Alex
@alexdegreine.bsky.social
Human, animal, and environmental rights and welfare. Ehlers-Danlos. Dysautonomia. MCAS. 🚲
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The tech industry committed mass IP theft to get their gAI project rolling. They're relying entirely on investors and they're bleeding out that money faster than they can make it back off users.
The whole business model here is a reckless shot in the dark with no contingency plan. Let them crash.
The whole business model here is a reckless shot in the dark with no contingency plan. Let them crash.
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The tech industry committed mass IP theft to get their gAI project rolling. They're relying entirely on investors and they're bleeding out that money faster than they can make it back off users.
The whole business model here is a reckless shot in the dark with no contingency plan. Let them crash.
The whole business model here is a reckless shot in the dark with no contingency plan. Let them crash.
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Support for Mamdani in the UK:
London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “New Yorkers faced a clear choice — between hope and fear — and just like we’ve seen in London hope won.”
Green Party’s Zack Polanski said he would follow “the same relentless focus on inequality.”
London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “New Yorkers faced a clear choice — between hope and fear — and just like we’ve seen in London hope won.”
Green Party’s Zack Polanski said he would follow “the same relentless focus on inequality.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Support for Mamdani in the UK:
London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “New Yorkers faced a clear choice — between hope and fear — and just like we’ve seen in London hope won.”
Green Party’s Zack Polanski said he would follow “the same relentless focus on inequality.”
London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “New Yorkers faced a clear choice — between hope and fear — and just like we’ve seen in London hope won.”
Green Party’s Zack Polanski said he would follow “the same relentless focus on inequality.”
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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AI "is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, ecо-destroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins."
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social
LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social
LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
AI "is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, ecо-destroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins."
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social
LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social
LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
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...and your cycling team, cycling race and a ridiculous amount of UCI championships recently and in the next 5 years!
Lappartient basically making the UAE regime a partner of UCI is legit one the grossest thing to happen to the sport of cycling in a long time.
(And we've had a LOT of gross things!)
Lappartient basically making the UAE regime a partner of UCI is legit one the grossest thing to happen to the sport of cycling in a long time.
(And we've had a LOT of gross things!)
When we look at this massacre and many more perpetrated by the RSF, let's be clear who funds, equips & sustains them. It's the UAE. Yes, the same UAE that might own your football club, fly you on your holidays, invests in our national infrastructure. If boycotts work, we should be boycotting now.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
...and your cycling team, cycling race and a ridiculous amount of UCI championships recently and in the next 5 years!
Lappartient basically making the UAE regime a partner of UCI is legit one the grossest thing to happen to the sport of cycling in a long time.
(And we've had a LOT of gross things!)
Lappartient basically making the UAE regime a partner of UCI is legit one the grossest thing to happen to the sport of cycling in a long time.
(And we've had a LOT of gross things!)
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When we look at this massacre and many more perpetrated by the RSF, let's be clear who funds, equips & sustains them. It's the UAE. Yes, the same UAE that might own your football club, fly you on your holidays, invests in our national infrastructure. If boycotts work, we should be boycotting now.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When we look at this massacre and many more perpetrated by the RSF, let's be clear who funds, equips & sustains them. It's the UAE. Yes, the same UAE that might own your football club, fly you on your holidays, invests in our national infrastructure. If boycotts work, we should be boycotting now.
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This #GreenLibrariesWeek we are celebrating the amazing ecosystems of trees and forests with the Open Shelves display in the General Reading Room. Meet remarkable trees or explore the interconnected life of our woodlands. www.nls.uk/whats-on/ope...
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This #GreenLibrariesWeek we are celebrating the amazing ecosystems of trees and forests with the Open Shelves display in the General Reading Room. Meet remarkable trees or explore the interconnected life of our woodlands. www.nls.uk/whats-on/ope...
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East Lothian families to access free electric cargo bikes www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/2555796... It aims to help more people explore an alternative mode of transport for everyday journeys.
Council launches scheme to provide free loans of electric cargo bikes
A new scheme has been introduced to provide free loans of electric cargo bikes to families across East Lothian.
www.eastlothiancourier.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
East Lothian families to access free electric cargo bikes www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/2555796... It aims to help more people explore an alternative mode of transport for everyday journeys.
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1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
For years, there's been a massive over-emphasis on food miles, and a massive under-emphasis on food type.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
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7. No, Europe did not become “great” through meat-eating. Thoughout the entire early modern and modern periods until the late 19th Century, the vast majority here ate very little meat. Only imports of beef and lamb from the colonies, enabled by genocide, expulsion and land clearing, changed that.
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
7. No, Europe did not become “great” through meat-eating. Thoughout the entire early modern and modern periods until the late 19th Century, the vast majority here ate very little meat. Only imports of beef and lamb from the colonies, enabled by genocide, expulsion and land clearing, changed that.
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his name is Andrew Boozary and his project is a breath of fresh air. Dunn House combines affordable housing with medical care and it has resulted in better health outcomes for unhoused people and reduced pressure on ERs
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model | CBC News
The Dunn House, a long-term housing project with easy access to healthcare, is helping 48 of Toronto's most-frequent visitors to the ER. The program has greatly reduced the number of hospital visits and costs, said one doctor.
www.cbc.ca
October 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
his name is Andrew Boozary and his project is a breath of fresh air. Dunn House combines affordable housing with medical care and it has resulted in better health outcomes for unhoused people and reduced pressure on ERs
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It would take the average earner about 26,000 years to become a billionaire
Billionaires do not earn their wealth, they collect it
Great video embedded in this article about the necessity of taxing the super rich, to prevent societal breakdown
Billionaires do not earn their wealth, they collect it
Great video embedded in this article about the necessity of taxing the super rich, to prevent societal breakdown
French Socialist party to fight for wealth tax as it seeks to capitalise on crisis
Party has promised to stand back as weakened prime minister prepares for crucial no-confidence vote
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It would take the average earner about 26,000 years to become a billionaire
Billionaires do not earn their wealth, they collect it
Great video embedded in this article about the necessity of taxing the super rich, to prevent societal breakdown
Billionaires do not earn their wealth, they collect it
Great video embedded in this article about the necessity of taxing the super rich, to prevent societal breakdown
What is your definition of a utopia? Just had a discussion with someone who I feel has completely misunderstood the collective comprehension of the word, but perhaps I am the one who is wrong. 😕
October 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What is your definition of a utopia? Just had a discussion with someone who I feel has completely misunderstood the collective comprehension of the word, but perhaps I am the one who is wrong. 😕
Cried watching it the first time and cried reading all the background I did not know. Another sliver of hope and light in the darkness. 💗
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Cried watching it the first time and cried reading all the background I did not know. Another sliver of hope and light in the darkness. 💗
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Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.
Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.
Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽♂️
Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt
Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽♂️
Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt
October 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.
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Let’s Make Hope Normal Again
Many years ago this could have been a Labour Party broadcast, but it isn’t. It’s from
@greenparty.org.uk
And @zackpolanski.bsky.social keeps the visuals simple, the message clear. It’s about us in the street, suburbia, villages and town centres
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
Many years ago this could have been a Labour Party broadcast, but it isn’t. It’s from
@greenparty.org.uk
And @zackpolanski.bsky.social keeps the visuals simple, the message clear. It’s about us in the street, suburbia, villages and town centres
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Let’s Make Hope Normal Again
Many years ago this could have been a Labour Party broadcast, but it isn’t. It’s from
@greenparty.org.uk
And @zackpolanski.bsky.social keeps the visuals simple, the message clear. It’s about us in the street, suburbia, villages and town centres
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
Many years ago this could have been a Labour Party broadcast, but it isn’t. It’s from
@greenparty.org.uk
And @zackpolanski.bsky.social keeps the visuals simple, the message clear. It’s about us in the street, suburbia, villages and town centres
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
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The coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) are known to use tools. They will carry around shells to later use as mobile shelter. They can often be found hiding in shells, cosplaying as another mollusk.
They are also known to sometimes walk on two legs, perhaps to spite Plato.
#OCTOtober
They are also known to sometimes walk on two legs, perhaps to spite Plato.
#OCTOtober
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) are known to use tools. They will carry around shells to later use as mobile shelter. They can often be found hiding in shells, cosplaying as another mollusk.
They are also known to sometimes walk on two legs, perhaps to spite Plato.
#OCTOtober
They are also known to sometimes walk on two legs, perhaps to spite Plato.
#OCTOtober
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All of this. 👇
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
All of this. 👇
'This mission should not have to exist.'
Greta Thunberg "I'm not scared of Israel."
They need to kick out the trash in the UN and make Greta boss.
They need to kick out the trash in the UN and make Greta boss.
September 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
'This mission should not have to exist.'
Also missing the National Museum of Scotland and my life as a curator and archaeologist. 💔
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Also missing the National Museum of Scotland and my life as a curator and archaeologist. 💔
Oh I so miss libraries, and Edinburgh, and discovering the hidden treasures in the stacks. 💔
📍 George IV Bridge Building
🗓️ Sunday, 28 September
See our main building, including our Reading Rooms.
No booking required. Just drop in. Find out more on our website > www.nls.uk/whats-on/?t=...
🗓️ Sunday, 28 September
See our main building, including our Reading Rooms.
No booking required. Just drop in. Find out more on our website > www.nls.uk/whats-on/?t=...
What's on filtered by what | National Library of Scotland
Find out about our events and exhibitions in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and online.
www.nls.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Oh I so miss libraries, and Edinburgh, and discovering the hidden treasures in the stacks. 💔
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Because the world is being run by cruel, sadistic, greedy, corrupt leaders and corporations.
September 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Because the world is being run by cruel, sadistic, greedy, corrupt leaders and corporations.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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This is exactly what happens when a sports organisation gets in bed with a dictatorship. As many of us pointed out at the time, the UCI should never have chosen Rwanda as a venue for world championships. What the **** did they expect? www.belganewsagency.eu/belgian-jour...
Belgian journalist denied entry to Rwanda for World Cycling Championships
Belgian journalist Stijn Vercruysse, from Flemish public broadcaster VRT, has been denied entry to Rwanda to report on the World Cycling...
www.belganewsagency.eu
September 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is exactly what happens when a sports organisation gets in bed with a dictatorship. As many of us pointed out at the time, the UCI should never have chosen Rwanda as a venue for world championships. What the **** did they expect? www.belganewsagency.eu/belgian-jour...
What a lovely poem/video. A much needed message of acceptance and celebration of self and others. 💗
September 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
What a lovely poem/video. A much needed message of acceptance and celebration of self and others. 💗