Dave PhD
@cmsdengl.bsky.social
HCI academic (retired) . Here for #politics #fbpe #RejoinEU #climatechange #ukulele #cats #bassguitar #space #gardening #IAmEuropean
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"It’s a beautiful exhibition that breaks down walls in a really kind way."
Head to Art in Liverpool's website to read a new review of Lou Miller's 'We Dream of Our Freedom'.
https://www.artinliverpool.com/features-old-posts-archive/reviews/review-lou-miller-we-dream-of-our-freedom-at-bluecoat/
Head to Art in Liverpool's website to read a new review of Lou Miller's 'We Dream of Our Freedom'.
https://www.artinliverpool.com/features-old-posts-archive/reviews/review-lou-miller-we-dream-of-our-freedom-at-bluecoat/
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"It’s a beautiful exhibition that breaks down walls in a really kind way."
Head to Art in Liverpool's website to read a new review of Lou Miller's 'We Dream of Our Freedom'.
https://www.artinliverpool.com/features-old-posts-archive/reviews/review-lou-miller-we-dream-of-our-freedom-at-bluecoat/
Head to Art in Liverpool's website to read a new review of Lou Miller's 'We Dream of Our Freedom'.
https://www.artinliverpool.com/features-old-posts-archive/reviews/review-lou-miller-we-dream-of-our-freedom-at-bluecoat/
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"If you walked into the Bluecoat this winter, you would almost definitely leave thinking the art world was a safe space for you and that you were part of it."
Huge thanks to Art in Liverpool for the lovely review of Just Browsing 💙
Read the full review here: www.artinliverpool.com/features-old...
Huge thanks to Art in Liverpool for the lovely review of Just Browsing 💙
Read the full review here: www.artinliverpool.com/features-old...
Review: Just Browsing at Bluecoat
Review: Just Browsing at Bluecoat
www.artinliverpool.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"If you walked into the Bluecoat this winter, you would almost definitely leave thinking the art world was a safe space for you and that you were part of it."
Huge thanks to Art in Liverpool for the lovely review of Just Browsing 💙
Read the full review here: www.artinliverpool.com/features-old...
Huge thanks to Art in Liverpool for the lovely review of Just Browsing 💙
Read the full review here: www.artinliverpool.com/features-old...
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I love @normeisen.bsky.social. He just said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that the orange felon "has all the follow-through of a tsetse fly." 😆😆😆
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I love @normeisen.bsky.social. He just said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that the orange felon "has all the follow-through of a tsetse fly." 😆😆😆
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Cory Doctorow is hot 🔥in the Guardian this morning…
‘Enshittification’: how we got the internet no one asked for – podcast
Tech critic Corey Doctorow explains why for so many the internet – from Amazon to Google to Instagram – seems to be getting worse
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Cory Doctorow is hot 🔥in the Guardian this morning…
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Extract from Trump's Ukraine peace plan
"Берлин вернется в советский сектор "
#trump #trumpIsARussianAsset #putin #ukraine #peace
"Берлин вернется в советский сектор "
#trump #trumpIsARussianAsset #putin #ukraine #peace
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Extract from Trump's Ukraine peace plan
"Берлин вернется в советский сектор "
#trump #trumpIsARussianAsset #putin #ukraine #peace
"Берлин вернется в советский сектор "
#trump #trumpIsARussianAsset #putin #ukraine #peace
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Ahead of his time and Doctorow’s prediction is already happening …
Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse
Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.
futurism.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ahead of his time and Doctorow’s prediction is already happening …
Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#russia #russiareport #ukpol #interferenceUKpolitics #reformUK #bribery #fbpe #putin
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#russia #russiareport #ukpol #interferenceUKpolitics #reformUK #bribery #fbpe #putin
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#russia #russiareport #ukpol #interferenceUKpolitics #reformUK #bribery #fbpe #putin
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#russia #russiareport #ukpol #interferenceUKpolitics #reformUK #bribery #fbpe #putin
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Good analysis
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Good analysis
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The "release the files" bill is the one that really deserves the name "One Big Beautiful Bill".
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The "release the files" bill is the one that really deserves the name "One Big Beautiful Bill".
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Antonia Ruppel is teaching Greek for those who know Sanskrit. Very cool.
July 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Antonia Ruppel is teaching Greek for those who know Sanskrit. Very cool.
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
Dick Gaughan is a British folk music legend but his music is being held hostage by a rights vulture called Celtic Music
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#folkmusic #dickgaughan #musicrights
Dick Gaughan is a British folk music legend but his music is being held hostage by a rights vulture called Celtic Music
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#folkmusic #dickgaughan #musicrights
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
Dick Gaughan is a British folk music legend but his music is being held hostage by a rights vulture called Celtic Music
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#folkmusic #dickgaughan #musicrights
Dick Gaughan is a British folk music legend but his music is being held hostage by a rights vulture called Celtic Music
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#folkmusic #dickgaughan #musicrights
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Resist eating UPF or they will kill you…
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Resist eating UPF or they will kill you…
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Comparison of the current LLMs without Claude.ai
WRONG 60% OF THE TIME:
ChatGPT. Gemini. Grok. Perplexity. Copilot. DeepSeek
Premium models, $20 to $40 per month, performed WORSE than free versions.⁵ Higher cost. Higher confidence. Higher error… |...
WRONG 60% OF THE TIME:
ChatGPT. Gemini. Grok. Perplexity. Copilot. DeepSeek
Premium models, $20 to $40 per month, performed WORSE than free versions.⁵ Higher cost. Higher confidence. Higher error ra...
www.linkedin.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Comparison of the current LLMs without Claude.ai
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I didn't know most of these things about Josephine Baker www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/jose...
Josephine Baker at Home: 21 Photos of the Legendary Showgirl in Her French Châteaux
The St. Louis–born Jazz Age star (and spy) built a life in France, where she raised 12 children and collected a panoply of exotic pets
www.architecturaldigest.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I didn't know most of these things about Josephine Baker www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/jose...
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Liverpool Biennial 2025 is up for Event of the Year 🗳️ form.jotform.com/252852417001...
Event / Festival of the Year | Voting Form
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Liverpool Biennial 2025 is up for Event of the Year 🗳️ form.jotform.com/252852417001...
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Do we want tobe replaced?
The Man Who Invented AI Just Admitted What Tech CEOs Won’t Say!
Geoffrey Hinton: They’re spending $420 billion on AI. It only pays off if they fire you
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Do we want tobe replaced?
There's a lot of fuss about Musk being the first Trillion dollar man.
I remember Steve Austin who had bionic limbs & senses, & he cost $6 million in 1974.
Adjusted for inflation that's more than $1 trillion ??
Take that "this too solid human flesh" Musk !!
#trillion #musk #sixmilliondollarman
I remember Steve Austin who had bionic limbs & senses, & he cost $6 million in 1974.
Adjusted for inflation that's more than $1 trillion ??
Take that "this too solid human flesh" Musk !!
#trillion #musk #sixmilliondollarman
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
There's a lot of fuss about Musk being the first Trillion dollar man.
I remember Steve Austin who had bionic limbs & senses, & he cost $6 million in 1974.
Adjusted for inflation that's more than $1 trillion ??
Take that "this too solid human flesh" Musk !!
#trillion #musk #sixmilliondollarman
I remember Steve Austin who had bionic limbs & senses, & he cost $6 million in 1974.
Adjusted for inflation that's more than $1 trillion ??
Take that "this too solid human flesh" Musk !!
#trillion #musk #sixmilliondollarman
On Remembrance Sunday Farage and Reform UK embody everything that has been forgotten
#RemembranceSunday
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceSunday
#LestWeForget
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
On Remembrance Sunday Farage and Reform UK embody everything that has been forgotten
#RemembranceSunday
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceSunday
#LestWeForget
Florence and the Machine with a glass harmonica ...
"The instrument did not last far beyond the 18th C ... as using the instrument caused musicians & listeners to go mad; all the commonly cited examples of madness seem to be German ..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_h...
"The instrument did not last far beyond the 18th C ... as using the instrument caused musicians & listeners to go mad; all the commonly cited examples of madness seem to be German ..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_h...
Glass harmonica - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Florence and the Machine with a glass harmonica ...
"The instrument did not last far beyond the 18th C ... as using the instrument caused musicians & listeners to go mad; all the commonly cited examples of madness seem to be German ..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_h...
"The instrument did not last far beyond the 18th C ... as using the instrument caused musicians & listeners to go mad; all the commonly cited examples of madness seem to be German ..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_h...
There are lot of BS AI posts about solving homelessness using solar powered cubicles. Finland show the way with its Homes First model. But homelessness rises if you cut back the support system.
Conservatism is the main cause of homelessness
www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...
#AIslop
Conservatism is the main cause of homelessness
www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...
#AIslop
Homelessness rises in Finland for first time in over a decade
The number of homeless people in Finland has increased for the first time in 11 years, according to new data from ARA, the Finnish Housing Finance and Development Centre. The report shows that 3,806 p...
www.helsinkitimes.fi
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There are lot of BS AI posts about solving homelessness using solar powered cubicles. Finland show the way with its Homes First model. But homelessness rises if you cut back the support system.
Conservatism is the main cause of homelessness
www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...
#AIslop
Conservatism is the main cause of homelessness
www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...
#AIslop
Still life with vase, catalogue, voting form and tea and biscuit
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Still life with vase, catalogue, voting form and tea and biscuit
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A New Audience For An Antique Synth - LudoWic and the Trautonium
YouTube video by HAINBACH
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Statistically I have fewer birthdays ahead of me than behind. So I have instituted birthweek. For the next four days you are encouraged to
- eat cream cakes (or non-diary equiv)
- buy a hardback book in a physical book store
- eat out with friends
- continue to fight Trumpian oligarchs
#birthweek
- eat cream cakes (or non-diary equiv)
- buy a hardback book in a physical book store
- eat out with friends
- continue to fight Trumpian oligarchs
#birthweek
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Statistically I have fewer birthdays ahead of me than behind. So I have instituted birthweek. For the next four days you are encouraged to
- eat cream cakes (or non-diary equiv)
- buy a hardback book in a physical book store
- eat out with friends
- continue to fight Trumpian oligarchs
#birthweek
- eat cream cakes (or non-diary equiv)
- buy a hardback book in a physical book store
- eat out with friends
- continue to fight Trumpian oligarchs
#birthweek