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sorry AK - didn't see your post above first

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meanwhile:

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Just been to see Oh Jeremy Corbyn: the big lie

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/24/rise-of-the-robots-raises-a-big-question-what-will-workers-do The researchers predicted as much as 80% of the US workforce could see 10% or more of their tasks affected by LLMs. For 19% of workers, it could be half of their job or more – with highe...

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This paper explores how, in what ways, and with what outcomes, deep structural transformations have reconstituted higher education in England, and are deeply implicated in the rise of authoritarian populism. We focus particularly on the ways in which our understandings and lived experiences of clas...

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(big time)

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hate to say it but humanity is out of control

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PS: have not given up on Buster Keaton/ Tim Daley thing

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OK off piste (unexpected I know):
What do Tim Daley and Buster Keaton have in common?

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Susceptibility of jobs to computerisation: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/the-future-of-employment/ https://www.oecd-forum.org/posts/21601-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-work-and-skills-will-this-time-be-different "Fortunately, literacy and numeracy are not the only w...

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anyone else familiar with padstow from many years ago?

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We're an evolutionary deadend.

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AI is a difficult one though isn't it, I'm sure it *can* help things run more smoothly in certain respects. No, it's not. It won't help. It'll just give them an excuse to sack more NHS workers and outsource jobs. Have to agree. There are recentish studies suggesting 50 to 80% of jobs in the US coul...

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Yep - I remember when the world in general found him shockingly useless and corrupt. Now he woudn't particularly stand out.

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Very sorry to hear about Mrs ROT.

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Interesting that a TV presenter resigns and is subsequently vilified for lying (about a legal but unwise affair) while politicians, as a matter of course, are tolerated when lying about breaking the law

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Here's somewhere to visit:
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiti ... nger-wood/

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Had forgotten about TR - thanks for reminding me.
Am with him on Eurovision (as you will have surmised)

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You're a trooper AK.

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Am not a fan of Labour in its current form/for quite some time/not just Starmer, but do admire AK for standing his ground under seemingly constant fire. There are lots of things I believe which (these days) I may not always defend (in public). This gives me pause.

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Morning.
Have joined the Ramblers qua right to roam - and not turning walking paths into cycle paths.

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I feel a bit lost without Eurovision to look forward to, and climate tipping point only 4 years away.

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Am watching Ted Lasso on Apple TV. It is completely brilliant.

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Finland was hardly big on musical merit - but it was ace fun. Sweden was a dirge perfomed by a constipated individual singing an old song.

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I beg to differ - last year's winner was ace!

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"Next year’s contest will be staged in Sweden on the 50th anniversary of Abba’s first triumph." https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/14/ukraine-minister-confused-about-eurovision-refusal-to-let-zelenskiy-speak Forgive me for sounding cynical, but to me this explains exactly ho...

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Yeah that was wrong. The audience clearly wanted Finland to win (as, by this point did I).
Ah well, next year.

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After all that magical thinking and everything

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Sadly the caterwauling swedish lass is running away with it

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I'm going Belgium, Finland, UK

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I can imagine that it was very disappointing. Still at least there's Germany ...

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Wake me up when Blanka's finished.

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Am appalled that Poland is in and not Malta.

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With live updates from the Liverpool Echo:

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-o ... n-26906148

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Anyroad: Eurovision

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The British public needs someone who would be appalled by being perceived as a Tory.

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Thanks for the thanks.
I miss Malta, but let's see what happens now.

I have news from people on the ground in the 'Pool - the city has turned blue and yellow. Plus Conchita.

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So there we are. 37 countries, 37 songs, most of them shite.
Looking forward to tomorrow!

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Well here we are, back where we started this 37-song odyssey around 2023's Eurovision entries. And I have to say that Mae Muller's "I wrote a song" (UK) sounds about a million times better than it did 5 weeks ago (when I hadn't yet heard the likes of the Netherlands', Romania's and Poland'...

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I loved this so much:

that I guess this year's entry from Ukraine could only be a disappointment. And it sadly was.

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Yeah, it's almost as if the youth of today take life far too 'kin seriously. This is EUROVISION for crying out loud. It's supposed to be camptastic and fun, but tell that to Switzerland and 75% of the other Eurovision entries. I'm sure everyone means well, and Remo Forrer seems like the sort of man ...

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gilsey wrote: ↑Wed 10 May, 2023 10:44 am We've already lost Malta and the saxophone.

That's terrible - that was one of the only decent entries!

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Hello all.
Just 3 more Euroreviews to go.
You'll miss it when it's gone.

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Sweden's entry is basically a really really miserable cover of "The Winner Takes it All" sung by a seemingly constipated artiste writhing around in a beige outfit (with straps). Clanger rating The above speaks for itself. https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=b3vJfR81xO0&em...

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Hi Gilsey - thanks for the Clanger pic yesterday - wonderful.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Mon 08 May, 2023 11:18 am Is that a PTO that I see before me?

its handle toward my hand?

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(and anyone else here for that matter)

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