Reid Derby

At first I thought GPT 5 had got this right then I saw things like "Tonnessee," "Mississipo" and my personal favourite "West Wigina." Please do not respond just saying the different typos to me we can all read the joke, we all know about "Distrricke"

I’m tired of stupid people treating me like I’m an idiot Why are the biggest backers of generative AI so incredibly stupid? And why do they think we're as dense as they are?

My latest newsletter is about how the generative AI crowd is trying to gaslight people into thinking that genAI is better than it is, and why it fails because these people are, broadly speaking bad and stupid.

whatwelost.substack.com/p/im-tired-o...

A view inside the Sandford Park Alehouse

We're delighted to say that the wonderful Sandford Park Alehouse in Cheltenham will be hosting an Oakham Ales tap takeover starting on Mon 14 July.

The pumps will feature Citra, Endless Summer, Oranje, Green Devil, JHB, Inferno, Bishops Farewell, Citra Unfiltered, Dragon and Hoodlum Pale on keg!

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YouTube video by Novara Media Silicon Valley Insider EXPOSES Cult Like AI Companies | Aaron Bastani Meets Karen Hao

It was such a pleasure to speak with @aaronjbastani.bsky.social for @novaramedia.com about my book Empire of AI. Really thoughtful and thorough questions that explored the many human stories I highlight in my book.

Order the book here: empireofai.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enX...

Google search for “all you can eat buffet near me” Al Overview To find an all-you-can-eat buffet near you, you can use online search engines like Google or Yelp, specifying "all you can eat buffet near me". These searches will typically provide a list of nearby restaurants offering buffet-style dining, including their addresses, contact information, and customer reviews. You can also refine your

The singularity is awesome

FYI, we have one on the go here, too: go.bsky.app/MDUUstc

I just found this Circular Economy starter pack @raechelkelly.bsky.social

YouTube video by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange Middle-aged woman makes tragic music video in a bid to sell a retirement flat in St Albans, Herts.

Joanna Forbes-Lestrange, composer of A Season To Sing, would like us to buy her flat. Enjoy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypSS...

@robinince.bsky.social thank you for such a great event this evening at the Cheltenham Science Festival. I loved the idea of confident vulnerability among other things. I knew when you talked about Oxfam Bookshops and ADHD that I had come to the right event :-)

Strange Loop, Strange Story of False Teeth, Jack of Jumps

Ways of Living, Other Fires, The Flute Player

The true deceiver, lean out, letters of Rachel henning

Lilliput magazines

Oh dear, I walked near Cheltenham’s Oxfam Books

Nice one.

For anyone who missed it. This is beyond parody!

A four panel meme, featuring John Connor talking to The Terminator, from Terminator 2 John: Wait a second, you’re saying you’re from the future? Terminator: Great question! Thanks so much for asking. Let’s think about the answer…hmm! The current year is 1983. Working backwards logically, I’m from the year 1965, which is 300 years in the future. Anything else you’d like to know? John - stares blankly Terminator: I’m sorry, I can see that was not the right answer. I actually came from the year 829392 AD, which is 10 years in the past from this year, which is 3

I am begging for a Hollywood movie or TV writer to make something that features realistic 'artificial intelligence'

Rage, rage against the dying of the mic! Look, I have a book I should be writing, but I have so many other words screaming in my head that I need to write them down first. Buckle up, my darlings, because this post is breaking my social media...

Felt incandescently angry, might delete later.
enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-ag...

Belonging. Stranger Things.

Ukraine says it has uncovered Hungarian spy network working in border region | CNN Ukraine said Friday it had exposed a network of Hungarian spies trying to obtain defense secrets in a border region of Ukraine – the first time it said such an operation has been discovered.

Hungarian spies were caught in Western Ukraine, looking for defense vulnerabilities. Either they are planning to occupy a piece of territory themselves, or they intend to help Putin

edition.cnn.com/2025/05/09/w...

FT Weekend, the Saturday edition of the Financial Times, is now on Bluesky.

Follow us for the best of our journalism, from Life & Arts, HTSI magazine and House & Home to FT Weekend Magazine, FT Money and FT Globetrotter's city guides bsky.app/profile/ftwe...

laura loomer tweet: WOKE MARXIST POPE

Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Now we have the answer. The original story was legit then Bezos backed down.

ANOTHER OMINOUS LABOR MARKET SIGN

The % of consumers who see jobs as being not so plentiful hit its highest level since Covid.

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‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.

Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links.

www.wired.com/story/google...

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papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I use other search engines such as Start.page.

Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia Wikipedia is facing another threat.

The free speech champions are coming for Wikipedia www.theverge.com/news/656720/...

San Francisco, reporting for duty, Saturdays from noon to 2pm. 999 Van Ness Ave, 94109.

It’s the hope that saves you [FREE TO READ] Far from being foolish or self-indulgent, it should be considered a virtue

An Easter column from me

on.ft.com/42GDm5h It’s the hope that saves you

Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy The last bits of fellowship and ingenuity on the web are being swept away by a tide of so-called artificial intelligence

For the FT, I wrote an essay about why the daily experience of the Internet keeps getting worse, tipping us into madness and conflict. I gather ideas about slop, enshittification, and dead internet theory under what I call "the hostile Internet."
www.ft.com/content/5d06...

Congrats @bluesky on 35m !