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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 8d

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation.

"Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies.

Text and image generation
Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 6h

In just eight months, Green Party support in Northern Ireland has doubled - from 2% in February to 4% in October. The tide is turning. Voters are choosing hope over division, and a radical vision of climate action and social justice that puts people first. 💚

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Pundit panic: activated 😂

@zackpolanski.bsky.social has them rattled ✊️

Bring it on ⬇️

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

📈 Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.

And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk

MEMBERSHIP DOUBLED
With photo featuring Zack Polanski, Anthony Slaughter, Mothin Ali, Tessa Marshall and lots of Green Party activists!
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23h

Tia Kofi to Zack Polanski, "There are better ways for everything to be better for everyone, rather than just sort of your little bubble"

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sean morley @seanmorl.com · 3d

My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social:
Who Remembers Attention Spans?

Half of people in the UK think their attention span has shrunk. With "doomscrolling" becoming an increasing concern for policymakers, I ask: but is this even real though?

nowthenmagazine.com/articles/who...

Who Remembers Attention Spans?

Why can't we focus on anything these days? Sean Morley takes a brief interlude from checking the latest death tolls to investigate our belief in the shrinking attention span.

nowthenmagazine.com

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 16h

Our highest ever polling with Lucid Talk!

This is a big step forward. While it may be just a snapshot, it’s clear our message is resonating with more and more people. Momentum is building because people know there’s a better way.

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Declan @oracleoftruth.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry I don't mean to be so strident but I really worry about people getting hybrids which only serve to help car companies. A small efficient petrol until you can man an EV work is probably better.

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Declan @oracleoftruth.bsky.social · 1d

Don't get a hybrid. Worst of both worlds and probably more environmentally damaging than a petrol. They are economically and environmentally worse than a petrol car. Worth checking to see if there are chargers near where you live or work. You wouldn't need to charge that often probably

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Declan @oracleoftruth.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely an EV. More reliable, less maintenance and cheaper to run.
For that price you can get a Hyundai Kona electric, possibly a VW id.3 or an MG4. These are all good and all have good ranges. Id3 may annoy with controls so worth test drive. You could get a 2023 Renault Zoe also for 11k.9

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 1d

Alliance promised change but delivered excuses. While they talk about “balance”, Lough Neagh is choking, hate crime laws gather dust, public transport collapses and inequality grows. The Greens don’t sit on the fence - we fight for people and planet, not political convenience.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 2d

Build a better future for everyone.
👉 www.greens.scot/join

The Herald. The Greens are on the rise and it spells ruin for Labour.
The Green Party, both north and south of the border, is building a new left-wing movement on the pile of dirt Labour is amassing as it digs its own grave.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 3d

🔴The Real Energy Scandal The Media Won’t Tell You About

Fossil fuel interests are colluding with billionaire-owned media companies to block the UK’s transition towards a cheaper and greener future, argues @donnachadhmc.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/t...

The Real Energy Scandal The Media Won't Tell You About

Fossil fuel interests are colluding with billionaire-owned media companies to block the UK's transition towards a cheaper and greener future, argues Donnachadh McCarthy

bylinetimes.com

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Declan @oracleoftruth.bsky.social · 2d

Labour are losing vote share to the greens. Time to drop green manifesto pledges!

Declan @oracleoftruth.bsky.social · 2d

How are they so bad at this?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer prepares to miss key green target in effort to keep energy bills down

Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be quietly abandoned over cost

www.theguardian.com

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Declan @oracleoftruth.bsky.social · 2d

Energy prices are too high. Do you:
A. Decouple electricity prices from the gas wholesale price keeping them high
B. Reduce efforts to switch to the cheapest forms of energy (renewables)

Trick question! Of course if you are this labour government the answer is whatever fossil fuel lobbyists want!

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Cllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 3d

Belfast city centre is at a crossroads.

Will community need beat developer greed? We say yes. Time for overdose prevention, safer streets, and real public transport - not empty promises or empty buildings. A greener, fairer Belfast starts now. #BelfastCityCentre #GreenPartyNI

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Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 4d

There is no room for racism — not in Kilcooley, not in Bangor, not anywhere.

Last nights attack in Ganaway Walk was a cowardly act of hate, and it has no place in our community. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own home and to be treated with respect and dignity.

#EndHate #Solidarity

Post from PSNI in Ards & North Down detailing attack and seeking information.

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 3d

Labour members up and down the country are leaving that burning wreck of a party and joining the Greens.

Swindon is proof of that and we extend a warm welcome to Cllrs Tom Butcher, Repi Begum and Ian Edwards.

We’re building a new left.
Help us do it.

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Declan @oracleoftruth.bsky.social · 3d

Their study looks at protein conversion. No mention of climate change or even soil degradation. If protein conversion and low land use is your main concern then precision fermentation would be at the top.

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Declan @oracleoftruth.bsky.social · 3d

But the land use is enormous and the methane expulsion huge. It's Ireland's biggest greenhouse gas contribution and has meant the historic deforestation hasn't been reversed this makes us unprepared for the flooding as a result of climate change.

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Extinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 3d

Mosquito-borne diseases kill more than one million people and infect up to 700 million each year. Global heating is enabling the world’s deadliest creature to expand its geographical range to new regions.
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www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/news-stor...

Explainer: How climate change is amplifying mosquito-borne diseases|World Mosquito Program

www.worldmosquitoprogram.org

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Highest. Ever. (Yet.) 🚀

Let's go! 🙌🏼

Source: YouGov

Join.greenparty.org.uk

@leftiestats.bsky.social

Greens and lib Dems - 15%
Tories - 17%
Labour - 20%
Reform - 26%

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d

Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over | Devi Sridhar

Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburg...

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5d

Jewish community leaders in Birmingham

Standing outside Villa Park

Saying they support the ban of Maccabi

Saying it's nothing to do with religion, or against Jews

"It's a genuine safety concern against hooliganism from Maccabi"

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