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It’s funny how you make up your own red herrings in your head. I took one look at Penn and tried to convince myself Sean Brown and Sean Duke are definitely 100% famous names too and like “I’ve definitely got in the back of my mind they’re the real names of famous rappers” or something.

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It’s actually not as confusing as it used to be. Once you remember Donald Trump was the reality tv star he was for decades in the US. reach the realisation that Donald Trump’s sole motivation is to be the richest and most famous person who ever lived (and that he had little care about anything else, certainly not the lives or suffering of other human beings), and to do that he’s used reality tv and The Real Housewives shows as inspiration by constantly exaggerating bitchy arguments and .then exaggerating making up a short time later and continuing that cycle in an ever escalating degree. Avcording to an episode of the Rest us Politics, it’s allegedly an open secret Trump and his cronies all make billions off betting on the markets before he makes big announcements knowing what’s coming and high ups in the US were showing them how you could see them making money off all his moves by how they place bets just before the endless up-and-down news cycles of escalating shit.,. Then you realise Elon Musk is currently the same and trying to drive the same thing amongst the tech bros and in various European countries It’s not confusing like it used to be when there’s all kinds of secret negotiations and real politik - thar doesn’t happen anymore, it’s all just public spats on twitter. The Zelenskyy attack in the White House, ratxheting up Switzerland’s tarryffs because he found the PM too whiny on the phone, it really is that basic and crass, The world has become a Reality TV show, one that doesn’t care who lives or dies, as long as there’s drama to drown out all the shit so they can make more money of the escalating cycle of drama.

A worthy reminder in these times. The Mower by Philip Larkin The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed. It had been in the long grass. I had seen it before, and even fed it, once. Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world Unmendably. Burial was no help: Next morning I got up and it did not. The first day after a death, the new absence Is always the same; we should be careful Of each other, we should be kind While there is still time.

AI has made this thread much less fun the past year or two.

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I think this Reform councillor in Nottingham sums them up, they spend £75k on flags to which someone says “you could’ve fixed 1,000 potholes with that money” to which they say “shut up about the flags, we’ve run out of money” It’s all just meaningless culture war shit, it’s not about fixing the country (in fact they want the country to be run down so they can continually go on about what a shithole Britain is and talk the country down ad nauseam).

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Looks like everyone doing well today. The green group was one of the easiest I remember. Connections Puzzle #1000🎉 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Nah. You’re years behind your conspiracy theories. It’s to advocate for the use of AI weaponry and the need for AI surveillance on every key stroke, every Google/AI search, every message and GPS position everyone ever uses on their devices. So one dodgy message against The Party or The Corporation from 15 years and your AI social credit scores will make you unemployable at best. You saw the scene being say with Trump’s rants against Anthropic. Insane how they’re able to pin point and take out these incredibly guarded leaders in Venezuela and Iran who’ll be some of the most heavily guarded people in the world with such ease now, just saying… (I don’t know whether I’m even being tongue in cheek or this is actually happening anymore jfc)

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Yep. We’re sitting by and turning Earth into Dungeon Crawler Carl. https://san.com/cc/what-your-meta-smart-glasses-record-doesnt-stay-on-your-smart-glasses-data-labeling-contractors-say/ Contractors for Meta say they’ve been tasked with reviewing highly sensitive footage recorded by the company’s AI-powered smart glasses. The contractors, based in Nairobi, Kenya, claim to have seen everything from individuals using the bathroom to taking off their clothes. Speaking with the Swedish newspapersSvenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten, employees with the data annotation business Sama said that complaints about the review process have been met with swift termination. “You understand that it is someone’s private life you are looking at, but at the same time you are just expected to carry out the work,” one contractor said. “You are not supposed to question it. If you start asking questions, you are gone.” Graphic footage captured Meta has tasked Sama with a job known as data labeling, which requires humans to review and annotate video to train AI models. The glasses record footage any time a user enables a feature known as “live AI.” The feature allows users to ask questions and receive answers about what they are seeing. “Your glasses camera and microphone are continuously active during the session so that Meta AI’s responses are faster and related to what you’re seeing,” Meta says. But what people see and record isn’t private. Meta’s terms of use state that the company reserves the right to retain and review all interactions with its AI. Meta also says that users should refrain from sharing any sensitive information with its AI, given that it can be reviewed either by automated processes or humans. But the contractors say Meta has failed to properly inform users that their footage is being seen by humans. “In some videos you can see someone going to the toilet, or getting undressed,” a contractor said. “I don’t think they know, because if they knew they wouldn’t be recording.” In one incident, a contractor claims to have clearly seen a user’s debit card, including the account number. Other stories are much more graphic. Sometimes the footage captures pornography the users watched. And sometimes the glasses film the users’ own sex acts. “You think that if they knew about the extent of the data collection, no one would dare to use the glasses,” another contractor said. Aside from sensitive video, chat logs also reveal intimate details on users’ lives. Another worker reported hearing conversations in which one user discussed criminal activity. Another chat with the AI centered around a user’s attendance at a protest.

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c1w558dw92zo Some people find protesters cringey or whatever but if there was anything to protest against it’s this shit. Allowing the US government to use AI for spyware and complete autonomous AI weapons. Why are we giving our humanity up to machine minds?

This is from last week so just before the Iran stuff but fair to say not very https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54187-how-popular-is-donald-trump-in-europe-february-2026 United Kingdom February’s tracker poll found that 13% of British respondents had a favourable opinion of Donald Trump and 83% had an unfavourable opinion. This represents a slight decrease in popularity since January’s survey, with the number of British people holding a favourable view three points lower and the number with an unfavourable view remains largely the same Still better than the Danes… February’s tracker poll found that 3% of Danish respondents had a favourable opinion of Donald Trump and 95% had an unfavourable opinion.

Sadly some of the UK right wing press and certainly Farage have started putting America’s interest over Britain’s since Trump came back to power. Like it’s some international MAGA movement like the old international communist movements in the 80s, it’s weird.

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That was always clear though. I think why he’s lost so much support the past few months is that he’s openly been cheering on America and Trump over Britain, which when he claims to be the patriotic option makes his patriotism look really fake. I think this cheering on Trump in Iran when most British people don’t want us to invade and remember the scars of Iran only hurt him more

Latest yougov poll has Greens only 2 points behind Reform now and Reform dropped from 33% to 23% in less than 6 months. Reform 23% Greens 21% Labour 16% Con 16% Lib Dem 14%