Skiamakhos

It's come to my attention that likes are public, cannot be made private, and are being used to draw inferences about people's character. I'll say now: likes are a matter of what a person sees & them clicking a button. They're not a declaration of allegiance. They're a nod, "Nice", a thumbs up.

The UTAW @cwunews.bsky.social Tech Workers’ Inquiry outlines how generative AI is changing work across the tech sector, written with the perspectives and experiences of workers who build, deploy, manage, evaluate and use this technology. Download the report here: techworkersinquiry.org/ai/

Bring out your inner Sally Rooney

Proud to sign this open letter in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...

This summer Britain burnt. 3000 people died from the heat. Yet this Government is drilling for more gas, despite scientist warnings & it won't make a difference to bills in the UK. We need to double down on renewables, not bend to the wishes of fossil fuel bosses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yes, Iceland are an independent sovereign state. Who also happen to be in the Single Market, the EEA and the Schengen zone, with freedom of movement for people, goods and services. But if the UK did that I'd be screaming about Brexit betrayal and being an EU puppet.

Nathan Cofnas notes but plays down his problem: that those who believe in hereditary biological racism have lower IQs than those who reject it! He puts this down to fashion which means he attracts stupid antisemites & racists for what he would like to be a more elite, less knuckledragger view

"You often hear: another world is possible. Well I am here telling you that another world is inevitable. We either decide to stop burning fossil fuels or the Earth system will stop us. We are well beyond incremental, so-called policy relevant pathways." www.technosphere.earth/climate-chan...

Aaron Swartz deserves more justice and reconsideration than almost anybody in this century

Net migration has fallen from 944,000 to 171,000. Yet that headline conceals major movements in both directions – including substantial emigration by British and EU+ nationals. So, asks Jonathan Portes, what exactly is the problem people want politicians to solve?

To every trans Londoner: this city is yours too. Today we celebrate London Trans+ Pride and reaffirm a simple truth: you should be free to live as yourself, without fear or prejudice. You are loved. You are wanted. You belong here.

Scotland's facing a wave of hyper-scale data centre applications. If built they'd consume more than 1.5 times our peak electricity use, with no requirement to assess their environmental impact. We need to ensure our economy works for everyone, not just tech billionaires. ➡️ greens.scot/datacentres

🛢 ANDY, SAY NO TO ROSEBANK This action is happening now by Parliament. 🔥 Andy, say no to fossil fuels. Andy, don't burn them. Labour must stop Rosebank. #StopRosebank

Has university become a confidence trick? Spend ten minutes talking to a final-year student about their job search and you might wonder whether university is still worth it. Yet the evidence suggests the answer is more complicated than many headlines imply. Sean Brophy reports

David Dimbleby, hosted the EU referendum results show on BBC One and BBC News on the night of 23-24 June back in 2016. A decade later, all we've seen is division and damage. So let's make sure the next 10 years are defined by trust and cooperation.

I don't know, why would the billionaire legacy media owners be so opposed to a wealth tax? It's a complete mystery. #WealthTax #GreenParty 💚💚

Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums. Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space. It's all getting a bit silly, isn't it?

Good reporting from Israeli-occupied south Lebanon. Israel is killing medics, disappearing agricultural workers, letting livestock starve to death and levelling entire buildings. Pregnant women travel increasingly longer and more dangerous roads to find hospitals. www.972mag.com/israeli-occu...

I'll never forget when a Republican tried to tell me the "Head Rabbi of Judaism" supports Zionism so I should too ...Who tf are you talking about, thats not a thing, we're not one writhing mass of nematodes with a Jewish-Pope. Do you understand how different a Reconstructionist is from a Haredi?

The Economist is scared of the kids while we’re scared of fascism. Which one of us is out of touch?

Any white British person who thinks the police are out to get them just because they're white either has a conviction sheet like a cartoon scroll or a football banning order. Possibly both.

“No kink at pride!” That’s “prude” you’re thinking of. No kink at *prude*.

Israel has NO RIGHT over international waters. The silence of the West is a DISGRACE!

‘This EHRC Code Will Make the UK a Hostile Environment for Trans People’ Keir Starmer's Government promises trans people 'dignity and respect' but is overseeing a colossal failure to protect their rights and safety, argues Helen Belcher

Fuck sake. If you want people to spend less time sick, then spend more money ensuring everyone is getting vaccinated, make ventilation mandatory in every workplace, have NHS dentistry be actually available. Prevent people getting sick! Don't rush their fucking recovery!

I miss having a President of the United States.

*Kicks down the door* See, the issue here is that leftist Americans still uncritically accept the mythology of the USA as a uniquely fair and diverse society and reflexively characterise Britain as a force of colonial oppression separate from their own early history.

Speedrun xkcd.com/3246/

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

It starts with Sweet Caroline and it ends with 'send them back'... The meaning of a St. George’s Day parade is always going to be contested. For some it is nothing more than a celebration of nationalism and empire, something to avoid. 1/

You'll only drive it underground.

Apple needs to explain this highly irregular conduct.

Apple is closing down the first of its US stores to unionize. Apple says that because of the collective bargaining agreement with these workers, they "couldn’t offer to transfer them to nearby locations.” The union is outraged, and exploring options to hold Apple accountable.

At a certain point of wealth, what is being pursued seems not to be wealth, but the ability to make other people suffer. What's being pursued is immunity from human decency; the ability and even the right to be depraved with impunity. They get off on the suffering. www.the-reframe.com/where-it-ends/

The question the entire world is asking. 😳👇

Those US-Iran negotiations in a nutshell: Iran sent 4 PhDs to Islamabad. The US sent a real estate developer, a son-in-law, a lawyer and a general.

women were kept out of meetings and career opportunities at Pixar because John Lasseter was so much of a sex pest that people decided it was easier to simply not have them in the room with him how many talented women didn’t get a fair chance because one guy couldn’t behave himself?

Long overdue: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Drilling for more oil & gas in the North Sea won't lower bills, it won't make us more energy independent and it won't insulate us from price shocks. A Labour backslide on this would be a huge betrayal. Double down on renewables. Insulate every home. Lower bills, permanently.

The loss of 22 episode seasons means we're losing out on the time honored tradition of "episode in which recurring character is suddenly turned evil via MacGuffin and now the actor gets to have fun"

why aren't other countries helping us with the strait of hormuz after we started an unjust war, cut off trade, and insulted them for a year?