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Swift @swift.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 14h

#petition your #uk #mp to support the European convention on #humanrights

The #echr was set up together after ww2 to ensure dictators or other governments could not dilute our minimum rights.

#reformuk and others think they'd rather get rid of this, because it gets in way of their desires to […]

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Swift @swift.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 15h

Podcaster: "...tweets.... No, what do you call it now it's X? A series of exes? ... A series of fascisms."

Love it! 🤣

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https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781526679338

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d

"Let me say this clearly: nobody in this country is safe."

"Federal agents detained American citizens without individualized probable cause this week. They handcuffed children. They sorted people by race. They treated an American city like occupied territory."

"This happened. In Chicago. In […]

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PepperTheVixen ΘΔ @pepperthevixen.meow.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Hey there! I'm one of the blind folks who read alt text on here. I'd like to say thank you for adding that so that I can also enjoy images of cartoon animals. A little effort from you means a world of difference for people like me
#accessibility #alttext #blind

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Swift @swift.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 1d

This "allow all our tracking cookies or pay to access our site" trend lays bare the reality: we're willing to sell you out to hideous big tech data brokers. Just makes me think: I bet if I pay, you'll do that anyway.

#bbcgoodfood #bbc

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Richard Michael Blaber @rmblaber1956.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@cemedia Keir #starmer, former #humanrights #lawyer - now apologist for #netanyahu, #israel, & #genocide, & who calls anyone protesting about these things, "un-British".

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

It seems pretty clear to me now: Keir Starmer would rather lose to Reform than to the Labour left, which is his real enemy. Any policy that might recover lost ground with voters has to be struck down, as it looks like a concession to the Labour left. And he and his team cannot contemplate that.

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Claire McNab @2legged.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 4d

#metropolitanpolice in #london have yet again courageousy defended the city against #terrorists with hand-written signs opposing #genocide in #gaza and supporting #PalestineAction. The arrestees included a #blind man with a cane, and — for the third time — 83yo retired priest Rev Sue Parfitt.

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Swift @swift.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 6d

@rachel I hope so. We don't need a problematic proprietary system for geolocation we need something we can all use & rely on.

#mapcode looked interesting but I'm a long way from an expert.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapcode

Why do you want it dead?

Mapcode - Wikipedia

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

LLMs don't actually know anything. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250926-the-perils-of-letting-ai-plan-your-next-trip

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Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raph.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 11d

Today's anti genocide protest in Tel Aviv. Disrupted by right wingers but no violence. Today's chants included:
- Katz, Katz, minister of Defense, how many children have you killed today
- From the river to the sea, freedom and equality for everybody
- Peace, equality, social justice

Protesters holding signs in Hebrew, Arabic and English

Protester holding an "stop israhell" sign

Protester holds a sign that says "refuse to take part in the US-Israel genocide"

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michael @proseandpassion.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11d

btw the petition has passed 1.8 million and is still clocking up hundreds per minute. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194

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Havoc BSc MSc @havoc-online.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

#theyreeatingtheswans
**JOIN THE GREEN PARTY** NOW!
Or the Lib Dems (if you can forgive them the coalition) We need some sanity in #ukpol 🤯

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Rachel Lawson @rachel.norfolk.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

“…barred from being in possession of a flag in a public space” 🤣🤣🤣
#ukpolitics #flagshaggers
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25479346.norwich-man-told-stay-away-flags-arrest/

Man banned from being near flags after arrest following clashes in city

Norfolk Police have banned a man from being in possession of a flag in a public place after he was arrested in Norwich during a clash with locals in…

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Swift @swift.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 18d

Still looks nice in the morning sun though!

Photo of very shiny motorbike on a green field with rolling hills. Sky decided gracefully not to upstage bike and is light but overcast.

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Swift @swift.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 18d

Hmmm. Starting problems with new (to me) #royalenfield interceptor 650 #motorcycle #motorbike

I HOPE it's just the battery, which is probably from 2019 and the bike has sat around for a long time. Its at 12.8V resting which means pretty darn flat, despite me having had an hours run on it this […]

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 22d

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.

The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Kevin Carson @kevincarson1.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 22d

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/

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Swift @swift.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 26d

On 3 Sept, #Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney, announced that the Scottish Government would no longer provide public funds for arms companies supplying countries engaged in genocide – including #israel. Swinney also announced a package of sanctions against Israel, including against trade […]

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 28d

“MPs get suspended by the party like I did for voting against putting children into poverty.

“But calling the world’s most infamous paedophile and child trafficker ‘your best pal’ among other comments, that’s ok? It stinks to high heaven.”

Well said @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social #r4today

Screenshot of the telegraph story on Mandelson

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Doctor Historianess @historianess.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · Sep 6

Reminder: check to see if OpenAI, Meta, and others used your published work illegally to train their LLMs.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

If you find your published and copyrighted material in the database, make sure to file a claim here […]

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Comrade Ferret @ferret.hub.workersofthe.world.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

Moved to Codeberg. Didn't realize it was a nonprofit alternative to Github and that it'd be so easy.

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Ben Werdmuller @ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 1

“The world's biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.” To say so is not to justify the Oct 7 attacks. But genocide is never justifiable.

To […]

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Sep 1

In some states, as a trans man who passes for male, I'm legally banned from using a men's restroom but practically banned from using a women's. My choice is between breaking the law and being arrested for breaking it.

Few Democrats are talking about how much trans people have lost, and how quickly.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 2

Across Europe, when centrist parties have adopted far right themes and sought to appease far right voters, they go down in flames. Why? Because:
1. They alienate their own base.
2. They tell other voters that the far right is correct.
The determination not to learn this lesson is a wonder to behold.

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