Kemi Badenoch thinks we're all faking it, but she is the one faking being a competent human being. #KemiBadenoch #abelism #adhd #anxiety #austerity #ukpol #ukpolitics

A poll conducted by Find Out Now shows that 82% of Britons think Israel should be excluded from Eurovision and 69% think we should boycott Eurovision if Israel competes.

"China, unlike many other countries, tends not to make climate commitments that it doesn’t understand or intend to keep. And that’s why its latest pledge – cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 7%–10% by 2035, as part of its commitments under the Paris agreement – matters more than the […]

They're still coming in at the rate of about 4 or 5 per minute. Result? They have strengthened my determination to see Barghouti freed. When states or other actors have to resort to such tactics, you know you're doing something right.

I signed the letter calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. Overnight, I've received some 2,000 attack emails, identical text but different purported senders and subject headers. Still coming through now. Other signatories also getting it. Definitely an op. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

While he's talking, do you imagine Putin's thinking "I shouldn't have sent those million Russian men to die on the front lines of my Ukraine invasion?" Russian President Putin warns "birth rates are falling." "Our long-term goal must be to preserve our people […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #digitalsovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation […]

If it's possible for something to be fucked up for commercial purposes then you can be reasonably sure that America will oblige. World cup to have advert-sized drink breaks...... https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-drinks-hydration-breaks-fifa-heat-ab0c87c79a353eeb846198552a246b64

Can you see what it is yet? https://x.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1998155550593573267

RE: https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss/115684072500376963 Yes, hopefully in the UK

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@bert_hubert/115679355702507064 The IoT and the concept of plugging things into the internet that don't need to be plugged into the internet opens up the possibility of forced, Windows11-style upgrades for appliances that have traditionally worked absolutely fine […]

Elon wants to divide Europe and is using X to sow hate. Threads and Bluesky aren't overtly hostile, but they're not European either. Fediverse is. Global, but centered in Europe. Federated, independent, sovereign.

On January 14, I'll be interviewing the extraordinary @rutgerbregman.com in London. Tickets will go fast, so get yours while you can. howtoacademy.com/events/rutge...

Donald Trump told MTG that releasing those Epstein Files would hurt a lot of people. He means the ones he is blackmailing. Yet what about the victims? Does anyone care about them?

Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/08/trump-doctrine-europe-us-coercion-economic

Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it. In January, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will launch the "Wasteful and […]

LA Times insisting on "both sides"-ing of the climate crisis in its editorial pages, as they do everything since they decided to kiss up to the oligarchy. Billionaire-owned media apparently all capitulated. #media #climatemergency #cliamte

RE: https://mastodon.online/@iode/115627516384696071 The more data collected together the easier it is to be miss used. MPs are due to debate the proposed digital ID card "Brit Card" on Monday. Good time to email your MP... #BritCard #privacy #bigtech #BigData #IDCard #ukpolitics

Of course millimeters exists! But believing in kilometers is just a crazy religion, and also where does space come from in the first place? Kilometerists can't explain that! Therefore my specific god is the only logical reason why millimeters exist! — Creationists

Austria refuses to host #eurovision if Israel is not allowed to participate. Countries with proper pathoses - Netherlands, Spain, Ireland - refuse to participate if Israel is allowed to. Sweden says nothing. SHAME 🔔 I guess it's #fedivision for me next year. Actually, even if Israel are […]

SADLY, YES! #israel SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED AS THE GENOCIDE KEEP ONGOING AND THEIR DISGRACEFUL ACT THIS YEAR IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE BOYCOTTING #EUROVISION. #boycotteurovision

So, the Press can confront right wing Anti-Semitism when they want to...when somebody gives them the nod to tell everyone what they've been sitting on since forever […]

RE: https://newsie.social/@openDemocracy/115667213647458643 Great write up. “Fundamentally, normal people don’t care about Your Party right now, and that’s absolutely fine, because it affords a movement like ours the opportunity to figure things out."

Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

After the European Broadcast Union (#EBU) decided not to put the participation of #Israel to #Eurovision 2026 to the votes, #BoycottEurovision is finally becoming a thing. Boycotting countries so far: * Ireland * Spain * Netherlands * Slovenia To […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"...the scams perpetrated during the Corbyn period by Labour Together, CCDH and its sock-puppet ‘Stop Funding Fake News’ (SFFN) to topple Corbyn and install Starmer in his stead, have led directly to the burgeoning police state Starmer is building against the people of this country, their rights […]

So Reform just took a £9 million donation from a cryptocurrency backer based in Thailand. Which of course will have no influence of the party’s priorities. Why are donations of that size to political parties even legal? […]

⚠️ The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X ⚠️ The platform never aligned with our values and no longer serves as a space for communication. What initially intended to be a place for dialogue and information exchange has turned into a centralised arena of hostility […]

RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/u.s.-and-canada-0m0p8ifgz/-/a-rceU2XJoT7-WlFV1FyluuA%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0 😮‍💨

Swiss government urges people to ditch Microsoft 365 and others due to lack of proper encryption | TechRadar Swiss government urges people to ditch Microsoft 365 and others due to lack of proper encryption | TechRadar https://share.google/Gl6utoY8gcxRlXhdF

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing #climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

RE: https://flipboard.com/@eveningstandard/london-news-%7C-evening-standard-kbt3j79bz/-/a-C4Y26NrQRgOCD0DC12HPGA%3Aa%3A2656895573-%2F0 Reasons to avoid London like it's a plague city #259

Switzerland recently voted down a proposal to tax extreme wealth to fund large-scale climate action. 79% said no. We say we care about inequality. We say we care about climate change. Yet when faced with policies that might actually shift power or alter the status quo, resistance prevails […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115657806895602968 "We will have to work through societal disruption" Sundar Pichai will never have to "work through societal disruption." He is set for life. What he meant is, *you* will have to work through societal disruption.

Marches against genocide in Palestine twice described as "hate marches", without challenge, on #BBC radio 4 #today this morning.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@eveningstandard/news-%7C-evening-standard-icb0bmrnz/-/a-PMSIHw2GRb-aAx_Mfgl7Dg%3Aa%3A2656895573-%2F0 Keir "interesting" Starmer

Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored. share.google/1aKjHRJ596x6...

What on earth is wrong with whoever makes these rules? This young baby has two married parents, one of whom is Irish. He deserves his citizenship. Paywalled original […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Clippy, you'll get fired when you say stuff like that 🫣 #clippy #OperatingSystem #windows #microsoft #anticapitalism #EatTheRich #FeedThePoor #BillGates #linux

A Hauntology of other people's distant and sometimes awkward lives. There are some real masterpieces in here, a picture telling a wild story just from a glance at another person's wild abandon... https://flashbak.com/found-photos-of-mid-century-new-years-eve-celebrations-49717/

Sleeping on the job used to be frowned upon. But a Pew Research Center survey found that 34% of Americans take daily naps. According to experts, 30 minutes or less of catnapping can “restore alertness, enhance performance and reduce mistakes and accidents” in the workplace. In the 1960s […]

Remember when right-wingers kept comparing State finances to a household budget? Well, the latest Tory Fuhrer goes one further by comparing the Prime Minister to a CEO. If the PM was a CEO she'd be deporting unproductive citizens, outsourcing the country's […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

"Imagine paying upwards of $8,000 for peace of mind during a grid outage, only to find out Tesla remotely drained your backup battery to 0% because it might otherwise catch fire." I would not even buy a pencil from Tesla at this point […]

"So the bubble is bad (..). But (..) there will be things we can salvage from it: open source models, skilled programmers, cheap GPUs bought out of bankruptcy (...). It would be better if we created that stuff without burning the world’s economy to the ground and emitting a heptillion tons of […]

RE: https://mastodon.uno/@nicolafioretti/115655873450637769 "Swiss Conference of Privacy Guarantors (Privatim) declares international clouds unsuitable for sensitive data: lacks end-to-end encryption, transparency and control. US CLOUD Act increases risks...." Who knew? (everyone)

"The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court of California in San Francisco, says ExxonMobil promoted recycling as a “cure-all for plastic waste,” even though the company knew that plastic would be difficult to eradicate and that certain methods of recycling could not process much of the waste produced […]

The $£billion industry of identity-connected data, this piece gives some clues about why this is worth so much money and how AI will massively accelerate this already extractive and privacy destroying sector. (Essentially this is how edtech now works too. ) Portrayed as somehow in the users best […]

RE: https://mas.to/@JimmyB/115654821366250101 "The answer is that here in Jersey there is no jury. Facing this charge on the UK mainland Natalie would have a jury, and there is not a jury in the UK that would not throw this self-evidently vindictive nonsense out in 5 minutes. Why is it worth […]