Gosse Bootsma
@gossebootsma.bsky.social
PhD researcher | 27 | he/they 🏳️🌈
Born at 365 ppm CO₂
Born at 365 ppm CO₂
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Nightshade: Protecting Copyright
Since their arrival, generative AI models and their trainers have demonstrated their ability to download any online content for model training. For content owners and creators, few tools can prevent their content from being fed into a generative AI model against their will. Opt-out lists have been disregarded by model trainers in the past, and can be easily ignored with zero consequences. They are unverifiable and unenforceable, and those who violate opt-out lists and do-not-scrape directives can not be identified with high confidence.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
For anyone out there making art - there are ways to protect it against theft by AI.
The university of Chicago has developed two tools, consider using one or both of them before sharing your art online!
glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/what-is-glaz...
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html
The university of Chicago has developed two tools, consider using one or both of them before sharing your art online!
glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/what-is-glaz...
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html
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We went to Paris to launch a fake brand campaign for the bank Société Générale.
Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal.
But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries).
Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr
Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal.
But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries).
Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We went to Paris to launch a fake brand campaign for the bank Société Générale.
Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal.
But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries).
Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr
Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal.
But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries).
Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr
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Pointlessly cruel. Utterly disgusting and shameful. www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
Statement for members on our equality and diversity policy
An update on our equality and diversity policy following the Supreme Court decision of April 2025
www.girlguiding.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pointlessly cruel. Utterly disgusting and shameful. www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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Tackle Climate Change?
No. New North Sea Oil and Gas!
No. New North Sea Oil and Gas!
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Tackle Climate Change?
No. New North Sea Oil and Gas!
No. New North Sea Oil and Gas!
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Yes, finally, this month:
www.gov.uk/government/n...
(Sadly wouldn't apply to alreadly all-electric flats - where a lot of the poorest households are tenants, with the highest bills/least comfort...)
www.gov.uk/government/n...
(Sadly wouldn't apply to alreadly all-electric flats - where a lot of the poorest households are tenants, with the highest bills/least comfort...)
Discounts for families to keep warm in winter and cool in summer
Boiler Upgrade Scheme has been expanded to include air-to-air heat pumps and heat batteries giving families more choice in how they upgrade their home.
www.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Yes, finally, this month:
www.gov.uk/government/n...
(Sadly wouldn't apply to alreadly all-electric flats - where a lot of the poorest households are tenants, with the highest bills/least comfort...)
www.gov.uk/government/n...
(Sadly wouldn't apply to alreadly all-electric flats - where a lot of the poorest households are tenants, with the highest bills/least comfort...)
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There really is and its a ferry with no passport check like at eu borders you fucking freaks
What will Labour do when its asylum reforms don’t work?
James Baggaley: There are no simple solutions to the small boats crisis
James Baggaley: There are no simple solutions to the small boats crisis
There are no simple solutions to the small boats crisis
What will Labour do when its asylum reforms don't work?
www.newstatesman.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
There really is and its a ferry with no passport check like at eu borders you fucking freaks
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Hot off the press, our new paper on the incredible Late Bronze Age nucleated settlement at Brusselstown Ring hillfort, Co. Wicklow, Ireland is freely available to read (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...). @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @antiquity.ac.uk
Brusselstown Ring: a nucleated settlement agglomeration in prehistoric Ireland | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Brusselstown Ring: a nucleated settlement agglomeration in prehistoric Ireland
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hot off the press, our new paper on the incredible Late Bronze Age nucleated settlement at Brusselstown Ring hillfort, Co. Wicklow, Ireland is freely available to read (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...). @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @antiquity.ac.uk
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This is what you really need to worry about this Halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is what you really need to worry about this Halloween.
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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'openly sympathizes with the Palestinians' is a pretty gross way of trying to make human compassion with civilians murdered in their tens of thousands sound problematic
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
'openly sympathizes with the Palestinians' is a pretty gross way of trying to make human compassion with civilians murdered in their tens of thousands sound problematic
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6/9
By choosing these alternatives, travellers lead by example, showing that sustainable options are viable.
Individual actions may seem small, but they push systemic change in travel industries.
By choosing these alternatives, travellers lead by example, showing that sustainable options are viable.
Individual actions may seem small, but they push systemic change in travel industries.
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
6/9
By choosing these alternatives, travellers lead by example, showing that sustainable options are viable.
Individual actions may seem small, but they push systemic change in travel industries.
By choosing these alternatives, travellers lead by example, showing that sustainable options are viable.
Individual actions may seem small, but they push systemic change in travel industries.
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Really unpopular but completely bulletproof opinion: the Sturgeon/Harvie coalition was the most feminist government in Scottish history and the most left wing government since at a minimum the 1970s.
October 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Really unpopular but completely bulletproof opinion: the Sturgeon/Harvie coalition was the most feminist government in Scottish history and the most left wing government since at a minimum the 1970s.
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Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
I really recommend this programme on the Welsh language movement and Just Stop Oil for anyone who hasn't seen it yet!
Spoken in Welsh, but English subtitles are available.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Spoken in Welsh, but English subtitles are available.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Jess Davies - Jess Davies - Protestwyr neu Droseddwyr?
Yn sgîl deddf newydd ynghylch protestio'n aflonyddgar, mae Jess Davies yn gofyn a ydyn ni'n colli'r hawl i brotestio. Jess Davies explores the impact of new laws that govern how...
www.bbc.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I really recommend this programme on the Welsh language movement and Just Stop Oil for anyone who hasn't seen it yet!
Spoken in Welsh, but English subtitles are available.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Spoken in Welsh, but English subtitles are available.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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The truth: we need migration.
The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.
Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.
Reject it. Draw the line.
The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.
Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.
Reject it. Draw the line.
September 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The truth: we need migration.
The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.
Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.
Reject it. Draw the line.
The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.
Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.
Reject it. Draw the line.
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NEW: Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
The UK government is complicit.
wedonotcomply.org
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
The UK government is complicit.
wedonotcomply.org
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
NEW: Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
The UK government is complicit.
wedonotcomply.org
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
The UK government is complicit.
wedonotcomply.org
Methane leaks are a climate disaster - but one that is relatively cheap and easy to fix. We need to demand politicians force fossil fuel companies to fix the mess they have made, whether the leaks are in the oil, fossil gas, or coal infrastructure!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Boreholes leaking methane? Not as funny as it sounds | First Dog on the Moon
It is in fact actually quite dangerous
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Methane leaks are a climate disaster - but one that is relatively cheap and easy to fix. We need to demand politicians force fossil fuel companies to fix the mess they have made, whether the leaks are in the oil, fossil gas, or coal infrastructure!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Even if the costs of eliminating fossil fuels were a net reduction in GDP globally, we should still do it, because we all consider our lives, our safety and our environment to be more important than a weird metric that means nothing to most of us
September 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Even if the costs of eliminating fossil fuels were a net reduction in GDP globally, we should still do it, because we all consider our lives, our safety and our environment to be more important than a weird metric that means nothing to most of us
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The UK should join the growing boycott of Eurovision if Israel is allowed to take part.
Eurovision is a celebration of diversity, love and unity. But that's not possible if it’s being used to whitewash genocide.
Israel should be removed as Russia was after its invasion of Ukraine.
Eurovision is a celebration of diversity, love and unity. But that's not possible if it’s being used to whitewash genocide.
Israel should be removed as Russia was after its invasion of Ukraine.
September 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The UK should join the growing boycott of Eurovision if Israel is allowed to take part.
Eurovision is a celebration of diversity, love and unity. But that's not possible if it’s being used to whitewash genocide.
Israel should be removed as Russia was after its invasion of Ukraine.
Eurovision is a celebration of diversity, love and unity. But that's not possible if it’s being used to whitewash genocide.
Israel should be removed as Russia was after its invasion of Ukraine.
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From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...
theonion.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:
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It's time we had a discussion about abolishing the Terrorism Act
September 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's time we had a discussion about abolishing the Terrorism Act
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“This is an attack on international students, nothing to do with visa overstays and everything to do with apeing Reform.” Our GS, @drjogrady.bsky.social
International students are vital to our campuses, economy and communities. Govt must stop scapegoating.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
International students are vital to our campuses, economy and communities. Govt must stop scapegoating.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Home Office tells foreign students they will be removed if they overstay visas
About 130,000 to be contacted for first time in response to ‘alarming’ spike in numbers claiming asylum
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“This is an attack on international students, nothing to do with visa overstays and everything to do with apeing Reform.” Our GS, @drjogrady.bsky.social
International students are vital to our campuses, economy and communities. Govt must stop scapegoating.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
International students are vital to our campuses, economy and communities. Govt must stop scapegoating.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Visit Norway! The only petrostate that is massacring whales, yet somehow many people believe it is a sustainable country
Yesterday we dropped our 1st new episode of Season 4 and the 100th episode of the Honest Govt Ads series! Stoked to have collaborated on it with Rune @woldsnews.bsky.social & Ketan @ketanjoshi.co who's work on climate/energy 🌏 has been a long-time source of trusted info for us. (Follow them!)
Honest Government Ad | Visit Norway!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Visit Norway! The only petrostate that is massacring whales, yet somehow many people believe it is a sustainable country