@drawingtheline.bsky.social
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Grok is so much worse than you think.
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Grok is so much worse than you think.
"This isn’t about technicalities. It’s about who we are here to serve."
Beautiful open letter penned by @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social
Beautiful open letter penned by @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social
‘An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?’
Ian Byrne
labourlist.org/2026/01/open...
Ian Byrne
labourlist.org/2026/01/open...
'An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?' - LabourList
"As the Government looks to water-down the Public Office (Accountability) Bill once again, my message to Labour colleagues is simple: what are we here to do, and who are we here to serve?" asks Ian By...
labourlist.org
January 17, 2026 at 7:25 AM
"This isn’t about technicalities. It’s about who we are here to serve."
Beautiful open letter penned by @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social
Beautiful open letter penned by @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social
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Not being ironic or sarcastic: this is the future Facebook wants. The company only cares that you keep using their product, no matter the cost to society, your health, or your relationships.
The only tragedy if you die from using their products is that you are no longer a consumer.
The only tragedy if you die from using their products is that you are no longer a consumer.
NEW: In January 2024, a man purchased Meta's newly AI-infused smart glasses.
He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Not being ironic or sarcastic: this is the future Facebook wants. The company only cares that you keep using their product, no matter the cost to society, your health, or your relationships.
The only tragedy if you die from using their products is that you are no longer a consumer.
The only tragedy if you die from using their products is that you are no longer a consumer.
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social How can the UK government justify being in business with Palantir?
It’s a scandal that they’ve been given a new contract.
Tax payers don’t want to fund these corporations and we do not want them handling our private health data: they're disgusting.
It’s a scandal that they’ve been given a new contract.
Tax payers don’t want to fund these corporations and we do not want them handling our private health data: they're disgusting.
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social How can the UK government justify being in business with Palantir?
It’s a scandal that they’ve been given a new contract.
Tax payers don’t want to fund these corporations and we do not want them handling our private health data: they're disgusting.
It’s a scandal that they’ve been given a new contract.
Tax payers don’t want to fund these corporations and we do not want them handling our private health data: they're disgusting.
“But, with other firms proving how useful AI can be in running the business rather than affecting the product offering, is Games Workshop the next luddite in the making?”
Oh, I sure hope so - the next of many, many luddites companies!
Oh, I sure hope so - the next of many, many luddites companies!
Warhammer sees record sales as company shuns use of AI over ‘human creators’
Warhammer sees record sales as company shuns use of AI over ‘human creators’
Warhammer sees record sales as company shuns use of AI over ‘human creators’
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 AM
“But, with other firms proving how useful AI can be in running the business rather than affecting the product offering, is Games Workshop the next luddite in the making?”
Oh, I sure hope so - the next of many, many luddites companies!
Oh, I sure hope so - the next of many, many luddites companies!
"It was clear right from the start this was a proposal doomed to failure, that would have cost obscene amounts of taxpayers money to deliver absolutely nothing."
January 14, 2026 at 6:01 AM
"It was clear right from the start this was a proposal doomed to failure, that would have cost obscene amounts of taxpayers money to deliver absolutely nothing."
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"The affordances of AI systems have the effect of eroding expertise, short-circuiting decision-making, & isolating people from each other. These systems are anathema to the kind of evolution, transparency, cooperation, and accountability that give vital institutions their purpose & sustainability."
January 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
"The affordances of AI systems have the effect of eroding expertise, short-circuiting decision-making, & isolating people from each other. These systems are anathema to the kind of evolution, transparency, cooperation, and accountability that give vital institutions their purpose & sustainability."
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This is the account of the French Foreign Ministry
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This is the account of the French Foreign Ministry
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social please watch this video.
Politicians can no longer rely on people’s ignorance: we understand why we are impoverished.
It’s time to move away from the neoliberal framework.
Introduce policies that work for the majority of citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnr...
Politicians can no longer rely on people’s ignorance: we understand why we are impoverished.
It’s time to move away from the neoliberal framework.
Introduce policies that work for the majority of citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnr...
The truth about affordability that politicians refuse to discuss
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 AM
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social please watch this video.
Politicians can no longer rely on people’s ignorance: we understand why we are impoverished.
It’s time to move away from the neoliberal framework.
Introduce policies that work for the majority of citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnr...
Politicians can no longer rely on people’s ignorance: we understand why we are impoverished.
It’s time to move away from the neoliberal framework.
Introduce policies that work for the majority of citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnr...
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Arctic analyst Pavel Devyatkin says Trump's plans to seize control of Greenland and its mineral resources amount to "pure imperialism."
January 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Arctic analyst Pavel Devyatkin says Trump's plans to seize control of Greenland and its mineral resources amount to "pure imperialism."
Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the UN:
"as market pressures set in, we saw social media gradually change. What had been about connection became more about addiction. Addiction to an algorithmic feed maximizing user engagement and ad revenue."
journal.hitrecord.org/p/tech-optim...
"as market pressures set in, we saw social media gradually change. What had been about connection became more about addiction. Addiction to an algorithmic feed maximizing user engagement and ad revenue."
journal.hitrecord.org/p/tech-optim...
Tech Optimism: Non-Broligarch Edition
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly Hall was a true life highlight 🤩
journal.hitrecord.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the UN:
"as market pressures set in, we saw social media gradually change. What had been about connection became more about addiction. Addiction to an algorithmic feed maximizing user engagement and ad revenue."
journal.hitrecord.org/p/tech-optim...
"as market pressures set in, we saw social media gradually change. What had been about connection became more about addiction. Addiction to an algorithmic feed maximizing user engagement and ad revenue."
journal.hitrecord.org/p/tech-optim...
Hey @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social, the Labour Party is selling off the country to some of the most dangerous private actors in the World. If this isn't Pollyanna-level naivety, someone would think of corruption.
This isn’t what the country expected when they voted you in.
This isn’t what the country expected when they voted you in.
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Hey @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social, the Labour Party is selling off the country to some of the most dangerous private actors in the World. If this isn't Pollyanna-level naivety, someone would think of corruption.
This isn’t what the country expected when they voted you in.
This isn’t what the country expected when they voted you in.
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There are serious questions about how this feature - which undresses people against their will, including generating undressed images of real children - made it into an app that serves millions of people.
7/n
7/n
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
There are serious questions about how this feature - which undresses people against their will, including generating undressed images of real children - made it into an app that serves millions of people.
7/n
7/n
Emily Bender cutting through the boring, rehashed, unthinkingly pro-tech tosh that is force-fed to us a daily basis.
It is important to remember that the future is not yet written. The arts, journalism, science, education, medicine, and our chances to be human together are all worth fighting for --- and not surrendering to the maw of Big Tech.
/fin
/fin
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Emily Bender cutting through the boring, rehashed, unthinkingly pro-tech tosh that is force-fed to us a daily basis.
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I've lost count of the number of times just this week that I have accidentally clicked an "AI" button in a service or software, which means a bunch of services are counting me as a regular active "AI" user despite me being about as hardcore "no generative AI, nowhere" software guy as they come.
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I've lost count of the number of times just this week that I have accidentally clicked an "AI" button in a service or software, which means a bunch of services are counting me as a regular active "AI" user despite me being about as hardcore "no generative AI, nowhere" software guy as they come.
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"No Way To Prevent This," Says Company Spending Billions Of Dollars To Encourage This
December 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"No Way To Prevent This," Says Company Spending Billions Of Dollars To Encourage This
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Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Political figures using a picturebook character as a propaganda tool. Another disgusting thing only made possible by generative AI
A new post from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth just a couple hours after President Trump said he wouldn’t have wanted a second strike on alleged narco boats and that Hegseth said he didn’t order second strikes.
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Political figures using a picturebook character as a propaganda tool. Another disgusting thing only made possible by generative AI
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social Is this what we want to become?
'Health minister says UK should cash in on NHS patient data - Zubir Ahmed says new central service for medical datasets should be leveraged for ‘benefit of Treasury coffers'' www.ft.com/content/0531... - the State emulating social media's surveillance-to-monetisation pipeline.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social Is this what we want to become?
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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AI types like to argue that image models - like Google’s new one yesterday - will make illustrators more efficient, or will actually create *more* work for the best artists.
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
AI types like to argue that image models - like Google’s new one yesterday - will make illustrators more efficient, or will actually create *more* work for the best artists.
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
It isn’t their work
The world’s 3 biggest music companies have all licensed their works to an AI music startup.
The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.
Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.
The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.
Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It isn’t their work