Xeno McFee

Let's check on Ground News. Here we see a story where "AI did something good"**. Let's review all the *checks notes* ONE THOUSAND AND FIVE SOURCES, whom I'm assured all are "good and such". **Story was about the PHP security issue which maybe / maybe wasn't found through AI? X=doubt

I, Ground News - an AI filter of topics who never goes beyond 100 sources of a topic, and rarely gets to 3 figures regardless of slant - chooses to give you TEN TIMES the amount of viable sources. Because reasons. I am trustworthy 👍

To prove a point to my dad I just googled Jack Ross and/or Turning Point UK with the names of major news publications literally 3 minutes ago and the closest I got to mainstream coverage of the Al Jazeera sting was the Guardian. Times, Telegraph, BBC, Daily Mail - absolutely nothing. Seems... odd 🤔

I dunno man, sounds bad. The wife of a senior politician is catching major flack for supporting an author who said she may support a proscribed group and we all know about that! The politician is facing calls to resign! He's not involved, mind, but still! And yet, cavort with a contract killer & 🦗🦗

You'd think a former Tory councillor nominee and now CEO of a "political activist" group setting up a reporter with a convicted man who is part of a proscribed group with the intention of maiming and/or killing someone would merit a mention somewhere. Apparently not, according to major media sources

36km/h - fastest man 390km/h - fastest bird 3*10^8m/s - speed of light 47*10^3848202km/ns - speed of the rail replacement bus stopping at the station I was just at.

What's the deal with taking time (much longer than 8 seconds) to setup a long throw, only to fake it and throw it short? Has to be some kind of punishment, surely? #lfc

Thank god I don't have to listen to the Brentford fan channel commentary anymore masquerading as "neutral" commentary.... As awful as the co-commentator was it wasn't as bad as poor Kelleher being called Kellera the whole game by the main commentator... Man deserves better 😭

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Behold: Western Superior Culture has brought us the ultimate pack animal/warbeast 🙄 youtu.be/msqM3QGU92A?...

AI in a nutshell

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

It doesn’t do anything anyone wants to pay money for.

You noticed?? Awww, how sweet are you? ☺️

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social

Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"

It seems hot down here

Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social

Wrong answers only. My bet: thanks for all the fish.

Despite being super honest about my condition and despite doing good work when I could actually work, I went through 3 jobs in a year because "you were ill 3 times in probation so we have to let you go". After I attempted suicide I was able to get a job where that didn't matter too much - until...

Albedo 0.12@ukejay.bsky.social

"He said that despite suffering feelings of overwhelming sadness and crippling lethargy he was fortunately able to carry on doing his job…. In none of the accounts I saw was there a hint that his depression might actually have been caused by all the spinning and manipulating he was doing."

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We'll help you medically, but when you're employed by us and you hit that magic 3 absence mark we will let you claim a neurologist appt and then fire you same day. Because we care :)

If they did pet insurance they'd deny every claim for their daschund's inevitable spine problems. Because they are a south African company at heart and they do NOT care. And I grew up in SA and have seen their HQ which DWARFES the American embassy across the road. Make of that what you will.

Albedo 0.12@ukejay.bsky.social

vitality.co.ukVitality Insurance PlansVitality shared value insurance is here to help and protect you. We share the benefits of healthy living. Because it’s good for everyone.

I was moved from 1 team to another, where the manager said "too many absences, 1 more in 12 months and you're gone". I managed to get to the bottom of my issues but it's incredible how, when you're important, rules don't apply to you. On a separate note, FUCK vitality.co.uk to the ends of the earth

Science.org was this article peer reviewed? I'm trying to work about where the peer review process status and ends as per this citation??

Science Magazine@science.org

Can the new cutting-edge AI models feel pain? They at least behave as if they do, according to a recent study. The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided #AI researchers. https://scim.ag/4hHU6BA

*starts and ends I'm having a mare here, and I'm sober! 🥲

Man City charged. Man City found guilty of "the majority" of charges (114 out of 115 is indeed a majority I guess...). Man City punished by- Let me know when that comes out. Until then, nothing has happened. I'm not holding my breath....

bbc.co.ukLabour volunteers in US helping Harris in spare time, Keir Starmer saysThe prime minister said volunteers from his party travelled to the US for "pretty much every" presidential election.

19 Sept

Because they were told it was a slam dunk winning strategy 🤷 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com

When will the people who argued in April 2025 that Democrats should stay silent on immigration own up to being frankly just disastrously wrong about the politics of mass deportations? Their punditry basically bordered on enablement

19 Sept

This may be apocryphal re: the timing but I remember Kamala and Tim doing really well initially ("these R's are weird right?" doing numbers); I then remember Labour making a big song and dance about "advising" their campaign; then I remember the Dem's popularity TANKING soon after.

19 Sept

Me, laughing at the post: totes 🤣 Me, also a british person: is this shot in the House of Commons? Is this what my taxes go towards? 😠

BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL@edsbs.bsky.social

Travis is me when I talk with my friends who actually know movies

Reading about a poem written by people but about AI and it taking over after we die/end. Everyone on the sub Reddit cooing about how apt it is - my question is, how does AI continue once humans aren't there to feed the infrastructure for it? Power plants need fuel, solar isn't prolific enough yet-

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FWIW hate the video but goddamn the song is great

Neither are wind/nuclear/. Once power ceases, what? AI lives regardless? How does it build the "man"power to ensure its own existence? Fuel power needs constant fuel? This is all current thinking of course, but current is where we are. Link if anyone wants to posit www.reddit.com/r/Peripheryb...

This is like the driving version of the Apartheid pencil rule. Pencil falls out your hair? You're white. It doesn't fall? You're black. Oh you're siblings? Same parents? Don't care. Israel of course doesn't practice apartheid, obviously. Multiple coloured pass- sorry, licence plates mean nothing 🙄

eliko thalia@museinrevolt.bsky.social

just learned this today

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en.wikipedia.orgPencil test (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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The Onion

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Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming https://theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nefarious-plot-to-undergo-years-of-m-1850433563/

eliko thalia@museinrevolt.bsky.social

just learned this today

South Africa now has different licence plates but they're for the different provinces. And you can drive on the same roads regardless. So, why would your licence plates dictate what roads you can drive on? It's like it's to keep you APART. In some manner or STATE. An APART STATE or some such thing.

Finishing my 9 month stint working full time before going back to uni from next week: "things can't get better!" Next week:

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A whole bunch of "leftie" policies are really popular when stripped of the political background! There's a reason a ton of money is dumped to politicise this stuff. "The message is bad" ok and? The policy is good!! Fuck the trans haters, trans rights forever and always ✊ and fuck data centres 👎

Queer Armorer@queerarmorer.bsky.social

Trans rights are popular. When presented without culture war bullshit they just are. AI/LLM models and the resulting data centers have massive popular movements against them. Democratic advisors yelling anything but those two facts are actively lying for a paycheck from a compromising source.

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The Onion

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Childhood Best Friend Would Never Make The Cut Now https://theonion.com/childhood-best-friend-would-never-make-the-cut-now/

music.youtube.comSubhumanYouTube video by Periphery - Topic

One of my favourite song types in "core" music is when they have a guest vocalist on who's even more demonic/gross/evil than the main band vocalist. Not that I'd call Periphery "core" but this is a good example. music.youtube.com/watch?v=MRFV...

music.youtube.comFeeding The MeatgrinderYouTube video by Shadow of Intent - Topic

See also this track from Shadow of Intent. Ben is a phenomenal vocalist and lyricist, but when Corpsegrinder comes in it ratchets up the horror. Great stuff 😁 music.youtube.com/watch?v=fTQg...

Corpsegrinder, really nice wholesome guy for those of you who don't know 😁

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Kat Abughazaleh

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Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”

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Terence Tao

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mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name.

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

5 Sept

Producers trying to reboot The Expanse: "pack it in everyone, game over"

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5 Sept

"An inflection of covert nature swiftly removing the named undesirable persons. They will come for everyone. You are not one of them. The sudden realisation you're not one of them is paralysing. Organised domestic cleansing. The day has come. Anathema. You are now fucked." youtu.be/LgtukCziILE?...

I'm Uni :3@unicouniuni3.bsky.social

Run! Uni is coming!!

Half time analysis after Ipswich player clatters into Gakpo (maybe) in the box: "maybe at 0-0 it's a different conversation" wtf does the score have to do with it?? So because we're 2-0 up it's not a foul but if the game is more even it is? Bonkers

I think back to when Mark Clattenburg didn't want to give a red card as VAR during a game because "he felt bad for the referee" a few years ago after he had a bad game, in essence to not make it worse. Why do feelings enter into it? If it's a foul it's a foul! I know it's only analysis but it's poor

US media 🤝 British media Making shit up to denigrate the left

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Carra: Liverpool really poor going into half time. Isak only scored two goals and Wirtz shouldn't be on the pitch, Gakpo showing why he should have been sold. Ipswich looking really dangerous. Overall, Liverpool lucky to be losing -2-0

youtu.be2 Rights Make 1 WrongYouTube video by Mogwai - Topic

Deflecting my upcoming hangxiety by sharing one of my favourite songs ever. Well worth the 9 minutes of your time 😺 youtu.be/zg7REZbQ-A0?...

The whole of Liverpool - and further afield - tells yous to fuck off :) "Ugh, your colloquialism sucks, rather bring back some ancient shite" or am I not allowed to say "shite"? Ugh. Really??

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Make your favourite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: A woman, having gone through some stuff because of work, goes through more stuff again but some soldiers are involved this time. And a little girl. But also still work stuff.

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Anyway here's my favourite cat video. Will never stop watching 🤘 youtu.be/Itq8_HOPEXU?...

28 Aug

I was born in 1985 & no Labour government in my lifetime was a LABOUR government like the 50's-70s. They had ONE major economic meltdown* in the 70's & we've had basically a change of rosette colour since. Meanwhile we're on the, what, 4th? 5th? economic crisis of my lifetime now? *Citation needed

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

For clarity: I don’t think Tony is an American spy. I think he did all the extremely damaging things that someone who was being paid by US intelligence would totally do, willingly and without formally being suborned, because he is a massive egotistical asshole who loves accepting massive payments.