Stooryduster
@stooryduster.bsky.social
A Scottish words' illustrator, a cartoonist & designer interested in tech, software, art, design, life and the environment. Also on @[email protected] My drawings are at stooryduster.co.uk
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New article from me in response to Eduardo Porter's article in The Guardian where he built a straw man of universal basic income to light on fire again, just as he did back in 2016, showing he's learned nothing new about UBI in a decade but is still happy to opine about it.
Eduardo Porter is Still Wrong About UBI and AI: A Response to The Guardian
Universal Basic Income Isn’t a Job Replacement Plan—It’s an AI Dividend and Stable Income Floor That Protects Work, Wages, and Democracy
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I came across Robin Berjon's piece the other night. berjon.com/fascintern-m... Influencing is beat by algorithms - X and others - "…like a public square in which the editorial control can make themselves and their friends as big as they want to and everyone who they disagree with as small as ants."
Fascintern Media
We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet...
berjon.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I came across Robin Berjon's piece the other night. berjon.com/fascintern-m... Influencing is beat by algorithms - X and others - "…like a public square in which the editorial control can make themselves and their friends as big as they want to and everyone who they disagree with as small as ants."
Not recent but there's a great Scottish Sci Fi novel 'But n Ben A-Go-Go' all in Scots by Matthew Fitt - Luath Press ISBN 0-946487-82-0. www.luath.co.uk Full of such modern words as Cyberjannie, Incendiecoup, Stoorsooker, Clypecam. Quiz on my Scottish words site stooryduster.co.uk/comp-quiz/go...
Luath Press | Scottish Independent Publisher of Fiction & Non-Fiction
www.luath.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Not recent but there's a great Scottish Sci Fi novel 'But n Ben A-Go-Go' all in Scots by Matthew Fitt - Luath Press ISBN 0-946487-82-0. www.luath.co.uk Full of such modern words as Cyberjannie, Incendiecoup, Stoorsooker, Clypecam. Quiz on my Scottish words site stooryduster.co.uk/comp-quiz/go...
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The BBC must join the growing list of broadcasters from across Europe in withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest.
Our artists must not share a stage with war criminals!
Our artists must not share a stage with war criminals!
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The BBC must join the growing list of broadcasters from across Europe in withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest.
Our artists must not share a stage with war criminals!
Our artists must not share a stage with war criminals!
Alan Rickman was the most brilliant villain delivering the best lines in that movie. I can only thank my subconscious that must have stored it and prompted me to reply spoon - the things that sink in and surface later, all unknown.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Alan Rickman was the most brilliant villain delivering the best lines in that movie. I can only thank my subconscious that must have stored it and prompted me to reply spoon - the things that sink in and surface later, all unknown.
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Key points: Met police say investigation into other politicians is ongoing. Gill sought to recruit multiple MEPs including 4 British ones.
The judge gave strongest possible quotes about the gravity of the crime and the damage done to public trust.
The judge gave strongest possible quotes about the gravity of the crime and the damage done to public trust.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Key points: Met police say investigation into other politicians is ongoing. Gill sought to recruit multiple MEPs including 4 British ones.
The judge gave strongest possible quotes about the gravity of the crime and the damage done to public trust.
The judge gave strongest possible quotes about the gravity of the crime and the damage done to public trust.