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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 9h

The performers who just admitted they did it for the merry bushels of cash handled this better.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili | The Guardian

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 10h

This is an awful lot of words to avoid saying “I took wheelbarrows full of cash to whitewash a monarchy which imprisons women’s rights activists and executes its critics”

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 17h

Every single European leader that hasn't taken steps to suspend or limit arms trade with Israel and divested from Israeli dual purpose interests deserves to have their name in the annals of genocide complicity.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Italy’s Meloni says ICC complaint accuses her of Gaza genocide complicity

A complaint lodged with the ICC points to the Italian government's role supplying lethal weapons to Israel amid Gaza war

www.aljazeera.com

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 10h

It would be a good title, though.

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 18h

But it's the irony that really hits, considering what he's banging on about.

andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 18h

No idea who he is, I'm always happily kind of out of the loop on podcaster names, I often only hear about them when crap like this happens. In the Reddit vid it's a bit more clear. Guy reaches over with his arm to something and she barks and sits pretty immediately. To me that seems clearly related.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 1d

Back in the day people used to have a slide at the end of their presentations saying "and that's how the brain works" as an inside joke about Hinton since he was known to talk confidently out of his ass.

Now, the Nobel committee brought this upon us like they give the peace prize to genociders.

⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 3d

anyway, here is 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Geoffrey Hinton discussing what we know about large AI models on 60 Minutes.

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 1d

I'm checking out OpenVibe which cross-posts on ActivityPub, ATProto, and Nostr protocol platforms to see how text, links, pics, etc. render where they land but may as well share some real bangers while doing so.

By Nate Bear:
www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...

The Liberal abandonment of Greta Thunberg

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 1d

"For Palestinians in Israel, self-censorship has long been a survival mechanism, our silence the condition of our citizenship. But encountering solidarity abroad, I realized my body forgot what it feels like to speak freely."
— Thawra Abukhdeir
www.972mag.com/between-a-re...

Between a revolution and a whisper

For Palestinians in Israel, our silence is the condition of our citizenship. Abroad, I forgot what it feels like to speak freely.

www.972mag.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

“Hello, fellow An-TEE-fahs.”

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Under- cover Operations to Infil- trate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 1d

This just puts the Fine Young Cannibals song 'Good Thing' in my head but it's going a lot harder.

Justin Buist @justinbuist.bsky.social · 1d

Bikes are kind of silly. What you really want is a Vespa with a mounted 75mm rifle on it for your paratroopers.

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Vespa 150 TAP - Wikipedia

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Ruthi Brandt @ruthibrandt.bsky.social · 1d

At the latest monthly @ukfost.bsky.social vigil:

"British Palestinian doc Jasr Kawkby said he felt it was important to attend the event following the attack in Manchester. "At heart, we share really the same interests...really important for me to come and to speak my position as a Palestinian"

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Jewish and Palestinian people gather in London for peace

People join together in central London each month to share their hopes for peace.

www.bbc.co.uk

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 1d

For a while I had a little fox family that made themselves a den somewhere under the back garden hedge and seeing them hanging out in the grass when I opened the curtains in the morning was my favourite thing.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 1d

Labour’s core voter is a Londoner. There’s no realistic route to staying in power in London. It’s the heartland.

And yet Labour has kicked London around rhetorically, through policy, and financially since taking office – and now it faces implosion. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...

Labour’s London problem

The party cannot stay in power without dominating in the capital – party insiders are now worried the city is about to slip from the government’s grasp

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 2d

Christian Zionism is a creepy thing, though.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

Unlike Jesus, I have returned.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 2d

Remember, "cops lie" is a thing that scales.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 2d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 3d

This is really the answer.

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 3d

i made it into the newspaper again

One user who posts under the name Katie Tightpussy speculated that Bluesky leadership has come to loathe “having a large social media app that they never wanted” and suggested that they spin it off so they can return “to Protocol Land where they never have to think about the opinions of plebeians ever again.”

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 3d

'And despite its accuracy in many ways, “Past Tense” was too optimistic and did not consider cruelty as policy.' letsdothepanicagain.beehiiv.com/p/for-whom-t...

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 3d

Digital ID checks plus the continued illegalisation of protest is basically this Labour government driving Britain lower on any freedom indexes as fast as it can.

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 3d

Got to VPN for some of it, or start getting yourself on lists and destroy any notion of privacy. It's interesting to me both in how some platforms are and aren't going along.

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andrew ⓕ lyons @andrewfordlyons.net · 3d

Direct opposition works.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 3d

Suspending Link after he pointed out the how following Jonathan Chait after being accused of transphobia does not allow you to beat the transphobia allegations. In fact, it does the opposite.

To be clear: suspending Link was certainly a choice. And we know what KIND of choice it is.

race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 3d

so now link is suspended with no email

link pointing out that jay now follows jonathan chait and suggesting that it may be for transphobic reasons

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 3d

AWS, Azure, and GCP are holding a joint cloud-hacking contest under the name of ZeroDay Cloud.

The contest will be held at Black Hat Europe this December.

Prizes will go up to $300,000 for certain vulnerabilities.

www.zeroday.cloud

ZeroDay Cloud: Cloud Security Hacking Competition

Join the world's top researchers in a competition to find zero-day vulnerabilities in core open-source software powering the cloud. Put your skills to the test, win huge prizes from our $4.5M prize po...

www.zeroday.cloud

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