Alasdair Pettinger
@bulldozia.com
Words | history | sounds. Author, editor, archivist. Autistic. Latchy student of Gàidhlig, Cymraeg, Kreyòl & stringed instruments. Book: Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846. Researching revolutionary slogans. North Pembrokeshire. www.bulldozia.com
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To those of us following human rights in #Tibet, the #Uyghur regions & illegal rare earth mining in #Laos or #Myanmar the fact that #China derailed the inclusion of mining & critical minerals in the #COP30 #JustTransition program is no surprise
for @codastory.com
www.codastory.com/climate-cris...
for @codastory.com
www.codastory.com/climate-cris...
China’s green energy miracle and a conspiracy of silence - Coda Story
With Beijing indispensable to the global transition away from fossil fuels, questions are no longer being asked about the human cost
www.codastory.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
To those of us following human rights in #Tibet, the #Uyghur regions & illegal rare earth mining in #Laos or #Myanmar the fact that #China derailed the inclusion of mining & critical minerals in the #COP30 #JustTransition program is no surprise
for @codastory.com
www.codastory.com/climate-cris...
for @codastory.com
www.codastory.com/climate-cris...
Flaubert proved the same - and with more humour - in 'Bouvard and Pecuchet', though 'Googling and reading about it' was shown to be not much better.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Flaubert proved the same - and with more humour - in 'Bouvard and Pecuchet', though 'Googling and reading about it' was shown to be not much better.
Two middle-aged blokes talking about music of yesteryear (a bit too laid back and smooth for me), but the chat about the ambient underground scene in South London in the early 1990s is very interesting. Strictly Kev talks us through the Telepathic Fish compilation: www.mixcloud.com/do_you_radio...
The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ Charlie Bones & Strictly Kev talking Telepathic Fish - 05/08/25
Listen to The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ Charlie Bones & Strictly Kev talking Telepathic Fish - 05/08/25 by Do!! You!!! Radio
www.mixcloud.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Two middle-aged blokes talking about music of yesteryear (a bit too laid back and smooth for me), but the chat about the ambient underground scene in South London in the early 1990s is very interesting. Strictly Kev talks us through the Telepathic Fish compilation: www.mixcloud.com/do_you_radio...
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HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
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A wee wander round the Green today + spotted this banner someone has put at the front of the People's Palace - Elseth King RIP 🐦🌳🔔🐟
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A wee wander round the Green today + spotted this banner someone has put at the front of the People's Palace - Elseth King RIP 🐦🌳🔔🐟
Just came across this podcast from @jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence. No indication of when it was made, but their discussion of the political nuances of the summer of love & the momentous influence of David Mancuso was excellent: www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk/series1/welc...
E01: Welcome — Home
Tune in, turn on, get down!
www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just came across this podcast from @jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence. No indication of when it was made, but their discussion of the political nuances of the summer of love & the momentous influence of David Mancuso was excellent: www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk/series1/welc...
What a great Pick of the Week from @scouttzofiya.bsky.social with cod-slam poetry, the word 'cistension', the sound of agoraphobia, Walt Whitman, Johnny Cash, an introduction to musique concrète and a closing snippet of strangeness from LINTD: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Scout Tzofiya Bolton
Scout Tzofiya Bolton presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What a great Pick of the Week from @scouttzofiya.bsky.social with cod-slam poetry, the word 'cistension', the sound of agoraphobia, Walt Whitman, Johnny Cash, an introduction to musique concrète and a closing snippet of strangeness from LINTD: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Handbill advertising a debate hosted by Robert Wedderburn in London in August 1819, a week before Peterloo. 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Handbill advertising a debate hosted by Robert Wedderburn in London in August 1819, a week before Peterloo. 1/2
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What's the linguistically correct term for Santa's little helpers?
Subordinate clauses
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Subordinate clauses
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November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What's the linguistically correct term for Santa's little helpers?
Subordinate clauses
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Subordinate clauses
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Without even consulting members, UNISON backs Bridget Phillipson as Deputy Labour Leader. Its time to put UNISON members first.
September 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Without even consulting members, UNISON backs Bridget Phillipson as Deputy Labour Leader. Its time to put UNISON members first.
'The BBC will only survive if the people who fund it are actively and directly involved in running it. An institution that began life as a private company and became a chartered corporation must now become a public service cooperative': substack.com/inbox/post/....
Abolish the BBC?
The real crisis for the broadcaster is the rise of US-based digital media and the growing need for a democratic media
substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
'The BBC will only survive if the people who fund it are actively and directly involved in running it. An institution that began life as a private company and became a chartered corporation must now become a public service cooperative': substack.com/inbox/post/....
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"We loan books from the local library, or we loan books through it from a library far away. But we also lend ourselves to the library — enlarging the commons and participating in the political project of making an informed society." @shannonmattern.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"We loan books from the local library, or we loan books through it from a library far away. But we also lend ourselves to the library — enlarging the commons and participating in the political project of making an informed society." @shannonmattern.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
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Or to put it another way, both Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski will have reasons to celebrate if Labour introduce an ultra-hardline asylum policy modelled on an unpopular Danish government which is allied with the centre-right. Polanski will get more Lab recruits, and that increases Farage's lead.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Or to put it another way, both Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski will have reasons to celebrate if Labour introduce an ultra-hardline asylum policy modelled on an unpopular Danish government which is allied with the centre-right. Polanski will get more Lab recruits, and that increases Farage's lead.
Autumn colours, Cambuslang.
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Autumn colours, Cambuslang.
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Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
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In the midst of horrific mass killings and violence, British-made military equipment has been found in Sudan.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In the midst of horrific mass killings and violence, British-made military equipment has been found in Sudan.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
'“The mood board was definitely New York iconography: taxicab yellow, MetroCard primary colors, bodega awnings, stuff people are familiar with in the New York street.”' www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.
www.curbed.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
'“The mood board was definitely New York iconography: taxicab yellow, MetroCard primary colors, bodega awnings, stuff people are familiar with in the New York street.”' www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025 clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025
Fourteen titles have been longlisted for the 8th annual award of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The 2025 competition received a total of 145 eligible entries from 34 languages. The lon…
clairemcalpine.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025 clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...
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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
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“It’s almost impossible to transition away from fossil fuels without nickel from Indonesia,” one research analyst said. Fueling that transition are migrant workers from China, laboring in deadly conditions.
Read @wufeiyu.bsky.social’s new feature, produced Grist and republished by Rest of World:
Read @wufeiyu.bsky.social’s new feature, produced Grist and republished by Rest of World:
The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom
30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
restofworld.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“It’s almost impossible to transition away from fossil fuels without nickel from Indonesia,” one research analyst said. Fueling that transition are migrant workers from China, laboring in deadly conditions.
Read @wufeiyu.bsky.social’s new feature, produced Grist and republished by Rest of World:
Read @wufeiyu.bsky.social’s new feature, produced Grist and republished by Rest of World:
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If you live in a major city, your mayor is almost certainly aware of @annehidalgo.bsky.social's record.
If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.
If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.
Over 800km of new bike paths, pedestrian zones, school streets, 200,000 new trees, a 40% reduction in traffic, a 40% reduction in emissions, and a plan for a carbon neutral Paris by 2050. There is nothing stopping other city leaders from being this bold.
“One of Hidalgo’s most transformative achievements has been her push to reduce car dominance in Paris, a city historically shaped by automotive culture. Since 2014, her administration has added over 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of bike lanes, making cycling a viable and safe option for commuters.”
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If you live in a major city, your mayor is almost certainly aware of @annehidalgo.bsky.social's record.
If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.
If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.
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The use of “risk” here is so fucking terrible. Like having an autistic kid is a bad thing. A risk you want to avoid. Like autistic people are something to get rid of.
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A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism
COVID During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Autism in Kids
A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism
www.scientificamerican.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The use of “risk” here is so fucking terrible. Like having an autistic kid is a bad thing. A risk you want to avoid. Like autistic people are something to get rid of.
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