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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

The Unsustainable Strain Of AI’s Insatiable Power Needs This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how electric cars could get much cheaper and Rivian’s RJ Scaringe on China’s EV price advantage

The rapid proliferation of services powered by artificial intelligence, ranging from the genuinely useful to the frivolous to the unnecessary, has a common element: the need for vast amounts of electricity and water for the data centers that make them possible.

That is something. Sounds like the pricing is based on what they want to earn for the week (ie, they're counting on filling the shared rooms) but it's nonsensical.

Totally agree. It would be *very* uncomfortable if I hadn't grown up with that as default! I'm not good with being waited on generally.

Obviously the whole economic situation behind this treatment is deeply upsetting, but that's the postcolonial deal, right. The cheery friendly interactions were just nice.

Ah now I'm South African, learning to put petrol in my own car was really *rather* intimidating. I was completely used to the princess deal. People leap into action and wash your windscreen and offer to check your oil and water, and you give them a nice tip and there is big smile!

sold :-) Thanks for the tip!

Oof.

oh come onnnnnn
"Postplagiarism"? Really? pffft

Also, perhaps I need to make allowances for the fact this was published two years ago, but by now there's so much evidence that AI absolutely does diminish human critical thinking & creativity. *As was always obvious*.

"Redneck" may have different origins & associations in different contexts. I've always thought it referred to sunburn, as was the case in South Africa where "rooinek" became the standard insult for a Brit.

The best solution.

To opt out: settings & privacy > data privacy > data for genAI improvement.

Wie niedlich. Musks Baby will seinem Vater einfach nur gefallen, ist doch süß.

The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.

OOHHHHH! 🤩

AHAHAHAAA

BRILLIANT.

Well that does make things difficult. Psht.

November to February are officially carbs and cheese season, he needs to get on board. I spose you can give him one more week...

Excellent!
If you, like me, have cheddar but no fancy parmesan on hand, I will say that it works very well and is even easier. Use the chunky grater and just stir it through the spaghetti at the end with a splash of the pasta water, you don't need to do the whole blitzing thing.

If nowt but cheese (there must surely always be cheese) but you have some tinned or frozen sweetcorn, there is this
smittenkitchen.com/2023/08/corn...

If fridge holds eggs and a few lost veg, maybe try frittata? Especially if you can start with bacon fat.

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

"So much activity, so much enthusiasm, so little return. Why?...while some employees are using [AI] to polish good work, others use it to create content that is actually unhelpful, incomplete, or missing crucial context about the project at hand."

On AI-generated "workslop"
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

PSA: You can tell Pinterest not to show you genAI content, at least in certain categories. Do it via "refine your recommendations" in Settings.

newsroom.pinterest.com/en-gb/news/p...

Anybody fancy moving to Hebden Bridge? My lovely friend has to move closer to work and is selling his ridiculously stylish house... I'd move in myself if I could!

www.ewemove.com/property/for...

Same.

Here's something that's not talked about enough

The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year

1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Well that's the attention getting feature - using it exactly as intended!

Huh.

So how do you make iced tea without first making hot tea?
I am probably going to regret asking, aren't I.

See also: honking to relieve your feelings at annoying drivers, which mainly serves to raise the stress levels of everyone *else* on the road.