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Welsh & European Graphic & Interactive Designer/Developer, especially in e-learning, but also in indoor mapping. Lomographer. Views are own; weithiau yn Gymraeg
here's what i think is weird and gross about llm boosters: so, you use it. it works for you. okay? and? i would no more try to talk someone else into using an llm than i would talk someone else into using photoshop i don't understand the impulse, and find it inherently suspect
West Edinburgh Against AI Data Centre. You are invited to our public meeting about the proposed Hyperscale AI Data Centre. 17th Aug. Gibson Craig Halls, 156 Lanark Road West, Currie, 7pm. #AI #Hermiston #DataCentre www.change.org/p/stop-hyper...
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STOP Hyperscale AI DATA CENTRE at Hermiston, Edinburgh.
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Plans have been approved for an AI data centre in Brick Lane. The council unanimously rejected this planning application on 31 July 2025 and instead called for more housing, but Angela Rayner would rather gentrify the city and further climate change. Sign the petition & share - c.org/jmZw2fjYr8
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Stop The Brick Lane Data Centre!
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Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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On a call with my 70-something parents… Both of them saying they hope someone does something about this climate change …me explaining that unless it’s on their doorstep, leaders are too corrupt or weak to do a God damn thing.
5 years after the Taliban's return, millions of Afghans have lost fundamental freedoms The international community must stop forced returns, expand protection for refugees & support international prosecutions for those responsible for systematic human rights abuses✊⚖️
Afghanistan: Taliban Assault on Rights Deepens 5 Years on
Afghanistan’s Taliban have entrenched one of the world’s worst human rights crises and systematically dismantled the rights of women and girls since taking power five years ago.
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Multinational corporations dodge $500bn tax by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Stifle social development. Need a simple change - must pay tax where they actually create profit, instead of where they pretend to on paper. UK can collect extra $16.9bn a yr. Must check corporate abuse.
Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice Network
UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...
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We can't have killers cluttering up the prisons and leaving no cells free for pensioners with placards. What a farce
Police chief considers legal action over PC Harper killers' early release
Two of PC Andrew Harper's killers are set to be included in the government's early release scheme, which begins in October.
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Welsh culture and sports are a part of who we are as a nation, and they belong to us all. 🏴 Have your say on the future of these vital sectors, to help the Plaid Cymru government unlock Wales' potential. 👇 🔗 gov.wales/cultureandsp...
Back the science not the rhetoric. Everyone should have healthcare decided by science, not accountants.
Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · 17h agoTHREAD 🧵🧵🧵🧵 Two of the main lies in the Cass Review used to justify the puberty-blocker ban; 1. The lie that puberty-blockers have a long-term negative effect on bone density. 2. The lie that puberty-blockers have a negative effect on cognitive ability. Both have been shown to be false; 1/4
People being kept in prison for holding up signs saying they don't support genocide still in prison.
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 20h agoThe figures are from the Tories, tbf. But I'm sure it's not great. But hey, ho, 'just protecting women and girls' eh...
101 mlynedd o Blaid Cymru! 🥳 From our founding in 1925 to leading the Welsh Government in 2026, a lot has changed. But one thing hasn't: our determination to build a better future for our nation 💪 Diolch o galon i bawb sydd wedi bod yn rhan o’r daith 🏴💚
Reform UKs plan to use the Royal Navy to intercept migrant boats in the Channel brilliantly taken apart by ... er ... Nigel Farage
In a social media post, Prince Ali said that during the World Cup — where Jordan made its debut in June — he was told if he endorsed FIFA President Gianni Infantino “it would go a long way to helping our FA out.”
Former FIFA Vice President Prince Ali accuses Infantino of 'blackmail'
In a social media post, Prince Ali said that during the World Cup — where Jordan made its debut in June — he was told if he endorsed FIFA President Gianni Infantino “it would go a long way to helping our FA out.”
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www.counterfire.org/article/whil...
While Burnham fiddles the country burns – pass this emergency motion and demand action
Counterfire has drafted a union resolution demanding an urgent response to the climate crisis, please use and circulate The reality of climate change has suddenly hit home across Europe.
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A simple way to think about basic income. Wealth transfer is also a transfer of power.
On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂↕️
Emergency services issued a red alert, the most severe warning, after Central America's most active volcano erupted on Monday morning, with conditions intensifying by nightfall.
Hundreds flee homes as Guatemala's Fuego volcano eruption continues
Emergency services issued a red alert, the most severe warning, after Central America's most active volcano erupted on Monday morning, with conditions intensifying by nightfall.
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‘Silent extermination’: Israel bombs medicine stores in Gaza, worsening the Strip’s dire healthcare crisis
An Israeli strike destroyed two major medicine warehouses in Deir al-Balah, the latest Israeli attack on Gaza’s failing health system. Gaza’s Health Ministry says medicine shortages are now killing th...
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An Israeli strike destroyed two major medicine warehouses in Deir al-Balah, the latest Israeli attack on Gaza's failing health system. Gaza’s Health Ministry says medicine shortages are now killing three cancer patients a day.
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d agoBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
BREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
