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Pete Birkinshaw

@binaryape.bsky.social

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Hat-wearing devourer of chickpeas, Manchester vegan, manager of identities, developer of obscure software, Green inactivist, Elixir & Ruby coder, watcher of K-dramas, daft-apeth. Alignment: Quixotic-Good https://binary-ape.org

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · Jul 30

I'm going to list Korean romcoms I've watched so far [copied from my old thread elsewhere]

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 9m

All my comics have happy endings!

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 13m

This sounds good- OH NO IT'S CRAIG MURRAY

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30m

Former British diplomat challenges Palestine Action ban in Scotland

Craig Murray argues proscription order contravenes rights to freedom of speech under European convention of human rights A former British diplomat has served a petition challenging the ban on Palestine Action in Scotland. The case, brought by Craig Murray, is separate to the judicial review of the proscription decision being brought at the high court in London and could lead to a situation whereby the ban is ruled unlawful in Scotland but not in England and Wales. Continue reading...

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 20m

Given my last Travelodge experience you are definitely more comfortable in the car, at least.

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 4h

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 36m

I've got to admire the throwing skill of the assassin, clearly someone with cricket experience. In Manchester he just got pushed over I think.

Oswald Mosley (an older man in a suit) lying on the ground in a blurred black and white photo surrounded by men who are clearly ready to do it again

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1h

I would like to apologise for the inaccuracy in my original post, though. I should have said: “Liverpudlians debated Mosley in the marketplace of ideas with a vigour to which he was hitherto unaccustomed”

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 1h

I will also add that One Piece is *currently* the second best-selling series of books after Harry Potter and the series is still growing, so eventually...

What the 'One Piece' pirate flag means in Gen Z protests – DW – 10/08/2025

How did a flag from the Japanese anime series "One Piece" become a rallying symbol for Gen Z protest movements around the world?

www.dw.com

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 2h

If the Norwegians had a sense of humour, they'd give Obama a second peace prize today.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 15h

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 1h

He's not giving businesses advice on how to work with politicians - the lobbyists already know far more about that than he ever will, and they got what they wanted, which is why he is being rewarded.

Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 1h

Lots of people baffled by what advice he could give but it's mostly just a normal legal acceptable form of corruption.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2h

Rishi Sunak’s twin appointments mean he will be advising rivals in the push for AI breakthroughs. on.ft.com/3KNw22e

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 1h

An image from an old BBC documentary: a group of women factory workers look vocal and unhappy, and the subtitle is "Everyone disagrees"

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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · Jan 24

In the first 100 days I will dig down into the place of honor. On day one I will issue an Executive Order that the radical woke warning signs be removed and anyone perpetuating the "dangerous and repulsive" lie to be terminated. I will restore the country by touching the ancient treasures.

Graphic showing the proposed pictogram warning of the dangers of buried nuclear waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

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Scornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 2h

Just in case anyone hasn’t got yet that @billybragg.bsky.social ‘s stickers are awful I just scratched a TPUK one that spoofed the design just with a racist slogan off a lamp post

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 2h

That shouldn’t even be a crime

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 2h

It’s about a conspiracy of Count Orlok-like non-human men who control the world/reality of ordinary Americans in a 40s/50s like setting so the visuals can sometimes feel like early 20th century anti-semitism - this was not the intent (I think it was aimed at capitalist media)

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 13h

Meat is a leading emissions source, but how often do climate news stories mention animal agriculture?

Not very.

Sentient analyzed 940 of the most recent climate news stories across 11 outlets, and found that only 36 – or 3.8% – mentioned animal agriculture or meat production.

Group of cows. Text reads:
96.2% of climate news does not mention meat or livestock production as a cause of climate change.

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 14h

Manchester's Portico Library developments...

www.placenorthwest.co.uk/manchesters-...

Manchester’s Portico Library could become £11m cultural hub - Place North West

The Grade two star-listed building off Mosley Street could be returned to its originally intended use, with an expanded library, exhibition hall, and events space all proposed for the 219-year-old ven...

www.placenorthwest.co.uk

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Robin Wilton 🇱🇧 @komadori.bsky.social · 16h

As you'll see from the @openrightsgroup.org analysis, Ofcom is considering banning anyone under 18 from streaming legal online content if they also get comments or payments for it. People old enough to be in paid employment would be breaking the law if they start a legal business online.
2/n

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16h

Exactly this 👇👇

Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 16h

As an American watching our best & most crucial institutions crumble in less than a year under Trump, I suggest you make as many of these changes now, while you can.
We didn’t, obviously.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 16h

Was out early the other morning and passed a battered blue transit van parked up by a field, clearly releasing pheasants to be shot by arseholes. How the fuck is this not illegal, purely for the danger to drivers from the suddenly homeless and confused birds running onto 60mph roads?

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 16h

It’s so good.

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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊) @jaredwhite.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

I don't know how to put this kindly, so I'll just say it.

#ruby became a corporate-captured language.

Which is the very opposite of what I originally found appealing about it. To me, Ruby was the anti-enterprise language. Where enterprisey people were using Java or C# on Windows or "Solaris" […]

Original post on indieweb.social

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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 1d

Due to staff shortages, wizards are developing bad backs.

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 16h

No. Not even Java or the sudden Microsoftication of universities, even thought I have my own conspiracy theory about that.

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