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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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One thing about being a business law professor with a PhD in political theory during These Times (tm) is that once you realize that Silicon Valley has become a vanguardist (fascist) political project, you see its fingerprints *everywhere.* From dual class shareholding to repealing 14a-8, from

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Yeah, I'm defenitely a dick for training my dog really well. Reaching for the block any second.

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Fine. You seem like a bit of a dick. Goodbye.

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Interesting point, well made.

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Depemds on the dog and the owner. Mine is well trained and I am able to keep him under close control with voice commands. If an owner cannot keep a dog under control on a shared path, I quite agree.

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Ringing a warning bell and slowing down if necessary at all times by all cyclists would make the siuation a lot better, if not perfect.

I know it is terrible and I would very much like there to be much better infrastrucure. Clearly we are both courteous, the problem is a lot of cyclists are not in a space where pedestrians have priority.

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If I see a cyclist coming towards me I call my dog to a sit by the path and move to one side so the cyclist does not have to slow down at all. I don't think it should be too much to ask for similar courtesy from cyclists approaching from behind.

But I have issues when I am walking a quiet path with my dog and some twat comes screaming past me within touching distance & with no warning at all, which is a regular occurance.

I quite agree that out of control dogs (a well trained dog does not need to be on a lead to under close control) people wearing headphones and being unable to hear (I also see cyclists wearing them which astonishes me), walking abreast the path in large groups is problematic.

No-one is suggesting cyclists should not be allowed to cycle. What we are suggesting is that the many cyclists who cycle dangerously on shared paths (where pedestrians have priority) might like to heed normal guidance and ring a bell when approaching from behind and slow down.

Either way, always ring a bell and slow down. You've then done everything you can. The point is many don't and it is dangerous.

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I need a few seconds to stop, clock cyclist and call my dog to a sit. A good bell can be heard from a lot further than 50m, and if some twat is giving you grief for using a bell then they fall into the category of 'pedestrian idiot'.

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Ring a bell. If they don't react slow right down and pass safely. It is not rocket science. If you already do that, great, but many don't and it is dangerous.

Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You must have astonishing eyesight to be able spot a pair of Airpods from 50 metres.

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Ring the bell in good time. It is all we ask.

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Drives me mad. If I see a cyclist coming or one does ring a bell I call my dog to a sit so they can safely pass without slowing down. To be fair most thank me, it's the twats who come screaming up from behind with no warning and seem to think I should just 'know' they are there.

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I regularly walk a shared path with my dog. Behaviour of 50% of cyclists on it is terrible. Appreciate the path is a safe route for them as no cars but no excuse to run into / near miss with people out walking.

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Stephen Swan @stephenswan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you for sharing. No comment necessary from me. Please share far and wide.

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Their overt racism becomes ever more every day. Depressing times as the wankers on this 'hallowed isle' cheer it on.

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026

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This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There has been an awful lot of truly unworthy poliical correspondants in the past 20 years on the BBC. This snivelling twat is the worst yet.

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

80 year old people often die. Sometimes it's people who are the defintion of good, like Dolly, and sometimes evil fuckng assholes live a bit longer. Celebrate the good one's, she was amongst the best.

Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In other news, Strait of Hormuz still full of mines.

If you go back to my original point you might notice I was originally talking about arable farming which is in big trouble. Your whataboutery led us here. You are incredibly uninformed. Will block shortly.

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You raised beef, not me. In UK we have had a decade long contraction in cattle and sheep numbers anyway. Both of which are reared on rainfed grasslands regardless. At some point you might grasp the massive difference in use of green and blue water, but I won't hold my breath. Goodbye.

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Actually laughing now. In the UK our cattle are on wetlands best suited for livestock farming. There is a massive difference between natural, grass fed feeding and diverting huge amounts of bluewater to irrigate intensive feed crops.

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The OP and I are both in the UK, where our beef farming uses approx 30 times less blue water than US farms. Around 80% of water usage for cattle here is natural rainwater on the grass and soil. The main issue we have is crap pipe maintenance by privatised water - a long term fix. In the meantime....

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Reducing water to agriculture where we are currently losing entire crops due to extreme heat and lack of water is an excellent plan. I have already said there are many issues, AI is just one of them, but the OP was about AI. Anyway, this is going around in circles. I bid you a good day.

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Problem is most people will not make the negligble change you cite. Water is a 'now' issue and there are many other problems that need fixing, but all are long term. Diverting water to AI whilst food supply dwindles is, in my opinion, somewhat shortsighted.

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Great. So not a denial there is an issue, just some ways to mitigate it in the future. Casual reminder that we are not all in the US, and farming yields across Europe are massively down right now.

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From AI? This is widely reported.

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

2 points. It is going to cradh massively at some point, realise it is here to stay but some of the stuff happening with lending between companies is ponzi like. 2 - the massive water in take whilst crops boil in the ground and planning permission for farmers to build resevoirs drags is a problem.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"We're in a drought but we can't fix the water leaks because we need to pay bonuses to our bosses and dividends to the shareholders even though the water company is losing money but you can't have so much water yourself even though you are a paying customer" is peak Thatcherism

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Trump's Justice Department has been indicting people over sandwiches, seashells, and a peeling pool liner. Each case is more absurd than the last, and each one is collapsing in court, but how they all tie together is the bigger story.

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The Small Cases Tell a Bigger Story

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Alien The Martian Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Honourable mentions: It's a Wonderful Life The Warriors The Cruel Sea Saving Private Ryan Dunkirk

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Nick Lowe @lowesmore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Loved it. Also feel a great shame the Python's did not make a version....run away!