Lmst

I asked Gemini 3 "Draw a diagram showing tiller, rudder post and rudder (based on typical 30 ft sloop)"
It produced this grotesquely bad diagram!!
How can it be so stupid?

David Colquhoun on Bluesky boosted:

Reposting with proper #alttext ('image/jpeg' isn't really helpful)

#computers

Pranay Pathole @PPathole

1973:
-What are you doing with that 4KB of RAM?
-Sending people to the moon.

2019:
- What are you doing with that 16GB of RAM and 102% CPU?
- Excel has a dialogue box open somewhere.

David Colquhoun on Bluesky boosted:

If you still support Trump and his administration, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party.

I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.

I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.

So will others. So will history.

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Friday, February 6, 2026

What happens when oligarchs own media -- Ukraine strikes Russia's Oreshnik launch site in Kapustin Yar with Flamingo missiles -- Epstein's Russia connections, explained -- I tested Russia's AI. It knows the truth, but it's been trained to lie ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/friday-february-6-2026/

Launch of the Flamingo cruise missile in an undated photo. (militarnyi.com)

A long and constructive interview of Gordon Brown on this morning's BBC Today Programme. Even the interviewer, Amol Rajan, managed to limit his customary sneering. Well worth listening to.

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116022803319662931

Another fine thread from @pluralistic

The #UCL World Cancer Day: Public Lecture streamed on Youtube is very (over)optimistic about the role of AI in drug design and in silico clinical trials (ouch). Computer people always overestimate the reliability of data. One day, perhaps (and perhaps not).
https://www.youtube.com/live/T2um3A7-in0

Journalists really want prime ministers to change every 10 minutes. I like #bbcpaddy very much on #BBCBroadcsstingHouse, but even he can't rescue the wreck that #BBCNewsnight has become, It used to be a really good programme.

@nolan Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has".

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"President Trump’s call for nationalizing voting in America is fundamentally racist, and in case you missed the dog whistle from two days ago, he said it loud and clear yesterday:

Take a look at Detroit…take a look at Philadelphia, take a look at Atlanta. The federal government should not allow that. The federal government should get involved.'"

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #elections #racism #Detroit #Philadelphia #Atlanta
/8

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-trump-doj-has-utterly-collapsed

Usually #TheConversation is quite reliable and rigorous. Sadly, not this time. There's a lot of make-believe in this piece.
https://theconversation.com/the-healing-power-of-poisonous-plants-273843

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Thanks to a heads-up post from @appagalcrochet, I hauled out my telescope this morning to check out newly-formed sunspot region 4366 — an area ten times wider than the Earth! It’s been emitting powerful X-class solar flares, which reportedly triggered radio blackouts across the South Pacific. The fact that life is able to exist at all on our tiny orb amid such unimaginably powerful cosmic forces continues to amaze me.

#photography #astrophotography #sun #sunspots #solarflare

Photo of the sun taken on Feb 2, 2026 at 11:16am. The sun appears as a large orange ball surrounded by a reddish glow softening into black at the edges of the frame. Several sunspots pepper the sun’s western side, particularly a row of very dark spots at the upper left quadrant. Taken with an iPhone 15 attached to a 130mm reflector telescope with a solar filter.

If you haven't watched tonight's #BBCPanorama, please watch on iPlayer. It's about Steven Rosenberg, the BBC's superb, and very brave, Russia correspondent. He does a superb job.

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Just listened to last night's BBC #Newscast on The Rapist's temper tantrum.

Listening to #ToryLaura both-sides-ing it all was pretty sickening.

"Some people say that Putin has done terrible things".

Seriously, #Kuenssberg? "Some people say"?

#Ukraine #UkraineWar #SlavaUkraini

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The Dutch version of the BBC (very simply put) has started consistently stating in every article about Trump that he has a history of lying and saying nonsense. It's really satisfying.

"President Trump, who often lies, said that..."

It's a small thing, but it cheers me up.

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Remember that time I ended up in court with Elon Musk after he bet me the cave diver was a pedo?

Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.