Reposted by NeilWebanalyst @webanalyst.bsky.social · 23hMy take from the Smith hearings: To be a GOP senator today, you have to be a lying piece-of-shit, who puts loyalty to party & our lying piece-of-shit president, above their oaths to the Constitution & their obligations to tell the truth & do what rights to the American people! Repost if U agree 26965122908
Reposted by NeilIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13hBREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 11556591341
Reposted by NeilHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21hWhen your entire attack line is garbage and you thought you were being clever, you’re a Schmitt-head. 66271931875
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 21hI'm reading Scarlett Thomas' The Runner (2026) and there's a mention of hypnogogic jerks. So, I explore. Google emphatically says "No, you cannot die from a hypnic jerk" That's not true. It depends what you're doing at the time. If you're falling asleep ascending a mountain a hypnic jerk is bad. 010
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My first task with a new device is to turn OFF all notification sounds. Not for the Guardian reviewer of the new Apple Mac mini M6. "It has basic speakers built in, which are good enough for macOS’s notification sounds." Turn off all notification sounds - unless you need them for accessibility. 010
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Weaponized cuteness www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...theguardian.com‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cutenessThe tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop 000
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Half Marathons are *just* 4 parkruns and a victory lap, says the arithmetic. Real life intrudes and 2 parkruns takes more than twice the energy of one parkrun. 050
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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What possible reason could make TikTok, YouTube, Meta, and X, refuse paid advertisements for Alex Gibney's documentary, Musk (released 2026-10-09)? 010
Reposted by NeilDan Benbow @danbenbow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Help is on the way. #BlueWaveIn40Days 14527
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We are drowning in an ocean of AI junk science that does not further understanding. AI doesn't even have shoulders on which we can stand to look above the ocean of slop. 010
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We have the power? Oops. We don't have the power. We won't have the power until 2035. AI needs to be redesigned to run cooler, use less power, use less compute, and be a better neighbour. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comLaunch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problemsDatacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s 010
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What have the Gallagher brothers got to say about the Tory ban on cigarettes and alcohol? 210
Reposted by NeilCaptain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jim Henson was born on this day in 1936. 513206552
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 21/09/2026UK policy is: 1: recognise a scandal 2: announce an inquiry 3: inquiry reports 3 years later 4: set up compensation process 5: ask for more information from the affected 6: go to step 5 And that's it. We can, and must, do better www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘I have to keep reliving it’: infected blood claimants being asked to prove eligibilityClaimants having to find decades-old medical records to prove they qualify for compensation despite inquiry’s recommendations 010
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's the Metro Bank One Day Cup Final between Leicestershire Foxes and Middlesex. 030
Reposted by NeilPatty_in_AZ 🌵☀️🐈⬛💙 @pattyinaz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Cartoonist: Dave Granlund 7531311098
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Economics for Babies would be a nice follow up to Bayesian Probability for Babies Bayesian Probability for Babies : Chris Ferrie, : 9781492680796 : Blackwell's share.google/HTdhwxc3bXU5...share.googleBayesian Probability for BabiesIf you took a bite out of a cookie and that bite has no candy in it, what is the probability that bite came from a candy cookie or a cookie with no candy? You a 010
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Let us hush this cry of 'Forward' till ten thousand years have gone" Alfred Tennyson wrote Locksley Hall Sixty Years Later in 1886, and it seems apposite today, 140 years later. It also plays a part in Marathon Man (1976), but that's a diversion. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.com‘Pacing’ won’t eliminate the risk of AI doom. Here’s what could | David KruegerThe stark reality is this: we don’t know how to maintain control of these systems. But there are actions we can take 010
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A reminder for those at the back: Frankenstein is the scientist, the creature is the creature, and the monster is always Byron. What do they teach at Yale? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulationUS vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity 120
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Finnegans Wake meets Russell Hoban's Ridley Walker meets street slang meets LLM www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargonExperts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversight 020
Reposted by NeilAgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Trumpy is an idiot. He has convinced his handpicked clowns at the Kennedy Center to decide it will go broke ..UNLESS.. his name is added back to the Kennedy Center. Somehow his name will generate millions in new ticket sales.. He's lying of course. People don't go because THEY HATE TRUMPY. Ann: 30457131724