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Chris Painter

@rineen

Wide awake for the common good, I make mind-levers. Brit, sails West Cork badly, fishes worse, classicist. Roll your own Wikipedia concept maps at https://www.headstarter.pro/services/sherlockWiki.html

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Like clockwork.

06.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 20352 πŸ” 8067 πŸ’¬ 851 πŸ“Œ 433

Some results from last night:

-A pro-ICE NC Dem lawmaker lost her primary by nearly 50 points
-Dems flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Arkansas
-Dem turnout eclipsed GOP turnout in four newly-gerrymandered TX House seats

Trump's midterm reckoning has begun.

04.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 3360 πŸ” 777 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 37

Knew his grandson at Uni., such a tragedy.

05.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 18734 πŸ” 7295 πŸ’¬ 795 πŸ“Œ 415

It's not just in the rivers that shit floats.

04.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bernie's new billionaire wealth tax would raise $4.4T from the super-rich over the next decade.

That's more than enough to reverse Trump's Medicaid cuts, raise teacher pay, make childcare affordable, and build millions of affordable homes.

And guess what? The super-rich will still be super rich.

03.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 3328 πŸ” 1133 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 50
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#ChangeEverything #GreenSurge #GreenParty - making hope normal again

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01.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost 250 years after we broke with George III, the question must now be faced: Are we a monarchy or a nation of laws? [Cartoon by Bill Bramhall]

22.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 5351 πŸ” 1393 πŸ’¬ 183 πŸ“Œ 48
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Trump signs executive order aimed at preventing states from regulating AI Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose β€˜sole responsibility’ will be challenging states’ AI laws

Makes complete sense of this ( evidence is also emerging that users get more credulous ). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

09.02.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services

This is a frightening piece on the power of men, sidelining and destruction of women. I would like to think noone would act like this, but obviously many do and they did.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

07.02.2026 08:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Perish the Thought: You Didn’t Override Anything Je m’accuse. I find myself bickering on social media again. Zut, alors! Unfortunately, I struck a nerve with otherwise unidentified Adam. He may believe that I need to be right; rather, I&#82…

Perish the Thought: You Didn’t Override Anything philosophics.blog/2026/02/05/p...

#philosophy #blog #podcast #cognitive

05.02.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the brains who explain Trumpism The Californian think-tank that applies intellectual gloss to MAGA

The Californian think-tank that applies intellectual gloss to MAGA

05.02.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Does America have a conscience any more?

05.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same thinking as Musk with Twitter, soon both will be relics.

05.02.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Peter Mandelson is fleeing the House of Lords: now let’s throw out all the other rogues and idlers | Jenny Jones The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust, says Jenny Jones, a Green party peer

"Mandelson’s career is littered with scandal, but no one cared – because everyone assumes that corruption is the norm."

Green Party peer Jenny Jones on why Mandelson's case, and patronage politics, demands fundamental reform of the House of Lords.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.02.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Better Political Arguments Don't Win
open.spotify.com/episode/6LBm...
#philosophy #politics #podcast #essay #summary #perspective #communication #argument #spotify

04.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The AI image generation was really quite bad indeed - for example in one prompt I asked for a man sitting behind a desk with his arms crossed. Folks - the image that came back had two dismembered arms on the desk (?) and I asked for an image of a young man wearing a hoodie with a logo of an owl on

04.02.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A critical vote on protest rights happens this Wednesday This Wednesday, the House of Lords will debate whether animal testing sites should be classified as β€œkey national infrastructure” under the Public Order Act.

What I am doing about 3.45pm Wednesday - my #HouseofLords fatal motion explained

protectthewild.substack.com/p/a-critical...

04.02.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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It's an interesting one, very difficult to fake and quite explosive if genuine. I'd love to know who takes these old indoor flashers!

03.02.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
AI Image Detector Identify ai generated images Our AI Image Detection is the best AI Image Checker tool for detecting AI-generated or fake images from Midjourney,Stable Diffusion,DALLΒ·E and Flux.

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03.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You and me both, but if there's something I'd trust even less than ChatGPT it'd resemble Farage.

03.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Robert Maxwell - Wikipedia

Robert Maxwell was of Jewish descent and worked for British Intelligence at the birth of Israel. The seeds were sown long ago.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...

03.02.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought that, it's a pocket.

03.02.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Genuine photo or AI fake ChatGPT helps you get answers, find inspiration, and be more productive.

chatgpt.com/s/t_6981f9d0...

03.02.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Genuine photo or AI fake ChatGPT helps you get answers, find inspiration, and be more productive.

Fake news they cry, but is it? Photofakes are easy to spot, especially by the machines that generate them, so mull this over. I fed it in and got this from ChatGPT.

chatgpt.com/s/t_6981f9d0...

03.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ex HRH took the same denial path, no sweat, but it didn't end well. Bannon is mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein dump, and Nige never met him either.

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

03.02.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A lake with the sky reflected in the still water.  There are low hills in the background and rocks in the foreground.

A lake with the sky reflected in the still water. There are low hills in the background and rocks in the foreground.

A crannog in a lake with the sky reflected in the still water.  There is a stream entering the lake in the foreground.

A crannog in a lake with the sky reflected in the still water. There is a stream entering the lake in the foreground.

All is so very peaceful in Sligo this evening.

01.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Genuine photo or AI fake ChatGPT helps you get answers, find inspiration, and be more productive.

I believe it is, AI images have easily spotted defects, and ChatGPT can't find them. chatgpt.com/s/t_6981f9d0...

03.02.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Think about when flash was around.

03.02.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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