Reminder: The existence of these in most Scottish supermarkets and corner shops is proof that anyone shilling for the notion that multiculturalism can't work on this island is a charlatan

What a fascinating period piece - Estonian early music ensemble Hortus Musicus perform the original version of Arvo Pärt's Fratres on Finnish television in 1979. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cruM...

Charles I: "I cannot for the life of me understand how the Parliamentarians think this is some kind of winning political message. Yield man! Let the troops come into the House of Commons to arrest five members and show how crime can be reduced."

I can only dream.of continental European style fast trains in the UK in my lifetime. This though.

Wonderful piece on why Grosse Pointe Blank is a great movie, "a morally grey rom-com with a body count" with a protagonist "skeptical of everything, emotionally frozen, and desperate for something real." (And I'd forgotten how charming John Cusack was.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=90My...

@digitalfutures.bsky.social did I perhaps mention this? Jeez.

This was such a rewarding gig!

Jeff Bezos found new ways to exploit labour and externalise environmental costs. Gates and Brin took advantage of a newly privatised, publicly funded technology to create new gadgets. This thoughtless sycophancy dressed up as radical truth telling perfectly sums up why we're in such a mess

I have this pinned up in my office. I can’t remember where I first saw it. But it’s key to a lot of radical politics.

This will be a great panel. Always had the chat that current events might change the tone. But man how relevant will this be. Great planning 😁 @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social

It is 0855 in the morning, the temperature outside is 14 ℃ already, and I need the weather to go to its room and think VERY HARD about what it's done. (This is Scotland!)

"Palliative and end-of-life care and assisted dying can and do work side by side to give terminally ill patients the care and choice they deserve in their final days." Last week @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social made the case for choice at the end of life.

If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country. We will hold this administration accountable.

Good to see Richard Tice back on TV. It's about time Laura Kuenssberg did her bit to normalise Reform policies by platforming a party with only 5 MPs almost every week.

40 years later, and I imagine lots of Americans are feeling exactly the same way today.

Our press release for our fourth talk this year TRUMP & VANCE - WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE WHO NEEDS ENEMIES? 7.30pm Tues June 24 in the Hen & Chicken, Bedminster alteredstate.org.uk/press-releases #bristol #bristoltalks #bristolmedia #media #pressrelease #alteredstate #talks

Prof @digitalfutures.bsky.social is our host for TRUMP & VANCE - W FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES? We talk about the implications of America First foreign policy on the UK June 24 Tickets headfirstbristol.co.uk/checkout/alt... #bristoltalks #bristolevents #whatsonbristol #talks #nato

I've been a panelist on a couple of these, but this will be my first time chairing. It looks like being a good one!

Duolingo right now: youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...

The latest edition of our podcast THE ALTERED STATE from the BEWARE THE IDES OF MUSK - IS IT TIME TO PUT THE BRAKES ON ELON? talk w/ @digitalfutures.bsky.social @caralavan.bsky.social @mjgw.bsky.social alteredstate.org.uk/podcast #alteredstate #elonmusk #ukpolitics #politicaldonations LABL FOTO

It’s a Happy Fuckiversary to #TheThickOfIt, 20 today!

I think we should tell Gen Z that Head Cleaner's "Play Both Sides" was the 🔥 album of 1986

Thank you @thespinoff.bsky.social for explaining why librarians were compared to fisheries officers. The government tool used looks at complexity of tasks, qualifications needed, responsibility & accountability, impact of the job emotional & physical & other factors. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/14-...

Denying working women equitable wages is, in fact, a very cunty thing to do. The pay equity amendment legislation looks like, sounds like, and reads like a very anti-women, anti-feminist bill. It's very cunty and so are its architects and supporters. #NZpol #CuntGate #PayEquity

In case you're wondering while being distracted by the nonsense distractions. This is how much of project 2025 has been implemented in just over 100 days. www.project2025.observer

How furious am I about the pay equity travesty? Angry enough to get up at 5.30 to go on TV Breakfast and talk about it. Organise, protest, support unions, vote.

Imagine how well @greenparty.org.uk would have done with the constant eye of the media on them, including their own TV channel!

Here is a radical suggestion.Perhaps party strategists all over the UK should step back from their focus groups for two minutes and think less about how to campaign, and more why they want to win. What is your plan for the country? Make up your mind, then try to sell it. Old-fashioned, I know.

You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.

Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation. Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday

A good analysis of how misleading some of the reports claiming ai can do certain jobs are "They reduce a human task into an oversimplified game that, at its core, involves producing some plausible-looking text, & conclude that LLMs can generate some plausible text." theluddite.org/post/ai-rese...

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invisible hand of the market just tearily jerking off at this stage

Most birds have a fight or flight response. He forgot we’re flightless birds.

Read this report this morning while avoiding eye contact with my pension Hard to disagree with the recommendations but makes me wonder if we have reached policy consensus here? All that matters is delivery / speed of devo now and tweaking on detail www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...

FUCK OFF GO AWAY YOU CAN'T MAKE ME WATCH IT AGAIN (living through that period once was bad enough)

Trying to decide…does this count as a map without New Zealand?

"There is no railway station called 'Justice' that if you catch the right train you get there, every generation has to fight for their rights." —Tony Benn, UK parliamentarian, campaigner for justice, and peace, proud radical, who would be 100 today www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.

Proper empires run massive trade deficits: That’s you, paying in the currency you print, for all the treasures of the world. The US used to be aspirational, man.

Gen X: The George Lazenby of generations

@digitalfutures.bsky.social !!!