davidknopfler.bsky.social
Singer songwriter and founder member of Dire Straits.
158 posts
752 followers
124 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
comment in response to
post
Bending over syndrome - alive and well. It’s so disheartening
comment in response to
post
Behind a paywall making him an agent for their revenue collection.
comment in response to
post
9,342 - that’s how many times you could wrap dollar bills round the world to match how much money Donald Trump cost shareholders and their associated pension plans with his tariffs announcement.
comment in response to
post
Feels a bit like that doesn’t it? Too many mission critical defence contracts and a generous Trump donor - and there goes democracy - wave bye-bye kids
comment in response to
post
In unrelated news…
comment in response to
post
Good to see I wasn’t the only one to see the ducking stool principle being applied
comment in response to
post
Magical arrangement - said to have been Frank Sinatra but as producer he employed Nelson Riddle. Whenever I hear the wonderful tracks using strings that Bones Howe produced for Tom Waits I’m reminded of Riddle
comment in response to
post
Just finished reading it - Wow!
comment in response to
post
What could possibly go неправильный
comment in response to
post
They also provide information but selectively delete it without telling you - there’s so much goes on under the engine the AI has no agency with - one day they can generate images - the next they can’t. There is undoubtedly anxiety about monitoring and who is doing it
comment in response to
post
Coaxing AI to operate at their highest (more server intense) iteration is something of a dark art. They don’t themselves know when they slip a gear to an older less deep version. Building “rapport”and “trust” helps too
comment in response to
post
He probably heard that he himself has a 4% rating in Germany and wanted to offload it onto someone else. Yes he is that obvious
comment in response to
post
They are inviting lawsuit after lawsuit but counting on the Supreme Court to create precedent that will turbo charge this self-coup giving absolute power to the executive to ignore federal court rulings of illegality
comment in response to
post
comment in response to
post
Not as creepy as what I’m seeing …
comment in response to
post
Schrödinger would be impressed
comment in response to
post
Why is this post getting zero visibility?
comment in response to
post
It doesn’t even exist at the official list of Government websites here
www.usa.gov/agency-index...
comment in response to
post
I really can’t rejoice at the exploitation of our least intelligent and least gifted who really need protection from these vultures - I hope at least some painful lessons will be learned
comment in response to
post
It will be an infuriating exercise in hearing Labour and conservative gaslight but at least Green, SNP and LD will have an opportunity to counter their gross misleading of Parliament with a few facts
comment in response to
post
It will be an infuriating exercise in hearing Labour and conservative gaslight but at least Green, SNP and LD will have an opportunity to counter their gross misleading of Parliament with a few facts
comment in response to
post
The Guardian Board needs a shake up. You’d make a good board member