Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 2d

I can still taste this book. Got me into a whole reading journey on the French Revolution.

1 1

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 2d

The camel is the headline to a carefully crafted article about horses.

1 17

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 3d

6 32 160

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 3d

No fee, I'm afraid.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

10 9 130

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 3d

TURNIP SHEPHERD.

2 3

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 4d

ChatGPT is currently answering all of my verbal queries in Welsh (a known bug, apparently).

I must say, I find the prospect of a Skynet-style hostile superintelligence a little less daunting when it comes in the form of an accidental housewife from Rhyl.

22 17 190

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 4d

“A man should plant a tree, have a son, and write a book.”
José Martí

Righto. Off to the garden centre then...

11 2 61

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 4d

Well, seeing as they get a whole feature piece in the Guardian to address the question, I guess so...

4 31

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 11d

Great think piece: deconstructing the many complex interacting nodes of a multi-level intelligence, whether human or artificial, by means of a periodic table of cognitive elements. > kk.org/thetechnium/...

The Periodic Table of Cognition

I’ve been studying the early history of electricity’s discovery as a map for our current discovery of artificial intelligence. The smartest people alive back then, including Isaac Newton, who may have...

kk.org

2 1 10

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 15d

Many claims are made for the power of poetry to change lives. All I can offer on the death of Brian Patten is a simple truth. This poem - sent to me by my not-then-wife - is the reason I am with her 40 years on.

RIP Brian. x

5 22 120

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 22d

It is a truth too often unacknowledged, that a populist in possession of the public's rage must be in perpetual want of an enemy.

13 170 770

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 25d

a group of people are sitting on a set of stairs and one of them is wearing a hat

ALT: a group of people are sitting on a set of stairs and one of them is wearing a hat

media.tenor.com

1 20

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 25d

I didn't, but like his other work.

1 1

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 25d

Bought it last week - just started it. x

1 1

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 29d

Part of a photo study entitled 'Amphetamine bears of Poplar'

14 12 160

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Sep 14

👍

3

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Sep 14

An axis of stetson-related evil.

4

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Sep 14

Many think the trouble started with the financial crisis of 2008. I believe it was more the public acceptability of line dancing.

12 7 150

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Sep 12

Political consequences turn violent in the same way that Hemingway turned bankrupt.

3 3 63

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Sep 11

I'm currently looking at the world the way that sheep in Alien:Earth looks at anyone who enters the lab.

8 12 110

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 15

It's what Sid would've wanted.

6 5 86

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 15

The soundtrack to ALIEN:EARTH is ace.

5 26

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 12

"How was it for you?"
"Five stars on TripAdvisor, baby"

1 5

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 12

Just had a mail from a hotel I stayed in, which suggested I discuss my feedback over a drink at the bar. Things are getting spicy in the customer experience space.

3 5 48

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 11

In fact, the most horrifying thing about the whole story is the fact that the route in question, to the Cape Verde Islands, is six hours continuous flight. On EasyJet.

4 53