Simon Brooke
@simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
Anarcho-syndicalist, autistic, crofter, cyclist, depressive, entrepreneur, geek, searchable, Trans ally, Zapatista. Politics & environment, especially […]
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December 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The #roundhouse, now, at last, with electric lights (from its own solar panels).
December 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The #roundhouse, now, at last, with electric lights (from its own solar panels).
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@simon_brooke @TomSwirly @kathimmel @Geri @neutrinoceros @waltertross @BarneyDellar @denissalem @matus_chochlik @chielk There are approximately 20 checkpoints, excluding the apartheid wall.
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@simon_brooke @TomSwirly @kathimmel @Geri @neutrinoceros @waltertross @BarneyDellar @denissalem @matus_chochlik @chielk There are approximately 20 checkpoints, excluding the apartheid wall.
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In Gaza, Mary would find no manger, only a tent. No Star of Bethlehem, only missiles. With every exit barred, the Holy Child wouldn't flee to Egypt; He would be martyred in His cradle. In Gaza, the Nativity is a massacr
@TomSwirly
@simon_brooke
@kathimmel
@Geri
@neutrinoceros
@waltertross […]
@TomSwirly
@simon_brooke
@kathimmel
@Geri
@neutrinoceros
@waltertross […]
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mastodon.social
December 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In Gaza, Mary would find no manger, only a tent. No Star of Bethlehem, only missiles. With every exit barred, the Holy Child wouldn't flee to Egypt; He would be martyred in His cradle. In Gaza, the Nativity is a massacr
@TomSwirly
@simon_brooke
@kathimmel
@Geri
@neutrinoceros
@waltertross […]
@TomSwirly
@simon_brooke
@kathimmel
@Geri
@neutrinoceros
@waltertross […]
No babes in my manger this Christmas day. But the cattle are eating happily
December 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
No babes in my manger this Christmas day. But the cattle are eating happily
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While everyone is celebrating the holiday, my children are hungry 😭
Please don't forget them tonight🙏🙏
https://chuffed.org/project/161617
Please don't forget them tonight🙏🙏
https://chuffed.org/project/161617
December 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
While everyone is celebrating the holiday, my children are hungry 😭
Please don't forget them tonight🙏🙏
https://chuffed.org/project/161617
Please don't forget them tonight🙏🙏
https://chuffed.org/project/161617
Friends in #gaza, what fuel are you using for cooking? I heard from someone this week that they were cooking on a fire of plastic, which isn't healthy; but is there any other fuel to be found?
People not in Gaza, please don't respond to this post.
People not in Gaza, please don't respond to this post.
December 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Friends in #gaza, what fuel are you using for cooking? I heard from someone this week that they were cooking on a fire of plastic, which isn't healthy; but is there any other fuel to be found?
People not in Gaza, please don't respond to this post.
People not in Gaza, please don't respond to this post.
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Because traditions matter - even if they're only 6 years old - here's my round-up of books, poetry, podcasts—and one magazine—that have maximally impacted my year (not including those on the podcast) […]
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mastodon.scot
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Because traditions matter - even if they're only 6 years old - here's my round-up of books, poetry, podcasts—and one magazine—that have maximally impacted my year (not including those on the podcast) […]
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115737483111161917
I'll elaborate. I believe we're in an AI bubble. AI companies are pushing the overton window on AI discourse. They want the most extreme anti-AI sentiment to be "Sure, it's an overhyped technology right now but there will be reasonable […]
I'll elaborate. I believe we're in an AI bubble. AI companies are pushing the overton window on AI discourse. They want the most extreme anti-AI sentiment to be "Sure, it's an overhyped technology right now but there will be reasonable […]
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115737483111161917
I'll elaborate. I believe we're in an AI bubble. AI companies are pushing the overton window on AI discourse. They want the most extreme anti-AI sentiment to be "Sure, it's an overhyped technology right now but there will be reasonable […]
I'll elaborate. I believe we're in an AI bubble. AI companies are pushing the overton window on AI discourse. They want the most extreme anti-AI sentiment to be "Sure, it's an overhyped technology right now but there will be reasonable […]
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The cold in Gaza doesn't just touch our skin; it bites into our bones. My children are shivering, and I have nothing but thin blankets to shield them from the freezing nights. I am desperately seeking €100 to buy fuel for heating and to keep my family warm. No parent should have to watch their […]
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mastodon.social
December 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The cold in Gaza doesn't just touch our skin; it bites into our bones. My children are shivering, and I have nothing but thin blankets to shield them from the freezing nights. I am desperately seeking €100 to buy fuel for heating and to keep my family warm. No parent should have to watch their […]
Reading Tim O'Reilly's essay on the economic future of #ai, one sentence stands out:
"By product-market fit we don’t just mean that users love the product or that one company has dominant market share but that a company has found a viable economic model, where what people are willing to pay for […]
"By product-market fit we don’t just mean that users love the product or that one company has dominant market share but that a company has found a viable economic model, where what people are willing to pay for […]
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mastodon.scot
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Reading Tim O'Reilly's essay on the economic future of #ai, one sentence stands out:
"By product-market fit we don’t just mean that users love the product or that one company has dominant market share but that a company has found a viable economic model, where what people are willing to pay for […]
"By product-market fit we don’t just mean that users love the product or that one company has dominant market share but that a company has found a viable economic model, where what people are willing to pay for […]
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Ho ho h...<sounds of choking>
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Ho ho h...<sounds of choking>
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"Little faces, aged by a thousand sorrows. They no longer ask for candies or games; they only ask for a morning without thunder. In their silence lies a scream that shakes the earth. They are the giants who never got to be children." […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Little faces, aged by a thousand sorrows. They no longer ask for candies or games; they only ask for a morning without thunder. In their silence lies a scream that shakes the earth. They are the giants who never got to be children." […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
RE: https://pdx.social/@hellomiakoda/115761024717277564
"unless you're going to try to procreate with a particular individual, I cannot think of any reason anyone's trans status fucking matters" -- @hellomiakoda
This!
#transrightsarehumanrights
"unless you're going to try to procreate with a particular individual, I cannot think of any reason anyone's trans status fucking matters" -- @hellomiakoda
This!
#transrightsarehumanrights
pdx.social
December 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
RE: https://pdx.social/@hellomiakoda/115761024717277564
"unless you're going to try to procreate with a particular individual, I cannot think of any reason anyone's trans status fucking matters" -- @hellomiakoda
This!
#transrightsarehumanrights
"unless you're going to try to procreate with a particular individual, I cannot think of any reason anyone's trans status fucking matters" -- @hellomiakoda
This!
#transrightsarehumanrights
“They won’t imprison us all, they know if they fill the prisons with activists, we will overpower them from within. So flood the damn streets in your millions. Shut down these factories in your thousands! They can never arrest the resistance in our smiles. We will use the shards of our broken […]
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mastodon.scot
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“They won’t imprison us all, they know if they fill the prisons with activists, we will overpower them from within. So flood the damn streets in your millions. Shut down these factories in your thousands! They can never arrest the resistance in our smiles. We will use the shards of our broken […]
HAMLET: I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
SIMON_BROOKE: You and my both, brother. You and me both.
SIMON_BROOKE: You and my both, brother. You and me both.
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
HAMLET: I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
SIMON_BROOKE: You and my both, brother. You and me both.
SIMON_BROOKE: You and my both, brother. You and me both.
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Ive been thinking about this toot from @socketwench from their old instance from earlier this year. Since we don't know how much longer the original Hackers Town is going to stay online I felt I needed to screenshot it in the spirit of the pictured microfiction […]
[Original post on masto.nyc]
[Original post on masto.nyc]
December 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Ive been thinking about this toot from @socketwench from their old instance from earlier this year. Since we don't know how much longer the original Hackers Town is going to stay online I felt I needed to screenshot it in the spirit of the pictured microfiction […]
[Original post on masto.nyc]
[Original post on masto.nyc]
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Si solo tienes tiempo para leer un reportaje este domingo, es este:
"Voy a terminar con mi vida”. Son las últimas palabras de Mario a ChatGPT. Este personaje de 15 años desactivó el control parental de la herramienta. Pese a que Mario reveló a ChatGPT conductas propias de trastornos de la […]
"Voy a terminar con mi vida”. Son las últimas palabras de Mario a ChatGPT. Este personaje de 15 años desactivó el control parental de la herramienta. Pese a que Mario reveló a ChatGPT conductas propias de trastornos de la […]
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mastodon.social
December 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Si solo tienes tiempo para leer un reportaje este domingo, es este:
"Voy a terminar con mi vida”. Son las últimas palabras de Mario a ChatGPT. Este personaje de 15 años desactivó el control parental de la herramienta. Pese a que Mario reveló a ChatGPT conductas propias de trastornos de la […]
"Voy a terminar con mi vida”. Son las últimas palabras de Mario a ChatGPT. Este personaje de 15 años desactivó el control parental de la herramienta. Pese a que Mario reveló a ChatGPT conductas propias de trastornos de la […]
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My heart is breaking as I write this.Our path to safety has just faced a major setback—our GoFundMe transfers have been paused and the link is under review.This fundraiser was the only lifeline for my children and family in these dire times […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My heart is breaking as I write this.Our path to safety has just faced a major setback—our GoFundMe transfers have been paused and the link is under review.This fundraiser was the only lifeline for my children and family in these dire times […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I've written to my own MP this morning about Qesser Zurah's #hungerstrike, and I've added the text of my letter to him to the end of this post.
Please could I humbly urge everyone in the UK to write, today, to their own MP urging for her immediate release on bail? This is now very urgent indeed […]
Please could I humbly urge everyone in the UK to write, today, to their own MP urging for her immediate release on bail? This is now very urgent indeed […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I've written to my own MP this morning about Qesser Zurah's #hungerstrike, and I've added the text of my letter to him to the end of this post.
Please could I humbly urge everyone in the UK to write, today, to their own MP urging for her immediate release on bail? This is now very urgent indeed […]
Please could I humbly urge everyone in the UK to write, today, to their own MP urging for her immediate release on bail? This is now very urgent indeed […]
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Suddenly reminded of an e-waste story: about 13 years ago I spotted a high end gaming PC at the tip. Less than two years old, pretty expensive component choices for the era.
Took home, powered up. The CPU fan immediately ran 100%, and it froze mid-boot. OK, we know why it was treated as e-waste […]
Took home, powered up. The CPU fan immediately ran 100%, and it froze mid-boot. OK, we know why it was treated as e-waste […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
December 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Suddenly reminded of an e-waste story: about 13 years ago I spotted a high end gaming PC at the tip. Less than two years old, pretty expensive component choices for the era.
Took home, powered up. The CPU fan immediately ran 100%, and it froze mid-boot. OK, we know why it was treated as e-waste […]
Took home, powered up. The CPU fan immediately ran 100%, and it froze mid-boot. OK, we know why it was treated as e-waste […]