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Scornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
First there were too many gays, then too many depresseds and of course too many transes. Now it’s too many neurodivergents. And why should we be happy if we could just be normal. Arseholes.
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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It can be done! (Also, it *should* be done.)
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Appalling decision by Oxford university. You didn't need to get into bed with these grifting slop merchants to digitise your texts.
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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot)
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Lyra @8bitblackmage.co.uk · 24/09/2026
"NHS Impose requirement to live in your desired neurotype for 2 years before being able to seek treatment"
Screenshot of Guardian Article headline reading: "NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and Autism assessments"
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excellent
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes. Yes you are.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I thought the police were supposed to be stopping balaclava-wearing 'protestors'? www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2657097...
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've been asking this question for a while now
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Liam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I want my country back. By that, I mean a country where I would be confident that a thug who livestreamed himself stabbing an RNLI dingy on an active operation would a) Be universally condemned b) Be swiftly arrested, put on trial and if found guilty, face many years in jail. I miss that country.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I find afternoons a challenge for focus and starting tasks still - when I finally shake whatever is making me ill I'm going to test some afternoon top-ups cos a brief experiment increasing my slow release morning dosage further was not fun. It was interesting to experience what too much felt like.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good! Don't be put off by ups and downs even when they're working reasonably well; if you're ill or knackered then you can still have a worse day. Emotional stability seems the most consistent improvement for me.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either.
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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 20/09/2026
y’all don’t go looking for this but. one thing I really wish everyone would internalise is that we’re not gonna win against the puritans, or the fascists, or anyone else, by accepting any part of their premise as valid. they do not have legit concerns
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Dr T🎃ny K👻inth @tonykainth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Once again: Burnham, why aren’t you DOING SOMETHING? For the love of god, do SOMETHING.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
RNLI volunteers are having their car tyres slashed by radicalised racists. Where is the Prime Minister and King of the North Andy Burnham? Where is the government? bsky.app/profile/joxl...
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Andy Burnham, Lisa Nandy, and the Labour party have said and done nothing about racists forcing the RNLI to close their Portsmouth Station. Why defend an organisation of volunteers who save lives at sea, when you can try to appease people who will never vote Labour? bsky.app/profile/atul...
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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am continuing to make friends in "AI in the workplace" sessions (image duplicated for alt text)
Hello folks. Unfortunately I am unable to attend this, but I do have a couple of thoughts/questions that I would appreciate being addressed in the Q&A, as I plan to watch the recording at a later date.

I am worried about how over-reliance on LLMs/GenAi can lead to 'de-skilling', where people become reliant on these tools and eventually lose the skills that were part of daily life a couple of years ago. There have been studies/various reports on this, e.g, https://thenextweb.com/news/wharton-cognitive-surrender-ai-chatbots-decisions-moot-app
"Wharton researchers coined ‘cognitive surrender’ to describe what happens when people let AI think for them" (paper for above here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6097646 - Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender), and https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2023l60370o
"Instant AI answers can trivialise human intelligence, warns Royal Observatory".

One particular worry I have is that, if staff are encouraged to rely on chatbots/LLMs to draft emails, summarise documents, etc (work that staff have been doing themselves for years), there may come a point in the future where these tools become unusable, either due to dramatically increasing costs, or the bursting of the AI bubble. Are there any plans for re-skilling staff in cases where these skills have been lost? The friction that comes from reading and digesting a complex document, or drafting a challenging email, is a vital part to maintaining these skills, and being better at it the next time round.

On a personal note, I am an autistic man with ADHD, and I bristle at the notion that these are "accessibility" tools. Historically, no tool developed to help disabled people has been pushed this hard, or has had this much money behind it. For me, using these tools to eg draft emails or digest documents would rob me of my voice and insight that I have developed over a long career of producing work to a high standard.

I have other concerns, particularly the energy costs of these tools, and the danger of using GenAI to produce "work", and rob themselves of  that they are paying for, but I would very much like to hear people's thoughts on the de-skilling issue mentioned above. Many thanks.
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Or, and here's a crazy idea, stop desperately trying to use AI for every task?
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Europe must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s Lagarde
Central bank chief says continent’s AI dependency could give trade partners unprecedented leverage in negotiations
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Garbage Day @garbageday.email · 14/09/2026
A cult of losers who think you can turn a computer into god infiltrated the highest levels of San Francisco society and they want you to be scared of AI in a very specific way. www.garbageday.email/p/they-want-...
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They want you to be scared of AI in a very specific way
Read to the end for Braden’s Infinite Tour Of Italy
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This - from a psychologist who notes, btw, that "Even professors find making friends anxiety-provoking"- is great. If anyone you know is starting university this week or very soon, do flick it on. It might really help and reassure them.
theconversation.com
Why making friends at university feels harder than it really is
We overestimate how much other people notice our own behaviour and any social missteps.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
RNLI t-shirt purchased and donation made.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Chris McDonald is a fool.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Labour's stupidity around universities is driving me insane
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As I keep pointing out, does no one understand Ricardian comparative advantage anymore. FACT: China produces over 1 million engineering graduates per year FACT: To date, China has not produced a single internationally marketable game show format Where does it look like our advantage lies?
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Plus I still struggle with the inner voice that tells me it's all nonsense and I'm just a terrible person. The assessor got it wrong. I'm just looking for excuses. Maybe I fooled them... you know the drill I guess? It seems pretty common. It's getting better but it'll take time I think.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I've seen. It's sincerely appreciated. You and others I follow who have a similar attitude have been such a help. I'm trying to be open about it for the same reason. I think I'm better with new people - but the unexpected reaction of some longstanding friends and family really shook me.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I've become, in person, pretty cagey about admitting my diagnosis until I've worked out if someone is safe or not. Still not told some of my family because I've been headed off by them repeating stuff they've heard about overdiagnosis etc in front of me.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
...then you risk well meaning friends going "oh, we're all a bit like that" and "yeah, but the medication's dodgy and handed out too easily" and "but you seem fine... Are you sure?" and "oh it's just fashionable, it's not really that much of a problem is it" cos of the general background dismissal
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's fucking exhausting honestly. I know the media are bastards, but this stuff is directly painful and also seeps in to the general views of people...
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yes, AI has a fair chance of causing a civilizational catastrophe. Obviously. Look at the resource consumption and carbon emissions from the industry when we're teetering on the brink of disaster already. We don't need to speculate about superintelligences. The catastrophe is already unfolding.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Graph shows far right support higher where the number of foreign nationals is lowest
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yes! It's a significant part of why I still live here!
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"How would you like it if loads of immigrants started living where you are?" ask the right wing nutters. Um... I feel fine about that? Basically no different to anyone else living near me? Also, I've lived in and around Oxford for twenty-odd years. It''s not even remotely theoretical.
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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Picking on the RNLI and thinking you are the good guys is such a great example of what is presumably an irreversible brain rot, like if you opened up the bonnet on those heads it would be like when a peach has gone too mushy to be saved
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think the worst part of Labour's response to the fascist mobilisation is Andy Burnham's absence. He's the most popular politician in the country, with social media reach and actual powers of persuasion, and he's saying nothing in public. He can actually be of use here but he's choosing not to
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/09/2026
This story is doing the rounds today so here’s some credit to the Oxford Clarion, who have been reporting on this org, in depth, for a lot longer than the BBC has been.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
No. Next. Seriously, @theguardian.com, do you really need to shill this hard? Uncontrollable corporations *behind* the AI hype with far too much money and bugger all regulation might be more worth your time to investigate.
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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
every single day people get ground up and spat out by endless injustices from local council right up to any and all branches of government. but certain people can seemingly get away with anything, and the chocolate fireguards responsible for theoretically doing something about it largely shrug
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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Governments being terrified of being left behind in tech but not of extinction is a crazy flex. Hey, but have it. At least in ten years I can ask my AI gf how to find high ground and drinkable water and they be absolutely wrong.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
AI is not inevitable. resistance works!
motherjones.com
Mamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schools
Kids "need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York's mayor said Wednesday.
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Justen Hyde @throctukes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This would be a hell of a lot more useful than throwing money at AI startups in the hope that they will magically fix public services somehow.
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