I got this today and said exactly the same thing.

given the level of outsourcing we have these days I can't see ratios as viable. We saw this with 'living wage' employers who simply subcontracted all the lowest paid jobs to third parties.

I'm sympathetic to the aims but it's probably easier just to use existing mechanisms.

This is an undeniably good point.

are young people listening to the radio at all? if so - what?

A young(ish) friend recommended a podcast to me yesterday and it was a R4 show - I think the BBC have been trying to keep up technologically precisely to hook younger, more tech savvy listeners.

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

37% in favour of releasing mooses into the UK wild. Fuck it. Why not? Let's go!

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV declares the Iran War is “unjust” and “is not resolving anything.”

After suggesting Trump is committing war crimes by targeting civilian infrastructure, he called on Americans to contact Congress to help end the war.

I think Keir Starmer should have more to say about the President of the United States threatening to kill an entire civilisation than a musical festival cancelling itself coz of a fucking dogshit booking.

Starmer posting about Kanye whilst Trump is threatening to wipe away a civilisation is so utterly pathetic and weak

thank you, that's very helpful

they don't.

residents across the country constantly report potholes - they know where they are but privatised contractors don't fund the capacity to fill them in.

all AI is in this scenario is a new way of ignoring local people and pretending magic is a replacement for paying blokes with shovels

100+ year old Pasteur Institute in Tehran was a premier infectious disease research institute and vaccine manufacturer

It is a reason Iranian kids like me born in 60s had access to measles vaccines soon after they were developed in the west

A poem by Thomas Hood 1799 - 1845

you're doing God's work :)

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….put in 31 objections to new applications for these.
Sheffield already has 926 digital advertising sites (billboards, bus shelter ads, free-standing screens).

They look awful, but worse, they clutter up pavement space, getting in the way of pedestrians, mobility scooters, pushchairs…

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines.

Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

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"These poems (and prose, and typographical experiments) are airy miles from the default mode of naturalism that normally tries to convey mountains, rocks, ice, the climbing experience." – Andrew Greig

£3 off Mark Goodwin's 'Rock as Gloss' until Thursday
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Today in Tel Aviv and all across Israel: thousands came out to demonstrate against the war and got violently dispersed by the police. We will not back down. We will continue to fight to end the war in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank. Well will fight for life.

- Alon Lee-Green

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

A long read about the AI targeting software and kill chain failings that caused the Minab atrocity where Iranian primary school kids were blown to bits www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Iraq turning into 'expanding battleground' in war, which began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran

Iraq turning into 'expanding battleground' in war, which began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran https://aje.news/yq0xdr

How the BBC and Daily Mail Spread Reform's ‘Family Voting’ Lies The real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election

So it turns out the real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

"The signal that passes without mediation is also the signal that nobody can question."

Really important exploration of the dangerous fallacy behind Palantir (as well as dangerous people)

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Cow 🐄 enjoying music 💕

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

If Labour MPs know what's good for them they'll look at the Danish result and get rid of any ministers who very publicly supported Mette Frederiksen's immigration policy

A publisher's office. A writer and editor meet. "I wasn't entirely convinced by the portrayal of thugs, hoodlums and henchmen in your novel, Quentin." Says the editor holding the manuscript, "So I've brought in an insensitivity reader." The writer looks nervously at an enormous, muscular, tattoed, stubbly, shaven-headed, man who holds the manuscript, a tiny pen, and grins with (perhaps unintentional) menace.

A recent books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

It really gets my goat when people tell me I may not like AI but it’s here to stay & there’s nothing we can do about it. Yes there is! We don’t have to bow down to every corporate demand! We can fight, regulate, use the law. We can & must ensure this tech benefits humanity & doesn’t dismantle it.