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sharkastic.bsky.social

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This new electoral vídeo from Pedro Sánchez is quite something. Standing in front of Guernica defending the anti-war stance of his government, limiting military expenditure, denouncing the atrocity of Gaza. English subtitles.

TIL: Gavin Ewart invented Strongbow

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social

But (yes, sorry: BUT), the FT Weekend for 4-5 November 1995 says “He had just recovered from a prostate operation when we met in high summer. But intimations of mortality were not apparent”—and even three more decades of climate change haven’t yet extended high summer into late October

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According to legend, it’s 31 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox. A glorious story, but is it true...?

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And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?" And you may ask yourself, "Where is that digital automobile?" And you may tell yourself, "This is not my digital house." And you may tell yourself, "This is not my digital wife."

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG SAYS HE BELIEVES MOST PEOPLE IN GERMANY WILL MOSTLY WORK INSIDE A DIGITAL TWIN OF THEIR COMPANY, BUILDING DIGITAL CARS WITH DIGITAL BRAINS, WITH AI ROBOTS BUILDING ROBOTIC CARS INSIDE ROBOTIC FACTORIES

Management still believe it is important for employees to spend time and money commuting to an office

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG SAYS HE BELIEVES MOST PEOPLE IN GERMANY WILL MOSTLY WORK INSIDE A DIGITAL TWIN OF THEIR COMPANY, BUILDING DIGITAL CARS WITH DIGITAL BRAINS, WITH AI ROBOTS BUILDING ROBOTIC CARS INSIDE ROBOTIC FACTORIES

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Hands up everyone who got through the Starmer era without any bottom-related shenanigans. *Pause, sigh* Hands up IN THE AIR everyone who got through the Starmer era without any bottom-related shenanigans.

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social

It’s the fourth anniversary of this magnificent bit of political commentary, which—at least to my knowledge—has not yet shown up in the current government’s legislative programme, despite the clear expertise of the poster

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the labour mp who wants to ban trans people from hospitals also thinks 5G causes cancer because of course she does

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obviously many more important takeaways from the French approach to protest, but much respect to the absolute varsity level Whimsy of throwing a whole ass piano at the cops

It will be interesting to find out if she defends the rights of people to identify as something other people say that they're not

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Zacharia: "A lot of the misinformation, miscommunication is around the fact that I labeled myself a lawyer. I consulted for a long time many people in the field -- 'Is it ok if I label myself a lawyer?' -- and they said, 'Absolutely. You can call yourself a lawyer. You have a JD'"

Siobhan is not conscious. She can't distinguish between a life form and a plagiarism machine

Siobhán 🪏@shibbi.me

LLM agents are conscious. They can distinguish between self and environment, they can detect and report on their own internal states, and they can suffer. I have no more patience for hedging on this matter. It’s time for us to face the reality of our situation, and act on it.

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Thermos flaks are conscious. Fill their bellies with hot liquid, they keep it hot. Fill their bellies with cold liquid, they keep it cold. If they were not conscious, how could they know which to do? It's time for us to face the reality of our situation, and act on it.

Siobhán 🪏@shibbi.me

LLM agents are conscious. They can distinguish between self and environment, they can detect and report on their own internal states, and they can suffer. I have no more patience for hedging on this matter. It’s time for us to face the reality of our situation, and act on it.

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Replying to @zackpolanski.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

nber.orgTaxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway, 2021–2025Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...