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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 18m

D'Angelo now too? Wtf.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 1h

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1h

Labour's employer NI contribution changes were bad enough that they've got me, a communist, advocating for relieving the tax burden on businesses. Immigration changes are another self own for no gain.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1h

One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1h

I'm from Stornoway and my family comes from Wick, so I have very little time for these travel hardship stories.

Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1h

Where's the celebrity backing for all the trips Wick have had to make down south? This is just central belt centric thinking as per usual.

Sir Alex Ferguson helps fund Glasgow club's Scottish Cup trip

The former Manchester United manager paid for overnight accommodation for Benburb FC before they play Wick.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2h

ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 3h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 1d

Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 19h

1984 is the most overrated books of all time and one of the least helpful books for understanding authoritarianism. In fact, I would go so far as saying it has had a small role in making centrists lose their minds this last decade.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 19h

There is no shortcut to thinking, nor, indeed should there be in paid employment for thinking.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 19h

The thing that fucks me off about this is the 12,000 job losses that have been announced in the sector. This openness about not doing your actual job is a spit in the face to those who now can't.

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 22h

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 19h

Total banger. Definitely better than the Gareth Gates version.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 19h

Either she doesn't like her job or needs to join a trade union

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 19h

I lost faith in her when she basically blocked anyone on the other place for offering mild criticism. I think Brexit got me blocked.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 20h

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by the pwomise of the gweat pwagawism machine

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dead horse @hooved-mammal.bsky.social · 21h

OH MY GOD HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 20h

IT CANT READ
IT CANT READ THE PAPERS
ITS NOT SENTIENT
ITS NOT INTELLIGENT

AM I IN HELL, IS THIS SOME CIRCLE OF HELL WHAT IS HAPPENING

Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine admitting that you didn’t do your own work and that you’re basing your claims to epistemic authority on the computational equivalent of a game of snap.

No, I already have the papers. I want it to read the papers.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 20h

Well, one of those songs you don't realise it's a cover. I think I only learned it was a cover quite recently!

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 20h

I had the same feeling when I was in Copenhagen this summer.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 20h

did an online OU tutorial. of course there's that male student doing an English course that says "as a writer, Thomas Hardy makes me pull my hair out"