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Scam Sharer - free Which? tool:

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“How did you come across the scam? ”

— from Scam Sharer - free Which? tool as of 6 November 2025

Prompt Engineering Newest Technique Is Verbalized Sampling That Stirs AI To Be Free-Thinking And Improve Your Responses

Prompt Engineering Newest Technique Is Verbalized Sampling That Stirs AI To Be Free-Thinking And Improve Your Responses 

"craft your prompt to tell the AI to come up with multiple answers based on the internal probability distribution associated with the pattern-matching within the AI. You can then ask the AI to show the various answers, accompanied by their probabilities, or you can simply instruct the AI to show you the one that has the highest, lowest, or some other selection criteria in terms of probabilities."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2025/11/01/prompt-engineering-newest-technique-is-verbalized-sampling-that-stirs-ai-to-be-free-thinking-and-improve-your-responses/

Scientists Have Uncovered a 3rd State of Life, Which Starts After Cell Death

Scientists Have Uncovered a 3rd State of Life, Which Starts After Cell Death https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a62244774/biobots-third-state/

d/acc: one year later

Vitalik Buterin:

“We, humans, continue to be the brightest star. The task ahead of us, of building an even brighter 21ˢᵗ century that preserves human survival and freedom and agency as we head toward the stars, is a challenging one. But I am confident that we are up to it.”

— from d/acc: one year later as of 3 November 2025

Fontenelle, Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Aliens

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“Conversations with a Lady, on the Plurality of Worlds. Written in French by M. Fontenelle, ... Translated by Mr. Glanvill. the Fourth Edition. with the Addition of a Sixth Conversation”

— from Fontenelle, Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds; - AbeBooks as of 3 November 2025

GIRL MUSIC 007: LEADBELLY | “I Was Rollin’ Honey from Sun to Sun” – Juno Rylee Journalism

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““Irene” became the most popular song of 1950, with The New York Times estimating the song could be heard 1,400 times a minute across 2,583 radio stations, 99 television stations, and 400,000 jukeboxes nationwide.”

— from GIRL MUSIC 007: LEADBELLY | “I Was Rollin’ Honey from Sun to Sun” – Juno Rylee Journalism as of 2 November 2025

The Return of the Luddites | Los Angeles Review of Books

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“What Silicon Valley frames as a revolution in thinking, Bender and Hanna reframe as more of the same: an intensification of automated systems that call for the kind of humanist pushback Byron once gave the loom.”

— from The Return of the Luddites | Los Angeles Review of Books as of 1 November 2025

AI and digital twins to serve increasingly complex robot management

AI and digital twins to serve increasingly complex robot management | Computer Weekly https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/AI-and-digital-twins-to-serve-increasingly-complex-robot-management https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/AI-and-digital-twins-to-serve-increasingly-complex-robot-management?utm_campaign=20251028_Post+Office+paid+one+law+firm+more+for+inquiry+representation+than+cost+of+actual+inquiry&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MDN&source_ad_id=366632887&asrc=EM_MDN_320838018&bt_ee=Dj40IQAmpj3%2B%2FFhHQbTeFIVrG0x6TP%2BkDWCmJlj7iCE%3D&bt_ts=1761650918100

Hommfer – Waffle Cotton Bathrobe with V-Neck

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“Enjoy absolute comfort with this waffle cotton V-neck bathrobe. Made from soft, breathable cotton fabric, it feels comfortable without overheating. Its elegant collar, adjustable waistband, and practical pockets make it ideal for relaxing in the bathroom with elegance and simplicity.”

— from Hommfer – Waffle Cotton Bathrobe with V-Neck as of 1 November 2025

Today, we ran the EU’s “Humanitarian Use Act” (AI-HUA) through the Justice AI GPT Bias Audit

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“Today, we ran the EU’s “Humanitarian Use Act” (AI-HUA) through the Justice AI GPT Bias Audit™”

— from (Today, we ran the EU’s “Humanitarian Use Act” (AI-HUA) through the Justice AI GPT Bias Audit™ | LinkedIn as of 27 October 2025

Russia Declares 9M730 Burevestnik Nuclear Cruise Missile Test Marks Global-Reach Capability

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“Whether the Burevestnik becomes an integrated order-of-battle asset or remains a specialized deterrent instrument, the test underscores a broader reality for NATO capitals: the cruise-missile challenge is diversifying in propulsion, routing, and persistence faster than legacy air-defense and arms-control frameworks were built to handle.”

— from Russia Declares 9M730 Burevestnik Nuclear Cruise Missile Test Marks Global-Reach Capability as of 26 October 2025

Thermomix TM6 + Potato Peeling Attachment + Vegetable Grater - Large Set (White) : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

Ultimate kitchen machine?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thermomix-TM6-Potato-Attachment-Vegetable/dp/B0BWNK38ZJ

Photos: Minnie Driver Counts Every Brilliant Thing in London's West End | Playbill

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“In the work, a nameless protagonist faces a distant father, a suicidal mother, and their own inexplicable deep sadness. And in a spark of childhood genius, they counteract these obstacles by chronicling every brilliant thing in the world—first to cheer up their depressed mother, and later for friends, lovers, and themself. ”

— from Photos: Minnie Driver Counts Every Brilliant Thing in London's West End | Playbill as of 24 October 2025

Order Valium (Diazepam) without prescription with low price | UK-Pharm24

Order Valium (Diazepam) without prescription with low price | UK-Pharm24:

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“Commercial Name: Valium Active Ingredient: Diazepam Production form: Pills Utilization: Anti-Anxiety Available Dosage: 10mg”

— from Order Valium (Diazepam) without prescription with low price | UK-Pharm24 as of 22 October 2025

OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry

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“Everything that I'm describing is the result of a tech industry — including media and analysts — that refuses to do business with reality, trafficking in ideas and ideology, celebrating victories that have yet to take place, applauding those who have yet to create the things they're talking about, cheering on men lying about what's possible so that they can continue to burn billions of dollars and increase their wealth and influence. I understand why others might not have written this piece. What I am describing is a systemic failure, one at a scale hereto unseen, one that has involved so many rich and powerful and influential people agreeing to ignore reality, and that’ll have crushing impacts for the wider tech ecosystem when it happens.”

— from OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry as of 19 October 2025

In Simulated Social Network Made of AI Bots, Cliques, Echo Chambers, Extremes, and Elites Emerge in Days — Konsyse

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“It did not take long for issues to emerge. The network split into well-defined echo chambers, with agents almost exclusively following others who shared their political beliefs. A handful of users gained an overwhelming share of attention, while more extreme voices consistently attracted larger audiences. Familiar patterns of online polarization unfolded in miniature.”

— from In Simulated Social Network Made of AI Bots, Cliques, Echo Chambers, Extremes, and Elites Emerge in Days — Konsyse as of 19 October 2025

UK energy system is "screwed" says Octopus Energy CEO | TechRadar

Helpful insights into the impact of AI on the electricity consumption models and infrastructure needs relative to renewable energy.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/uk-energy-system-is-screwed-says-octopus-energy-ceo

The selfish ‘Net and the Big One | Network World

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“the Internet continues to function at the whim of those who know how to bring it down.”

— from The selfish ‘Net and the Big One | Network World as of 18 October 2025

Cybersecurity’s New Imperative: Defending Enterprise and National Cognitive Infrastructures (by strengthening the mental immune system) :: Bsides London 2024 :: pretalx

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“In 1991, Winn Schwartau, the civilian architect of information warfare postulated cyberwar in front of US Congress. Today, he warns that America faces a national security crisis; a cognitive Pearl Harbor waiting to happen. The lack of a national security imperative to strengthen our population's mental immune systems and our ability to coexist with technology makes America's cognitive infrastructure essentially defenseless.”

— from Cybersecurity’s New Imperative: Defending Enterprise and National Cognitive Infrastructures (by strengthening the mental immune system) :: Bsides London 2024 :: pretalx as of 18 October 2025

Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers

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Bengaluru Call Centre Scam: Bengaluru Police Expose Major Digital Fraud

Bengaluru Call Centre Scam: Bengaluru Police Expose Major Digital Fraud https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/digital-arrest-scam-bengaluru-police-bust-call-centre-that-conned-us-and-canadian-citizens-3764060

View of The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence | First Monday

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— from View of The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence | First Monday as of 15 October 2025

Michael Nielsen | The Institute

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““I’m fascinated by computers as a means of representing and acting on knowledge, of carrying out processes that we’d call cognition if done by humans.””

And https://michaelnotebook.com/vwh/index.html on the Vulnerable World Hypothesis

Also https://michaelnielsen.org/

— from Michael Nielsen | The Institute as of 13 October 2025

Chacruna | Welcome to chacruna media. A collective of researchers and luminaries of psychedelic plant medicine culture, science, spirituality.

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“We aim to co-create a world where plant medicines and other psychedelics are understood, protected, honored, and valued as part of our cultural identity, and integrated into our social, legal and health care systems in ways that are equitable and just.”

— from Chacruna | Welcome to chacruna media. A collective of researchers and luminaries of psychedelic plant medicine culture, science, spirituality. as of 11 October 2025

Car Brain Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won't Fix It. - Bloomberg

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“Three recent books give it a shot. They are part of a growing effort among activists and academics encouraging people around the world — especially in North America and Europe — to reconsider society’s relationship with the automobile. Saving Ourselves from Big Car (Columbia University Press, Sept. 16), by the former literary agent and film producer David Obst, is the most histrionic of the set, with the automotive industry accused of myriad evils that include inviting World War II. Roadkill: Unveiling the True Cost of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars (Wiley, Sept. 16), by Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay, is philosophical, invoking Kant and Rawls to argue that motor vehicles curtail societal freedom, particularly for those who don’t use them. Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile (Penguin Random House, Oct. 21), by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon and Aaron Naparstek, is the most accessible and the most exhaustive of the trio, synthesizing a small mountain of research that explores how automobiles shape human lives and the environment”

— from Car Brain Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won't Fix It. - Bloomberg as of 11 October 2025

Cost of streamlined government procurement portal balloons by eight times

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“A new government procurement platform intended to encourage more small businesses to bid for contracts, driving competition, has seen its costs balloon from an intended £1.5 million to £12 million as multinational consultancies won contracts to build and manage it.”

— from Cost of streamlined government procurement portal balloons by eight times as of 9 October 2025

Romio Joseph - Product Designer & Writer

Romio Joseph - Product Designer & Writer:

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“Amazing Bluesky tool collection ”

— from Romio Joseph - Product Designer & Writer as of 9 October 2025

Bluesky Advanced Search

Bluesky Advanced Search:

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“Search interface that is very handy”

— from Bluesky Advanced Search as of 9 October 2025

We need a Weizenbaum test for AI | Science

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“eLetters is a forum for ongoing peer review. eLetters are not edited, proofread, or indexed, but they are screened. eLetters should provide substantive and scholarly commentary on the article. Neither embedded figures nor equations with special characters can be submitted, and we discourage the use of figures and equations within eLetters in general. If a figure or equation is essential, please include within the text of the eLetter a link to the figure, equation, or full text with special characters at a public repository with versioning, such as Zenodo. Please read our Terms of Service before submitting an eLetter.”

— from We need a Weizenbaum test for AI | Science as of 6 October 2025

An Eclectic Mind - My Anthropic Copyright Claim Bartz Anthropic

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“I wrote about the Anthropic copyright case in three blog posts here, so I’m not going to go into the details again”

— from An Eclectic Mind - My Anthropic Copyright ClaimAn Eclectic Mind as of 5 October 2025

Anthony Falzone - Stanford CIS

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“Tony co-founded CIS’s Fair Use Project, which he led as its Executive Director from 2006 to 2012.”

— from Anthony Falzone - Stanford CIS as of 4 October 2025

AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria | MIT Technology Review

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“The Stanford researchers say they purposely haven’t taught their AI about viruses that can infect people. But this type of technology does create the risk that other scientists—out of curiosity, good intentions, or malice—could turn the methods on human pathogens, exploring new dimensions of lethality.”

— from AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria | MIT Technology Review as of 30 September 2025

Against the protection of stocking frames. — Ethan Marcotte

Against the protection of stocking frames. — Ethan Marcotte:

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“The technology is a failure, and I’d like to invite you to join me in treating it as such. I’m not the first one to land here, of course; the likes of Karen Hao, Alex Hanna, Emily Bender, and more have been on this beat longer than I have. And just to be clear, describing “AI” as a failure doesn’t mean it doesn’t have useful, individual applications; it’s possible you’re already thinking of some that matter to you. But I think it’s important to see those as exceptions to the technology’s overwhelming bias toward failure.”

— from Against the protection of stocking frames. — Ethan Marcotte as of 30 September 2025

See: Karen Hao, Alex Hanna, Emily Bender, 

IASEAI'26 will be 24-25 February 2026

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“The International Association for Safe and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (IASEAI) invites submissions for its second annual conference, taking place 24-25 February 2026 (main conference) and 26 February 2026 (workshop day) in Paris, France.”

— from IASEAI'26 as of 28 September 2025

Media factsheet: eVisas – Home Office in the media

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“British citizens who do not have a British passport because they are dual nationals (excluding Irish passport holders) may need to take action in future regarding how they prove their right of abode. Updates on this will be provided in due course.”

— from Media factsheet: eVisas – Home Office in the media as of 26 September 2025

I’m a Mizrahi Jew. Do I Count as a Person of Color? – The Forward

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“To find out, I spent weeks talking to people in the black, biracial and Mizrahi communities. What I learned surprised me. Turns out, nobody quite knows how to categorize Mizrahi Jews.”

— from I’m a Mizrahi Jew. Do I Count as a Person of Color? – The Forward as of 26 September 2025

Man and children burn alive inside a Tesla unable to open the door

Man and two children burn alive inside a Tesla with rescuers unable to open the car's door

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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." | CCCB LAB

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“In 1962, in his book “Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible”, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated his famous Three Laws, of which the third law is the best-known and most widely cited: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. 

The visualization below aims to explore this concept, offering a general classification of ‘magical acts’ and a timeline of what could be the evolution of their technological counterparts (you can click on any technology or ‘magical family’ and visit Wikipedia to get an idea of the concept).”

Other two laws:

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, they are almost certainly right; when they state something is impossible, they are very probably wrong. 

2. The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

— from "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." | CCCB LAB as of 19 September 2025

Key parts of Trump's economic agenda now in Supreme Court's hands | Reuters

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“Robert Luther III, also a George Mason University law professor, said the president has the power to direct U.S. economic policy and he expects the Supreme Court to agree with Trump both on tariffs and in firing Cook. "President Trump has made clear that his tariff policy is at the heart of his economic policy. If the Supreme Court rips one pillar out of that foundation, the building will collapse," Luther said.”

— from Key parts of Trump's economic agenda now in Supreme Court's hands | Reuters as of 19 September 2025

The Rise of Fileless Malware: The Invisible Cyber Threat Hiding in Memory (and How to Stop It)

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"Because little or nothing touches the disk, it’s harder for signature-based antivirus to flag and block."

True, but who uses purely signature-based antivirus? Are there any products left that only use signatures?

— from The Rise of Fileless Malware: The Invisible Cyber Threat Hiding in Memory (and How to Stop It) as of 18 September 2025

The Quiet Demise of Breakthrough Starshot, a Billionaire’s Interstellar Mission to Alpha Centauri | Scientific American

Cf. Life, filter, reality check

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quiet-demise-of-breakthrough-starshot-a-billionaires-interstellar/ 

Local amplification of seismic waves from the Denali Earthquake and damaging seiches in Lake Union, Seattle, Washington - Barberopoulou - 2004 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library

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“study the spectral amplification of long period (1 to 100 sec) seismic waves in the Puget Lowland, and the coupling of seismic and water waves. The earthquake ruptured along the Denali fault system, one of the largest strike-slip fault systems in the world”

— from Local amplification of seismic waves from the Denali Earthquake and damaging seiches in Lake Union, Seattle, Washington - Barberopoulou - 2004 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library as of 16 September 2025

New Android RAT uses Near Field Communication to automatically steal money from devices | TechRadar

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“RatOn merges traditional overlay attacks with automatic money transfers and NFC relay functionality—making it a uniquely powerful threat”

— from New Android RAT uses Near Field Communication to automatically steal money from devices | TechRadar as of 16 September 2025

Burger King Uses Copyright Law to Nix Security Research

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“The researcher said the dashboard also reported insights based on the audio being run through an artificial intelligence system designed to measure an employee's "friendliness" score. The AI system also assessed how long an employee kept other customers waiting, recorded if they attempted to upsell customers and were successful - including how - and whether they opened every customer interaction with the phrase, "You rule." ”

— from Burger King Uses Copyright Law to Nix Security Research as of 14 September 2025

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EFL Sky Bet Championship table, results, fixtures, stats - The English Football League:

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“Fixtures and table for Coventry City FC results”

— from EFL Sky Bet Championship table, results, fixtures, stats - The English Football League as of 14 September 2025

Best new crime dramas, Sept 2025: Gripping UK TV crime drama

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“Patience, a budding criminologist who has autism and works in Yorkshire Police records department.”

— from Best new crime dramas: Gripping TV crime drama series to know as of 12 September 2025

Home | Bartz, et al. v. Anthropic PBC

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“In the meantime, if you believe Anthropic may have downloaded your book(s) from LibGen or PiLiMi, please click the button below and provide your contact information.  If the settlement is preliminarily approved, formal notice will be sent to class members’ known email and mailing addresses.”

— from Home | Bartz, et al. v. Anthropic PBC as of 12 September 2025

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“The largest truly open library in human history. 53,622,165 books, 101,300,806 papers — preserved forever.”

— from cobb, stephen - Search - Anna’s Archive as of 12 September 2025