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Jeff Baxter

@jannerboyuk.bsky.social
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Just a bookshop owner in Pontypridd.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 15h
A product no one asked for, that no one wants, that doesn't do what it claims, that burns money
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AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents
It turns out that AI demand is significantly lower than expected, as OpenAI shaves $20 billion off its revenue expectations for 2026.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More fire, more crime, more death and a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That’s the prospect for the Amazon rainforest if Flávio Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s election My take www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaigners
Inquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not led to success at polls
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
7 October 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Claude Vecksler, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 25 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from #Drancy. He was among 475 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection. He was 11 months old.
Vintage black-and-white photo of a baby with a slightly open mouth, looking to the side.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 06/10/2026
MAHA is murder.
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fun fact: New York City is rolling out pilots to product test AI on high school students, and NO STUDENT WE TALK TO knows anything about it - it's almost like the model also depends on students not finding out. If this is so great, why the cloak of secrecy??
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 06/10/2026
The theft and fraud and disinfo continue to gush out of these companies as an unending flood of excrement while they desperately point at imaginary Terminators on the other side of the room.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires
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Jeff Baxter @jannerboyuk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another human sacrifice to the great god Car. 1600 deaths a year with no real improvement in 10 years. Hear the outrage of the car brained when attempts to improve safety are made. RIP www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Man arrested after boy, 6, dies in Llanfairfechan crash
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident in Llanfairfechan, Conwy, is ongoing.
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 02/10/2026
"The University of Cambridge refused to sign plagiarism detection software Turnitin’s new licence agreement, which could have allowed students’ work to be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models."
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Uni opposes Turnitin AI training plans
The University is now exploring alternatives to the plagiarism detection service, according to the SU
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Lee Waters @waterslee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 1971, 80% of British 7 year olds went to school on their own; today it’s unthinkable. As Meyer Hillman (who has died) pointed out, we’ve removed children from danger rather than removing danger from children – and filled roads with polluting cars on school run www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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'We're doomed': Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention
The 86-year-old social scientist says accepting the impending end of most life on Earth might be the very thing needed to help us prolong it
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Jeff Baxter @jannerboyuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tom Watson earlier today
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Jeff Baxter @jannerboyuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dunno about the finer points but i own a UK bookshop and stocking DC Compacts compared to the Marvel equivalent is chalk and cheese. There are currently 4 MPCs titles available to me to order. That includes PH though so looking forward to reading that.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026
A massive Microsoft data centre was fined after a drone investigation revealed the use of illegally operating gas turbines -->> www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026
“He definitely isn’t fluent, and I doubt he’ll ever get there, but he’s truly come a long way from being unable to pronounce a single word intelligibly.” — Xi Jinping
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Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
WASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much Pres...
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Keeping it Spooky 🎃 @keepingitgeekly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
👏👏👏 @boom-studios.com Credit to @azhuoart.bsky.social for the screenshot
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Germany, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen projection: Others: 3.4% Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional election AfD (ESN): 37.9% (+21.2) SPD (S&D): 35.7% (-3.9) LINKE (LEFT): 6.5% (-3.4) GRÜNE (Greens/EFA): 5.6% (-0.7) CDU (EPP): 5.0% (-8.3) ... +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/germany
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Report Reveals Jesus Christ May Have Benefited From Father’s Influential Position To Gain High-Powered Role As Lord And Savior theonion.com/report-reveals-jesus-c…
Report Reveals Jesus Christ May Have Benefited From Father’s Influential Position To Gain High-Powered Role As Lord And Savior
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. Now, two MORE unvaccinated people have died from measles. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 15/09/2026
For decades, we’ve been told growing cities require more traffic, noise and asphalt. But places like Delft prove that we can move more with less, while gaining beauty, safety, sociability and flexibility. That’s what curbing traffic looks like: not the absence of movement, but the abundance of life.
In this single frame of Delft, a young couple cycles effortlessly on a canal-side path. A tram glides by in the background. Flowers spill into the foreground. Church spires punctuate the skyline. No single mode dominates the scene; each has been given its own space to thrive.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First big weekend starts today! The Daily Mail being completely normal about the pressure Greens are putting on Labour. Vote Green on October 8th 💚
Burnham bows to the green menace
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No idea why Farage pal and former Reform mayoral candidate deleted this.
Arron Banks • @Arro.. 1h Going through Heathrow today, there wasn't one white face in security or airport services. The Home office is staffed by the type of people we are trying to keep out! What hope?
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Fiona McGregor @fionamcgregor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is just a scam to transfer money from customers to shareholders! How can it be legal to pay dividends instead of maintaining the grid? Nationalise it and put the directors in prison!
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/09/2026
On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc...
The close of his statement was an appeal to our better natures. If we were going to ask Israelis and Palestinians to live side-by-side, he said, Britain also had to be a place where “people of all faiths and none have a right to live without prejudice or fear.” Listening to him was Andy Burnham, who has been strangely absent from our public debate for the last few days. In August, we couldn’t move for social media clips from the prime minister, standing on a ladder to discuss his first job, or sitting in a pub to rate bar snacks. But faced with masked thugs trying to shut down British ports over the weekend, Burnham seems to have lost the password for his phone. For a decade now, Britain has had a series of leaders apparently paralysed by the fear that if they say that racism is bad, they’ll be voted out. It would be nice to get one who had a slightly higher opinion of us.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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GirlFuturist @girlfuturist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#vaccines #autism #MMR #RFKjr
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This summer Britain burnt. 3000 people died from the heat. Yet this Government is drilling for more gas, despite scientist warnings & it won't make a difference to bills in the UK. We need to double down on renewables, not bend to the wishes of fossil fuel bosses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say
The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.
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Tonksey @johntonks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If Burnham approves this then all his talk is just that. Just like Starmer.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 03/09/2026
feeling unexpectedly emotional as we visit saerbeck, a town of just 7200 in central germany that formed a climate municipality. they produce 4.5x the electricity they need, and have developed a whole array of climate solutions. one of them? a climate action curriculum that starts in kindergarten.
lady presenting about saerbecks climate curriculum
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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Book publishers take note. "The music publishers are seeking damages that could run into billions of dollars, based on a claim of up to $150,000 per infringed piece of work and $25,000 for each removal or alteration of identifying data." www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs
AI company faces multi-billion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models without paying licensing fees
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧊🚸⛓️ ”ICE just arrested a 5-year-old boy on his way to a soccer game in my home city of Austin, Texas. His name, just like the name of the little boy from Minnesota, is Liam. And Liam should be starting kindergarten this week, but instead he’s sitting in a trailer prison right now in Dilley, Texas.”
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Texas Lawmakers Call on ICE to Close Detention Camp Where 100+ Children Are Held
In Texas, calls are mounting to shut down the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where it’s estimated more than 100 children are being detained by ICE. This comes after a 5-year-old boy,...
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
EXTRAORDINARY 43 DEGREES IN WINTER MOST EXTREME EVENT IN WORLD HISTORY Mind blowing winter heat in NAMIBIA 42.5 at Walvis Bay AP right on the ocean HOTTEST WINTER DAY EVER RECORDED IN SOUTHERN AFRCA And next days Widespread 40C+ in South Africa Beyond insane.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In the Green Party any member can propose a policy - it's part of our constitution & the rest of the membership decide to debate it or not. When the media present that as the Green Party "proposing" a policy they're misleading you - worth asking why the billionaire press constantly attack us.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Cryptid aScare @rpxadair.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
With every Ricky Gervais project I gain more and more admiration for Stephen Merchant for clearly being the talented one behind The Office.
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Brent @danverzone.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I cannot believe we aren't losing our minds at this, but then I remember this image needs to be a mural. Because it started when Howard Efland screamed for his life in a police car. When George Floyd couldn't breathe. When Breonna Taylor was shot in her own bed. We need wake up and see it all.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Jason Arday story is by no means the biggest scandal at Cambridge University. I'm sure the media is going to pick this up and run with it in just the same way ... Or is the exaggerated CV of one Black professor somehow more important than this?
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Academics get fired all the time, and 99% of the time, unless they are highly famous outside of the academy, which this person was not, it does not become a major international news story. It is worth asking why this one did, and who it served to make it that way.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We are very gradually going to start realizing with horror how completely we have fucked the brains of an entire generation.
Account from a teacher of students suddenly being unable to complete an assignment  not amenable to AI
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