#u-turns — Public Fediverse posts

Ah yes, the classic AI personality crisis: answer with authority, then crumble like a toddler caught in a cookie jar when asked "are you sure?" 🤔🔄 Apparently, AI is the ultimate flip-flopping politician, expertly skilled in the art of the U-turn! 🚗💨
https://www.randalolson.com/2026/02/07/the-are-you-sure-problem-why-your-ai-keeps-changing-its-mind/ #AIcrisis #AIhumor #FlipflopPolitics #Uturns #TechTrends #HackerNews #ngated

“Magrat unfolded a map. It was creased, damp, and the pencil had run. She pointed cautiously to a smudged area.
‘I think we’re here,’ she said.”
Terry Pratchett; Witches Abroad
#Discworld #UTurns #Starmer #DeadMensPointyShoes

Monday, November 3, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/monday-november-3-2025/

U-Turn on U-Turns

When I was young I seem to remember the law being different on U-turns. About 40 or 50 years ago I think it was illegal to do a U-turn. This pretty much was the law everywhere in southwestern Ontario. Except there were a few sign marked places where you could legally make a U-turn.

Now it’s many years later and I think somewhere in that time, the government has made a U-turn on U-turns. I think they gave up on enforcing no U-turns everywhere. Everyone seems to do it and it’s just impossible seeming to enforce it.

However, enforcing no U-turns seems important on certain stretches of road. Like King St between downtown Kitchener and Uptown Waterloo. Now that there is Light Rail Transit in the middle of this street, any U-turners are very likely to be hit by the LRT vehicle. It’s happened at least once that I’ve seen on the news.

So now there are no U-turn signs all along this stretch of King Street. This is a small enough stretch of road that the police can enforce it. Also, the LRT can enforce this rule simply enough by smashing up your vehicle. Remember you were warned by a sign so it’ll be your fault if your car winds up smashed.

And now I wonder why they are called U-turns in the first place. I think that when you begin to do a U-turn is when it should be envisioned. But at the start of a U-turn, it’s not a U but a small n that let’s you envision what you are going to do. You begin at the bottom right end of the n and follow that line as it circles back to where you have been.

To actually make a U-turn, you would have to stop your car in your lane. Then you would have to go backwards, starting at the top right of the U and tracing the letter the whole way. You would be going backwards the whole way. Dangerously, I might add. Then when you got to the top left of the U, you would stop and then drive forwards. It works but it is dangerous.

That is why I vote for changing the name of the U-turn to the n-turn. But everyone older will never use that term and it will be 70 years before the changeover is complete. All while there will be much grumbling.

I might have to take an n-turn on my position.

#70YearsBeforeChangeoverIsComplete #hardToEnforce #illegal #KingStreet #Kitchener #legal #LRT #nTurns #realUTurnsAreDangerous #signs #UTurns #Waterloo

Starmer saying there's no money is a capitalist lie
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/05/24/starmer-no-money/

#Starmer
#Lies
#Capitalism
#UTurns
#Nationalisation
#TuitionFees
#PublicServices
#Thatcher
#Privatisation
#UKGov
#FiatCurrency
#DividendPayouts
#Shareholders
#InstituteForFiscalStudies

UK #Labour Party really is a lost cause.
However the standard rhetoric about '#UTurns' is silly. Realities change and a responsible leader/party will change policy accordingly. A real leader (Fidel and Raul Castro come to mind) will carefully explain why, if need be, at length (in the Cuban case, national consultations precede major changes).
Starmer's Labour, however, is only making changes to comply with the dictates of sections of Capital, and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media.

#Twitch #Uturns on '#artistic #nudity' #policy.

Because it led to a flood of #AI-#generated #nudity leading to #community #concerns. "Digital depictions of #nudity present a unique #challenge - #artificialintelligence can be used to create #realistic #images, and it can be hard to #distinguish between #digitalart and #photography."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Gaming #Gamers #Gaymers #Streaming #Representation #Culture

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67747949

#Sunak’s #UTurns make #NetZero harder and keep #bills high, watchdog warns

#ClimateChangeCommittee also says rowing back on #ClimatePolicies has harmed #investment into #UK
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/sunak-u-turns-make-net-zero-harder-keep-bills-high-watchdog
#ClimateCrisis #ToryPoliciesInAction #DontLookUp #ToryIncompetence #GTTO

Politicians, not public, drive U-turns on green agenda, says UN biodiversity chief | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/11/politicians-not-public-driving-green-uturns-says-un-biodiversity-chief-david-cooper

#UN
#Politicians
#UTurns
#GreenAgenda

Woman's Hour presenter Emma Barnett interviews English economist Kate Raworth, known for "Doughnut Economics" prior to Prime minister Rishi Sunak's announcement on rowing back on key Net Zero commitments.

#ClimateChange #GTTO #UTurns #RishiSunak #NetZero

Labour Turns Its Back on Workers’ Rights

As an ex Labour member, branch role holder and activist, it pains me to criticise Labour but, as Keir Starmer moves the party further to the right to attract the votes of racists and bigots, my anger and frustration rises

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/08/labour-turns-its-back-on-workers-rights

#UKPolitics #Labour #WorkersRights #UTurns

Ban on puppy smuggling and live exports dropped by Rishi Sunak’s government | The Independent
#UTurns
#UKGov
#Tories
#Puppies
#PuppySmuggling
#LiveAnimalExports
#LiveExports
#KeptAnimalsBill
#Primates
#Sheep
#Dogs
#AnimalWelfare
#HumaneSociety
#RSPCA
#BlueCross
#BritishVeterinaryAssociation

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/live-exports-ban-rishi-sunak-puppies-b2345792.html

Keir Starmer’s chaotic U-turns give the impression he doesn’t believe in anything | The Independent
#Starmer
#UTurns
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-starmer-uturn-labour-beliefs-b2342625.html