Pentti
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When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
October 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
The BBC needs to go back to real journalism, the arts and minority interests. Forget the license fee, and fund it with taxation. And stop paying insane salaries. Nick Grimshaw isn’t worth £335,000 per year www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
BBC morale dented by gradual ‘bloodletting’ after weeks of job cuts
Plans to shed as many as 2,000 employees have been announced in stages, and staff fear further cuts in 2027
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2026 at 5:28 AM
The BBC needs to go back to real journalism, the arts and minority interests. Forget the license fee, and fund it with taxation. And stop paying insane salaries. Nick Grimshaw isn’t worth £335,000 per year www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
My son is hanging out in the Alps and he told me about this thing called “via ferrata” he’s doing, and it looks fucking scary.
October 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
My son is hanging out in the Alps and he told me about this thing called “via ferrata” he’s doing, and it looks fucking scary.
I was thinking that there was something that didn’t add up with this whole incident. I guess there was no bomb and they’re not dangerous then 🤔
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
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RAF Fairford live updates: Five men arrested near base to be released on bail, police say
Counter terror police say earlier that they arrested five men who were British national in their 20s from London
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I was thinking that there was something that didn’t add up with this whole incident. I guess there was no bomb and they’re not dangerous then 🤔
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
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NEW: Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja has been arrested on suspicion of showing support for a proscribed organisation outside of Labour's party conference in Liverpool – the first under the tenure of Andy Burnham
Massive Attack musician arrested at Palestine protest outside Labour conference
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September 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
NEW: Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja has been arrested on suspicion of showing support for a proscribed organisation outside of Labour's party conference in Liverpool – the first under the tenure of Andy Burnham
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The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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September 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
September 26, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Let me get this right. People got fat eating McDonald’s, so go on GLP-1s. So McDonalds have to change to a protein based menu, because the people have no appetite and no muscle left 💀 apnews.com/article/mcdo...
McDonald’s bets $8.5 billion on a sweeping restaurant makeover and new protein-focused menu
McDonald’s said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
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September 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Let me get this right. People got fat eating McDonald’s, so go on GLP-1s. So McDonalds have to change to a protein based menu, because the people have no appetite and no muscle left 💀 apnews.com/article/mcdo...
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Radar image of Tuesday's mass crane migration. A 100 km long line of migrating cranes was clearly visible on weather radar. It is estimated that around 10,000 (?) cranes were involved in that formation. The highest count observed was 26,000 migrating cranes on that day in Kangasala (near Tampere).
September 24, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Radar image of Tuesday's mass crane migration. A 100 km long line of migrating cranes was clearly visible on weather radar. It is estimated that around 10,000 (?) cranes were involved in that formation. The highest count observed was 26,000 migrating cranes on that day in Kangasala (near Tampere).
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A true world divide
September 20, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A true world divide
oddly, one of my favourite Bowie albums
Play this record today
On September 20th 1975 David Bowie goes to No.1 in the US with “Fame.” The song came together at Electric Lady Studios in January 1975 after a jam session between Bowie and John Lennon, and a guitar riff from Carlos Alomar. Listen to the album ‘Young Americans’.
On September 20th 1975 David Bowie goes to No.1 in the US with “Fame.” The song came together at Electric Lady Studios in January 1975 after a jam session between Bowie and John Lennon, and a guitar riff from Carlos Alomar. Listen to the album ‘Young Americans’.
September 20, 2026 at 9:16 AM
oddly, one of my favourite Bowie albums
The Happy Mondays - Loose Fit TOTP
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September 20, 2026 at 7:42 AM
After one particular redundancy, I can now see the workplace patterns and jump ship before getting made redundant. Mentally, it’s easier to get a job when you already have one www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job
Candidates describe feelings of rejection after submitting hundreds of applications but getting a handful of interviews
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2026 at 5:23 AM
After one particular redundancy, I can now see the workplace patterns and jump ship before getting made redundant. Mentally, it’s easier to get a job when you already have one www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
social media is transforming people into brain dead zombies - quite scary if you think about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners
Sensors that monitor vehicle volume are said to be ‘electronic assault weapons’ by the ‘Blade Runners’ group
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM
social media is transforming people into brain dead zombies - quite scary if you think about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
1/2 Most of the dental work I’ve had done in the UK on the NHS has failed. It’s not that the dentist is particularly bad, but they seem to be in the dark ages with the dental technology compared to what I’ve seen in Finland.
September 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
1/2 Most of the dental work I’ve had done in the UK on the NHS has failed. It’s not that the dentist is particularly bad, but they seem to be in the dark ages with the dental technology compared to what I’ve seen in Finland.
1/2 Spent Friday afternoon checking some code I merged as one of the developers said it was incorrect. I was open to being wrong as I’d just switched back to Opus having burnt all my Fable credits.
September 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
1/2 Spent Friday afternoon checking some code I merged as one of the developers said it was incorrect. I was open to being wrong as I’d just switched back to Opus having burnt all my Fable credits.
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i think the gap isn't capability, humans carry the blast radius and keep patching it later
There are no examples of complex, *reliable* software created autonomously by coding agents, and lots of data suggesting it would be extremely unlikely.
But somehow there are many examples created by equally fallible humans. How come?
codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/h...
But somehow there are many examples created by equally fallible humans. How come?
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Human vs. Agent Reliability Over Long Horizons – How Can We Do What They Can’t?
Multiple studies find that – without exception – the reliability of autonomous agent workflows decays geometrically over many steps. There are no examples of complex, reliable software …
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September 19, 2026 at 6:43 AM
i think the gap isn't capability, humans carry the blast radius and keep patching it later
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RIP trombonist Harry Brown, 52, who played with McCoy Tyner, Roy Ayers, Ezra Collective, Camilla George, Massive Attack and many others
#britishjazz #trombone #jazz #harrybrown
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#britishjazz #trombone #jazz #harrybrown
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Harry Brown: 21/08/1974 – 03/09/2026 - Jazzwise
Kevin Le Gendre pays tribute to the beloved London trombonist, who worked with the likes of McCoy Tyner, Roy Ayers and John Legend, among countless others, a...
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September 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
RIP trombonist Harry Brown, 52, who played with McCoy Tyner, Roy Ayers, Ezra Collective, Camilla George, Massive Attack and many others
#britishjazz #trombone #jazz #harrybrown
www.jazzwise.com/content/news...
#britishjazz #trombone #jazz #harrybrown
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1/2 The other week I got #Claude to generate a network security diagram. I had to go through several iterations until I was happy with it. Then I handed it over to an expert who found a couple of mistakes. The whole process took me about a day, but would likely have been a week without Claude.
September 19, 2026 at 6:23 AM
1/2 The other week I got #Claude to generate a network security diagram. I had to go through several iterations until I was happy with it. Then I handed it over to an expert who found a couple of mistakes. The whole process took me about a day, but would likely have been a week without Claude.
I mostly use #AI for coding and creating documentation. The problem is that it is good at generating reams of output that looks credible on first glance, but then you need to spend hours verifying it edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
edition.cnn.com
September 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM
I mostly use #AI for coding and creating documentation. The problem is that it is good at generating reams of output that looks credible on first glance, but then you need to spend hours verifying it edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
I can think of a few 6 Music DJs they could offload. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
BBC cash reserves hit lowest level in a decade after big single-year spend
Exclusive: Reserves at public service arm drop 66% as broadcaster undertakes large cuts in effort to save £500m
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 6:12 AM
I can think of a few 6 Music DJs they could offload. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
Interesting, but you could say everything is a waste of time, including studying time. IMO the top time wasters are those who appear to be on a mission to make other peoples lives as miserable as possible. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Tech billionaires trying to live for ever? That’s a waste of time, says physicist
Exclusive: Prof Jim Al-Khalili says he will offer solution to ‘arrow of time’ problem in Royal Institution lectures
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Interesting, but you could say everything is a waste of time, including studying time. IMO the top time wasters are those who appear to be on a mission to make other peoples lives as miserable as possible. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
you can be sure that these data centres will push up our electricity bills, which are currently extremely reasonable here in Finland #datacentre yle.fi/a/74-20246995
Citizens' initiative demanding restrictions on data centers reaches 50,000 signatures
The petition calls for conditions on how data centres connect to Finland's electricity grid as well as for the introduction of a separate data centre fee.
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September 19, 2026 at 4:42 AM
you can be sure that these data centres will push up our electricity bills, which are currently extremely reasonable here in Finland #datacentre yle.fi/a/74-20246995