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Kara Jane Adams

@ghostinexile.bsky.social

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Irish, Jewish, autistic, trans, retro enthusiast, I wrote that article you never read about the thing you have no interest in. https://medium.com/@karajane1138

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · May 18

Forgot this was a new(ish) account.

So forgive me whilst I post something from the old one.

A little piece on the history of European antisemitism.

The Jewish Question.

A potted history of European antisemitism.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 7h

But even the video resource still exists without the “deepfake” intro.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 7h

I mean there was that time Rod Hull got arrested and it turned out he had three arms.

So it’s not impossible.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 7h

You have to play to Trumps ego.

Say that there’s proof in the Epstein files that he was buggered by an Irish Setter and they’ll probably be released within a week as he rushes to prove he only ever had sex with trafficked underage girls.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 7h

One of the greatest benefits of moving from the U.K. to Ireland is the .ie URL.

Do you know how much time I’m saving not having to type .co.uk on the end of everything?

And I’ve used that time wisely, by typing this post.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 8h

According to the blurb it’s a video introduction, how does that achieve anything? What is its purpose? What does it do that previous resources couldn’t?

How exactly does it benefit students?

It seems the only reason for its existence is that it’s possible and that doesn’t seem like reason enough.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

'Deepfake' teacher avatars to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to introduce resources for pupils returning to school

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 8h

What I do on the weekend is my own business, and don’t call me shits.

A screenshot of Leslie Nielsen in Airplane.

Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 8h

Never did complete it, completed Back To Skool many a time though, not sure if that was because the sequel was more forgiving, or that I’d become more proficient in between releases.

Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 8h

He has the looks of a man who would break into a sweat trying to wipe his own arse.

Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 10h

It’s a little known fact that an earlier draft of Elton John’s Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting was entitled Saturday Night’s Alright for Handheld Gaming.

He’s also a firm believer that Saturday Morning is for watching vids on YouTube.

So today is no doubt a happy day for Mr. John.

Bloggo's POW! @bloggospow.bsky.social · 11h

Handheld arcade conversions for your main screen! Or if you're watching on your phone it's back to the small screen with a better battery life!
Watch now!
youtu.be/Y8npoDvzvZo

Gameboy Arcade Conversions POW!

YouTube video by Bloggos Pow

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 10h

I often think of people like Brooker, along with others such as Cameron Crowe, Jane Goldman and Gary Whitta.

And what AI is trying to rob us of.

Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 21h

And erm...

There's always the Zog Chorus version.

The Zog Chorus - 'We all Stand Together’ | The Late Late Show | RTÉ One

YouTube video by The Late Late Show

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 21h

Most political parties seem to be swinging back away from renewables (except in China and India)

Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 21h

I do own two copies of Dining On Babylon 5.

I'm happy with my choice.

Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

You won’t, they don’t have one.

And a shift to renewables, the so called “green future” is not the same as “deindustrialisation”.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

The greens hate working people?

Are you sure?

Making Work Fair - Green Party

Real hope.Real change. Millions of people have seen their pay seriously eroded by inflation for well over a decade, including many who work in vital public services. Green MPs will defend and extend w...

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

Time to head home and await the broadband install.

Try not to get into any shit whilst I’m gone.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

The greens are certainly left wing, but their social and economic policies are far from extreme.

It’s just the political spectrum has veered so far to the right that the current centre is pretty much where the right used to be and everything else seems further left by comparison.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

Have any of the sets been publicly released?

I’m desperate to see the “just telling it like it is” free speech warriors laying into the Saudi regime by speaking truth to power in a no doubt humorous way.

That is what they did right?

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

I’m currently on oil-fired at the new place (which reminds me I should probably dip the tank)

Although will eventually go for some variation of solar and/or heat pump.

Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

This is like a 30 year old episode of Jerry Springer.

So if a person fails to disclose something like they’re a convicted murderer, a child molester, the butcher of Bergen-Belsen, etc, then that’s just hunky dory.

But being trans?

Well that’s the line you just don’t cross.

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 1d

Disgusting abuse of a woman.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/3696198...

Trans woman who sexually assaulted date by hiding male organs insists 'he knew'

A TRANS woman facing jail for sexually assaulting a Snapchat date by hiding her male organs has insisted: “He must have known.” Ciara Watkin, 21, was convicted of duping the young man into believin…

www.thesun.co.uk

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

If they’ve been dropped then I expect a discount.

The Irish Sun @thesun.ie · 1d

Lidl Ireland drop selection of bargain heaters for winter with prices from €5.99

www.thesun.ie

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

It’s kind of amusing as for most of my life Ireland has been considerably more expensive than the the UK, yet over the last few years it’s somewhat approached parity and on a few things is now noticeably cheaper.

Almost as if something really bad happened to the UK in the middle of the last decade.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 1d

The existence of trans youth has always been an issue for the GenCrit brigade as it’s hard to argue an 8 year old is a pervert who just wants to invade women’s spaces.

Which is why they want them gone by any means necessary, so they can no longer screw with the narrative.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 2d

Had an e-mail off the electricity supplier to say that that the consumer rate for electricity will be remaining the same this winter.

Weird as when I was in the UK the argument was always that due to the state of the world making it a volatile market prices must go up every winter.

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 2d

Being without it (even for a small amount of time) serves to remind me of how inconsequnetial it all is.

But then I've always been a fan of inconsequential things.

I think what I might start doing is cutting it down to a set period of the day.

Maybe blitz an hour and leave it there.