Pterodactyl Sunset
@pterodactylsunset.bsky.social
Aye up. Notts born. London based Notts County supporter. Tai-chi, plants, history, broken wheelbarrows, social ecology. Vegan. Don't like Neoliberalism, fascists, ID politics or the Enclosure Acts.Don't let The Bastards Grind You Down. COYP La Luca sigue
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Proposals to remove jury trials for most offences risks damaging the foundations of justice.
Juries are central to our democratic settlement and ensure decisions reflect society, not a narrow judiciary. Their role should be protected, not reduced.
#JuryTrial #JusticeSystem #LegalSupport
Juries are central to our democratic settlement and ensure decisions reflect society, not a narrow judiciary. Their role should be protected, not reduced.
#JuryTrial #JusticeSystem #LegalSupport
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Proposals to remove jury trials for most offences risks damaging the foundations of justice.
Juries are central to our democratic settlement and ensure decisions reflect society, not a narrow judiciary. Their role should be protected, not reduced.
#JuryTrial #JusticeSystem #LegalSupport
Juries are central to our democratic settlement and ensure decisions reflect society, not a narrow judiciary. Their role should be protected, not reduced.
#JuryTrial #JusticeSystem #LegalSupport
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This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
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How many journeys is this guy taking?
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
How many journeys is this guy taking?
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust plans to cut 150 admin posts - the people working behind the scenes who keep our hospitals running.
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop the cuts at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Cornwall’s NHS needs investment, not cuts. Patient care depends on the staff who keep the system running.
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust plans to cut 150 admin posts - the people working behind the scenes who keep our hospitals running.
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
More Season predictions...
www.nottinghamworld.com/sport/footba...
www.nottinghamworld.com/sport/footba...
This supercomputer likes what it seems from Notts and is predicting this end to the season
Promotion-chasing Notts kept their good running going with victory over Cambridge United.
www.nottinghamworld.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
More Season predictions...
www.nottinghamworld.com/sport/footba...
www.nottinghamworld.com/sport/footba...
Arrived for tonight’s game vs Swindon COYP
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Arrived for tonight’s game vs Swindon COYP
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'Existing buildings and infrastructure should be upgraded to withstand temperatures of at least 2C higher than normal by 2050... Any new constructions intended to last decades should be prepared for 4C above preindustrial levels – a level at which the world will face global devastation.'
This report is disingenuous and dangerously misleading
Astonishingly, it even suggests that adapting to 4C 'will not be costly' 😮
The reality is organised adaption to 4C is impossible
The world will 'adapt' to 4C via economic and societal collapse
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Astonishingly, it even suggests that adapting to 4C 'will not be costly' 😮
The reality is organised adaption to 4C is impossible
The world will 'adapt' to 4C via economic and societal collapse
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told
Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
'Existing buildings and infrastructure should be upgraded to withstand temperatures of at least 2C higher than normal by 2050... Any new constructions intended to last decades should be prepared for 4C above preindustrial levels – a level at which the world will face global devastation.'
Wish I could remember lol. I do recall going to quite a lot of home games in 1976. Standouts as I recall were us thrashing Burnley 5-1 and an end to end game vs Fulham Actual footage amazingly on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWyH...
1976 11 21 Fulham v Notts County
YouTube video by UK Retro Football Classics and more
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Wish I could remember lol. I do recall going to quite a lot of home games in 1976. Standouts as I recall were us thrashing Burnley 5-1 and an end to end game vs Fulham Actual footage amazingly on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWyH...
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Great news this www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2025/oc...
STATEMENT: RICHARD MONTAGUE
STATEMENT: RICHARD MONTAGUE
www.nottscountyfc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great news this www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2025/oc...
Notts away to Swindon moved to a Tuesday night. Already have me ticket. Looks like I might have to book the afternoon off work and get an over-priced train ticket.. eek. 3 points a must 🤞 Bought me a Barnet ticket too...
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Notts away to Swindon moved to a Tuesday night. Already have me ticket. Looks like I might have to book the afternoon off work and get an over-priced train ticket.. eek. 3 points a must 🤞 Bought me a Barnet ticket too...
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On the anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street, let us remember that the Daily Mail was cheering on Fascists then and continues that proud tradition today.
October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On the anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street, let us remember that the Daily Mail was cheering on Fascists then and continues that proud tradition today.
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EXCL: Reform's first councillor in London is a convicted "slum landlord" who rents out a 33-person HMO.
While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...
While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...
Exclusive: Reform’s first London councillor is a “rogue landlord” with a 33-person HMO
Mark Shooter has been fined thousands of pounds for illegally renting out crammed bedsits in Camden. One of his former tenants just became Green Party leader.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
EXCL: Reform's first councillor in London is a convicted "slum landlord" who rents out a 33-person HMO.
While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...
While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...
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Don’t look here, look for small boats and refugees, get angry at desperate poor people not rich entitled twats who try and play you for fools.. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Boris Johnson under pressure to explain how private office follows funding rules
Office is part-funded by public duty costs allowance, which should only be used to support public work of former PMs
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Don’t look here, look for small boats and refugees, get angry at desperate poor people not rich entitled twats who try and play you for fools.. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“Programmers Using AI Create Way More Glaring Security Issues, Data Shows”
https://futurism.com/ai-coding-security-problems
> As a security firm called Apiiro found in new research, developers who used AI produce ten times more security problems than their counterparts who don't use the technology
https://futurism.com/ai-coding-security-problems
> As a security firm called Apiiro found in new research, developers who used AI produce ten times more security problems than their counterparts who don't use the technology
September 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“Programmers Using AI Create Way More Glaring Security Issues, Data Shows”
https://futurism.com/ai-coding-security-problems
> As a security firm called Apiiro found in new research, developers who used AI produce ten times more security problems than their counterparts who don't use the technology
https://futurism.com/ai-coding-security-problems
> As a security firm called Apiiro found in new research, developers who used AI produce ten times more security problems than their counterparts who don't use the technology
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The world needs topsoil to grow 95% of its food – but it's rapidly disappearing
Half of topsoil on Earth has been lost in the last 150 years
The world could run out of topsoil in about 60 years
Yes most people still think there will be food on shelves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
Half of topsoil on Earth has been lost in the last 150 years
The world could run out of topsoil in about 60 years
Yes most people still think there will be food on shelves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
The world needs topsoil to grow 95% of its food – but it's rapidly disappearing
Without efforts to rebuild soil health, we could lose our ability to grow enough nutritious food to feed the planet’s population
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The world needs topsoil to grow 95% of its food – but it's rapidly disappearing
Half of topsoil on Earth has been lost in the last 150 years
The world could run out of topsoil in about 60 years
Yes most people still think there will be food on shelves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
Half of topsoil on Earth has been lost in the last 150 years
The world could run out of topsoil in about 60 years
Yes most people still think there will be food on shelves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
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If you vote Reform you will be voting against women’s equality, for more harassment in the workplace and beyond (as if there isn’t enough)
Remember 41% of the Farage Foot Soldiers arrested in last summer’s disgraceful riots had already been REPORTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE
Remember 41% of the Farage Foot Soldiers arrested in last summer’s disgraceful riots had already been REPORTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE
September 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you vote Reform you will be voting against women’s equality, for more harassment in the workplace and beyond (as if there isn’t enough)
Remember 41% of the Farage Foot Soldiers arrested in last summer’s disgraceful riots had already been REPORTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE
Remember 41% of the Farage Foot Soldiers arrested in last summer’s disgraceful riots had already been REPORTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE
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NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
🧵 [1/8]
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Puerto Rico’s inspiring community-led responses to hurricanes, climate change and a deep economic and political crisis, offer important insights for social movements worldwide fighting against new forms of neoliberal authoritarianism. www.tni.org/en/article/r...
September 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Puerto Rico’s inspiring community-led responses to hurricanes, climate change and a deep economic and political crisis, offer important insights for social movements worldwide fighting against new forms of neoliberal authoritarianism. www.tni.org/en/article/r...
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14th century corbel from the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. Originally from the church’s North Porch, the corbel (and several others) is now on display in the church. 📸 My own. #SundayStonework #StMaryRedcliffe #Bristol
August 31, 2025 at 6:38 AM
14th century corbel from the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. Originally from the church’s North Porch, the corbel (and several others) is now on display in the church. 📸 My own. #SundayStonework #StMaryRedcliffe #Bristol
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Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Taylor Flanagan-Clark has appeared in court accused of destroying evidence by remotely wiping a mobile phone that had been seized www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Metropolitan Police inspector accused of destroying evidence
Det Insp Taylor Flanagan-Clark, 32, is accused of wiping a mobile phone, something he denies.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Taylor Flanagan-Clark has appeared in court accused of destroying evidence by remotely wiping a mobile phone that had been seized www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Met police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support their case, a leading expert who led the only independent academic review of police use of facial recognition has said www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Expert rejects Met police claim that study backs bias-free live facial recognition use
Academic says sample size was too small to claim new sensitivity guidelines have removed racial, gender or age bias
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Met police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support their case, a leading expert who led the only independent academic review of police use of facial recognition has said www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Microsoft copilot for Excel has a warning not to use it for “business critical” calculations because the answer may not be accurate.
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
August 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Microsoft copilot for Excel has a warning not to use it for “business critical” calculations because the answer may not be accurate.
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
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A slight twist for #HillfortsWednesday
A Hillfort in #Crete. Lato was a city founded by the Dorian invaders from the mainland around the 8th Century BC, after the Minoan era. It was built on a defensible mountain pass just south West of Agios Nikolaos.
#Archaeology #History
A Hillfort in #Crete. Lato was a city founded by the Dorian invaders from the mainland around the 8th Century BC, after the Minoan era. It was built on a defensible mountain pass just south West of Agios Nikolaos.
#Archaeology #History
August 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A slight twist for #HillfortsWednesday
A Hillfort in #Crete. Lato was a city founded by the Dorian invaders from the mainland around the 8th Century BC, after the Minoan era. It was built on a defensible mountain pass just south West of Agios Nikolaos.
#Archaeology #History
A Hillfort in #Crete. Lato was a city founded by the Dorian invaders from the mainland around the 8th Century BC, after the Minoan era. It was built on a defensible mountain pass just south West of Agios Nikolaos.
#Archaeology #History