Anna AMD
@performmonkey.bsky.social
From the west coast of Scotland, now living in the heart of Europe. Photography, history, and screaming into the void. And yes, I miss the sea.
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Anna AMD
@performmonkey.bsky.social
· Nov 10
There's always light; thing is trying to find it. #photography #autumn #sunlight #light #trees #leaves #goldenhour #austria #path
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FB tells me it’s the nine year anniversary of being shared by a legend 💖
December 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
FB tells me it’s the nine year anniversary of being shared by a legend 💖
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“Soelberg did not turn violent until ChatGPT became his sole confidant, validating a wide range of wild conspiracies, including a dangerous delusion that his mother was part of a network of conspirators spying on him, tracking him, and making attempts on his life.”
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
arstechnica.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“Soelberg did not turn violent until ChatGPT became his sole confidant, validating a wide range of wild conspiracies, including a dangerous delusion that his mother was part of a network of conspirators spying on him, tracking him, and making attempts on his life.”
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
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Israeli warplanes carry out intense strikes in Khan Younis, continue shelling Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-carry-out-out-intense-air-strikes-khan-younis-continue
Israeli warplanes carry out intense strikes in Khan Younis, continue shelling Gaza
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli warplanes on Friday carried out intense air strikes east of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported. </p>
<p>Wafa news agency said that artillery shelling and demolitions continued across the eastern areas of Gaza. </p>
<p>At least four airstrikes targeted areas across Khan Younis, along with heavy gunfire from helicopters and Israeli military vehicles positioned around the city.</p>
<p>The report said that Israeli forces also carried out large-scale demolition operations, destroying homes as warplanes launched an air strike in the area. </p>
<p>In Rafah, Israeli helicopters fired on residential neighbourhoods, as Israeli naval ships continuously targeted the coast of Khan Younis. </p>
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December 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Israeli warplanes carry out intense strikes in Khan Younis, continue shelling Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-carry-out-out-intense-air-strikes-khan-younis-continue
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TV Network Refuses To Air ‘Miracle On 34th Street’ For Outdated Depictions Of Hope, Joy https://theonion.com/tv-network-refuses-to-air-miracle-on-34th-street-for-1848159248/
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
TV Network Refuses To Air ‘Miracle On 34th Street’ For Outdated Depictions Of Hope, Joy https://theonion.com/tv-network-refuses-to-air-miracle-on-34th-street-for-1848159248/
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I’m in the Laura Ashley roof space of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas again, along with a lifetime of Secondary School History teacher’s paperwork and all the craft supplies. Do donate to Centrepoint if you can, check out @rhodri.biz for more on this annual wonder!
December 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I’m in the Laura Ashley roof space of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas again, along with a lifetime of Secondary School History teacher’s paperwork and all the craft supplies. Do donate to Centrepoint if you can, check out @rhodri.biz for more on this annual wonder!
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Right then, no one asked for it (everyone seems quite happy with last year's!) but here we are anyway, your #DuvetKnowItsChristmas 2025 bingo card! Some returning classics, some we missed last year and some new ones. Enjoy team, donation link below once Rhodri posts it!
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Right then, no one asked for it (everyone seems quite happy with last year's!) but here we are anyway, your #DuvetKnowItsChristmas 2025 bingo card! Some returning classics, some we missed last year and some new ones. Enjoy team, donation link below once Rhodri posts it!
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
WTF??
Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago
The emergence of a document contradicts claims made by the Post Office over bugs in its IT system during criminal prosecutions.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
WTF??
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Just in case you’re one of the 5 people in the UK who’ve somehow never seen this www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Wi...
Does Bob Mortimer Follow Chris Rea's Egg-Cracking Advice? | Would I Lie To You?
YouTube video by Would I Lie To You?
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just in case you’re one of the 5 people in the UK who’ve somehow never seen this www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Wi...
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If he can't get off on a "personal use" excuse then I don't know what Europe's coming to.
December 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If he can't get off on a "personal use" excuse then I don't know what Europe's coming to.
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This is an excellent piece on the ecological catastrophe associated with El Salvador's obsession with Bitcoin -->>
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream
Mangroves are being destroyed and residents displaced to make way for an airport to serve president Nayib Bukele’s vision of a tax-free economic hub
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is an excellent piece on the ecological catastrophe associated with El Salvador's obsession with Bitcoin -->>
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I asked our university's official AI assistant to draw a map of Poland in 1941.
Great stuff. Glad we are steering our students toward this helpful resource.
Great stuff. Glad we are steering our students toward this helpful resource.
December 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I asked our university's official AI assistant to draw a map of Poland in 1941.
Great stuff. Glad we are steering our students toward this helpful resource.
Great stuff. Glad we are steering our students toward this helpful resource.
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There’s an Arabic version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that translates to “no cows, no feeding them at dawn.” A Scots version is “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” And a Romanian phrase for looking on the bright side is un șut în fund, un pas înainte, or “a kick in the ass, a step forward”
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There’s an Arabic version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that translates to “no cows, no feeding them at dawn.” A Scots version is “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” And a Romanian phrase for looking on the bright side is un șut în fund, un pas înainte, or “a kick in the ass, a step forward”
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And a Finnish phrase about nothing being so bad that it won’t pass is kaikkeen tottuu paitsi jääpuikkoon perseessä ja sekin sulaa pois. It means “you can get used to anything but an ice stick in your ass, and even that will eventually melt away.”
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
And a Finnish phrase about nothing being so bad that it won’t pass is kaikkeen tottuu paitsi jääpuikkoon perseessä ja sekin sulaa pois. It means “you can get used to anything but an ice stick in your ass, and even that will eventually melt away.”
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson
Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson
The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth, says journalist and media professor Jane Martinson
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson
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Israel releases six Palestinian prisoners as ICRC denied jail access - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-releases-six-palestinian-prisoners-icrc-denied-jail-access
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<p>The released prisoners were taken to theAl-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah.</p>
<p>ICRC said that it has not been granted access to Palestinians held in Israeli detention facilities since October 2023. </p>
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December 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Israel releases six Palestinian prisoners as ICRC denied jail access - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-releases-six-palestinian-prisoners-icrc-denied-jail-access
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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here’s a comic about ❤️being kind❤️
November 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
here’s a comic about ❤️being kind❤️
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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Mone company liquidated and unlikely ever to repay money obtained for supply of defective surgical gowns sold during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Mone company liquidated and unlikely ever to repay money obtained for supply of defective surgical gowns sold during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wrote about the Epstein Files.
The redactions,the political point scoring, an administration that has long lost the benefit of the doubt, and why this very real conspiracy (with victims who deserve real accountability and transparency) won’t go away
The redactions,the political point scoring, an administration that has long lost the benefit of the doubt, and why this very real conspiracy (with victims who deserve real accountability and transparency) won’t go away
The Most ████ Administration Ever
The Epstein files are here, and they are too redacted to satisfy anyone.
www.theatlantic.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Wrote about the Epstein Files.
The redactions,the political point scoring, an administration that has long lost the benefit of the doubt, and why this very real conspiracy (with victims who deserve real accountability and transparency) won’t go away
The redactions,the political point scoring, an administration that has long lost the benefit of the doubt, and why this very real conspiracy (with victims who deserve real accountability and transparency) won’t go away