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Neil Bird — The Phoenix ☠ ⁂
aka Neil the Pedant

Computer geek and long term #Destiny2 player (clan “We are Team Fail”).

📍 Horsham (ex-Maidstonian), UK

Manages @bungiehelp, @destinythegame & @destiny2team unofficial bots which repost from the fowl site.

PSN [Bungie]the_phoenix [#2007]
Websitehttps://www.fnxweb.com/
GitHubhttps://github.com/fnxweb
GPGhttps://keyoxide.org/hkp/6F8AECF36228D7A6F3F29CBA803BCC0614509AF3
Not content with giving #Palantir access to the UK's health data and defence secrets, now they will know about people's finances as well: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/22/palantir-extends-reach-into-british-state-as-it-gets-access-to-sensitive-fca-data #digitalsovereignty
Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data

Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacy

The Guardian

This is a hilarious commentary on the US/Israeli war with Iran:

"God is a comedian":

https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian

March, 19-21: God is a comedian

A stiff drink is recommended

Gold and Geopolitics

"The whole spectre of an Iranian nuclear weapon is a fabrication of Israeli intelligence."

Since 2004, Israel has been providing a stream of forged intelligence to the US & the international community "trying to back up their assertions that Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapon."

"So we can clearly say that the whole spectre of an Iranian nuclear weapon is a fabrication of Israeli intelligence."

~Scott Ritter, UN weapons inspector

https://www.youtube.com/live/u4wKC272hDA

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar . ....2

Defeat the Epstein Class Armageddonists w/Scott Ritter, Anthony Aguilar, and Brian McGinnis

YouTube

what we thought we knew about autism and... whatnot

'For decades, researchers had been measuring the wrong thing. Conflating communication style differences with empathy deficits produced dramatically inflated effect sizes and an illusion of empathy impairment'

#autism #actuallyAutistic #science #psychology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202601/what-the-world-got-wrong-about-autistic-people

What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.

Psychology Today

I saw a post recently wherein someone used LLM tools to analyze someone else’s software, which eventually led them to a conclusion that was essentially completely wrong. Not only that, the LLM drew conclusions about the *authors* behind the code that were borderline character assassination. Nevertheless, this person posted this output as though it were some kind of deep insight.

These LLM outputs are not independent thoughts. The LLM probably ingested hints of (maybe unconscious) biases in the user’s prompts within its context window, and regurgitated something that confirmed those biases. The user was pleased that their biases were confirmed (Independently! By an impartial LLM!), and they posted the output, maybe as vindication of their insight.

These models’ sycophancy can be subtle. They don’t have to state “You’re absolutely right!” to blow smoke up your ass. Sometimes they seem to confirm your preconceived notion after they supposedly “evaluate” information “independently”.

#ai

John Fugelsang: NATO is a defensive alliance. Not a 'Hey, I started a war by myself cuz Netanyahu told me to; now which one of you guys has a spare destroyer?' alliance. Alliances are relationships. You don’t get to:
Insult your partner,
Undermine their security,
Ignore their input,
Start a stupid war without them,
And then expect them to merrily sail into a minefield because you suddenly realized you’re codependent after all.
Europe is saying: 'We’re not your backup plan for bad decisions'.”

“A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century. We’re in the 21st.”— Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

No matter what happens in the Paris election, the world’s cities owe Anne Hidalgo a huge debt of gratitude.

The boldest, most inspiring mayor I’ve seen.
https://www.ft.com/content/8fbad76c-6705-43d8-b57e-292ee3563539?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo: ‘A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century’

Accused of desecrating the French capital, the politician wants more bikes, green spaces and social housing

Financial Times
How Google Maps is shaping where we eat.
Josh Toussaint-Strauss discovers that great restaurants are disappearing on Google Maps, despite having lots of reviews and high ratings, so he sets out to get to the bottom of it and finds out that what Google Maps shows us isn't necessarily what we want to see
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/mar/19/how-google-maps-is-shaping-where-we-eat-video?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #googlemaps #restaurants

First they ask for your date of birth,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your full name and location,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for a copy of your passport,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your facial scan,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your fingerprints,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your palm scan,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for a scan of your iris,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for ...

#MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights