The new Labour government better think carefully about the old database computing motto, "rubbish in, rubbish out" as it might equally apply to dozy governments. "Planet Earth calling Mr Starmer!" www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AI #UKLabour #DisplacementActivity
Labour’s investment in AI isn’t as clever as it thinks it is | Letters
Letters: AI is a backward-looking technology that reinforces old biases, warns Natalie Bennett, while fuelling energy-hungry AI data centres will leave the green transition in tatters, writes Christop...
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January 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The new Labour government better think carefully about the old database computing motto, "rubbish in, rubbish out" as it might equally apply to dozy governments. "Planet Earth calling Mr Starmer!" www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AI #UKLabour #DisplacementActivity
Thanks, New Followers! I've just won the Battle of the Banner, so am feeling quite chuffed with myself.
#displacementactivity #shouldbewriting
#displacementactivity #shouldbewriting
November 22, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Thanks, New Followers! I've just won the Battle of the Banner, so am feeling quite chuffed with myself.
#displacementactivity #shouldbewriting
#displacementactivity #shouldbewriting
I'm supposed to be starting research on the torcs and vikings paper. Except I end up looking at the Salisbury hoard......
Now cannot get away from cooing over teeny tiny shields, diddy anvils and ickle cauldrons!
#academicfail #displacementactivity #teenythingsarepretty....
Now cannot get away from cooing over teeny tiny shields, diddy anvils and ickle cauldrons!
#academicfail #displacementactivity #teenythingsarepretty....
December 1, 2024 at 9:42 AM
I'm supposed to be starting research on the torcs and vikings paper. Except I end up looking at the Salisbury hoard......
Now cannot get away from cooing over teeny tiny shields, diddy anvils and ickle cauldrons!
#academicfail #displacementactivity #teenythingsarepretty....
Now cannot get away from cooing over teeny tiny shields, diddy anvils and ickle cauldrons!
#academicfail #displacementactivity #teenythingsarepretty....
Another #Tarot blog post - this one is the Tarocchini di Mitelli. First evidence of cartomancy is with this deck #Bolognese tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/t... These posts are coming much faster because I have a dissertation to work on #DisplacementActivity
Tarocchini di Mitelli
Another significant deck, even though it’s not as well-known as the Rider-Waite-Smith or Visconti-Forza. The available evidence indicates that the Tarocchini di Mitelli is the earliest deck t…
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March 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Another #Tarot blog post - this one is the Tarocchini di Mitelli. First evidence of cartomancy is with this deck #Bolognese tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/t... These posts are coming much faster because I have a dissertation to work on #DisplacementActivity
A friend of mine once descaled her toilet bowl rather than work on her dissertation. #displacementactivity
July 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A friend of mine once descaled her toilet bowl rather than work on her dissertation. #displacementactivity
When working from home I was visited by JW doorknockers. I was so short of face-to-face contact and desperate for displacement activity that they eventually said they had to be getting on and left. #DisplacementActivity #WorkingFromHome
I am told a family friend, during a particularly religious phase, ended up enthusiastically inviting JW doorknockers in and later pursuing them down the street to try and continue the conversation, which I assume is at the least an unusual outcome.
September 21, 2024 at 2:59 PM
When working from home I was visited by JW doorknockers. I was so short of face-to-face contact and desperate for displacement activity that they eventually said they had to be getting on and left. #DisplacementActivity #WorkingFromHome