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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 5h

Not going to lie, you were tempting fate.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 8h

Don't become part of the surveillance state.

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9h

Ring’s cooperation with law enforcement has resurfaced privacy concerns that have followed the devices for years.

Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

Amazon’s Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 8h

At least some people still have the will to fight for liberty. UK definitely needs a free speech act after this government is in the ground.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 11h

Kind of nostalgic as I used to go to the local cinema basically every weekend as a teenager and then we'd all stuff our faces at the Pizza Hut lunch buffet. Good times.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking into the Louvre in a movie: you're wearing a black turtle neck and domino mask, you're scaling the building with a grappling hook and descending through a skylight. You're avoiding lasers while your hacker friend guides you.

Breaking into the Louvre in real life: ladder.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 15h

Same with the requirement to pass A-level standard English. Half the people I know who were born here couldn't pass A-level English to save their lives.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

“All my friends murdered and raped, sometimes they hung out at my house. Get over yourself.”

RFK Jr. explains why socializing with Jeffrey Epstein wasn't such a big deal for him:
...l ran into everybody in NY. I mean, I knew Harvey Weinstein, I knew Roger Ailes, I knew
-- O.J. Simpson came to my house. Bill Cosby came to my house."

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, I'm guessing Starmer must be appalled that the Israeli police are so antisemitic.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 1d

You can't make decent money off streaming unless you are really successful anyway.

I know a guy from an indie band and they only make money through gigs and part-time work. He showed me their Spotify stats and I was impressed right up until he showed me the pittance they make from them.

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 1d

What is the market for AI porn other than illegal kinds and non-consent deepfakes?

It's not like there is a shortage of porn of just about every legal variety you could imagine online.

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Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇 @sashette.bsky.social · 1d

It's like the nursery rhyme says:

Oh, the former Duke of York,
He had 12 million quid,
He gave it to victims he "never met,"
For things he "never did."

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

The idea that our friends, relatives, neighbours and colleagues should be summarily flung out of the country by some future Tory government because they don't fit some right wing extremist's definition of "cultural coherence" should set alarm bells ringing everywhere.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam

She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"

(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 1d

People reaching adulthood are always the new force in politics because children aren't much involved in politics.

Also I don't understand why protests around the world are called 'gen-z' protests. Protest movements have always traditionally been led by young people and students. That's not new.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 1d

The problem is not the idea that technology can fix things but that technology necessarily fixes things.

Some argue that blindly pursuing advances will inevitably solve our problems. This has never worked before but that doesn't stop them.

There needs to be the intention to do something.

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

Ozempic ain't got shit.

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

Answer for anyone interested: look in the mirror.

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

So his big punishment for his misdeeds is to basically be given all the accolades the rest of us are born (none) with and lead an affluent life free of responsibility that most people can't dream of?

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

As hard as it may be to believe we are actually in an age of unprecedented education and mass literacy.

I think the feeling that everyone is dumb is because old media only allowed erudite opinion whereas now everyone gets to publish what they want.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

Exciting new challenges for cyclists incoming.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Driverless cars are coming to the UK – but the road to autonomy has bumps ahead

Waymo plans London robotaxis as early as 2026, but the history shows hype, hesitation and a few missed turns

www.theguardian.com

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

Waymos aren't really driverless.

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

Or the government could pull its finger out and reform energy pricing mechanisms so everyone benefits from cheaper sources.

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

It's a neat tool for some specific use cases but generally unreliable if the task is not specific, testable and limited.

The main problem is 3. People who use AI constantly and have no understanding of the limitations.

They are the cause of irrational exuberance around the tech.

Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 2d

Do they come with waiters?

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 3d

The Catholic church needs to send more missionaries to North America and do some correctional teaching.

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: The U.S. has kidnapped foreign citizens and is holding them hostage illegally, after extrajudicially murdering others

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: The U.S. has seized survivors after Thursday's strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, AP source says.

US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP source says

Two U.S. officials have confirmed to The Associated Press that the U.S. military has carried out a sixth, deadly strike in the Caribbean.

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