@privacyinternational.org hello. is your website down? haven't been able to access it for at least a couple of weeks now.

The AI Dirty List Ensuring those who choose to bathe in AI slop will never be washed clean.

The AI Dirty List

Ensuring those who choose to bathe in AI slop will never be washed clean.

aidirtylist.info

As someone who was born in Turkey, the true measure for me is the number of fruit trees in your garden which must include at least one walnut and one white mulberry.

Paul Taylor · Llamas, Pizzas, Mandolins: AI Doomerism A great deal of importance seems to be attached to preventing models from generating harmful content if used...

Reminds me of this quote from @paul3548.bsky.social

"... instead of being astonished at how powerful they are, it’s possible that we should be surprised that the generation of language that is meaningful to us turns out to be something that can be accomplished without real comprehension."

Absolutely love how the Guardian is milking this like feels like there is a new piece every hour today 🙃

We don't really know how many homes we're building Even holiday caravans have been known to skew England’s housebuilding data

Possibly because www.ft.com/content/59c1...?

haha this is brilliant

@davidgerard.co.uk

I doubt that the Portsmouth’s vice-chancellor used the term 'elite' as implied by the article.

"Coders spent more time prompting and reviewing AI generations than they saved on coding". arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/s...

Could AI slow science? Confronting the production-progress paradox

Fabulous post by @randomwalker.bsky.social & Sayash raising the same concern many of us have about whether we're on the right track with how we're using AI for science. Everyone should read it, take a deep breath & think through the implications.

www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-s...

If the vows aren’t your own, does that make the marriage null and void?

We are with www.zen.co.uk and very happy with the service. Their router is also very good www.zen.co.uk/hardware/fri...

Quite a few parallels here with the sovereign citizen movement across the pond. When do we start whipping up our own distinctly British conspiracy theories - no imports needed?

Bicentenary Research Fellowships in Humanities:Oxford Road

@official-uom.bsky.social is offering 3-year postdoc fellowships to mark its 200th anniversary. If you already have a strong idea on the links between urban form/housing quality and health, and need a mentor, I’m happy to chat. Particularly interested in innovative methods & novel evidence.

Note to No 10: one speed doesn’t fit all when it comes to online safety | John Naughton Legislation to protect children in the digital realm is essential. But if it results in the loss of small cycling and cancer-care forums, something’s gone wrong

Also, until the 2023 online safety act is tested with real life cases, I would imagine well meaning folks in the UK would stay away from hosting their own instances www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is fantastic and well deserved 🎉

😱😱😱

Was one of the ideas, but couldn't trust ourselves to make a great Grinch outfit, but can say next year's card is already in the works!

Christmas card of a White toy poodle dressed as the pope with a white headdress and red sash in front of a Christmas tree. İt says have a divine holiday

Have a divine holiday 2024

My wonderful wife

The over-reliance on one region in Canada, France and the United Kingdom to create more than a third of knowledge-intensive employment is striking:

Bus stop bypass where the cycle track goes behind a bus stop between the bus stop and the pavement and there is a zebra crossing over the cycle lane. Photo courtesy of Charlie Fernandez

What should we do when access frictions between disabled people emerge with new active travel infrastructure like bus stop bypasses?

Is removing them really the best solution?

I propose collective access making instead.

Available open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Great stuff Tom, look forward to reading it

Unapologetically focused on mental health beacuse there is no health without mental health

Fab news, well deserved!

I am in my element when speaking about the presumption & tilted balance

As usual, an excellent line-up of speakers at the @thetcpa.bsky.social annual conference. Excited to share the stage as a panelist and dive into some big conversations about the future of planning & health #TCPA2024