Reposted by AkruGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵 31908395
Reposted by AkruCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments. But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in fulltheguardian.comUK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under StarmerEl Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers 8566232
Reposted by AkruPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why is it that the *opinion* of a billionaire tax dodger who hates his country of birth is deemed worthy of a full-length feature on the website of the public broadcaster?bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 2833650
Reposted by AkruKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed". Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power. 521945537
Reposted by AkruGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1151582493
Reposted by AkruCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inactiontheguardian.comBurnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donorsPM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour 641266473
Reposted by AkruAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne has now matched Ben Delo's record-breaking £36m donation to Reform, months after Nigel Farage's party promised to slash crypto sales taxes in half Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...adambienkov.co.ukReform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto IndustryAs criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders 51728274
Reposted by AkruAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’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. 1553136711
Reposted by AkruCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige. 13353351299
Reposted by Akruandy™ @andylevy.net · 08/09/2026werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...) 8379822144
Akru @akru.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is of course not enough and it comes much too late, but it is still a significant step in the right direction. He's not at all perfect, but imagine how much better the UK's situation might be if the nation hadn't lost its mind over how this man ate a bacon sandwich one time. 000
Akru @akru.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Camp Miasma was amazing! Not at all what I expected but completely brilliant. 020
Reposted by Akruelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In the UK, blackshirts can get away with almost anything while elderly nuns get arrested for opposing the Gaza genocide 7363155
Reposted by AkruProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"No arrests made" One rule for fascists, another for the rest If this had been a peaceful climate or Palestinian protest, they would have been dragged off to jail in no time Disgusting double standards www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roadsHundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port. 2220881
Reposted by AkruDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage. 93934422234
Reposted by AkruPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 04/09/2026As per @financialtimes.com, Eldridge Capital Management Services (UK), majority shareholder: Chelsea FC chairman Todd Boehly, made a £75,000 donation to Reform UK in May of this year. Boehly has also donated at least $2 million to Donald Trump and MAGA Inc.ft.comCompany linked to Chelsea FC co-owner Todd Boehly donated to Reform UKNigel Farage’s party received total donations of more than £5mn in second quarter according to Electoral Commission figures 911453
Reposted by AkruJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Why is environmental protest necessary? Because Government won’t listen to the science Exploitation of the Jackdaw gasfield by overseas businesses will provide a handful of jobs & will not help energy security But it will push us further into climate catastrophe www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources sayThe government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands. 0105
Reposted by AkruAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year 13024141023
Reposted by AkruGabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026RIP to all the managers who will now starve to death, sobbing 'what do I want to eat?' at an uncaring phone 101159306
Reposted by AkruEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026THE most impactful thing you can do as an individual, right now, to help stop the mass nature die-off humanity is driving? Reduce or stop consumption of beef and other animal-based foods. 618977
Reposted by AkruMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"Keir Starmer Is Why Everyone Hates Politicians" The former PM misled his way to the top and now he’s walking away from politics altogether. His decision to quit Parliament so quickly is a reminder he was only ever interested in power. From Zeteo UK:zeteo.ukKeir Starmer Is Why Everyone Hates PoliticiansThe former PM misled his way to the top and now he’s walking away from politics altogether. His decision to quit Parliament so quickly is a reminder he was only ever interested in power and ambition. 72741154
Reposted by AkruLeonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."law.berkeley.eduArtificial Intelligence PolicyEffective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […] 231900796
Reposted by AkruThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/08/2026Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 yearstheguardian.comWild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 yearsPair are offspring of two beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December Wild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in more than 500 years. The pair of newborns are the offspring of two free-living beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December. Continue reading... 732374
Reposted by Akru404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a... 5727831764
Reposted by AkruMark C Norwich @markcnorwich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/activis...greenpeace.org.ukActivists paint giant climate warning to Burnham on mountainside scorched by wildfires - Greenpeace UKGreenpeace has delivered a powerful message to Andy Burnham in a land artwork on the site of an extinguished wildfire in North Wales, urging the new PM to take serious action to address the climate im... 085
Reposted by AkruSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is an inappropriate, credulous & politically biased BBC headline. The claims about savings will be sharply contested. News reports should not imclude what reads as an ediorial endorsememt in the headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1181749522
Reposted by AkruAngela Francis @angelaisfranc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This petition has jumped to over 93,000 signatures in the last few weeks and 100,000 will trigger a debate in parliament on a National Emergency Briefing on the climate crisis, televised and fronted by the PM. If you support please sign and share. 11312
Reposted by AkruDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Britain’s scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help, writes @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBritain's scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help | George MonbiotThis summer’s extreme weather and wars in Iran and Ukraine have made our need for food stockpiles more pressing than ever, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1156
Reposted by AkruJames Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 13/08/2026Hell yeah! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kON2...youtube.comHonest Government Ad | Ai Data CentresYouTube video by thejuicemedia 1139
Akru @akru.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Burnham's political strategy: 1. Copy some Green messaging on cost of living without doing anything meaningful 2. For god's sake don't mention climate change 3. Pander to racists He was supposedly Labour's great progressive hope, a guy with ideals & purpose, but this is just more McSweeney-ism 1019354
Reposted by AkruFiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A handy guide to ten things Andy Burnham could do right now to safeguard climate, environment, people and vital national infrastructure www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFrom grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right nowRejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country 14530
Akru @akru.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is the key thing that so many debates about AI replacing jobs miss. Whether AI can do your job is not relevant. What's relevant is whether your boss believes (almost certainly incorrectly) that AI can do your job, or whether your boss wants to use AI as an excuse to let you go to 'cut costs'. 15713
Reposted by AkruThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 31/07/2026As Europe burns, Shell has banked £7.4 billion in just three months. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay. 14655331
Reposted by AkruGroundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Author @doctorow.pluralistic.net on @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social breaks down how surveillance pricing and algorithmic wage discrimination are affecting working families right now. Some companies are running experiments to see what the highest price or the lowest wage you'll accept. Watch now 👇 13815
Akru @akru.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Not to be another one of those people in your timeline but holy crap it's actually raining. 000
Akru @akru.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Just re-watched Big Trouble in Little China and man, I think maybe I didn't get it the first time around. I remember it as a dumb, fun action film, but it's actually just flat out hilarious. What a great movie. 000
Reposted by AkruDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Climate change keeps adding to the list of uninsurable assets, Allianz executive says - “Certain locations and perils cannot be covered as we would wish them to be covered" #climatecrisis www.latimes.com/environment/...latimes.comClimate change keeps adding to the list of uninsurable assets, Allianz executive saysOne major bank now sets loan rates for companies based on their exposure to global warming. BBVA said sectors being targeted are agriculture, real estate and leisure, as well as utilities and infrastr... 26938
Reposted by AkruFuturism @futurism.com · 20/07/2026It's a bloodbath.trib.alOpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast MarginThe company behind ChatGPT is on track to undershoot its five-year revenue projection by upward of 90 percent. 2612854643
Reposted by AkruCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out. 114137722879
Reposted by AkruGingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 317255046965
Reposted by AkruJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 18/07/2026From new hope to no hope before you can blink www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drillingDrilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licenses. 23612
Reposted by AkruChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Tell me Clarkson , is it really all happy smiley down on the farm ? 1940575
Akru @akru.bsky.social · 09/07/2026'...the most effective AI champions "are definitely not the most technical people."' Absolutely my experience. If you understand how AI works and object, you're an incompetent Luddite to be ignored. If you don't know anything about it you're a 'champion' and a 'disruptor'. Knowledge is ignorance. 020
Reposted by AkruEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/07/2026Cultist shit. A desperate last gasp operation to try and keep people believing, to bully them into acquiescing, to use social pressure to force a technology that will either continue to increase in cost and eventually will simply run out of cash to continue, truly corrosive to company culture. 4653587
Reposted by AkruDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I don’t really understand UK politics but I can’t wait for this race in Clacton between the joke candidate and @countbinface.bsky.social. 1119013
Akru @akru.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Whereas the truth is that use of AI is a sign of incompetence regardless of gender. 100
Reposted by AkruProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...findingspress.orgMotonormativity and Speed Limits | Published in FindingsBy Jeremy de Sousa, Alessia Vinet & 3 more. Cars pose a far greater threat to other road users than e-micromobility, raising a basic question for traffic safety: which modes should actually be limited... 53988371
Reposted by AkruJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Shouldn’t we stop using the term ‘heatwave’, which culturally has pleasant connotations of lovely warm summer days? Let’s say ‘extreme heat’ instead 181
Reposted by AkruAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism 19855762439