All we have is each other

Non-industry compromised scientists keep saying these models don't become safe, no matter what, but people keep thinking just because the concept of guardrails is mentioned it must work. By definition, it doesn't. This is not something open to discussion, unless you're a paid shill.

Eurovision: Which countries are boycotting the song contest and can it survive? The biggest crisis in the Eurovision Song Contest's history raises major questions about its future.

From: Boycotts and arguments - can the Eurovision Song Contest survive its biggest crisis?
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Amid all the drama, there's a small detail in the EBU's press release that sheds some light on why many countries were keen to keep Israel's broadcaster, Kan, in the contest. During a "wide-ranging discussion", it says, fellow broadcasters "took the opportunity to stress the importance of protecting the independence of public service media and the freedom of the press to report, not least in conflict zones such as Gaza". That's because Kan is independent of Israel's government, and has often found itself at odds with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration. "Public broadcasters take part, not countries," ORF's Mr Weissmann said. "It's not the government of Israel, it's the public broadcaster." Kan's association with Eurovision is believed to have protected it from threats of closure or finding cuts - because the government recognises the positive PR power of taking part in the contest.

truly damning take in article on recent #BoycottEurovision shifts: both that Israel's participation is explicitly hasbara ("positive PR of taking part") and the vindictive repression of the Israeli war machine (Israeli govt will freak down further on free press without this hasbara value)

I want you to know I was petting a neighbourhood cat the second you said that thing about petting nonhuman animals @annaleen.bsky.social

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Israel never ceases fire. And even if it did, it would still be carrying out military occupation, apartheid, mass arrests, land theft & more. Boycott Israel. Divest from Israel. Sanction Israel. Genocide is an active project & we are complicit. Action is the only way forward

Extremely funny that INFOWARS has agreed not to publish anything without the explicit consent of the US government

A refreshing kind of dread, honestly.

A must listen for anyone interested how AI creates new surveillance opportunities.

How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked As it turns out they don't actually want you to do this (and have some interesting ways to stop you)

the sheer dedication of nerds to crack a nut with a nuke when they're (we're) pissed off

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’’mandatory” service charge seems to have replaced tips entirely - I’m not totaly against it, but it’s worth recognising what it is - prices are kept artificially low in restaurants via labour Intensification and wage stagnation - the service charge is the pay-rise being moved to the customer

Honestly, idk how people do adoption of kids aged 5+ years old! I'm barely coping with the gradual strength training that's having a baby from birth. I need to get into pilates...

yeah this is my life rn

I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,

…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing

Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla are now sharing details about their five days in Israeli captivity - and how Swedish Foreign Ministry staff left them without help. Aftonbladet's investigation shows how the Foreign Ministry downplayed the abuse in its communications. Her red suitcase lies in the hall. "Whore Greta" someone has written in large black letters. Around the text: an Israeli flag and an erect penis. The bag was confiscated by the Israeli military from the boat - and returned to her like this. She laughs. - They're like five-year-olds!

- They dragged me to the opposite side from where the others were sitting, and I had the flag around me the whole time. They hit and kicked me. Greta laughs. - Then they ripped off my frog hat, threw it on the ground, stomped and kicked it, and kind of threw a tantrum. - They moved me very brutally to a corner that I was turned towards. 'A special place for a special lady', they said. And then they had learned 'Lilla hora' (Little whore) and 'Hora Greta' (Whore Greta) in Swedish, which they repeated all the time.

Greta Thunberg was beaten and tortured by the Israelis. They learned how to call her a whore in Swedish, and forced her to wear the Israeli flag.

The Swedish foreign ministry abandoned its citizens in Israel, and downplayed what they went through.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

"The case is proceeding."

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says the US-backed agreement to end Israel's war on Gaza will have no bearing on his country’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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‘My daughter gets homesick when she goes to nursery – opp... More surprising still are the random objects she clings to for emotional support

My 3yo daughter leads to my discovery of the quantum theory of homesickness: missing us while attending a nursery 15 feet from - and directly opposite - our front door.

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It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.

At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial : AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:

1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...

researchers kept finding one type of ant in another type's colonies. turns out the queen of one species was mating with the other species, storing their sperm, *cloning them*, and using it to create a hybrid race to populate their worker caste

X-files shit!!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Let’s do Lammy

Left: Lammy gives a powerful speech about the Windrush scandal, 2020
Right: Lammy supports genocide in Israel, 2024

everything is poison, except poison, which is fine

YouTube video by Benn Jordan I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird

someone converted a PNG into a spectrogram, played it to a starling, and it copied it back well enough that they could recover the picture from the spectrogram!

youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo

Countries denounce Israel but keep trading with it Twenty-eight countries sign statement calling for end to Israel’s war on Gaza but won’t move to stop bilateral trade.

hollow words, no meaningful action from European governments
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Stolen sheep and their owners detained in Khirbet Hammamat Al-Maleh Thursday night, July 17, 2025 Amid the brutal massacre carried out by settler gangs—under the protection and support of the occupation army in the Hammamat Al-Maleh area of the northern Jordan Valley…

one of the many facets of the multifactor Israeli genocide: kill 117 sheep in Palestinian farmers' flocks, then arrest the farmers, to enable land theft
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Help us pay our legal fees In september of 2024, we took direct action against Instro Precision, a subsidiary of Israel's largest weapons supplier. This factory based in Sandwich, Kent is directly responsible for arming the zio...

Help pay the legal fees for a friend who took direct action against the Israeli war machine. You can even get a stylish Shut Elbit Down t-shirt as a perk! chuffed.org/project/help...