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Bichinhos Fofinhos pra quem ta cansado@bichinhos.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dormindo no quentinho

This is entirely about Burnham using funds to help Labour take back control of Bristol Council, (which they lost to the Greens). The mayor of the wider area, sitting next to him, and in charge of buses, has ruled out franchising. You know, the thing Burnham did in Manc that they keep bangin on about

Tristan Cork@tristancorkpost.bsky.social · yesterday

The West of England was missing out on millions in Govt funding, but no more - after this 'huge moment' puts the Bristol city region up with those northern 'powerhouses' as a top tier metro authority. Full story here: www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

HI, I'm a caring leftie, but have no problem using stolen creative commons... It makes it ok if I confess to it, yeah?

Richard Murphy@richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 3d ago

I did an infographic on Marx recently. This seems like the appropriate follow-up. In one way or another, I used AI in creating this post. I also used a word processor, my brain, thinking time, coffee, discussion, and about 50 years of reading.

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

What has the BBC done for us? Promoted far right politicians on BBC News & Question Time spewing lies about migration and criminality inciting hundreds of racist & religious hate attacks While giving us Strictly Come Dancing 1/4

There still seems to be a sizeable number on the 'left' who still have not figured out that we are not here to placate centrists, whose only tactic is to politely ask the fascists to be a little less fascisty. It didn't work last time, it will not work this time.

#Socialistsunday

I work hard, play hard. Then I do fuckall for weeks, remembering that time I did a thing.

This one has to be contender for overall winner of year...

Alan Baxter@alanbaxter.bsky.social · 2w ago

You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.

South and Central America need a completely different names. We could use 'Allpa' for South America, which is the Quechuan word for land. (Also conforms to the tradition of starting and ending with the same vowel.) And for Central America, we could use Lu'um, which is the Mayan word for land.

Brilliant Maps@brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 2w ago

11 Maps Show The Different Americas That Exist See the numbers: brilliantmaps.com/what-is-a...

#Youtube is constantly now subscribing me to channels that I never subscribed to. I'm not getting posts from the people I follow, but I am getting endless shit from ones I have no interest in, but can see that an algorithm would think I do. Fuck I hate this shit.

This is how media orgs control the narrative - Unless you agree to their framing they will not platform you. They cancel us by exclusion. www.attitude.co.uk/news/london-... (The BBC insisted that EM say it was a 'celebration', EM told them it was a protest - so the BBC cancelled the interview.)

London Trans+ Pride organiser claims BBC dropped interview over 'celebration' wording (EXCLUSIVE)

According to EM Williams, the interview was set to go ahead until the BBC's description of the event became a sticking point.

attitude.co.uk

thenextweb.com/news/ai-advi...

Feel like we could have chosen something other than the 'Suck Shit and Die' timeline.

I know we don't want to even think about this, but these are the travel times we are need to normalise again... [Each contour line indicates a weeks travel time from Rome during the days of the Roman Empire.]

He thinks we should be the dupes, not the scammers

Do not go down the Linux route! Do not believe the bs that it has become accessible to non-computer tech people, it has not. Nor that it is now stable, it is not.

He's so close to getting it...

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ludicrous and embarrassing that in 2026, a leader of a democratic country has to go and bow before a hereditary monarch and ask permission to form a government.

The obscene self-indulgence of the motorcar - just depress a lever and be travelling at insane speeds only recently achieved. And the only price for this is our quality of life and the cataclysmic collapse of the planet's capacity to sustain life. Absolutely a price worth paying for convenience.

Fell For It Again Award

Alt: Fell For It Again Award

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Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism

Guessing what happened by all the cheering celebrations I'm not hearing...

Zero surprises that Georgie doesn't understand what the Luddites were actually about. Tellingly, the reason the Luddites were fighting the enclosure of the technology commons is the same reason to fight the enclosure of the creative and knowledge commons happening now.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

It's ten years old now, but still gives valuable insight. Worth a watch. One of the rare times the BBC allowed something like this. www.filmsforaction.org/watch/hypern...

HyperNormalisation (2016) Full Documentary

161 minutes | We live in a time of great uncertainty and confusion. Events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control. Donald Trump, Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis,...

filmsforaction.org

If you produce a piece of art - a book - that you are happy with, have a load of copies printed and then promote it yourself; this is called 'Vanity' publishing. If you get a massive capitalist corporation involved and let someone else change the content, this is called professional authorship.

We borrow a bit of energy from the planet to come into existence, we get a second to grasp its significance, before being forced to hand back that energy.

To all the folks still following this guy, be aware that he casually conflates Jews with Zionists... He is putting Jewish people in real harm, but has made it clear he doesn't care. This is exactly the framing Israel wants to propagate. Do not follow people like this.

Esheru@esherukweku.bsky.social · last mo.

The media have chosen to ignore it. Name a group of people in this country you can criticise or lose your livelihood for it? There isn’t one, apart from the Jewish community. Tell me again they’re not in charge we have huge influence? I don’t care how antisemitic that sounds, it’s actual fact.

They tell me I’m uncultured, but I’ll always recognise a bit of Beethoven.

At the heart of capitalism (enclosure economics) is theft. And when we seek to take back what is ours they say, 'How dare you!' We say, 'This was stolen from us.' And they say, 'That wasn't us, that was our ancestors.' To which we would answer, 'Well, this is us taking it back now.'