Dear everyone,
As per the post from the Bodleian librarian below, AI bots and scrapers are putting just about every website under great pressure, British History Online included.
A lot of excellent tech staff are working hard to keep everything working, but outages and siruptions are inevitable.
Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies.
🧵 1/3
Snap! It was supposed to be baked spuds, but it's too late to cook them now.
Copying files from one ssd to another is worse than waiting for the washing machine to finish. It has said time remaining is about 5 seconds for over an hour now. The washer isn't good at guessing time but is better than that.
This is the warning on the blood pressure monitor my dad just got.
Exceptional work. Anybody know what the fuck it’s supposed to mean?
Last line is especially ominous
Utterly perfect last ep of Call the Midwife s15. So many story threads tied up, but so much left for the future. Can't wait to see the prequel series 👏👏👏👏
This - after a public consultation that came down c95% against corporate copyright theft - is a hearty move towards this government’s spineless purchased representatives needing to be hoofed in the crotch by us all, in a big queue until they get the message.
Today marks the first day of meteorological spring 🌷
March has arrived, and with it comes longer, lighter days. Over the next few weeks most of us will enjoy around two extra hours of daylight ☀️
Really excellent @scribelounge.bsky.social 10 page swap & discussion tonight. Particularly useful notes exchanged.
Congrats. That's brilliant 👏👏👏
Naming this garbage-machine after Albert Einstein is insulting on so so many levels.
Fingers firmly crossed 🤞 I just submitted "Millennium Eve" to Raindance Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
(Crouching down, placing one hand in the slime trail right behind a snail) A snail was here, not 1 hour ago.. (Standing up) We're gaining on him
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
In "DSC 13: Goodbye Friends, Goodbye" I wrote about finding Scott Enderle's StackOverflow posts randomly when trying to solve a problem, even after he died. I loathe the idea of all those digital footprints of his getting turned into AI slop, and losing that trace of him in the process.
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
Sending positive vibes for a swift recovery.
Movie era James T Kirk in the command chair ordering an order. (Yes this is a screenshot from Star Trek VI, and Sulu was captain of the Excelsior at this time but work with me.
Roses are red,
Space is pitch black.
Shields up, Mr. Sulu,
They're going to attack!
Roses are red, violets are blue, syntax error in line 32.
A message from your ZX Spectrum.
A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
Be a love and watch me fillum [again]. And ask your pals too plz.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Nerds assemble! I need recommendations for a speaker who can talk not only about the growth in awareness of ADHD/autism in the UK, and the importance of accommodations etc., but also the sociological aspects of underdiagnosis/stigma in women/minority communities etc.
Pls repost for wider reach, ta.
An open book showing a woodcut illustration of a hedgehog
It's #NationalHedgehogDay 🦔 and we're just prickling with excitement 😁 so to celebrate here's a rather adorable #hedgehog from Historiae Animalium (c.1602) by Conrad Gesner.
Russell T Davies on stage at Live Theatre Newcastle during Screenwriting Weelender.
What a brilliant few days at the @newwritingnorth.bsky.social Screenwriting Weekender at @livetheatre.bsky.social in Newcastle.💕 Brilliant generous guests and it was so lovely to catch up with so many fellow writers.
Graphic featuring a WGGB logo with hearts, and the text Show your love for your union this #HeartUnionsWeek www.writersguild.org.uk/heart-unions-26
This week is #HeartUnions Week, an annual celebration of the trade union movement and what we achieve for our members
Show your love for your union by recruiting a fellow writer or, if you’re a UK writer and not yet a member, it's the perfect week to join!
writersguild.org.uk/heart-unions...
Hope you feel better soon, was really looking forward to meeting you. Big hugs.
Amazing news! My script Nighthawks has been selected as a Quarter Finalist in the Manchester Film Festival Screenplay Competition via FilmFreeway.com!
1. Click the link 👇
2. Watch the film 🎬
3. Share with your pals 👯
4. Go to step 1 🔁
🎈 🎈 🎈 🎈 🎈
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
A sailing boat sales on a calm sea at dusk. The sunset reflects in the water with an orangey glow and mountains are dark in the background.
Today is Candlemas - which is a beautiful name. A chance to celebrate 'the return of light'
Artist: Roger Hall
