Dunstan
@dunstan.vavasour.uk
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I've signed this open letter calling on the Prime Minister to give more time for the #CANBill debate—and deliver the #REALChange we need. We need action for a greener, healthier, happier future—where people and nature can thrive. Will you add your name too? action.zerohour.uk @zero-hour.bsky.social
Climate and Nature Bill Campaign
Take action to support the Climate and Nature Bill
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June 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I've signed this open letter calling on the Prime Minister to give more time for the #CANBill debate—and deliver the #REALChange we need. We need action for a greener, healthier, happier future—where people and nature can thrive. Will you add your name too? action.zerohour.uk @zero-hour.bsky.social
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I went to Parliament today with 150 other scientists to #BringScienceToPolitics. As Sir David King said in his speech, we are currently still accelerating into the polycrisis and we need those in power to put the brakes on immediately! #ActOnFacts @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I went to Parliament today with 150 other scientists to #BringScienceToPolitics. As Sir David King said in his speech, we are currently still accelerating into the polycrisis and we need those in power to put the brakes on immediately! #ActOnFacts @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social
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🌡️ As 2024 shattered records @profbillmcguire.bsky.social made a sobering, rallying call to scientists: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/09/planet-dying-climate-crisis-emergency-scientists
Joining us next week is one way YOU can respond.
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Joining us next week is one way YOU can respond.
⁉️ tinyurl.com/Scientists2025
🥼 tinyurl.com/SciParl25
May 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🌡️ As 2024 shattered records @profbillmcguire.bsky.social made a sobering, rallying call to scientists: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/09/planet-dying-climate-crisis-emergency-scientists
Joining us next week is one way YOU can respond.
⁉️ tinyurl.com/Scientists2025
🥼 tinyurl.com/SciParl25
Joining us next week is one way YOU can respond.
⁉️ tinyurl.com/Scientists2025
🥼 tinyurl.com/SciParl25
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If scientists will not go to politics, then politics will come for science.
Today, the UK sees huge wins for the far right party Reform, led by Nigel Farage who wishes to cut climate costs.
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Today, the UK sees huge wins for the far right party Reform, led by Nigel Farage who wishes to cut climate costs.
🧵/n
May 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If scientists will not go to politics, then politics will come for science.
Today, the UK sees huge wins for the far right party Reform, led by Nigel Farage who wishes to cut climate costs.
🧵/n
Today, the UK sees huge wins for the far right party Reform, led by Nigel Farage who wishes to cut climate costs.
🧵/n
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To borrow from the brilliant @nanjala.bsky.social, we need to resist the narratives of inevitability when it comes to AI.
Question, question, question everything.
Question, question, question everything.
It's truly despicable how credulous - or cynical - Kevin Roose is. There is no evidence or any of this, and in the second paragraph he's already laying foundation to move the goalposts to wherever Anthropic says they are for AGI. This piece makes no arguments beyond what Roose "believes." Loathsome.
March 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
To borrow from the brilliant @nanjala.bsky.social, we need to resist the narratives of inevitability when it comes to AI.
Question, question, question everything.
Question, question, question everything.
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Editorial cartoonist John Deering captures the sentiment of laid off federal workers who voted for Trump.
February 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Editorial cartoonist John Deering captures the sentiment of laid off federal workers who voted for Trump.
BBC News - Car overturns after hitting bollard in Coventry city centre - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But how's the bollard?
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But how's the bollard?
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
Car overturns after hitting bollard in Coventry city centre
A road is closed amid work to remove the vehicle from the scene.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
BBC News - Car overturns after hitting bollard in Coventry city centre - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But how's the bollard?
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But how's the bollard?
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
Absolute *#£*ing grifters.
Pirates. OpenAI sent tens of thousands of server requests as it was scraping the content of an ecommerce site with 65,000 products, each with its own page and three photos - it took it down, of course. + the AWS bill.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/10/h...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/10/h...
How OpenAI's bot crushed this seven-person company's website ‘like a DDoS attack’ | TechCrunch
OpenAI was sending “tens of thousands” of server requests trying to download Triplegangers' entire site which hosts hundreds of thousands of photos.
techcrunch.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Absolute *#£*ing grifters.
It's worse than nonsense, it's being said to prolong the Ponzi bubble of OpenAI. For a "reputable" news source such as Reuters to be parroting this manipulation from grifters is shameful.
Complete nonsense, based on nothing. Irresponsible to quote this like it is some sort of reasonable thing to say versus outright fantasy engineered to attract investors that don't know anything
December 11, 2024 at 7:26 AM
It's worse than nonsense, it's being said to prolong the Ponzi bubble of OpenAI. For a "reputable" news source such as Reuters to be parroting this manipulation from grifters is shameful.
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New York’s finest!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
December 6, 2024 at 5:29 PM
New York’s finest!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
Enshitification at its worst.
for my next newsletter and episode i bought the bestselling laptop on Amazon to try and explain how shitty most people's exposure to tech is. Currently at 30 minutes of menus and updates. I have agreed to three privacy policies and created two new accounts. We live in hell
November 29, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Enshitification at its worst.
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Why did the vegan cross the road?
To tell someone he was a vegan.
To tell someone he was a vegan.
November 28, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Why did the vegan cross the road?
To tell someone he was a vegan.
To tell someone he was a vegan.
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We’ve had viable solutions for mobility both within & between cities for a long time, like high-speed rail, prioritized public transit and networks of protected bike-lanes. We need leadership. And we need to stop letting “shiny new tech” distract us from implementing them. Image via UrbanThoughts11
November 25, 2024 at 5:33 AM
We’ve had viable solutions for mobility both within & between cities for a long time, like high-speed rail, prioritized public transit and networks of protected bike-lanes. We need leadership. And we need to stop letting “shiny new tech” distract us from implementing them. Image via UrbanThoughts11
Just when you though Euston couldn't get any shitter. Happy memories of the old flappy panel departure boards.
November 25, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Just when you though Euston couldn't get any shitter. Happy memories of the old flappy panel departure boards.
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AI data centers could end up using more electricity than entire cities… 😩https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/23/data-centers-powering-ai-could-use-more-electricity-than-entire-cities.html
Data centers powering artificial intelligence could use more electricity than entire cities
The growing size of data centers is raising questions about power, land and the environment.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:13 AM
AI data centers could end up using more electricity than entire cities… 😩https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/23/data-centers-powering-ai-could-use-more-electricity-than-entire-cities.html