For public safety we must have a law forbidding 'AI' systems responding to requests in an anthropomorphised manner. Their responses should be cold, impersonal, and mechanistic. LLMs are ruining people's mental health and the anthropomorphic lie is being used to scare investors and politicians.

I drink a lot of @yorkshiretea.bsky.social and it annoys me every time I buy it that if I get the regular stuff it's wrapped in plastic waste but if I pay extra for gold it's not. They're the same box. The ecocide costs them extra but they charge you more to not have it.

In 2024 I got a Labour leaflet through the door with 6 pledges on it, the first was no money for nothing which made the entire rest of the document essentially worthless.

“The cost of living crisis is real. That’s why we’re focusing on things that will have an immediate effect - freezing rents and scrapping council tax to replace it with a land value tax so those with more wealth pay their fair share.” Anthony Slaughter on BBC Wales' Ask the Leaders broadcast

Labour's housing minister's opposition to rent controls welcomed by the country's largest private landlord. Who's side are Labour on? Renters or landlords. The answer is here.

When Labour next tell you there is no money left and that's why they can't help people to heat their homes, show them this.

holy shit he actually conceded folks, they tell you they’re invincible they tell you they’re inevitable they tell you that you should give up and stop fighting and absolutely none of that is true

The "special relationship" should really be approached as being like "premium unleaded". That's just the regular stuff.

Age verification will NOT make the internet safer. It's yet another in a long line of measures designed to surveil us, censor our open and healthy sharing of personality and culture, and prevent us having any conversation the state doesn't like. Pass that on!

You know how we've all had that one dumb job we just sort of put up with even though everyone involved knew it was bullshit? That's my opinion on the whole hypnotism thing. The specifics are funny sure, but "man debases self to make rent" isn't exactly front page news.

The luxury car tax is such a weird and arbitrary system when you can in fact write a law that forbids any company advertising their vehicles as premium or implying the driver is better than anyone else unless the tax applies to it. You can even mandate prominent communication of surcharge status.

I've been out touching grass but the polls are quite exciting given the general grimness of the news these days!

#MayDay rally in #Manchester with Hannah Spencer MP @greenpartyhan.bsky.social Carla Denyer MP @carladenyer.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social #WorkersRights #TradeUnions #VoteGreen May 7th local elections #JoinGreens > join.greenparty.org.uk

The Greens have now overtaken both the Conservatives and Labour, according to the latest polling average

On Sunday our volunteers were out in Mapperley at the park, litter picking. As you can see, plenty of rubbish was collected. We even had a few local residents interacting with us, happy to see somebody tidying up the mess. So, why do we litter pick? We genuinely care about our communities 💚

Reform offered hate. We offered hope. Hope won. The police say his accusations of cheating are baseless. Farage is a bad loser.

A cross party committee of MPs has warned that the UK and our allies need to prepare to defend Europe without the US. It's time to face up to the threats that we're facing - and we urgently need to end our reliance on the US. news.sky.com/story/uk-and...

It's time to see past our differences and remember what connects us. When we realise where our strength lies - in each other - that's when change happens. A powerful message from @mothinali.bsky.social: youtu.be/VPsR1hfTaAA

Global oil markets are facing a historic supply disruption amid the war in the Middle East, pushing up prices for consumers. Our new report sets out 10 immediate demand-side options to help governments, businesses & households ease the economic impacts → iea.li/4rLOGrd

"Investing in renewables is better for people's bills and it's better in terms of security." @carolinelucas.bsky.social exposes the myths being pushed by those with vested interests in the fossil fuel industry.

Peterborough Green Party held a really successful Action Day on Saturday at the Green Backyard. In the afternoon Green Party Leader Zack Polanski visited and gave a stirring speech. It was great to see so many people turn up and we cannot thank the Green Backyard enough for their support.

Remember Lucy's public letters to Zack Polanski telling him Labour was the only alternative to Reform? Now she is lecturing everyone on what a bad approach that is. Couldn't make it up.

Labour and Tory MPs want new drilling in the North Sea whilst we face a growing climate, energy and cost of living crisis. Approving new oil and gas licenses won’t take a penny off our bills and will fuel the climate crisis. New oil & gas is not the answer. Clean green energy is.

Vox Populi? That tracks, I've seen them being disrespectful and pushy assholes in person before.

An excellent (long) video by @theabigailthorn.bsky.social on torture, institutional abuse, and how medicalisation can both fail those it's meant to help and be used as a weapon to harm people under the guise of meeting their needs. (Nebula link in comment)

Have you considered that perhaps a significant part of The Green Party's recent success is that people want to vote FOR something? Or is your belief in nothing so entrenched that you cannot ascribe that motivation to anyone? Do you need help?

NEW – Analysis: CO2 from UK data centres could be ‘hundreds of times’ higher than thought | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here ➡️ bit.ly/4btjs3j

This is no time for half-measures. Protect families from the energy price hike. Paid for by: A tighter oil & gas windfall tax. Taxing income from wealth the same as from work. And double down on renewables and energy efficiency to protect us from future shocks.

And this is an exact reminder of why we must stand against both Antisemitism and Islamophobia. The cynical forces who seek to divide our communities must never win. We will stand together.

"Community centres like this, right across the country, who are supporting people in need, need a government who will step up for them." Zack Polanski speaking on the cost of living crisis at the Elizabeth House Community Centre.

Appalling and just unbelievably short-sighted. Our security here in the UK relies on action around the world to tackle the climate crisis. Yet another example of the deep damage done by short-termist budget setting. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I said "And this sustained project of privatisation and deregulation turned Britain from a place which made things people need to a place which made money for people who owned things." And the City said:

It's a good speech, you should watch it.

I think I've actually reached the point where I could explain MMT to someone in pretty understandable terms but like, not in 3 minutes.

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

We live in Rip Off Britain. We have to lower people's bills and tax wealth fairly. This morning I'll be starting to lay out our vision of how to do this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"The Green Party calls on the UK Government to make clear to Trump and Netanyahu the UK will not accept breaches of international law, to withdraw permission for the US to use UK military bases, and to refuse any further complicity in this illegal war." @elliechowns.bsky.social

Non-Islamophobic edit and link to start of thread. Don't undermine your points with base bigotry. Italy, Monaco, and San Marino are in Western Europe, and the cause isn't a rise in anti-queer sentiment; it's specificly vice signalling, blatant bigotry, and disregard for rights by politicians.

TFW someone absolutely rips into an MP and destroys them on a specific issue you care a lot about but the single best part of their thread to quote is blatantly Islamophobic, thanks guy, that wasn't necessary but you went there anyway.

This past November, Maastricht quietly introduced the Netherlands' first “fietszone” or bicycle-priority zone, which takes the concept of “fietsstraten”—streets where cars are treated as guests—and applies it across the entire city centre (within the ring roads) rather than along a single corridor.🧵

Zack in Cardiff this weekend asked about Kemi Badenoch by The Mirror

The function of government bonds is to provide a safe asset. That's why bonds are the thing you're supposed to tell your pension fund to put more of your money into as you get closer to retirement. I'm not qualified to give financial advice but you should check what options your provider allows.

Looks like the radical left is dam serious! 🦫

What's up, Wembley? 🏳️‍⚧️

I was gonna do a trans rights post but the linked video is a Nebula first and isn't on YouTube yet. Suffice to say, as someone with many trans friends, I've seen the degrading ways the state treats you, and it makes me angry. You deserve dignity and the autonomy to just get on with your lives.

The "Why can't the Green party stay as a narrow niche party we can safety ignore?" Is becoming quite a popular genre of article.

US bombers loading up on UK airstrips before raining down bombs on Iran. Parliament wasn't consulted - and polling shows huge numbers oppose it. When do MPs get a say over our involvement in this war? www.forbes.com/sites/peters...

I'd like to see the revival of community locii, and support for small local startup businesses providing real third places in our communities with value beyond the wares they sell instead of bland corporate franchise outlets that exist only to siphon off our wealth and lock us in wage slavery.

Trans rights are human rights. Thank you, Wembley. 🏳️‍⚧️