@kazdale.bsky.social
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'We don’t really know how AI reaches its conclusions – even the programmers admit as much. Nor can we verify its reasoning against clear, objective criteria. So when we follow AI’s advice, we are not guided by reason. We are back in the realm of faith.'
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
'We don’t really know how AI reaches its conclusions – even the programmers admit as much. Nor can we verify its reasoning against clear, objective criteria. So when we follow AI’s advice, we are not guided by reason. We are back in the realm of faith.'
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Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should & should not apply to. Because none of us then has rights, just privileges that can be taken away by those in power
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should & should not apply to. Because none of us then has rights, just privileges that can be taken away by those in power
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support
centralbylines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act
Residents claim raw sewage and poorly treated effluent as result of Thames Water’s failings are threat to health
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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🚨 Did you know that food companies routinely make bacon look pinker by adding a chemical — nitrates — that increases cancer risk? In a similar way, global agribusiness pays ad and PR agencies to mask its role as a major emitter of greenhouse gases with a rosy glow.🐄 #COP30
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Meet Five PR Agencies Making Big Polluters Look “Ag-tastic”
Agribusiness companies create a third of global greenhouse pollution — and PR companies help them obscure it.
www.desmog.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚨 Did you know that food companies routinely make bacon look pinker by adding a chemical — nitrates — that increases cancer risk? In a similar way, global agribusiness pays ad and PR agencies to mask its role as a major emitter of greenhouse gases with a rosy glow.🐄 #COP30
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Over 26,000 of our and War on Want's supporters took urgent action telling Ed Miliband to stop blocking the way towards a fair and just transition. And we're here to make the message clear: The UN climate negotiations must allow everyone on this planet to live in dignity.
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Over 26,000 of our and War on Want's supporters took urgent action telling Ed Miliband to stop blocking the way towards a fair and just transition. And we're here to make the message clear: The UN climate negotiations must allow everyone on this planet to live in dignity.
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@mark-carney.bsky.social is edging closer to what would amounts to a 'Stupid Bargain' of historical proportions with #alberta and #oilsands companies. A mega 🧵 @theglobeandmail.com #cop30 #oil #expansion #Indigenousrights #cdnpoli #c5 #ICJ www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #StupidBargain 1/
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social is edging closer to what would amounts to a 'Stupid Bargain' of historical proportions with #alberta and #oilsands companies. A mega 🧵 @theglobeandmail.com #cop30 #oil #expansion #Indigenousrights #cdnpoli #c5 #ICJ www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #StupidBargain 1/
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Let’s make sure the government feels the heat over the climate emergency and starts building a safe, fair, and livable future for all:
goodlaw.social/wrsp
goodlaw.social/wrsp
Make Keir Starmer step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
goodlaw.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Let’s make sure the government feels the heat over the climate emergency and starts building a safe, fair, and livable future for all:
goodlaw.social/wrsp
goodlaw.social/wrsp
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Neo-liberalism is build on myths. One such myth is that their laissez-faire and "free market" policies will reduce bureaucracy.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Neo-liberalism is build on myths. One such myth is that their laissez-faire and "free market" policies will reduce bureaucracy.
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Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) have cost the NHS billions.
💥Now the government is deciding if it wants more.
Help us hold them accountable + support our crowdfunder: bit.ly/NHSandBudget 💙
💥Now the government is deciding if it wants more.
Help us hold them accountable + support our crowdfunder: bit.ly/NHSandBudget 💙
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) have cost the NHS billions.
💥Now the government is deciding if it wants more.
Help us hold them accountable + support our crowdfunder: bit.ly/NHSandBudget 💙
💥Now the government is deciding if it wants more.
Help us hold them accountable + support our crowdfunder: bit.ly/NHSandBudget 💙
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I see a leading voice in the climate tech world attacking teachers for not properly embracing AI in the classroom.
You know who has been trying to tell teachers he knew how to do their jobs better than them? For years? Bill Gates.
You know who has no teaching experience? Bill Gates
You know who has been trying to tell teachers he knew how to do their jobs better than them? For years? Bill Gates.
You know who has no teaching experience? Bill Gates
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I see a leading voice in the climate tech world attacking teachers for not properly embracing AI in the classroom.
You know who has been trying to tell teachers he knew how to do their jobs better than them? For years? Bill Gates.
You know who has no teaching experience? Bill Gates
You know who has been trying to tell teachers he knew how to do their jobs better than them? For years? Bill Gates.
You know who has no teaching experience? Bill Gates
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.
These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
www.megaphone.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
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“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers" www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers" www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice does not understand SEND children or the system, claiming there has been an 'over-diagnosis' of kids with SEND, saying it’s 'insane' to see children wearing ear defenders in classes & accusing parents of playing the system.
Leave the SEND community alone!
Leave the SEND community alone!
Reform UK's Richard Tice accused of spreading 'lies' about kids in speech
Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice today claimed there has been an 'over-diagnosis' of kids with SEND and said it was 'insane' to see children wearing ear defenders in classes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice does not understand SEND children or the system, claiming there has been an 'over-diagnosis' of kids with SEND, saying it’s 'insane' to see children wearing ear defenders in classes & accusing parents of playing the system.
Leave the SEND community alone!
Leave the SEND community alone!
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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I asked the Home Secretary how it feels to kick away the ladder and introduce anti-migrant policies endorsed by fascist Tommy Robinson?
She didn’t answer the question, calling it “beneath contempt”.
The only thing beneath contempt is her pound-shop Powellism. Shame on her & this Labour government.
She didn’t answer the question, calling it “beneath contempt”.
The only thing beneath contempt is her pound-shop Powellism. Shame on her & this Labour government.
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I asked the Home Secretary how it feels to kick away the ladder and introduce anti-migrant policies endorsed by fascist Tommy Robinson?
She didn’t answer the question, calling it “beneath contempt”.
The only thing beneath contempt is her pound-shop Powellism. Shame on her & this Labour government.
She didn’t answer the question, calling it “beneath contempt”.
The only thing beneath contempt is her pound-shop Powellism. Shame on her & this Labour government.
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These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
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In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases | Peter Sagar
Reform to bin DOGE at Lancashire County Council and raise council tax instead
In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases | Peter Sagar
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Thames Water bidder offering £1bn extra cash injection.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
Thames Water bidder says it is offering £1bn extra cash injection
Castle Water says restructuring plans do not go far enough and extra funds will help resolve pollution crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Thames Water bidder offering £1bn extra cash injection.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
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Thanks to our brilliant supporters who turned up in the cold to protest outside the DHSC building today.
Like the 17,000+ people who signed our petition, they don't want the NHS burdened with decades of debt.
The message is clear: Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, no new private finance in our NHS!
Like the 17,000+ people who signed our petition, they don't want the NHS burdened with decades of debt.
The message is clear: Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, no new private finance in our NHS!
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thanks to our brilliant supporters who turned up in the cold to protest outside the DHSC building today.
Like the 17,000+ people who signed our petition, they don't want the NHS burdened with decades of debt.
The message is clear: Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, no new private finance in our NHS!
Like the 17,000+ people who signed our petition, they don't want the NHS burdened with decades of debt.
The message is clear: Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, no new private finance in our NHS!
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"Send us all a small boat
that we might see ourselves
wearing desperation’s shoes" | Harry Gallagher
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/poet...
that we might see ourselves
wearing desperation’s shoes" | Harry Gallagher
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/poet...
Small Boat
"Send us all a small boat that we might see ourselves wearing desperation’s shoes"
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Send us all a small boat
that we might see ourselves
wearing desperation’s shoes" | Harry Gallagher
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/poet...
that we might see ourselves
wearing desperation’s shoes" | Harry Gallagher
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/poet...
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Starmer says he will lead Labour into next election.
No chance.
Losses at the next council elections will seal his fate.
Poor policy choices - hurting the old, children and disabled put a negative sign. Bad tax promises, reneged on leadership pledges.
Many MPs with small majority worried.
No chance.
Losses at the next council elections will seal his fate.
Poor policy choices - hurting the old, children and disabled put a negative sign. Bad tax promises, reneged on leadership pledges.
Many MPs with small majority worried.
Starmer says he will lead Labour into next election
Despite speculation about challenges to his leadership, the prime minister says he is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Starmer says he will lead Labour into next election.
No chance.
Losses at the next council elections will seal his fate.
Poor policy choices - hurting the old, children and disabled put a negative sign. Bad tax promises, reneged on leadership pledges.
Many MPs with small majority worried.
No chance.
Losses at the next council elections will seal his fate.
Poor policy choices - hurting the old, children and disabled put a negative sign. Bad tax promises, reneged on leadership pledges.
Many MPs with small majority worried.