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Once our entire infrastructure is tied up to OpenAI, ai will now be too big to fail and government will then have to bail it once it inevitably crashes... and this one is definitely on labour.
January 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Once our entire infrastructure is tied up to OpenAI, ai will now be too big to fail and government will then have to bail it once it inevitably crashes... and this one is definitely on labour.
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Not only is AI deeply anti-worker and anti-climate in its wider application but it’s also a crock of absolute shit and its widespread use in the public sector will cost lives as well as livelihoods. Labour should be ashamed to usher this in. Up the luddites! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why Starmer and Reeves are pinning their hopes on AI to drive growth in UK
The PM and chancellor believe AI will help British workers produce more, raising wages and releasing spare capital
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Not only is AI deeply anti-worker and anti-climate in its wider application but it’s also a crock of absolute shit and its widespread use in the public sector will cost lives as well as livelihoods. Labour should be ashamed to usher this in. Up the luddites! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Thinking about this conversation again now that Labour claim AI will improve the productivity - of the entire country - by 1.5%
Overheard a work conversation that I'm pretty sure I wasn't supposed to. Guy telling his mate that the seniors have led with an assumption that AI will make their processes 10% more efficient and have tasked this guy with proving it after the fact.
We have just made thousands of redundancies.
We have just made thousands of redundancies.
January 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Thinking about this conversation again now that Labour claim AI will improve the productivity - of the entire country - by 1.5%
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When people's political nous amounts to "we have to get the Tories out!" and nothing more, this is the result.
Big corporates absolutely saw the Labour government coming and weaved themselves into it seamlessly.
A huge corporate giveaway is the result.
Big corporates absolutely saw the Labour government coming and weaved themselves into it seamlessly.
A huge corporate giveaway is the result.
January 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
When people's political nous amounts to "we have to get the Tories out!" and nothing more, this is the result.
Big corporates absolutely saw the Labour government coming and weaved themselves into it seamlessly.
A huge corporate giveaway is the result.
Big corporates absolutely saw the Labour government coming and weaved themselves into it seamlessly.
A huge corporate giveaway is the result.
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Two words: Post Office.
January 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Two words: Post Office.
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So there’s no money for the basics and we’re undergoing austerity 2.0, but there’s millions to throw at tech companies? I see how it is.
January 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
So there’s no money for the basics and we’re undergoing austerity 2.0, but there’s millions to throw at tech companies? I see how it is.
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Labour in 1948: The country might be on its knees, but the people need and deserve council housing, the welfare state, free healthcare, proper workers rights!
Labour in 2025:
Labour in 2025:
a woman is sitting at a desk in front of a computer and says " computer says no . "
ALT: a woman is sitting at a desk in front of a computer and says " computer says no . "
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Labour in 1948: The country might be on its knees, but the people need and deserve council housing, the welfare state, free healthcare, proper workers rights!
Labour in 2025:
Labour in 2025:
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Some policy is to be "unleashed" which will make UK "the world leader".
And suddenly we are back to Johnson's boosterism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And suddenly we are back to Johnson's boosterism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Some policy is to be "unleashed" which will make UK "the world leader".
And suddenly we are back to Johnson's boosterism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And suddenly we are back to Johnson's boosterism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Quite: public sector legal liability + Artificial Intelligence will be quite a heady combination.
Can’t wait for the deaths and other disasters this will cause, and the subsequent lawsuits, and the blubbering that nobody could have foreseen them
They’ve all gone stark, raving mad.
At least describing it as a narcotic injection is realistic…
At least describing it as a narcotic injection is realistic…
January 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Quite: public sector legal liability + Artificial Intelligence will be quite a heady combination.
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The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
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What better way to "calm the markets" than slashing disability payments?
If you did vote Labour but regret it, now would be a good time to join the Green Party:
join.greenparty.org.uk
If you did vote Labour but regret it, now would be a good time to join the Green Party:
join.greenparty.org.uk
January 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What better way to "calm the markets" than slashing disability payments?
If you did vote Labour but regret it, now would be a good time to join the Green Party:
join.greenparty.org.uk
If you did vote Labour but regret it, now would be a good time to join the Green Party:
join.greenparty.org.uk
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And for people harping on about ‘we need a political consensus’, two things:
(a) no, not with a bloody three figure majority you don’t
(b) there already was a consensus around Dilnot
This new review is just classic can-kicking.
(a) no, not with a bloody three figure majority you don’t
(b) there already was a consensus around Dilnot
This new review is just classic can-kicking.
January 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
And for people harping on about ‘we need a political consensus’, two things:
(a) no, not with a bloody three figure majority you don’t
(b) there already was a consensus around Dilnot
This new review is just classic can-kicking.
(a) no, not with a bloody three figure majority you don’t
(b) there already was a consensus around Dilnot
This new review is just classic can-kicking.
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‘I can’t think of any reason why it should take three years, I simply can’t. The commission I was part of took a year from being commissioned to final reporting’ - Sir Andrew Dilnot on Casey social care inquiry at Commons health & social care select committee
January 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
‘I can’t think of any reason why it should take three years, I simply can’t. The commission I was part of took a year from being commissioned to final reporting’ - Sir Andrew Dilnot on Casey social care inquiry at Commons health & social care select committee
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Sir Andrew Dilnot, of the Dilnot Report, is giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee today from 9.30. The focus is on the cost of inaction. Should be interesting.
January 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Sir Andrew Dilnot, of the Dilnot Report, is giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee today from 9.30. The focus is on the cost of inaction. Should be interesting.
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Under the new “English Devolution Bill” our local authority is due to be subsumed into a larger unitary authority ie abolished. Rumours are our ESCC election due in May might be postponed by up to 2 yrs. @eastbournebc.bsky.social @joshbabarinde.bsky.social - what’s your view? #eastbourne
The devolution white paper promises local empowerment, but does it mask a shift towards centralised control? | Steve Dawe
Will devolution erode local democracy?
Devolution promises local empowerment, but does it mask a shift towards centralised control? Today’s citizens have a strong social obligation to be as moderate, careful and mindful in their consumer d...
westenglandbylines.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Under the new “English Devolution Bill” our local authority is due to be subsumed into a larger unitary authority ie abolished. Rumours are our ESCC election due in May might be postponed by up to 2 yrs. @eastbournebc.bsky.social @joshbabarinde.bsky.social - what’s your view? #eastbourne
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I live near the Hollywood Hills. I appreciate the seriousness of climate change, but I feel little about the fires a couple miles away. The rich believe they are insulated from the consequences of the world they made. Sorry, but the immediate collapse of that logic is strangely satisfying.
January 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I live near the Hollywood Hills. I appreciate the seriousness of climate change, but I feel little about the fires a couple miles away. The rich believe they are insulated from the consequences of the world they made. Sorry, but the immediate collapse of that logic is strangely satisfying.
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1. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
1. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵
Agree.
Absolutely this. And we’ll only have functioning public services by more and more progressive taxation. A bit of real honesty from our political leaders wouldn’t of itself heal our democratic crisis, but it’s the only place where the healing will begin.
I wd like a British PM with balls to say Brexit was disaster; America under Trump is not our friend; Musk, unregulated social media, and tech titans pose unprecedented threat to democracy; UK’s pol system not fit for purpose; we need to shake up public services; invest more in defense and youth.
January 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Agree.
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The American flags, the virulent Sinophobia…this tells you all you need to know about Yoon Suk Yeol’s supporters
January 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The American flags, the virulent Sinophobia…this tells you all you need to know about Yoon Suk Yeol’s supporters
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China has the valuable minerals and is restricting export.
Greenland has those minerals.
Greenland has those minerals.
January 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
China has the valuable minerals and is restricting export.
Greenland has those minerals.
Greenland has those minerals.
Asking exactly the same Qs. Flickr being given as an alternative to Insta but I'm not so sure having used Flickr before. I've been on Signal since it was created but so few friends on there & ppl don't seen to care like I do. I've deleted Threads.
That's me bailed from Facebook for now. Whatsapp is a wall of work and private network connections. How will a move to Signal be coordinated? What is the Insta alternative?
January 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Asking exactly the same Qs. Flickr being given as an alternative to Insta but I'm not so sure having used Flickr before. I've been on Signal since it was created but so few friends on there & ppl don't seen to care like I do. I've deleted Threads.
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I’m actually astonished that most of what I post here is ignored.
I have joined the dots between Silicon Valley, the neocolonial exit strategies of deregulated SEZs as stepping stones to dystopian corporate governed free cities.
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I have joined the dots between Silicon Valley, the neocolonial exit strategies of deregulated SEZs as stepping stones to dystopian corporate governed free cities.
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January 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I’m actually astonished that most of what I post here is ignored.
I have joined the dots between Silicon Valley, the neocolonial exit strategies of deregulated SEZs as stepping stones to dystopian corporate governed free cities.
Thread
I have joined the dots between Silicon Valley, the neocolonial exit strategies of deregulated SEZs as stepping stones to dystopian corporate governed free cities.
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Green Party concerns over Labour’s devolution white paper
Dover and Deal Green Party calls for decentralisation and has serious concerns over Labour’s devolution white paper weakening local democracy
Dover and Deal Green Party calls for decentralisation and has serious concerns over Labour’s devolution white paper weakening local democracy
Green Party concerns over Labour’s devolution white paper
Dover and Deal Green Party calls for decentralisation and has serious concerns over Labour’s devolution white paper weakening local democracy
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Green Party concerns over Labour’s devolution white paper
Dover and Deal Green Party calls for decentralisation and has serious concerns over Labour’s devolution white paper weakening local democracy
Dover and Deal Green Party calls for decentralisation and has serious concerns over Labour’s devolution white paper weakening local democracy