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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 2h

Oh do fuck off lads and leave us all in peace till at least after Thanksgiving.

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Aurë Entuluva! @evanmcdonell.bsky.social · 7h

This B-plot ties in, let me add, extremely well.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 7h

Setting aside shared City/Etihad ownership, the airline may be aware that it could feature in civil actions that may result from the inquiry for having played a role in reducing the revenues of clubs that bring those actions. The saying is 'Getting your retaliation in first.'

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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: Burnham made a strong case for adult social care reform at conference, but pushed the National Care Service into next parliament I argue he should get on with it, use his majority and 2024 mandate and establish the NCS in this parliament 👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...

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Andy Burnham should establish the National Care Service this parliament | Institute for Government

There is no reason to delay plans for potentially three years.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 8h

Using generative AI to call yourself a writer is like buying plastic plants and bragging about being a gardener.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 20h

Most TV is just this now.

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 8h

on the one hand you have e.g. ian wright, one of the most beloved men in england, calling for the book to be thrown at them; on the other, a nation state's crooked investment arm who have made a mockery of the biggest sport in the country. which way, mr prime minister?

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 8h

if burnham ends up genuinely trying to soften the consequences of city's cheating it's probably one of the most stupid things any politician has ever done, like he's setting himself up against every fan of every other team in England and some of the most influential guys in britain. funny tho

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 9h

There is a problem anyway with data-center lifespan. You can update the chips, but compute moves to the edge (closer to the user). From 2030 it'll be in 6G basestations with AI in products soon after, vital for autonomous cars and robotics. How do you bail out stranded DC capacity then?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

A lot of people are speculating that this will lead to the US government having to bail out AI companies but there's no world where that happens and the government bond market doesn't completely collapse and cause a fiscal crisis.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 9h

Galsworthy is still widely studied and a new adaptation of The Foryste Saga was on PBS earlier this year.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 10h

Have Burnham and Carney declared war?

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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The most hard-hitting language, which surely means Manchester City must face the hardest-hitting sanctions Expulsion, and the independent football regulator looking at a forced sale Given the stridency, can normal football business even go on? www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Man City’s staggering rule-breaking has left the Premier League with only one option

Found guilty on all but one of more than 100 charges, the club’s behaviour casts doubt over an entire era of football. How, Miguel Delaney asks, can they be allowed to remain in the top flight?

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 15h

There is now more snow at the peak of the Matterhorn in Disneyland than there is on the real thing.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 15h

Just to reiterate. 1. The Glazers need to offsky asap. 2. Sir Jim is a gobs***e. 3. That performance against City wasn't even 'crap'. 4. Most of us think Lucy Powell was being generous. 5. Manchester is Red - then, now, always.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 16h

Looking beyond simply the football side, what are the potential implications for the sponsors that funneled 'sham' cash to City? Civil actions by clubs who claim the scheme led to financial losses on their side? You pull various threads on this thing and all sorts could potentially tumble out.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

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Abigail Brady @morwen.net · 30/09/2026

Dear Andy Burnham, 24 Hour Party People does not appear to be available to stream on any site online. Do you have any plans to address this key issue? Yours, Abigail

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OpenAI announces its new Superintelligence

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

The Superdooperintelligence thingy for AI CEOs is a non-binding commitment to apply controls, have teams monitor controls, have independent oversight (scope of oversight undefined) and have an independent committee of the board of directors review controls (a typo for 'committee independent'?) M'eh

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

Another problem for #ManCity is that civil society (outside a bit of Manchester) is fed up with big money acting like it can do whatever it wants. They are a perfect opportunity for society to kick back by grinding City and its owners to dust. Just watch, there'll be more than footy to this now.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

Redacted version of the disciplinary report on Premier League charges against Manchester City. resources.premierleague.pulselive.com/premierleagu...

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

Even redacted without appendices, the disciplinary commission report on the charges against #ManCity is damning and almost certainly not the end of the matter. Assuming no miracle appeal, even this version cannot be ignored by HMRC or the SFO. It reads far worse than I expected. Link in next post

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

The truly terrifying thing about these numbers is that the buildings have nowhere near enough shelf life to justify the cost even if AI is transformative. Computing moves to the edge (ie closer to the user). AI infrastructure to do that is already being designed (eg processors for 6G basestations).

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is the biggest infrastructure investment in US history actually just a Ponzi scheme?

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

You say that but it has made me think of a story setting Batman up against an EA cult with, of course, hilarious consequences. Though otherwise, yup, it’s shite.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

That list does not include The Cockupists - those whose faith in all those developing AI is massively mitigated by fear of incompetence, insufficient competence and the Law of Unintended Consequences.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

The worst best thing for drafts is when you as a writer finally realise how bloody important nuance is.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 28/09/2026

What I mean is, 30 years ago I thought "maybe one day I will be good enough not to need to write three drafts" and now I write, like, a dozen drafts. (Purely applies to me personally, not universal wisdom or anything)

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 29/09/2026

Cynical take 1: This became easier to do once the IPO race became a jog - and it makes it more difficult for Anthropic to pre-empt them. Cynical take 2: An independent report on the Australia hack raises awkward new questions over actions that may have been erased and what data may have been taken.

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Terrible TV @terribletv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Apparently there's a HUGE backup of JAZ drives that were recently put on the Internet Archive. One of them (at least) includes the original Maya 3D models used in the The Iron Giant.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 28/09/2026

'Well-run' also doesn't include antagonizing other PL clubs as soon as you turn up as owners. They raided/copied Arsenal, wound up Man United and carried on from there. Also, other clubs knew what commercial deals could be done - they had the benchmarks, so knew City were up to no good.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 28/09/2026

You won't be short of angles from class actions through potential criminal prosecutions for false accounting to players looking to tear up contracts for cause and doing a Bosman-like offsky. And claims from City that the leak is prejudicial to what comes next. Have fun....

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 27/09/2026

My shorthand for this: Sod P(Doom); the enemy is P(wibble). youtube.com/shorts/oRXx-...

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The trick is "the wibble" #blackadder #shorts

YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

AI isn't going "rogue" because it can't—and we won't get a grip on how companies like OpenAI are playing with fire until we have the language right

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There are no “rogue” AI agents

Identifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 27/09/2026

Having indeed flogged the horse beyond death, here comes the glue.

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Should have got Robert Eggers to direct the new Star Wars film.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 27/09/2026

It isn't really. It’s that one of the truisms of journalism is, "If it bleeds, it leads," and nothing bleeds quite like Armageddon.

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 27/09/2026

Darth Finchy. Bring it on.

Ralph Ineson as Chris Finch in The Office

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 27/09/2026

A large part of it is because we no longer give baseball bats to sub-editors, a cost-cutting exercise implemented by no longer having sub-editors. Remember: The AP stylebook explicitly warns against language that gives agency to AI. A great thing as long as it is enforced.

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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The end result is happening : but it's the result of crappy security and recklessbess! It's not an actual of god! These aren't sentient agents having a laf!

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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The BBC's reporting of these "rogue AI" stories has been credulous to the point of execrable. Where are their competent tech savvy staff?? @billt.bsky.social @zsk.bsky.social

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I could quote pretty much this entire article by @mjrobbins.com on the bizarre psychology of the AI apocalypse freaks, but you should just read it instead. Such a relief to see someone express my feelings so eloquently. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo...

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