"AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations" Cory Doctorow #AIAIno
The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh
Sweating (the assets) to the oldies.
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Sen. Wyden: It seems that every time Republicans get their hands on Social Security, life gets worse for older people. Thanks to Trump and the Big Beautiful Bill, the crisis is speeding up. It gave huge tax breaks to billionaires and corporations, and plundered Social Security by $168 billion.
The bar for public office should be high. The fact a commited Nazi has been welcomed into the Conservative Party and be allowed to represent them is appalling. I don't care about the claims of changing. Actions should have consequences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peer urges Tories to block council candidate jailed for antisemitic abuse against her
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
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Aside from getting basic facts wrong - social rents are not subsidised the capital cost to build is part funded by grant, this article is at odds with almost all parliamentary reports, think tanks, and representative bodies on the dire need for more social housing. www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
I think everybody is getting really sick of Governments who don't do anything because they have to ask billionaires for permission.
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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@garyseconomics.bsky.social 💯😶 this 🤒
Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d agoPrivate equity firms made up 50% of the largest US corporate bankruptcies with $1bn+ in liabilities Jobs, communities destroyed for short term profit PE has devoured UK high street; controls vets, supermarkets, care homes, pubs, housing, restaurants. Shadow banking wreaks havoc, govts do nothing.
Check out a book by Hettie O'Brien on this topic. PE should be stopped. Nothing good ever results from their interference, not for the consumer or the workforce. Biggest crooks ever.
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Critical point in local government reorganisation and time to address this eternal issue and stop the lottery of late life care for our seniors. It cannot go on like this. #Unsustainable #DoBetter
Liberal Democrats@libdems.org.uk · yesterdayFrom pensioners left bedbound to life savings being spent on dementia care, our system better resembles the 1920s than the 2020s. Andy Burnham must work with local government and the NHS to finally end the social care crisis.
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
Under German law, selling or owning recording devices disguised as everyday objects is strictly prohibited. Because Meta Glasses closely resemble regular eyewear, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) is reviewing a nationwide ban with fines already being issued 2/2
Johnson, Cummings and JRM destroyed one-nation conservatism, in fact they killed the Tory Party. The lettuce lady, whatever she’s called, Truss, then buried it.
It will take years to undo the damage Trump's regime has done to the vaccination programme. This idiot is a critical part of that wilful failure. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak
Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR
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We may hit 3.5C sea surface temperature anomaly in September. The planet you were born in no longer exists
I'm all for "climate adaptation," but honestly I don't know how we can adapt to this level of climate disruption of agriculture. Farmers can't "adapt" to chronic drought and heatwaves. Crops don't "adapt" -- they wither. I don't think we fully understand where we're headed.
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
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Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...
Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming
A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...
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