Deny, deny, admit: UK police used Copilot AI “hallucination” when banning football fans
Police finally come clean about botched use of AI tools.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/deny-deny-admit-uk-police-used-copilot-ai-hallucination-when-banning-football-fans/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Here’s The Architect’s Newspaper with a withering review of Joe Gebbia’s “National Design Studio”, and what it really stands for: https://www.archpaper.com/2025/12/national-design-studio-rebrand/

As design critiques go, this is one of the best ones I’ve read in some time.

Polling in Wales show Plaid Cymru on course to form majority coalition without Labour; Greens beating Labour, Tories being wiped out.

And the next Senedd election is on May 7th.

https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/01/14/dont-look-back-in-bangor/

It's been over a year since my layoff, and finding a new position has been just short of impossible. I'm looking for a position in Software Engineering/Web Development to further my 10 years in the industry. US based in VA, but preferably looking for remote or PNW. I'm familiar with multiple frameworks and languages, and work primarily back-end but have worked full-stack.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdhudgins

Help is greatly appreciated!

#getfedihired

Want to know who to follow on indieweb.social? ☁️

indieweb.social founder, @tchambers has put together a brilliant list of 'Top Accounts' who call indieweb.social their home.

You can see it here: https://fedidevs.com/s/ODQ3/

If you think someone should be featured, let Tim know!

#IndieWeb #IndieWebSocial #StarterPack #Follow #SocialWeb #Fediverse

pyaccdb: Python library for Microsoft Access .accdb files - Inane Observations:
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/11/22/pyaccdb.html

One for the Treble, Two for the Time - Lewis Daly @ TigerBeetle:
https://tigerbeetle.com/blog/2026-01-14-bitemporality/

Scroll vīgintī et quattuor - shellsharks:
https://shellsharks.com/scrolls/scroll/2026-01-13

Some links from it...

The Online Manifestation of Your Ego - Crystal Touchton (CuppaRex):
https://crystaltouchton.com/ego/

Who's a blog for? - cobbland:
https://cobb.land/posts/whos-a-blog-for/

Visitor stats and the point of blogging - underlap:
https://underlap.org/visitor-stats-and-the-point-of-blogging/

About writing and audience - Juha-Matti Santala:
https://hamatti.org/posts/about-writing-and-audience/

Website League: https://websiteleague.org/

Writing Month: https://writingmonth.org/

Secret Panel HERE 🙂 https://tapas.io/episode/3241718

There's losing your remote control between the couch cushions and then there's this. https://www.thejournal.ie/sean-ocasey-bridge-remote-1713102-Oct2014/

RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/115893929232236164

Also available as video on PeerTube:

https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/sUzA6ZCSW7bv16DGuwRg5L

“Just one more lane bro“ folks try to solve the problem of congestion inflow into the city by increasing the capacity of the motor roads into the city (while expansion of motor roads inside of the city can’t keep the same pace, and neither it should), rather than diversifying and optimizing for more means of transportation.

#urbanism

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115893212283711380

We need ALL STEM education to include mandatory coursework (with exams!) on ethics.

#oped 📰 Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge

Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny -

#law #uk #palestine #UNfail

By Jonathan Cook

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathancook/p/barristers-powerful-speech-at-filton?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

France deports Haitians from Caribbean territories as asylum claims surge
Surging protection claims in Guadeloupe and French Guiana strain local systems, leaving long-settled Haitian communities in legal limbo

https://haitiantimes.com/2026/01/09/haitians-asylum-deportations-french-guiana-guadeloupe/

"Software Heritage : dix ans de préservation du patrimoine applicatif"

👉 https://www.republik-it.fr/solutions-techno/applicatif-metier/software-heritage-dix-ans-de-preservation-du-patrimoine-applicatif.html

Avec @moranegg pour @swheritage

Lecture by Anne Pasek on “An energy history and future of computing”

Join us on Thursday, Jan 22nd, from 14-16/18 hrs (German time) for the fourth RUSTLab lecture of this winter term. Anne Pasek will present her work on “An energy history and future of computing”. This talk will survey two trajectories for computing in the Global North. The first, grounded in an energy history of major players in the tech sector, explores how energy efficiency has been both a driving…

https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lecture-by-anne-pasek-on-an-energy-history-and-future-of-computing/

The curl project stops their bug bounty:

"We have concluded the hard way that a bug bounty gives people too strong
incentives to find and make up "problems" in bad faith that cause overload and abuse."

https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/20312/files#diff-aec5a5d5f80adcb1c5be7398e98b271b007849d5cff357fb437f5faf242b3713

Hi Fediverse! Allow me to reintroduce myself. I'm Cosmos Co-op's chief executive organizer, a mystic, and a fringe artist.

I'm holding an Ask Me Anything (AMA) event over at Cosmos on January 21st, 6:30pm MST.

Ever wanted to ask me anything... truly, *anything?* Here's your chance!

Join us at this link:

https://cosmos.coop/events/live-online-ask-me-anything-with-caroline-c-savery-cosmos-chief-executive-organizer/

@cosmos

si wrote a comment on Podcast Predictions For 2026 - AI slop, video and more from Podnews Weekly Review

Isn’t it ironic what RSS stands for as it clearly isn’t that simple to understand? Agreed it’s the key to understanding what a podcast actually was, not just audio files but DISTRIBUTED freely and openly. Also, where can we get James’s T-shirt from? I’d order one to spread the word.