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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 10h

right. it's amazing that billions of dollars later, these folks still haven't identified a single thing that LLMs reliably do well, and that the average person actually needs doing.

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 18h

Oh my God... this is so shocking and terrible. One of the biggest talents out there. What an enormous loss www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning neo-soul pioneer, dies aged 51

Singer known for tracks such as Brown Sugar and Untitled (How Does It Feel) died at home from pancreatic cancer

www.theguardian.com

Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 1d

i've got quite a few unsolicited emails lately from strangers claiming to have developed conscious AI. i'm like:
1. 👍?
2. surely if you really had developed conscious AI, there would be far more lucrative things you could be doing than emailing me, a random philosophy lecturer in australia

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 2d

me, spending like 4 hrs tweaking a paper to fit a journal's idiosyncratic formatting requirements when it'll prob get desk rejected anyway 💃

Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 3d

This photo of Robert Bloch is the most writer photo to have ever writer photo’d. It is Pure Writer Photo.

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 6d

Tidal is cheaper than Apple Music & they pay artists more. And the sound quality is SO MUCH BETTER. I actually laughed out loud when I played a track on Tidal and then on Spotify: the difference is that noticeable.

Also v easy to import playlists from Spotify.

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 6d

How rude...

(Actually interesting tho. Apparently much of our contemporary hell-related imagery comes originally from 12th c. Irish knight who, upon falling into a drunken stupor after a massive bender in Cork, had a vision of hell that he later related to others)

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Does the road to hell begin in Cork?

How one man's drink-induced unconscious trip in 12th century Cork reshaped how the Western world imagines eternal damnation

www.rte.ie

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 12d

All-time GOAT bass baritone Paul Robeson, politely explaining to the HUAC why he refuses to leave America for good. Suspect that many in the US feel like this now

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 20d

'sport' as a slightly patronising term of endearment

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Sep 10

this article makes me want to read a no-holds-barred, disdain-dripping-from-every-line kind of review (which incidentally is my favourite kind of review)

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm rewatching The Sopranos. Really struck by how you hear Tony breathing through his nose so much. It gives you an immediate, uncomfortable sense of his physicality, & how intimidating he is. They must have had to mic that specially, it wouldn't have come across on boom mics. It's brilliant

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Aug 22

Reading Plato's Republic, realising that even Socrates swore on occasion.

So, am now trying to figure out appropriate circumstances to say things like 'By the dog of Egypt' and 'By the goose'

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Aug 20

FWIW, this is my favourite episode of the podcast. The people are demanding more worm content (well, I am)

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Aug 19

Oscar Wilde knew what he was talking about, when it came to pleasure
(from 'The Picture of Dorian Grey')

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Aug 14

Folks, take approx 30 seconds to fill this in. The Irish Basic Income for the Arts scheme is a trailblazing initiative that might well die a death if we don't come out in support of it.

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Aug 13

There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Screenshot of the first two questions in the survey - there's only six to answer.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Aug 10

yeah. they'd be in very big trouble even if they lost a *much* smaller fraction of votes than this.

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Aug 1

my favourite thing about dr. bronner's products is that they, uniquely in the market, provide you with copious quantities of entertaining reading material to peruse whilst showering

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 31

lol. were the composers in question living composers? if not, researchers may have missed an opportunity to show that menstruation makes you a necrophiliac

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 31

(I'd recommend going with either The Bell or The Sea, The Sea next, though.)

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 31

This one is Nuns and Soldiers!

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 30

Tell me you've just started an Iris Murdoch novel without telling me you've just started an Iris Murdoch novel
@backlisted.bsky.social

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 29

Useful article which tells you (among other things) how to transfer your playlists from Spotify.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think

Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options – along with how to keep your playlists

www.theguardian.com

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 24

I reckon army recruitment would be a lot easier if they still allowed soldiers to dress like Maurice Ravel did, when he was in the French army in 1916

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 24

very much looking forward to diving into this thread. thanks aidan, you're doing the lord's work!

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 23

Just met a deadline and it feels GOOD.
I love writing in the same way that I love running: it feels really great when you stop

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · Jul 23

Panel proposal: 'What is it like to be a bat on-stage with Ozzy Osbourne?'

RIP to the Prince of Darkness

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76

The singer, who later became famous on reality TV show The Osbournes, dies less than three weeks after retirement concert

www.theguardian.com

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