Ian Betteridge
@ianbetteridge.com
He of the eponymous law. FRSA. Good at writing and sums. Degrowther, and not a fan of capitalism. Your pal. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines. Made by socialism and immigration, which seems to annoy people. Come for the headlines, stay for the Gramsci.
The sheer pompous nonsense that (mostly) journalists wrote about Twitter being a bastion of free speech where news breaks etc was so tiring.
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · yesterday"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care
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 · yesterdayBP 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...
Bit of an insult to satsumas, tbh
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · yesterdayOfc she doesn't. She has the IQ of a satsuma.
It's almost as if the occupant of the White House was deliberately trying to make the country weaker.
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
Does she realise Dunkirk wouldn't have even been possible if French forces had surrendered as opposed to fighting a rearguard action which allowed the BEF to assemble in Dunkirk and the evacuation flotilla to be formed?
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · yesterdayThe war. It always comes back to the war. That happened long before they were born.
Apologies: I’m not online much, I haven't paid any attention to Rod Liddle for a long time, I didn't really know his extremes. I do now: I wouldn’t have posted if I'd known. I’ve seen death of difficult people up close (and its impact on others): that’s the only reason it was on my mind as an issue.
The richest person in the world, an avowed white supremacist, today again posted "the next step is getting rid of 'source code' entirely and just making an efficient binary directly with AI" because he has no idea how anything works, not even the basics of industries he is in.
Co-host of Charlie Kirk’s podcast whose book was blurbed by DJT, Jr and JD Vance. Don’t call them fascists though.
Too tempting not to page @ianbetteridge.com
Open Data Institute@odihq.bsky.social · 2d agoAnnouncing our next FREE webinar: Can we share confidential health data in the public interest? Thursday 24 September, 2 - 3pm BST. How do clinicians navigate the high-stakes decision to share confidential patient information in the public interest? buff.ly/1RGEfYm
"I will never understand why these huge corporations refuse to acknowledge objective reality: paying Trump doesn’t buy you anything. All it does is teach him that you’re willing to pay, and next time, he’ll get you to pay more."
ABC Makes Huge Realization About Their Devil's Bargain With Trump
The company’s court filing underscored just how dangerous Trump’s assault of free speech is as the midterms approach.
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So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers.
Personally I think there are "legitimate questions" about COVID. Like why Michael Gove and Matt Hancock got away with giving away contracts to their mates. And why the fuck Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman haven't been prosecuted.
If you're arriving at uni this autumn, or maybe dropping your kids, remember that there could be a ghostly phalanx of absent redundant staff, lost modules and degraded degrees making it a very unhappy place. It may *look* the same, but it won't *be* the same. www.ft.com/content/e5b0...
Several UK universities nearly ran out of cash last year, says report
Almost a quarter of higher education institutions were left with less than 70 days of cash to cover costs
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AAAaaaAA! The audiobook for Dead Weight, translated and narrated by wonderwoman @maryrobinettekowal.com, just got a starred review from Library Journal! "VERDICT: Reminiscent of classic Hitchcock thrillers, this brutal tale is perfect for fans of psychological horror."
A planned [Sophie Cunningham] anti-trans rally outside of a WNBA game in Seattle, of all places, appears to have been a major flop. www.them.us/news/sophie-...
Seattle Storm’s Stefanie Dolson Stands Up for Trans Rights as Sophie Cunningham Rally Flops
On Tuesday night, the Seattle Storm posted photos to Instagram showing Dolson wearing a “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” T-shirt.
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Just to say this doesn’t just apply to Greek mythology similar themes in Egypt too, but it’s just Greek is more topical as twats are hating on Elliot Page
🪭LINA لينا@agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 4d agoGreek mythology is full of gender fluidity and transgender themes which makes terfy losers uneducated on yet another topic
Yes, I am a sucker for a new email client (referral link, I get to jump the queue if you sign up as interested). sunflower.me?ref_id=CA5UP...
Sunflower. An inbox that works, for you.
A quiet revolution against the chaos of email.
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It's really fascinating looking at Elon Musk's X (formerly known as Twitter) feed (which I do via a thing which lets me see it through RSS). He is utterly, utterly obsessed with racist anti-immigrant propaganda. It is, if anything, worse than you probably imagine. He's insane.
If you're looking for an audiobook platform that: 1. Shares profits with indie bookstores 2. Has DRM-free audiobooks 3. Offers different ways to buy 4. Is built by readers, for readers (vs another mega tech company just trying to maximize profits) ...then Libro is for you 😘
The BNP got 16% in Oldham West in 2001, 11% in Oldham East in June 2001 GE. They got 6-8% in GE 2005. After 17% in Barking (2005) and 14.6% (2010) Oldham West was best ever BNP Westminster constituency result www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/dec/...
How the BNP turned racial hatred into votes
Mounting racial tension in Oldham, which culminated in nights of rioting last May, left its menacing imprint on the ballot box in the general election in June, when the extreme right British National ...
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