Alison Carminke
@alisoncarminke.bsky.social
How do you coin a phrase though, that'll set your soul apart?
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If you want to understand the arrogance behind this system, it is worth watching Lord Agnew’s previous evidence to the Covid Inquiry.
"It is such bollocks".
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"It is such bollocks".
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November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If you want to understand the arrogance behind this system, it is worth watching Lord Agnew’s previous evidence to the Covid Inquiry.
"It is such bollocks".
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"It is such bollocks".
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So much more remains to be exposed.
David Conn's investigation shows how the VIP lane, political links and pressure from suppliers shaped vast contracts.
The government must recover every pound and those who profiteered during the pandemic must be held to account.
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David Conn's investigation shows how the VIP lane, political links and pressure from suppliers shaped vast contracts.
The government must recover every pound and those who profiteered during the pandemic must be held to account.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
So much more remains to be exposed.
David Conn's investigation shows how the VIP lane, political links and pressure from suppliers shaped vast contracts.
The government must recover every pound and those who profiteered during the pandemic must be held to account.
6/7
David Conn's investigation shows how the VIP lane, political links and pressure from suppliers shaped vast contracts.
The government must recover every pound and those who profiteered during the pandemic must be held to account.
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A company at the heart of the government’s PPE operation was paid about £1.4bn during the pandemic, after being steered into the VIP lane.
PPE worth £178.5m from its contracts ended up on a “do not supply” list.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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PPE worth £178.5m from its contracts ended up on a “do not supply” list.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A company at the heart of the government’s PPE operation was paid about £1.4bn during the pandemic, after being steered into the VIP lane.
PPE worth £178.5m from its contracts ended up on a “do not supply” list.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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PPE worth £178.5m from its contracts ended up on a “do not supply” list.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Gambling, an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals & communities.
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
628 bets in 72 minutes, then Lee killed himself. No one stopped him
After an inquest into the death of Lee Adams, 36, his family is calling for greater regulation of addictive online gambling
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Gambling, an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals & communities.
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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ICYMI: Selling off care homes? Is that really putting Britain first?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
ICYMI: Selling off care homes? Is that really putting Britain first?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year
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This sentence "But we do know that Wilkins, without Franklin's knowledge or permission, showed Photo 51 to Watson" reminded me of what happened to Sonora Babb, whose research into the migrants of the Dust Bowl was given to John Steinbeck, making her own novel unpublishable until 2004.
Sanora Babb - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This sentence "But we do know that Wilkins, without Franklin's knowledge or permission, showed Photo 51 to Watson" reminded me of what happened to Sonora Babb, whose research into the migrants of the Dust Bowl was given to John Steinbeck, making her own novel unpublishable until 2004.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy
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I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
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This story has been buried, but apparently there's been a lot of American warplane activity. I saw something HUGE fly overhead on a flight path that isn't typical here yesterday in Argyll. As per, Parliament is silent.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560592...
www.thenational.scot/news/2560592...
MoD refuses to say why 'Trump's troops' are stationed in Scotland
THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) has refused to release any details on the decision to allow US troops and war planes to be stationed at RAF…
www.thenational.scot
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This story has been buried, but apparently there's been a lot of American warplane activity. I saw something HUGE fly overhead on a flight path that isn't typical here yesterday in Argyll. As per, Parliament is silent.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560592...
www.thenational.scot/news/2560592...
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Disgusting treatment of civilians.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Disgusting treatment of civilians.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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"wait how bad was he?" behold, receipts:
James Watson in his own words
“Some anti-Semitism is justified” “Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them” “Japan should be bombed for d…
liorpachter.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"wait how bad was he?" behold, receipts:
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👉NEW -- The UK’s £1 billion Thank You to Uncle Sam
by Richard Norton-Taylor
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
by Richard Norton-Taylor
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
The UK’s £1 billion Thank You to Uncle Sam
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
👉NEW -- The UK’s £1 billion Thank You to Uncle Sam
by Richard Norton-Taylor
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
by Richard Norton-Taylor
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
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This is the interesting and important bit, if you don't want to click on the BBC link. It won't be a surprise to anybody who enjoys paying attention to the motivations behind horrible actions.
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is the interesting and important bit, if you don't want to click on the BBC link. It won't be a surprise to anybody who enjoys paying attention to the motivations behind horrible actions.