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🚨 Another massive AWS outage just took down Roblox, Fortnite, Coinbase, Snapchat, and all Supercell games.
Half the internet has gone dark because of one Big Tech company. This is not innovation, it is monopoly risk.
💡It’s time to choose alternatives.
#GoEuropean #DigitalSovereignty #AWS #Outage
Half the internet has gone dark because of one Big Tech company. This is not innovation, it is monopoly risk.
💡It’s time to choose alternatives.
#GoEuropean #DigitalSovereignty #AWS #Outage
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚨 Another massive AWS outage just took down Roblox, Fortnite, Coinbase, Snapchat, and all Supercell games.
Half the internet has gone dark because of one Big Tech company. This is not innovation, it is monopoly risk.
💡It’s time to choose alternatives.
#GoEuropean #DigitalSovereignty #AWS #Outage
Half the internet has gone dark because of one Big Tech company. This is not innovation, it is monopoly risk.
💡It’s time to choose alternatives.
#GoEuropean #DigitalSovereignty #AWS #Outage
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Protests against the Iraq war in 2003 mobilized millions + the war still happened. What's needed is for people to move from creating passive, viral moments, to getting involved in grassroots organizing + mass direct action.
We have to be the sand in the gears grinding down the machine.
We have to be the sand in the gears grinding down the machine.
One thing about getting older is that feeling like every few years we have the largest peaceful protest in history and then everyone goes home and the thing we were protesting against happens anyway
Viewpoint: Why Was the Biggest Protest in World History Ignored? | TIME.com
Ten years ago today, the world saw what was by some accounts the largest single coordinated protest in history. But why was the antiwar movement ignored?
world.time.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Protests against the Iraq war in 2003 mobilized millions + the war still happened. What's needed is for people to move from creating passive, viral moments, to getting involved in grassroots organizing + mass direct action.
We have to be the sand in the gears grinding down the machine.
We have to be the sand in the gears grinding down the machine.
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We are still waiting for an explanation of how the labour government will ensure that "those who want to work should be supported so that they can do so" while cutting the benefits that support disabled people to work.
Labour appears set to plough ahead with billions of pounds of cuts a year to disability benefits, after this week’s spending review failed to offer any suggestion of a U-turn.
#SpendingReview #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePip
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-o...
#SpendingReview #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePip
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-o...
Government offers three clues that it is set to plough ahead with cuts to disability benefits
Labour appears set to plough ahead with billions of pounds of cuts a year to disability benefits, after this week’s spending review failed to offer any suggestion of a U-turn. The government had al…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We are still waiting for an explanation of how the labour government will ensure that "those who want to work should be supported so that they can do so" while cutting the benefits that support disabled people to work.
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King Charles' recent visit to Canada:
May 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
King Charles' recent visit to Canada:
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A happy National Biscuit Day to all who celebrate.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A happy National Biscuit Day to all who celebrate.
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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
May 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
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Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...
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I’m deeply concerned about what might still be on the table in future UK–US trade deals—and without proper parliamentary scrutiny, we can’t be sure what’s being traded away. From digital protections to tax policy, these decisions must be open, transparent, and in the public interest.
May 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I’m deeply concerned about what might still be on the table in future UK–US trade deals—and without proper parliamentary scrutiny, we can’t be sure what’s being traded away. From digital protections to tax policy, these decisions must be open, transparent, and in the public interest.
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
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a party that is rigidly enforcing patriarchal gender norms and compiling lists of which races 'commit the most crimes' certainly reminds me of something not sure if i can put my finger on it
May 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
a party that is rigidly enforcing patriarchal gender norms and compiling lists of which races 'commit the most crimes' certainly reminds me of something not sure if i can put my finger on it
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You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care.
I challenged the government to stop outsourcing leadership and start showing it—by bringing parties together to deliver long-overdue reform. The crisis in social care is a political failure, not a policy mystery.
I challenged the government to stop outsourcing leadership and start showing it—by bringing parties together to deliver long-overdue reform. The crisis in social care is a political failure, not a policy mystery.
May 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care.
I challenged the government to stop outsourcing leadership and start showing it—by bringing parties together to deliver long-overdue reform. The crisis in social care is a political failure, not a policy mystery.
I challenged the government to stop outsourcing leadership and start showing it—by bringing parties together to deliver long-overdue reform. The crisis in social care is a political failure, not a policy mystery.
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From the book, Bullshit Jobs.
May 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From the book, Bullshit Jobs.
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also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
May 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
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Now Government’s own impact assessment shows no real evidence to support their argument that nature is a blocker, I look forward to ministers reversing their proposals that will trash nature protections …
UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Now Government’s own impact assessment shows no real evidence to support their argument that nature is a blocker, I look forward to ministers reversing their proposals that will trash nature protections …
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"Right through our national life we have got to fight against privilege, against the notion that a half-witted public schoolboy is better for command than an intelligent mechanic."
George Orwell - 'The Lion and The Unicorn' (1941)
#InternationalWorkersDay
George Orwell - 'The Lion and The Unicorn' (1941)
#InternationalWorkersDay
May 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Right through our national life we have got to fight against privilege, against the notion that a half-witted public schoolboy is better for command than an intelligent mechanic."
George Orwell - 'The Lion and The Unicorn' (1941)
#InternationalWorkersDay
George Orwell - 'The Lion and The Unicorn' (1941)
#InternationalWorkersDay
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Have you seen fragmented aurora-like emissions (FAEs)? These small aurora “tick-tacks” are a newly-discovered phenomenon that has important implications in the aurora science community! If you think you’ve seen these in your photos, keep reading to find out how you can help.
#heliophysics
#heliophysics
April 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Have you seen fragmented aurora-like emissions (FAEs)? These small aurora “tick-tacks” are a newly-discovered phenomenon that has important implications in the aurora science community! If you think you’ve seen these in your photos, keep reading to find out how you can help.
#heliophysics
#heliophysics
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This exchange is so very telling.
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
April 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This exchange is so very telling.
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
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if your sick wife is like three hours from death, busting her free to smoke meth and get railed to slayer one last time is fuckin awesome and sweet and you can't convince me otherwise
April 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
if your sick wife is like three hours from death, busting her free to smoke meth and get railed to slayer one last time is fuckin awesome and sweet and you can't convince me otherwise
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This is the kind of documentary you have to make your uncle/aunt/colleague/friend who still thinks "it's complicated" watch. You may know all of what's reported here already, but there is someone you know who needs to see this because they'll only hear it from someone like him. That's your mission
For those of you who may have missed Louis Theroux: The Settlers on BBC Two last night. Or can't access the BBC iPlayer. Here is the full documentary on how Israeli occupiers view the Palestinian West Bank currently.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnCv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnCv...
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
YouTube video by Ireland against Fascism
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This is the kind of documentary you have to make your uncle/aunt/colleague/friend who still thinks "it's complicated" watch. You may know all of what's reported here already, but there is someone you know who needs to see this because they'll only hear it from someone like him. That's your mission
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Tony Blair Institute report criticising the drive to Net Zero is a decidedly odd dossier. We won’t halt climate breakdown *without* phasing out fossil fuels & to suggest solution lies in more nuclear & carbon capture rather than renewables is costly & misguided
Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair
Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon capture
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tony Blair Institute report criticising the drive to Net Zero is a decidedly odd dossier. We won’t halt climate breakdown *without* phasing out fossil fuels & to suggest solution lies in more nuclear & carbon capture rather than renewables is costly & misguided
