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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 37m

Just plain weird how there seems to be so many more votes in pushing zero sum politics than there is in pushing win win alternatives.

Something deeply wrong with a society that insists that some have to be seen to be losing out for a policy to be viewed as realistic.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 12h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 59m

Part of me wonders whether the reluctance of many MSM journalists to go after Reform and Russia is because it would mean they'd have to studiously ignore all the mockery they previously dished out to the likes of Cadwalladr and Jukes over the years...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 1h

At least this conversation is starting to hit the mainstream.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15h

"Sceptics are privately - and some now publicly - asking whether the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be, at least in part, the result of what they call 'financial engineering'. In other words - there are fears these companies are overvalued."

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1h

Britain now has 1970s levels racism without 1970s levels of secure well-paid jobs, social housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions and affordable rail fares

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 2h

Pump and dump at scale.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 3h

The Long Neolithic lives as a sense of wonder. It sits in distant fields and summons us to not only witness its stone persistence, but to engage with its slow release of mystery. Its power bends not only the landscape, but our sense of story. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 2h

I just can't help thinking it would be really helpful to have someone responsible for making sure overseas forces can't fund propaganda intended to sow division in the UK. 🤷‍♂️

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Irritated Llama @irritatedllama.bsky.social · 2h

"Are you are you against Fascism? No, I'm a republican"
Accidentally being honest about their radicalisation.

youtu.be/kTc4jLGgm-U?...

TikTokers Expose the Sad Reality of Having Braindead MAGA Parents

YouTube video by The Humanist Report

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 2h

Anybody know if we have some kind of Ministerial post responsible for things like culture and the media?

Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 5h

More than 70,000 people complained over GB News’s use of a hateful, homophobic trope.

This week, the regulator finally acted and declared the channel in breach.
https://bit.ly/4h5ZvAK

goodlawproject.org

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 4h

I see a bit of a pile-on to Bienkov for the crime of <checks notes> referring to Home Office figures on racist attacks and noting that arson attacks on mosques are apparently unworthy of comment when talking about the rising tide of racism in the UK. God forbid we acknowledge racism of all forms.

Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 4h

But what Labour can't do is say that there is "no case" to do anything about something they are about to say is causing tax rises. It's logically inconsistent.

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 4h

It does also highlight the foolishness of previous statements that there is "no case" for joining the Single Market, let alone the EU.

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 1d

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 5h

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 5h

I must have missed the UK government raising its concerns about the kidnapping of British citizens in international waters?

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Flynn has praised the four Scottish activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla

Stephen Flynn hails 'brave' Scottish flotilla activists detained by Israel

www.thenational.scot

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 5h

"Withdrawal" doing lots of heavy lifting in the current coverage.

Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 6h

Ceasefire withdrawal

#bbclaurak

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 5h

"I clicked the link"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 8h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 8h

"The chancellor approved it"

Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 5h

Ironically, the kind of thing that only increases antisemitism...

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6h

BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year

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Naadir @randomvariable.co.uk · 7h

Good thing our Labour government is super intelligent and smart to also bet the entire economy on AI because they ceded policymaking to speculators

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Monica Carmean @monicacarmean.com · 13h

Amazon prime frog costumes are sold out. Good job, America.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 22h

Farage, Arron Banks, and convicted Russian asset Nathan Gill have all parroted the Russian lie that NATO and EU expansion provoked Putin into invading Ukraine.

That's a lie for a Western audience. Putin is much more honest about Russia's imperialist motives when he's speaking to a Russian audience.

Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 11d

Pu spells out Ru's imperialist motivations for the war. He calls the conquest a long-held dream and historical destiny.

He beclowns those who insist NATO expansion caused the war. Let's see if anyone from the Mearsheimer fan club admits the claim has been falsified.
www.kremlin.ru/events/presi...

Обращение по случаю Дня воссоединения ДНР, ЛНР, Запорожской и Херсонской областей с Россией

www.kremlin.ru

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Antifa CEO @antifa.bsky.social · 7h

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation of antifa as a terrorist organization in draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries 🙄

European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries

www.theguardian.com

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