David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I have read this and can confirm that it is indeed an absolute banger. 071
Reposted by David HughesDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The second attack in two weeks on an LGBT+ bookshop in Glasgow. STV posted this story on Facebook and there is an endless stream of comments underneath suggesting the answer is for them to stop using the word "queer", stop supporting trans rights, and stop being so visible. Mainstreamed hate.news.stv.tvQueer bookshop vandalised again two weeks after targeted attackCategory Is Books in Govanhill has been targeted twice within two weeks 511864
Reposted by David HughesCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843181182
Reposted by David HughesJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad. 8246681163
Reposted by David HughesAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542241619
Reposted by David Hughesflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds 81489672
Reposted by David HughesEn Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a fantastic brief essay in how news media & pundits turn upside down who is who is being punished for speaking freely--in the case of Kraft, Macklemore, & Sheeran--when rich elites want things to go one way, but unruly peasant masses refuse to go along. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...lrb.co.ukLorna Finlayson | Public PositionsIn much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, the reality of the incident is turned on its head, as... 621672
Reposted by David HughesDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026"In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection" noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...noyb.euAI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companiesIn a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans. 18464293
Reposted by David HughesSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74255259554
Reposted by David HughesLuke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 19/09/2026this tweet is NINE years old and is still the best trans rights policy advice out there 366461683
Reposted by David HughesDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Anthropic employees: NEXT-GEN AI COULD WIPE OUT HUMANITY WITH A SUPERVIRUS! Normies: that seems like a big leap. How would this AI disseminate such a virus in the real world? Anthropic employees: oh, through the wet labs we built and hooked it up to, of course. Normies: …😬😤 20745236
Reposted by David HughesHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I think AI has already exceeded the intelligence of the type of person that believes AGI is imminent, which is why they believe AGI is imminent. 253377487
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The "defence" industry is such an obvious contranym. 000
Reposted by David HughesIrish Women's Rugby Supporters Club @irishwomens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Zero tolerance, not quiet acceptance 12290122
Reposted by David HughesDouglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this. 50397743305
Reposted by David Hughess. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/09/2026All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker. 72192541
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Clarivate gave me a quote yesterday for a product that was 297% higher in price than the quote they gave me for the same product in 2023. For comparison something I have from one of their competitors has risen in cost 20% since 2022. 0248
Reposted by David Hugheszp-39a.bsky.social @zp-39a.bsky.social · 11/09/2026From @tante.cc : Concerning the incursion of well-funded fascists into the FOSS word. tante.cc/2026/09/11/p...tante.ccPower grabOmarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab. If you don’t know what Omarchy is here’s the short summary. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of RubyOnRails, owner of a software busines... 195
Reposted by David HughesNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Hell yeah. Hell yeah brother. Here we go. Hit me with this content. Hell yeah. I can feel it. 1452719476
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Welp, we've all been renamed and instead of librarian, I'm now the "digital education resources" manager :( 200
Reposted by David HughesDaily Grail @dailygrail.com · 06/09/2026Pretty sure the new deadlift world record holder was created by Jack Kirby…. 5255
Reposted by David HughesAnna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Pay very careful attention to the difference between the press's reaction to this and the actions of groups like XR and JSO, which also disrupted traffic sometimes. 420475
Reposted by David HughesRobert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 05/09/2026I think the lesson to be drawn here is that neither the government nor the police are going to protect us from what’s coming 1374
Reposted by David HughesLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026If buying isn't owning then piracy can't be theft. Any reasonable corporation knows that. 8184343065
Reposted by David HughesCharles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RE: freedom of speech, academic freedom, and race science. In this (long) thread, I’m going to 1) establish my bona fides on academic freedom and race science, 2) show why academic freedom and freedom of speech are different and… 1/34 519094
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I knew plumbing was well-paid, but I never realised how well-paid. 000
Reposted by David HughesTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 26/08/2026Friends, I think Ghent University should hear from us as the eugenicists are out in full force. This letter is from academics there to counter the ridiculous letter supporting the white supremacist now being called a "whistleblower" by his ilk You can add your name👇🏽 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOpen letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University***Version française en dessous*** We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decisio... 7420202
Reposted by David HughesMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸 1188862402
Reposted by David HughesJoseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Back to school. ❤️ 292566549
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Fucking hate living in Tory Northern Ireland, man 010
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Microsoft built a dedicated app that forces Bing everywhere on Windows 11, including Chrome, Firefox, and Brave. www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/22/m...windowslatest.comMicrosoft built a dedicated app that forces Bing everywhere on Windows 11, including Chrome, Firefox, and BraveMicrosoft built MicrosoftSettings.exe, an app that installs a Bing extension across Chrome and Edge, then redirects you to Microsoft Rewards. 000
Reposted by David HughesAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 22/08/2026They’ve turned the Waynes against us 311151
Reposted by David HughesAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 22/08/2026right inuff ma language is disgraceful ma maw tellt mi ma teacher tellt mi thi doactir tellt mi thi priest tellt mi… —Tom Leonard, “right inuff” published in GHOSTIE MEN (Galloping Dog Press, 1980) #poem #poetry 25318
Reposted by David HughesEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26 10628191393
Reposted by David HughesAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now 826507913
Reposted by David HughesMaterialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Plato tells us that there is but one Jason Statham movie, which we perceive as many due to our inability to access true knowledge in the realm of the forms 635878
Reposted by David HughesDaniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026There are two wolves. One always lies. One controls the lever of trolley track. They're in a state of superposition inside a box. On the trolley are infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters going to an infinite hotel. The trolley must first travel halfway, but before that a quarterway, and so on... 19839206
Reposted by David HughesThe Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026he wasn't the only plagiarising professor. this one passed by almost unnoticed, and kept his job I'm struggling to put my finger on why Dr William O’Reilly got a free ride, and Arday was vilified - especially by the Telegraph, which is busy deleting the 150+ articles www.varsity.co.uk/news/26105varsity.co.ukPlagiarising professor stays in post and threatens student journalistsMore than twelve pages of an article published under O’Reilly's name had been lifted almost word for word from two essays by one of his students 523670
Reposted by David HughesTarquin 'Howling Mad' Holmes @tarquinhh.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In late 19thC Britain, anti-vivisectionists accused physiologists of having "blunted feelings" & a “greediness of sight of horrors”. GH Lewes defended physiology by saying that critical vivisection by journalists was similarly painful but without pity or anaesthesia. Feel Lewes was not wholly wrong. 011
Reposted by David HughesDr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This entire disgusting situation with Arday has shown the horrible priorities of a society built for the ruling class. Our press isn't free, and it is used solely and exclusively to pursue the interests of the ruling class which owns it. 101423320
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This is awful. Poor guy was basically hounded to death. 000
Reposted by David HughesPossum Acquainter @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026just looked up where this Le Guin quote came from, and got a truly fantastic reveal 241811510
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'm so pleased with myself for styling LibGuides Bootstrap 5 accordions the way I want them. Being a complete amateur it's taken me two days, but I don't care; not having my brain rotted by using LLMs, I didn't give up! 000
Reposted by David HughesBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/08/2026Sometimes I see something in nature and then spend the next several years waiting for the shot. Sometimes I never get it. Sometimes you see it and a week later you land it: I give you tonight's murder of crows in front of the sunset. 🪶 11178311361
David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Anyone know what's up with teanglann.ie ? Been down for a few days.teanglann.ie 000
Reposted by David HughesGav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Like all great writers, it's a time to pay tribute to the words they left us with 32660180