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Climate, human rights, democracy, Hong Kong, UK, critical AI perspectives. In search of my favourite peeps from that other place.

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Britain’s commitment to Ukraine and Nato risks being undermined if Reform wins the next general election, military insiders have warned trib.al/U2ppIJb

19.01.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The student has been arrested, according to the SCMP

29.11.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Foreign interference or opportunistic grifting: why are so many pro-Trump X accounts based in Asia? A new feature on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter allows users to see the location of other accounts. It has resulted in a firestorm of recriminations

Foreign interference or opportunistic grifting: why are so many pro-Trump X accounts based in Asia?

27.11.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 7
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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors β€œWith fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

17.10.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 7770 πŸ” 3751 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 340

Remember they want their good old days not your current rights

28.09.2025 08:25 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Good news.
According to Richard Tice If we kick out immigrants we'll have a phenomenal health service, free energy, a top notch education system, no crime, no potholes & we'll all be millionaires spending our days eating caviar,& drinking veuve cliquot served by teams of Mary Berry trained cherubs

28.09.2025 08:33 πŸ‘ 303 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 0
Protesters open their umbrellas, symbols of pro-democracy movement, as they mark exactly one month since they took the streets in Hong Kong's financial central district October 28, 2014.

Protesters open their umbrellas, symbols of pro-democracy movement, as they mark exactly one month since they took the streets in Hong Kong's financial central district October 28, 2014.

Protester stands amidst clouds of tear gas holding two umbrellas

Protester stands amidst clouds of tear gas holding two umbrellas

Police fire tear gas into crowds of protesters.

Police fire tear gas into crowds of protesters.

Thousands of protesters flash lights at night outside HKSARG HQ

Thousands of protesters flash lights at night outside HKSARG HQ

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The 28th of September will mark 11 years since the start of the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong which demanded universal suffrage. Key areas in Admiralty, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok were occupied for 77 days.
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26.09.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Finally. But why did it take him so long?

28.09.2025 08:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HKUMed establishes first human respiratory organoid platform for antibody testing A research team at the University of Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) has developed the world’s first platform for evaluating antibodies against viruses such as Covid-19 using self...

" ...the world’s first platform for evaluating antibodies against viruses such as Covid-19 using self-developed human respiratory organoids"

28.08.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The snake oil salesman got his way once - the result was a disaster. Don’t let him do it again

26.08.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 914 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 17
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A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.

Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

26.08.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 4641 πŸ” 1717 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 570
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AI Killed My Job: Translators Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.

β€œI find it disheartening that instead of a society that once valorized translators as intercultural communicators and professionals who could uphold a bilingual society, we're flattening culture with AI systems that don't allow for a more organic exchange between languages.”

26.08.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

If Farage keeps going round the UK saying β€œthere is now a genuine threat to public order” there will be a threat to public order.

He will make it happen.

26.08.2025 14:05 πŸ‘ 404 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 5
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Scientists Uncover Unexpected Connection Between Covid and the Common Cold If you've recently caught a cold, you might be less likely to get covid right after.

Scientists Uncover Unexpected Connection Between Covid and the Common Cold https://gizmodo.com/scientists-uncover-unexpected-connection-between-covid-and-the-common-cold-2000648192

26.08.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fruit and veg from EU set to get cheaper as UK axes border checks in Brexit reset Ministers claim removing trade barriers will result in lower prices and more choice on supermarket shelves

Fruit and veg from EU set to get cheaper as UK axes border checks in Brexit reset

Ministers say removing trade barriers will result in lower prices and more choice on supermarket shelves

inews.co.uk/news/politic...

01.06.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 1038 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 33
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X is down It’s not clear whether it’s related to this week’s data center fire.

X is down

24.05.2025 13:20 πŸ‘ 303 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 86

The US should be withdrawn from hosting the next Olympics while Trump and his heinous regime are in office

16.04.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to the national stage Former President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump’s agenda is threatening the health of Social Security.

Biden is back on the national stage, ready to expose how Trump’s policies are undermining Social Security. His speech in Chicago on Tuesday is a must-watch. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/j...

15.04.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

Is X/Twitter down again?

11.03.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If nothing else, and way too late, people who believed that government does nothing of value are now getting some remedial civic education.

28.02.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 1463 πŸ” 350 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5

We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.

28.02.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 38568 πŸ” 5896 πŸ’¬ 519 πŸ“Œ 188
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6 Actions People Can Take Right Now To Oppose What Trump & Musk Are Doing I’ve been writing/publishing two series on how people can effectively oppose Trump’s actions, one at Education Week specifically offering recommendations for educators (which is …

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/02/23/6...

25.02.2025 01:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope that all those who dismissed Russian interference in Brexit and Trump 9 years ago are finally realising that it wasn’t a hoax, it wasn’t exaggerated, and for all their doubts then are doing their best to make up for it now by supporting Ukraine

24.02.2025 07:35 πŸ‘ 1212 πŸ” 385 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 8
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Guardian Media Group announces strategic partnership with OpenAI Guardian Media Group today announced a strategic partnership with Open AI, a leader in artificial intelligence and deployment, that will bring the Guardian’s high quality journalism to ChatGPT’s globa...

Guardian Media Group announces strategic partnership with OpenAI

www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

16.02.2025 06:51 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 268
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Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

18.02.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 2796 πŸ” 983 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 102
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Pollution from Big Tech’s data centre boom costs US public health $5.4bn Research suggests the price of treating illnesses related to building of computing infrastructure in the US is on the rise

No, generative AI isn’t human, and it’s bad for your health.

www.ft.com/content/d595...

23.02.2025 07:13 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Hope everyone in the UK remembers what Elon Musk is doing to the US government the next time Domminic Cummings writes a 30,000 word blog post on his plan to replace all the "NPCs" in Whitehall with 19 year old Nazi superforecasters.

23.02.2025 05:17 πŸ‘ 1251 πŸ” 294 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 3

Humans care for the rich, robots are forced on the poor.

The neoliberal fantasy of the oligarchs is coming to fruition by the way of austerity measures and spending cuts.

Why pay for actual human support if a robot can tick the checkbox.

22.02.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 238 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5
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Apparently Clarkson's KGB name is Bellendovski

23.02.2025 00:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0