Andyinafield @andyinafield.bsky.social · 21mopen.spotify.com/track/0zFB7H...open.spotify.comBrown Shoes Don't Make ItFrank Zappa · Tinseltown Rebellion · Song · 1981 000
Reposted by Andyinafield LondonLee @londonlee.bsky.social · 23hFrom the WhatsApp chat with the lads 16822
Reposted by Andyinafield Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Google satellite imagery of the Gaza Strip www.youtube.com/watch?is=KWI...youtube.comGoogle satellite imagery of the Gaza StripYouTube video by Diana Greenwald 034
Reposted by Andyinafield Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Beautiful everyday Ladybird things Before the blue Smartie Artist: Harry Wingfield (First Picture Book, 1970) 1261072
Reposted by Andyinafield Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 15656961582
Reposted by Andyinafield Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is incredible news - ministers are going to crack down on bogus self employment! About time - this is huge for every business - from Royal Mail downwards - under pressure cos they directly employ their staff but are undercut by disreputable operatorsmirror.co.ukNearly one million workers in 'bogus self-employment' to benefit from clampdownEXCLUSIVE: Nearly a million workers stuck in 'bogus self-employment' that denies them basic rights are expected to benefit from a clampdown on abuses unveiled at Labour’s party conference 44112
Reposted by Andyinafield NationCymru @nation.cymru · 27/09/2026Those who are attached to the status quo should reflect upon the damage being done to their cause by the inadequate posturing of their representatives, whether in turquoise ties or orange sashes ✍️Ben Wildsmith wp.me/p8Mk4U-1u1C 097
Reposted by Andyinafield Hannah Woodward @hannahwoodward.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Welsh Labour leader tells Sky News he backs Sadiq Khan's call for UK to rejoin the EU news.sky.com/story/politi...news.sky.comPolitics latest: Burnham says he will fight next election on new taxes for social careThe Labour Party's annual conference has kicked off in Liverpool. Follow the latest. 042
Reposted by Andyinafield Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Exclusive: I asked Andy Burnham about the gangs of masked thugs marauding around parts of our country and asked if he and his government should be doing more to call out their actions He called them ‘poisonous’ amongst other strong words. His condemnation was unequivocal. Full story here 👇liverpoolecho.co.ukBurnham slams 'poisonous' masked gangs & praises Liverpool solidarityThe Prime Minister was unequivocal in his condemnation of those sowing intimidation and division on the south coast as he arrives in his Liverpool, which he says has a proud history of fighting discri... 109432132
Reposted by Andyinafield Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journeyheated.worldThe open houses at the edge of disasterWhat are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out. 421278404
Reposted by Andyinafield Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AI is moving fast behind our backs. The guardrails and democratic oversight need to keep up. That’s why I’ll be introducing a new Bill to protect people. Because when someone tells you AI is “all under control”, always ask: Under whose control? 1268
Reposted by Andyinafield Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 26/09/2026War destroys more than lives and cities: it scars ecosystems for decades. Oil and gas dependence makes conflict more deadly, toxic and volatile, while fuelling more power struggles. We need peace and stability. Modern renewable energy systems are part of the solution.yahoo.comGreenpeace says oil slick in Strait of Hormuz spreading rapidlyAn oil slick in the Strait of Hormuz has roughly doubled in size within a day, the environmental organization Greenpeace said, adding that the pollution may have originated from a tanker recently atta... 212175
Reposted by Andyinafield John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My local "TG Jones" closes today. Might seem unimportant, but besides the OAPs lining up for the Mail & Express, it was the only place to buy The Wire, Electronic Sound, Jacobin, whatever. So one more portal into a a different world - and reading - collapses, and back to the net's moronic inferno. 146012
Reposted by Andyinafield Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s much much harder now to be an anti racist than it is to be a racist. That’s one of the things I learned from talking to Rachel Marsh, who has been doxxed and abused for standing up to the far right. www.thenerve.news/p/rachel-mar...thenerve.news‘I see what’s happening to Rachel; it scares me’: the woman who dared to face down Piddington’s anti-migrant stormNatasha Walter talks to Rachel Marsh, the resident of the newly ‘independent’ Oxfordshire village whose anti-racist BBC interview led to abuse, doxxing and death threats 8289112
Reposted by Andyinafield Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Angela Rayner condemns Labour’s migrant visa crackdown www.thetimes.com/article/385b...thetimes.comAngela Rayner condemns Labour’s migrant visa crackdownSpeaking before the party conference, the housing secretary says Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plans would affect care workers 68319
Reposted by Andyinafield Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Which political party (registered with the Electoral Commission as such) has the 4th highest representation in the House of Commons? 632
Reposted by Andyinafield Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33 321001535
Andyinafield @andyinafield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Eton College, Oxford. What's bred in the bone..... 020
Andyinafield @andyinafield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ovenden taking the shilling again? Dazza Jones will, no doubt, be ripping his cock off. Freaks. 010
Reposted by Andyinafield Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073042276
Reposted by Andyinafield Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6336761439
Reposted by Andyinafield Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 1533421485
Andyinafield @andyinafield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Target the right people out of that shit, matey. Russia's elections had few surprises - but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucial - BBC News share.google/U28nx3ipoYsU...share.googleRussia's elections had few surprises - but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucialVladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg. 000
Reposted by Andyinafield Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The fact that the entire funding pot for the SFI was allocated within mere hours of applications opening demonstrates the huge ambition of our farmers to invest in sustainable practices - but without proper support from the govt to do so, countless farmers will be left unable to take on this work. 14121
Reposted by Andyinafield David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending. 8460481064
Reposted by Andyinafield Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP @drrosena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Spent the morning speaking with @unison.org.uk members of London Ambulance Service. Really insightful discussion about pressures they face and support they need. I’ll always be an ally to fellow frontline workers. 0122
Reposted by Andyinafield Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sign the petition. Let water companies go bust. Ofwat approved 36% bill increases for 2025-2030, companies want more. Prices doubled - in real terms - since privatisation. We got sewage in rivers, water outages, hosepipe bans. Need public ownership.weownit.org.ukWe're telling Ofwat: let water companies go bust!consultation to reject proposed water company bill increases. Ofwat. 12427255
Reposted by Andyinafield Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 24/09/2026Brexit, the Sitcom Mr Brexit no longer enjoys life as Europe’s most divorced man. Rooting for his phone amongst the discarded cans he texts his ex wife to tell her he’s willing to move back in with her but there will have to be changes. She will have to change. He stares at the phone waiting. 1228961
Reposted by Andyinafield Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Braverman cannot comprehend this. 071
Reposted by Andyinafield Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Via Labour for a New Democracy: Changing Britain’s voting system is among the most popular issues tabled for debate at this year’s Labour conference by local branches "At least three dozen Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) have submitted motions on the subject" - the most in three years apparently 36225
Reposted by Andyinafield Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"OpenAI's George Osborne" is a very "is it me? am *I* the bad guy?" turn of phrase 2333
Reposted by Andyinafield Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Me: "No serial killer will ever lure me into their murder van. I'm way too smart for that." Serial Killer: 1483409514
Reposted by Andyinafield Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/09/2026The climate impacts of generative AI are going to be front and centre at COP31 - good!!! www.reuters.com/sustainabili...reuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/turkey-launches-ai-initiative-ahead-cop31-climate-summit-2026-09-21/ 05412
Andyinafield @andyinafield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Cue sudden increase in Merkin sailors jumping off runway boats. 000
Reposted by Andyinafield Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768272248
Reposted by Andyinafield Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. 1042175956
Reposted by Andyinafield NationCymru @nation.cymru · 22/09/2026Sarah Cooper-Lesadd has faced a torrent of vile and misogynistic online abuse from Reform UK-supporting men following her defection to Plaid Cymru ✍️Emily Pricewp.mePlaid defector faces torrent of misogynistic abuse from Reform-supporting menEmily Price Sarah Cooper-Lesadd has faced a torrent of vile and misogynistic online abuse from Reform UK-supporting men following her defection to Plaid Cymru. The Member of the Senedd for Pen-y-bont... 162
Reposted by Andyinafield Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We are told that we can't limit diesel exports to help American industry and agriculture. We are told this by the companies making record profits exporting diesel. We are lectured on how the problem is that the US doesn't have enough refineries. So we need more. 1232
Reposted by Andyinafield Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 22/09/2026A landlord making £100,000 a month says young people have “no excuse to be poor”. Excellent. I love financial advice. Gather round, children, let's examine how he himself stopped being poor. metro.co.uk/2026/09/20/i...metro.co.ukI’m a landlord making £100,000 a month — young people have no excuse to be poorSamuel bought his first home aged 17 with a 100% mortgage. 59546219
Reposted by Andyinafield Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification': 4384196
Reposted by Andyinafield Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I got quite a bit of flack for this 10 months ago. I wonder if those people feel the same way now @naomiaklein.bsky.social has written a book about it. 611519
Reposted by Andyinafield Le Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026you are *not* prepared for what this technology company is called, nothing can prepare youwkyt.comUK installs AI facial scanning technology at residence hallsThe University of Kentucky is installing artificial intelligence facial scanning technology on several campus buildings. 391126393
Reposted by Andyinafield Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026"In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection" noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...noyb.euAI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companiesIn a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans. 18464294
