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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 11d

The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.

But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.

Generative AI is a societal disaster

Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society

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Jan @janhopis.bsky.social · 14d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... has always been quite unfair to lump Liew in with Ronay, he's put him in his place here.

Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew

Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 26d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21d

Now that the final 20 Israeli hostages are free, remember: those claiming violence “began on 10/7” want us to ignore that Israel was forced to free 2,000 Palestinians hostages—some 20 years w/o charge—& 8,000 remain.

If Hamas holding 20 is violence—& I agree it is—what is when Israel holds 8,000?🤔

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 26d

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25d

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 26d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Oct 3

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · Sep 30

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 24

I’ve written to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper demanding urgent action to ensure the safety of the Global Sumud Flotilla. 52 boats carrying aid and peace activists to Gaza.

The UK must act to assure their safety.

Israel is committing a genocide. All eyes are on this flotilla.

Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP
Prime Minister

Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Foreign Secretary

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

24th September, 2025

Dear Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary,

I am writing to you with urgency regarding the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which is currently attempting to bring desperately needed aid to Gaza. The flotilla is made up of 52 boats, carrying humanitarian supplies and peace activists determined to support civilians facing unimaginable suffering.

Reports have already emerged of explosions, unidentified objects being dropped near the vessels, drones circling overhead, and communications being jammed. These are deeply concerning developments. We know from past experience that when Israel smears peace activists with unfounded claims of links to Hamas, it is often a precursor to violent attacks.

The UK Government must make it absolutely clear that these boats, carrying only aid and peaceful activists, must be treated safely and in line with inte

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 21

the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · Sep 16

👉NEW -- Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social

Exclusive: Declassified has obtained a list of Israelis who graduated from the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. We’re publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/britain-trai...

Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza

Exclusive: Declassified has obtained a list of Israelis who graduated from the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. We’re publishing it for the first time.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Rachel Wearmouth @rewearmouth.bsky.social · Sep 13

Elon Musk dials into a Tommy Robinson rally to say “whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you, you either fight back or you die”

Musk, who doesn’t live here & and never has, is trying to make people who do fear for their lives. It’s an open attempt to create a culture of fear.

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Dave nλ=2dsinθ @xtaldave.xtaldave.net.ap.brid.gy · Sep 13

Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.

https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia

London’s Trans Pride March Just Shattered Its Turnout Record

Organizers say it was the largest transgender rights march in the world.

www.them.us

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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · Sep 12

A former Israeli army commander, Herzi Halevi, has confirmed that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured in the war in Gaza, and that “not once” have military operations been inhibited by legal advice - via @julianborger.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000

Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip

www.theguardian.com

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · Sep 12

Charlie Kirk’s shooter was a 22 year old white cis man & 4chan groyper.

Charlie Kirk’s last words were “gang violence”. he was claiming Black people were inherently violent right before his life was ended by another white man.

Here is a description of Kirk’s terrorism by one of his many victims:

Dr Stacey Patton

I am on Charlie Kirk's hit list.

His so-called "Professor Watchlist," run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.

For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: "bitch," "c*nt," "n****r." They threatened all manner of violence.

They overwhelmed the university's PR lines and the president's office with calls demanding that I be fired. The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.

And I am not unique.

Kirk's Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse.

Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely.
Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!

That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built.
He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement's lies.

And now, in the wake of his shooting, there's all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater. But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!

And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.

But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups. Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.

It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · Sep 12

God its so disingenuous to pretend that all CK did was “have horrible opinions”. The man co-founded an organization that’s sole function was to fight tooth and nail to indoctrinate children at school into violent white nationalism. He wasn’t even just a pundit. He was ceo of the baby Nazi factory.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are now all considering boycotting Eurovision unless Israel are removed.

Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out

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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 7

Who could possibly have foreseen?

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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · Sep 7

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Review all trade ties with Israel, suspend 2030 roadmap & impose trade sanctions

We call on the Government to review existing trade ties with Israel, suspend the 2030 Roadmap for UK-Israel bilateral relations and impose trade sanctions upon Israel.

petition.parliament.uk

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred

I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇

We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain

Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · Sep 5

I would be happy if I never heard the name Graham Linehan again, but I do feel the need to comment, because the nature of a lot of the abuse trans people receive is straight up sexual harassment, but is not recognized as such because the victim is trans.

What Glinner is doing is sexual harassment.

Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · Sep 4

Just for a second, take a step back, and remember that these are the actions of a 56 year old man towards a 17 year old girl.

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · Sep 4

While people are being bombed in Gaza and war crimes are being committed in Sudan and Congo, the Excel centre is preparing to host the very people who profit from death and destruction.

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TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social · Sep 3

The internet is dangerous for under 18s so everyone must meet draconian & invasive identity checks to access social media.

Also holding up a sign supporting Palastinian Action is a terrorist act

Also what you write on the internet is fine when it calls to incite violence because its just words?

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · Sep 3

We admire that strength. And as women, we know what it feels like to be misrepresented and dismissed. That’s why we won’t let our voices be twisted into weapons against the trans community.

#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen

✍️ Join us and sign our letter: change.org/nion_women

“That trans people share their energy, money, and resources, even when they have little themselves. That they soldier on with dignity and pride, despite shocking levels of dehumanising language and institutional attacks, even from the highest levels of government.”

#WhyWeSigned

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Image of white woman with short dark spiky hair and black rimmed glasses, wearing an orange suit.

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