The Incredible Halc
@halc963.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer Mental Health. Alternative chef. Love chianti and fava beans. Loathe Tories. Pro EU. Opinions are entirely my own.
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Musk is posting on X that it's the only platform you can trust for news because "all the other platforms are bought and paid for".
$44bn wasn't it?
$44bn wasn't it?
December 8, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Musk is posting on X that it's the only platform you can trust for news because "all the other platforms are bought and paid for".
$44bn wasn't it?
$44bn wasn't it?
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@jackabbott.bsky.social
At the very least THIS government should carry out an immediate speedy and PUBLIC analysis of costs/benefits of Brexit.
The appeasing of this fascist project shows us where the country really stands.
At the very least THIS government should carry out an immediate speedy and PUBLIC analysis of costs/benefits of Brexit.
The appeasing of this fascist project shows us where the country really stands.
December 8, 2024 at 10:20 AM
@jackabbott.bsky.social
At the very least THIS government should carry out an immediate speedy and PUBLIC analysis of costs/benefits of Brexit.
The appeasing of this fascist project shows us where the country really stands.
At the very least THIS government should carry out an immediate speedy and PUBLIC analysis of costs/benefits of Brexit.
The appeasing of this fascist project shows us where the country really stands.
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Day 8 of your Hammy Christmas Advent Calendar
December 8, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Day 8 of your Hammy Christmas Advent Calendar
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Someone needs to invent some kind of online calculator whereby we Brits can put in our recent healthcare appointments/meds/experiences and it’ll calculate what it would cost on average in the USA. Just to hammer home how bloody lucky we are to have the NHS and how fiercely we need to protect it.
December 7, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Someone needs to invent some kind of online calculator whereby we Brits can put in our recent healthcare appointments/meds/experiences and it’ll calculate what it would cost on average in the USA. Just to hammer home how bloody lucky we are to have the NHS and how fiercely we need to protect it.
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What have I been saying for the last 5 years? Deregulated SEZs and Freports are the gateways to privatising the UK.
BlackRock will privatise Britain – our housing, education, health, nature and green energy – with our taxpayer money as sweetener.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
BlackRock will privatise Britain – our housing, education, health, nature and green energy – with our taxpayer money as sweetener.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is putting its plans for Britain in the hands of private finance. It could end badly | Daniela Gabor
Handing vital infrastructure to big finance will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan, says Daniela Gabor, a professor of economics and macrofinan...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:57 AM
What have I been saying for the last 5 years? Deregulated SEZs and Freports are the gateways to privatising the UK.
BlackRock will privatise Britain – our housing, education, health, nature and green energy – with our taxpayer money as sweetener.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
BlackRock will privatise Britain – our housing, education, health, nature and green energy – with our taxpayer money as sweetener.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.
December 7, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Thought you might like to see a good old tikkytokky… 😂😂 sound up!
Thought you might like to see a good old tikkytokky… 😂😂 sound up!
December 7, 2024 at 10:43 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Thought you might like to see a good old tikkytokky… 😂😂 sound up!
Thought you might like to see a good old tikkytokky… 😂😂 sound up!
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Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
December 7, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
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With Nigel Farage back on Question Time and with around 300,000 reads in over 144 countries but still with no response from Question Time
Here's @docrussjackson.bsky.social's open letter to the BBC about widely held concerns about why bias on #bbcqt is not going away
@yorksbylines.bsky.social
Here's @docrussjackson.bsky.social's open letter to the BBC about widely held concerns about why bias on #bbcqt is not going away
@yorksbylines.bsky.social
An open letter to the BBC
Dr Russell Jackson, senior lecturer in communication and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, writes to the BBC about Question Time
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 1:32 AM
With Nigel Farage back on Question Time and with around 300,000 reads in over 144 countries but still with no response from Question Time
Here's @docrussjackson.bsky.social's open letter to the BBC about widely held concerns about why bias on #bbcqt is not going away
@yorksbylines.bsky.social
Here's @docrussjackson.bsky.social's open letter to the BBC about widely held concerns about why bias on #bbcqt is not going away
@yorksbylines.bsky.social
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20 days until 👇🏼🎄
Save the date and join in the fun 😍
Save the date and join in the fun 😍
December 4, 2024 at 8:50 PM
20 days until 👇🏼🎄
Save the date and join in the fun 😍
Save the date and join in the fun 😍
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Gen-"A.I." is a bullshit machine in the technical sense. It is indifferent to whether its outputs are true - necessarily so, because it's not a person who can assess truth and falsehood!
Fabulous paper by some of my colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on this. The title goes hard.
Fabulous paper by some of my colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on this. The title goes hard.
December 4, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Gen-"A.I." is a bullshit machine in the technical sense. It is indifferent to whether its outputs are true - necessarily so, because it's not a person who can assess truth and falsehood!
Fabulous paper by some of my colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on this. The title goes hard.
Fabulous paper by some of my colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on this. The title goes hard.
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So the day has finally come - and the early risers among you get to be the first to see the new Pinguwalda Enterprises Online Emporium (would love to call it that but y’know, copyright issues).
Enjoy!
submerged.teemill.com/blog/launch-...
Enjoy!
submerged.teemill.com/blog/launch-...
Launch of The Submerged Mind web shop
Art prints, clothing and other items
submerged.teemill.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:20 AM
So the day has finally come - and the early risers among you get to be the first to see the new Pinguwalda Enterprises Online Emporium (would love to call it that but y’know, copyright issues).
Enjoy!
submerged.teemill.com/blog/launch-...
Enjoy!
submerged.teemill.com/blog/launch-...
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So, when I ditched Twitter, I deleted content and changed my user name to ‘F£!k Elon Musk’ before deleting the app. Just got an email from them…. Hahahaha.
December 4, 2024 at 4:34 PM
So, when I ditched Twitter, I deleted content and changed my user name to ‘F£!k Elon Musk’ before deleting the app. Just got an email from them…. Hahahaha.
December 4, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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Left: Kemi Badenoch, "The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions"
Right: Kemi Badenoch wants Donald Trump (guilty of 34 convictions) to address parliament
Right: Kemi Badenoch wants Donald Trump (guilty of 34 convictions) to address parliament
December 4, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Left: Kemi Badenoch, "The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions"
Right: Kemi Badenoch wants Donald Trump (guilty of 34 convictions) to address parliament
Right: Kemi Badenoch wants Donald Trump (guilty of 34 convictions) to address parliament
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"One by one, the premises of Britain’s 2016 decision [for Brexit] are crumbling. Britain cannot thrive alone and in the cold. It’s not ideology or idealism, but hard-headed, practical common sense to say our place is in Europe – and to say so now."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU | Jonathan Freedland
From defence to trade, the incoming US president is upending the old order – and standing apart from our neighbours leaves us dangerously exposed, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:02 PM
"One by one, the premises of Britain’s 2016 decision [for Brexit] are crumbling. Britain cannot thrive alone and in the cold. It’s not ideology or idealism, but hard-headed, practical common sense to say our place is in Europe – and to say so now."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Eye-watering sums for political posturing.............
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Eye-watering sums for political posturing.............
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
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We laud people like, say, Martin Lewis for helping us get what we are entitled to, but scorn the disabled and unwell for doing the same.
December 1, 2024 at 9:29 AM
We laud people like, say, Martin Lewis for helping us get what we are entitled to, but scorn the disabled and unwell for doing the same.
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"Me? I'm having to fight 'em off mate - it's the ones I turned down who are getting all menopausal about it"
December 1, 2024 at 10:50 AM
"Me? I'm having to fight 'em off mate - it's the ones I turned down who are getting all menopausal about it"
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“The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:57 PM
“The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...