Celestial M Weasel
@celestialweasel.bsky.social
I shot a man in Waitrose just to watch him die
Vaporise the BBC
Starmer must go
Destroy the Labour party
Criminalise bike theft
Vaporise the BBC
Starmer must go
Destroy the Labour party
Criminalise bike theft
Pinned
I know it is a small thing in the scheme of things, but the thing that grates is that this (gestures expansively) demonstrates that every pious word we have read from Americans about their glorious constitution, free and fearless press, separation of powers, free speech, checks and balances has
Have recently read Waxwings by Jonathan Raban, his novel published in 2003 set in 1999 Seattle.
One of the many things it captures is Beth (protagonist's wife)'s Dotcom boss sending the all lower case unpunctuated poorly typed gibberish emails that the C suite types feel empowered to send
One of the many things it captures is Beth (protagonist's wife)'s Dotcom boss sending the all lower case unpunctuated poorly typed gibberish emails that the C suite types feel empowered to send
"Use our new LLM and you'll be able to write emails like a billionaire!"
the Epstein files have been trending on HuggingFace.
> This dataset is provided for...
> Evaluating information retrieval and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) systems.
> It is not intended for: Fine-tuning language models.
??
> This dataset is provided for...
> Evaluating information retrieval and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) systems.
> It is not intended for: Fine-tuning language models.
??
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Have recently read Waxwings by Jonathan Raban, his novel published in 2003 set in 1999 Seattle.
One of the many things it captures is Beth (protagonist's wife)'s Dotcom boss sending the all lower case unpunctuated poorly typed gibberish emails that the C suite types feel empowered to send
One of the many things it captures is Beth (protagonist's wife)'s Dotcom boss sending the all lower case unpunctuated poorly typed gibberish emails that the C suite types feel empowered to send
Meanwhile, where are all the massive demos against our government's weird right wing policies? Or were the Centrist Dads For Do-Overs marches assuaging people's guilt at waiting until the referendum result before starting campaigning?
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Meanwhile, where are all the massive demos against our government's weird right wing policies? Or were the Centrist Dads For Do-Overs marches assuaging people's guilt at waiting until the referendum result before starting campaigning?
The "Britain is terrible, everywhere else works" wailing is getting a bit hairshirt FBPE ("yes, the EU will rightfully ensure the living will envy the dead on these cursed islands" ) if you ask me. Western Europe (particularly I think Germany) is looking pretty ropey post GFC.
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The "Britain is terrible, everywhere else works" wailing is getting a bit hairshirt FBPE ("yes, the EU will rightfully ensure the living will envy the dead on these cursed islands" ) if you ask me. Western Europe (particularly I think Germany) is looking pretty ropey post GFC.
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Outerbridge Crossing, a bridge in Staten Island, was named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, first chairman of the Port Authority
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Outerbridge Crossing, a bridge in Staten Island, was named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, first chairman of the Port Authority
The compact cassette was invented before the 8 track cartridge
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The compact cassette was invented before the 8 track cartridge
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It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
I think it's more subtle than this, I think in most countries either
A) you know something will be shit and/or you need to bribe someone
Or
B) everything will be done by the rulebook
Whereas in this country each interaction is essentially independent of any other, you may end up dying as the NHS
A) you know something will be shit and/or you need to bribe someone
Or
B) everything will be done by the rulebook
Whereas in this country each interaction is essentially independent of any other, you may end up dying as the NHS
A really hard thing to explain to non-Brits is our combination of chaotic incompetence in all bureaucracy and lack of genuine corruption. Anyone would naturally assume that the comical bumbling is a deliberate ploy to create bribery openings, but it isn't.
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I think it's more subtle than this, I think in most countries either
A) you know something will be shit and/or you need to bribe someone
Or
B) everything will be done by the rulebook
Whereas in this country each interaction is essentially independent of any other, you may end up dying as the NHS
A) you know something will be shit and/or you need to bribe someone
Or
B) everything will be done by the rulebook
Whereas in this country each interaction is essentially independent of any other, you may end up dying as the NHS
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Honestly, what an idiot.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Honestly, what an idiot.
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And nobody picks up on this frankly insane rethoric? Nobody goes "what in gods name do you mean?" Its just crazy making
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
And nobody picks up on this frankly insane rethoric? Nobody goes "what in gods name do you mean?" Its just crazy making
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it is estimated that by the end up to 80% of the contents of the great library of alexandria consisted of discourse between the latin- and greek-speaking halves of the empire over whose food was worse
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
it is estimated that by the end up to 80% of the contents of the great library of alexandria consisted of discourse between the latin- and greek-speaking halves of the empire over whose food was worse
Assuming Starmer and Mahmood aren't yeeted beforehand, the day after the local / Scottish and Welsh elections next year On Here is going to be epic
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Assuming Starmer and Mahmood aren't yeeted beforehand, the day after the local / Scottish and Welsh elections next year On Here is going to be epic
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(also of course it makes it harder to take this policy seriously when it is the only thing the government claims to be doing against racism; you can't say "for this reason we must cut migration" while not regulating Twitter)
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
(also of course it makes it harder to take this policy seriously when it is the only thing the government claims to be doing against racism; you can't say "for this reason we must cut migration" while not regulating Twitter)
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I feel dirty even engaging with this but whoever wrote this speech doesn't know what "net" means. She surely can't mean it would be better for social cohesion if more British born people left? (I suspect she means the gross flow but is so used to saying "netmigration" it feels like one word)
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I feel dirty even engaging with this but whoever wrote this speech doesn't know what "net" means. She surely can't mean it would be better for social cohesion if more British born people left? (I suspect she means the gross flow but is so used to saying "netmigration" it feels like one word)
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My friend just sent me this photo he took and it’s basically the lost britpop album cover isn’t it
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
My friend just sent me this photo he took and it’s basically the lost britpop album cover isn’t it
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Randomly remembering that one of main state interventions in education during the pandemic was to come up with an algorithm which main effect was to make sure the grades/uni rights of kids from good places were adjusted back to the history of said places, and kids from bad places, can you guess?
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Randomly remembering that one of main state interventions in education during the pandemic was to come up with an algorithm which main effect was to make sure the grades/uni rights of kids from good places were adjusted back to the history of said places, and kids from bad places, can you guess?
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Never fails to make me smile the way politicians understand the problem of short time horizons and embrace the 'objective of getting government to think further forward' once they are.... no longer politicians. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Mend broken budgets or Britain goes bust
Our system of five-year OBR forecasts means chancellors don’t worry much what happens after, but that’s the road to ruin
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Never fails to make me smile the way politicians understand the problem of short time horizons and embrace the 'objective of getting government to think further forward' once they are.... no longer politicians. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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This must be some strange meaning of the term "equality and human rights" I wasn't previously aware of.
Shot - chaser - finisher
The EHRC admits there's no way to enforce anti-trans exclusion using paperwork.
Therefore it's only possible using gender stereotypes.
Therefore they defend excluding basically anyone who might be suspected of being trans.
A recipe for utter chaos.
The EHRC admits there's no way to enforce anti-trans exclusion using paperwork.
Therefore it's only possible using gender stereotypes.
Therefore they defend excluding basically anyone who might be suspected of being trans.
A recipe for utter chaos.
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This must be some strange meaning of the term "equality and human rights" I wasn't previously aware of.
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It's only a "spork" if its father was a spoon and its mother a fork. If it was the other way round, it's a "foon".
Similarly, if its mother was a skirt and its father was shorts, then it's not a "skort", it's a "shirt". No, hang on.
Similarly, if its mother was a skirt and its father was shorts, then it's not a "skort", it's a "shirt". No, hang on.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It's only a "spork" if its father was a spoon and its mother a fork. If it was the other way round, it's a "foon".
Similarly, if its mother was a skirt and its father was shorts, then it's not a "skort", it's a "shirt". No, hang on.
Similarly, if its mother was a skirt and its father was shorts, then it's not a "skort", it's a "shirt". No, hang on.
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Since net migration has fallen by two-thirds in the last 12 months, if this analysis about the cause of overt racism was accurate (which is v unlikely), this government would now be seeing great progress against overt racism by overseeing the big drop in net migration since December 2023 changes
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Since net migration has fallen by two-thirds in the last 12 months, if this analysis about the cause of overt racism was accurate (which is v unlikely), this government would now be seeing great progress against overt racism by overseeing the big drop in net migration since December 2023 changes
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Just catching up with this amazing bit of London Centric reporting and this is such an excellent description of the weird epistemic ambiguity produced by AI: "There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is." www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Just catching up with this amazing bit of London Centric reporting and this is such an excellent description of the weird epistemic ambiguity produced by AI: "There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is." www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
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Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
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TBH my ideal Covid Inquiry would have just to have been getting public health officials and Ministers from South Korea, Australia, and Japan and gone "we fucked up and you didn't, why was that?" and got it over and done with in three months.
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
TBH my ideal Covid Inquiry would have just to have been getting public health officials and Ministers from South Korea, Australia, and Japan and gone "we fucked up and you didn't, why was that?" and got it over and done with in three months.
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Given my display name I think I'm obliged to endorse this.
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Given my display name I think I'm obliged to endorse this.
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hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay