Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What's the stupidest joke you most have to fight the urge to tell? Mine is not replying to questions about whether I have any allergies with 'we'll find out together, I guess'. 32659532
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialautumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ 1233867753
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialJeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 10/09/2026DLSS 5 is just a lighting pass and not an ai hallucin-- 25683952548
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17341581400
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialThe Quietus @thequietus.com · 28/09/2026'Wonder was 26 when Songs In The Key Of Life was released—at that point, he was absolutely on top of the world, the greatest soulman on earth whose magnificence overshadowed even rock and pop' Many Happy Returns to #StevieWonder's Songs In The Key Of Life, which turns 50 today! buff.ly/zD17vVM 25314
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger. 442229731
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396442565
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Latest from me: on why the death of reading might kill democracy, drawing on James Marriott's excellent book The New Dark Ages www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWarning: our democracy won’t survive the death of reading. Read on if you still can | John HarrisWhile fascists protest in UK ports and purvey nonsense and poison online, ever fewer people have the perspective or analytical tools to challenge them, says Guardian columnist John Harris 65619
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Sad, sad news. This Is My Promo and This Is My Demo should have made him a bigger star 000
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I think rather than saying "misinformation caused groups..." they should probably just say "racism caused groups..." 000
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Excellent work. In the same vein as Chris Morris and Brasseye "They've entrapped them with facts" 000
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The Battle of Holbeck Moor took place in Leeds on 27 September 1936, when Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists attempted a march through the city. Their original route through the Jewish quarter was blocked, but they regrouped and headed for Holbeck Moor, daubing swastikas in the Leylands 1/3 717676
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 09/05/2026One thing has led to another, and now I have a folder full of news headlines about people getting beaten off. I offer no apology at all. 551358246
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026As a 40 year old former gamer, watching my kid on Roblox baffles me. How is it a success? Gameplay on everything looks boring as shit, horrendous music and horrible repetitive sound effects. And they're addicted to the shit. Fuck Roblox. 201172
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026And yet this isn't www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comNumber of asylum seekers living in hotels across UK halves in a yearHome Office was housing 16,021 asylum seekers across 160 hotels at end of June, while small boat crossings down 23% 000
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialJacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave The Prince Charles CinemaThe future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion... 23429
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026No surprise that my "patron saint" was @edzitron.com bambamramfan.github.io/ai-compass/bambamramfan.github.ioThe AI Compass15 questions. Two axes. Which of 30 AI archetypes are you? 000
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialFoz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I recently watched Iron Man (2008) for the first time in over a decade, and it's a real lightbulb moment to realize that every executive, business bro and tech guy currently obsessed with using ChatGPT or Claude or whatever thinks they're like Tony Stark talking to Jarvis 141247296
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026My proudest achievement this year was finally putting together my first real attempt at an album. One that reflected both my deep love of ambient music and psychedelic rock Galactic North: The Album on.soundcloud.com/SV3YwPRBgr2D... @aucourantrecords.bsky.socialsoundcloud.comGalactic North: The AlbumThe Album 021
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risksThe UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ... 000
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 04/07/2026“For years, CEOs and venture capitalists told us the future was the metaverse... Almost overnight, all of them are now pronouncing with equal confidence that the future is in artificial intelligence—and the story sounds familiar”, writes James Ballprospectmagazine.co.ukLife at the end of the metaverseMark Zuckerberg built a future that nobody wanted. Tech bosses are repeating his mistake 24616
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026Write a critical AI book, and you become everyone's confessor for their AI sins. People in my life keep telling me about their guilty AI pleasures, in search of an explanation, absolution or condemnation: us.macmillan.com/books/978037... 1/ 4308126
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 25/06/2026SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec... 42469841625
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 16/06/2026Exclusive: I have seen OpenAI's audited financials for 2024 and 2025. In 2025, OpenAI had $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs. $867 million of its revenue came from SoftBank, and $303 million came from Microsoft. www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...wheresyoured.atExclusive: OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 BillionSoundtrack: In Flames - Colony To further support my independent journalism, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $7 a month or $70 a year. If you’re subscribed to the free newsletter and ... 9133051088
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Essential and vital reading www.nytco.com/press/a-i-jo...nytco.comA.I., Journalism and the Uncertain Future of the Public SquareNew York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger warns A.I. companies are violating settled law and urges news organizations to stand up for their rights to ensure a sustainable future for reporting. 000
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/06/2026🧵Grays Court, York is an architectural jigsaw puzzle spanning some 1,000 years: built on Norman foundations, expanded with a grand Jacobean gallery, refined with Georgian panelling, modernised with a Victorian bow room, and more recently restored into a luxury hotel. Phew! Tucked 3458
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Absolute cracker of a review here, like all good music journalism it helps frame and shape expectations in a positive way, thank you! #inferno #boc #boardsofcanada pitchfork.com/reviews/albu... @philipsherburne.bsky.social @pitchfork.compitchfork.comBoards of Canada: InfernoRead Philip Sherburne’s review of the album. 010
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Strong stuff (as ever) here from Stewart Lee www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...thenerve.newsStewart Lee: Did you see that story about the crypto tycoon and Farage? It bears repeatingJust in case you hadn’t come across it – and it wouldn’t be surprising if you hadn’t – here are the salient details 010
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵 18079681723
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instinct only The Wire Dr Who (Pertwee/Tom Baker) The Sopranos Brass Eye Always Sunny in Philadelphia The Thick of It Industry Mad Men I'm Alan Partridge Nathan Barley Black Mirror The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer The Simpsons The Mighty Boosh Twin Peaks 000
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialEddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026How BBC Radio York covered York City's title-winning equaliser. 2023693
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 27/02/2026The right are furious that a white, English tradesperson got elected. 13775175
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 21/02/2026It’s on Google, even though it is making search worse. It’s on WhatsApp, even though I absolutely do not want “homework help” or “relationship advice” from my messaging app. In the year of our lord 2026, it is everywhere. And it *doesn’t work*.jonn.substack.comSo why do I feel so angry about this whole AI thing?Some notes on the bullshit maximiser. 37466113
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I’ve said it before I’ll say it again, make your AI slop if you must, but making books for children is a privilege and a responsibility and you’re doing a gross disservice to kids if you let AI anywhere near the stories you’re telling them. 3664
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Perhaps if we all agreed to stop listening and reacting to the mad, rambling pronouncements, we could maybe get on with our lives? 000
northernz.bsky.social @northernz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Can we please stop referring to it as a social media "ban". It should never have been allowed for under 16s in the first place - see tobacco and alcohol. But then a rebalancing doesn't grab as many headlines or ragebait... 000
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/12/2025My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves. www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...wheresyoured.atThe Enshittifinancial CrisisSoundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird This piece is over 19,000 words, and took me a great deal of writing and research. If you liked it, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, ... 561872466
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16/11/2025NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst. It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comThe Great AI BubbleYes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst. 761683765
Reposted by @northernz.bsky.socialAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Nick McCabe is one of the best guitarists the UK has ever produced and the main reason why The Verve were such a great band. Without him they'd have been peddling sub-Travis tripe. Just look at Richard Ashcroft's solo career for the proof. 10381
