Dave Langcaster

Capitalism is the reason this technology is in use. Without capitalism the generative AI would be like creating bullets for non-existent guns. There's no single "innovation", it's shaped by the political system.

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Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.

I still get emotional just looking at what is being creating in Tina’s memory. Taking shape now at serious speed ❤️🎾

The Arts and Crafts Movement was a 19th century reaction to the damaging effect of machine-dominated production on both social conditions & the quality of manufactured goods. We need a 21st century version of the movement to counter the effects of AI generated products and 'art'

The problem can be summed up with one question: how many people who can name Jason Arday can name the plagiarising professor at the same institution who is still in post? How many people can name the VC criticised by name in an employment tribunal this week?

It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?

Let's face it: this wasn't even the biggest scandal *at Cambridge University*. Yet the much bigger story, exposed by Byline Times, has scarcely been picked up anywhere. Of course, that involved white, radical-rightwing professors, so nothing to see here. bsky.app/profile/geor...

Indeed 2021, 🤬🤬🤬 bylinetimes.com/2021/12/23/c...

This should be a day of shame for my profession. Unfortunately, most of the media is not renowned for self-reflection. It may be relentless in exposing other people's faults (but in most cases only the faults of those who might threaten the status quo). It is much less prepared to confront its own.

I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.

🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned… By Byline Times raising The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious…

Another new PM, another edition of Byline Times goes to press... Read our exclusive investigation on James Orr, head of policy at Reform & Cambridge professor in print - what's happening at the world-renowned university refusing to answer any of our questions? In shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇

So sad to hear the news about Jason Arday. The poor man was hounded to his death by the media who are just pretending that James Orr isn't a danger to students at Cambridge and a threat to our political system. Byline Times has an excellent expose: bylinetimes.com/2026/07/08/j...

Can I advocate for quitting jobs you hate that make you miserable and/or ill? I've been doing it since I was poor and it has got me everywhere... I recommend it highly.

I'm confident nobody will share this.

Should Nigel Farage be arrested for inciting riots? Like - Yes RT - Instantly

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

All the right now has to offer is conflict. Some of its key figures have moved on from culture wars towards what seems to be a deliberate effort to foment civil war. If you're a conflict entrepreneur, the worse it gets, the better it is for you. Where they break, we must mend, building community.

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove

Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist? Like if he is. RT if he is a traitor.

Don't feed CoPilot after midnight, and don't let it get wet.

1. Dogs 2. Good company in a pub garden on a summer's day 3. A leisurely bike ride in the sunshine

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

genAI is dying repost to make it die faster

Instead of fines for anti social behaviour, coppers should be able to mete out on the spot beatings that they post to social media as a deterrent. Just like the old days, but better!

for every macroscopic event you observe, somewhere on the order of 10^999 bajillion universes are spun up; universes that branch at a similar rate, each one full of suffering beings. the only ethical thing to do is to as quickly and thoroughly as possible diminish your capacity to observe events

Eyes on the hunger strikers, please. I know there’s a lot going on. But this is happening in the UK right now.

Sitting outside a pub on Hull Marina, and Mike Reed (ex Radio 1 DJ, not Frank Butcher from EastEnders) stood near us obviously looking to be recognised. He was wearing very short shorts. We looked him up and down and just said "evening". He looked crushed.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

This whole thread kind of sums up where we are now.

Huge rain here today but that doesn’t stop these 2. Stormzy was told he had to be put to sleep 2 months ago with his brain damage and Big Red was shot 5 times. Would you just look at them now. That’s the joy of being alive❤️

My Mum shared this AI slop with me yesterday. She thought it was a lovely depiction of Hull. I told her it was AI slop, and pointed out how I could tell (the white box van merging into the back of a truck at 00:40 e.g.). She hadn't noticed. The company is called INIT Creative. 🙄

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

Can’t be bothered to search it. Has anyone else done FIFA giving Prince Andrew the babysitter of the year award?

re: LLM answers at the top of search results — it's so funny that they put a little imp who lies to you at the gate to All Human Knowledge. Does Google think it's protecting the city of Thebes??

The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?

When I’m cleaning windows