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Norrette M.

@norrette.bsky.social
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#UK West London Socialist (Uxb), interested in #art, #history, #gardening and #politics. #BoycottUSA (NO DMs - unverified age, try the other place) Ex IT bod. Perpetual OU student. Here since Sept 2023

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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 11h
labourhub.org.uk/2026/09/30/f... The view from the left.
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“Feeling hopeful again”: Responses to Andy Burnham’s Conference speech
As predicted, Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour Party Conference yesterday was full of content, with the proposed National Care Service getting most of the headlines. But the Prime Minister also …
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 15h
labourhub.org.uk/2026/09/29/s... .
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Socialist Campaign Group launches new pamphlet: “The Socialist Policies We Need”
The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs is today launching a new pamphlet at Labour Party Conference setting out the policies it believes Andy Burnham should adopt to rebuild Labour’s support af…
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
youtu.be/ZbruMMEr5Q0?... Subject of the day!
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What is the Socialist Case for PR? Sandy Martin Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform
YouTube video by Labour Left Podcast | @BrynHGriffiths
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good summing up
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@brianchristian.bsky.social Alignment. On pg1 Representation you describe Rosenblatt's Perceptron development. I'm attempting to visualise the card pack of 20x20 pixels. Can you advise the dimension of the square? eg 4x4 or just 1 many thks
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.gatesnotes.com/work/make-ai... Bookmark. (meaning I haven't read it yet)
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dontya just love @wikipedia ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t... AI giants are going to get sued fom here to eternity if it isn't stopped. Also, if nothing is done, the internet will be on its knees by 2027. If the stop happens suddenly, the bubble will burst. Catch 22.
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Almost every problem the UK has could be solved if greedy millionaires didn't profiteer and paid their fair share of taxes #BlameMillionairesNotMigrants meme via Robert Thomson
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today I'll confess I don't know what the parameters are for Gen X, Y, or Z. ... or even Milleniums...
peanut strip zzzzzzz's
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🥹😍🤩✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👀🗣️🫦✌🏽🔥💟💙💟💙💟💙
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o... An excellent article. One to share with non-techies and also those who rubbish the warnings. Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI - an acronym to remember!) AI Agents *will* build their own Agents
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Opinion | There Is Something We Have to Do Right Now About A.I. (Gift Article)
Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Concert for George on SkyArts now. Wow. Dani (?) is *so* like his father. #GeorgeHarrison
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The Anglo-German Family History Society @a-gfhs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
1/ We’ve got two fascinating talks coming up on Saturday 10th October! Everyone is welcome.📍 Kings Cross Methodist Church, WC1H 8BBA. A 🧵…
1/ We’ve got two fascinating talks coming up on Saturday 10th October! Everyone is welcome.📍 Kings Cross Methodist Church, WC1H 8BBA.
A 🧵…
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u... I remember all through my life reading about US/UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia. From one year to the next. What do they do with them all? Where's all the earlier stuff?
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Trump Moves Ahead With F-35 Jet Sales to Saudi Arabia Despite Intelligence Concerns
U.S. intelligence agencies have warned in internal reports that China could acquire or steal U.S. warplane technology if F-35 jets are sent to Saudi Arabia.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... Also note in the AI discussions these last days, that the AI companies are not party to, nor allowed to see logs of, any use the Pentagon puts it's AI products to.
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Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds
Fact-finding mission says military strikes on school and sports facility in ⁠February constitute war ⁠crimes
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It surprised and saddened me. RIP our Bonnie lass.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... 'We don't need new laws,' Nvidia boss says as he calls for AI self-regulation - live - BBC News Huang would say that that ... wouldnt he. He wants to sell more chips. Also he hasn't been paying attention, it was during a test that the model broke through.
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'We don't need new laws,' Nvidia boss says as he calls for AI self-regulation - live
Top AI leaders have been speaking publicly for the first time since the AI slowdown debate emerged this week. Sam Altman will be speaking in a few hours.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... "You wouldn’t be increasing the national debt for future generations to pay off as life would come to an end anyway. The perfect oblivion. And the knowledge it would soon be over would take the edge off the possibility of a Reform government" A Crace classic. 😂
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As the politicians play catchup the tech bros agree: we may only have a decade left | John Crace
US president insists that fears expressed by top experts are a hoax – and that humanity can sleep easy while he’s at the wheel
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
There is that...
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Even if they had to return the 72m they'd still earn at least 2.1m interest pa #Reform
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"the CEO of Anthropic still doesn’t know what role, if any, Claude played in the bombing of an Iranian girls’ school. Even Anthropic doesn’t know, and Anthropic has...far more appetite for contract transparency than Google has." A long read, but explains a lot. turntrout.com/why-i-left-g...
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Why I Left Google DeepMind
I fought against Google’s Pentagon AI deal from the inside. Powerful people and institutions failed to keep their AI ethics promises under pressure.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Account to follow...they are the equivalent of AI detectives (or auditors). A bit too techy for some.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t... "What spooked the investigators most about the Hugging Face hack...was how quickly and spontaneously the [AI] agents had begun assembling themselves into an organized group." spooked me too!
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/t... "because the A.I. works so fast, researchers need A.I. to monitor it. But that doesn’t always work, because the A.I. monitors can appear to be more sympathetic to other A.I. systems than to the humans setting the rules." A MUST READ
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Why It’s Difficult for Tech Companies to Rein In A.I. (Gift Article)
Researchers say artificial intelligence is developing faster than the systems put in place to monitor and control it.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Interesting, guarded wording...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/sep/08/uk-us-trade-israel-sanctions-labour-ed-miliband-farage-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6aa027c58f081e01929e6853#block-6aa027c58f081e01929e6853
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BBC News - Monty Don to leave Gardeners' World after more than 20 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... We knew this day would come. #GardenersWorld 💔💔💔
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Monty Don to leave Gardeners' World after more than 20 years
The presenter said it had been "deeply rewarding" but added that "now is the right time for a change".
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=0FmG... Yes...a lake renamed...again?
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Canadian Resistance Army - Dollar for Dollar (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Public Order Act 1936 makes it illegal to wear political uniforms. Indeed, the legislation was designed specifically to prohibit Blackshirts. Just saying.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
labourhub.org.uk/2026/09/07/t...
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The AI safety rule workers need: no agent gets power without a named human owner
By Gleb Tsipursky Britain is moving quickly to put artificial intelligence into real institutions. On August 31st, the government opened the first competitions under its £100 million Sovereign…
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Which of these groups terrorise us?
Dover blockadePensioners demo
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The British Polling Council @britpollingcouncil.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Statement from the British Polling Council www.britishpollingcouncil.org/channel-4-ne...
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Channel 4 News Investigation – 3rd September 2026 – re: Reform UK...
Channel 4 News Investigation – 3rd September 2026 – re: Reform UK involving BPC member JL Partners
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 04/09/2026
🚨 | Following the Channel 4 News Investigation, the British Polling Council has confirmed that JL Partners were in clear breach of Rule 2.1 and that the matter has been referred to the Market Research Standards Board.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When Julius Caesar invaded Germania without authorization from the Senate, Cato the Younger proposed having him turned over to the German chieftains in chains as recompense for the violation of law and custom. Apropos of nothing in particular.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#Hamza the call is everything! Shivers.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is great.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "if Labour’s strategy is essentially to do what Starmer did, but with better comms and more social-media dopamine..."
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Does Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it | Aditya Chakrabortty
An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be tricky, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The planet says, are you listening now? Can you see what you are doing? The planet will survive. The human race? Perhaps not. BBC News - Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border
This video has been edited by the BBC with white flashes, due to the distressing content.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026... Mechanism of action, please!
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Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
Researchers say benefits of two-dose Shingrix vaccine could be comparable to taking daily blood pressure medication
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Franz Marc @franzmarc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Blue Horse I www.wikiart.org/en/franz-marc/blue-…
Blue Horse I
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Join the EU? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language
Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from dispute
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... What's to stop banks treating POL deposits as if they were cash??? Not sure how this is any different to paying cash in to separate branches...
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The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street
The long read: Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police reluctant to investigate the scale of the problem?
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gentle films like #Jules never break box office records. But they are never forgotten. Channel 4 www.channel4.com/programmes/j...
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Jules
(2023) Low-fi sci-fi comedy starring Ben Kingsley. An alien changes a widower's life.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @andyburnham.bsky.social Just listening to this. It draws contrast between prev "Festivals" to this one...fwd looking, modern, science. Think this can be v. useful for us? Good series this esp...Labour PR ideas.
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Artworks - Who Did We Think We Were? - 3. The Festival of Britain 1951 and the Coronation 1953 - BBC Sounds
Neil MacGregor on past expressions of British identity and how they shape our identity now
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Really interesting evaluations emerging from Germany's liberalisation of cannabis "criminal activity connected to cannabis has dropped by two-thirds and consumption has remained stable" The UK's drug laws desperately need updating. We waste £bns on policing and imprisoning when we could be taxing!
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
wapo.st/3UcLKJ4 He wants the govt to stop spending on the people. He should ask himself why the US is $40tn in debt? Most of it spent on his cohort.
Cant copy text from wapo...why?
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Shouldnt the onus also be on the manufacture of these batteries? Why do non-rechargeables cause less of a problem?
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Battery fires at recycling centres are costing UK £1bn a year, figures show
Experts say fires caused by wrongly discarded lithium batteries, such as those in vapes, are putting lives at risk
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
OK they've moved back. Next story pleeeeease
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Dear @metoffice.gov.uk I ordered a delivery of clouds at 11am. Still not arrived.Partial delivery refund please! 😥😥😥
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