Hugh Barnard
@hughbarnard.bsky.social
Ecology, local democracy, FOSS, AI, ethics, radical financial reform/alternative currencies, music:http://tinyurl.com/4btpysvm, miscellaneous mischief.
Pic is Umi&me at the Grand Soleil in Gruissan
@hughbarnard@post.lurk.org and https://hughbarnard.org
Pic is Umi&me at the Grand Soleil in Gruissan
@hughbarnard@post.lurk.org and https://hughbarnard.org
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George Monbiot - "We should never underestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
George Monbiot - "We should never underestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
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Most governments have little idea how much they spend on fighting climate change — or how to cope with its worsening effects.
Governments Are Flying Blind on Climate Costs, Study Says
Most governments have little idea how much they spend on fighting climate change — or how to cope with its worsening effects.
bloom.bg
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Most governments have little idea how much they spend on fighting climate change — or how to cope with its worsening effects.
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Moscow suggests that it will carry out its own nuclear tests if the US resumes testing under Donald Trump's orders.
Russia ‘will respond in kind’ to nuclear tests by any country: Lavrov
Moscow suggests that it will carry out its own nuclear tests if the US resumes testing under Donald Trump's orders.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Moscow suggests that it will carry out its own nuclear tests if the US resumes testing under Donald Trump's orders.
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And in other news, a startup company is offering a cheap substitute for a genuine human need. According to the CEO, “Our product uses bright colors and sexy curves to dull the persistent ache of your unfulfilling life. For only $19.99 a month, you’ll be able to ignore the emptiness in your soul.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
And in other news, a startup company is offering a cheap substitute for a genuine human need. According to the CEO, “Our product uses bright colors and sexy curves to dull the persistent ache of your unfulfilling life. For only $19.99 a month, you’ll be able to ignore the emptiness in your soul.”
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Need human connection? Here’s a chat bot. Want walkable neighborhoods and green spaces? Here’s a video game to explore instead. If you’re hungry, here’s candy that sort of tastes like fruit so you can trick your brain into thinking you’re getting some nutrients.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Need human connection? Here’s a chat bot. Want walkable neighborhoods and green spaces? Here’s a video game to explore instead. If you’re hungry, here’s candy that sort of tastes like fruit so you can trick your brain into thinking you’re getting some nutrients.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
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Would just like to point out that Anna Waehre, the researcher here mentioned as guilty of grievous research ethics violations targeting trans minors was a panelist in a SEGM conference last year with a large number of other abuse apologists.
Vi har avdekket at forskerne fikk avslag på fritak fra taushetsplikten og fra å innhente samtykke til forskning fra pasientene - tre ganger.
De gjennomførte forskningsprosjektet likevel.
De gjennomførte forskningsprosjektet likevel.
Forskere felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner
– nå er de klaget inn igjen
Forskerne som er felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner, har også tidligere villet forske på den samme gruppen.
www.forskning.no
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Would just like to point out that Anna Waehre, the researcher here mentioned as guilty of grievous research ethics violations targeting trans minors was a panelist in a SEGM conference last year with a large number of other abuse apologists.
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Glasman & his acolyte McSweeney need to go.
Late to this - by more than seven and a half years, it seems - but I love how just three people in the world of politics are (or were) apparently pro-Brexit.
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Glasman & his acolyte McSweeney need to go.
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"the Momdani effect" where you're so tired of the old f*rts that you'll vote for the idealist and cross your fingers
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"the Momdani effect" where you're so tired of the old f*rts that you'll vote for the idealist and cross your fingers
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New in PN: Cue the rebellion
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New in PN: Cue the rebellion
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
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*rings doctor about shingles booster*
*listens to 10 minute monollogue about abusing staff*
*presses 1 to talk about vaccinations*
*listens to website url*
*goes on website*
*loses will to live*
*gets in car and drives to surgery to talk to human*
*listens to 10 minute monollogue about abusing staff*
*presses 1 to talk about vaccinations*
*listens to website url*
*goes on website*
*loses will to live*
*gets in car and drives to surgery to talk to human*
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
*rings doctor about shingles booster*
*listens to 10 minute monollogue about abusing staff*
*presses 1 to talk about vaccinations*
*listens to website url*
*goes on website*
*loses will to live*
*gets in car and drives to surgery to talk to human*
*listens to 10 minute monollogue about abusing staff*
*presses 1 to talk about vaccinations*
*listens to website url*
*goes on website*
*loses will to live*
*gets in car and drives to surgery to talk to human*
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Nigel Farage has got almost all of his tens of millions of pounds of donations from Weapons Companies, Fossil Fuel and Tobacco.
He is most corporatist of them all.
He is most corporatist of them all.
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Nigel Farage has got almost all of his tens of millions of pounds of donations from Weapons Companies, Fossil Fuel and Tobacco.
He is most corporatist of them all.
He is most corporatist of them all.
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I genuinely think that trans people need to fight a bigger fight about research ethics governing our treatment. "Trans rights are human rights" is vague.
No research without consent is specific.
No research without consent is specific.
It's right that trans people should be able to refuse to be subjects in research being conducted with an aim of reducing their options in life, reducing their comfort and wellbeing.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I genuinely think that trans people need to fight a bigger fight about research ethics governing our treatment. "Trans rights are human rights" is vague.
No research without consent is specific.
No research without consent is specific.
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Love the phrases "Cognitive Cost" and "Executive Function Theft" to pinpoint how exhausting it is to be constantly bombarded with apps telling you to use AI. I've been calling it "Corporate pressure" and "Force feeding". It's quite a lot right now. Seems a bit desperate tbh.
The #ExecutiveFunctionTheft of having to opt out.
Feeling annoyed at the cognitive cost of having to dismiss all the offers of "AI" assitance every time I use Acrobat to provide feedback on documents my students wrote. (NO I do NOT want an "AI" summary of this. In what world???)
Decided to check settings:
Decided to check settings:
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Love the phrases "Cognitive Cost" and "Executive Function Theft" to pinpoint how exhausting it is to be constantly bombarded with apps telling you to use AI. I've been calling it "Corporate pressure" and "Force feeding". It's quite a lot right now. Seems a bit desperate tbh.
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There's this form of behavioral engineering/coercion going on to use AI when you're not even trying to. Ex: Enterprise Google Slides replaced "Upload an Image", with "Generate an Image" (right?), requiring extra work +adaptation to sidestep the AI-as-default push. It drives me bonkers.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There's this form of behavioral engineering/coercion going on to use AI when you're not even trying to. Ex: Enterprise Google Slides replaced "Upload an Image", with "Generate an Image" (right?), requiring extra work +adaptation to sidestep the AI-as-default push. It drives me bonkers.
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Having links to GBNews and the Jewish Cronicle is reason enough for the man to be unfit to be in charge of an impartial news channel.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Having links to GBNews and the Jewish Cronicle is reason enough for the man to be unfit to be in charge of an impartial news channel.
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@iandunt.bsky.social sums up the situation well in his substack today substack.com/inbox/post/1... ....
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
Extra edition: The populist assault on the BBC
Johnson, Gibb and the Telegraph are trying to turn the BBC into GB News.
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@iandunt.bsky.social sums up the situation well in his substack today substack.com/inbox/post/1... ....
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
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I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
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Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
High density in Catalonia too.
El #MapaFosasRTVE es el primer mapa audiovisual con las 6.000 fosas comunes de la guerra civil y el Franquismo.
Los restos de más de 17.000 víctimas se han podido recuperar, pero otras 12.000 personas podrían ser aún exhumadas.
rtve.es/noticias/fos...
Los restos de más de 17.000 víctimas se han podido recuperar, pero otras 12.000 personas podrían ser aún exhumadas.
rtve.es/noticias/fos...
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
High density in Catalonia too.
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Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.
It’s a genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.
It’s a genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.
It’s a genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.
It’s a genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...