Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected]

Foolish #analyst/#editor: @TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @ReversingLabs @OstermanRsch

[Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols @sjvn]

Ubuntu on Windows outgrowing native installs? Not, according to Canonical's Jon Seager https://t.co/xLI70CxLvs via @ZDNET & @sjvn

There's some confusion about @Ubuntu's popularity on Windows Subsystem for #Linux, so I asked @Canonical directly.

[M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en]

The latest lawsuit against #Facebook & #Instagram IS better than the previous ones, but it still has serious issues that may greatly limit its effectiveness:

Here is "What 29 US states suing Meta got wrong, or completely forgot":

https://t.co/aaZauWnCsD

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@JeremyClarkson … Sauce: https://t.co/J0iRY7ECHC [thread ends]

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

Oh look. A lazy fool with an audience.

If @JeremyClarkson had done a moment's reading, he'd have discovered some very sensible reasoning: Blanket #PSAtesting doesn't work.

It's called science; I hear it's quite popular.

[Jeremy Clarkson @JeremyClarkson]

Until last week, men over 50 were entitled to a free PSA prostate cancer check. But the government has now decided to withdraw that right. I cannot for the life of me work out what their reasoning might be.

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@JeremyClarkson Vishwanath Hanchanale, Chair of the British Assoc. of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Section of Oncology, said: “We appreciate the government’s commitment  …  to better support GPs and strengthen public guidance, while ensuring that secondary care is appropriately recognised.”

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@JeremyClarkson … that the benefits outweigh the potential harms. UK NSC’s recommendation reflects the current evidence on PSA-based population screening, including concerns about overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment, and we note the government’s decision to accept this.”

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@JeremyClarkson Prof Victoria Tzortziou Brown, President of the Royal College of GPs, said: “GPs are committed to improving the early detection of prostate cancer and reducing the number of lives lost to the disease. Screening programmes should be introduced where there is clear evidence …

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@JeremyClarkson … we welcome the committee’s assurance to assess any new evidence quickly. … Meanwhile, we will be working with the government and wider cancer community to improve guidance for GPs to enable them to support men worried about their risk of prostate cancer.”

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@JeremyClarkson … Director of Policy at Cancer Research UK, Dr Ian Walker, said: “The government’s decision to accept UK NSC’s recommendation for a targeted prostate cancer screening programme is in line with the currently available evidence. … Screening must be evidence-led and …

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@JeremyClarkson … through the NHS App. UK NSC will keep recommendations under review to ensure screening policy continues to reflect the best available science. …

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@JeremyClarkson Men who are already offered annual tests under existing clinical guidance will continue to receive them. From 2027 men diagnosed with prostate cancer that is being actively monitored or treated will be able to order a PSA test at home or book an in-person blood test locally …

[Sean Kerner @TechJournalist]

- @nvidia doubles-down on open-source AI with a new model and a model router
"That is the power of a system of models, matching the right model to each step of the workflow.."
https://t.co/MzRxVwaKjd via @VentureBeat

[FOSS Force @FOSSForce]

Just published on FOSS Force: Alpha-Stage NeoSearch Brings Openness to Search https://t.co/594Zzwh7IY

[Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols @sjvn]

Why space is actually a terrible place to cool a data center: https://t.co/F124tpSY7l via @thenewstack & @sjvn

#AI data centers in space sound great, but practically speaking, they may be nearly impossible.

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@TheWeebl wiiillllll it be on YouTube?

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@anon_opin "the MAGA wing of the Republican party" might be a better phrase. They are not the Grand Old Party of Lincoln and Eisenhower.

[Richard Fletcher @fletcherr]

Because after a seven year study of 400k men across 600 GP surgeries, doctors and scientists concluded that “the harms of routine screening currently outweigh the benefits”

Prostate cancer - UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) - https://t.co/XDRPqSlMhZ https://t.co/xTUZ0aikgF

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@rafredarrows @Welsh_337 MBIC, https://t.co/PHh4f5X2IE

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@Welsh_337 @rafredarrows See what I mean?

[Richi Jennings @richi.bsky.social / @[email protected] @RiCHi]

@rafredarrows @Welsh_337 Probably best not to feed the trolls