Robin Westward
@robinwestward.bsky.social
Retired engineer with almost 5 decades in energy industries. Solar power advocate. Proudly Ace and antinatalist. Left woke not right dope. I boycott X, Tesla, Meta and Amazon. Pedant for English grammar.
"...abandoning the Maga identity – and the community surrounding it – functions less like changing one’s mind and more like leaving a high-control religious group, fighting a disease or breaking an addiction." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Life after Maga: the group offering an ‘exit ramp’ for rightwingers questioning Trumpism
The non-profit Leaving Maga is built on the premise that abandoning the Trump-built movement is like fighting a disease or breaking an addiction
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Canadians ... your chance to get published in The Guardian UK newspaper. Maybe. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Are you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from you
We’d like to hear from Canadians who are avoiding American products and what they’re buying instead
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"Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a new high, according to research that also suggests the severity of deception and misalignment is worsening." So, is AI becoming more human?? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds
Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July
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Since my insane declarations carry at least as much weight as Trump's insane declarations, I hereby declare that, in future ... Lake Erie shall be known as Lake Biden, Lake Huron shall be known as Lake Obama, Lake Superior shall be known as Lake Canada, Lake Huron shall be known as Lake Epstein.
"Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ " Russia can go take a flying fuck. The only one playing with fire is Putin and all he has to do to douse the flames is to get the hell out of Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato
Moscow threatens retaliation after Andy Burnham says UK will help Ukraine start producing long-range missiles
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"A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III TRANSPORT aircraft landed at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport this morning [25 August]. The plane took off from Riga, Latvia, and US military and government officials have not released the reason for the flight, Defense Blog writes. Suspicious, no?
*Could* Donald Trump be a Russian asset? If I had to put a liklihood on it, I would say 95% likely. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
Betrayal by Luke Harding review – could Donald Trump be a Russian asset?
A Guardian correspondent’s sobering account of the US betrayal of Ukraine – and the possible reasons behind it
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Have any States in the northern USA considered seceding from the Union and joining Canada, for example Washington or Minnesota? Is it likely that they would consider it?
Don’t believe it? Read it for yourself. It’s been available for years to read.
I cannot believe the shame this “President’s” administration has lowered everything America has EVER stood for so ardently to FIGHT for, to below our very knees. Shame. Shame. Shame on us.
Almost every child on Earth is now exposed to at least one major climate hazard — heatwaves, floods, droughts, storms, or wildfires. The people who contributed least to the crisis are suffering first and worst. Climate justice isn’t optional. It’s the only path forward.
This is outrageous. Companies will be allowed to monetise their own failures to repair and invest. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought
Suppliers could factor water scarcity into charges as part of Ofwat proposal to reduce consumption
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Most people don't understand the size of the US national debt. If the US owed $1 million and paid it off at $1 a second it would take roughly 11 days. $1 billion would take roughly 32 years. $40 trillion (the current debt) at $1 per second will take almost 12.7 million years.
This is equivalent to book burning. It might even be eventual book burning. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Secondhand booksellers in UK and Ireland suspect AI firms behind ‘strange’ bulk orders
Development comes after Anthropic was found to have spent millions on books to scan for ‘data acquisition’
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A Professor can be hounded to death by the media for alleged plagiarism but tech companies can plagiarise on a worldwide scale and they’re left alone, celebrated for their “genius”…
"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy."
