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Resisting the global rise of Fascism. Development writer. Sixth book of poetry, Understorey, coming out later this year. Librettist and amateur artist. LLMs are a scourge. ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Your descendants will be impressed that you made it through a global pandemic *and* WWIII. ๐Ÿคช

13.03.2026 05:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All title case. This reeks of ChatGPT. ๐Ÿ˜†

13.03.2026 05:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And so it has proved. This is a decent enough explainer. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

13.03.2026 04:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cape Town sweats in 40ยฐC heatwave | News24 Cape Town is sweltering under a scorching heatwave, with Wednesday expected to be the hottest day of the week as temperatures soar across the Western Cape.

It was 27ยฐC when I left my French class at 7.45pm tonight. Hard to sleep when it gets this hot. "Cape Town sweats in 40ยฐC heatwave" www.news24.com/southafrica/...

12.03.2026 19:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’š

12.03.2026 19:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING ๐Ÿšจ: JP Morgan

$JPM forced to mark downs loans and has decided to reduce lending to private credit groups ๐Ÿคฏ Blue Owl, Blackstone, BlackRock, now JP Morgan ๐Ÿ‘€

11.03.2026 11:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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It's all in here.

12.03.2026 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They do. ๐Ÿคฎ

12.03.2026 18:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or they could just relocate to Mar-a-Lago. ๐Ÿคช

12.03.2026 16:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean, this is *such* a good way for us to clear out all the racists, grifters and criminals who are drawn to Trump like iron filings to a magnet. Let's not encourage them to come back! LOL

12.03.2026 15:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone just sent me the Tilly Norwood video, which is kitsch AI propaganda deluxe. Perhaps the End Times really are approaching.

11.03.2026 19:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can you spot the moment a sedately profitable software provider for decades decided it wanted in on the Gen AI cash incinerator train?

11.03.2026 09:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

LOL

11.03.2026 15:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thousands of white expats head back to SA despite Trumpโ€™s โ€˜persecutionโ€™ claims | News24 Thousands of white South Africans are coming back to South Africa, despite Donald Trumpโ€™s statements that the white minority is being persecuted by the countryโ€™s black majority government.

This made me laugh. www.news24.com/southafrica/...

11.03.2026 12:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's US English. What about one with UK English for those of us not in the US? ๐Ÿ˜‹

11.03.2026 05:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's a great definition!

10.03.2026 15:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

10.03.2026 07:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 7849 ๐Ÿ” 2654 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 236 ๐Ÿ“Œ 144

I know our expectations for this administration are in the basement but it is INSANE they started a war without a plan for the Strait of Hormuz.

10.03.2026 10:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1805 ๐Ÿ” 463 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77 ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Not quite as curmudgeonly as Ed, but just as incisive.

10.03.2026 13:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Secret Lies of AI I recently listened to an excellent podcast from the team at QAA, investigating a phenomenon that is both at once very new and extremelyโ€ฆ

With Forbes warning the Gen AI bubble bursting will wipe $40 trillion off global markets, I wrote about the foundational lies the industry tells about the usefulness, durability, accuracy and - yes - intelligence of its products

All of which are weapons-grade horseshit
medium.com/@patchgaley/...

16.10.2025 11:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Something Big Is Happening. (No, not that) Gen AI is like Covid in that it is bad for you even if it never infects you.

"This is one of many reasons handled the keys to global decision making to AI agents is such a uniquely bad idea, akin to getting your cat to manage your stock portfolio." ๐Ÿ˜‚ www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...

10.03.2026 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thousands of authors publish โ€˜emptyโ€™ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

Solidarity! ๐Ÿ‘Š Thousands of authors publish โ€˜emptyโ€™ book in protest over AI using their work www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

10.03.2026 10:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sounds incredibly exciting! I am doing a short course on international security at the moment.

10.03.2026 09:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
National Gardens Week 2026 - SANBI Your free passport to nature, celebrate, restore, and protect all life Introducing National Gardens Week 2026, a celebration of the beauty and significance of South Africaโ€™s botanical and zoological g...

This week is National Gardens Week, which means various botanical gardens, including Walter Sisulu and Kirstenbosch, are offering free entry.

Details:
www.sanbi.org/event/nation...

10.03.2026 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So true.

10.03.2026 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He wouldn't have the discipline, mental acuity or patience for war. Preening idiot.

10.03.2026 09:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But he can? What an idiot.

10.03.2026 06:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฎ

10.03.2026 03:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha. I did just that today.

09.03.2026 19:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36ยฐC per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expec...

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades | New Scientist
www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

08.03.2026 18:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2114 ๐Ÿ” 1180 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106 ๐Ÿ“Œ 95