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Grok denying the Holocaust here
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Grok denying the Holocaust here
In part I blame dating apps for this. Lots of people now genuinely believe you shouldn't speak to them in public without an appointment.
Altrincham bar bans solo-drinkers to 'protect customers'
Altrincham bar bans solo-drinkers to 'protect customers'
Some people are unhappy that they are not allowed to drink on their own in a bar in Altrincham.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In part I blame dating apps for this. Lots of people now genuinely believe you shouldn't speak to them in public without an appointment.
4/11, disappointing tbh
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
4/11, disappointing tbh
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i think that people who use headphones in public places like trains are selfish. keeping all your cool music and podcasts to yourself is genuinely sociopathic and deranged behavior. play it on your phone's speaker and let everyone enjoy it, or don't play it at all
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
i think that people who use headphones in public places like trains are selfish. keeping all your cool music and podcasts to yourself is genuinely sociopathic and deranged behavior. play it on your phone's speaker and let everyone enjoy it, or don't play it at all
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I think part of why this is so galling is that Labour have *so obviously* been obsessive about trying to court favour over and above doing what they think will be good. Part of the criticism of them is that with a huge majority they have been ultra-cautious about doing unpopular things.
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I think part of why this is so galling is that Labour have *so obviously* been obsessive about trying to court favour over and above doing what they think will be good. Part of the criticism of them is that with a huge majority they have been ultra-cautious about doing unpopular things.
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Both are great threads on Google sacrificing its ad business (and the commercial underpinnings of online media) to push AI
This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Both are great threads on Google sacrificing its ad business (and the commercial underpinnings of online media) to push AI
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super oh no
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
super oh no
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I thought this was a hyperbolic paraphrase of what Shapiro said, but no, this is the verbatim quote in the clip.
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I thought this was a hyperbolic paraphrase of what Shapiro said, but no, this is the verbatim quote in the clip.
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One of my more deeply held insane beliefs is that most of the cost of a service charge in a new build development is just intergenerational warfare wearing a mask
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of my more deeply held insane beliefs is that most of the cost of a service charge in a new build development is just intergenerational warfare wearing a mask
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I find the general quality of AI commentary quite low. I don't think the chart is confusing or illustrative at all.
1) Its an investment boom not a consumption boom, and that's okay 2) Consumer sentiment in 2025 has been smacked by Trump policy choices, not really sure why AI is implicated at all.
1) Its an investment boom not a consumption boom, and that's okay 2) Consumer sentiment in 2025 has been smacked by Trump policy choices, not really sure why AI is implicated at all.
That chart sums it up perfectly. AI is not actually making "us" rich, except for a very narrow subset of "us," but it is making all of us stupider and more miserable
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
The Most Joyless Tech Revolution Ever: AI Is Making Us Rich and Unhappy
Discomfort around artificial intelligence helps explain the disconnect between a solid economy and an anxious public.
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I find the general quality of AI commentary quite low. I don't think the chart is confusing or illustrative at all.
1) Its an investment boom not a consumption boom, and that's okay 2) Consumer sentiment in 2025 has been smacked by Trump policy choices, not really sure why AI is implicated at all.
1) Its an investment boom not a consumption boom, and that's okay 2) Consumer sentiment in 2025 has been smacked by Trump policy choices, not really sure why AI is implicated at all.
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ONS is so bad. (This is about specifically British nationals.) www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
ONS is so bad. (This is about specifically British nationals.) www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Talk softly and carry a big stick? Haha, no.
The fundamental point @stephenkb.bsky.social makes about the proposed asylum policy changes is exactly right - the government is baking “legitimate concerns” rhetoric into action in a way that permissions racist/xenophobic rhetoric while claiming to blunt it. And, worse, I think many know this.
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Talk softly and carry a big stick? Haha, no.
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The most incessant racist faction in British politics takes this message to be "racism works" (It has shifted politics + policy)
(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).
(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The most incessant racist faction in British politics takes this message to be "racism works" (It has shifted politics + policy)
(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).
(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).
In 5 hours students will begin to file into Summer's class at Harvard, would love to be a fly on the wall there.
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In 5 hours students will begin to file into Summer's class at Harvard, would love to be a fly on the wall there.
This isn't surprising, literally everyone was talking about this.
As GLP-1 drugs for weight loss generate billions for pharmaceutical companies, researchers are exploring their potential for other purposes, such as reducing cravings for illicit drugs and alcohol.
But research on the benefits is limited. https://wapo.st/4oHy2Ip
But research on the benefits is limited. https://wapo.st/4oHy2Ip
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This isn't surprising, literally everyone was talking about this.
Think AI discourse on intellectual property has broken some people's minds. What is the problem here? Steal what? Take what?
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Think AI discourse on intellectual property has broken some people's minds. What is the problem here? Steal what? Take what?
Horseshit.
‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein links
‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein links
Former treasury secretary steps away to ‘rebuild trust’ after severe backlash but will continue teaching Harvard classes
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Horseshit.
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“Olivia Nuzzi is on the phone, she wants to do a profile” starting to approach Isaac Chotiner levels of danger
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Olivia Nuzzi is on the phone, she wants to do a profile” starting to approach Isaac Chotiner levels of danger
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The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
www.londoncentric.media
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
Shouldn't say ultramarthons are very safe and healthy when they're a major carcinogen. www.asco.org/abstracts-pr...
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Shouldn't say ultramarthons are very safe and healthy when they're a major carcinogen. www.asco.org/abstracts-pr...
Legal Systems Very Different To Ours by David Friedman is great if you want to learn about non-moderm criminal justice systems, blood feuds, imperial rulings and stockades. I think they all sound awful! (Apart from the chapter on private prosecutions in 18th century England) amzn.eu/d/iCmxD9h
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Legal Systems Very Different To Ours by David Friedman is great if you want to learn about non-moderm criminal justice systems, blood feuds, imperial rulings and stockades. I think they all sound awful! (Apart from the chapter on private prosecutions in 18th century England) amzn.eu/d/iCmxD9h
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I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.