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@amendlocke

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🍽️ The Glasgow Food & Drink Wrap: 5 - 12 March 2026 Clydeside Containers update, PG Fast Food opens, Rafas Diner closing, Sugo West End, new Madhras Dosa, and more...

🍽️ The Glasgow Food & Drink Wrap: 5 - 12 March 2026
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The Glasgow Wrap πŸ—ž Weekend Guide 6 - 8 March 2026 Red infection incident alert level at QEUH, council in talks to sell dozens of museum artefacts, Partick church to become events venue, council loses bid to remove Govan showpeople + The Weekend Guide

The Glasgow Wrap πŸ—ž Weekend Guide 6 - 8 March 2026
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06.03.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The London Minute ⏰ Friday 6 March 2026 Saharan dust pollution alert, 'mass shoplifting' plan thwarted, measles cases still rising, 10m people's data stolen in TfL hack + Kew Palm House set for revamp

The London Minute ⏰ Friday 6 March 2026
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The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 24 - 26 October 2025 New concert hall gets £20m 'lifeline', St James Quarter in Westfield deal, weekend protests + Portobello Food Market returns

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 6 - 8 March 2026
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06.03.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The London Minute ⏰ Thursday 5 March 2026 Homeless people offered chairs not beds, e-scooter demand rising, arrests over 'school wars' posters + Freight Brixton gets rooftop ready

The London Minute ⏰ Thursday 5 March 2026
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05.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A cream jug on a table, with a cloth with oranges, on the wall behind a study of a man sitting on a bed.

A cream jug on a table, with a cloth with oranges, on the wall behind a study of a man sitting on a bed.

#SomethingBeautiful another still life from my aunt, Mary Lace. The painting on the wall is one she did in college.

05.03.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Glasgow Wrap πŸ—žοΈ Thursday 5 March 2026 First Minister "confident" QEUH safe, council invites Glaswegians to invest in green schemes, International Women's Day at City Chambers + Highland calf born in Pollok Park

The Glasgow Wrap πŸ—žοΈ Thursday 5 March 2026
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The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Thursday 5 March 2026 Help investigate flat evictions, PC Freddie the Springer Spaniel finds £364k drugs, another huge ship in Leith + cherry blossom picnic at Starbank Park

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Thursday 5 March 2026
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05.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

PrΓ©cis of the prΓ©cis: the US wants to treat literally every other country as an enemy, while wanting every other country to treat the US like an ally.

05.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17085 πŸ” 5957 πŸ’¬ 512 πŸ“Œ 493

*Let's not overlook the world's warmest and kindliest chatbot instantly transforming into a carnivorous killbot war-machine

05.03.2026 08:17 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

02.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 10152 πŸ” 2172 πŸ’¬ 442 πŸ“Œ 161

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

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Europe Abandons Both Integrity and Influence on Iran In response to Trump’s strikes, European leaders have created an alternate reality to escape their hypocrisy.

"Europeans have chosen ... to reconcile their values and beliefs by inventing a parallel reality. They continue to profess norms but apply them to an imaginary world in which Iran woke up one morning and attacked Israel and its Gulf neighbors"

05.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

As many people have correctly pointed out: the worst outcome of this war is nuclear annihilation.

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πŸ•Ί The Glasgow Culture Wrap: 3 - 10 March 2026 Yardworks returns, inside Trongate eviction row, CCA update, Cafe D'Jaconelli exhibit in Maryhill, new art shows, creative opportunities and funding, what's on the stages this week + more...

πŸ•Ί The Glasgow Culture Wrap: 3 - 10 March 2026
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The Glasgow Wrap πŸ—žοΈ Wednesday 4 March 2026 Council makes Β£3m in interest sitting on growth fund, new Mitchell Library plans approved, Tron Steeple works completed, old Haghill Primary School faΓ§ade saved + World Cup at TRNSMT

The Glasgow Wrap πŸ—žοΈ Wednesday 4 March 2026
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The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Wednesday 4 March 2026 Police criticise tabloid misinformation over Sighthill, Napier strikes enter tenth day, green light for city's 12th Black Sheep Coffee cafe + International Women's Day events

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Wednesday 4 March 2026
www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

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The London Minute ⏰ Wednesday 4 March 2026 Grenfell Tower demolition paused, £231m Barbican revamp approved, pollution warning + Kentish Town's new 'Neighbourhood Space' plan for former cinema

The London Minute ⏰ Wednesday 4 March 2026
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Andrew gives up lease on another Crown Estate property The former prince hands back a property in Ascot, with lease documents showing an annual rent of Β£13,000.

ANNUAL RENT OF WHAT www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.03.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3

at some point. and it may not be in my lifetime. there will be a reassessment of the Late Queen and her decisions around AMW.

04.03.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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"The UK-US relationship is like an iceberg, seven-eighths of it is beneath the surface"
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Ex-UK National Security Adviser Sir Mark Lyall Grant says that despite Trump's "not Churchill we're dealing with" remarks about Starmer, "all will be well by the end of the week"

BBC Newsnight O @BBCNews... β€’10h "The UK-US relationship is like an iceberg, seven-eighths of it is beneath the surface" X Ex-UK National Security Adviser Sir Mark Lyall Grant says that despite Trump's "not Churchill we're dealing with" remarks about Starmer, "all will be well by the end of the week"

Yes: we gladly swallow any insults, ignore their open contempt, assist in wars that are devastating to our own national interest and sit quietly while the America government openly tries to shitehouse us towards fascism, like them. Why? You tell me mate: because It’s How Things Are Done, I guess.

04.03.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Found: The 19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

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1897 automaton film! www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...

03.03.2026 08:34 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Glasgow Wrap πŸ—žοΈ Tuesday 3 March 2026 New QEUH infection fears, Glasgow Caledonian University plans to axe 100 jobs, Scottish Labour promises Glasgow Airport rail link, Trongate arts hub leases terminated + Clydeside Easter Funland

The Glasgow Wrap πŸ—žοΈ Tuesday 3 March 2026
theglasgowwrap.substack.com/p/the-glasgo...

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The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Tuesday 3 March 2026 Misinformation rife after Sighthill 'stabbing', bar staff laid off after BrewDog collapse, Leith pub's 'urgent' holiday flats appeal + The Reeling trad music festival is coming to town

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Tuesday 3 March 2026
www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

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The London Minute ⏰ Tuesday 3 March 2026 Croydon sports centre fire, school wars 'hoax' claim, billionaire's art sale + ghost signs revealed at Oval tube station

The London Minute ⏰ Tuesday 3 March 2026
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"Once upon a time a widow had two darling little girls & they made friends with a bear & a dwarf was mean to them & when the dwarf got knocked dead the bear became a prince & married Snow White & lived happily ever after"

Me: I can do something with that

100,000 words later: BONE & BLOOD :D

03.03.2026 09:53 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a hugely important story: everyone concerned with learning and truth should read it. Presented with prompts about a lesser-known turn-of-the-last-century composer, an LLM produces a nice, clear readable evaluation of her Symphony No. 1 - which DOESN'T EXIST. Everything is made up. πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

02.03.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why we should care about ChatGPT's accuracy gap I tested ChatGPT on my area of expertise. The results are a problem for future knowledge

If you teach please show your students this. If you're a student, please read this.

The answers LLMs generate are not all alike. They are more likely to hallucinate on topics we don't already know a lot about. Even answers with "sources" shouldn't be trusted.
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02.03.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8
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The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Monday 2 March 2026 Nursery shuts without notice, Argyle House rescue bid amid changes at CodeBase, Beltane Fire Festival tickets + new bookshop for Leith

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Monday 2 March 2026
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