RT @MichaelRosenYes
Michael Rosen: This year's Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test... https://michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2022/06/this-years-grammar-punctuation-and.html?spref=tw
The thing about large language models like GPT-3 and Lambda describing the experience of being self-aware is they can also describe the experience of being a squirrel.
https://www.aiweirdness.com/interview-with-a-squirrel/
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RT @RoadsideMum
It has come to my attention that "documentary" film makers are sniffing around again.
But how can you get an idea how they intend to handle you in their show?
Firstly, you need to know, who are the production company. (That is not the channel they say it's going on.)
https://twitter.com/RoadsideMum/status/1537686627514032128
RT @guardian
Tesco sales fall amid ‘unprecedented increases in cost of living’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/17/tesco-sales-fall-amid-unprecedented-increases-in-cost-of-living?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1655449699
It really says something when even the guy who wrote the Open Letter to Hobbyists objects to your artificial scarcity-imposing tech https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/tech/bill-gates-crypto-nfts-comments/index.html
RT @AndrewSparrow
Geidt says he quit because PM put him in 'odious' position asking him to approve 'deliberate' breach of code - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jun/16/boris-johnson-lord-geidt-resignation-conservatives-dominic-raab-partygate-uk-politics-latest?page=with:block-62ab08b48f0824f03c0cd67a#block-62ab08b48f0824f03c0cd67a
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RT @LetsStopC9
In 2022 perhaps some of the most important grassroots community action you can be involved in is to support or be part of anti-raids groups. Following tweets include useful anti-raid information
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https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/56313/1/how-we-resisted-an-immigration-raid-in-peckham-guide-protest
https://twitter.com/LetsStopC9/status/1537134286507229184
Why won't these refugees stay in the first country they come to? This is... https://youtu.be/Dhfx8n646UE
RT @brokenbottleboy
The newsletter is out. It's about the Rwanda deportation flight and Marina Hyde's column about it:
The jester joins the cabin crew
"Marina Hyde's 'bit' on Rwanda deportation flights shows the limits of smirking satire."
https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-jester-joins-the-cabin-crew
The UK could pull out of Europe’s human rights framework after last-ditch legal rulings blocked the government’s plan to relocate asylum-seekers to Rwanda.
https://inkl.com/a/JJEzZEIMRAM
“I am evil, our government is evil, the people who voted for us are evil and we will ensure nothing prevents us from carrying out the evil we were elected to do” said home secretary Priti Patel when asked for comment.
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.