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@prettyhatmachine.bsky.social

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Likes: 228.6mm nails, collective bargaining, and the abolition of Oligarchy. Pro Science. Anti Authoritarianism. All comments before noon poorly proofread. Worse later. Support actual intelligence, not artificial. CTO of Antifa Corp ™ Syndicalist.

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · Jan 13

Your enemy is not immigrants.

Your enemy is not refugees.

It isn’t people living on welfare.

Your enemies are the oligarchs; whose wage theft and greed has made this world the mess it is.

Until the Billionaires have been defeated. None of us are safe.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Sep 8

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2h

Each day the upper management of different unis seemingly find new ways to disappoint those of us working at universities. I love what I do, it breaks my heart what's been allowed to happen to unis in recent decades. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Robodebt for university academic integrity? WT!

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 1h

People with hangovers tend to be less productive.

The Labour Party again failing to grasp that their thieving scum donors driving down wages; is why people don’t have a disposable income to spend in pubs and clubs.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 1h

To be fair if England stopped being crap it would also give Scotland some hope.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 2h

Health insurance premiums will soon double for roughly 24 million Americans as a result of Republicans’ marquee budget bill, a new report by Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office reports, making health care even more unaffordable as the cost of living rises in the U.S.

Sanders: Health Insurance Premiums Will Double for Millions Due to GOP Cuts

Republicans’ budget bill will stick Americans with thousands more in insurance costs while giving tax cuts to the rich.

truthout.org

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 3h

Comey is guilty of incompetence.

Because if he had done his job right Trump would be in prison.

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 3h

Don‘t threaten us with a good time.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 3h

The funniest part is the idiot thinks it matters to anyone else if he blocks them.

Utterly pathetic.

Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 3h

Like being blocked by a fool like you is a loss.

Go ahead. Your clueless narcissistic stupidity won’t be missed.

Loser.

Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 4h

Why Labour’s Online Safety Act is a dangerously stupid idea. Exhibit 163A.

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider

www.theguardian.com

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 4h

This is why neither the companies profiting from a technology nor the agencies deploying it can be trusted to tell the full story about how it's being used. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a

New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and

www.eff.org

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 4h

Oh goodness is that Gammon Gobshite *still* going?!

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 13h

Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms

@stokel.bsky.social reports

www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...

Composite of Bernard Manning clips on social media with the title: Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 6h

70% of Brits have a negative view of President Trump - yet GB News is doubling down on its efforts to promote MAGA figures and import the Trump playbook to Britain.

If you advertise on GB News, this is what you're aligning with...

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/a...

'America Must Save Britain': MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News' New US Show

A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK need...

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 6h

As usual Democrats will talk tough and act weakly.

Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 6h

You could block this loser because they are a tedious bigoted idiot who is incapable of intellectual curiosity.

However the main reason should be the pathetic pillock is obviously just a waste of oxygen.

@amias.net

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

This you, Kristi?

A screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter). The top tweet is from user @covie_93 with the caption: “This tweet aged like Stephen Miller…..”. Below it is a tweet from Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) that reads:
“If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights.
Over the last several years, we've seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can't let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too.
South Dakota defends the Constitution.”

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 7h

Well done to all of those gullible bigots who voted for Brexit.

Hopefully voters will remember it was the Reform scum who sold that fiasco.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7h

A survey by the Hebrew University’s Chord Center found that 87% of ruling coalition supporters believe there are “no innocents” in Gaza. On international media coverage, 69% of respondents said CNN and the BBC are biased in favor of Palestinians, with 50% perceiving Fox News, the bastion of the...

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 7h

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/flag-br...

Flag brigade respond to Gary Neville comments by proving his point exactly

The flag brigade have responded to Gary Neville's comments about people weaponising the union flag by doing exactly that.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 8h

the only thing people want to do on Sora, it seems, is generate images of copyrighted characters. now that they can't, they're crashing the fuck out www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

www.404media.co

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 7h

Must admit am surprised to hear Gorillaz Dirty Harry as the backing for a political campaign video?

youtu.be/cLnkQAeMbIM?...

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry (Official Video)

YouTube video by Gorillaz

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 8h

A months-long investigation by The Ferret and a group of international journalists found there have been 40 propaganda animations produced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the past two years – including several using the Scottish Maritime Museum’s 3D scans
theferret.scot/idf-s...

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 8h

Agree we should worry about them.

Although you do seem unaware that we got a Hard Right government at the last election?

Racist scum like Starmer who says immigration has done “incalculable damage” to the UK.

Farage isn’t PM; but Starmer is and he is just as evil.

Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 8h

You might want to look up how first past the post works?

Because your percentage calculations are meaningless when converted into actual seats.