Notices by Ian Betteridge (ianbetteridge@social.vivaldi.net)

It's really fascinating looking at Elon Musk's X (formerly known as Twitter) feed (which I do via a thing which lets me see it through RSS). He is utterly, utterly obsessed with racist anti-immigrant propaganda. It is, if anything, worse than you probably imagine. He's insane.

My desktop picture makes me laugh every time I see it.

Curious person: "Hey Ian, you're a journalist! Your living has long been paid for by advertising. Why do you use an ad blocker?"

Me:

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@decembr14/116900950529910384

Accepted.

There is s special circle of hell for any publisher than has autoplaying video with sound on. Yes, I am talking about you, ZDNet.

That's it lads the robots are revolting

This has been a tricky week for me in a few ways. But nothing compared to what it's been for my trans brothers and sisters. Respect and love to all of you.

Is there a more Trumpian thing than to use the Peace Corps as a tool to promote “American AI”?

https://www.peacecorps.gov/about-the-agency/media-center/news/peace-corps-launches-tech-prosperity-corps-initiative/

Good news for the people of New Mexico!

https://www.theverge.com/policy/921557/meta-threatens-leaving-new-mexico

@jeffmcneill @klausfiend Ahem

https://jasoncosper.com/kill-yr-substack/

Soooo... you're complaining about the noise from a nightclub that's been open for forty years when you bought a flat opposite eight years ago?

Why am I unsurprised this guy is a property developer?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/16/man-pleads-guilty-ai-false-statements-shut-down-london-nightclub-heaven

And the award for dumb comment of the day goes to...

No.

No.

This is actually an interesting and thoughtful piece from Anthropic, and a sensible approach to what sounds like a bit of a game changing frontier model.

https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing

I see Putin’s finally getting what he paid for.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/trump-says-he-is-absolutely-considering-withdrawing-us-from-nato

I see Putin’s finally getting what he paid for.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/trump-says-he-is-absolutely-considering-withdrawing-us-from-nato

Can we just get the greasy fingers of these scumbags out of our public services, please?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/22/palantir-extends-reach-into-british-state-as-it-gets-access-to-sensitive-fca-data

It was oil revenues that bankrolled the unemployment, the destruction of manufacturing, the high exchange rate, the termination of British coal mining, and the big bang that turned London into arguably THE capital of global neoliberalism.

Without it, Thatcherism would have been impossible. No oil money, and the welfare bill for mass unemployment would have been unsustainable. Without that unemployment, union power couldn’t have been broken, and privatisation would have been far harder.