Thomas Escritt

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Reuters correspondent. Bedingungsloser Katzenevangelist. Erzählt Märchen en doet normaal. Magyarul is. RT=I signed up to this in blood over a pentagram at midnight. Ő / őt #reuters #germany #news #cats #grimm #bach #josquin
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Thomas EscrittAug 18, 2025
James GleickAug 18, 2025
Here is a subtle and important point that Jessica Huseman understands better than either the New York Times or the Washington Post right now: Journalists have an obligation to give the government (or anyone) the opportunity to respond to criticism, but that doesn’t mean they then must publish any non-responsive rant the government then generates. https://masto.ai/@socprof/115029299175030948
Thomas EscrittAug 18, 2025
MinaAug 18, 2025

I'm pretty sure, it is not a new idea, but as I was waiting for the bus, it suddenly struck me:

LLMs (falsely called "ai") are a cargo cult.

Some people dropped a few boxes with apparently magic qualities on this planet, and we're increasingly rebuilding all our civilisation around them.

Thomas EscrittMar 30, 2025
Natasha  🇪🇺Mar 22, 2025

Life imitates art

#Cats #Caturday

Thomas EscrittApr 21, 2024
nano's old account's rotting corpseApr 16, 2024
Thomas EscrittMar 15, 2024
Corey S PowellMar 15, 2024

This is the surface of a comet! Dust is swirling around the surface of Comet 67/P -- captured in 2016 by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, processing by Jacint Roger Perez.

Still one of the most remarkable scenes in space exploration.

#space #science #astronomy #ESA

Thomas EscrittMar 14, 2024
Show threadMcHollander | Celtic Folk BardMar 13, 2024
Hadden we nou maar een naam voor windvangende "vleugels" op een schip. Het ligt op het puntje van mijn tong....
Thomas EscrittMar 13, 2024

Sad that Jan Wouter, at whose regular cinema soirées I first saw the exquisite Mädchen in Uniform (1931) has died, aged 80

https://youtu.be/fv8itsR63lU?si=QR4Hb4UHjMqSdMZv

mädchen in uniform (1931) – english subtitles

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Thomas EscrittMar 13, 2024
SaraMGMar 12, 2024
I found this funnier than I should have.
Thomas EscrittMar 8, 2024
JP MensMar 8, 2024
Der Glöckner von Notre Dame arbeitet übrigens nur von Montag bis Donnerstag. Also quasi Mo-Do.
Thomas EscrittMar 4, 2024
Dan StowellMar 4, 2024
"One man will be responsible if the coalition talks fail, and it’s not Pieter Omtzigt" https://wordsforpress.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/one-man-will-be-responsible-if-the-coalition-talks-fail-and-its-not-pieter-omtzigt/ #nlpol
One man will be responsible if the coalition talks fail, and it’s not Pieter Omtzigt

Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas via Wikimedia Commons One of Geert Wilders’s favourite tactics is the self-perpetuating falsehood. It works like this. First the Freedom Party (PVV) leader makes a base…

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