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Boost your confidence at Slung Low workshops
Together with Leeds People’s Theatre, Slung Low has a new series of workshops for adults (18+) which will…
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First row infront of the stage is all tamagotchi (slang for schoolkids metal fans). Kids are alright.
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This is an interesting point.
(And for any other North Americans unfamiliar with British army slang, "beasted" means 'being ragged until your eyeballs bleed'.)
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https://www.fogolf.com/us/19724/ Watch The 2026 US Open Golf Tournament With Sling #NewYork #NewYorkGolf
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GARRET ELECTION. A ludicrous ceremony, practised every new parliament: it consists of a mock election of two members to represent the borough of Garret (a few cottages near Wandsworth) the qualification of a voter is, having enjoyed a woman in the open air within that district
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Gen Z's "made-up words" are now a 'critical threat' to GDP! A new report reveals C-suite "data paralysis" from youth slang is causing "catastrophic…
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MINIKIN. A little man or woman: also the smallest sort of pin.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TIFFING. Eating or drinking out of meal time, disputing or falling out; also lying with a wench, A tiff of punch, a small bowl of punch.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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The Canadian Who Wrote the Language of the Web
The Java programming language was conceived by Canadian James Gosling. At Sun Microsystems in 1991, he created a platform-independent language with the slogan 'write once, run anywhere.' Java became a core technology for web applications, enterprise software, and Android development, making it one of computing's most influential innovations. #Canada #Innovation #Technology #Programming 🇨🇦
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It was not often that Farah could be found sitting still, and thus Amina seized the rare occasion by sneaking up on her friend sitting on a bench by the fountain, tapped her gently on the head, and said "Bonk".
Farah whipped around, grinned, and hugged Amina tightly, awkwardly slung over the backrest of the bench.
"That's bonkers!" Farah laughed. Loudly. People were watching.
"Oh no." Amina sighed, her eyes wide.
"Bonk jour, mon amie!" Farah lifted a pantomimed hat off her head.
"Oh no no no..." Amina sank next to her friend onto the bench, bracing for impact.
"Bonk. James Bonk." Farah hummed with a deep voice and a deadpan expression.
Amina struggled to suppress a grin.
"Always good for a laugh! You can take that to the bonk!" Farah finger-gunned Amina.
"And if the bonk fails us..." Farah sighed and collapsed onto Amina.
Amina raised an expectant eyebrow.
"We'll move in together and get bonk-beds."
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Week 7 of the NFL season features a matchup between the Green Bay Packers (4-2) and the Detroit Lions (3-2).
The game is scheduled for Sunday, October 25th at 4:25 p.m.
ET at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
US viewers can watch via Fox or streaming options including DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu, Sling, and YouTube TV, while international fans look to regional broadcasters.
https://en.hacks.gr/pos-na-parakoloythisete-ton-agona-green-bay-packers-enantion-detroit-lions/
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The San Francisco 49ers play the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, October 25th at 1:00 p.m.
ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
The game will be broadcast on Fox, with live TV streaming supported across services like DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu, Sling, and YouTube TV.
Additional viewing options include NFL+ for mobile devices and international streams such as 7Plus in Australia.
https://en.hacks.gr/pos-na-parakoloythisete-zontana-ton-agona-anamesa-se-49ers-kai-falcons/
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Blog: What the Heck is With the Malfoid Meme?
Generally, I am not a fan of fanfiction. In theory, it’s an excellent way to learn how to write stories and characters, and it serves as a creative outlet. Heck, when I started learning how to write stories as a small child, I was largely writing fanfiction. And, in some cases, the fan’s work may even be so good that it rivals the original work that it was based on.
In practice, however, as beneficial as fanfiction might be for developing writers, it has become largely synonymous with degeneracy with how much of it is smut. Just look at 50 Shades of Grey, which started as a Twilight fanfic, but ended up becoming a best seller infamous for being porn geared towards women. Or the Harry Potter fanfic My Immortal, which has become a meme for its poor grammar and spelling, laughably edgy main character, and, naturally, smut-laced plot lines.
I could go on with even more examples of famous fanfics – some of which have even been published as books- that give fanfiction a bad name. However, within this quagmire of filth are a few hidden gems. A recent example of this was The Other Bennet Sister, a delightful Jane Austen fanfic available on Amazon that focuses on Mary Bennet, the often-forgotten sister of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. It’s a fun, cute story that does justice to Jane Austen’s work and explores a character who plays a minor role in the novel, giving her her own voice and storyline.
However, besides The Other Bennet Sister, there is a new fanfic that has taken the Internet by storm and that is the Malfoid trend. At first, I had no idea what the heck it was or why I was getting recommendations for it on my For You page. I thought it was just another Harry Potter fan coming up with a gender-bent Draco Malfoy x Harry Potter fanfic, which is nothing really special. That ship has been a thing for years. I had no idea what the hype was about or why major streamers like Nux Taku were reacting to it.
Then I went on a deep dive after hearing about how important this Malfoid movement has become to Gen Z men.
Apparently, the Malfoid trend started when a fan artist drew a picture of Draco Malfoy as a female and named her “Malfoid” back in 2024. The name itself was interesting because in internet slang, “foid” has come to mean “biological woman.” Thus, it’s been argued that Malfoid isn’t necessarily a gender-bent version of Malfoy from the books/movies but is her own new character that replaces him.
From there, the original Malfoid picture has gone viral as people have used her to create the ideal heterosexual fanfic between her and Harry Potter, that in many ways improves upon the original story. The entire dynamic is changed between Harry and Draco, now that Draco is a biological female. Malfoy’s petty and effeminate actions make more sense in the context of the character being biologically female, and in the case of a relationship between Malfoid and Harry, the fandom says that it makes a more compelling love story than the one we get in the books or movies.
As for this love story, it has been surprisingly wholesome. Though fanfiction is notorious for being disgusting, any sexualization of Malfoid by the internet (particularly by OF girls) has been largely rejected by the men who are the primary fanbase of this trend. They love the story for its traditional gender roles, compelling romance, and culmination in marriage and a family, and see the sexualization of Malfoid as a middle finger to that. One X user even went so far as to say:
Another X user also explained in detail what the Malfoid trend rules are, saying:
Okay. So let’s lay out the rules then.
- Malfoid was born female, has always been female, and at no point was ever male or has memories of being male. Since being born, she has grown up as a girl, and Heiress of House Malfoy.
- The tags name is Malfoid. not galfoy, not Drarry (Gayyyy), not Malfoy. Malfoid. We are not changing it. If it offends you, that is the POINT.
- Malfoid is about a resurrection of the Mytho-Poetic romantic love story. The kind of story where a noble man and noble woman come together to complete one another. There’s some mutual saving involved, and it is principally a chaste and wholesome relationship.
- Sexifying, pornifying, slutifying characters within the Malfoid tag runs directly counter to the intentions of rule #3, and if you think that the Malfoid movement is the place for your slut like whorecrux behavior, you are wrong and need to go be a slutblood somewhere else.
- Malfoid is not a “GENDER BEND”, because there was no male Draco at any point. Malfoid is the wholesale replacement of Draco as a character with a female who is occupying the same space, with a similar (But not identical) attitude as Draco. Malfoid is a “Gendered replacement”. There’s no transforming men into women, Malfoid is not Transgender as she was born Female and always have been.
- The Malfoid tag is not about swapping all the characters genders, making a Harem anime, or producing a show of Harry having lots and lots of women to choose from because suddenly his best friend or dark arts teacher are suddenly female. This runs counterproductive to rule #3, as it dilutes the chasteness and wholesomeness of the Mytho-Poetic Romance that is predicated upon the singular love between two singular people.
- Malfoid is considered a “Cultural Moment” within a sub-culture that is very large. If you are only here to s*** on everyone’s parade by saying how irrelevant or insignificant fan culture is, or how fanfiction is a waste of time, or any such nonsense… you can save your breath, we’ve all heard it before. Go and spend your efforts at demoralization and deconstruction elsewhere.
- The Malfoid change to the story is integrated, adaptive only in how it enhances, fulfills and maintains the overall story of Harry Potter. Adaptations that improve narrative beats, enhance lore integrations or resolve standing plot points that weren’t resolved or were resolved in a dis-satisfying way are preferred over vast departures from this sort of canon repurposing of the fiction. While the purpose is NOT to deviate out of the genre or feel, sheer fun and humor is welcome, provided they attempt to adhere as best they can to rules 1-7.
- Malfoid is traditional in its romantic sensibilities, and by this nature, is ostensibly a RIGHT LEANING movement. There are many conservative and religious values wrapped up in the narrative tropes and underpinnings of the story, in and of itself, as well as the romantic resolutions between Malfoid and Harry.
Now, does this mean that there is absolutely no sexualization of Malfoid within this trend? No. Unfortunately, while doing research about this topic on X, I ran across several posts where the character was absolutely hypersexualized (which is disturbing given that the character is technically a minor even in the fanfic). Thankfully, most of the comments were reacting with disgust towards the creator putting the content out there.
Moving on from that, however, the love of the story for its overall wholesomeness has caused the tagline of this fanfic to be “Yearn.” It is an encouragement for men to yearn for the good in the world and the things beyond themselves. It’s not there to fulfill a man’s fantasy as we so often think of it. It’s become a cultural wakeup call to get men to rise up and fulfill their higher fantasy of providing for and protecting a woman. It accomplishes this by being a traditional romance story, where both the man and woman are virtuous, and through their love, defeat evil. Malfoid, though still portrayed as powerful, is still in need of Harry.
Even better is that this story is not only inspiring men and women to put themselves out there and work to become the best they can be, but it’s also helping them become creative again. Almost everyone in the new Malfoid fandom is getting in on writing fanfics, adding to the story, and even creating short episodes of what a Malfoid T.V. show would look like using AI. And, frankly, the AI episodes of the Malfoid saga really make me think Hollywood is doomed because while you can tell its AI, people have been given the power to make the adaptations and stories that they want to see for a relatively low price.
Until next time,
M.J.
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TL;DR — Benchmark leaderboards evaluate a model in isolation, but production systems run a model wrapped in prompts, tools, retrieval, and guardrails. The benchmark number measures a construct that stops existing the moment you deploy. Treating a static accuracy figure as a property of the model rather than of the whole pipeline is the real source of eval-to-production drift.
Every leaderboard tells you the same lie: that a score is a property of the model. It isn't. It's a property of a very specific, narrow configuration — one prompt template, one decoding temperature, one static test set, one evaluation harness — that gets collapsed into a single number and then generalized far beyond what it ever measured. The gap between benchmark and production isn't a metrics problem. It's a unit-of-analysis problem.The construct you're actually measuring
A benchmark score is an operationalization of a construct — "reasoning," "factuality," "helpfulness" — squeezed through a specific test format. MMLU-style multiple choice measures the ability to pick a correct option out of four, under a fixed prompt, with no tool access and no conversation history. That is a real, measurable thing. It is not the same thing as "this model will reason correctly inside your agent loop."The construct validity gap shows up the moment you change anything about the surrounding scaffolding. Swap the few-shot examples, and scores swing by several points. Change the answer-extraction regex, and a model that "failed" suddenly passes. None of this is cheating — it's evidence that the number was never measuring the model alone. It was measuring the model plus a harness, and the harness is doing more work than anyone credits it for.
Static test sets evaluate yesterday's distribution
Benchmarks are frozen snapshots. The moment a dataset ships, it begins to diverge from whatever distribution your users actually generate. Production traffic drifts — new slang, new document formats, new failure modes introduced by your own product changes — while the benchmark stays exactly as static as the day it was built.This is a distribution-shift problem wearing a benchmarking costume. A model can hold a constant score on a fixed eval set for months while its real-world accuracy degrades, because the eval set simply doesn't contain the inputs that are now breaking in production. The benchmark isn't wrong, it's just answering a question nobody is asking anymore. Teams that treat a quarterly benchmark re-run as sufficient monitoring are measuring the wrong clock.
The model is not the unit that ships
Here's the part that gets skipped in most eval writeups: nobody deploys a bare model. What ships is a system — a model wrapped in a system prompt, a retrieval step, a tool-calling loop, output parsers, safety filters, and often a second model acting as a judge or router. Each of those layers can silently absorb or amplify the base model's weaknesses.A model that scores poorly on raw arithmetic might be fine in production because your system routes math to a calculator tool. A model that scores brilliantly on a reasoning benchmark might fail constantly in your agent because your retrieval step feeds it malformed context that the benchmark never included. The benchmark evaluated the engine. Production runs the car. Nobody benchmarks the car.
This is why swapping a "better" model into an existing pipeline so often produces a worse system. The new model has different sensitivities to prompt phrasing, different tool-calling conventions, different failure modes under malformed input — none of which show up in a benchmark that evaluates the model in isolation, stripped of the scaffolding it will actually run inside.
Point estimates hide the variance that matters
Leaderboards report a single accuracy number, as if it were a physical constant. It isn't. Run the same model against the same benchmark with a different sampling seed, a slightly different prompt wording, or a different subset ordering, and the score moves. Most published comparisons never report that variance, which means a half-point "win" over a competing model is frequently indistinguishable from noise.This matters more as benchmarks get harder and the field clusters near the top. When every frontier model scores within a few points of each other, the ranking order becomes a function of which run you happened to report, not a stable property of capability. An eval process that doesn't report confidence intervals, run-to-run variance, or sensitivity to prompt perturbation isn't giving you a measurement — it's giving you a single draw from a distribution and calling it the truth.
What evaluation should actually target
None of this means benchmarks are useless. It means they're answering a narrower question than the one practitioners act on. Three shifts fix most of the gap:- Evaluate the system, not the model. Run your eval harness against the full production pipeline — prompt template, retrieval, tool calls, guardrails included — not against the bare model API. A model swap should be judged by how the whole system performs, because that's the unit your users experience.
- Treat scores as distributions, not points. Rerun evals across seeds and prompt perturbations and report variance alongside the mean. A model that's 2 points "ahead" with 4 points of run-to-run variance isn't ahead at all.
- Replace static test sets with live sampling. Pull a rolling sample of real production inputs, label a slice continuously, and track accuracy against current traffic, not last quarter's traffic. The benchmark's job isn't to crown a winner once — it's to catch drift as it happens.
The deeper discipline here is the same one that governs any measurement system: know exactly what your instrument is measuring before you trust the number it produces. A thermometer calibrated in a lab tells you something true about that lab. It doesn't tell you the temperature outside unless you account for everything that changed between the two environments. Benchmarks are lab measurements. Production is outside. The engineering work isn't picking the model with the highest lab score — it's building the harness that tells you whether that score survives the walk out the door.#ai #architecture #devops #programming #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
LLM Benchmarks Score a Model in a Vacuum, Not a System
