Brian Ward

Brian Ward

@indolentdandy.bsky.social

PhD, childfree urban intellectual neophiliac flaneur honjok.

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Hi Bluesky Would someone let my X followers know that I have been suspended by twitter.I will be more active on this site. I will explain the suspension at a later date as it is an intriguing story that’s not devoid of politics. Many thanks.

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Perhaps I have become a curmudgeon but I would very much like anyone in a position of responsibility who clearly hasn’t thought things through to receive a small electric shock each time they continue to demonstrate they haven’t thought things through.

Safe sex is Hamas! Musk had cancelled grants to a hospital in Gaza province, Mozambique, which was working to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, based on the mistaken belief that the US was supplying condoms to Hamas in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.comBill Gates says his Foundation will close in 2045 and decries Musk for USAID cutsMicrosoft co-founder accuses Trump ally of ‘killing the world’s poorest children’ by slashing US aid funding

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1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️

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I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing

Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson@keithwilson.eu

Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷‍♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Now that Dutton is gone, and hopefully a lot of their right wing bullshit is now gone. How about Labor strengthen the NACC, and let them go through his financial dealings whilst in Parliament. #auspol #BinNight

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Oh lordy, Jacinta Price. What a fiasco. Just a melange of slogans. Literally saying Aboriginal people should be heard after helping to defeat The Voice.

This is funny and fun. I tried 'the debauched cheese meaning'.

Greg Jenner (Historian)@gregjenner.bsky.social

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

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