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Humanists UK welcomes European resolution to ban conversion practices The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has voted in favour of a resolution calling on member states to introduce a legislative ban on conversion practices. The resolution follows o...

It’s #LGBTHistoryMonth – yet the UK still hasn’t consigned the horrors of ‘conversion therapy’ to the history books. With no ban in place, the law is still not on the side of its victims. For many, it remains nothing more than torture disguised as religious compassion.
humanists.uk/2026/02/02/h...

Dear Isaac Asimov. Now we have self-driving cars that are basically robots, we've figured out the real-world Law of Robotics. It's acceptable to kill humans provided the rate at which they do so is slightly lower than humans would otherwise so so.

Lord of the rings: Merry looks into the glowing palantir orb… and screams

“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”

One of the few Beatles tracks I really love

Yeah - the third time I played this two queers went rogue! First play my lovely party which would have benefited us all was turned into a raid and I got dumped on massively 😂

A reminder to anyone who might need it - it’s okay if 2025 was a generally a crappy year for you and you are pleased to see the back of it!

I once got in a lift in Birmingham (very drunk) to be asked which floor I wanted by Roy Hattersley.

You won’t go wrong with runaway bride or voyage of the damned tbf. And the snowmen has one of the best lines ever with “I’m a lizard woman from the dawn of time and this is my wife”.

It is in my adult world

It really doesn’t (how would you even measure that for writing anyway?). This fallacy that more training data just helps continuously improve AI needs to stop.

I’m struggling here - she wanted to talk, she got to talk, there were some protests but everyone was heard (perhaps in a confrontational way). What exactly is she complaining about?

Leeds trams - the joke that keeps on giving!

Piers Morgan:-Imagine being called Dick Van Dyke in this PC-crazed era? Poor guy. He'll have to change his name to Richard Van Non-Binary-Gender-Fluid. To which DVD posts a pic of his Dr Sloane character with a bored, unimpressed, expression.

This was a belter, too.

Ah - love rating systems. You only gave this game a 6/10, it must be total garbage!!

That is … distinctive… you do wonder when they typed in the AI prompt did they not for one second wonder if this might not be a good idea?

Today we launch the Safe Clinical AI Lab (SCAIL), a new healthcare platform which will bridge the gap between AI research and safe clinical adoption. Our first two blogs are live feat. @lawtontri.bsky.social and Dr Margaret Horton: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

Keep reading this in a Yorkshire accent. T’publican? Aye, ees a reet bad lad.

Jeepers that is unbelievable! Yesterday during my MRI scan I was force advertised dodgy AI. Talk about captive audience. My job is responsible and safe AI so I was less than impressed.

Always get asked this despite being in a same sex relationship. Also they have tried to put me on contraceptives before now. Sure you could say it’s an inclusive policy, but mostly it’s just lazy and making assumptions.

I know someone who is offering a fiver… she may be disturbingly excited

Strangely one of my favourites. I was so scared of the red eyes despite how bloody awful they are painted on later 😂

AI’s thirst for water Alexandra Kis, Avinash Lunj and Rich Kenny from the Government Sustainability Alliance reflect on the environmental challenges associated with AI's high water consumption

Also though sustainableict.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/17/a...

AI’s thirst for water Alexandra Kis, Avinash Lunj and Rich Kenny from the Government Sustainability Alliance reflect on the environmental challenges associated with AI's high water consumption

From the government website sustainableict.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/17/a...

Don’t forget the substantial amounts of water needed to cool all the AI centres they are building or have built.

Respond to them with an equally random photograph. Make it a thing you do…

Majel Barret

Spiel! Soooo many games.

Loud music coming from bloke opposite on train. I complained and he said it wasn’t him and I was a bit rude. Turns out it was him and he hadn’t realised it was his phone. Two hours of not looking at each other. 😂 #awkward

Pretty pleased with my first day as head of security at the Louvre.