Mark L

Mark L

@teaanddata.bsky.social

Terrible runner, great tea drinker, enjoys karate katas, likes data.

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Mark L
@teaanddata.bsky.social

Great! So when we getting one? BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... Trump criticises AI boss who called for slowdown and says only guardrail needed is a 'smart president' - BBC News

bbc.co.ukTrump criticises AI boss who called for slowdown and says only guardrail needed is a 'smart president'Stock markets fall in the US, Europe and Asia as Anthropic boss Dario Amodei says AI development should be slowed "to reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong".
Mark L
@teaanddata.bsky.social

It is almost as if there is a lot to investigate

Politics UK@politicsuk.com

🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says he expects "many more investigations" into Reform UK over the next few months "It won't end. This won't end"

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Robert Hutton
@roberthutton.co.uk

With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law.

Mark L
@teaanddata.bsky.social

The likelihood of a major ai related disaster is unknown. it is not certain, its also no zero. If we are lucky, a near miss disaster will happen first.. then governments take ai risk and control seriously

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash

theguardian.comWould even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton AshIt’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to control it. That means even sober prophecies seem optimistic, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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Duncan Hothersall
@dhothersall.bsky.social

Exciting times for the remaining, let's be generous and say 11,000, Scottish Labour members, as we now know we will have the choice between drill baby drill/screw trans rights and drill baby drill/screw trans rights as our next leader. I wrote a thing for @labourhame.com, because fuck this shit.

labourhame.comExistentialAs nominations close in the Scottish Labour leadership election, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall finds a party that has so lost its sense of moral purpose that it only feels able to offer its …

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Monica Lennon
@monicalennon.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who nominated me, volunteered and cheered me on. We didn’t make the ballot today but your voices still matter. Until we see meaningful and radical change, Scottish Labour remains stuck in the past. We are not listening to all of our members, the wider movement that…

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Duncan Hothersall
@dhothersall.bsky.social

This whole thread is well worth a read. My sincere commiserations to Monica, who is kinder and more circumspect than I would have been in her place.

Monica Lennon@monicalennon.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who nominated me, volunteered and cheered me on. We didn’t make the ballot today but your voices still matter. Until we see meaningful and radical change, Scottish Labour remains stuck in the past. We are not listening to all of our members, the wider movement that…

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Farrukh
@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Andy Burnham, "To me, carers should be the best paid people in society, not the worst" "Many people from other countries have been caring for my dad" Andy Burnham praises migrants to the UK who care for our elderly, a stark contrast to Keir-island-of-strangers-Starmer

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Alex Sobel MP
@alexsobel.co.uk

I am devastated that the EHRC's Code of Practice will come into force on 5 August. I know this is a deeply difficult moment for the trans community, and I share the widespread concern that the Code is both unworkable and harmful.

Mark L
@teaanddata.bsky.social

You're rowing home, rowing home, Norway's rowing home #NorEng (Although honestly thought they were brilliant. If they had won, i would have wanted them to win the cup)