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Time waits for no man.
London and Suffolk.
British and Irish.
Experienced environment activist. (longitude 0 - a trade mark registered to me - Rachel Mawhood.) Also on CIX (kittiwake@cix since 1994), Twitter/X and Mastodon.
London and Suffolk.
British and Irish.
Experienced environment activist. (longitude 0 - a trade mark registered to me - Rachel Mawhood.) Also on CIX (kittiwake@cix since 1994), Twitter/X and Mastodon.
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· Apr 22
PALESTINIANS: @unhcr.org has a mandate for Palestinians. If you have been in receipt of help from @unrwa.org , you are eligible for free assistance from UNHCR to flee persecution/ seek asylum elsewhere until it is safe to return. Save yourself. UNRWA protects your right of return.🗝️@who.int @icrc.org
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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In his arrogance Musk thought he was untouchable but the authorities are closing in, as seen by the EU launching an investigation into Grok under the Digital Services Act today.
Meanwhile the Centre for Countering Digital Hate estimated Grok produced 23,000 CSAM images in just 11 days.
Meanwhile the Centre for Countering Digital Hate estimated Grok produced 23,000 CSAM images in just 11 days.
January 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM
In his arrogance Musk thought he was untouchable but the authorities are closing in, as seen by the EU launching an investigation into Grok under the Digital Services Act today.
Meanwhile the Centre for Countering Digital Hate estimated Grok produced 23,000 CSAM images in just 11 days.
Meanwhile the Centre for Countering Digital Hate estimated Grok produced 23,000 CSAM images in just 11 days.
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Well, this is new...
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Well, this is new...
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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Sorry, I was about to go to sleep and then this arrived and now I’m on high #DuvetKnowItsChristmas alert
We've brought our own tent to my sister-in-law's so we can have our own little boutique hotel room in the back of the lounge.
#duvetknowitschristmas
#duvetknowitschristmas
December 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sorry, I was about to go to sleep and then this arrived and now I’m on high #DuvetKnowItsChristmas alert
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I've got to be honest, we may as well call it a night #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've got to be honest, we may as well call it a night #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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Blimey @rhodri.biz #DuvetKnowItsChristmas nudging £25k @centrepointuk.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
December 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Blimey @rhodri.biz #DuvetKnowItsChristmas nudging £25k @centrepointuk.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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The British political class, going to the mattresses for some Israeli football hooligans, against the police.
Stark, raving mad.
Stark, raving mad.
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The British political class, going to the mattresses for some Israeli football hooligans, against the police.
Stark, raving mad.
Stark, raving mad.
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Good advice: I've been restricting replies lately to people who follow me and it has reduced the bot/ spams asshole/ chode/ blue MAGA turd responses by 99%,
October 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Good advice: I've been restricting replies lately to people who follow me and it has reduced the bot/ spams asshole/ chode/ blue MAGA turd responses by 99%,
Allow?
Israel to allow Turkish rescue workers into Gaza on.ft.com/3IY1WbX
Israel to allow Turkish rescue workers into Gaza
Team to join multinational task force despite long-running tensions between two countries
on.ft.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Allow?
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This week's Private Eye.
October 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This week's Private Eye.
Russian flag ...
Meanwhile Pete Hegseth's tie was very telling.
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Russian flag ...
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Trump now controls the networks with a reign of terror and intimidation.
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trump now controls the networks with a reign of terror and intimidation.
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We have it as a contract point that translations of my work have to be performed by actual humans, I think actual human readers deserve to have actual humans translating and making the works as excellent as they can be regardless of language
Reading so much here about skilled, deeply experienced translators being reduced to much-lower-paying machine translation post-editing (MTPE) — fixing a first-round AI translation.
Reminds me of the tremendous labor + frustration of *undoing* a bad copyedit (whether performed by human or machine)
Reminds me of the tremendous labor + frustration of *undoing* a bad copyedit (whether performed by human or machine)
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We have it as a contract point that translations of my work have to be performed by actual humans, I think actual human readers deserve to have actual humans translating and making the works as excellent as they can be regardless of language
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"When one law firm, one college, one media company rolls over for Trump, it compels others to do the same. Meanwhile, with every new capitulation, Trump grows bolder." At the end of the day, resisting is *easier* than caving. www.thebulwark.com/p/yeah-its-f...
Yeah. It’s Fascism.
Earmuffs, JD.
www.thebulwark.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"When one law firm, one college, one media company rolls over for Trump, it compels others to do the same. Meanwhile, with every new capitulation, Trump grows bolder." At the end of the day, resisting is *easier* than caving. www.thebulwark.com/p/yeah-its-f...
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She’s modelling hats to protect against facial recognition systems. Wear these to all your protests. Except far-right ones, as the police don’t bother with facial recognition there.
Melania Trump’s state visit hat let her hide in plain sight on.ft.com/4nXe7ET
Melania Trump’s state visit hat let her hide in plain sight
Her headwear at Windsor Castle made it impossible to know what America’s first lady was thinking
on.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
She’s modelling hats to protect against facial recognition systems. Wear these to all your protests. Except far-right ones, as the police don’t bother with facial recognition there.
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So those Samsung fridges with ads will end up not letting you get the milk without watching an ad…
The possibility for good with all these incredible technologies available and all we're going to use it for is Slow Death by Capitalism.
metro.co.uk/2025/09/17/d...
metro.co.uk/2025/09/17/d...
'Dystopian' toilets won't give you loo roll unless you watch an advert first
If you don't want to watch an advert, you can pay 0.5 RMB - about 5p - to skip the ads.
metro.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So those Samsung fridges with ads will end up not letting you get the milk without watching an ad…
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I have been concerned about how the fascists would use the data in UK government petitions for a long time. There is no doubt that the 6 million people that signed the petition for a 2nd referendum will be viewed as the enemy by Farage.
This, too. I’ve been concerned since the first Trump admin that petitions will be used as “enemy lists”
Sound crazy?
Just listen to these people in power
Sound crazy?
Just listen to these people in power
September 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I have been concerned about how the fascists would use the data in UK government petitions for a long time. There is no doubt that the 6 million people that signed the petition for a 2nd referendum will be viewed as the enemy by Farage.
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@paulbernal.bsky.social Only a matter of time before - due to #Krasnov's US CLOUD Act 2018 - personal data starts showing up in AI generated stuff.
September 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
@paulbernal.bsky.social Only a matter of time before - due to #Krasnov's US CLOUD Act 2018 - personal data starts showing up in AI generated stuff.
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Trump suddenly keeling over would be a black swan event. America's descent into autocracy is dominated by his personality while the GOP coalition and its support is held up by him. There's no evidence that Vance or any other potential successor has the same sort of popularity.
The VP insisted there were no concerns about Trump’s health, but was happy to assure people he’s ready to step in.
JD Vance Says He’s Ready to Be President If Trump’s Health Fails
The vice president said he has received “good on-the-job training” since his swearing-in.
trib.al
August 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump suddenly keeling over would be a black swan event. America's descent into autocracy is dominated by his personality while the GOP coalition and its support is held up by him. There's no evidence that Vance or any other potential successor has the same sort of popularity.
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It's amazing how this just keeps happening with Trump and Russia.
REUTERS: “Trump's special representative, Steve Witkoff, violated diplomatic protocol in Moscow when he went to the Kremlin on August 6 for a meeting with Putin without a stenographer and a representative from the U.S. State Department.”
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August 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's amazing how this just keeps happening with Trump and Russia.
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2. The worst behaviors of their parents made them feel that their life was best served in moderation. There are good things about this and I am not venerating actually negative behavior, but combined with not having freedom, the outcome is a population that is used to ceding control for safety.
August 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
2. The worst behaviors of their parents made them feel that their life was best served in moderation. There are good things about this and I am not venerating actually negative behavior, but combined with not having freedom, the outcome is a population that is used to ceding control for safety.
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Most infuriating one was where he shared a chat with Gemini: it praised him for "taking charge of his health care journey" by refusing a state-requested mental health evaluation, and also said he is right to question the psychologists' background - it agrees with the "concerning things" he's found
August 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Most infuriating one was where he shared a chat with Gemini: it praised him for "taking charge of his health care journey" by refusing a state-requested mental health evaluation, and also said he is right to question the psychologists' background - it agrees with the "concerning things" he's found