Ceinwen Langley
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Some Wonderful Things From A Very Strange Year
My favourite books, shows, and movies of 2025.
buttondown.com
2025 in review! A bunch of really great books and TV shows alongside a shameful expose of how bad I am at keeping up with new movies.
I ditched Substack this year and buttondown doesn't have any algorithmic properties, so if you enjoy my little blogs please share them along 💕
I ditched Substack this year and buttondown doesn't have any algorithmic properties, so if you enjoy my little blogs please share them along 💕
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This headline sucks . Should be.
Traditional owners won't accept big hole stuffed full of forever chemicals as rehabilitated site
Traditional owners won't accept big hole stuffed full of forever chemicals as rehabilitated site
February 18, 2026 at 6:41 AM
This headline sucks . Should be.
Traditional owners won't accept big hole stuffed full of forever chemicals as rehabilitated site
Traditional owners won't accept big hole stuffed full of forever chemicals as rehabilitated site
I have a honking great pimple on my nose, quick, wheel me into all the schools so I can shriek "IT NEVER ENDS" at the teenagers.
February 18, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I have a honking great pimple on my nose, quick, wheel me into all the schools so I can shriek "IT NEVER ENDS" at the teenagers.
When did everyone decide it was pronounced "Withering?"
February 18, 2026 at 6:28 AM
When did everyone decide it was pronounced "Withering?"
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The frustrating thing about ✨The AI Discourse✨ is that ALL the tech critics said “hey, shit like this👇will happen unless we take regulation seriously.”
And the tech hype men were like “no it won’t, don’t be so pessimistic.”
And now it’s all happening and they’re like “lol shut up we don’t care.”
And the tech hype men were like “no it won’t, don’t be so pessimistic.”
And now it’s all happening and they’re like “lol shut up we don’t care.”
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The frustrating thing about ✨The AI Discourse✨ is that ALL the tech critics said “hey, shit like this👇will happen unless we take regulation seriously.”
And the tech hype men were like “no it won’t, don’t be so pessimistic.”
And now it’s all happening and they’re like “lol shut up we don’t care.”
And the tech hype men were like “no it won’t, don’t be so pessimistic.”
And now it’s all happening and they’re like “lol shut up we don’t care.”
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People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
Bit of a sick day, which means its time to visit my space boyfriends.
February 17, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Bit of a sick day, which means its time to visit my space boyfriends.
How the fuck have I already lived long enough to see George W. Bush reframed as a "decent" guy by a guy who was briefly Twitter famous as the next big hope of progressive Democrats?
February 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
How the fuck have I already lived long enough to see George W. Bush reframed as a "decent" guy by a guy who was briefly Twitter famous as the next big hope of progressive Democrats?
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As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
Oh good, the off-brand lego collectible plastic shit we asked not to be included in our order forms… a tiny recycle bin.
February 17, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Oh good, the off-brand lego collectible plastic shit we asked not to be included in our order forms… a tiny recycle bin.
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This is happening because OpenAI - a company that does not have anything even approaching a viable business model and is setting money on fire - used borrowed money to advance buy all of the raw materials for RAM production so competitors couldn’t get it
this RAM crisis feels like it’s going to ruin consumer electronics over the next decade. Bloomberg reports that Sony is considering pushing the PS6 release to 2028 or even 2029 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This is happening because OpenAI - a company that does not have anything even approaching a viable business model and is setting money on fire - used borrowed money to advance buy all of the raw materials for RAM production so competitors couldn’t get it
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Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.
February 16, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.
Australia needs to have a serious reckoning with the history of the White Australia Policy. Among other things.
Lebanon, Palestine & Philippines among prohibited countries under draft coalition plan. Lebanese Australians have played a significant role in post WW2 rebuild. Philippines is 5th on migration ladder currently and is a crucial feature of health workforce. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Migrants from Gaza and Somalia among those to be banned from Australia under unreleased Liberal plan
The hardline immigration policy was designed before Sussan Ley was ousted as party leader on Friday
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Australia needs to have a serious reckoning with the history of the White Australia Policy. Among other things.
See also: because you don't have cable and you have a finite number of DVDs or VHS tapes in your house, several of which you actually have no idea how or when they entered your tiny media ecosystem.
kids these days don't understand watching the same movie three dozen times, not because you like it exactly, but because it sort of meets a minimum watchability standard and it's just on cable, all the time. and that's beautiful
February 16, 2026 at 4:47 AM
See also: because you don't have cable and you have a finite number of DVDs or VHS tapes in your house, several of which you actually have no idea how or when they entered your tiny media ecosystem.
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Looks like Ring cancelling the Flock partnership is helping alter the narrative. Headline after headline reads “Amazon cancels partnership with surveillance company” when a more accurate read is that 2 surveillance companies pause proposed partnership.
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Looks like Ring cancelling the Flock partnership is helping alter the narrative. Headline after headline reads “Amazon cancels partnership with surveillance company” when a more accurate read is that 2 surveillance companies pause proposed partnership.
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"OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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Thrilled to report that magpies have finally returned to my street and are now warblin' up a storm.
February 14, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Thrilled to report that magpies have finally returned to my street and are now warblin' up a storm.
I have mixed feelings about being born without the gene that allows me to enjoy cozy games and farming sims.
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I have mixed feelings about being born without the gene that allows me to enjoy cozy games and farming sims.
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Reframing my life by calling every little task I do or errand I run "The Hero's Journey".
February 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Reframing my life by calling every little task I do or errand I run "The Hero's Journey".
I'm hearing that Angus Taylor's first big boi speech was very:
a cartoon of a man giving a speech with the words and always twirling twirling
Alt: A screenshot from the Simpsons in which an an Alien is in disguise as a presidential candidate. He says: "We must go forward, not backward. Upward, not downward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom."
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I'm hearing that Angus Taylor's first big boi speech was very:
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For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
No crypto in Canton: Town blocks data centers and crypto mining operations
Canton’s makeshift town hall in a tiny trailer was bursting at the seams Wednesday night with citizens united against data centers and cryptocurrency mining.
www.themountaineer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
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If China's emissions had kept growing at previous levels emissions would like, what, maybe a full GIGATONNE higher....the area of avoided emissions here is like deleting the emissions of entire countries. This is happening at a scale that will very clearly have an effect in lessening disasters
February 12, 2026 at 8:18 AM
If China's emissions had kept growing at previous levels emissions would like, what, maybe a full GIGATONNE higher....the area of avoided emissions here is like deleting the emissions of entire countries. This is happening at a scale that will very clearly have an effect in lessening disasters
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One thing that astonishes me about the Herzog visit is that Israel has murdered more journalists than any other state in the 21st century, and he hasn’t faced a single question about this (to my knowledge) from the Australian media
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 AM
One thing that astonishes me about the Herzog visit is that Israel has murdered more journalists than any other state in the 21st century, and he hasn’t faced a single question about this (to my knowledge) from the Australian media
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Huge numbers out in Naarm/Melbourne right now for the second time this week to say the war criminal Isaac Herzog isn't welcome in our city! ✊🇵🇸
February 12, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Huge numbers out in Naarm/Melbourne right now for the second time this week to say the war criminal Isaac Herzog isn't welcome in our city! ✊🇵🇸