of complete subservience to the men in Silicon Valley and the White House who have instigated this moment. 301501378
Nick Christian @nickchristian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Ace article by Katie on the first city to which I'd consider moving if I ever do decide to leave London. 221
Reposted by Nick ChristianJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This is great. "If you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" is spot on. 161040296
Reposted by Nick ChristianJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop. 20490892048
Reposted by Nick ChristianScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Can anyone spare Newsnight a Zoom Premium subscription? 213323
Reposted by Nick Christianalexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026if you are "using AI for writing," you are not writing. i do not know how to make this any simpler 251807364
Reposted by Nick ChristianJonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 28/05/2026we see you www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIf you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why? | Jonathan LiewSome argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew 33468137
Reposted by Nick ChristianJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Me at the Ed Miliband biopic when it gets to the bacon sandwich scene 07214
Reposted by Nick ChristianTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 253133909733
Reposted by Nick ChristianKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I am not remotely a lawyer, but I think if you agree to review a manuscript for a press and then feed that manuscript into AI without the permission of the author, the author should be allowed to sue you into poverty. 292737481
Reposted by Nick ChristianM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The BBC’s description of people who choose to attend a Tommy Robinson march. “Peacefully expressing their interpretation of British identity” 76824241
Reposted by Nick ChristianKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 12/05/2026Important announcement: a staycation is where you have time off and stay at home. It is not a holiday away from home in the UK. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 33598108
Reposted by Nick Christian👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/05/2026Voter ID is voter suppression 271072265
Reposted by Nick ChristianGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026The first question we should ask ourselves in these and all other elections is: Which candidates oppose the inordinate power of the ultra-rich, and which ones accept or encourage it? 632285737
Nick Christian @nickchristian.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Fascinating and terrifying. Forget social media, keep LLMs out of the brains of children. 020