Arthur
@arthur.qeng-ho.org
Frequently glossobuccalic.
Knows just enough to be a danger to himself and others in a surprising number of areas.
I'm not overweight, I'm underheight.
"AI" is marketing hype, machine learning is the technology, copyright theft is the business model.
Knows just enough to be a danger to himself and others in a surprising number of areas.
I'm not overweight, I'm underheight.
"AI" is marketing hype, machine learning is the technology, copyright theft is the business model.
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
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Heavy rains have turned an Iranian beach on Hormuz Island bright red after iron-oxide-rich soil from the area washed into the sea.
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Heavy rains have turned an Iranian beach on Hormuz Island bright red after iron-oxide-rich soil from the area washed into the sea.
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Australia’s environmental laws are set for their biggest improvement in decades. The deal establishes Environment Protection Australia as the country’s first independent environmental regulator and introduces legally enforceable national environmental standards. buff.ly/75WffxG
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Australian environment laws set for biggest overhaul in decades
The new laws will establish the country's first-ever national environment protection agency.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Australia’s environmental laws are set for their biggest improvement in decades. The deal establishes Environment Protection Australia as the country’s first independent environmental regulator and introduces legally enforceable national environmental standards. buff.ly/75WffxG
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Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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APPLE: welcome to the new macOS! :D
ME: okay cool what's different
APPLE: everything has rounded corners now! :D
ME: uh, okay
APPLE: and AI everything! :D
ME: ugh no thanks
APPLE: h-have you seen the lovely rounded corners
ME: okay cool what's different
APPLE: everything has rounded corners now! :D
ME: uh, okay
APPLE: and AI everything! :D
ME: ugh no thanks
APPLE: h-have you seen the lovely rounded corners
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
APPLE: welcome to the new macOS! :D
ME: okay cool what's different
APPLE: everything has rounded corners now! :D
ME: uh, okay
APPLE: and AI everything! :D
ME: ugh no thanks
APPLE: h-have you seen the lovely rounded corners
ME: okay cool what's different
APPLE: everything has rounded corners now! :D
ME: uh, okay
APPLE: and AI everything! :D
ME: ugh no thanks
APPLE: h-have you seen the lovely rounded corners
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🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
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December 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Are you detecting LLM generated output, or the echoes of the British Empire?
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Are you detecting LLM generated output, or the echoes of the British Empire?
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
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Because it’s not getting reported on enough:
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
December 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Because it’s not getting reported on enough:
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
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Our two main oak species look similar until you get closer 🌳🌳👀
Common Oak (Quercus robur)
Long stalks on acorns, short stalks on leaves.
Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)
The complete opposite
Common Oak (Quercus robur)
Long stalks on acorns, short stalks on leaves.
Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)
The complete opposite
December 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Our two main oak species look similar until you get closer 🌳🌳👀
Common Oak (Quercus robur)
Long stalks on acorns, short stalks on leaves.
Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)
The complete opposite
Common Oak (Quercus robur)
Long stalks on acorns, short stalks on leaves.
Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)
The complete opposite
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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A 14-year-old boy has folded origami that can hold 10,000 times its weight. Miles Wu used the Miura-ori fold, which is known for collapsing and expanding with precision. He’d like to use his origami experiments to help improve pop-up emergency shelters. buff.ly/SiY2KZh
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14-Year-Old Wins Prize For Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight
While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he believes could one day improve disaster relief.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A 14-year-old boy has folded origami that can hold 10,000 times its weight. Miles Wu used the Miura-ori fold, which is known for collapsing and expanding with precision. He’d like to use his origami experiments to help improve pop-up emergency shelters. buff.ly/SiY2KZh
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Tanzania plans to train and deploy 137,294 community health workers by 2028, aiming to close the gap created by previously informal, under-resourced care. Every worker will use the same tablet-based Unified Community System, ending years of fragmented reporting. buff.ly/dxkCs5Q
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Tanzania’s newly trained 'army' of community health workers
The country aims to train and equip nearly 140,000 frontliners by 2028, in what leaders hope represents a transformative shift for healthcare at the grassroots.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Tanzania plans to train and deploy 137,294 community health workers by 2028, aiming to close the gap created by previously informal, under-resourced care. Every worker will use the same tablet-based Unified Community System, ending years of fragmented reporting. buff.ly/dxkCs5Q
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And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
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December 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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People get so pissy when I speak out against breeding, as if I'm being pointlessly mean and grumpy about their favorite color or clothing brand. Cats are not colors. They are not clothing. They are sentient creatures who should not have to suffer for human convenience or aesthetic preferences.
🔍NEW STUDY highlights the welfare challenges facing purebred cats in the UK and presents a new framework that encourages an evidence-based perspective.
🔗 Read the full press release: https://ow.ly/qAIk50XyNlj
🔗 Read the open access paper in Animal Welfare: https://ow.ly/QO3n50XyWro
🔗 Read the full press release: https://ow.ly/qAIk50XyNlj
🔗 Read the open access paper in Animal Welfare: https://ow.ly/QO3n50XyWro
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
People get so pissy when I speak out against breeding, as if I'm being pointlessly mean and grumpy about their favorite color or clothing brand. Cats are not colors. They are not clothing. They are sentient creatures who should not have to suffer for human convenience or aesthetic preferences.
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It's very funny when I see people trying to milkshake duck me over this. "Cool concept for an account but she is such a bitch about purebreds". Yes guys, my terrible secret is finally out: I care about cats. I care about their health and happiness and wellbeing. It's truly unforgivable I'm so sorry.
December 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
It's very funny when I see people trying to milkshake duck me over this. "Cool concept for an account but she is such a bitch about purebreds". Yes guys, my terrible secret is finally out: I care about cats. I care about their health and happiness and wellbeing. It's truly unforgivable I'm so sorry.
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#AshmoleanAdvent Day 13: Chestnut Netsuke
Until the 19th century Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi (sash). Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords.
Until the 19th century Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi (sash). Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords.
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#AshmoleanAdvent Day 13: Chestnut Netsuke
Until the 19th century Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi (sash). Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords.
Until the 19th century Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi (sash). Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.
![A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”
A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kfrqgupz2gfe4fnqs7tunewt/bafkreih7pn6bwnhxtkd6xpfcck6gnwiqsuuixc4suhzfo4qi7djweo3ggm@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.
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I have to say, pentesters do a great job. Every pen I've ever bought has worked
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I have to say, pentesters do a great job. Every pen I've ever bought has worked