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Ten Blue Links, “this one’s for you, Ian” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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@bencollins.bsky.social I mean, that aside, it’s absolutely wild that the Torygraph describes anyone as “sneering”. Chaps, look in the mirror!

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@franksting.bsky.social I do not know enough about cycling to judge, so I hereby deputise you as the Betteridge’s Law Cycling Magistrate.

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@ianbetteridge.com Someone has to do the experiment

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@ianbetteridge.com It’s the kind of conspiracy theorist nonsense which might have got you sectioned for your own protection in the 80s/90s.

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@ianbetteridge.com Logoff and read a book by the pool while your prototype robo-waiter brings you a drink (and secretly plots to overthrow its oppressors)

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@ianbetteridge.com Genuinely angers me when my fellow English do that. I reckon we have more English/French multilingual road signs in Kent than we have English/Cymraeg ones anywhere in England.

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@ianbetteridge.com Shit sorry my IanBot9000 got control of the account for a minutes.

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@ianbetteridge.com You’re absolutely right Glyn! Admitting mistakes is a fundamental way humans can prove they are not AI — would you like me to write an essay on it, in your tone of voice?

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@ianbetteridge.com Kat, I like to try and at least retain a tiny bit of optimism this early in the day! 😂

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@hushkit.bsky.social Isn’t it just a lovely looking aircraft?

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@ianbetteridge.com You can tell it’s early from the number of typos

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@ianbetteridge.com The statements owhich the 22nd century writes about the late 20th and early 21st is going to be “many people didn’t believe it was happening until it was too late. And a lot of others knew it was true, but just didn’t want to change their lives to save their children.”

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@ianbetteridge.com Obviously.

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@ianbetteridge.com True, but sometimes things just become irrelavant. What does “air superiority” mean when you still can’t stop your infantry being unable to move thanks to cheap drones? Sometimes there’s just a phase shift. Think when castles stopped being useful, because of artillery.

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@glennf.com Same. I don’t think we ever met face to face, but we would occasionally exchange emails and similarly I always felt like I was talking to an old mate.

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@katebevan.com tbf that Aesop stuff is pretty good :)

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@npr.org Again? I really am going to have to anoint deputies.

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@levparikian.bsky.social I am! Although at least one person has said to me “wow, I didn’t know you were alive, I thought you must be super-old!”

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@openpolicy.bsky.social Ooh

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@arebee.bsky.social I love football, but fifa makes it very hard to like.

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@ianbetteridge.com Oh lord I have recently rediscovered them.

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@worklesshard.bsky.social “MOAR FOOTBALL STARS! MOAR!”

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@worklesshard.bsky.social “Write the future” remains my all-time fave. But that was pretty damn good.

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@samfr.bsky.social “What pharmaceutical manufacturers can learn from the World Cup”

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@ianbetteridge.com You’re just not seeing genius at work

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Self-driving, Tesla and the influence of brand: ianbetteridge.com

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Frumentatio! ianbetteridge.com

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Ten blue links, \"fork you\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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The worst of us: ianbetteridge.com

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The freedom stack: ianbetteridge.com

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Zen fascists will control you: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links, \"cough cough cough\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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The fundamental error that doesn't exist: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links, \"Cometh the hour, cometh the man-baby\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Watched: Predator: Badlands 🍿

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Well, this was definitely a movie. A predator movie, in fact. But it’s also a kids movie, deliberately, which most predator movies aren’t. I thought it slowed down too much in the middle, but there were enough good fights at the end to make it work a watch.

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Ten Blue Links, \"Greenland isn't green\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Watched: The Walking Dead S1E4, Vatos 🍿

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Never really watched it before today, apart from one episode which didn’t really “stick”. Kind of enjoying though.

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Watched: Annihilation 🍿

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Fascinating film, in part because it was deliberately Not The Book. Garland managed to make something that is profoundly strange, definitely with roots in the New Weird.

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Ten Blue Links, “featuring Peter Thiel, again!” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Of ants, Saul Bass, and lost dreams of a cybernetic ecology: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links – \"Platforms, promises and bad habits\" edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Watched: Under the Skin 🍿

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Finally got around to watching this after it sitting in the queue for far too long – I think I bought it after seeing The Zone of Interest and it’s interesting watching it with that film’s style in mind. Utterly amazing.

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Watched: Thunderbolts* 🍿

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Best recent Marvel movie. The New Avengers are much more interesting than the old ones.

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Slop Is Slop

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I wrote just a few months ago that I firmly believe generative AI tools not only can be, but already are, used to create genuine art. My problem with AI slop isn’t the AI, it’s the slop.

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I know this is a position which is controversial with those who take a strong anti-AI position (and I understand those positions). But I tend to agree with John. All tools can be used for art. What matters is the art, not the tool.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://technovia.co.uk/2025/12/30/slop-is-slop-i-wrote.html","date_published":"2025-12-30T22:19:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Betteridge","url":"https://ianbetteridge.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fianbetteridge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ianbetteridge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-30 22:19","date_timestamp":1767133158,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://social.vivaldi.net/@ianbetteridge/115810845238380570","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jtadzjgpup2tforvzliq74tp/post/3mbaf54wir62c","https://www.threads.com/@ianbetteridge/post/DS53ck8gfSY"]}},{"id":"81027196","content_html":"

Watched: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 🍿

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Look, it’s the best Marvel movie ever made. Equal parts funny, full of action, beautiful to look at and a great cast. Why a sequel isn’t already slated I don’t know.

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Watched: Eternals 🍿

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Hey, look, it’s not as bad as you remember. Don’t judge me.

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Ten Blue Links “Orion rising, EV prices falling and ads arriving” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links, “Pop goes the bubble” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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Ten Blue Links “Don’t Be Evil (some conditions apply)” edition: ianbetteridge.com

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