Adam Butterworth
@adambutterworth.bsky.social
Tweets about rocks, film and politics
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
"Why don't you join a labour union?"
"I am wearing it."
May be my favourite piece of dialogue.
"I am wearing it."
May be my favourite piece of dialogue.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Why don't you join a labour union?"
"I am wearing it."
May be my favourite piece of dialogue.
"I am wearing it."
May be my favourite piece of dialogue.
Second this. It's at the core of the rise of populism because our main methods of communication favour delivery that is a) simple and b) emotive.
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Second this. It's at the core of the rise of populism because our main methods of communication favour delivery that is a) simple and b) emotive.
Paul Verhoeven would cut this idea from a script for being too far-fetched an indictment of US culture.
Grotesque.
Grotesque.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Paul Verhoeven would cut this idea from a script for being too far-fetched an indictment of US culture.
Grotesque.
Grotesque.
Was struck by the racist comments under a video of the England U17S game against Haiti on YouTube. Including use of emojis clearly designed to stand in for slurs.
Was surprised no one at ITV is employed to flag, report or delete them.
Was surprised no one at ITV is employed to flag, report or delete them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Was struck by the racist comments under a video of the England U17S game against Haiti on YouTube. Including use of emojis clearly designed to stand in for slurs.
Was surprised no one at ITV is employed to flag, report or delete them.
Was surprised no one at ITV is employed to flag, report or delete them.
I think it's fairly clear that there are a lot of uses for AI, but the proven value seems to be in smaller, focussed use cases, like analysing medical tests. I remain unconvinced on the grand potential of LLMs.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think it's fairly clear that there are a lot of uses for AI, but the proven value seems to be in smaller, focussed use cases, like analysing medical tests. I remain unconvinced on the grand potential of LLMs.
Yes, I agree on both the risk of power generation being non-renewable and that the bubble may not last long enough to be of benefit. I was also less convinced by the article's arguments on cognitive capacity. I don't see much evidence for the bubble spurring creativity, but I don't watch it closely.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Yes, I agree on both the risk of power generation being non-renewable and that the bubble may not last long enough to be of benefit. I was also less convinced by the article's arguments on cognitive capacity. I don't see much evidence for the bubble spurring creativity, but I don't watch it closely.
Again, the article specifically says that a lot of the capacity is solar. I'm happy to have this discussion, but would prefer to do so with someone who's read the piece in question.
On nuclear, I don't see having more nuclear capacity, something the world will have to build anyway as a negative.
On nuclear, I don't see having more nuclear capacity, something the world will have to build anyway as a negative.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Again, the article specifically says that a lot of the capacity is solar. I'm happy to have this discussion, but would prefer to do so with someone who's read the piece in question.
On nuclear, I don't see having more nuclear capacity, something the world will have to build anyway as a negative.
On nuclear, I don't see having more nuclear capacity, something the world will have to build anyway as a negative.