Jim Finnis
@jfinnis.bsky.social
Computer science lecturer: neural nets, robots, ExoMars PanCam image tools. (@[email protected]). Former gamedev. Dysgu Cymraeg. He/him. This is very much my personal account.
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https://www.desmog.com/2025/07/15/exposing-reforms-oil-ties-significantly-reduces-party-support-new-research-finds/
Reform UK: a political front for oil money (that hemorrhages voter popularity when the electorate learn what they're really voting for.)
Reform UK: a political front for oil money (that hemorrhages voter popularity when the electorate learn what they're really voting for.)
December 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
https://www.desmog.com/2025/07/15/exposing-reforms-oil-ties-significantly-reduces-party-support-new-research-finds/
Reform UK: a political front for oil money (that hemorrhages voter popularity when the electorate learn what they're really voting for.)
Reform UK: a political front for oil money (that hemorrhages voter popularity when the electorate learn what they're really voting for.)
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What we should have been pushing for all of these years is an ecosystem of "age attestation" with the burden on the user to pay/whatever an "age assurance provider" who offers a token or service that the platform MUST accept, similar to the ecosystem of "The bearer of this card is over 18" cards.
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
What we should have been pushing for all of these years is an ecosystem of "age attestation" with the burden on the user to pay/whatever an "age assurance provider" who offers a token or service that the platform MUST accept, similar to the ecosystem of "The bearer of this card is over 18" cards.
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LE GRENOUILLE STEVE
IL EST ORAAAAAAAANGE
IL A DES BRAS
ET DES JAMBES
IL EST ORAAAAAAAANGE
IL A DES BRAS
ET DES JAMBES
December 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
LE GRENOUILLE STEVE
IL EST ORAAAAAAAANGE
IL A DES BRAS
ET DES JAMBES
IL EST ORAAAAAAAANGE
IL A DES BRAS
ET DES JAMBES
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it's the nectar Santa's elves feed on, lapping it up with their long tongues, like hummingbirds
The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
it's the nectar Santa's elves feed on, lapping it up with their long tongues, like hummingbirds
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My morning coffee had just worn off when the door opened. I knew from the silhouette who it was.
"Leo. Hear you made it to the top."
"Yeah. Got a job for you." He said.
"Why me?"
"Catholicism needs your... unique skills again." He said, smiling darkly. "Time to bring them down. From the inside"
"Leo. Hear you made it to the top."
"Yeah. Got a job for you." He said.
"Why me?"
"Catholicism needs your... unique skills again." He said, smiling darkly. "Time to bring them down. From the inside"
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My morning coffee had just worn off when the door opened. I knew from the silhouette who it was.
"Leo. Hear you made it to the top."
"Yeah. Got a job for you." He said.
"Why me?"
"Catholicism needs your... unique skills again." He said, smiling darkly. "Time to bring them down. From the inside"
"Leo. Hear you made it to the top."
"Yeah. Got a job for you." He said.
"Why me?"
"Catholicism needs your... unique skills again." He said, smiling darkly. "Time to bring them down. From the inside"
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Had a dream last night that was the usual mess, but at the end, I was watching a giant polar bear walk toward me, carrying a volcano like a snailshell on its back.
“Welp,” I said to the person next to me, “that’s either a god or a Pokemon.”
“Welp,” I said to the person next to me, “that’s either a god or a Pokemon.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Had a dream last night that was the usual mess, but at the end, I was watching a giant polar bear walk toward me, carrying a volcano like a snailshell on its back.
“Welp,” I said to the person next to me, “that’s either a god or a Pokemon.”
“Welp,” I said to the person next to me, “that’s either a god or a Pokemon.”
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This is annoying me so much. I cannot believe the BBC is making me defend James Daunt, but this article title is some absolute clickbait bullshit.
"As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]," he said.
"As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]," he said.
![In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Big Boss Interview podcast, Daunt said while Waterstones uses Al for logistics they currently try to keep Al generated content out of the shops.
"As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]," he said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wcm4hh2h6iy34sjus7x4dgys/bafkreif7mtk2trwjqi4rszwv5fuqiflcr556hgocqt5tjto4u5edroqxua@jpeg)
!["Who's to know? [Technology firms] are spending trillions and trillions on Al and maybe it's going to produce the next War and Peace.
"And if people want to read that book, Al-generated or not, we will be selling it - as long as it doesn't pretend to [be] something that it isn't.
"We as booksellers would certainly naturally and instinctively disdain it," Daunt said.
Readers value a connection with the author
"that does require a real person" he added.
Any Al-generated book would always be clearly labelled as such.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wcm4hh2h6iy34sjus7x4dgys/bafkreifxctl5rq4mlkqpy6s5b6gfpbmcknwnjugfs6xzllgyg3feewjulu@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is annoying me so much. I cannot believe the BBC is making me defend James Daunt, but this article title is some absolute clickbait bullshit.
"As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]," he said.
"As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]," he said.
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Viewers/readers/players anticipating your plot twists in advance is GOOD ACTUALLY.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB WHY WOULD YOU RUIN IT. YOUR JOB ISN'T TO OUTSMART YOUR AUDIENCE. UNGUESSABLE PLOT TWISTS ARE BAD TWISTS.
sorry for the yelling but holy shit
YOU DID A GOOD JOB WHY WOULD YOU RUIN IT. YOUR JOB ISN'T TO OUTSMART YOUR AUDIENCE. UNGUESSABLE PLOT TWISTS ARE BAD TWISTS.
sorry for the yelling but holy shit
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Viewers/readers/players anticipating your plot twists in advance is GOOD ACTUALLY.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB WHY WOULD YOU RUIN IT. YOUR JOB ISN'T TO OUTSMART YOUR AUDIENCE. UNGUESSABLE PLOT TWISTS ARE BAD TWISTS.
sorry for the yelling but holy shit
YOU DID A GOOD JOB WHY WOULD YOU RUIN IT. YOUR JOB ISN'T TO OUTSMART YOUR AUDIENCE. UNGUESSABLE PLOT TWISTS ARE BAD TWISTS.
sorry for the yelling but holy shit
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Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.
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You’ve heard of elf on a shelf. You’ve probably heard of some other stuff too. I get it. You’re a man of the world.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
You’ve heard of elf on a shelf. You’ve probably heard of some other stuff too. I get it. You’re a man of the world.
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Ai text detectors worry me. Firstly, as here (apologies for the X post), they produce false positives. Secondly, I dislike the idea of putting my (or anyone else’s) writing into such a detector, because I’m not entirely convinced it won’t be used to further train something somewhere.
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ai text detectors worry me. Firstly, as here (apologies for the X post), they produce false positives. Secondly, I dislike the idea of putting my (or anyone else’s) writing into such a detector, because I’m not entirely convinced it won’t be used to further train something somewhere.
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I deeply despise these people, need for this buble to burst ASAP, and want this man underneath a whole entire jail. This entire country is ghouls akimbo
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I deeply despise these people, need for this buble to burst ASAP, and want this man underneath a whole entire jail. This entire country is ghouls akimbo
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truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
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Wake up to 400 emails on how I can hide my money from the Chancellor and, as ever, it's good to see the generous, warm-hearted, UK press in action.
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Wake up to 400 emails on how I can hide my money from the Chancellor and, as ever, it's good to see the generous, warm-hearted, UK press in action.
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It absolutely wasn't. Might be showing my age here, but 20 years ago was not actually that long ago, in terms of this
Nigel Farage asked about Reform MS Laura Anne Jones (who the Senedd Commissioner found had used a racist term in a staff WhatsApp chat in August 2023 while discussing TikTok writing: “No chinky spies for me.”)
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It absolutely wasn't. Might be showing my age here, but 20 years ago was not actually that long ago, in terms of this
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Yes. This. Please.
You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Yes. This. Please.
You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
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Can't find out if Cloudflare is down because Cloudflare being down has taken out DownDetector, along with half the internet.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Can't find out if Cloudflare is down because Cloudflare being down has taken out DownDetector, along with half the internet.
Bloody hell, he's aged well.
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Bloody hell, he's aged well.
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
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"People who owe no tax are statistically the most likely to be fined."
Nobody should face a late filing penalty when they don’t owe any tax. It really is impossible to resist this suggestion from @danneidle.bsky.social.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Nobody should face a late filing penalty when they don’t owe any tax. It really is impossible to resist this suggestion from @danneidle.bsky.social.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
If Rachel Reeves Wants A Simple, Low-Cost Yet Progressive Tax Reform, This Is It
One tax reform should be easy for Rachel Reeves, writes Dan Neidle, who says an obscure technical change has become an ‘automated wrecking ball’ fo...
www.politicshome.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"People who owe no tax are statistically the most likely to be fined."
Nobody should face a late filing penalty when they don’t owe any tax. It really is impossible to resist this suggestion from @danneidle.bsky.social.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Nobody should face a late filing penalty when they don’t owe any tax. It really is impossible to resist this suggestion from @danneidle.bsky.social.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...