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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-31 at 18:54

As ever, the excellent Marina Hyde, Guardian columnist, offers barbed and biting insight.

[#]broligarchy #techbros #OpenAI #SamAltman #DeepSeek #ChatGPT

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/tech-bros-deepseek-china-sam-altman-openai

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-29 at 10:11

[#]Starmer and his acolytes and cronies are a disgrace. A Tory Trojan horse (hearse may be more appropriate).

https://open.substack.com/pub/europeanpowell/p/keir-starmer-is-enacting-thatchers

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-26 at 22:05

The Labour Party in the UK is a disgrace to progressives of any sort; it’s a collection of opportunists who’ve managed to game an archaic, undemocratic #FPTP system (winning 63% of seats with less than 34% of the vote) to continue with some of the worst policies of a disgraced Tory Party.

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-20 at 07:52

From 8 years ago, a prescient reminder that we’re on the cusp of poorly regulated AI and increasingly unchecked vulture capitalism. (Tesco is the UK’s largest grocery/supermarket chain.)

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-19 at 13:19

“We can endlessly debate whether or not Trump and his acolytes are fascists, as if that somehow solves the problem. It is more useful to recognise them as representatives of a much longer tradition, of which fascism was just one iteration. The emperors are back.”

https://tinyurl.com/3u6yjtn7

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-11 at 21:43

A petition for those in Europe to consider signing.

openpetition.eu/!leavex

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-11 at 21:15

Delicious, Ansel Adams-esque image.

[#]photography #scotland #AnselAdams

From: @HenniPhoto

https://mastodon.art/@HenniPhoto/113811236774004135

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-10 at 11:21

Lovely frosty morning.

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-08 at 08:54

There’s hope whilst satire remains. Thanks #PrivateEye

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Written by Mark Sowery on 2025-01-07 at 23:34

I think that the time is fast approaching to minimise my activity on FB. Its algorithms send me junk advertisements, whilst endless follow suggestions are unwelcome.

Zuckerberg’s recent attempted love-in with the alt-right proved the final straw.

Maybe engage with #mastodon and other alternatives.

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