@pforpapa.bsky.social
Moved to the country, ate a lot of peaches, moved back.
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"Some of them have been on hunger strike for 48 days"
Well done to @adilray.bsky.social for covering the Palestine hunger strikers and reading out their names on #GMB.
Well done to @adilray.bsky.social for covering the Palestine hunger strikers and reading out their names on #GMB.
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"Some of them have been on hunger strike for 48 days"
Well done to @adilray.bsky.social for covering the Palestine hunger strikers and reading out their names on #GMB.
Well done to @adilray.bsky.social for covering the Palestine hunger strikers and reading out their names on #GMB.
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i dont know a huge amount about the hunger strikers specifically but in general wrt palestine solidarity protesters it truly is remarkable what some will do in solidarity with people they might never even meet. theyre all heroes
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
i dont know a huge amount about the hunger strikers specifically but in general wrt palestine solidarity protesters it truly is remarkable what some will do in solidarity with people they might never even meet. theyre all heroes
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American Doc back from Gaza to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social : “I did not see a ceasefire. I cared for patients with new shrapnel & gunshot injuries daily.”
Full: substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
Full: substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
American Doc back from Gaza to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social : “I did not see a ceasefire. I cared for patients with new shrapnel & gunshot injuries daily.”
Full: substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
Full: substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
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Can I just shock you? I think public transport infrastructure is good and these people should fuck off.
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Can I just shock you? I think public transport infrastructure is good and these people should fuck off.
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High Court judgment: UK government failed vulnerable people in immigration detention
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Home Office fails to protect vulnerable migrants, high court judge rules
Judgement finds systems designed to protect against inhuman and degrading treatment ‘unlawfully’ failing for years
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
High Court judgment: UK government failed vulnerable people in immigration detention
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Further point being, Somalia surely counts as the most intense zone of US military engagement in 2025, far beyond even the Caribbean aggression, and accordingly has to be one of the most ignored stories of the year.
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Further point being, Somalia surely counts as the most intense zone of US military engagement in 2025, far beyond even the Caribbean aggression, and accordingly has to be one of the most ignored stories of the year.
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Look at the lengths that my incredible @propublica.org colleagues @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy went to in order to report this story.
Please take a moment to read what they found about the effect of USAID cuts on the world's most vulnerable people: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Please take a moment to read what they found about the effect of USAID cuts on the world's most vulnerable people: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Look at the lengths that my incredible @propublica.org colleagues @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy went to in order to report this story.
Please take a moment to read what they found about the effect of USAID cuts on the world's most vulnerable people: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Please take a moment to read what they found about the effect of USAID cuts on the world's most vulnerable people: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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Nigel Farage's open homophobia as he jokes at his brother's wedding: "The good news for us who are smokers is that we are far better off here than if we had been at Michael Barrymore’s house. Because there they removed all the ashtrays on the basis that now they chuck all the fags in the pool."
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Nigel Farage's open homophobia as he jokes at his brother's wedding: "The good news for us who are smokers is that we are far better off here than if we had been at Michael Barrymore’s house. Because there they removed all the ashtrays on the basis that now they chuck all the fags in the pool."
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apart from the sheer inconceivable horror of the El Fasher massacre and its attendant horrors itself, the thing I'm feeling depressed about is that it probably won't matter.
these were people already on the utmost margins of the global system, who the world has already decided it doesn't care about
these were people already on the utmost margins of the global system, who the world has already decided it doesn't care about
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
apart from the sheer inconceivable horror of the El Fasher massacre and its attendant horrors itself, the thing I'm feeling depressed about is that it probably won't matter.
these were people already on the utmost margins of the global system, who the world has already decided it doesn't care about
these were people already on the utmost margins of the global system, who the world has already decided it doesn't care about
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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On the UK-US pharmaceutical deal I'm afraid this does look like two nasty trends coming together to make a very bad agreement for the UK - namely Whitehall power to make deals with no scrutiny, and companies working with countries to coerce others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
On the UK-US pharmaceutical deal I'm afraid this does look like two nasty trends coming together to make a very bad agreement for the UK - namely Whitehall power to make deals with no scrutiny, and companies working with countries to coerce others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
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If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
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“Ultimately, the NHS needs to ensure that the right activity is being delivered for patients to complete their pathways, rather than simply delivering more activity.”
📗 Read @maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/why...
📗 Read @maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/why...
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“Ultimately, the NHS needs to ensure that the right activity is being delivered for patients to complete their pathways, rather than simply delivering more activity.”
📗 Read @maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/why...
📗 Read @maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/why...
I really wish Americans would just say often. ‘Oftentimes’ is totally unnecessary
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I really wish Americans would just say often. ‘Oftentimes’ is totally unnecessary
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This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
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"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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It's not ideal (to say the least) that OpenAI's success may depend on big companies using it to replace human workers at huge scales. How will people pay for OpenAI if nobody has a job? The business model is a negative feedback loop.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It's not ideal (to say the least) that OpenAI's success may depend on big companies using it to replace human workers at huge scales. How will people pay for OpenAI if nobody has a job? The business model is a negative feedback loop.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
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actually, a lot of it is the fact these guys are full steam ahead to fuck not just the internet but the economy and the environment, and if it works we get... what? unemployed? what's the best case scenario here?
Okay, but why *do* I feel so angry about this whole AI thing?
The Bullshit Maximiser
This week, a very quick take on what the Budget says about the state we are in; but mostly, a not-at-all quick list of all the reasons I despise AI.
jonn.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
actually, a lot of it is the fact these guys are full steam ahead to fuck not just the internet but the economy and the environment, and if it works we get... what? unemployed? what's the best case scenario here?
Very true. Wonder if this seemingly growing expectation is connected to so many organisations and business focussing on personalisation and tailoring services to one’s precise needs.
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Very true. Wonder if this seemingly growing expectation is connected to so many organisations and business focussing on personalisation and tailoring services to one’s precise needs.
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Boosting for today’s audience. I cannot express how proud I am to have been involved with this charity and your boosts will directly help us to scale into the future.
My charity @protect.earth is five years old this week.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Boosting for today’s audience. I cannot express how proud I am to have been involved with this charity and your boosts will directly help us to scale into the future.
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“I suspect hundreds if not thousands of Gazans have been executed in the same manner. This is a war on occupied people–a war on civilians. There is no army in the West Bank. Israel is not fighting with anybody. They are just conducting attacks on civilian population… praised by Israeli army and...
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“I suspect hundreds if not thousands of Gazans have been executed in the same manner. This is a war on occupied people–a war on civilians. There is no army in the West Bank. Israel is not fighting with anybody. They are just conducting attacks on civilian population… praised by Israeli army and...
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Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
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This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...