Rosie
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Dear Lord. What a sad little life, Jane. English teacher/HOY7. Owned by a border collie.
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Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
www.nature.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If we could harness the energy of awkwardness created when contestants are made to sing on Only Connect, we’d save the planet
September 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
If we could harness the energy of awkwardness created when contestants are made to sing on Only Connect, we’d save the planet
Also, I like being bad at things.
September 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Also, I like being bad at things.
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You will be hearing literally nothing about this horrific Lancashire rape gang from any of the usual suspects, because only one of them has a Muslim name.
BBC News - Man admits drugging and raping wife for 20 years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Man admits drugging and raping wife for 20 years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You will be hearing literally nothing about this horrific Lancashire rape gang from any of the usual suspects, because only one of them has a Muslim name.
BBC News - Man admits drugging and raping wife for 20 years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Man admits drugging and raping wife for 20 years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Even the rich immortality guy is giving up
July 30, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Even the rich immortality guy is giving up
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
Some British heatwave observations: a) it really brings out those annoying competitive people who have to “win”everything, totally disregarding people’s bodies and houses are built differently. You didn’t win the heatwave because you’re not on SSRIs, or menopausal, or living in a new build flat.
June 27, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Some British heatwave observations: a) it really brings out those annoying competitive people who have to “win”everything, totally disregarding people’s bodies and houses are built differently. You didn’t win the heatwave because you’re not on SSRIs, or menopausal, or living in a new build flat.
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BBC: “So what advice did David Hockney give to you?”
BBC Guest: “Fuck everyone.”
BBC Guest: “Fuck everyone.”
June 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
BBC: “So what advice did David Hockney give to you?”
BBC Guest: “Fuck everyone.”
BBC Guest: “Fuck everyone.”
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reading about the May government for a thing and mad, mad, mad that a Conservative Prime Minister said this nine years ago, I hate how much we've lost since then! I hate it so much! www.theguardian.com/society/2017...
June 8, 2026 at 10:19 AM
reading about the May government for a thing and mad, mad, mad that a Conservative Prime Minister said this nine years ago, I hate how much we've lost since then! I hate it so much! www.theguardian.com/society/2017...
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this is a masterpiece
May 19, 2026 at 2:29 PM
this is a masterpiece
Can’t wait to start describing myself as “under-babied” when people ask if I have kids
May 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Can’t wait to start describing myself as “under-babied” when people ask if I have kids
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This has had a lot of quote posts but the first two sentences are just insane. Telling it that it has great intellectual firepower doesn’t somehow bestow it with any greater ability. Why would you do that? It’s like worship. A mad prayer to kick things off
"Never hallucinate or make anything up."
yes, you can just demand that the LLM not make errors
that's definitely how the technology works
yes, you can just demand that the LLM not make errors
that's definitely how the technology works
May 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
This has had a lot of quote posts but the first two sentences are just insane. Telling it that it has great intellectual firepower doesn’t somehow bestow it with any greater ability. Why would you do that? It’s like worship. A mad prayer to kick things off
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‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’
No notes.
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The influencers leaping to Dubai’s defence
[FREE TO READ] As missiles streak across the region, unfazed residents insist they ‘know who protects us’
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March 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’
No notes.
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No notes.
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I wonder if they’ve tried more blue book covers
A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.
March 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I wonder if they’ve tried more blue book covers
Totally ridiculous rule. Almost had a personal hyperventilate about coming trip until it clarified Irish citizens are exempt.
Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport
Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport
New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589
Dual British nationals have been warned they may be denied boarding a flight, ferry or train to the UK after 25 February unless they carry a valid British passport.
The warning by the Home Office comes amid scores of complaints from British people living or travelling abroad who have suddenly found themselves at risk of not being allowed into the country.
If you are affected by the change and want to share your story, email [email protected] Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Totally ridiculous rule. Almost had a personal hyperventilate about coming trip until it clarified Irish citizens are exempt.
Anyone need an odd sock?? @rhodri.biz #duvetknowitschristmas
December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Anyone need an odd sock?? @rhodri.biz #duvetknowitschristmas
The only reply needed
December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The only reply needed
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Christmas CANCELLED in London 💔🎄
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Christmas CANCELLED in London 💔🎄
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if you can't savor the villains losing you've lost the spark of beauty and ingenuity that makes life worth living
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
if you can't savor the villains losing you've lost the spark of beauty and ingenuity that makes life worth living
Remember, back in the day, when the general consensus was strong enough to shame these guys/make them too fearful of being pilloried if they said guff like this in public. Let’s go back to that.
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Remember, back in the day, when the general consensus was strong enough to shame these guys/make them too fearful of being pilloried if they said guff like this in public. Let’s go back to that.
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"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires
The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
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The bitterly ironic transformation of the iconography of the poppy, from sombre reminder of the senseless futility of a war in which the British ruling class systematically ordered the wholesale slaughter of millions of working-class men, to 'War Christmas', says everything about the current crisis
That's it. Peak remembrancy shop window has been located.
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The bitterly ironic transformation of the iconography of the poppy, from sombre reminder of the senseless futility of a war in which the British ruling class systematically ordered the wholesale slaughter of millions of working-class men, to 'War Christmas', says everything about the current crisis
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FYI for Google Drive users.
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
FYI for Google Drive users.
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Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions
October 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions
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“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat
In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.
www.independent.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...