Reposted by William PerrinFr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 221143493622
Reposted by William PerrinBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12hA lobbying powerhouse faces a midterm problem: Many Democrats and some Republicans up for election don't want its moneybloom.bgAIPAC’s Growing Unpopularity Becomes a Liability, Even for Some RepublicansThe lobbying powerhouse seeks to retain its influence despite accusations of partisanship and Israel's declining support with voters 3196
Reposted by William PerrinEnough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 20hOnly one lawyer can save Man City 2204
Reposted by William PerrinIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20hThis is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity. 54796193
Reposted by William PerrinThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Have now slowly re-read the ruling, and it is even more damning than at first reading. The ruling pretty much sets out Manchester City was fraudulent on a systemic long-term basis. Not just mere non-compliance, but ‘concealments’ and ‘disguises’. Also some MCFC witnesses were ‘dishonest’. 813148
Reposted by William PerrinGail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 29/09/2026I’m Gail, a one woman (and a feline assistant) business, based in Manchester. I create prints, homewares, T-shirts & cards inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture. Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk 39583
Reposted by William PerrinThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Posture Adjusted To Equally Incorrect Posture 81518176
Reposted by William PerrinMartin Rosenbaum @mrosenbaum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today is International Right to Know Day, the day on which I traditionally remind everyone that if you want to learn how to use your FOI rights more effectively, then you should buy this excellent book 089
Reposted by William PerrinChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Next time someone tells you off for going to BlueSky and says you should have stayed and fought show them this. 6375119
Reposted by William Perrin~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sorry but you might as well lay your face down in an earthenware bowl that says "For the leopards" round the edge. 29610
Reposted by William PerrinMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026incidentally i think these guys are the patron saints of bluesky 11188154
Reposted by William PerrinUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 26/09/2026In case you needed to be worried more. danwatch.dk/en/military-...danwatch.dkMilitary documents reveal how Russia has reactivated a top-secret doomsday systemDanwatch has reviewed millions of military procurement documents and can, for the first time, reveal how the Russian military has secretly carried out a vast co 1014653
Reposted by William PerrinWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 411159513
Reposted by William PerrinNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Donald Trump continues to publicly support Pete Hegseth amid the Iran War debacle, but privately he is telling friends that when handing the world's largest military to an alcoholic cable news host, he should have picked someone from primetime. 948061
Reposted by William PerrinNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Analysis | A Democratic midterm rout could end up as a gift to Mr. Trump, setting him up to end his term as a pragmatic, centrist unifier—drawing upon his decades in business to deliver results for the country. 4961266
Reposted by William PerrinNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Should the taxpayer-funded FBI be dispatching multiple counterterrorism agents to investigate threatening phone calls that Stephen Miller’s wife Katie claims to have received? We asked two tradwife influencers at a Christian crypto conference in Orlando. 1055555
Reposted by William PerrinThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 409125785955
Reposted by William PerrinJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation 2938479841
Reposted by William PerrinAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...wsj.comThe Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across EuropeChristos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece. 33136761879
Reposted by William PerrinThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/09/2026Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.comDog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBIWASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was... 141457186
Reposted by William PerrinDaniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 26/09/2026is it okay to bring dry ice to an interview 7538
Reposted by William PerrinPolitico @politico.com · 26/09/2026Casar wants Democrats to make JD Vance’s Silicon Valley ties a liabilitydlvr.itCasar wants Democrats to make JD Vance’s Silicon Valley ties a liabilityThe Texas progressive is pitching an economic populist message on AI ahead of the 2028 campaign. 57216
Reposted by William PerrinPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A former staff member of Tony Blair Institute said they had serious concerns that this was “very much trading money for access”, but was instructed by a colleague not to describe it that way. ‘They were saying you have to be really careful not to make it seem as if they’re paying money for access’😬 25352177
Reposted by William PerrinLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359731997
Reposted by William PerrinAndy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My Glock system went rogue and issued 9mm agents which accessed the internal organs of several victims. Please give me billions of dollars to help me regulate the behavior of the gun whose trigger I keep pulling. 4402145
Reposted by William PerrinCarl 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 William PerrinThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026Last Peach Of Summer Quietly Molds Over On Counter 18111695
Reposted by William PerrinSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The theory was that a large crowd outside the police station would deter the police from pressing charges, so that Mr Thomas would be released tonight at 11pm. This has not worked, as the police have charged Mr Thomas, remanding him to appear in court in the morning 84712
Reposted by William PerrinJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's Rupert Lowe MP's payments from X Corp over the past year. This man is making serious cash from Musk's platform. Payments surged over the summer, during UK 'unrest', and when Musk was frantically re-sharing Lowe's posts... Bleak, lucrative work if you can get it. 8280124
Reposted by William PerrinPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073322286
Reposted by William PerrinParis Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026it’s absolutely fucked that people are elevating these effective altruist freaks and falling for their rhetoric on AI. media is letting these people set the narrative, while those of us following EA/longtermist circles for years know how insane they are. they consistently downplay climate risk. 323855
Reposted by William PerrinRosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026US: In the latest sign that artificial intelligence is fueling higher health care costs, a group of insurers released a report Thursday claiming that hospitals’ use of A.I. was responsible for nearly $1 billion in additional expenses over two years. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...nytimes.comBattle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs HigherThe use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care. 15429
Reposted by William PerrinLilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As i revise my year old piece on UK AI governance , our fond belief pouring money into the AISI could create a lucrative global assurance role for the UK looks ever more naive www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comWhite House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from UK testers until US reviewU.K. leaders are calling for a shared set of global principles, even as the White House seeks first access to new models for testing. 151
Reposted by William PerrinPolitico @politico.com · 24/09/2026White House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from UK testers until US reviewdlvr.itWhite House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from UK testers until US reviewU.K. leaders are calling for a shared set of global principles, even as the White House seeks first access to new models for testing. 52213
Reposted by William PerrinKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 24/09/2026if anybody needs me I'll be over here getting hot and horny mental health advice from my meta AI Tamagotchi in a country too corrupt to regulate data brokers 1618327
Reposted by William PerrinGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some entrepreneurial spirit will just design an app that matches people who want to swap their benefit funded kale for private sector Bacardi Breezers 4233
Reposted by William PerrinDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026- Honestly my dear grandchildren, you’ll never believe how low rates were in the 2010s. - at least you built a load of infrastructure when borrowing costs were so low grandad? Right? Right? 251172183
Reposted by William PerrinDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You know who else was obsessed with dancing around on the pinheads of imagined classifications based on where great grandparents were born and what they believed? The Nazis. 71068178
Reposted by William PerrinThe Onion @theonion.com · 23/09/2026American Medical Association: ‘Huge Biceps Are Only Thing That Matters’ theonion.com/american-medical-assoc… 281217141
Reposted by William PerrinEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There seems to be a coordinated talking point among the EA folks that the "standard" approach to "AI" on "the Left" is "AI is just stochastic parrots so no need to worry about it". (Sorry for all the scare quotes, but y'know) >> 7408110
Reposted by William Perrinjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's 164113112105
Reposted by William PerrinRalf Ekrowski @ralfekrowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The UN was born from the ruins of a war catalyzed by a pact: Hitler and Stalin carving up Poland like a resource. Its Charter answered with law banning force against a state's territory. Now the General Assembly had to hear a speech claiming spoils belong to the victor. That is 1939 logic.nytimes.comTrump Threatens Annihilation in Iran in UN Speech and Lays Out Winner-Takes-All Vision (Gift Article)President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations. 24223
Reposted by William PerrinRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It seems the Populist Right now hate Jacob Rees-Mogg – Jacob Rees-Mogg, FFS – for saying 'the English are a mongrel people, not an Aryan master race'. The big divide on the Right – largely splitting the Conservatives from the rest – seems to be getting clearer/sharper. 1113728
Reposted by William Perrintbabb @tbabb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026approximately one industry in our civilization has figured out "systematically keep track of things that go wrong, and then systematically try to prevent them from happening again", and this is the result 16655136
Reposted by William PerrinNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump at the UN inadvertently showing the value of credibility. He’s bluffed so many times that his extreme threats win no concessions and barely even get a reaction. Even if people are scared by it, he reneges and fails to follow through so often that no one thinks giving in could be worth it. 1018539
Reposted by William PerrinJames Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just had a quick read of the US-Greenland-Denmark agreement and it seems like a complete non-event. Trump threatened the territorial integrity of a NATO ally and got nothing.stm.dkAftale mellem Grønland, Danmark og USA 1419867
Reposted by William PerrinOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Scientists think that this is a recurring pattern behind rare but intense clusters of meningococcal disease, with a similar outbreak in Southampton in 1997. This pattern is unpredictable & could repeat, so rapid health responses and tracking the genetic make-up of the bacteria is important.gov.ukUKHSA and University of Oxford scientists uncover genetic changes in the bacteria causing severe Kent meningococcal disease outbreakScientists used genome sequencing to identify genetic changes that may explain the severity of the Kent meningococcal disease outbreak earlier this year. 153
Reposted by William PerrinScott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When the Russian tanks roll westward, what defence for you and me? Sturgeon, Harman in a war room? Michael Gove on Sky TV? (with apologies to Larkin) 0123
Reposted by William PerrinOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Disease-causing bacteria behind the March 2026 Kent meningitis outbreak ‘borrowed’ genes from less harmful bacteria found in many healthy people, according to an Oxford University research collaboration. These genes meant that the Kent strain made people more ill, but also less able to spread. 151