Fyre
@amuseoffyre.bsky.social
Fyre online since 2000. Scottish. Geek. Author. Globetrotter. Technically 'grown-up'. Can be found under the username amuseoffyre in most locations :)
https://ko-fi.com/amuseoffyre
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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Inexplicably, the party formerly known as Your Party is still known as Your Party, instead of the more accurate and appropriate We Have The Green Party At Home.
It’s Your Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/30/i...
It’s Your Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To
The breakdown of British politics that has come from the collapse of the Conservative and Labour parties has opened up opportunities for new populist forces on both the left and the right. Into thi…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Inexplicably, the party formerly known as Your Party is still known as Your Party, instead of the more accurate and appropriate We Have The Green Party At Home.
Trying to dig out brain bits and write some Restraint. The problem with the boys freewheeling off is that they keep leaving me with story beats I hadn't expected or planned for.
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Trying to dig out brain bits and write some Restraint. The problem with the boys freewheeling off is that they keep leaving me with story beats I hadn't expected or planned for.
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This is 100% correct.
"When will this disgraced sex pest be allowed to be in film again? What does he need to do to prove that he has learned and is okay to be on set?" hey, if someone worked at Staples and raped their coworker, why would your primary concern be when they could be rehired at Staples
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is 100% correct.
They're self-aware 🤣
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
They're self-aware 🤣
In happy news, I haven't been completely hobbled by the big big walk yesterday. Crunchy knees are crunchy, but I was genuinely expecting to be limping. Who knew weeks of prep-walking and warm-up walks of 10km a day would help?
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In happy news, I haven't been completely hobbled by the big big walk yesterday. Crunchy knees are crunchy, but I was genuinely expecting to be limping. Who knew weeks of prep-walking and warm-up walks of 10km a day would help?
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
Did a big big walk. Leggies are tired. Have sprayed all the volcano sand off me with very very cold water, poured food in my face and will venture for reward chocolate once I feel less floppy.
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Did a big big walk. Leggies are tired. Have sprayed all the volcano sand off me with very very cold water, poured food in my face and will venture for reward chocolate once I feel less floppy.
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This is such incredible news
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
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Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This is such incredible news
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan
A major settlement in Central Asia called Semiyarka dating back to 1600 BC had houses, a big central building and even an industrial zone for producing copper and bronze
www.newscientist.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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This.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This.
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This is also what happens when the scapegoating of benefit recipients and poor people by every single government for 50 years has become a national hegemony. Reeves and Starmer used the rhetoric themselves & now the press have turned it back on them to twist the ratchet another notch. And so it goes
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is also what happens when the scapegoating of benefit recipients and poor people by every single government for 50 years has become a national hegemony. Reeves and Starmer used the rhetoric themselves & now the press have turned it back on them to twist the ratchet another notch. And so it goes
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Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Been here for less than a week and have been averaging between 10-15km per day of roaming about on foot. Tomorrow is going to be a potato day because I am Le Tired.
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Been here for less than a week and have been averaging between 10-15km per day of roaming about on foot. Tomorrow is going to be a potato day because I am Le Tired.
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'I need you alive. We can figure out the rest tomorrow.'
That's gonna live in my head for a while.
That's gonna live in my head for a while.
poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
'I need you alive. We can figure out the rest tomorrow.'
That's gonna live in my head for a while.
That's gonna live in my head for a while.
I need to stop e-mailing my MP because their responses just piss me off even more. Condescending twat.
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I need to stop e-mailing my MP because their responses just piss me off even more. Condescending twat.
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starmer hides his racism behind mahmood
starmer hides his transphobia behind streeting
starmer hides his disgust for disability behind reeves
starmer hides his misogyny behind phillipson
starmer hides his transphobia behind streeting
starmer hides his disgust for disability behind reeves
starmer hides his misogyny behind phillipson
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
starmer hides his racism behind mahmood
starmer hides his transphobia behind streeting
starmer hides his disgust for disability behind reeves
starmer hides his misogyny behind phillipson
starmer hides his transphobia behind streeting
starmer hides his disgust for disability behind reeves
starmer hides his misogyny behind phillipson
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A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers - debunked
Ahead of the NHS PATHWAYs puberty blockers trial, PinkNews debunks six lies commonly told about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
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"we keep hearing conversations about tough choices, but these always seem to be tough choices for children in poverty, for disabled people, for working class communities, when are we going to see tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires?"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #GMB
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #GMB
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"we keep hearing conversations about tough choices, but these always seem to be tough choices for children in poverty, for disabled people, for working class communities, when are we going to see tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires?"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #GMB
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #GMB
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We are standing in solidarity with families of transgender youth in New Zealand. Puberty blockers are a safe an effective way for transgender youth to delay puberty, and the decision to use them should be made by youth, their parents, and their doctors--not the government.
New Zealand bans puberty blockers for young transgender people
Critics warn move could have devastating impact on lives and wellbeing of those affected
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are standing in solidarity with families of transgender youth in New Zealand. Puberty blockers are a safe an effective way for transgender youth to delay puberty, and the decision to use them should be made by youth, their parents, and their doctors--not the government.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.