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Just absolutely unreal.

submitted 1 hour ago • 1 comment

assassins dress like cops bc that’s who’s allowed to murder people in broad daylight

submitted 2 hours ago • 19 comments

Really at the fascism stage of fascism now.

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The cancellation of our future certainly doesn't feel slow anymore

submitted 2 hours ago • 2 comments

definitely something about growing old with LCD Soundsystem that hurts the very foundation of your soul

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

I flipping hate Adam Curtis season.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Did AI write this

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

A spectre is haunting this kallax

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

This, to be clear, it is not why AI won't become useful. People need to understand that AI's - LLMs and GPT software - creativity can only be a nostalgia/pastiche machine with past human labour behind it

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

This is arguably one of the lowest points of any news article I've ever read ever: AI arguably killed my son but it did help write the obituary.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

right to defend itself doing a lot of work these days

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We now cross over to BBC Radio Derby.

submitted 1 day ago • 41 comments

i somehow only just now learned that Zohran Mamdani made a rap song and recorded a music video... AND ITS A BOP??!? youtu.be/iQVsVNPkPmE?...

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Back home in Stornoway, I was walking home one night when I accidentally bumped into someone when we both weren't paying enough attention. It was Gordon Ramsay.

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do you know what would be better than REF? universal basic research income and just having a government that supports R&D nationally.

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Reading the Atlantic's coverage of the New York mayoral race and their not even disguised Cuomo support gives you funny sentences like this

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OK, I'm strangely looking forward to watching that Titan documentary.

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Fancy working with me? Want to do messy, community-led research with communities in Clackmannanshire? Then do I have the job for you! www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...

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A huge loss to Scotland, Prof. Palmer was an intellectual powerhouse and exceptional advocate on anti-racism and the need for honest recognition of Scotland’s role in slavery. www.scotsman.com/education/si...

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I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace. And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.

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It's like Ange pissed off the entire football writing industry and now they're closing ranks

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After enduring The White Lotus, I'm finally catching up with Industry. Episode 5 of Series 3 is probably the best bit of TV showing what the actual (or various currents of the) elite might be like.

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We are deeply disappointed that the Data Bill will not include the necessary provisions to keep creators' works safe from being used without their knowledge or permission by AI companies, despite clear and unified calls from across the creative industries. (1/3)

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Well this is not good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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really pushing the boat out this year with the conferencing. going to our other campus for Meccsa this year.

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wwe is not an arm of the trump government honest

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