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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 18/07/2025

Forget age, why don't we gate voting on passing a critical reasoning test.

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Software Mansion Elixir @swmansionelixir.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🚨 We've extended the RTC.ON call for speakers! You asked and we listened – CFP is open for 2 more weeks! 🔥 Got a great story to tell? See what we're looking for and apply 👇

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 28/04/2025

100% AI generated. This really isn't hard.

Map of Europe with capital cities generated by an AI

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 08/04/2025

The view from the top deck at "the most scenic bus stop in the UK", but are there any better? #LakeDistrict

View from a 555 bus at Low Wood Bay Bus Stop

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 08/03/2025

Getting out for a walk is an incredible way to leave all the doom behind for a few hours and today was incredibly beautiful.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 12/02/2025

A cautionary tale about trying to get an AI agent to present a slide deck at FOSDEM this year: www.pickering.org/ai-presentat... Lessons learnt, but was it a good idea badly executed, or just a straight bad idea?

Slide deck being presented in the Real Time Communications room at FOSDEM by Rob Pickering.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 16/01/2025

This looks super interesting. I suppose we could choose the current trajectory of unmanaged decline instead though. youtu.be/RdLEjTowMIs

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The LFG Bill: Launch

YouTube video by Looking For Growth

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 09/01/2025

Coming to the end of another wonderful day.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 02/01/2025

Another stunning day again today, could get used to the yellow thing in the sky.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 01/01/2025

This bothers me. It is completely wrong to say that using a neural network is always unethical, any more than using a steam engine, a car or electricity were somehow inherently immoral when they were invented. Just makes no sense.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 01/01/2025

What a day today. Storm over, I was enticed out by a rainbow...

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TheYorkshireTony @theyorkshiretony.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Joining Bluesky this year, I found a creative and supportive community. Stunning photos and thoughtful conversations make this space special. As 2025 approaches, I wish you all a fantastic, healthy, and Happy New Year. Let’s keep building this together.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 27/12/2024

First serious post here... What does the AI and the value of knowledge work, what can we expect government to do, and how should we respond individually... www.pickering.org/ai-and-the-p... TL;DR Don't worry about P(doom), P(bad_things) is much more likely, and possibly influenceable.

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AI and the value of knowledge work

This tweet was probably pretty controversial back in mid 2021 but, with suitable qualification, the number of informed people that would now argue with it must be pretty small. I've been thinking quit...

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Bay Search & Rescue @baysar.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

We're Bay Search & Rescue and we're new to Bluesky. Our main base is at Flookburgh in Cumbria and we operate all around Morecambe Bay. We have charity shops in Grange-over-Sands, Milnthorpe and Kendal which are all staffed by our amazing volunteers. Please repost to help us meet new people.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 12/12/2024

I'm used to views with the tops of hills disappearing into the murk, but it is grim down south today. They've lost the tops of their buildings.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 27/11/2024

Serious platform. bsky.app/profile/mode...

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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 26/11/2024

1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network. As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 23/11/2024

Organisations: you can verify the authenticity of your account here by registering your domain name as your handle. bsky.social/about/blog/4... This applies to everyone who has control of a domain name and wants to verify their identity and associate it with that web presence. It is secure and free.

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How to verify your Bluesky account - Bluesky

Here's how to verify your Bluesky account by setting your website as your username.

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Justin Garrison @justingarrison.com · 16/11/2024

So many people sharing their stories about @krisnova.net makes me happy she lives on I made this to remember her and I’m sure some of the stories will resonate with others If you never met her you missed out

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Remembering Kris Nóva

YouTube video by Justin Garrison

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 16/11/2024

This place really does fill me with the same hope and wonder as the early Internet. I've been here 24hrs and blown away that 52nd Speaker of the US House of Representatives just liked my whimsical skeet about UK telephone boxes.

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Rob Pickering @rob.pickering.org · 15/11/2024

One of these two has something in common with a mountain, but which one? (and where are they)

A picture of two old British Phone Boxes.

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