J. Alfred Rooke
@determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Ethnomethodologist, Production Thinker, Anarchist
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How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America ino.to/1cZ2XhM
How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America
Urban gardens are extraordinarily powerful tools that can improve food security, lower temperatures, and create invaluable gathering spaces.
ino.to
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America ino.to/1cZ2XhM
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This week on Live like the World is Dying, we talk about doxxing, what it is, and how to prevent bad actors of all kinds from using your identity, information, and digital presence against you and your loved ones.
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This week on Live like the World is Dying, we talk about doxxing, what it is, and how to prevent bad actors of all kinds from using your identity, information, and digital presence against you and your loved ones.
If the #BBC doesn't fight this with everything its got, it will lose my license fee. I don't want my money handed over to #Trump.
He had no reputation to lose, and this should be said in court. if they submit to censorship they're useless.
No resistance, no license!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He had no reputation to lose, and this should be said in court. if they submit to censorship they're useless.
No resistance, no license!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
If the #BBC doesn't fight this with everything its got, it will lose my license fee. I don't want my money handed over to #Trump.
He had no reputation to lose, and this should be said in court. if they submit to censorship they're useless.
No resistance, no license!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He had no reputation to lose, and this should be said in court. if they submit to censorship they're useless.
No resistance, no license!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ms. Brown speaking the truth 🔥
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Ms. Brown speaking the truth 🔥
Been wondering what is fuelling the culture warriors? Finally, the truth is revealed - they are taking it out on society because they can't stand their own kids!
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
#gender
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
#gender
The BBC’s trans fanaticism has been exposed. It must rid itself of the zealots
I look forward to the day when the self-righteous enforcers of LGBT orthodoxy are censured for their harmful agenda
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Been wondering what is fuelling the culture warriors? Finally, the truth is revealed - they are taking it out on society because they can't stand their own kids!
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
#gender
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
#gender
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Signal is pretty easy to use out of the box, but there are a variety of things that can go wrong if you don’t spend some time learning how it works. Here’s our guide to help you get started. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store
System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later
Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1
License: GPLv3
Level: Beginner
Time required: 15-20 minutes
Other reading:
https://signal.org/
https://support.signal.org/
https://signal.org/blog/
Table of Contents
Download and Install Signal
Register and Verify...
ssd.eff.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Signal is pretty easy to use out of the box, but there are a variety of things that can go wrong if you don’t spend some time learning how it works. Here’s our guide to help you get started. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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In times like these, links are needed because it's far too easy to throw up a faked headline. So I'm sliding in to assist with the receipts: www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In times like these, links are needed because it's far too easy to throw up a faked headline. So I'm sliding in to assist with the receipts: www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
A dodgy donor
Is Bassim Haidar a Brit? We should be told
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
#ReformUK #donations
Is Bassim Haidar a Brit? We should be told
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
#ReformUK #donations
Bassim Haidar: The 'Globalist' Billionaire Bankrolling Britain's Anti-Globalist Party
Why is Nigel Farage's supposedly 'anti-globalist' Reform UK being bankrolled by a globe-trotting billionaire who once advised Amnesty International and the World Economic Forum?
bylinetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A dodgy donor
Is Bassim Haidar a Brit? We should be told
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
#ReformUK #donations
Is Bassim Haidar a Brit? We should be told
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
#ReformUK #donations
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When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online,
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so,
www.eff.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Enormous
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Enormous
www.smbc-comics.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This should lead to the total rejection of surveillance technology. 1984 is no longer a fantasy.
Amazon Ring cameras are a privacy nightmare 👹but we know there are many reasons why people get them, so we have some suggestions ….
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This should lead to the total rejection of surveillance technology. 1984 is no longer a fantasy.
Despite the harm, the world’s governments provided $956bn in direct fossil fuel subsidies in 2023, which was the world’s hottest year on record until it was surpassed by 2024.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateChange
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year from combined effects of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Despite the harm, the world’s governments provided $956bn in direct fossil fuel subsidies in 2023, which was the world’s hottest year on record until it was surpassed by 2024.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateChange
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'Deeply disappointed' Labour politician defects to Green Party
The Labour Party said it was
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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As the spread of hate, misinformation, conspiracy theories and climate denial escalates on X, it's time for Stop Funding Hate and @stopfundingheat.bsky.social to step up.
Together - and one brand at a time - we will make hate and misinformation unprofitable in print and digital media.
Let's go ❤️🔥💪
Together - and one brand at a time - we will make hate and misinformation unprofitable in print and digital media.
Let's go ❤️🔥💪
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
As the spread of hate, misinformation, conspiracy theories and climate denial escalates on X, it's time for Stop Funding Hate and @stopfundingheat.bsky.social to step up.
Together - and one brand at a time - we will make hate and misinformation unprofitable in print and digital media.
Let's go ❤️🔥💪
Together - and one brand at a time - we will make hate and misinformation unprofitable in print and digital media.
Let's go ❤️🔥💪
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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *SunLife *Staysure *WorldOfCruising *Agincare *WeFix London *MoneyfactsCompare *VinceTheVet *Freshpet *Reclaim Nation *Dormeo *Polish Tourism Organisation *AvantiTravelInsurance *AllClearTravel *CandlelightUK *Haltonlifts *Boxt *SimplyFactoring *Belgica
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *SunLife *Staysure *WorldOfCruising *Agincare *WeFix London *MoneyfactsCompare *VinceTheVet *Freshpet *Reclaim Nation *Dormeo *Polish Tourism Organisation *AvantiTravelInsurance *AllClearTravel *CandlelightUK *Haltonlifts *Boxt *SimplyFactoring *Belgica
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Today's GB News advertisers also include *CelebrationOfLifeCremations *HousingUnits *Twisted Gifts *Tonic Surgery *Droylsden Glass *Whitescarcave *CityMoves *GetDrafty *FreedomShowers *SelectSpecs *HafrenFurnishers *Rangeford Living *ManeUK *PSPIT *FasterPropertySolutions *GoldReserves
Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Climate Conspiracy Theories
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom will not be opening an investigation into GB News after one of its guests spread misinformation about climate action, DeSmog can reveal. Appearing on the Neil Oliver S...
www.desmog.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Today's GB News advertisers also include *CelebrationOfLifeCremations *HousingUnits *Twisted Gifts *Tonic Surgery *Droylsden Glass *Whitescarcave *CityMoves *GetDrafty *FreedomShowers *SelectSpecs *HafrenFurnishers *Rangeford Living *ManeUK *PSPIT *FasterPropertySolutions *GoldReserves
Nice piece by Cory Doctorow on the links between climate activism and tech activism
pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/c...
#ClimateChange #FreeSoftware
pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/c...
#ClimateChange #FreeSoftware
Pluralistic: The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism (11 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
October 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nice piece by Cory Doctorow on the links between climate activism and tech activism
pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/c...
#ClimateChange #FreeSoftware
pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/c...
#ClimateChange #FreeSoftware
Greenpeace sues King Charles
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#PropertyIsTheft
#NoKings
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#PropertyIsTheft
#NoKings
#ClimateChange
Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind
Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabed
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Greenpeace sues King Charles
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#PropertyIsTheft
#NoKings
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#PropertyIsTheft
#NoKings
#ClimateChange
Is there an alternative to Windows 11?
One solution is to install Linux, which is a family of free operating systems that come in various flavours or “distributions”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Just saying
#Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Linux
One solution is to install Linux, which is a family of free operating systems that come in various flavours or “distributions”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Just saying
#Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Linux
What does the end of free support for Windows 10 mean for its users?
Computers running software will still work but steadily become more vulnerable to viruses and malware
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Is there an alternative to Windows 11?
One solution is to install Linux, which is a family of free operating systems that come in various flavours or “distributions”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Just saying
#Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Linux
One solution is to install Linux, which is a family of free operating systems that come in various flavours or “distributions”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Just saying
#Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Linux
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"A different way of making medicines is possible. Increasingly, our national health service depends upon it."
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
‘Trump and Big Pharma are holding the NHS to ransom - don’t give in’
Americans pay four times as much for medicines than Brits as campaigners demand the UK government resists Trump's threats - amid fears the NHS could ‘go broke’
www.mirror.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"A different way of making medicines is possible. Increasingly, our national health service depends upon it."
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
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EFF and 20 other organizations urge Congress: General counsels play too important of a role in the intelligence community to be appointed unilaterally. Maintain Senate confirmation and accountability for these roles. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF and Other Organizations: Keep Key Intelligence Positions Senate
In a joint letter to the ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, EFF has joined with 20 other organizations, including the ACLU, Brennan Center, CDT, Asian Americans
www.eff.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
EFF and 20 other organizations urge Congress: General counsels play too important of a role in the intelligence community to be appointed unilaterally. Maintain Senate confirmation and accountability for these roles. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Life
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Life
www.smbc-comics.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bad food, lousy living conditions, and gigantic profits.
These are the parasites who should be targetted, not the poor bloody asylum seekers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#immigration #MigrantHotels
These are the parasites who should be targetted, not the poor bloody asylum seekers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#immigration #MigrantHotels
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Bad food, lousy living conditions, and gigantic profits.
These are the parasites who should be targetted, not the poor bloody asylum seekers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#immigration #MigrantHotels
These are the parasites who should be targetted, not the poor bloody asylum seekers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#immigration #MigrantHotels