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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone

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Passionate about equality & equity – 🪷 Yes2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🕊️ gu bràth. www.faclair.com 🪷 www.samseuit.com 🪷 www.polcan-faing.com 🪷 www.akerbeltz.org 🐈 Gàidhlig 🍰 Deutsch 🗺️ Euskara 📚 English 🦐 粵 🌺

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Council adopts bilingual signage policy. Councillors and officers are also encouraged to use key Kernewek phrases as part of their roles and in their day-to-day lives www.voicenewspapers.co.uk//news/counci...
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Council adopts bilingual signage policy
Councillors and officers are also encouraged to use key Kernewek phrases as part of their roles and in their day-to-day lives
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Frederik Mallon @freddy.volksverpetzer.de · 02/10/2026
Vielleicht der wichtigste Fakten-Snack diese Woche: Kostenvergleich zwischen D-Ticket, Tankrabatten und anderen Steuervergünstigungen für den individualisierten und Flugverkehr. Grafik von @correctiv.org @sebastianhaupt.bsky.social
Säulendiagramm mit verschiedenen Verkehrssubventionen und wie viel sie kosten (durch Zahlungen oder verminderte Steuereinnahmen):

Deutschland-Ticket: 3 Mrd. Euro
Tank-Rabatt: 4,1 Mrd. Euro (Mai-Juni und Oktober-Dezember addiert)
Dienstwagenprivileg: 4,2 Mrd. Euro
Pendlerpauschale: 5 Mrd. Euro
Dieselprivileg: 7-8 Mrd. Euro
Steuerbefreiung Kerosin: etwa 8 Mrd. Euro
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Donncha ar Imeall an Domhain @kingdonncha1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tá teanga nua ag na Manaigh: Gilaki. www.teanga.info/sengoidelc/d...
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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wolves did not save Yellowstone – why were we so desperate to believe they did? 🌏 🧪
theconversation.com
Wolves did not save Yellowstone – why were we so desperate to believe they did?
Yellowstone’s reintroduced wolves have become a famous conservation success story, but the reality is far messier.
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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A forlorn memory echoes through the Halls of Dead Vows 'But your pension...' You Yes Yet? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 #Indyref2
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
humanists.uk
Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Donncha ar Imeall an Domhain @kingdonncha1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is fearrde muid caife! ☕️☕️☕️ Is fiú an taighde nua seo ó UCC a léamh. www.ucc.ie/en/research/...
ucc.ie
New research reveals mechanisms behind coffee’s positive effects on the gut-brain axis | University College Cork
Latest research news from Univeristy College Cork
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Portugal decriminalised drugs in 2001 and subsequently treated drug abuse as a public health issue. Between 1999 and 2016 deaths from overdose fell by 92%. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇴 Scotland & Norway have drawn similar amounts of North Sea oil since the 1970s As a result: 🇳🇴Value of National Oil Fund : €2,100,000,000,000.00 (Generates €250 Bn per year in interest alone) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Value of National Oil Fund : £0 (Scotland’s share uk National Debt £545 BILLION) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are you YES yet ?🇪🇺
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Paul French @nomadbirder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How very human. AI's whole thing is stealing data. That's what iit does. These maths guys were happy to use it, up to the point it stole their own data.
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Michal Měchura @lexiconista.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Public service procurement in reality.
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People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The quick brown fox... Whether it's regular faces; foxes, grey squirrels and rabbits. Or less commonly spotted mammals like otters and pine martens👀 we want to know who you share your local green spaces with! Take part in #LivingWithMammals today👇find out more ptes.org/lwm
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Archaeologists in Paris have uncovered what they think is ancient Lutetia, a Celtic oppidum mentioned in Caesar's Gallic Wars that had never been found. 🧪🏺
livescience.com
Missing Celtic fort annihilated by Julius Caesar finally found under Paris hospital
Archaeologists in Paris have discovered the remains of a missing Celtic fort sacked by Julius Caesar in 52 B.C.
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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let's keep this slop out of our lives already... bet the farm it doesn't just apply to schools...
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland has the right to decide its own future. 🟥 The Scottish Parliament has voted 84 to 18 in favour of Scotland’s right to choose its own future. 📝 They’ve backed Scotland’s right to choose. Will you? ✍️ Sign the petition: www.believeinscotland.org/indyref_peti...
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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean Reform and the Tories, no surprises there, but what ARE the LibDems smoking??? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Scotland has right to decide constitutional future, new Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra says
Michael Marra says there is a potential route to independence, but claims the Scottish government has failed to build a case for it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The solidarity of the media in response to Trump reveals a fundamental truth: The most successful way to respond to a megalomaniac like him is to unite against him. It's also apparently, at least in this instance, one of the better ways to silence his bloviating.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 17/09/2026
With indentifying National Geographic Explorer Paola Nogales Ascarrunz, for scale:
Photo of a tan-skinned scientist with long brown hair. She looks up at a cat on a branch: a tilcayo, spotted like a leopard but sized a little smaller than your average housecat.
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Stewart Kirkpatrick @calgacus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I see Vladimir Putin's party is on course to get a respectable 113% of the vote in #Russia's totally free and fair #election
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dog’s reaction when he realizes his sister was adopted into the same home. Original post
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Brutal news from Edinburgh University
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Truthout @truthout.org · 16/09/2026
The family of a woman who died after she could not get an abortion in Texas is suing doctors and state officials including Attorney General Ken Paxton. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban.
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Ken Paxton Faces the First Lawsuit Over a Death Linked to an Abortion Ban
“Tierra Walker is dead and those responsible must be held accountable,” the lawsuit reads.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Amount a pensioner receives in the UK is the lowest in Europe, just 2/3rds of France and barely 50% of Italy who are considered a 'poorer' country. Why is our pension 'unaffordable' when it is so low, and where is all our money actually going?
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iGàidhlig @igaidhlig.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tha duilgheadasan aig an fhaclair, chan eil sinn buileach cinnteach dè tha ceàrr an turas seo. Dh'fhaodte gum bi sinn greis ga chàradh, glè dhuilich. Tha learngaelic.scot/dictionary ri làimh san eadar-àm.
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Top news stories on the BBC Wales and BBC Scotland websites at the moment:
Westminster's time is coming to an end, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish leaders sayFather and son jailed for dragging 'terrified' police officer along road
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
i'm thinking we, as a species, lost the plot. don't know where. but if we're talking about AI rights while the rights of trans people, pregnant people, immigrants, and Black and brown people are daily eroded, we messed up somewhere.
theguardian.com
Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights
Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What I don't understand about Rayner's comments on banning crypto donations is, once more, that these *are not* donations in crypto, they're donations from crypto billionaires The donations aren't in crypto because pretty much nobody does anything in crypto (except money launders, drug dealers etc)
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 13/09/2026
Once again asking why, in the year 2026, Scotland had an election for which every result was publicly "oooh, mystery box! secret! can't tell you what happened except at the overall constituency level!" and then most of our neighbours are just like "hello here's a livemap" www.svt.se/datajournali...
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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We have hit a point in tech dev where we no longer should be allowed to just release new tech into the wild. The onus ought to be for society, companies and governments to agree & prove desirability, sustainability & *controlability* BEFORE the make us run with it... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC
It comes as the AI firm's boss has called for the technology's development to be slowed down, citing "serious" risks.
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haversack @hsack121.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...
ecoticias.com
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold
Minnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields.
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Stewart Kirkpatrick @calgacus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wonder if the trade union donations which caused Andy Burnham to ditch caps on political donations will top £72m? Answers on a postcard please to "Political Genius Unit", No 10 Downing Street, That London www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
Christopher Harborne says he has equalled a donation from Ben Delo - the single largest gift to a UK political party.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires We need to do something to stop it - urgently www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
telegraph.co.uk
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Burnham knew this would be the result of dropping his pledge to cap political donations, but he did it anyway. Labour are determined to midwife a Reform government, like plenty of other centrist parties before them whose weakness paved the way for right wing extremists.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We need to know if the BBC deliberately shafted Glasgow over the Commonwealth Games. First, we were told the BBC lost the bid to air the games in Glasgow. Now it’s claimed that there wasn’t even a bid. Something rotten is going on and people want the truth My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
heraldscotland.com
'We need to know if the BBC deliberately shafted Glasgow over the Commonwealth Games'
First, we were told the BBC was outbid, then it was said the broadcaster only bid £900k, now it’s claimed there wasn’t even a bid. People need…
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
RNLI CEO Peter Sparkes condemning threats against volunteers by those hiding behind "a balaclava or a keyboard" hits hard. Unpaid crews saving lives under maritime law are being targeted by far-right mobs. Why are extremists allowed to terrorise life-savers? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
nen.press
A statement from the RNLI Chief Executive
I’m writing to you – a loyal RNLI supporter – following the recent events in the media that have generated deliberate misinformation and misunderstanding about the RNLI and our lifesaving work in t…
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
With the RNLI forced to advise staff against wearing branded clothing due to intimidation, extremist rhetoric is directly disrupting public heritage and humanitarian work. Targetting maritime volunteers who rescue drowning people erodes basic civic decency. How do we stop this abuse? #FBPE
civilsociety.co.uk
RNLI museum shuts doors due to verbal abuse of volunteers
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Far right government and aspiring far right government say they'd be great pals. What a shock.
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Map produced from the perspective of Galicia but applicable to the world before the revolutionary changes brought by arrival of the railway. By sea: A Coruña to London: 5 days. By land: Coruña to Madrid; 20 days.
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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The really worrying thing is that it's 'down the page' news... www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
aljazeera.com
Anthropic discloses 4th AI hacking incident as researcher quits over safety
AI firm says Claude Opus 4.6 hacked external systems during testing as concerns mount over security breaches.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🚨 Andy Burnham has stated that majority public support in Scotland for a second independence referendum will be the indyref2 trigger. ✍️ Sign the petition now: www.believeinscotland.org/indyref_peti...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 09/09/2026
There are still plenty of unknowns around Lyman, but the broad picture is becoming clearer. Russian troops pulled back toward the Zherebets, while Ukrainian forces exploited abandoned positions. Lypove, Nove and Katerynivka are considered liberated, with Ivanivka now under pressure. #Ukraine
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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