LKHX
@lyndahaughney.bsky.social
Streetwalker, struggler, stravaiger, strawwoman
Fabricando fit faber.
Fabricando fit faber.
It’s been happening in plain sight for so long, one wonders what, or who, has caused this shift in wind direction.
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It’s been happening in plain sight for so long, one wonders what, or who, has caused this shift in wind direction.
There will be lots of takes on Starmer’s Substack, but my little one is that it’s weird there’s no mention of Stacy going through lockdown with a 4+6 year old.
Is this an e.g. of society’s willed forgetting?
Or one of those uncanny valley details that causes us to never really believe politicians?
Is this an e.g. of society’s willed forgetting?
Or one of those uncanny valley details that causes us to never really believe politicians?
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
There will be lots of takes on Starmer’s Substack, but my little one is that it’s weird there’s no mention of Stacy going through lockdown with a 4+6 year old.
Is this an e.g. of society’s willed forgetting?
Or one of those uncanny valley details that causes us to never really believe politicians?
Is this an e.g. of society’s willed forgetting?
Or one of those uncanny valley details that causes us to never really believe politicians?
late
coffee and oranges in an overcast chair
coffee and oranges in an overcast chair
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
late
coffee and oranges in an overcast chair
coffee and oranges in an overcast chair
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This is honest and important stuff, especially in the context of the recent "nature cure" furore.
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is honest and important stuff, especially in the context of the recent "nature cure" furore.
We got off the Tram at McDonald Road, went into the Library, and then, approximately 15 minutes later, remembered.
Unfortunately I think it might have been the right hand tap 😩
Unfortunately I think it might have been the right hand tap 😩
December 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We got off the Tram at McDonald Road, went into the Library, and then, approximately 15 minutes later, remembered.
Unfortunately I think it might have been the right hand tap 😩
Unfortunately I think it might have been the right hand tap 😩
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20 years ago, I had to give a presentation to the Competition Commission because publishers were up in arms that Waterstones were buying the Ottakar's bookshops. Since then, James Daunt, who became head of Waterstones, has bought up pretty much every other book chain with barely a murmur.
Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chain's boss
James Daunt says booksellers instinctively have
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
20 years ago, I had to give a presentation to the Competition Commission because publishers were up in arms that Waterstones were buying the Ottakar's bookshops. Since then, James Daunt, who became head of Waterstones, has bought up pretty much every other book chain with barely a murmur.
Atlas is shrugging, it seems
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Atlas is shrugging, it seems
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Here, have a #painting. "Ballycroy" came out of an amazing day's cycle in the west of Ireland which started in Westport and ended up in Bangor Erris - the highlight of which, in a day of many highlights, was the County Mayo wonderland of Ballycroy.
#art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
#art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Here, have a #painting. "Ballycroy" came out of an amazing day's cycle in the west of Ireland which started in Westport and ended up in Bangor Erris - the highlight of which, in a day of many highlights, was the County Mayo wonderland of Ballycroy.
#art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
#art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
Even the idea that AI might be stuffed down our gullets, whether we want it or not, just because big corporations and venture capitalists need to recoup their ill-considered sunk investments, is really galling.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Even the idea that AI might be stuffed down our gullets, whether we want it or not, just because big corporations and venture capitalists need to recoup their ill-considered sunk investments, is really galling.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Stunning lunar halo over northeast Fife this evening
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Stunning lunar halo over northeast Fife this evening
What this little man actually says in the clip is “nearly one in three pupils in Scottish schools only has English as a second language”, which I imagine is an outright falsehood, unless more people than I’d expect recorded Scots as their first language in the last Census.
Feeling proud of the intelligent multi-lingual children in our city!
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
What this little man actually says in the clip is “nearly one in three pupils in Scottish schools only has English as a second language”, which I imagine is an outright falsehood, unless more people than I’d expect recorded Scots as their first language in the last Census.
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I love this mural on a Strathclyde University building on George Street which highlights, amongst other things, the role the university, and Glasgow as a whole, plays in the international space industry.
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#glasgow #strathclydeuniversity #murals #glasgowmurals ##spacecommexposcotland
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#glasgow #strathclydeuniversity #murals #glasgowmurals ##spacecommexposcotland
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I love this mural on a Strathclyde University building on George Street which highlights, amongst other things, the role the university, and Glasgow as a whole, plays in the international space industry.
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#glasgow #strathclydeuniversity #murals #glasgowmurals ##spacecommexposcotland
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#glasgow #strathclydeuniversity #murals #glasgowmurals ##spacecommexposcotland
This book is so wise, and helpful, and relatable 🔥
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This book is so wise, and helpful, and relatable 🔥
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A suggested comparison. The effect of social media is not dissimilar to the growth of the great European ans American metropolises in the 19th century - a great essay to read is Georg Simmel’s The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903).
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A suggested comparison. The effect of social media is not dissimilar to the growth of the great European ans American metropolises in the 19th century - a great essay to read is Georg Simmel’s The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903).
Is this true? Not sure I’m a great citizen / neighbour.
And the whole, loaded anonymous / real name debate* - how much are they connected to our real, actual neighbourhoods? (one reason #EdinburghHour was interesting)
*I find only fake real names objectionable, more common than I realised.
And the whole, loaded anonymous / real name debate* - how much are they connected to our real, actual neighbourhoods? (one reason #EdinburghHour was interesting)
*I find only fake real names objectionable, more common than I realised.
Social media is in some respects similar to habitation. We ‘live’ in it, it has constructions, communities etc. Ofc it’s not (in this context) physical and its constructions tend to be much more transitory (imagine city tenements and neighborhoods being torn down and reconstructed every day).
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Is this true? Not sure I’m a great citizen / neighbour.
And the whole, loaded anonymous / real name debate* - how much are they connected to our real, actual neighbourhoods? (one reason #EdinburghHour was interesting)
*I find only fake real names objectionable, more common than I realised.
And the whole, loaded anonymous / real name debate* - how much are they connected to our real, actual neighbourhoods? (one reason #EdinburghHour was interesting)
*I find only fake real names objectionable, more common than I realised.
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More on language vs intelligence, a dynamic the AI industry is increasingly having to reckon with www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
More on language vs intelligence, a dynamic the AI industry is increasingly having to reckon with www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
As poor Rachel Reeves gets hammered for slightly misnaming the chess championship she won 35 years ago, it’s nice to remember that the word Exchequer comes from the Latin ‘scaccarium’ or chessboard, due to the chequered cloth the medieval Treasury used for auditing Sheriffs’ accounts. (Link in alt)
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As poor Rachel Reeves gets hammered for slightly misnaming the chess championship she won 35 years ago, it’s nice to remember that the word Exchequer comes from the Latin ‘scaccarium’ or chessboard, due to the chequered cloth the medieval Treasury used for auditing Sheriffs’ accounts. (Link in alt)
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"I am not convinced that the current set of known technologies gets us to AGI."
CEO of IBM volunteers that language is not intelligence on Decoder and throws cold water on LLMs alone getting to AGI. A good one! -> www.theverge.com/podcast/8298...
CEO of IBM volunteers that language is not intelligence on Decoder and throws cold water on LLMs alone getting to AGI. A good one! -> www.theverge.com/podcast/8298...
![Have you told Sam [Altman]? Because he seems to think he can get both the CapEx and the return.
But that’s a belief. It’s a belief that one company is going to be the only company that gets the entire market. I got it, that’s a belief. That’s what some people like to chase. I understand that from their perspective, but that’s different from agreeing with them. “Understand” is different from “agree.” I think it’s fine. I mean, they’re chasing it. Some people will make money, some people will lose money. All the [infrastructure] being built will be useful if it goes away, but if they make it, then they are the sole surviving company.
Nilay, I will be clear. I am not convinced, or rather I give it really low odds — we’re talking like 0 to 1 percent — that the current set of known technologies gets us to AGI. That’s my bigger gap. I think that this current set is great. I think it’s incredibly useful for enterprise. I think it’s going to unlock trillions of dollars of productivity in the enterprise, just to be absolutely clear.
That said, I think AGI will require more technologies than the current LLM path. I think it’ll require fusing knowledge with LLMs. We have words, and I’m not sure that’s the only way to create knowledge.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x56l2n7i7babgdzqul4bd433/bafkreihcdnv2zpxxakbriauf6wccudhyso53qkeflv57tqmh3dg2stmtqy@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"I am not convinced that the current set of known technologies gets us to AGI."
CEO of IBM volunteers that language is not intelligence on Decoder and throws cold water on LLMs alone getting to AGI. A good one! -> www.theverge.com/podcast/8298...
CEO of IBM volunteers that language is not intelligence on Decoder and throws cold water on LLMs alone getting to AGI. A good one! -> www.theverge.com/podcast/8298...
Sounds plausible.
I hate the AI summaries of my hotmail.
[But about to try using it to prepare for chess club, I’m running late bc I spent too long roaming and chatting on Calton Hill]
I hate the AI summaries of my hotmail.
[But about to try using it to prepare for chess club, I’m running late bc I spent too long roaming and chatting on Calton Hill]
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sounds plausible.
I hate the AI summaries of my hotmail.
[But about to try using it to prepare for chess club, I’m running late bc I spent too long roaming and chatting on Calton Hill]
I hate the AI summaries of my hotmail.
[But about to try using it to prepare for chess club, I’m running late bc I spent too long roaming and chatting on Calton Hill]
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November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So what would ‘rage bait’ be in #Gaelic?
Google Translate suggests ‘dubhan feirge’ or maybe ‘biathadh feirge’.
Lots of options with Am Faclair Beag, but I wondered about ‘friasg frìth’ (should that lenite?) or ‘boiteag bhuirbe’ or ‘biathaidh bhuirbe’?
‘Ribe ràs’ could be another alternative…
Google Translate suggests ‘dubhan feirge’ or maybe ‘biathadh feirge’.
Lots of options with Am Faclair Beag, but I wondered about ‘friasg frìth’ (should that lenite?) or ‘boiteag bhuirbe’ or ‘biathaidh bhuirbe’?
‘Ribe ràs’ could be another alternative…
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
So what would ‘rage bait’ be in #Gaelic?
Google Translate suggests ‘dubhan feirge’ or maybe ‘biathadh feirge’.
Lots of options with Am Faclair Beag, but I wondered about ‘friasg frìth’ (should that lenite?) or ‘boiteag bhuirbe’ or ‘biathaidh bhuirbe’?
‘Ribe ràs’ could be another alternative…
Google Translate suggests ‘dubhan feirge’ or maybe ‘biathadh feirge’.
Lots of options with Am Faclair Beag, but I wondered about ‘friasg frìth’ (should that lenite?) or ‘boiteag bhuirbe’ or ‘biathaidh bhuirbe’?
‘Ribe ràs’ could be another alternative…
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste