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Meta is suppressing progressives again! @angieforfl.bsky.social hosted an event in Osceola County, FL tonight where she spoke to the local Puerto Rican community. As her team was uploading content from the event, suddenly the Instagram account “latinosconangie” was shut down for well over an hour.

ELON MUSK didn't want people to see ALEX GIBNEY's documentary about him - so ELON throttled and squashed the promotion around it in theaters it's coming to streaming on NOV 6, 3 days after the midterms - we can all make sure to promote it online #blues www.tvfandomlounge.com/alex-gibney-...

Jesus H. Fucking Christ. Fucking Florida.

Like many others I assumed this was funny hyperbole -- "call in the national guard!" type of thing -- but no it's a description of events.

Real post from the mountain rescue Facebook page

From the department of "This really needs to succeed". www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAS7... #YouTube #NoAI

Remember the SOPA bill? It's back as ACPA. What would you do if your entire website disappeared from the internet due to one false claim, and you didn't have the financial means to fight it in court? www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJRq... #tech #art #internet #politics

We don’t want data centers or Flock cameras. We want clean water, a living wage, affordable housing, and healthcare.

For the avoidance of doubt, the story is that Moderna and Merck collaborated on this vaccine which passed phase 3 trials. It is NOT "AI cured skin cancer" as some on social media (probably with shares in AI companies) want you to believe.

A liveable future means no new oil and gas. Andy Burnham must say no to Rosebank and Jackdaw.

One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy

The most recent one. I get at least one a day these days.

they know we don't want it. they do not care.

Whether it's the Lakers or literally anything else. ⬇️

A new water reservoir hasn't been built in the UK since 1992. Meanwhile, the country has suffered 3 summer droughts in the past 5 years. The UK needs to embark on the biggest reservoir building program in its history. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lots of petitions against (and opposition to) AI data centres in the UK right now. Sign one near you, support one further away. Habitats over hyperscaling. www.change.org/m/opposition...

AI companies are currently in debt to the tune of trillions of dollars. Their products are bad and cost enormous amounts of money, they are currently charging significantly under the costs in order to try and get their hooks in and generate dependency before raising the prices exponentially.

I firmly believe that, in the current market, positioning a business as "We don't use AI" doesn't make it look backwards or out of touch. Instead, it makes the business look reasonable and appealing. The business can do its thing without chasing the shine. It actually stands out for good reasons.

I am already tired of hearing ads that follow this pattern: 1.) Problem. 2.) AI was supposed to fix this problem. 3.) It didn't. 4.) But OUR AI fixes this problem.

"Researchers at a Florida university say bacterial toxins produced by tiny marine organisms they have studied in Antarctica could become an effective treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer."

Mandating age verification "effectively hands Big Tech and the government a skeleton key to the identities of every whistleblower, dissident, and investigative reporter who uses online platforms," FPF's @caitlinvogus.bsky.social and @aliyabhatia.bsky.social write in @theintercept.com.

Your brain doesn't think much of all the time you spend scrolling on your attention capture device.

When Starmer eventually leaves, I hope whoever is the next PM kicks Rachel "Tax Tax Tax" Reeves to the curb. She makes former Tory chancellors look like economic saviours. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...

Insurrection? No prob. Grifting billions off the U.S.Treasury? Yawn. ICE stealing people with no due process? Ehhhh. Cutting cancer research? I can live with it. Hit me in the wallet? I''M TAKING DOWN MY TRUMP FLAG. 😡

over at the newsletter I wrote about Jeff Bezos' sad little interview from last week:

AI and its money goes deep. Really deep. www.authoritarian-stack.info

I know there’s a lot going on with the Labour Party, but it is all in the bounds of democratic politics. This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions

Really hoping we hear from the relevant parliamentary committee today about the no strings £5m. Also hoping investigative journalism follow the money further into Reform. I suspect it doesn’t stop with Farage and Nathan Gill. #R4Today

#r4today .Have you ever heard Nick Robinson or any other BBC “journo” interview a Reform Party as aggressively or harassingly as he does a Labour Politician. I Never have. #BBCbias #chrismasonbias #kuensbergbias. BBC supports Farage as loyally now as through Brexit

Happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough! The word "legend" is often (mis)used these days, but he deserves that description through and through.

Hey, @theguardian.com, you don't have to keep a photo of Farage on your front page at all times. It's okay to put someone else at the beginning of the carousel. Really, it'll be OK. Your safety isn't threatened. Reform won't go after you.

trying to ignore election results until they've all been counted ...but here's my luke-warm take: it's nice to see more green councillors, their track record is v good at local government reform's record in local government is comically bad so looking forward to a bit of schadenfreude from that

"Today we start the fightback.. people kept telling me they felt let down.. council services are failing those who need them most & people are struggling to make ends meet.." @zoegarbett.bsky.social, the new mayor of Hackney. Its a message the Labour right seem determined to ignore.

Can someone from Labour please tell us why they've been chasing Reform voters and policies all this time, when ONE PERCENT of Reform voters said they'd consider voting Labour? If Labour doesn't understand this poll, then people need to go, Starmer included.

Who is Bailey Nash-Gardner, the Reform UK candidate running the Politics UK social accounts?

Reform UK Treasurer and Donors Share London Address with Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Reform UK’s Treasurer and three other donors have handed £1.55 million to Nigel Farage from Britain’s most expensive apartment block which is home to sanctioned Russian oligarchs and massive post-Soviet wealth