Tea Junkie
@teajunkie.bsky.social
AI will bleed us dry until it has no more use for us.
Why are we feeding it?
Why are we feeding it?
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Tea Junkie
@teajunkie.bsky.social
· Feb 2
"I know you are tired. I am tired too. Will you walk along the edge of the desert with me? I would like to show you what lies before us."
Barry Lopez
Barry Lopez
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Even after the mansion tax is applied, the owner of a £5m home in Westminster will pay proportionately less in property tax than the owner of a £210k Band B property in Sunderland.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Even after the mansion tax is applied, the owner of a £5m home in Westminster will pay proportionately less in property tax than the owner of a £210k Band B property in Sunderland.
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Matt: we need measures to improve fertility - it's one of our biggest problems!
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Matt: we need measures to improve fertility - it's one of our biggest problems!
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
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Rachel Reeves says she’s ending “Motability tax breaks”.
Sounds like she’s cracking down on luxury cars, right?
That’s not what’s happening.
These changes raise costs for all disabled people on the scheme, including those with the cheapest cars.
Here’s how. 👇🧵
Sounds like she’s cracking down on luxury cars, right?
That’s not what’s happening.
These changes raise costs for all disabled people on the scheme, including those with the cheapest cars.
Here’s how. 👇🧵
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Rachel Reeves says she’s ending “Motability tax breaks”.
Sounds like she’s cracking down on luxury cars, right?
That’s not what’s happening.
These changes raise costs for all disabled people on the scheme, including those with the cheapest cars.
Here’s how. 👇🧵
Sounds like she’s cracking down on luxury cars, right?
That’s not what’s happening.
These changes raise costs for all disabled people on the scheme, including those with the cheapest cars.
Here’s how. 👇🧵
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New polling suggests Trump is bleeding Latino support less than a year into his presidency
Meanwhile, support for the principles of socialism rises among Americans
Read it for free here: open.substack.com/pub/usapolli...
Meanwhile, support for the principles of socialism rises among Americans
Read it for free here: open.substack.com/pub/usapolli...
Socialism Rises Among Americans, While Trump Bleeds Latino Support
All the while, Democrats hold a comfortable lead in November's generic ballot polling
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
New polling suggests Trump is bleeding Latino support less than a year into his presidency
Meanwhile, support for the principles of socialism rises among Americans
Read it for free here: open.substack.com/pub/usapolli...
Meanwhile, support for the principles of socialism rises among Americans
Read it for free here: open.substack.com/pub/usapolli...
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There is always a place for kindness.
Two cats were saved from the building damaged by the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight.
Two cats were saved from the building damaged by the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There is always a place for kindness.
Two cats were saved from the building damaged by the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight.
Two cats were saved from the building damaged by the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight.
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👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages
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'Victims' families call to end femicide with annual vigil at the gates of Downing Street'
'At a Downing Street vigil held on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, campaigners pointed to "systemic failures" in policing and sentencing.'
news.sky.com/video/victim...
'At a Downing Street vigil held on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, campaigners pointed to "systemic failures" in policing and sentencing.'
news.sky.com/video/victim...
Victims' families call to end femicide with annual vigil at the gates of Downing Street
At a Downing Street vigil held on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, campaigners pointed to "systemic failures" in policing and sentencing.
news.sky.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
'Victims' families call to end femicide with annual vigil at the gates of Downing Street'
'At a Downing Street vigil held on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, campaigners pointed to "systemic failures" in policing and sentencing.'
news.sky.com/video/victim...
'At a Downing Street vigil held on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, campaigners pointed to "systemic failures" in policing and sentencing.'
news.sky.com/video/victim...
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I am staggered that this is allowed.
I am a recovering addict. Clean for 20+ years now.
One of the things i am so grateful for was that my addiction was drugs. Gambling addiction is a pernicious, evil killer of entire families.
I am a recovering addict. Clean for 20+ years now.
One of the things i am so grateful for was that my addiction was drugs. Gambling addiction is a pernicious, evil killer of entire families.
Sometimes I find it genuinely hard to tell if this woman is an MP or if she works in PR for the gambling industry.
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I am staggered that this is allowed.
I am a recovering addict. Clean for 20+ years now.
One of the things i am so grateful for was that my addiction was drugs. Gambling addiction is a pernicious, evil killer of entire families.
I am a recovering addict. Clean for 20+ years now.
One of the things i am so grateful for was that my addiction was drugs. Gambling addiction is a pernicious, evil killer of entire families.
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My kid (at about 8) once said "I love waking up and hearing you singing in the kitchen. It means you're happy and your voice sounds like love" 🥰
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My kid (at about 8) once said "I love waking up and hearing you singing in the kitchen. It means you're happy and your voice sounds like love" 🥰
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“You seem like an ok guy, Dan”
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“You seem like an ok guy, Dan”
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
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Tory front benches equally furious at a tax on mansions and hundreds of thousands of kids being pulled out of poverty. Shameful stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Tory front benches equally furious at a tax on mansions and hundreds of thousands of kids being pulled out of poverty. Shameful stuff.
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Private jet passengers flying from UK face fourfold increase in tax on.ft.com/3Xnvtzk
Private jet passengers flying from UK face fourfold increase in tax
More than 500,000 trips will be subject to higher levies
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Private jet passengers flying from UK face fourfold increase in tax on.ft.com/3Xnvtzk
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I’m so sick of every device you buy trying to data mine you and contribute to the surveillance state. Why can’t things sometimes just be the thing that they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I’m so sick of every device you buy trying to data mine you and contribute to the surveillance state. Why can’t things sometimes just be the thing that they’re supposed to be.
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At the end of the day, maybe your loved ones don’t need more tech at all and just need a gift that shows you’re thinking of them and want to spend time with them.
Or if you do want to give tech, consider some that locks them out of the worst apps on their phone.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
Or if you do want to give tech, consider some that locks them out of the worst apps on their phone.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
At the end of the day, maybe your loved ones don’t need more tech at all and just need a gift that shows you’re thinking of them and want to spend time with them.
Or if you do want to give tech, consider some that locks them out of the worst apps on their phone.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
Or if you do want to give tech, consider some that locks them out of the worst apps on their phone.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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There are many more bad tech products to avoid. But I keep coming back to @hypervisible.blacksky.app and David Golumbia’s concept of luxury surveillance.
We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
There are many more bad tech products to avoid. But I keep coming back to @hypervisible.blacksky.app and David Golumbia’s concept of luxury surveillance.
We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
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This makes me so proud to be an American. These are my people. Standing up, putting it on the line and speaking truth to power. I couldn't be more proud. Good job people. Good job!
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This makes me so proud to be an American. These are my people. Standing up, putting it on the line and speaking truth to power. I couldn't be more proud. Good job people. Good job!
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UPDATE: 36 people are dead after a major fire tore through multiple high-rise towers at a housing estate in Hong Kong, officials say, with 279 people still unaccounted for.
Fire engulfs high-rise housing estate, killing at least 4 in Hong Kong
Three others were injured, two of them critically, in the fire at Wang Fuk Court in the northern district of Tai Po, the Fire Services Department said.
nbcnews.to
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
UPDATE: 36 people are dead after a major fire tore through multiple high-rise towers at a housing estate in Hong Kong, officials say, with 279 people still unaccounted for.
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What do you do when you have no outside space? I don't.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
The mould truth: Expert warns Brits of one common habit that brings damp into their homes
As winter returns, and households dry laundry indoors, new research suggests this is contributing to dangerous mould problems in the home
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What do you do when you have no outside space? I don't.
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Tories in a nutshell:
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tories in a nutshell: