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Written by Colin H. on 2025-01-25 at 12:39

Israeli "hostages" but Palestinian "detainees"? I think BBC News is BBC News-ing again.

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Written by Colin H. on 2025-01-22 at 14:10

Front page of the Private Eye, channeling Lammy et al. With alt-text.

h/t @CdnCurmudgeon

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Written by Colin H. on 2025-01-14 at 10:04

Please 👏 use 👏 bare* 👏 YouTube 👏 links 👏 so 👏 previews 👏 work 👏 properly 👏 thank 👏 you 👏 very 👏 much 👏

(I figured the handclap emoji format is due a comeback)

• by which I mean:

youtube.com/watch?v=blah

not youtu.be, and no ?si=blah tracking info at the end.

[#]HasRickRollingTaughtYouNothing

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Written by Colin H. on 2025-01-13 at 16:43

I'm no expert in these technologies, but this appears to be a bunch of thinktankers, Mozilla execs (sigh...) and a few AI bros trying to raise $4 MILLION "to turn Bluesky’s underlying tech—the AT Protocol—into...an entire ecosystem of interconnected apps".

Such a great idea I'm amazed that no-one's thought of it before! Perhaps just donate to the Fediverse instead?

(Sadly this was being pushed by @openrightsgroup.)

https://freeourfeeds.com/

[#]Mozilla #Fediverse #Mastodon

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Written by Colin H. on 2025-01-13 at 11:55

• psst... Keir... why not replace the House of Lords with AI?*

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Written by Colin H. on 2025-01-13 at 11:51

Labour's despairingly credulous voter base should be delighted by the party pledging billions for useless AI and CCS that has never, ever worked.

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Written by Colin H. on 2025-01-08 at 09:48

People going from Twitter to Threads to Bluesky, like social media Sideshow Bobs treading on one corporate rake after another.

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Written by Colin H. on 2025-01-05 at 19:03

If Musk would just buy a football team, the UK media would never need to go elsewhere for a story ever again. The Daily Musk. Six O'Clock Musk. Musknight. Musk of the Day. Wall to wall nazi bullshit.

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-12-17 at 19:53

Like I said - Labour are hypocrites and liars.

[#]WASPI

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-12-17 at 17:01

Remember when the SNP won control of #Glasgow City council in 2017, it having been under Labour control for decades?

Remember the Labour-led trade unions then immediately started industrial action, demanding the SNP settle a decades-long equal pay dispute for women council workers?

Remember it then came to light that the previous Labour administrations had spent £2.5 million FIGHTING the equal pay claims?

No change. Labour - a party of hypocrites and liars.

[#]WASPI

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald-on-sunday/20171001/281663960208943

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-12-04 at 20:39

Fully agree with this. The far right are assembling to make an assault on Holyrood, and the centrists of all stripes have nothing to offer those disaffected and looking for change.

It's happened in the US, and is happening in England and Wales. It would be a huge mistake to assume those in Scotland who desparately need change will continute to vote for the status quo.

But where will the progressive counter-offer come from?

[#]ScotPol #ScotIndy

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24766029.scotlands-future-pm-farage-left-wing-populist-independence/

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-11-30 at 21:22

I'm starting to see a few Bluesky posts here now, and have mixed feelings about it. On one hand it's the same old flawed centralised model with the same old VC funding and routes to enshittification, and I'd rather encourage and promote fedi content than publicise Bluesky.

OTOH it's often from users who have at least ditched X, and I totally get that Masto is a hard sell for people who just want an X replacement.

Nevertheless, I admit it annoys me, and I won't engage or boost. So... AITA?

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-11-16 at 22:33

With the US government threatening to take the country back to the pre-vaccination era, it's worth remembering Joe Biden in 2022 calling out the Fox News organisation for spreading Covid antivax disinformation to millions while themselves being vaccinated and boosted.

[#]Covid #AntiVax #Biden #FoxNews #USPol

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-11-13 at 10:31

Has there ever been such a widescale, rigorous, long-term, coordinated campaign of mainstream #media disinformation as the current reporting on #Israel and the #genocide in #Gaza?

Usually we see outlets skewing according to their editorial stances, plus lots of both-sidesism. The last year has seen a near total capitulation to the Israeli narrative.

I suspect it's no coincidence that neither the UK nor the US political establishments are offering an alternative view.

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-11-04 at 11:34

This is an interesting, if uncritical, interview with Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy. He mentions that if regional pricing was in operation in the UK energy market, #Scotland would have the cheapest electricity in Europe (see from 10m 43s).

I'll let you decide what mix of political issues has prevented Westminster from implementing regional pricing, but we in Scotland are paying through the nose for their intransigence.

[#]Octopus #Energy #ScotPol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITXy_XdhP0g

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-11-01 at 10:35

It's amazing that Labour can still fit their MPs in the same room as all these elephants. #Genocide #Brexit #Austerity #ElectoralReform

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/10/31/uk-prime-minister-declines-to-label-gaza-crisis-a

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-10-29 at 11:12

Interesting to consider those old Tony Benn power and democracy questions applied to English MPs, from Scotland's point of view:

“What power have you got?”

83% control over all non-devolved issues in Scotland

“Where did you get it from?”

A 318-year-old treaty

“In whose interests do you use it?”

My constituents in England

“To whom are you accountable?”

My constituents in England

“How do we get rid of you?”

You can't

[#]ScotPol #IndyRef2

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-10-16 at 20:09

Remember when Gordon Brown said that an independent Scotland under the SNP would suffer "austerity until doomsday"? Turns out he meant a dependent Scotland under Labour. Oopsie!

[#]ScotPol #IndyRef2

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-10-08 at 13:26

Governments around the world have spent billions on "Carbon Capture and Storage" over the last several years. To date, this @thejuicemedia video has been the only worthwhile result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZgoFyuHC8

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Written by Colin H. on 2024-09-28 at 10:22

I've seen several articles on news sites recently about people turning away from veganism, and manufacturers cutting their vegan ranges. No doubt it's happening, but the sudden surge of reporting across multiple outlets feels a bit... astroturfy.

I find it particularly odd that almost all the ex-vegans interviewed have gone back to eating meat. I'm vegetarian and was never vegan, but the though of eating meat now repulses me. Is this vegan to carnivore path common?

[#]vegan

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