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Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …

Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?

My ex- neighbour had a sticker that said “Sadiq Khan is not my mayor “. And he was right because we lived in Kent.

Bus lanes are all well and good unless there’s a thousand of them using it

Hi Jessica! Great reporting and some cracking details, but curious to ask about timings. Johnson is.. well, irrelevant at the minute, and has been for a while. These revelations get people talking about him again and bring him back into relevance

I really did not vote nor expect Labour to be enacting ‘Reform Lite’ policies.

As disgusting as it is disappointing

Good opportunity for experimental television here in which we only see shots of food mysteriously cooking itself as all the people are edited out.

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…

Scientists continue warning for the impact of AI on science as AI based on LLM produces 1/2 truths and nonsensical stuff undermining confidence especially when important nuances get lost

Here @irisvanrooij.bsky.social with a call on other scientists and more references

There are PLENTY of men’s teams out there who could do with Sarina Wiegman

Why can't I be a floaty summer person, and arrive everywhere perfect and unbothered, instead of turning up like Brian Blessed clambering out of a tumble dryer?

I see Wimbledon have replaced line judges with robots, yet they still ignore my suggestion to replace all the ball boys and ball girls with a single Jack Russell terrier.

BBC not much better. In fact worse

The world we live in today exists because belligerent leaders face no serious consequences to their actions.

Invade another country? Kill civilians waiting for food and aid? Deport and kidnap people off the street? No worries we’ll tickle you and turn the other way.

Where’s the leadership?

GIVE IT TO STANLEY TUCCI (real ones will know)

What, that he’s a bit mental and needs to be sectioned?

No shit, Sherlock

Woke up this morning, hungover, with no coffee. None, of any sort, anywhere in the house. If you want to learn how thin the line is between you and a crazed drug fiend I highly recommend it.

Annotated graphic showing flight paths of JL48 and AY61 from Helsinki to Tokyo compared to the great circle distance between the two airports.

Yesterday, Japan Airlines and Finnair flights from Helsinki to Tokyo took very different routes. Even though it flew further, Finnair beat JAL to Haneda. We look at some of the flight planning considerations. flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...

Anyone still saying the US is a "democracy in decline" or "democracy under threat" isn't paying attention. American democracy has been dead for months. It is now a full-on fascist state.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds

Sold my dining table. Wanted to get rid of it fairly quickly, so dropped it to £20.

Guy who came to pick it up said ‘I thought you’d made a mistake I’d have paid £200 for this!’

Honestly team it’s dangerously close to ‘putting the heating on’ territory today

Dani Carvajal as co author, or writing the foreword

Nick Faldo, speaking about Rory McIlroy on the Masters coverage:

‘He’ll have tee shots on every hole’

Thanks for confirming that, Nick. I didn’t realise

Nightmares incoming!
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The very first dental tourism theme issue of BDJ In Practice.
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Check it out www.nature.com/bdjinpractic...

Kudos to the heavily pregnant lady at the train station this morning eating a share sized bar of chocolate straight from the wrapping. Very impressive

‘Uncomfortable truths’: controversial film challenges authorship of famous photo The Stringer, which premiered at Sundance, alleges that an incorrect credit was given for iconic ‘Napalm Girl’ picture A controversial new documentary that premiered at the Sundance film festival on Saturday night disputes the authorship of one of the…

‘Uncomfortable truths’: controversial film challenges authorship of famous photo