Werner! Werner, it’s Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Herzog. You know that new sound you’re looking for? Well listen to this! *holds phone up to flies buzzing around a decomposing corpse*

Green Party Conference 2025 just passed a motion that would Abolish Landlords! Through a programme of unprecedented council house building, taxation and housing those who need it, a Green government would eliminate profit from a human right. Housing for all.

oh man another one for my 'Ian Fleming's weird statements of certainty about the world' ('There's nobody crueler than a half-Belgian, half-Congolese' kind of stuff, or 'Everyone knows the Portuguese are the finest butlers')

The use of chatbots reinforces and promotes a cliché that isn't true at all: that research, especially in the humanities, is a solipsistic endeavour. Without the continuous lively exchange between people, there is no research, at least none that would be worth reading. 3/n

to be honest I've always found it kinda fun to end up being a little bit crappy at whatever I try to do... Takes a lot of pressure off, and I feel like everyone can tell when you're doing something just for the love of the game

While Mexico tries to become a data center hub, its electric grid isn't powerful enough to keep up with the energy demand. In Queretaro, Microsoft has to use gas generators for at least one data center. Story by @pjarandia.bsky.social and @dandiba.bsky.social for @restofworld.org. bit.ly/425DjAu

"Si esteu veient això, és que Israel ens ha detingut il·legalment". Aquest és el missatge que ha llançat l'exalcaldessa de Barcelona Ada Colau a través d&#...

Israeli forces have reportedly boarded the Alma vessel, the leading ship of the Global Sumud Flotilla, and detained its crew.

🔴El ejército israelí empieza a interceptar los buques de la Flotilla Global Sumud en aguas internacionales. www.elsaltodiario.com/palestina/ba...

Arlin Medrano en X: "Alma y Sirius han sido interceptado s. Adara -nosotrxs- lideramos la flotilla." Así aparece en el tracker de la Flotilla.

Just realised mid-workshop to my horror/delight that it's basically impossible to avoid some terrible/great puns when talking critically about AI in Catalan: "Hi Ha IA? NO Cal-IA"

Another great project from the AI + Planetary Justice Alliance: "an open-access and evolving map" for "trac[ing] the true costs of the raw materials" used to develop AI technologies.

My old man's a Durstman He wears a red snapback He enjoys record scratching And metal fused with rap

An excellent true thing is that I gave unequivocally anti-“AI” talks at Wesleyan and Tufts this month where the computer scientists and engineers in attendance have no interest in allowing this industry to hijack education and asked me “how can we get our students to take your classes?”

ASDA was named after it's founders: Agnetha, Senny, Djörn & Anni-Frid

This could literally be a cartoon of my dad (bookbinder & teacher, Derbyshire accent) ❤️🥲

When people say that I’m prolific (which I love, thank you) I usually say that I don’t think I have more ideas than anyone else just that I have a knack of finishing things. In the rare cases when I am invited to lecture at further education I often talking about the struggle to finish ideas.

IF YOU DRILL BABY DRILL 🇺🇲 HOW MANY WILL YOU KILL? 🚨BREAKING: We just disrupted Trump's oily backer's party - an exclusive Republican Overseas UK dinner, just around the corner from where Trump is staying - because his policies and their oily money is KILLING US

I meant to do this before Zack became leader so I could vote for him, but somehow didn't manage in time. Since he was elected, now there's no excuse. Very happy to be a member of the UK green party, even if it's from some distance away!

If you don’t bother writing it, why should I bother reading it?

Our friends at @arteesetica.bsky.social translated the TESCREAL paper into Spanish! Muchisimas gracias queridos amigos ❤️ arteesetica.org/el-paquete-t...

looking to talk to folks who are fighting data centers in different parts of the country for a story or two. gimme a holler at [email protected]

HEY KIDS Can you identify which of the following happened to Lou Reed in “Perfect Day” and which happened to Ice Cube in “It Was A Good Day”?? a) drank sangria in the park b) fed the animals in the zoo c) saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp and it read "Ice Cube's a Pimp" d) later a movie too

Happy to have published my first post on the Green Web Foundation blog - a reflection on the experience of collaborating with Tu Nube Seca Mi Río and many other excellent folk on a response to the public consultation on Spain's new Data Centre Law. www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/spains-...

My old school ATP heads might find something of nostalgic interest here. Some of my favourite weekends happened right here in this place. Happier Days indeed...x m.youtube.com/watch?v=un6m...

Hace unos años, en @blackiebooks.bsky.social editaron Facha de Jason Stanley y es como una checklist de todo lo horrible que está pasando ahora y como hemos llegado a este momento

I'm sick and tired of the whole, we have to "understand" them "we have to appeal to them". No, we need to confront and challenge them. This isn't about class or economic circumstances now. It's about racists controlling the narrative and everyone else pretending they aren't what they are, racists 3/

Que el bulldog sea la mascota del Reino Unido es perfecto, porque ellos se piensan rudos y fuertes, pero es una raza de perro tan jodida por la endogamia que no puede respirar ni caminar bien, se enferma por todo y no puede reproducirse sin ayuda porque sus patas traseras no sostienen su peso. 👩🏽‍🍳💋

if you're a new world struggling to be born hmu

Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride. They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.

I see this one is boring old news that everyone always knew about, and it isn’t an insane racist conspiracy theory any more. Funny how that works.

Can't believe it's been thirteen years since Danny Dyer couldn't believe it had been eleven years since them slags smashed into the twin towers and it still freaked out his nut til that day, it still freaks my nut out to this day.

Para la gente de España a quien le preocupa los impactos ecosociales de las infraestructuras digitales, aquí hay una buena oportunidad para influir en la redacción de la nueva "Ley CPD", que se encuentra en un proceso de audiencia pública hasta el lunes 15 de septiembre. [1/2]

Curious about estimating digital emissions? Want to understand what future laws require you and your organisation to report? Have extra training budget to use before year's out? You should probably join our digital emissions estimates workshop 😉. Next one's Sept 16 greenweb.org/services/est...

Amazing that he had the option to simply shut the fuck up

That's how I feel about defenders of "AI literacy" in the classroom; you've added additional tasks for your students to perform critical evaluation of tools that nobody asked for (except administrators and LLM salesmen). 5/5

Puta Renfe!

🔴Medidas del Gobierno contra el genocidio: -Embargo total de armas a Israel. -Prohibición de acceso de barcos desde Israel. -Espacio aéreo cerrado a aviación israelí. -Prohibido acceso personas participantes en el genocidio. (SIGUE)

It’s not a matter of choosing between nuclear and ground water. You could also choose to regulate AI, stop asserting its “inevitability” everywhere from primary school to the SSA, and minimize the need for such energy-intensive infrastructure

I mean

freeze frame on man running through bazaar Jason Statham (VO): yeah. thass me. aladdin runnin frum the fuckin fuzz again

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Google quietly vanishes its net zero carbon commitment ‘Any coal plant running in America today is incredibly clean’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmV... - video pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250905-goo... - podcast time: 4 min 44 sec text shortly!

🌐 #Conferència4D: Digitalització Democràtica i #DretsDigitals 2025 ✨ Professorat: 8h formació homologades per Educació ✅ 📢 Programa ja disponible 📅 28 oct, BCN 🎟️ Entrada gratuïta/aforament limitat Organitzen: @X_net_ @accentobert_ Inscripcions 🔗4d.cat/conferencia/

Uff

Part of my job at the Green Web Foundation is training ppl curious about the env. impact of digital services - what the laws are, how people measure and manage it, and how to use some of the tools. The next paid workshop is Sept 16th. Sign up below: www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/services/est...

“People doubted the Internet, too” no we doubted NFTs and the metaverse and other such bullshit these snake oil peddlers tried to hustle shut up

This is a good answer.