Plagued by AI poster monstrosities everywhere in daily life, I would like to produce stickers that read ‘Your AI poster looks shit, mate’ to stick over them. Would love to commission a design for a these.
Barnie
@barnie.bsky.social
Fundraising at Friends of the Earth (posts only represent my views and values, not my employer’s), environmentalism, Bristol UK, he/him also: board games, video games, final fantasy, running
Going to start replying to more people with ‘Okay? Good for you? Firstly, I can't eat beans’
USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST@blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 5d agoOkay? Good for you? Firstly, I can't eat beans, I'm allergic to everything but green beans so, that's out. Secondly, I don't eat this every day. I just had surgery and this was a treat for myself so I didn't have to cook. Prior to this it's been TV dinners and premade casseroles.
"These profits have been built on an energy crisis that's left households across the country struggling with high energy bills at home and expensive fuel at the pumps. This underlines the urgent need to end our dependence on costly oil and gas." - Danny Gross, FoE. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shell profits double as oil prices rise due to Iran war
Disruption to global supplies of oil and liquid natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz has pushed up prices.
bbc.co.uk
“He’s made The Odyssey too dark and gritty” Oh buddy, you’re going to be devastated when you hear that the new Wes Anderson is full of colour and whimsy
Remembering a childhood game where you’d pinch the skin on the back of your hand to determine your calcium levels (I know), I googled to see if it was a shared experience and instead stumbled upon the most cursed images imaginable
The UK will never truly enter a gilded age whilst we still have this godawful national anthem
This story about Reform donations is also a story about climate change.
Barnie@barnie.bsky.social · 3w ago"Reform’s registered average donation last year was £137,496" and "Reform UK would have raised just £4.1m (in FY), instead of the £26.7m it actually received, if a £100k annual donation limit applied". Analysis by a brill team here shows some terrifying stats: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Reform’s registered average donation last year was £137,496" and "Reform UK would have raised just £4.1m (in FY), instead of the £26.7m it actually received, if a £100k annual donation limit applied". Analysis by a brill team here shows some terrifying stats: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK would lose 85% of funding under proposed donation cap, analysis shows
Exclusive: Party would have raised £4.1m instead of £26.7m last year if £100k funding limit had been in place, Electoral Commission data suggests
theguardian.com
The whole English psyche can be explained simply by watching any England football match
Can’t believe when I basically non-stop listened to Aim and Ignite by fun. all through 2009-10 after a glowing review on SputnikMusic, that I’d be living in a world where their sound would go on to dominate all pop for ever more
Back in my day, being a FIFA Peace Prize winner used to mean something
Gordon isn’t really the kind of footballer name I can get behind. He should probably rename himself ‘Ronaldo’ - or, at the very least, ‘Ronaldinho’
I don’t think I’ve ever done a two-move checkmate before in all the years I’ve played chess! (Please ignore my rating - this is blitz and I’m a recovering childhood chess prodigy)
The Rockstar Games Workers Union - which I firmly believe my involvement with was the reason Rockstar fired me and 34 people last October - is formally seeking voluntary recognition from the company. I hope the right thing is done here ✊ 🌱 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Grand Theft Auto workers seek union recognition after mass firings
Exclusive: Staff at Rockstar Games hope move can be completed before release of GTA VI scheduled for November
theguardian.com
Cleaners at the Royal College of Art in Battersea were fighting management harassment, including sexual harassment. Two were sacked just for protesting it. Their union fund supports them through the fight. It’s open for donations till Saturday, every bit helps! www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-ba...
Radical Battersea walking tour (supporting the RCA cleaners)
A walking tour of Battersea's radical history, raising money to support workers victimised for speaking out against sexual harassment.
eventbrite.com
Over 40 economists write to leader of Unite the Union, rejecting her claim that Ed Miliband would destroy jobs if he becomes next UK chancellor "The net zero economy generates output worth over £100bn and employs over a million workers....these numbers will grow” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband
Sharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellor
theguardian.com
If I was prime minister my first act would be changing the English language words for places to their local names. We do it with Welsh place names already (Snowden to Yr Wyddfa), let’s do it globally (Florence to Firenze, Germany to Deutschland, etc).
Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat
One positive takeaway for Kier Starmer after this whole thing is over is his potential on the circuit as an Andy Burnham impersonator.
The only bet I’d be willing to place is on how many social media posts reading ‘Vaxxed?’ will appear when JFK Jr dies. I’d say at least five hundred thousand.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoRFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
