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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 22h

bittersweet seeing parts of the lethargic british press sluggishly get around to wondering if US far-right religious think tanks are working to influence british politics. they are, yes! it is not secret! do your jobs better!

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 8h

Lupin-ass caper

Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 1d

The “joined November ‘24” tag just doesn’t miss

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 1d

This is like your most annoying friend now celebrating their birth week, but even more unhinged

Junkyard Fool @junkyardfool.bsky.social · 3d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here we FUCKING GO!!

Ripon knitters make 12ft Remembrance Week poppy dress

Ripon Community Poppy Project volunteers spent at least 1,000 hours knitting the garment.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 2d

I know the British politico-commentariat is fucking stupid but this is the most fucking stupid I’ve seen them in a while

Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 2d

Many are saying this

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 2d

Ed Davey needs to stick to his lane of Total Wipeout style antics

Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yeah, just an innocent smol bean border guard

Hepatitis 5G @hep5g.bsky.social · 2d

OK, now this is just getting fucking demented. Feel like I'm losing my mind here.

Freed British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari says Maccabi ban shows 'blatant antisemitism has become norm'

Emily Damari, the British-Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas for more than 15 months after the 7 October massacre and released in January, has issued a statement strongly condemning the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Europa League match. She says, as a Maccabi fan, she is personally affected.

She says:

I am shocked to my core with this outrageous decision to ban me, my family and my friends from attending an Aston Villa game in the UK.

Football is a way of bringing people together irrespective of their faith, colour or religion and this disgusting decision does the exact opposite.

Shame on you. I hope you come to your senses and reconsider.

do wonder what exactly has become of UK society. This is like putting a big sign on the outside of a stadium saying: “No Jews allowed.”

What has become of the UK where blatant antisemitism has become the norm? What a sad world we are living in.

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 3d

Unlimited Butlerian jihad on the mechanical world now

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 3d

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 3d

He did a healthy cookbook about ten years ago as well, some of which is fairly standard (steak with mushrooms and spinach) and some of which is just nuts (cracking an egg into half an avocado and then microwaving it)

Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 4d

I wouldn’t be surprised if they suddenly changed to the AFC so they can go through the last chance qualifier there

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 4d

My brain refuses to believe that he’s right way up and that that isn’t just a massive chin

Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · 4d

W.C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty - Alice In Wonderland (1933)

Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 4d

Ok credit where it’s due, the gov uk ecosystem for doing admin stuff is really streamlined and well integrated. A genuinely impressive bit of tech and joined up thinking. Now if the government used that sort of thinking for everything else

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 5d

This shit is pretty much still at “man in shed” levels, dumping billions of dollars into it is just going to make it “man in shed” faster

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve peeked behind the curtain at quantum computing and let me just say: lol, lmao

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 6d

i am so ready for quantum to be the next dumb buzzword the tech industry forces everyone to pretend to care about. "how are you incorporating quantum into your daily work?" i'm not but it's so refreshing you asked me a new and different stupid question

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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 6d

Job market feels so cooked. Just saw a job with another employer, 10% lower pay, (I'm not on great money as it is), lower jobtitle, they want an experienced hire, degree, experience in their sector, "knowledge of neuromuscular disease research", preferably multilingual 💀

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 7d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Mcanix @notmcanix.bsky.social · 9d

God why are the all such losers

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 9d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...