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Pain in the side of Bristol
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One of the funniest news diagrams I've ever seen.
Drone photo of Belfast. A huge 5 storey red-blue-and-white bonfire stack (labelled "BONFIRE" and a pile of waste material (labelled "ASBESTOS") are in the foreground, houses and a tall tower (labelled "BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL") are in the background
July 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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A @trashfuture.bsky.social startup has hit the Labour government
owenboswarva.bsky.social Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · Jul 3
Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...

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McSweeney is exercised by the fact that the civil service has 7,000 communications officers, 4,500 of whom work for arm's-length bodies and quangos and frequently attack what the government is trying to do. Like Dominic Cummings, he is enthused by the possibilities of technology to speed change, such as AI in the NHS or gamers being hired by the Ministry of Defence to fly drones. He is now experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies. In the last week he has been reading The Technological Republic by Alexander Karp, co-founder of the tech firm Palantir, which argues that the West’s technical dominance over the past century has been down to collaboration between governments and tech firms.
July 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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the official story you put out to cover up your crimes is supposed to at least attempt at justifying your actions as proportionate. only a psychopath would accept murdering a 14 year old boy is justified if they’re throwing stones
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 27
Israeli soldiers killed Amer Rabee, a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy, and accused him and two of his friends of hurling rocks toward a highway and endangering civilians. His family and one of the surviving boys deny the accusation, saying that they were picking almonds.
Israeli Forces Said They Killed a ‘Terrorist.’ He Was 14 Years Old.
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM