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PhoenixPyres (Nathan Paddick)
@phoenixpyres.bsky.social
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Writer, dabbler, nowt yet to note

Warfare, tech, politics are my safe havens

With luck and drive, 🇬🇧 to 🇨🇦 eventually
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PhoenixPyres (Nathan Paddick) @phoenixpyres.bsky.social · Feb 23
I have a short Sci-Fi story on Amazon, check out "This Fretted Terrain" here!

Available as an eBook and paperback :)

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J'ai une courte histoire de Sci-Fi sur Amazon, "This Fretted Terrain", voir ça ici!

Disponible à un livre électronique et un livre de poche :)

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWT5VZW1
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jinathhyder.bsky.social
Fuck AI & AI tech bros.
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can't do things we've been doing since the dawn of time. Big Tech is offering you a Faustian bargain. It promises to remove all the friction from life, to keep you from having to think or study, and the result is your brain will become pudding, you'll become incapable of creativity or communication. They want to make you a non-person.
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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afp.com
🇬🇧 La militante suédoise pour le climat Greta Thunberg a été arrêtée à Londres lors d'une manifestation en soutien à des militants emprisonnés du groupe proscrit Palestine Action, ont annoncé dans des communiqués les associations Defend Our Juries et Prisoners for Palestine.
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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somersetchris.bsky.social
How to make sure that I cannot visit the USA until at least 2029 in one sentence-

Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist cunt
December 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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socialmedialab.ca
While most reporters focused on the 5yrs social media disclosure to visit the US, few noticed that US Customs and Border Protection could soon also demand your DNA as part of an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) application just to visit the US. www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
DNA and family history: What US authorities could demand you hand over at the border
Exclusive: US Customs and Border Protection could soon demand your DNA as part of an Esta application
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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harrystopes.bsky.social
For more than 2 years, police in Berlin - encouraged by city and national politicians - have systematically used excessive violence in an attempt to beat the Palestine solidarity movement into silence.

I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
Harry Stopes | Police Violence in Berlin
In the last six months human rights officials at both the Council of Europe and the United Nations have written to the...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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denewjohn.bsky.social
Given America's despicable behaviour of confiscating mobile phones at the border or airport and copying everything (or indeed installing trackers or copyers), I strongly suggest travelling with a Google Pixel running the highly secure @grapheneos.org .
grapheneos.org GrapheneOS @grapheneos.org · 23d
GrapheneOS provides strong protection against being exploited in After First Unlock along with automatically returning the device to Before First Unlock state. If you have time to prepare, you can make sure it's in BFU state in advance where an OS exploited wouldn't obtain data in user accounts.
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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chowderman.bsky.social
I hate it when people share links to X, the MAGA propaganda social media network.

It is inexcusable when the information exists on Bluesky.

bsky.app/profile/defe...
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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2house2fly.bsky.social
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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theaviationist.com
Royal Navy's Autonomous Helicopter ‘Proteus’ Completes Ground Testing

The Royal Navy’s autonomous helicopter project has approached a new milestone as the ‘Proteus’ technology demonstrator completed its ground testing phase ahead of future flight tests.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/04/r...
Royal Navy's Autonomous Helicopter ‘Proteus’ Completes Ground Testing
The Royal Navy’s autonomous helicopter project has approached a new milestone as the ‘Proteus’ technology demonstrator completed its ground testing phase
theaviationist.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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theglobeandmail.com
Canadian company’s armoured-vehicle production for ICE taking place in U.S.
U.S.-based production likely limits oversight of Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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socialmedialab.ca
Wow ... "Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin. Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship." www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
phoenixpyres.bsky.social
It's also rank cowardice, but we are where we are, I suppose...
ctreese2.bsky.social Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 28d
Its the "We can't honor article 4 or 5 because they brought it on themselves" defense. Also, isn't he talking out of his portfolio when that is a SECSTATE/NSA job? I'm hoping Rubio is the 3rd person he threatens to fight when he gets pissed over Bessent doing his job again.
edcba000.bsky.social ܀𓂃 Kaori Fujisawa ‎𓈒𓏸𑁍 @edcba000.bsky.social · 28d
Bessent: "Now Putin has started making incursions into the NATO borders. The one thing I can tell you is the US is not going to get involved with troops or any of that. We will sell the Europeans weapons."
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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volts.wtf
At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 29d
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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yairwallach.bsky.social
While the situation in Gaza remains desperate, the biggest short term risk is in the West Bank. The settlers'+IDF relentless campaign of terror, and the PA weakness could lead to sudden collapse and dramatic escalation in ethnic cleansing and carnage.
hannesbaumann.bsky.social Hannes Baumann @hannesbaumann.bsky.social · Nov 25
Sobering findings of @ecfrmena.bsky.social report by @tahanimustafa.bsky.social & @hlovatt.bsky.social about Palestinian politics in the West Bank. ecfr.eu/publication/...
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:

-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
felipegaonar.bsky.social Felipe Gaona @felipegaonar.bsky.social · Nov 14
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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conure.cc
the cost of denying another's humanity is paid with one's own
October 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social
In 1903, a progressive woman named Elizabeth “Lizzie” Magie designed a board game she called The Landlord's Game. Her goal was to show the world the dangers of monopolies and unchecked wealth concentration.
#Monopoly #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg
October 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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jamesrball.com
Just noticed the Conservatives’ British ICE proposal also involves using mass deployment of facial ID – still an unproven and unreliable technology that particularly struggles with non-white faces – to enable deportations.

Which would inevitably mean false positives leading to detention of citizens
October 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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t-rexit.bsky.social
Sleep walking into fascism….
vicderbyshire.bsky.social Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · Oct 5
Police forces will be granted powers to put conditions on repeat protests, the government has announced, a day after nearly 500 protesters were arrested
October 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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monicabyrne13.bsky.social
"A new climate analysis — presented for the first time here — projects how humidity and heat will collide to form 'wet bulb' temperatures that will disrupt the norms of daily existence."
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...
projects.propublica.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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artd.bsky.social
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!
it's incredible how much you rage & blow!
Incredible
The cataracts and hurricanes, spout
unbelievable, drenching our steeples, drowning the cocks!
We've got sulphurous and thought-executing fires,
so sulphorous. No one else has this much sulfur.
September 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM