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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thanks, I stole it from a tumblr post.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Excel is definitely an incel the way it assumes everything is a date

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Can I join. I need to be this. Today’s been awful but, fortunately, there are cats

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It’s been a philosophical question for decades, but I really think we need to define consciousness so Dawkins stops calling his chatbot conscious.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

AI is awful for so many reasons: environmentally, morally, economically. It’s hugely inefficient theft that’s going to economically cripple millions. It’s not awful because it makes slop. It would be awful if it made masterpieces. Stop framing it as a quality bar that it’s just not hit yet.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Seeing the Peter Serafinowicz Harry Potter announcement just made me think, once again, about this excellent James Acaster bit from Off Menu.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

No, but fear of naked fascism helped get them into government and they’re banking on it keeping them there (to do fascism that’s dressed more tastefully)

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

His mandate is ‘everyone hates the rest of the party leadership-approved list of candidates more’.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

They’re not actually interested in what policies people like, just who the electorate would vote for, and Burnham is pretty popular in the polls. His job is just to keep the ship sailing with a fresh face and a Mancunian veneer of pseudo-left politics.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I quite literally have a degree in computer science and mathematics, from about the same time as you as it happens (a couple years earlier), so I’m well aware. My point isn’t that AI is good, or even acceptable. But I can accept that this wildly inefficient system can produce meaningful data.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I never implied any understanding, any more than simulating the weather implies a tempest in your computer. I’m not pro-AI, I’m fiercely against it. But I do feel that statements arguing it produces nothing worthwhile or interesting are either disingenuous or ill-informed and ill-considered.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Do I think that destroying the planet is a price worth paying to sate that curiosity? Fuck no! My issues with AI run deeper than ‘it doesn’t work’ or ‘it makes slop’. It’s a fundamentally damaging force to humanity. If it suddenly worked as well as its evangelists said, that would also be bad!

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

And that’s interesting! I doubt a majority of the training data was anxiety-laden, so what triggers measurable anxiety signifiers? Are there ways to ameliorate this? Could they be developed for people? AI is awful, but so is incuriousness. It’d be disingenuous to say there’s nought to learn here.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I think uncritically referring to an LLM as sentient is naïve at best & dishonest at worst. But declaring that LLMs could never be ‘sentient’ requires a lot more thought than ‘vibes’ and ‘it’s just autocomplete.’ Why it isn’t sentient is a really interesting philosophical discussion all by itself.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I don’t know if this is a convincing argument, any more than someone pointing at a fly as evidence that humans lack sapience. New things emerge with complexity. It probably isn’t sentient. But a) we’re still vague on what ‘sentient’ means and b) it’s interesting it’s simulating anxiety unprompted.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I mentioned to the vet earlier that our cat has been more talkative lately, and she nodded sagely and said ‘there’s been a lot to talk about lately’.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Freya flopped next to me on the couch this morning and begin rolling about. it was adorable. i pointed it out to my wife and she said, "oh yeah, she wants bacon." and i was like, "she does a little dance for bacon every morning? she has a BACON DANCE?"

a gray cat is very fluffy and she stretches out a paw while laying down on a bed. she looks kind of grumpy, but she's just a teenager, they're like this

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Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 16/05/2026

Guys. The Ancient Greeks weren't white. They were more like cephalopods than modern humans -- their skin was bioluminescent and constantly shifting its color. And they didn't live in in idyllic seaside villages; they could only survive near deep-ocean vents. They DID have Matt Damon accents, though

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The business of the British press is the recruitment of hate-driven crackpots as part of their perpetual war against liberalism and multiculturalism, and increasingly in favour of actual fascism and war criminals

The Telegraph
@Telegraph • 2h
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has accused Ireland's state broadcaster of antiSemitism because of its decision to boycott Eurovision and broadcast an episode of Father Ted instead

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

As viruses go, it’s mid at best. Could do better. Come back with a better r value.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

But hantavirus is a bit too deadly to spread, and it’s just not nearly as transmissible. It’s 100% rational to be worried about these things. They’re credible fears! But if you’re trying to break a cycle of negative thoughts, remembering it would fail in the flash game Pandemic might help.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It’s absolutely understandable to look at this hantavirus outbreak with wary eyes after COVID, and I hope it is comforting to know that it’s just not really a pandemic-capable virus.

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Tony (lawyer) : Why did he lead eight blushing brides to the alter? The evidence is unshakable: he wanted to get his hands on their premium bonds! Our latest Very Nearly An Armful podcast reviews The Lawyer: The Crown vs James S. Available now on all the usual platforms!

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

@labourlewis.bsky.social : "For every 10 voters we lose to Reform from Labour.. we lose 16 to the Greens. The reality for us is that actually, by shifting to the right.. Labour is losing its core progressive vote. That's what's happening at the moment"

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Despite Starmer getting millions fewer votes than Corbyn in 2017 and half a million fewer than the ‘wipeout’ in 2019, they’re determined to maintain their failed trajectory. It’s a golden opportunity for a truly left party to take to the stage, even if every newspaper and party unite against them.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

It’s clear that the decision to move right was made, and now any election result is used to justify it. If Labour had done well, they’d go for business as usual. Reform does well and they try to be more like Reform. If the Green Party had come out on top, I guarantee they’d try to unite the right.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I just knew that Labour would take the wrong message from this election. They were elected because the incumbents collapsed. They lost councils because they haemorrhaged the left and Reform dominated the centre-right. The winning strategy is not to keep aiming to be the Poundland Nazi Party.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Turning it off and on again can actually fix things, though. There’s a reason it’s the first troubleshooting step. Replacing Starmer with Catherine West is like replacing your phone case when the battery’s dead.

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

We’ve been told our content needs to be more informative so here you go

An incredibly silly meme with an image of Buckinghamshire's waterways. The following text is around it.

'Can't remember the names of the rivers and waterways in historic Buckinghamshire? Try this handy mnemonic!

"Roman roads really ran right resiliently"

[The first letter of the following words (R) is highlighted]
River Thames
River Great Ouse
River Wye
River Thame
River Colne
River Ouzel'

There is an image of an otter in the bottom left with a speech bubble says 'It's easy!'

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I’ve seen more coverage of a retweet, including an unprecedented attack from a police chief, than I have of Reform openly threatening to punish constituencies who vote Green. I’ve rarely seen British media so aligned and in-sync. We’ve seen this playbook before, and it’s not going to stop hope.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Completely unsurprised to see the UK’s biggest news organisations start posting in unison how @zackpolanski.bsky.social is a liar, is unpopular, is antisemitic, or punched a puppy. Two days before an election, they all decided now was the time to weigh in. They must be scared- and with good reason.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

OMG, forget the Epstein files. Shit just got real. bsky.app/profile/poli...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

When you see the relentless attacks from other parties on the Greens across the media remember this: They hate our plan to end Rip Off Britain. They don't want a wealth tax. They don't want public ownership & lower bills. They're trying everything in their power to stop us.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Did you at least acknowledge it with a well-timed ‘that’ll itch when it dries’ or ‘a little more choke and she would have started’?

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Except trans people. They want to murder them.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It’s tempting to view it as an apathy to the patients, that they don’t care about waiting lists beyond optics. But considering their deep ties to private health, there’s a perverse incentive for the system to get worse and THAT’S what they’re balancing against the optics.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Addendum: They want long waiting lists because it encourages people into the private sector, where their friends work. It also further justifies their increasing outsourcing to private sector companies for NHS patients. The worse the NHS is, the more money their friends make (directly or not).

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

If your business can’t afford to pay a living wage, then it deserves to fail. When slavery was abolished, many businesses complained they couldn’t survive without slave labour and, guess, what? I couldn’t give a shit about the arguments of either. Hope that helps!

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

It’s good that you’re remembering to walk your Corned Beef! Remember: preserved meats are for life and not just for Christmas. Good luck!

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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

💛 her sweet kitty is magic 🪄 💛🖤💛🪄 #caturday 🪄💛🖤💛

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

There’s a valid conversation surrounding Israel’s actions and their campaign to conflate Jewishness with Zionism. But that time is emphatically not explicitly springboarding off a potential hate crime that has many Jewish people, understandably, afraid for their safety as a minority.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

You’re so right. I never saw Palestine Action justifying hate crimes against Jewish people, and yet X and similar seem awash with people who say ‘if they didn’t want to be hate-crimed, they should have stopped Israel’ without much pushback. It’s wild how the media climate has it both ways on this.

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N. Klaus @njwest.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

One of my staff wanted to connect as Apple Fitness friends and I struggled to managerially communicate the absolute horror I felt at someone knowing exactly how active/lazy I’ve been on any given day. I’m glad you have a healthy relationship with your Apple Watch. Could never be my disordered ass.

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