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Charity Technology Consultant: @CharityTechnology.co.uk
Head of IT at Science for All
Cymro yn Lloegr.
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In the past hours, Israel has:
- killed 2 people in air raids in Gaza City and southern Gaza
- killed 1 person in drone attacks on southern Lebanon
- continued 3-days of military threats across occupied West Bank
- attacked olive harvests & other crops in the occupied West Bank
- killed 2 people in air raids in Gaza City and southern Gaza
- killed 1 person in drone attacks on southern Lebanon
- continued 3-days of military threats across occupied West Bank
- attacked olive harvests & other crops in the occupied West Bank
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In the past hours, Israel has:
- killed 2 people in air raids in Gaza City and southern Gaza
- killed 1 person in drone attacks on southern Lebanon
- continued 3-days of military threats across occupied West Bank
- attacked olive harvests & other crops in the occupied West Bank
- killed 2 people in air raids in Gaza City and southern Gaza
- killed 1 person in drone attacks on southern Lebanon
- continued 3-days of military threats across occupied West Bank
- attacked olive harvests & other crops in the occupied West Bank
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Paulina Borsook "warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through The Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, a book based on her 1990s writing" www.thenerdreich.com/she-warned-a...
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Paulina Borsook "warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through The Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, a book based on her 1990s writing" www.thenerdreich.com/she-warned-a...
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I’m trying to pass portfolios of other artists to clients I can’t take and the amount of you that don’t have your contact details readily available! I want to give you woooorrrkk!
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I’m trying to pass portfolios of other artists to clients I can’t take and the amount of you that don’t have your contact details readily available! I want to give you woooorrrkk!
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In his semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits Tom’s Midnight Garden, a Carnegie Medal-winning novel that’s had multiple adaptations.
britishfantasysociety.org/the-tv-that-...
britishfantasysociety.org/the-tv-that-...
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In his semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits Tom’s Midnight Garden, a Carnegie Medal-winning novel that’s had multiple adaptations.
britishfantasysociety.org/the-tv-that-...
britishfantasysociety.org/the-tv-that-...
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idk if you knew this but awards are exist to cement the legitimacy of the organization bestowing the awards and not intended for the award-recipient
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
idk if you knew this but awards are exist to cement the legitimacy of the organization bestowing the awards and not intended for the award-recipient
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OpenAI's Sora 2 is flooding social media with videos of women being strangled. Yet another example of generative AI companies failing to prevent users from creating media that violates their own policies against violent content.
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
OpenAI's Sora 2 is flooding social media with videos of women being strangled. Yet another example of generative AI companies failing to prevent users from creating media that violates their own policies against violent content.
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
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A new digital comic store called Sweet Shop has launched in beta with a hard-line "no AI" policy.
Sweet Shop launches digital comic store with a strict no AI policy
A new digital comic store called Sweet Shop has launched in beta with a hard-line "no AI" policy.
www.geeknative.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A new digital comic store called Sweet Shop has launched in beta with a hard-line "no AI" policy.
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Who said “Reform Councillors are all as dodgy AF”❗️
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Who said “Reform Councillors are all as dodgy AF”❗️
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Oldest surviving victim of Post Office Horizon scandal finally receives compensation payout.
“I don't want to put my feet up,” said Betty Brown, 92. “I just want the other sub-postmasters to have what I have been given. That's all I want – justice for every one of them.”
“I don't want to put my feet up,” said Betty Brown, 92. “I just want the other sub-postmasters to have what I have been given. That's all I want – justice for every one of them.”
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final payout
"I can settle up my affairs. I can turn the heating up full blast, and that will be wonderful," 92-year-old Betty Brown told the BBC.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oldest surviving victim of Post Office Horizon scandal finally receives compensation payout.
“I don't want to put my feet up,” said Betty Brown, 92. “I just want the other sub-postmasters to have what I have been given. That's all I want – justice for every one of them.”
“I don't want to put my feet up,” said Betty Brown, 92. “I just want the other sub-postmasters to have what I have been given. That's all I want – justice for every one of them.”
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#OTD 1839 • The Chartist Uprising at Newport 🏴
Reports suggest that some seven or eight thousand men marched on the Westgate Hotel.
It is thought that around 50 were injured and some 22 of the Chartists were killed.
www.peoplescollection.wales/content/newp...
#Wales ##History
Reports suggest that some seven or eight thousand men marched on the Westgate Hotel.
It is thought that around 50 were injured and some 22 of the Chartists were killed.
www.peoplescollection.wales/content/newp...
#Wales ##History
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#OTD 1839 • The Chartist Uprising at Newport 🏴
Reports suggest that some seven or eight thousand men marched on the Westgate Hotel.
It is thought that around 50 were injured and some 22 of the Chartists were killed.
www.peoplescollection.wales/content/newp...
#Wales ##History
Reports suggest that some seven or eight thousand men marched on the Westgate Hotel.
It is thought that around 50 were injured and some 22 of the Chartists were killed.
www.peoplescollection.wales/content/newp...
#Wales ##History
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Yeah in 2009 all the big banks made a bad bet on sub prime mortgages and nearly collapsed the US economy, but a government bailout saved them. This wasn't that long ago, Axios.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Yeah in 2009 all the big banks made a bad bet on sub prime mortgages and nearly collapsed the US economy, but a government bailout saved them. This wasn't that long ago, Axios.
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was talking to my pharmacist about how much worse at driving all the cameras and driving automation shit is making people, and more generally how outsourcing your directional/navigational knowledge (and knowledge in general) is making us dumber and less capable
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
was talking to my pharmacist about how much worse at driving all the cameras and driving automation shit is making people, and more generally how outsourcing your directional/navigational knowledge (and knowledge in general) is making us dumber and less capable
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Resistance to data centers is strong in the South- check out @mediajustice.bsky.social ‘s new report for a landscape review and key ways Black, brown and working class communities are taking action!
bit.ly/nodatacenters
bit.ly/nodatacenters
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Resistance to data centers is strong in the South- check out @mediajustice.bsky.social ‘s new report for a landscape review and key ways Black, brown and working class communities are taking action!
bit.ly/nodatacenters
bit.ly/nodatacenters
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Went to Laugharne castle yesterday and I walked in, predictably wearing my favourite Rhaglan castle hoodie, and the people working in the giftshop immediately started ripping into me for having the nerve to walk in wearing another castle's hoodie lol
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Went to Laugharne castle yesterday and I walked in, predictably wearing my favourite Rhaglan castle hoodie, and the people working in the giftshop immediately started ripping into me for having the nerve to walk in wearing another castle's hoodie lol
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NEW: a Goodreads librarian went rogue, edited the site to expose 'censorship in favor of Trump fascism'. To hear them tell it, Goodreads was removing criticism of Trump’s book from the site.
www.404media.co/rogue-goodre...
www.404media.co/rogue-goodre...
Rogue Goodreads Librarian Edits Site to Expose 'Censorship in Favor of Trump Fascism’
“When we let powerful people’s books be protected from criticism, we give up the right to hold power accountable.”
www.404media.co
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW: a Goodreads librarian went rogue, edited the site to expose 'censorship in favor of Trump fascism'. To hear them tell it, Goodreads was removing criticism of Trump’s book from the site.
www.404media.co/rogue-goodre...
www.404media.co/rogue-goodre...
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It's a potted history, armchair psychology, perhaps. But there's a thread linking all the people screaming about their 'English culture'.
This is what happens when economic growth crushes a people for 1000 years
What's taken hold of the UK population?
aquietresistance.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's a potted history, armchair psychology, perhaps. But there's a thread linking all the people screaming about their 'English culture'.
A great read!
My latest blog piece, what the Caerffili result can tell us about the Holyrood election next year.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/t...
The lessons of Caerffili for Holyrood 2026
Some great news from Wales today. Plaid Cymru has smashed over 100 years of Labour domination and swept its way to victory in the Caerffili Senedd by election, taking 47% of votes cast. Although po…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A great read!
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In 2 days Ofwat, the water regulator, will decide if they will approve Thames Water's plan to:
💩set their own rules on performance
💩operate outside the law for 15 years
💩cut back on agreed investment levels
🤑protect investor profits
💩set their own rules on performance
💩operate outside the law for 15 years
💩cut back on agreed investment levels
🤑protect investor profits
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In 2 days Ofwat, the water regulator, will decide if they will approve Thames Water's plan to:
💩set their own rules on performance
💩operate outside the law for 15 years
💩cut back on agreed investment levels
🤑protect investor profits
💩set their own rules on performance
💩operate outside the law for 15 years
💩cut back on agreed investment levels
🤑protect investor profits
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Also there is something wrong with politicians suggesting a "radically less generous welfare state" because people use that money to feed and house themselves and we've seen over and over again that when these cuts get applied people fucking die.
October 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Also there is something wrong with politicians suggesting a "radically less generous welfare state" because people use that money to feed and house themselves and we've seen over and over again that when these cuts get applied people fucking die.
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Day 320 of not regretting leaving Labour.
Reeves leads attack on the environment (which includes us!)
But bankers will get their bonuses more quickly.
Reeves leads attack on the environment (which includes us!)
But bankers will get their bonuses more quickly.
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Day 320 of not regretting leaving Labour.
Reeves leads attack on the environment (which includes us!)
But bankers will get their bonuses more quickly.
Reeves leads attack on the environment (which includes us!)
But bankers will get their bonuses more quickly.
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How do we improve citizen science? I'm presenting at the Australian Citizen Science Association conference about how we co-created 10 recommendations with researchers and the public.
You can read our discussion paper pre-print here:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.670232
#CitSciOz25
You can read our discussion paper pre-print here:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.670232
#CitSciOz25
October 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How do we improve citizen science? I'm presenting at the Australian Citizen Science Association conference about how we co-created 10 recommendations with researchers and the public.
You can read our discussion paper pre-print here:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.670232
#CitSciOz25
You can read our discussion paper pre-print here:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.670232
#CitSciOz25
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The Oatmeal's view on AI art is quite interesting. It brings some mediocrity to the world, but also, it can help artists with tasks they find administrative. In the end, it will never have a heart. And that's what makes a difference.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
October 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The Oatmeal's view on AI art is quite interesting. It brings some mediocrity to the world, but also, it can help artists with tasks they find administrative. In the end, it will never have a heart. And that's what makes a difference.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
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There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...
www.facebook.com/100000960660...
October 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...
www.facebook.com/100000960660...