Dec
@decliano.bsky.social
Leftie, failed academic, lover of things
RIP Daniel Naroditsky :(
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
RIP Daniel Naroditsky :(
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We got $20 billion for Argentina though.
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We got $20 billion for Argentina though.
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Oh, it "would appear" so, yeah?
Either it took the pigs a full day to realise they'd shot two people or they deliberately withheld this information from the public so they could manage the media fallout. You can decide which of those makes them look worse.
Either it took the pigs a full day to realise they'd shot two people or they deliberately withheld this information from the public so they could manage the media fallout. You can decide which of those makes them look worse.
October 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Oh, it "would appear" so, yeah?
Either it took the pigs a full day to realise they'd shot two people or they deliberately withheld this information from the public so they could manage the media fallout. You can decide which of those makes them look worse.
Either it took the pigs a full day to realise they'd shot two people or they deliberately withheld this information from the public so they could manage the media fallout. You can decide which of those makes them look worse.
This is because you are easily impressed
I think a lot of this is primarily about what many of us in the media now rewards. I chaired quite a few fringes at Labour conference, and at all of them I walked away impressed by the quality of all the MPs and their contributions.
People talk about getting a "better" political class with little agreement on what that means. I suspect the best change would be getting more people who are seriously interested in policy and government. Surprisingly few MPs actually are.
October 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is because you are easily impressed
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at what point will people miss the good parts of "good taste"?
bc I feel like the elephant in the room is how "AI" remixed images provide content that does something impressive for people who have always felt diminished, locked out, w/r/t taste.
and this trumps labor concerns for many
bc I feel like the elephant in the room is how "AI" remixed images provide content that does something impressive for people who have always felt diminished, locked out, w/r/t taste.
and this trumps labor concerns for many
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
at what point will people miss the good parts of "good taste"?
bc I feel like the elephant in the room is how "AI" remixed images provide content that does something impressive for people who have always felt diminished, locked out, w/r/t taste.
and this trumps labor concerns for many
bc I feel like the elephant in the room is how "AI" remixed images provide content that does something impressive for people who have always felt diminished, locked out, w/r/t taste.
and this trumps labor concerns for many
These motherfuckers need Cable Streeting
Anyone who speaks of 'legitimate concerns' is in cohorts with this pack of braindead fascists, its as simple as that.
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
These motherfuckers need Cable Streeting
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R/aitubers is all the entitlement of NewTubers but exclusively for people openly churning out slop.
“I’ve automated 2-4 videos daily, zero human intervention, I spend a half hour a week working on this, why am I not getting paid yet?”
“I’ve automated 2-4 videos daily, zero human intervention, I spend a half hour a week working on this, why am I not getting paid yet?”
August 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
R/aitubers is all the entitlement of NewTubers but exclusively for people openly churning out slop.
“I’ve automated 2-4 videos daily, zero human intervention, I spend a half hour a week working on this, why am I not getting paid yet?”
“I’ve automated 2-4 videos daily, zero human intervention, I spend a half hour a week working on this, why am I not getting paid yet?”
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Just in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search.
August 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Just in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search.
Loads of women aren't getting laid, they're just not massive dickheads about it (as much)
August 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Loads of women aren't getting laid, they're just not massive dickheads about it (as much)
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The left need to talk more about how we can mob hotels with migrants in - if we don’t, the right will fill the vacuum
August 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The left need to talk more about how we can mob hotels with migrants in - if we don’t, the right will fill the vacuum
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Apart from the other glaring unmentioned ssue, this is an "interesting" pov from the director of a race equality think tank when her inexperience in race equalities issues was specifically cited as a problem by the two committees
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson has been confirmed as the next Chair of the EHRC. This is an excellent appointment. Dr Stephenson's significant experience and leadership in equality and human rights is *exactly* what the EHRC needs right now @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/n...
Government confirms Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as the next EHRC chair
Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson has confirmed that Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson will be appointed as the new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
www.gov.uk
August 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Apart from the other glaring unmentioned ssue, this is an "interesting" pov from the director of a race equality think tank when her inexperience in race equalities issues was specifically cited as a problem by the two committees
This is obviously so different to what is going on now, sorry
I see grocery/takeout shaming discourse going around again, so this is your periodic historian reminder that cooking from scratch daily while working has never been sustainable, and for millennia everyone either relied on takeout & restaurants or ate in huge households w/ big dorm-like group dining.
July 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is obviously so different to what is going on now, sorry
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i hate the game politicians play where they back israel 100% until it starts killing too many people too fast, then they start calling for peace until the killing slows to levels acceptable for them. they're not opposing genocide, they're negotiating how quickly it should proceed
July 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
i hate the game politicians play where they back israel 100% until it starts killing too many people too fast, then they start calling for peace until the killing slows to levels acceptable for them. they're not opposing genocide, they're negotiating how quickly it should proceed
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Patients should pay £20 for a GP appointment as part of an insurance-based NHS, says former Tory Minister Sajid Javid.
It is a plan for mass democide of low/middle income families, sick, old and disabled to enable corporations/rich to profiteer.
Defend your rights or lose them.
archive.ph/lJHUh
It is a plan for mass democide of low/middle income families, sick, old and disabled to enable corporations/rich to profiteer.
Defend your rights or lose them.
archive.ph/lJHUh
Charge £20 for GP appointments, says think tank
Sajid Javid, who backs report by Policy Exchange, says Britain is ‘long overdue’ a ‘serious conversation’ about how the NHS is funded
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Patients should pay £20 for a GP appointment as part of an insurance-based NHS, says former Tory Minister Sajid Javid.
It is a plan for mass democide of low/middle income families, sick, old and disabled to enable corporations/rich to profiteer.
Defend your rights or lose them.
archive.ph/lJHUh
It is a plan for mass democide of low/middle income families, sick, old and disabled to enable corporations/rich to profiteer.
Defend your rights or lose them.
archive.ph/lJHUh
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this is in fact true for almost all early years interventions, which is yet another reason why the lack of childcare support in the UK is criminal
it feels almost indecent to say this since the primary reason for removing children from poverty is simply removing children from poverty. but it is really well established fact that child poverty is extremely expensive in the long term and this policy costs money.
Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap.
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
April 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
this is in fact true for almost all early years interventions, which is yet another reason why the lack of childcare support in the UK is criminal
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fun historical fact: among the core political forces in the development of mass incarceration was the "Victims' Rights Movement". Its first major legislative national legislative victory was under President Reagan. The prison population doubled under his administration.
An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
fun historical fact: among the core political forces in the development of mass incarceration was the "Victims' Rights Movement". Its first major legislative national legislative victory was under President Reagan. The prison population doubled under his administration.
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It makes a huge difference! Lab leak conspiracists want to ban tons of virus research and direct funds away from the wildlife trade and other sources of zoonotic spillover. Read lab leak articles or don't, but it's not some arcane debate with no relevance to present day politics.
April 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It makes a huge difference! Lab leak conspiracists want to ban tons of virus research and direct funds away from the wildlife trade and other sources of zoonotic spillover. Read lab leak articles or don't, but it's not some arcane debate with no relevance to present day politics.
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
As a young photojournalist living in Gaza, Fatima Hassouna knew that death was always at her doorstep. As she spent the past 18 months of war documenting airstrikes, the demolition of her home, the endless displacement and the killing of 11 family members, all she demanded was that she not be allowed to go quietly.
“If I die, I want a loud death,” Hassouna wrote on social media. “I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that cannot be buried by time or place.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
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I’ll harp on this forever: it’s a scandal that there’s no media coverage of the astonishingly large and violent white supremacist and neo-Nazi community on Twitter - or the way that community is directly protected and promoted by the site’s owner, one of the world’s most important political figures
I'm also gonna suggest again for the op-ed writers than instead of writing the 20th "iS bLuEsKy aN eChO cHaMbEr?" thinkpiece you maybe ought to write about how people left Twitter because they were being threatened with sexual assault. Unless you're too much of a coward to make Daddy Elon mad.
December 1, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I’ll harp on this forever: it’s a scandal that there’s no media coverage of the astonishingly large and violent white supremacist and neo-Nazi community on Twitter - or the way that community is directly protected and promoted by the site’s owner, one of the world’s most important political figures
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This is not about poorly aimed missiles, or Hamas hiding in archaeological digs. Israel has a long history of erasing Palestinian history and culture, and it's intentional.
"The Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported that Israeli forces have targeted over 188 archaeological and historical sites in #Gaza.
Minister Hani Al-Hayek stated that museums, mosques, and churches, rich in artifacts and history, have been destroyed in the genocide."
#Palestine
Minister Hani Al-Hayek stated that museums, mosques, and churches, rich in artifacts and history, have been destroyed in the genocide."
#Palestine
November 25, 2024 at 7:57 PM
This is not about poorly aimed missiles, or Hamas hiding in archaeological digs. Israel has a long history of erasing Palestinian history and culture, and it's intentional.
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A chunk of the Labour victory (and a BIG chunk of Lib Dem and Green votes) was directly won through anger at water companies and the spectre of sewage in the water. What is going to change, now that Labour is in power?
I can't think about this stuff too much. It fills me with despair. The animals and ecosystems we're killing, all for profit and shareholders and bonuses.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The sores on the fish are nasty’: what’s behind the changes in the River Severn?
Faced with a dearth of data on the impact of local mega farms, volunteers have shown sewage pollution has soared
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:27 PM
A chunk of the Labour victory (and a BIG chunk of Lib Dem and Green votes) was directly won through anger at water companies and the spectre of sewage in the water. What is going to change, now that Labour is in power?
forgot about this website
November 5, 2023 at 9:18 PM
forgot about this website
can't believe i'm moving country in like 3 weeks
September 20, 2023 at 12:37 AM
can't believe i'm moving country in like 3 weeks
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Thrilled to publish this piece on the history of RICO as a tool of suppression against the left, drawing particularly on its usage against a group of revolutionaries in the 1980s, and what that says about the current charges against #StopCopCity activists.
lpeproject.org/blog/rico-an...
lpeproject.org/blog/rico-an...
September 11, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Thrilled to publish this piece on the history of RICO as a tool of suppression against the left, drawing particularly on its usage against a group of revolutionaries in the 1980s, and what that says about the current charges against #StopCopCity activists.
lpeproject.org/blog/rico-an...
lpeproject.org/blog/rico-an...
Can't wait to move to Berlin and live with my wife tbh
September 6, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Can't wait to move to Berlin and live with my wife tbh