Adam
@osblues.bsky.social
Techie, husband, father, business owner. Current project -
@reciteworks.bsky.social
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@reciteworks.bsky.social
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OK so now that Reform UK are down to the same amount of MPs as the Green Party there really is no excuse for not giving them the same amount of screen time on current affairs shows.
March 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
OK so now that Reform UK are down to the same amount of MPs as the Green Party there really is no excuse for not giving them the same amount of screen time on current affairs shows.
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Steps like a goose, honks like a goose…
Musk joins German far right's opening rally remotely, instructs Germans to stop feeling guilty and reminds them how impressed Caesar had been with German tribes' ability to fight.
Could not make this up.
Could not make this up.
Elon Musk bei AfD-Wahlkampfauftakt in Halle (Saale) zugeschaltet
»Seid stolz, Deutsche zu sein«: Von einer Videoleinwand sprach der Techmilliardär Elon Musk zu AfD-Anhängern. Der Trump-Berater verbreitete seine Erkenntnisse über die »deutsche Kultur«, in der Messeh...
www.spiegel.de
January 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Steps like a goose, honks like a goose…
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“Gaie’s continued imprisonment is a stark illustration of this government’s shocking treatment of climate activists as well as a complete lack of accountability for failures in the outsourcing of public services and nonsensical incarceration of protestors in a prison service at breaking point.”
Poor Gaie Delap, who everyone seems to agree shouldn't be in prison, has had her sentence extended by 20 days due to a series of failures by Justice Minister Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile serious criminals are getting early release... goodlaw.social/e5jl
Meanwhile serious criminals are getting early release... goodlaw.social/e5jl
Failure of the state adds 20 days to Gaie Delap's sentence | Good Law Project
Government failures which recalled the 78-year-old to prison have now been turned into justification for an extension to her sentence. We’re joining Gaie’s family and a groundswell of legal and prison...
goodlaw.social
January 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Gaie’s continued imprisonment is a stark illustration of this government’s shocking treatment of climate activists as well as a complete lack of accountability for failures in the outsourcing of public services and nonsensical incarceration of protestors in a prison service at breaking point.”
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The dream of technology is now under the control of men who are vain, foolish, self-centred, amoral, desperate for power, and in some cases openly fascistic. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...
How to resist the tech overlords
Big tech has now made its position clear. It is on the far-right. Here's what happens next.
iandunt.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The dream of technology is now under the control of men who are vain, foolish, self-centred, amoral, desperate for power, and in some cases openly fascistic. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...
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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
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On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
I'm pretty sure I only realised this isn't what he's singing, a few months ago.
I used to think Neil Tennant was singing 'In a west end town, a denim world' referring to people wearing a lot of denim in the 80s.
December 21, 2024 at 7:48 PM
I'm pretty sure I only realised this isn't what he's singing, a few months ago.
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🚨 NEW 🚨
77-year-old Gaie Delap could be forced back to prison just because there isn’t an electronic tag that fits her – and she’s not the only one.
We’re supporting her to make sure people aren’t locked up just because of government failings.
goodlaw.social/6ggw
77-year-old Gaie Delap could be forced back to prison just because there isn’t an electronic tag that fits her – and she’s not the only one.
We’re supporting her to make sure people aren’t locked up just because of government failings.
goodlaw.social/6ggw
Stop unlawful detention for ill-fitting tags | Good Law Project
goodlaw.social
December 19, 2024 at 6:12 PM
🚨 NEW 🚨
77-year-old Gaie Delap could be forced back to prison just because there isn’t an electronic tag that fits her – and she’s not the only one.
We’re supporting her to make sure people aren’t locked up just because of government failings.
goodlaw.social/6ggw
77-year-old Gaie Delap could be forced back to prison just because there isn’t an electronic tag that fits her – and she’s not the only one.
We’re supporting her to make sure people aren’t locked up just because of government failings.
goodlaw.social/6ggw
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Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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People Move.
This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we teamed up with @zoejardiniere.bsky.social to call for a fairer asylum system.
Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz...
#HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome
Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz...
#HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome
It's time to have a serious conversation about migration.
YouTube video by Amnesty International UK
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM
People Move.
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Trying to get rid of something on Freecycle!
YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy
youtu.be
December 18, 2024 at 6:08 PM
It really is a very good book!
December 11, 2024 at 8:50 PM
It really is a very good book!
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Working in retail when I was young, it was very much this, only the Xmas tunes were all panpipe versions.
It’s that time of year again when supermarket staff are wearing Christmas jumpers, Santa hats, and the dead eye looks of people who want every customer dead, whilst their souls slowly drain from their bodies in despair after having to listen to Mariah Carey 487 times per shift.
December 5, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Working in retail when I was young, it was very much this, only the Xmas tunes were all panpipe versions.
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Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social
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Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy?
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
Democracy For Sale
A survey into people's attitudes to the health of British politics from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
democracyforsale.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy?
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
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Number crunching: Parliamentary petitions
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 5, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Number crunching: Parliamentary petitions
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
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Do read this. It'll be one of those articles that stays with you for a very long time. Hopefully forever.
I've written about what dying typically looks like - not as a 'pro' or 'anti' AD piece, but in the spirit of confronting a taboo.
We've lost the easy familiarity with the patterns of dying that existed when death typically occurred in people’s own homes.
Let's talk about it 🙏
@newstatesman.com
We've lost the easy familiarity with the patterns of dying that existed when death typically occurred in people’s own homes.
Let's talk about it 🙏
@newstatesman.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Do read this. It'll be one of those articles that stays with you for a very long time. Hopefully forever.
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Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR).
Quick thread:
Quick thread:
October 31, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR).
Quick thread:
Quick thread:
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This will affect fewer than 500 farms, and the IFS says farms are "still more generously treated than they used to be in decades past"
It's just closing a loophole that's been used to avoid inheritance tax, and which pushes up farm rents and makes it harder for 76% if farmers to make a profit.
It's just closing a loophole that's been used to avoid inheritance tax, and which pushes up farm rents and makes it harder for 76% if farmers to make a profit.
November 17, 2024 at 6:36 PM
This will affect fewer than 500 farms, and the IFS says farms are "still more generously treated than they used to be in decades past"
It's just closing a loophole that's been used to avoid inheritance tax, and which pushes up farm rents and makes it harder for 76% if farmers to make a profit.
It's just closing a loophole that's been used to avoid inheritance tax, and which pushes up farm rents and makes it harder for 76% if farmers to make a profit.
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I'm sure the Conservatives, the Telegraph, and fellow travellers will show the same levels of outrage and demand the sort of tough policing and harsh penalties that they did when environmental protesters did this. Won't they?
<chasing goose meme> WON'T THEY? ~AA
<chasing goose meme> WON'T THEY? ~AA
November 14, 2024 at 4:40 PM
I'm sure the Conservatives, the Telegraph, and fellow travellers will show the same levels of outrage and demand the sort of tough policing and harsh penalties that they did when environmental protesters did this. Won't they?
<chasing goose meme> WON'T THEY? ~AA
<chasing goose meme> WON'T THEY? ~AA
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Good as far as it goes, but I don't see why the government doesn't just scrap photo ID for voting entirely. It was disproportionate to the scale of the problem and deprived people of their franchise in recent elections...
New voter ID measures, being heard in the Commons on the 13th November, will let holders of the new HM Armed Forces Veteran Card use it as accepted photo ID, implementing a Labour manifesto commitment
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/01/c...
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/01/c...
Calls for Government to Go ‘Much Further’ as Voter ID Changes are put to MPs
Campaigners warn thousands of legitimate voters will still be at risk of being disenfranchised under the 'discriminatory' system
bylinetimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Good as far as it goes, but I don't see why the government doesn't just scrap photo ID for voting entirely. It was disproportionate to the scale of the problem and deprived people of their franchise in recent elections...
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Here, it's COP29 week, have some relevant content about our petrochemical overlords!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Hb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Hb...
A video by professor Steve Hydrocarbon, on behalf of the world's oil companies.
YouTube video by Henry Morris (nee Secret Tory)
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Here, it's COP29 week, have some relevant content about our petrochemical overlords!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Hb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Hb...
FFS...
So y’all know that the lead investor in this place is a crypto company founded by Steve Bannon’s ex-business partner, right?
November 14, 2024 at 6:08 AM
FFS...