Vic Grout
@vicgrout.bsky.social
Technology Ethics Professor; Futurist/Futurologist; Author: 'Conscious' http://vicgrout.net/the-book; Socialist; WokeAF; Vegan; Husband; Dad; Grandad. Views may or may not be my own: can't always remember these days.
This is, of course, stupid. Technology was supposed to have us work less - not more. But, as I've said over and over, it's not AI and what it can do we should fear, but who owns it and what they'll do with it.
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is, of course, stupid. Technology was supposed to have us work less - not more. But, as I've said over and over, it's not AI and what it can do we should fear, but who owns it and what they'll do with it.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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if you think that winning an argument is the same as being right then you'll never understand why no-one likes you
January 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
if you think that winning an argument is the same as being right then you'll never understand why no-one likes you
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Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.
No joke so funny that AI not getting it can’t make it better!
January 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
No joke so funny that AI not getting it can’t make it better!
Those speech marks doing some work there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Those speech marks doing some work there.
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
America breaking international law: Good
Russia breaking international law: Bad
Israel breaking international law: Good
Keep up!
Russia breaking international law: Bad
Israel breaking international law: Good
Keep up!
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
America breaking international law: Good
Russia breaking international law: Bad
Israel breaking international law: Good
Keep up!
Russia breaking international law: Bad
Israel breaking international law: Good
Keep up!
The same people who said, ‘The law is the law, and you don’t break the law,’ when a few climate protesters shinned up a bridge, seem remarkably unconcerned when a country illegally invades a sovereign state and abducts its leader.
January 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The same people who said, ‘The law is the law, and you don’t break the law,’ when a few climate protesters shinned up a bridge, seem remarkably unconcerned when a country illegally invades a sovereign state and abducts its leader.
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they will burn the world to ash before they blame capitalism even when they literally mention “profits over people”
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
they will burn the world to ash before they blame capitalism even when they literally mention “profits over people”
Passive voice doing some AI heavy lifting here?
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Passive voice doing some AI heavy lifting here?
I assume I’m entitled to back pay?
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I assume I’m entitled to back pay?
Not planned, and didn’t see the link until afterwards!
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Not planned, and didn’t see the link until afterwards!
I bet they proof read that a few times!
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I bet they proof read that a few times!
He’s there on the list
A lot more than twice.
It’s clear to us all
He hasn’t been nice
Orange Man is going to go down
A lot more than twice.
It’s clear to us all
He hasn’t been nice
Orange Man is going to go down
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
He’s there on the list
A lot more than twice.
It’s clear to us all
He hasn’t been nice
Orange Man is going to go down
A lot more than twice.
It’s clear to us all
He hasn’t been nice
Orange Man is going to go down
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A London family wants £180k a year tutor for one-year old child to help him become an English gentleman.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor sought for £180k job to teach baby to become a 'gentleman'
The advert seeks
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A London family wants £180k a year tutor for one-year old child to help him become an English gentleman.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Is there published rota for Southampton managers? I’ll need a few months’ notice when it’s my turn.
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Is there published rota for Southampton managers? I’ll need a few months’ notice when it’s my turn.
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Santander urges ministers to intervene in UK car loan compensation scheme.
Resents compensating victims.
No one forced banks to sell another dud product to boost profits and exec pay, not tell customers of secret commissions.
Directors should personally bear some of the cost.
Resents compensating victims.
No one forced banks to sell another dud product to boost profits and exec pay, not tell customers of secret commissions.
Directors should personally bear some of the cost.
Santander urges ministers to intervene in UK car finance compensation scheme
Lender’s chief executive says redress proposals could affect jobs, supply chains and broader UK economy
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Santander urges ministers to intervene in UK car loan compensation scheme.
Resents compensating victims.
No one forced banks to sell another dud product to boost profits and exec pay, not tell customers of secret commissions.
Directors should personally bear some of the cost.
Resents compensating victims.
No one forced banks to sell another dud product to boost profits and exec pay, not tell customers of secret commissions.
Directors should personally bear some of the cost.
‘Breakfast’ is such a great word. Only the English could present the concept of going to bed and sleeping as abstinence!
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘Breakfast’ is such a great word. Only the English could present the concept of going to bed and sleeping as abstinence!
The inability of domestic animals to deal with such a simple concept as the clocks changing never fails to astonish me.
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The inability of domestic animals to deal with such a simple concept as the clocks changing never fails to astonish me.
There is nothing whatsoever left to the UK government except optics - and they don't even do that well.
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
There is nothing whatsoever left to the UK government except optics - and they don't even do that well.
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Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
Wow! It turns out there’s a yoga position I can do! (Although I call it something different.)
October 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Wow! It turns out there’s a yoga position I can do! (Although I call it something different.)