Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.

Literally nobody who advocates for ending prohibition wants drug dealers outside of schools. In fact, regulation, harm reduction and public safety is the core argument for legalisation, closely followed by undermining organised crime I assume Starmer knows this & simply treating voters like fools

What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep? Loads... 🧵

Capitalism is a weird fever dream

This is what we need. A way of talking about AI literacy that centres critical thinking!!!

First off we pluralise L to accentuate there's no 1 approach. And we position ourselves in this interdisciplinary field of critically examining AI & reflecting on harms. We give 5 non-exhaustive angles: conceptual clarity, critical thinking, decoloniality, respecting expertise, slow science. 2/

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

This team. This head coach. This club #SAFC ❤️🤍

I learned about the GKN workers factory occupation in Florence, Italy and just transition struggles today and I’m inspired to go to work again in my community to build workers coops #unions #coops youtu.be/SMu46NcBwas?...

If respect is the goal, why are we debating where trans people can exist? As Labour's Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. In my column, I argue this is an evasion of moral responsibility. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.

The “leader” of the Tories in Wales was on the BBC saying how ensuring fewer children live in poverty was sending the wrong message about the value of hard work. That party deserves everything coming its way at the Senedd election - they’ll be lucky to get a seat and rightly so.

On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, @juderogers.bsky.social heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly, the disaster was barely referred to in Westminster and the national press www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...

A failed Trump policy stunt uncritically copied by Reform councils and…failed again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The logic of the free market is that nuclear power generation should be more competitive, less regulated and have lower health and safety standards for workers - combination that has never resulted in any issues, anywhere, ever.

I once thought it was possible to run courses to teach people to use these tools safely. I was so wrong. Others are now making the same mistake with LLM-based tools. Harm to mental health is a feature of these things, not a bug.

You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again. Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students. #Critical_AI_Literacy www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...

evergreen

Wholesale changes made by Reay for the River Wear derby today. One last throw of the dice? #SAFC

This is not a test match, and it’s not being played on a test match pitch #Ashes

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division" Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)

Such sad news.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Probably nothing www.ft.com/content/3cff...

You know who WOULDN'T have sat there in silence after the president called a journalist "piggy"? Most of the INDEPENDENT journalists in @laminda.bsky.social's starter packs. Follow THESE folks, friends. Do it now. First starter pack: go.blacksky.community/6Wdyb4E

*laughs manically*

International football is much better when you’re not watching England play

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

There is no downside

No paywall here: archive.ph/ZHGCm

Being reminded of 'Children of Men' for all the wrong reasons, today.

I think it’s time for a change at #SAFC Women. That performance was totally unacceptable. We look bereft of ideas, tactically naive and lacking in confidence. Question is, will anyone in the hierarchy at the club even notice let alone think about doing anything about it?

Derby day nerves are the same whether it’s the lads or the lasses #SAFC

The video promoting this thing has convinced me that it's the most evil product to ever exist

This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform. Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So I found this paper this morning and thought, oh! Maybe I underestimated govt. Maybe they have thought through the impact of data centres on people and places, as there is a *whole section on it* and made some actual plans. This is the section. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6915a2...

KLD’s total lack of interest in the Lasses confirmed as the look to offload a chunk of #SAFC women rather than put in the time, effort & investment needed to take them to the next level. The lad has done great things for our club & maybe this will be a positive move, I worry it will create a divide

This is literally a summary every conversation about public service “reform” right now.

This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded. And we need to pay attention. The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7

What a stitch-up www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

this is how Premier League table looks, heading into international break.

I’m glad I decided to watch the Mags men loose to Brentford rather than suffer the frustration of #SAFC women giving away 2 goals in injury time. This season presented such a huge opportunity for us to progress, but I doubt Speakman & KLD have even noticed. The club won’t even buy them a scoreboard.

Identifying flaws in GenAI unfortunately offers a pretext for claims that perfecting the product is just a matter of time & money. So pointing to chatbots’ role in,say, suicides can only go so far if we don’t also identify the systemic, irresolvable lack of Gen AI’s human commitment bc math has none

Arsenal concede for the first time in 811 minutes in all competitions... Dan Ballard ends the run 🛑

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

Post the good news when you see it…

All power and a full recovery to Samir Zitouni, the absolute best of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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"left-wing" LLM training defenders love to go like "well in the post-copyright utopia this isn't an issue" and like we don't live in the post-copyright utopia. We live in a world where the one class getting away breaking these laws consists of huge companies and the victims are workers