Steve Hayes
@sxh.bsky.social
Retired developer, pursuing excellence and failing to a better future, day by day. Board games, TTRPG, scale aircraft, programming, science, economics, politics, sci fi, other stuff.
Australian in UK
http://scaleaircraftstuff.com
Australian in UK
http://scaleaircraftstuff.com
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In these nine countries with the worst child mortality rates, about one in ten children dies before turning five—
Despite the world’s immense progress against child mortality, in some of the poorest countries, one in ten children still dies.
Despite the world’s immense progress against child mortality, in some of the poorest countries, one in ten children still dies.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In these nine countries with the worst child mortality rates, about one in ten children dies before turning five—
Despite the world’s immense progress against child mortality, in some of the poorest countries, one in ten children still dies.
Despite the world’s immense progress against child mortality, in some of the poorest countries, one in ten children still dies.
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Utah has had universal vote-by-mail since 2019, and a recent poll found that 87 percent of Utahns trust that their ballots are counted accurately. But Utah’s governor signed a law this spring that ends this system.
Utah Was a Rare Red State to Champion Mail Voting. That Era Is Ending.
Inspired by the architects of Project 2025, Utah adopted a Republican bill to end universal mail voting and impose new restrictions on absentee ballots.
boltsmag.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Utah has had universal vote-by-mail since 2019, and a recent poll found that 87 percent of Utahns trust that their ballots are counted accurately. But Utah’s governor signed a law this spring that ends this system.
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Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
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i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
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The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.
Europe Needs A New Strategy Too
The new US National Security Strategy helps - or forces - European leaders to let go of the consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and to focus on an own strategy instead.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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Zuckerberg's attempt at making Second Life again could almost certainly have funded every indie game in the history of indie games combined.
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Zuckerberg's attempt at making Second Life again could almost certainly have funded every indie game in the history of indie games combined.
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I like parameterised tests but find #junit 's EnumSource/MethodSource etc dissatisfying.
Here's how you can parameterize tests with #java records
gist.github.com/benjiman/e9f...
Here's how you can parameterize tests with #java records
gist.github.com/benjiman/e9f...
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I like parameterised tests but find #junit 's EnumSource/MethodSource etc dissatisfying.
Here's how you can parameterize tests with #java records
gist.github.com/benjiman/e9f...
Here's how you can parameterize tests with #java records
gist.github.com/benjiman/e9f...
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So many problems with this article, but the moment I lost it was when, having talked about the alleged over diagnosis of mental health problems, it then starts going on about ADHD, which isn't a mental health condition.
Get a grip
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Get a grip
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
So many problems with this article, but the moment I lost it was when, having talked about the alleged over diagnosis of mental health problems, it then starts going on about ADHD, which isn't a mental health condition.
Get a grip
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Get a grip
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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Anyone noticed how UK media is a lot less obsessed with Farage’s alleged antisemitism than Corbyn’s alleged antisemitism?
Odd that.
Odd that.
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Anyone noticed how UK media is a lot less obsessed with Farage’s alleged antisemitism than Corbyn’s alleged antisemitism?
Odd that.
Odd that.
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Yep, he wants nothing but deregulating crypto to help his crypto business and scrapping net zero to help his aviation fuel business. Which by pure coincidence are two of our policies.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Yep, he wants nothing but deregulating crypto to help his crypto business and scrapping net zero to help his aviation fuel business. Which by pure coincidence are two of our policies.
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Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
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Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
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On a vote of 57 to 41, the Indiana state House today adopted a new congressional map that would likely give all of the state's seats to the GOP, including by cracking Indianapolis into four different districts. The Senate will consider the plan next week:
Redistricting bill passes in Indiana House, setting up high-stakes Senate fight
Indiana state House Republicans passed a new state congressional map Friday, advancing the legislation to the state Senate.
www.wrtv.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
On a vote of 57 to 41, the Indiana state House today adopted a new congressional map that would likely give all of the state's seats to the GOP, including by cracking Indianapolis into four different districts. The Senate will consider the plan next week:
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🚨NO "sudden death"
🚨NO "turbo cancer"
Yet MORE COVID vaccine safety data...👇
COVID mRNA Vaccination & 4-Year All-Cause Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"...no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality..."
"...74% lower risk of death from severe COVID..."
🚨NO "turbo cancer"
Yet MORE COVID vaccine safety data...👇
COVID mRNA Vaccination & 4-Year All-Cause Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"...no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality..."
"...74% lower risk of death from severe COVID..."
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🚨NO "sudden death"
🚨NO "turbo cancer"
Yet MORE COVID vaccine safety data...👇
COVID mRNA Vaccination & 4-Year All-Cause Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"...no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality..."
"...74% lower risk of death from severe COVID..."
🚨NO "turbo cancer"
Yet MORE COVID vaccine safety data...👇
COVID mRNA Vaccination & 4-Year All-Cause Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"...no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality..."
"...74% lower risk of death from severe COVID..."
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There is some science to this, btw.
Your body can use this form of folate more easily than folic acid (which is synthetic).
Folates help remove homocysteine, an amino acid, from your body.
Elevated levels of homocysteine have been associated with more frequent/severe migraines.
Your body can use this form of folate more easily than folic acid (which is synthetic).
Folates help remove homocysteine, an amino acid, from your body.
Elevated levels of homocysteine have been associated with more frequent/severe migraines.
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
There is some science to this, btw.
Your body can use this form of folate more easily than folic acid (which is synthetic).
Folates help remove homocysteine, an amino acid, from your body.
Elevated levels of homocysteine have been associated with more frequent/severe migraines.
Your body can use this form of folate more easily than folic acid (which is synthetic).
Folates help remove homocysteine, an amino acid, from your body.
Elevated levels of homocysteine have been associated with more frequent/severe migraines.
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reddit chat about whether the Manchester Pusher is real (theory there's a serial killer who pushes their victims in the canal), and two far better names have already been suggested, "Canal Fatale" and "Jack the Dipper" honestly not sure which I like more
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
reddit chat about whether the Manchester Pusher is real (theory there's a serial killer who pushes their victims in the canal), and two far better names have already been suggested, "Canal Fatale" and "Jack the Dipper" honestly not sure which I like more
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TERMINUS mini update!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
I'm trying to get all of the paperbacks in the post on Monday, and the digital edition is now haunting a lot of inboxes!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
I'm trying to get all of the paperbacks in the post on Monday, and the digital edition is now haunting a lot of inboxes!
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
TERMINUS mini update!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
I'm trying to get all of the paperbacks in the post on Monday, and the digital edition is now haunting a lot of inboxes!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
I'm trying to get all of the paperbacks in the post on Monday, and the digital edition is now haunting a lot of inboxes!
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BREAKING: The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel just voted to drop the hepatitis B birth dose from its recommendations.
This move strips away a proven safeguard for newborns and reverses long-standing, evidence-based policy.
A disaster for public health.
This move strips away a proven safeguard for newborns and reverses long-standing, evidence-based policy.
A disaster for public health.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
BREAKING: The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel just voted to drop the hepatitis B birth dose from its recommendations.
This move strips away a proven safeguard for newborns and reverses long-standing, evidence-based policy.
A disaster for public health.
This move strips away a proven safeguard for newborns and reverses long-standing, evidence-based policy.
A disaster for public health.
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First Wheelchair User in Space: Onboard New Shepard’s Upcoming Suborbital Flight
www.leonarddavid.com/first-wheelc...
www.leonarddavid.com/first-wheelc...
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
First Wheelchair User in Space: Onboard New Shepard’s Upcoming Suborbital Flight
www.leonarddavid.com/first-wheelc...
www.leonarddavid.com/first-wheelc...
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The Deep State is a conspiracy theory.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The Deep State is a conspiracy theory.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
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The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.