Akru
@akru.bsky.social
Cyclist, gamer, metalhead. Vegan - broad church kind, not the militant kind. Mostly quiet, occasional ranter. Here for climate, rewilding & politics.
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A truly poisonous, Both Sides framing that paints calls for a more equitable, inclusive politics as being every bit as divisive and extreme as white supremacist fascism.
This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A truly poisonous, Both Sides framing that paints calls for a more equitable, inclusive politics as being every bit as divisive and extreme as white supremacist fascism.
'Demographically, imperial nostalgia rises with age and falls with education.'
Yes, as in, being ignorant about something means you form stupid opinions on it.
theconversation.com/study-shows-...
Yes, as in, being ignorant about something means you form stupid opinions on it.
theconversation.com/study-shows-...
Study shows views of British empire shape voting behaviour – but in subtle ways
Imperial nostalgia correlates strongly with support beyond the main parties: positively with Reform and negatively with the Greens.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
'Demographically, imperial nostalgia rises with age and falls with education.'
Yes, as in, being ignorant about something means you form stupid opinions on it.
theconversation.com/study-shows-...
Yes, as in, being ignorant about something means you form stupid opinions on it.
theconversation.com/study-shows-...
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Enough.
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Enough.
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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AI is destroying our future, part ten million.
And all because it's a driver of economic growth, particularly for Americans invested in the stock market, while it makes everything more expensive, hotter, and shittier for everyone else.
And all because it's a driver of economic growth, particularly for Americans invested in the stock market, while it makes everything more expensive, hotter, and shittier for everyone else.
It's quite a sign of the times that Ford is pivoting away from EVs and will focus its battery tech on AI data centers instead.
There's a growing list from memory manufacturers to construction companies all pivoting from their primary focus areas to feed at the AI datacenter trough.
There's a growing list from memory manufacturers to construction companies all pivoting from their primary focus areas to feed at the AI datacenter trough.
Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid | TechCrunch
Ford will invest about $2 billion into the new business over the next two years.
techcrunch.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
AI is destroying our future, part ten million.
And all because it's a driver of economic growth, particularly for Americans invested in the stock market, while it makes everything more expensive, hotter, and shittier for everyone else.
And all because it's a driver of economic growth, particularly for Americans invested in the stock market, while it makes everything more expensive, hotter, and shittier for everyone else.
What on earth was that match?
December 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What on earth was that match?
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Now there are internal comms encouraging everyone to write their 2026 goals using AI.
My employer's official stance is that I should get a probability machine to tell me what my professional and career goals are 🤯
My employer's official stance is that I should get a probability machine to tell me what my professional and career goals are 🤯
Someone in my office is talking a colleague through how to get AI to write their professional goals for the year for them.
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Now there are internal comms encouraging everyone to write their 2026 goals using AI.
My employer's official stance is that I should get a probability machine to tell me what my professional and career goals are 🤯
My employer's official stance is that I should get a probability machine to tell me what my professional and career goals are 🤯
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
Annual leave ritual complete ✅
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Annual leave ritual complete ✅
I really enjoy listening to audiobooks but it's constantly surprising to me when the actors mispronounce things or just plain say the wrong word. In 'Ministry for the Future' there are so many errors that leave me thinking about production values instead of, you know, the book.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I really enjoy listening to audiobooks but it's constantly surprising to me when the actors mispronounce things or just plain say the wrong word. In 'Ministry for the Future' there are so many errors that leave me thinking about production values instead of, you know, the book.
Train Dreams is really good.
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Train Dreams is really good.
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That famous left-wing bias again
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
That famous left-wing bias again
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
Someone in my office is talking a colleague through how to get AI to write their professional goals for the year for them.
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Someone in my office is talking a colleague through how to get AI to write their professional goals for the year for them.
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Inevitability is a choice. Good article.
I've been thinking for a long time about the parallels between the early days of cars and the early days of consumer-facing AI tools like chatbots, so I finally wrote about it. Shoutout to @thewaroncars.bsky.social.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
From cars to AI, the spread of technologies is not inevitable - Halifax Examiner
None of this is inevitable. It is the result of powerful lobbies and poor decision-making.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Inevitability is a choice. Good article.
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Did you know the government spends £2.7 billion a year on tax breaks for oil & gas companies?
I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead
Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... @38degrees.bsky.social
I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead
Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... @38degrees.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Did you know the government spends £2.7 billion a year on tax breaks for oil & gas companies?
I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead
Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... @38degrees.bsky.social
I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead
Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... @38degrees.bsky.social
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Wood Mackenzie confirms new natural gas generation is expensive!
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wood Mackenzie confirms new natural gas generation is expensive!
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
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Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."
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Today feels like a good day to remind everyone that there is literally no empirical evidence that economic growth will just continue if the world heats up to, say, 3°C by 2100.
Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth.
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Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth.
🧵
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today feels like a good day to remind everyone that there is literally no empirical evidence that economic growth will just continue if the world heats up to, say, 3°C by 2100.
Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth.
🧵
Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth.
🧵
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Join me in calling on @RachelReevesMP to stop propping up declining oil and gas companies with £2.7 BILLION of tax breaks a year (🤯) and fund a jobs guarantee for workers instead: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
End tax breaks on oil and gas
Sign the petition to stop the giveaway and demand a fair jobs plan needs major people power right now.
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Join me in calling on @RachelReevesMP to stop propping up declining oil and gas companies with £2.7 BILLION of tax breaks a year (🤯) and fund a jobs guarantee for workers instead: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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📺 Watch Channel 4’s report showing one of several UN warehouses stacked with food and supplies just outside Gaza—piling up because Israel still refuses to let the aid in.
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
📺 Watch Channel 4’s report showing one of several UN warehouses stacked with food and supplies just outside Gaza—piling up because Israel still refuses to let the aid in.
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Pretends to be shocked
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Pretends to be shocked
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...