This is just embarrassing.
04.08.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 6187 ๐ 1321 ๐ฌ 261 ๐ 85@drpeterjmurray.bsky.social
Reading crime fiction, SF etc, and touring book festivals; enjoying photography, good beer, wines & uisge-beatha. Retired nurse/health informatician. Still European
This is just embarrassing.
04.08.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 6187 ๐ 1321 ๐ฌ 261 ๐ 85This absolute turnip lives in Mississippi.
He's LITERALLY an economic migrant.
Does he have ZERO self-awareness?
Does he just think nobody will notice?
Or because he's an entitled white man, does he perhaps believe that he doesn't count?
Yes, VPNs can help you get around certain types of geographic restrictions, but itโs very important you do your due diligence before downloading one. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...
03.08.2025 18:00 โ ๐ 214 ๐ 68 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 3US nuclear weapons with three times the power of the Hiroshima bomb have just been transported to England, new evidence suggests.
The government doesnโt want the public to know.
Hereโs how Nukewatch UK tracked the bombsโ journey.
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Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30โฏPM ยท DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOriginโs Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
02.08.2025 20:00 โ ๐ 14489 ๐ 5207 ๐ฌ 161 ๐ 507After ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the news was always to Dear Leaderโs liking.
02.08.2025 19:07 โ ๐ 3255 ๐ 658 ๐ฌ 132 ๐ 17Maltese Falcon Award (Japan) mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2025/08/malt...
02.08.2025 18:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The reindeer are suddenly all looking amazing with big, beautiful velvet antlers and smooth summer coats! ๐คฉ Here's some of our lovely males waiting for Caz to put out their breakfast yesterday morning!
02.08.2025 09:00 โ ๐ 59 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oops. Looks like I've newslettered again. mailchi.mp/1574c59b6916...
01.08.2025 20:16 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Donald Trump with his best friend Jeffrey Epstein, smiling at a camera
Trump imposed 35% tariffs on Canada as punishment for it recognizing Palestine as a state.
The impeached felon's attempted attack on Canada comes at a time when most Canadians are boycotting the US, a boycott that has nearly single handily destroyed the US tourism industry.
A beautiful Bison talking a stroll through Yellowstone national parkโฆ ๐
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The Glasgow launch event for my crime thriller THE DEAD AND THE DYING, book 19 in the Forensic Scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod series, is in Waterstones Byres Road on Thursday 21st August at 7:00pm. Info and tickets: bit.ly/ByresRoad
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Who would have guessed
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Farage under investigation for possible breach of MPs' code of conduct.
Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary standards commissioner, has launched an inquiry into a possible infringement of the rules relating to a โregistration of interestโ.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK!
A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.
"Keir Starmer has announced today that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September, unless Israel commits to a sustainable peace, and allows the UN to restart its humanitarian support to Gaza."
Why is it either/or?
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29.07.2025 10:21 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If anyone wants evidence of the unreliability of Google's "AI Overview", here it is
I used Google to try to find a story I wrote on the Southport attack for the New York Times
The AI Overview claims there are no results for the search, but the first search result is the article I was looking for
Massive kudos to Jeremy Bowen for this. He does a great job of explaining the situation and resisting being used as propaganda, but also pointing out it *is* possible to pressure the Israeli government (he very properly leaves the conclusions for the viewer to draw).
29.07.2025 10:35 โ ๐ 87 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0A map of countries that recognise the State of Palestine.
You can now add Franceโฆ but apparently not the UK, Germany, Canada of Australia.
Shameful.
Dear U.K. Labour. The fact that VPNs can easily bypass large parts of the Online Safety Act is *not* a reason to ban VPNs. Itโs a reason to rethink the Online Safety Act.
We did tell you. Many times.
Donโt throw good money after bad.
Now thatโs one way to get your cow homeโฆ. ๐๐คฃ
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28.07.2025 10:56 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐๐
Pre-order the GRIPPING finale in @DougJohnstone.bsky.social's Enceladons Trilogy #TheTranscendentTide for 25% off at @Waterstones with the code SUMMER25
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๐ https://bit.ly/44FSLoB
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28.07.2025 10:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Out in three weeks ๐ฌ
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