The Don Gwydion Interface
@jamtone.bsky.social
The sum of every person I've ever met, and a few I haven't. Amateur epistemologist (UK uni). Oldskool junglist. Teacher. Ex- journo, digital media wonk, social media consultant. Subs > Dubs. #AuDHD #ChaoticGood
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I followed loads of my academic crushes this week and a terrifying amount of them followed me back and now I'm going to have to pretend to be a clever and interesting networking professional instead of a half-baked shitposter with a penchant for absurdity
Wtf
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Wtf
Incredible stories of historic war still being uncovered.
Newcastle professor recalls US-Japan picnic truce
Prof Nick Megoran says the picnic on Aka island is as remarkable as the 1914 Christmas Day truce.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Incredible stories of historic war still being uncovered.
Wait wait wait. Nintendo descends like the four horsemen of the apocalypse upon every smol-bean DIY creative for even looking at their IP a bit funny, but fucking ICE / The DHS takes a literal shit on Pokémon and all they can manage is a fucking disclaimer?!
It Was Always About the "Right" Politics in Video Games | Unpacked
YouTube video by Second Wind
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Wait wait wait. Nintendo descends like the four horsemen of the apocalypse upon every smol-bean DIY creative for even looking at their IP a bit funny, but fucking ICE / The DHS takes a literal shit on Pokémon and all they can manage is a fucking disclaimer?!
Just discovered that big pharma marketers in the US call social media health influencers "patient leaders" and now I'm dry-heaving my way through this part of the research
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just discovered that big pharma marketers in the US call social media health influencers "patient leaders" and now I'm dry-heaving my way through this part of the research
Protip: If you consider yourself an ethical researcher and you use any of the curent major GenAI platforms, you are not, in fact, an ethical researcher.
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Protip: If you consider yourself an ethical researcher and you use any of the curent major GenAI platforms, you are not, in fact, an ethical researcher.
"3. Remember that confusion usually means you’re learning
When you feel lost or like you don’t know enough, that’s often because you’re working at the edges of what you know and can do. The fact that something is hard for you doesn’t mean you’re failing, it means you’re doing intellectual work."
When you feel lost or like you don’t know enough, that’s often because you’re working at the edges of what you know and can do. The fact that something is hard for you doesn’t mean you’re failing, it means you’re doing intellectual work."
Building confidence during your PhD
Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If yo…
patthomson.net
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"3. Remember that confusion usually means you’re learning
When you feel lost or like you don’t know enough, that’s often because you’re working at the edges of what you know and can do. The fact that something is hard for you doesn’t mean you’re failing, it means you’re doing intellectual work."
When you feel lost or like you don’t know enough, that’s often because you’re working at the edges of what you know and can do. The fact that something is hard for you doesn’t mean you’re failing, it means you’re doing intellectual work."
This RT = most definitely an endorsement.
For *reasons* I feel I have to say that I have never and will never use genAI in anything to do with my job other than generating examples of how useless it is so I can put students off using it. I have my own brain and quite enjoy using it.
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This RT = most definitely an endorsement.
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Very well said. Short and to the point and worth every one of the 5 minutes it will take you to read it.
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Very well said. Short and to the point and worth every one of the 5 minutes it will take you to read it.
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
This latest generation of Pokémon sucks
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This latest generation of Pokémon sucks
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The extent to which the news media cycle is focusing on Reform rather than the wider strategic goals of Plaid Cymru as the party that actually won is a sign that much of the media and political establishment is going to again end up blindsided by trends that were visible long before
That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
October 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The extent to which the news media cycle is focusing on Reform rather than the wider strategic goals of Plaid Cymru as the party that actually won is a sign that much of the media and political establishment is going to again end up blindsided by trends that were visible long before
Still got my VHS copies, but be good to have some modern remasters. No AI slop though hopefully.
just discovered that there was a leak from someone involved in the restoration team revealing that Disney is, indeed, restoring the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy! complete with screenshots!
From the StarWarsLeaks community on Reddit: Star Wars Theatrical OT Leaked Restoration Screenshots
Explore this post and more from the StarWarsLeaks community
www.reddit.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Still got my VHS copies, but be good to have some modern remasters. No AI slop though hopefully.
I paid £6 for a tin opener
I'm not paying £6 for a tin opener
October 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I paid £6 for a tin opener
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i really could give a half of a shit about like the honor of "the american presidency," a world-historical evil, or the white house, which is the castle that the devil lives in. that said the shit where they are just tearing it down is uuhhh semiotically sort of unmooring huh
October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
i really could give a half of a shit about like the honor of "the american presidency," a world-historical evil, or the white house, which is the castle that the devil lives in. that said the shit where they are just tearing it down is uuhhh semiotically sort of unmooring huh
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This is Bryn Carpenter, ex-collier, who lost his son Desmond 59 years ago today, in the disaster at Aberfan. His daughter Jean, who survived, was a lovely lady; she was very helpful in getting Bryn to be interviewed. You can watch my interview with Bryn here www.youtube.com/watch?v=siWH...
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This is Bryn Carpenter, ex-collier, who lost his son Desmond 59 years ago today, in the disaster at Aberfan. His daughter Jean, who survived, was a lovely lady; she was very helpful in getting Bryn to be interviewed. You can watch my interview with Bryn here www.youtube.com/watch?v=siWH...
OpenAI don't seem to understand their own shit, a lot of the time.
Also: "GPT-5 is proving useful as a literature review assistant..."
Sure yeah, but then, is it all your own work?
Also: "GPT-5 is proving useful as a literature review assistant..."
Sure yeah, but then, is it all your own work?
Leading OpenAI researcher announced a GPT-5 math breakthrough that never happened
OpenAI researchers recently claimed a major math breakthrough on X, but quickly walked it back after criticism from the community, including Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis, who called out the sloppy comm...
the-decoder.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
OpenAI don't seem to understand their own shit, a lot of the time.
Also: "GPT-5 is proving useful as a literature review assistant..."
Sure yeah, but then, is it all your own work?
Also: "GPT-5 is proving useful as a literature review assistant..."
Sure yeah, but then, is it all your own work?
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my friends, I am in a 10-person capacity record bar in Tokyo requesting songs and drinking Japanese whisky. the owners are a married couple chain smoking behind the bar, slinging cocktails, and spinning records.
this is heaven??? goodbye forever I have died ✌️
this is heaven??? goodbye forever I have died ✌️
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
my friends, I am in a 10-person capacity record bar in Tokyo requesting songs and drinking Japanese whisky. the owners are a married couple chain smoking behind the bar, slinging cocktails, and spinning records.
this is heaven??? goodbye forever I have died ✌️
this is heaven??? goodbye forever I have died ✌️
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Home Sec describes a widely held public perception (UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe) + endorses it as true. Home Office data shows it is not true. Whatever merits of her policy change, should not make false factual claims
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...
Migrants come to Britain because they think we're Europe's most generous country
TODAY’S small boat numbers are shameful, and the British people deserve better. They contain a lesson: we must go further and faster to secure our borders. Under the last Conservative Government, t…
www.thesun.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Home Sec describes a widely held public perception (UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe) + endorses it as true. Home Office data shows it is not true. Whatever merits of her policy change, should not make false factual claims
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...
In moments of weakness or sentimentality, I'm able, albeit temporarily, to convince myself I might know a thing or two, and can string a few words together. Then I read something like this and think, fuck it, I might as well never look at a piece of paper again.
An Unkind of Blue: Darran Anderson on Chris Morris' Blue Jam | The Quietus
Darran Anderson looks back at the
thequietus.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In moments of weakness or sentimentality, I'm able, albeit temporarily, to convince myself I might know a thing or two, and can string a few words together. Then I read something like this and think, fuck it, I might as well never look at a piece of paper again.
I can imagine a world without Žižek, but I don't particularly want to
Why we are getting more stupid | Slavoj Žižek FULL INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I can imagine a world without Žižek, but I don't particularly want to
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'Unlike many hackers who had previously limited themselves to disabling “enemy” websites, Z-Pentest and others are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure'
✍️ Alexi Mostrous meets the pro-Russia hackers declaring war on Britain
https://bit.ly/46XOKNq
✍️ Alexi Mostrous meets the pro-Russia hackers declaring war on Britain
https://bit.ly/46XOKNq
Pro-Russia hackers declare war on Britain | The Observer
In messages exchanged with The Observer, a pro-Russian hacking group pledges to disrupt UK businesses and infrastructure
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
'Unlike many hackers who had previously limited themselves to disabling “enemy” websites, Z-Pentest and others are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure'
✍️ Alexi Mostrous meets the pro-Russia hackers declaring war on Britain
https://bit.ly/46XOKNq
✍️ Alexi Mostrous meets the pro-Russia hackers declaring war on Britain
https://bit.ly/46XOKNq
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Not sure it's a hipster take but I often post this Nelsonian crew list to counter the little Englander types and their narrow view of who fought the Battle of Trafalgar. @duncanweldon.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Not sure it's a hipster take but I often post this Nelsonian crew list to counter the little Englander types and their narrow view of who fought the Battle of Trafalgar. @duncanweldon.bsky.social
Great work by Cambridge University. Not sure which College deserves credit, but bravo all concerned
Anthropomorphologists Find Earliest Known Evidence Of Banana Walking Upright
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO—In a groundbreaking discovery that could shed light on the origins of the delightful species, anthropomorphologists from Cambridge University announced on Friday that they had unear...
theonion.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Great work by Cambridge University. Not sure which College deserves credit, but bravo all concerned
"Circular deals", "circular economy"... It's just OpenAI, Microsoft, NVidia and AMD, all passing $billions around like a spliff at a party.
If it looks like a bubble and it's shaped like a bubble... Hmm, I dunno man. For a while no one thought the dotcom bubble would burst either.
If it looks like a bubble and it's shaped like a bubble... Hmm, I dunno man. For a while no one thought the dotcom bubble would burst either.
AMD stock skyrockets 23% as OpenAI looks to take stake in AI chipmaker
OpenAI will deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs over multiple years, beginning with a 1-gigawatt rollout in 2026.
www.cnbc.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Circular deals", "circular economy"... It's just OpenAI, Microsoft, NVidia and AMD, all passing $billions around like a spliff at a party.
If it looks like a bubble and it's shaped like a bubble... Hmm, I dunno man. For a while no one thought the dotcom bubble would burst either.
If it looks like a bubble and it's shaped like a bubble... Hmm, I dunno man. For a while no one thought the dotcom bubble would burst either.
