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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colombian president’s police pledge makes universities ‘fearful’: populist’s vow to allow police on campus potentially heralds broader anti-academic attacks, observers say ow.ly/Pwur50ZPL7I
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Having just come off BBC Radio Scotland, sending good thoughts to all my fellow AI researchers also drowning in media requests this week and trying to fight a multibillion-dollar gilded firehose of bullshit with spray bottles of reason and facts
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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Flock is working for the dark side
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
France's destructive heatwaves see over 7,000 excess deaths #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org $ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
France’s Destructive Heat Waves See Over 7,000 Excess Deaths
France recorded more than 7,000 excess deaths in two successive heat waves through July 22, as industry and public health services were hit by the country’s hottest month in more than a century.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
People also need to see this not just as an arcane concern for rare book enthusiasts or librarians or archivists or historians and other scholars, but as part of the destruction of the corpus of human endeavour necessary to bring about what Sam Altman says here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWqv...
youtube.com
‘Buy It From Us On A Meter…’, Sam Altman Says AI Will Be a Utility, People Should Buy It Like Water
YouTube video by Mint
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
absolutely extraordinary
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
this seems to be part of their justification - is it a vision ? - a sociopathic view of empathy time.com/article/2026...
time.com
What is Suicidal Empathy, a New Philosophy Promoted by Elon Musk and Bill Ackman?
The term is linked to preserving Western civilization in particular, which Saad describes in his book as 'in rapid decline.'
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#datacentres #datacenters
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
still remember finding one on the beach on the US east coast in the 1980s and being bewildered by it
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🤣🙄
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
(2/2) The bottom 50% claim a mere 1% of profits while they are hit the hardest by the cost shock. And that’s just the domestic economy. People in the Global South have been priced out of energy needs for months.
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
more evidence- if needed- of how the far right and tech broligarchy will continue to work together to twist the world in their direction
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included ⁠in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools. The company did ​not respond to a request for comment."
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When you send the accountants in to manipulate the number of war deaths you need to be put into moral administration, pending bankruptcy.
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
bsky.app/profile/mbkp... also
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
its also just such a terrible song
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Tom Cringe - sorry Cruise - just made me want to watch Hamlet
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
quick tip to avoid AI in searches - write ’ -ai’ after your query and it avoids it
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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Authoritarian AI is a political project not a technological inevitability
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Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
For all its professed commitment to “sovereign” tech capability, the UK government is remarkably ready to waive the rules to accommodate US data company Palantir. 🧵1/4
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/hp-sauce For the rest, including cartoons, Pseuds, Dumb Britain and all the other regulars, you’ll have to buy the magazine. 🧵4/4
private-eye.co.uk
Private Eye | Palantir : Meet and discreet
FOR all its professed commitment to “sovereign” tech capability, the UK government is remarkably ready to waive the rules to accommodate US data company Palantir.
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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
One of my cartoons for Tuesday's Metro
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
fantastic news!! thanks for sharing
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Chris @topquark59.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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SON OF ANTIFA @highway38.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Vote Democratic Socialism, health care, social security, child care, education funding, gender and racial equality etc etc and etc.
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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This Brit nails it. #Immigration
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
solidarity from UEA where we went through this 3 years ago. the 3 campus unions did a stellar job then, ousting the VC, getting media onside and supporting alternative plans for budget management- a very long and hard fight and many still lost their jobs but it was a turnaround - good luck
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becimay @becimay.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In case you didn’t know, Exeter uni, where I work, has announced a plan to make 25% of staff in my English department redundant. Left-over staff will do double the teaching while their research time will be shrunk to 1%. Meanwhile admissions for English at Exeter are HIGH, and on the rise this year
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
7/ Install renewable energy and heating systems, like heat pumps and rooftop solar Rooftop solar has never been easier or cheaper – it will slash the school’s emissions and bills at the same time, and may even generate revenue letsgozero.org/solar-panels...
letsgozero.org
Solar panels: A step-by-step guide for your school - Lets Go Zero
With energy prices soaring and sustainability climbing the agenda, solar panels are becoming an increasingly attractive option for schools across the UK.
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
because they have the same views as poshos and buy politicians
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Almost 5,000 people have joined our call for a halt to new hyperscale data centres in Scotland. Have you? The 24 applications in so far would require 1.5 times as much energy as all of Scotland uses at peak demand. We can't let this free-for-all continue. greens.scot/datacentres
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Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland
Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland -
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
trying to map the nefariousness of this tech era is neverending
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
its a testament to something wrong she lasted that many
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/06/2026
Burnham the mystic with a mission is all smiles after Makerfield coronation | John Crace
theguardian.com
Burnham the mystic with a mission is all smiles after Makerfield coronation | John Crace
There would be no more sadness. No more despair. A change was a-coming – and he would work tirelessly to make it happen
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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Congratulations to colleagues at WIEGO plus Data Labellers Association and Kenya Union of Gig Workers for your work securing this ILO Global Treaty providing workers rights and social protection to gig workers across the globe. www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...
hrw.org
ILO Adopts Landmark Treaty on Gig Work
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) adoption of a new global treaty for decent working conditions in the gig economy is a major step toward protecting the rights of millions of workers world...
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps I.C.E. agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with I.C.E. and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.
static.klipy.com
Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
ALT: Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 12/06/2026
Sorry for the poor sound quality, but stay for the ad.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Tommy Robinson and allies have attenpted to call 96 simultaneous mass protests tonight, apparently by googling and listing possible meeting places There are particular concerms about disorder in Belfast & Northern Ireland after a serious crime, attempted murder, last night.
The whole of the United Kingdom is hitting the streets tonight at 7pm following yet another invader attack on our people. 

It's time 🇬🇧
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
So grim. In the 1990s I visited China. The faculty there couldn’t believe I designed my own courses. They kept asking the same question in different ways thinking I hadn’t understood. I assumed that China would come to adopt Western freedoms, not US would adopt central control.
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
at least his ambition is modest
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
witty. but there is more than a touch of class based snobbery about his very domestic and modest purchases - no Gucci, no high end art, a Jag not a Lambo. etc. the media is torching him for also not being posh
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Monique 🔵📚🎗️ @fngrs132.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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caitlinscott.bsky.social @caitlinscott.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
never, because they are needed for the Executive Committees that create the redundancy plans- without them, who would do the sacking?
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development.
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