@jonnymallabar.bsky.social
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we've been saying this over and over but I guess still good to wake up now than later
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
we've been saying this over and over but I guess still good to wake up now than later
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An interesting piece on enshittification, specifically of Amazon, by the man who coined the term.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
An interesting piece on enshittification, specifically of Amazon, by the man who coined the term.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I’m not
It isn’t.
It should be, but you’re working very hard to ensure it isn’t.
It isn’t.
It should be, but you’re working very hard to ensure it isn’t.
September 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’m not
It isn’t.
It should be, but you’re working very hard to ensure it isn’t.
It isn’t.
It should be, but you’re working very hard to ensure it isn’t.
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Fight for a different future. For your class. For your community.
Become a member of Your Party now!
Become a member of Your Party now!
September 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fight for a different future. For your class. For your community.
Become a member of Your Party now!
Become a member of Your Party now!
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Extraordinary piece from @simonerzim.bsky.social - searching, tough, honest and with all the receipts. Please share it with anyone you think is ready for a reckoning. The genocide is not only ongoing but accelerating and expanding, this is urgent.
A new wave of liberal Zionist criticism of the Israeli government rings hollow without accountability for the genocide,
@simonerzim.bsky.social writes. In this piece, she explores what real teshuva would look like within the Jewish world.
@simonerzim.bsky.social writes. In this piece, she explores what real teshuva would look like within the Jewish world.
Rhetoric Without Reckoning
A new wave of liberal Zionist criticism of the Israeli government rings hollow without accountability for the genocide.
jewishcurrents.org
August 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Extraordinary piece from @simonerzim.bsky.social - searching, tough, honest and with all the receipts. Please share it with anyone you think is ready for a reckoning. The genocide is not only ongoing but accelerating and expanding, this is urgent.
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Something special is happening.
August 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Something special is happening.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This somewhat terrifies me as it builds upon, rather than moves away from, the dependency on a small number of US big tech companies in how we governed and biased towards their interests.
This somewhat terrifies me as it builds upon, rather than moves away from, the dependency on a small number of US big tech companies in how we governed and biased towards their interests.
Deal to get ChatGPT Plus for whole of UK discussed by Open AI boss and minister
Exclusive: Deal that could have cost £2bn was floated at meeting between technology secretary Peter Kyle and Sam Altman
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This somewhat terrifies me as it builds upon, rather than moves away from, the dependency on a small number of US big tech companies in how we governed and biased towards their interests.
This somewhat terrifies me as it builds upon, rather than moves away from, the dependency on a small number of US big tech companies in how we governed and biased towards their interests.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
and what a quote about his work from. Henri Cartier-Bresson “I don’t see your viewpoint. Your work is from a different planet. We belong to two different solar systems.” I thought, oh, this is fantastic. -- who went to the effort to fax it too him.
and what a quote about his work from. Henri Cartier-Bresson “I don’t see your viewpoint. Your work is from a different planet. We belong to two different solar systems.” I thought, oh, this is fantastic. -- who went to the effort to fax it too him.
‘There’s something very interesting about boring’: Martin Parr on his life in pictures
From Benidorm sunbathers to British birdwatchers, for nearly 70 years the photographer has captured the magic of the mundane. As he publishes his life in pictures, he recalls what drew him to his s...
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
and what a quote about his work from. Henri Cartier-Bresson “I don’t see your viewpoint. Your work is from a different planet. We belong to two different solar systems.” I thought, oh, this is fantastic. -- who went to the effort to fax it too him.
and what a quote about his work from. Henri Cartier-Bresson “I don’t see your viewpoint. Your work is from a different planet. We belong to two different solar systems.” I thought, oh, this is fantastic. -- who went to the effort to fax it too him.
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Today is a day of national and international shame.
This famine could have been prevented, if only our government treated Palestinians as human beings whose lives were worth saving.
How can food be blocked yet arms still flow?
This famine could have been prevented, if only our government treated Palestinians as human beings whose lives were worth saving.
How can food be blocked yet arms still flow?
August 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today is a day of national and international shame.
This famine could have been prevented, if only our government treated Palestinians as human beings whose lives were worth saving.
How can food be blocked yet arms still flow?
This famine could have been prevented, if only our government treated Palestinians as human beings whose lives were worth saving.
How can food be blocked yet arms still flow?
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Starbucks CEO made $95M last year. The median worker made $14K. That’s a gap of 6,666 to 1.
This isn’t capitalism rewarding risk, it’s extraction on autopilot. Every empire ends with elites hollowing out the core. You’re watching it.
This isn’t capitalism rewarding risk, it’s extraction on autopilot. Every empire ends with elites hollowing out the core. You’re watching it.
August 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Starbucks CEO made $95M last year. The median worker made $14K. That’s a gap of 6,666 to 1.
This isn’t capitalism rewarding risk, it’s extraction on autopilot. Every empire ends with elites hollowing out the core. You’re watching it.
This isn’t capitalism rewarding risk, it’s extraction on autopilot. Every empire ends with elites hollowing out the core. You’re watching it.
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www.rawstory.com/ceo-compensa...
More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever!
They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.
More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever!
They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.
'Greed at its ugliest': These 100 companies pay CEOs over 600 times what workers get
Detailing the widening gap between outrageously high CEO compensation and the median wages of employees at some of the world's largest and most profitable companies, a progressive think tank on Thursd...
www.rawstory.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
www.rawstory.com/ceo-compensa...
More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever!
They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.
More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever!
They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Starmer’s Labour government says there’s no money to scrap the two-child benefit cap and lift 500,000 children out of poverty — but there is £2,000,000,000 for Elbit, Israel’s partner in genocide.
This obscene deal must be stopped.
They have Palestinian blood on their hands.
This obscene deal must be stopped.
They have Palestinian blood on their hands.
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Starmer’s Labour government says there’s no money to scrap the two-child benefit cap and lift 500,000 children out of poverty — but there is £2,000,000,000 for Elbit, Israel’s partner in genocide.
This obscene deal must be stopped.
They have Palestinian blood on their hands.
This obscene deal must be stopped.
They have Palestinian blood on their hands.
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He fulfilled his duty, raised the voice of the oppressed, went hungry and cried with the hungry, yet never surrendered, continuing to cover the killing, destruction, and death, until he passed away!
The martyrdom of the brave reporter Anas Al-Sharif — the voice of truth in the face of injustice.😓😓
The martyrdom of the brave reporter Anas Al-Sharif — the voice of truth in the face of injustice.😓😓
August 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
He fulfilled his duty, raised the voice of the oppressed, went hungry and cried with the hungry, yet never surrendered, continuing to cover the killing, destruction, and death, until he passed away!
The martyrdom of the brave reporter Anas Al-Sharif — the voice of truth in the face of injustice.😓😓
The martyrdom of the brave reporter Anas Al-Sharif — the voice of truth in the face of injustice.😓😓
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Dredge Operator is the job category least affected by Generative AI.
Fortunately, I am very good at dredging. (In reality, there are only 940 dredge operators in the US)
Fortunately, I am very good at dredging. (In reality, there are only 940 dredge operators in the US)
July 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Dredge Operator is the job category least affected by Generative AI.
Fortunately, I am very good at dredging. (In reality, there are only 940 dredge operators in the US)
Fortunately, I am very good at dredging. (In reality, there are only 940 dredge operators in the US)
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It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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An independent survey found that at least over 80,000 Gazans have been murdered, with many more injured. These estimates do not account for the hundreds of thousands of displaced refugees, deaths this year and Gazans subject to starvation and disease owing to Israel’s blockade on aid.
July 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
An independent survey found that at least over 80,000 Gazans have been murdered, with many more injured. These estimates do not account for the hundreds of thousands of displaced refugees, deaths this year and Gazans subject to starvation and disease owing to Israel’s blockade on aid.
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‘When 12 people were killed in Charlie Hebdo attacks, World Leaders thronged to Paris for a Solidarity March.
But no world leader has organised a march to protest killing more than 60,000 civilians, 20,000 children, 237 UN aid workers, and 225 journalists in Gaza.’
But no world leader has organised a march to protest killing more than 60,000 civilians, 20,000 children, 237 UN aid workers, and 225 journalists in Gaza.’
July 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
‘When 12 people were killed in Charlie Hebdo attacks, World Leaders thronged to Paris for a Solidarity March.
But no world leader has organised a march to protest killing more than 60,000 civilians, 20,000 children, 237 UN aid workers, and 225 journalists in Gaza.’
But no world leader has organised a march to protest killing more than 60,000 civilians, 20,000 children, 237 UN aid workers, and 225 journalists in Gaza.’
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If anyone from the USA or elsewhere wants to see how British humour is used to great effect, firstly, ignore the video.
And then read the (thousands of) comments.
Some great work here. Well done all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgvE...
And then read the (thousands of) comments.
Some great work here. Well done all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgvE...
New Tesla Model Y: What have they done?
YouTube video by carwow
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If anyone from the USA or elsewhere wants to see how British humour is used to great effect, firstly, ignore the video.
And then read the (thousands of) comments.
Some great work here. Well done all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgvE...
And then read the (thousands of) comments.
Some great work here. Well done all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgvE...
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@trumpblackout.bsky.social
Has anyone got a list of donors to Trumps inauguration? The best list I have is below:
$1 Million +:
Google
Microsoft
Meta
Amazon
OpenAI (Sam Altman)
Apple (Tim Cook)
Boeing
Ford
General Motors
Toyota
Undisclosed Amounts:
Chevron
Citigroup
Bank of America
Goldman Sachs
Has anyone got a list of donors to Trumps inauguration? The best list I have is below:
$1 Million +:
Microsoft
Meta
Amazon
OpenAI (Sam Altman)
Apple (Tim Cook)
Boeing
Ford
General Motors
Toyota
Undisclosed Amounts:
Chevron
Citigroup
Bank of America
Goldman Sachs
January 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
@trumpblackout.bsky.social
Has anyone got a list of donors to Trumps inauguration? The best list I have is below:
$1 Million +:
Google
Microsoft
Meta
Amazon
OpenAI (Sam Altman)
Apple (Tim Cook)
Boeing
Ford
General Motors
Toyota
Undisclosed Amounts:
Chevron
Citigroup
Bank of America
Goldman Sachs
Has anyone got a list of donors to Trumps inauguration? The best list I have is below:
$1 Million +:
Microsoft
Meta
Amazon
OpenAI (Sam Altman)
Apple (Tim Cook)
Boeing
Ford
General Motors
Toyota
Undisclosed Amounts:
Chevron
Citigroup
Bank of America
Goldman Sachs
When the post below this on my feeds says that the fossil fuel industry had spent over $1 trillion lobbying congress over the last 30 years -- about time we started clipping their wings and shaming them.
Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
When the post below this on my feeds says that the fossil fuel industry had spent over $1 trillion lobbying congress over the last 30 years -- about time we started clipping their wings and shaming them.
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Very enjoyable LEADING interview with ex defence secretary Ben Wallace - do soldiers make good politicians? Why he backed Johnson? Advice for Starmer and Badenoch. Whither Ukraine? Trump. And his trip to Iran with Corbyn. All this and more alastaircampbell.org/2025/01/115-...
115. Ben Wallace: Britain's mistake in Ukraine, Trump vs. NATO, and visiting Iran with Jeremy Corbyn
Why do some soldiers make bad politicians? What’s the West doing wrong in terms of its policy towards the Ukraine War? How can Keir Starmer turn around the public perception of his Labour government? ...
alastaircampbell.org
January 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Very enjoyable LEADING interview with ex defence secretary Ben Wallace - do soldiers make good politicians? Why he backed Johnson? Advice for Starmer and Badenoch. Whither Ukraine? Trump. And his trip to Iran with Corbyn. All this and more alastaircampbell.org/2025/01/115-...
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Clever composite photo lets you see a side of the universe normally hidden to human vision. A camera tuned to hydrogen-alpha light reveals glorious interstellar clouds swirling around the familiar stars of the constellation Orion.
(Photo: Włodzimierz Bubak) 🔭🧪
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24122...
(Photo: Włodzimierz Bubak) 🔭🧪
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24122...
January 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Clever composite photo lets you see a side of the universe normally hidden to human vision. A camera tuned to hydrogen-alpha light reveals glorious interstellar clouds swirling around the familiar stars of the constellation Orion.
(Photo: Włodzimierz Bubak) 🔭🧪
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24122...
(Photo: Włodzimierz Bubak) 🔭🧪
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24122...