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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/10/2026

This is the dodgiest and most-desperate thing I’ve seen in the bubble so far. Amazon selling their chips to a group of investors and leasing them back - an off balance sheet arrangement done in plain sight. Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. And they’ll probably buy more!

Amazon is seeking to offload about $8bn of advanced Nvidia chips to external investors through a new vehicle aimed at strengthening its balance sheet, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Seattle-based cloud giant has held talks with investors in recent weeks to gauge interest in the deal, which would allow the company to spin off thousands of Grace Blackwell chips it is deploying in data centres across the US into a special-purpose vehicle.
Amazon will then lease the advanced AI chips back from the SPV, which would tap outside investors through debt issuance. By unloading the expensive semiconductors to investors, the company could adopt a more asset-light approach to its balance sheet.

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Simon Schama’s FT weekend piece on the Bayeux Tapestry reveals his ignorance of the history of embroidery. “The 70 metre long work is misnamed, perhaps because calling it the “Bayeaux Embroidery” would somehow seem unworthy of a great historical chronicle”?! Seriously? #embroidery

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Blaming migrants achieves nothing Demanding an end to profiteering by millionaire bosses could end poverty, hunger, homelessness with £billions to spare for our NHS, social care ... "Every person working a 40 hour week should earn enough money for a decent life" via The UK Against Hate

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Elizabeth of Warwick @oshaymoishe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes, i used to work in a department that gave bursaries to 6th formers. Most of their parents worked. What it showed is that tax payers fund businesses that refuse to pay a fair wage, not a bunch of benefit scroungers.

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Two days ago some tech bro claimed that in ten years AI would be able to cure cancer (or something like that). Yesterday another one said that AI could wipe out humanity in ten years. So is that how it’s going to “cure cancer” by killing us all?! Embroidery I made earlier AI! AI? Oh… #embroidery

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One I made earlier. For some reason it doesn’t seem to grow old! #embroidery

An embroidery of Trump as The Emperor with no clothes carrying a banner saying “Coining It!”

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tired of all the "AI" nonsense flying around these days? Here is an excellent antidote. @timnitgebru.blacksky.app provides deep insight into what is really going on. Pre-order now to have this at the first possible moment!

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I am surprised though that the security chiefs didn’t know with the level of surveillance that they have!

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Look what I received in the post this morning from the very talented @davidwaywell.bsky.social If you buy a copy of the book Pea Green Boat by Stewart Lee that David has illustrated, you may get one too!* *This is not guaranteed!!

Book marks for Pea Green boat illustrated by @davidwaywell

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Would you like to be more informed about so-called "AI"? Got an icky feeling about it, but not quite sure why? Curious for more in-depth history, delivered with some sly humor? This movie is for you!

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Doing an exhibition with a couple of Bristol pals. Do come along if you are in the area!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The balloons are up and aren’t they looking fabulous! First ascent of the weekend. #bristol

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Thought it made sense to get this one out again. One I made earlier. #jeremyclarkson #embroidery

Embroidery on oily rag. Words “I only bought the farm so I’d pay diddly squat inheritance tax!”

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Delighted that my piece A Fanny For All Seasons has been selected for The House of Smalls exhibition In Her Hands. If in Edinburgh for the festival do go along (check web for opening hours). 2nd pic Fanny Cradock’s Pistachio icecream. Lush! I think @regretteruane.bsky.social would approve!

Fanny Cradock as the seasons reflecting the different sides of her personality

I made Fanny Cradock’s pistachio icecream. It’s lush!

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Banx @banxtoons.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 26/07/2026

Is welfare spending ''out of control''? It's estimated to be 11.1 per cent of GDP this financial year. That's just 1.1 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen by 0.9 per cent of GDP since 2012-13 ⤵️

chart showing Social security spending as a proportion of GDP, by category: GB

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Désirée Zamorano @ladeziree.latinsky.app · 24/07/2026

Absolutely required reading

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I did an interview with the fab @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social from @bylinetimes.bsky.social and here it is, for those who have not yet heard my lengthy discourse on why genAI often sucks, why techbros definitely suck, and why a U16 social media ban is downright stupid: bylinetimes.com/2026/07/21/t...

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‘There’s a Value in What We Produce Because We Feel – and an AI Chatbot Can’t Feel’

Byline Times' Editor in Chief meets Kate Devlin, Professor of AI and Society at King’s College London, to explore how relationships with AI companions aren’t particularly new, why she believes the und...

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 21/07/2026

The tech industry is pushing our planet to the breaking point. HYPERSCALE tells the story of the growing fight around data centers. It comes out October 20. Preorder yours today: hyperscalebook.com

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Kite Flying (work in progress) “Johnny was delighted with his Burnham kite! It had to be better than the deflated Starmer balloon…didn’t it?” To be completed #embroidery

Embroidery of Andy Burnham’s face on a kite which is being flown by a young boy at the beach, who is in silhouette. It is a work in progress.

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 13/07/2026

JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The Covid-19 inquiry into PPE has found that almost 2/3 (£10 billion) were wasted but there is NO evidence of cronyism or corruption? You’ve GOT to be kidding me! Is it down to the government using disappearing WhatsApp messages and/or the inquiry not digging deep enough? Embroideries from the time

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Pond Scum! Another in my series of Trump as The Emperor With No Clothes. #embroidery

Embroidery of Trump carrying a banner saying “Pond Scum” He is covered in tendrils of green ‘algae’.

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Oh no! So sad to here about the death of the very wonderful Sam Neil. Brilliant actor (he starred in two of my favourite films The Piano and Hunt for the Wilderpeople) and fabulous environmentalist. He cared!

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 06/07/2026

HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. Preorder it now! In the book, I dig into how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and the incredible efforts of people pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech. Get your copy: hyperscalebook.com

Hyperscale by Paris Marx. Coming October 20, 2026.

An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hey button gals! Thought of you when I read the article in last weekend’s FT HTSI mag on buttons. Apparently the Giacometti pair for Schiaparelli are on sale for £75,000! @urbankisses.bsky.social @collettwriter.bsky.social @leabysea.bsky.social @tusenoch.bsky.social

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tonight I will be putting on my “Margot” dress and raising a glass of Pea-pod wine to the magnificent Penelope Keith!

Multi coloured and patterned dress that I am sure Margot Leadbetter would have approved of!

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Here’s June Fanny! Over on insta I featured her ice cream recipes from her 1974 book Fanny Cradock’s Common Market Cookery ITALY Going to have a go at the Pistachio one. Not sure I’ve got any green food colouring though… #embroidery #fannycradock

Embroidery of Fanny Cradock on a sparkly red background. She’s wearing a strawberry necklace and has red ribbons in her black coloured hair.

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Kevin Smith @kevinjgsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Climate emergency cancels Reform's "cancel the climate emergency" meeting - council members were due to vote on Thurs on a Reform motion to rescind the climate emergency.

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

7 Prime Ministers in 10 years; an embroidered gallery. As the excellent @davidallengreen.bsky.social says the problem is we keep appointing poor Prime Ministers. It’s an input issue not an output issue. Will the next one be any good? We shall have to wait and see! #embroidery

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sounds like a pretty good Starmer post-mortem, too. (Who had "listen to Hunter Biden" on their Bingo card?)

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Code Red for the planet. There is a special place in hell for those who deny climate change and work actively against it! Section of embroidery from my piece Covid-19 a handkerchief Part 7 #embroidery #climatechange #toohot

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

10 years on BREXIT still a con! Some embroideries I made earlier. #embroidery #brexit

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Happy first birthday to this @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon Who knew #embroidery was this intense? (Apart from @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social obviously...)

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 20/06/2026

Did you see the BBC Verify article that said defence spending has fallen as welfare spending has risen? It didn't look quite right to us. Check out Ruth Curtice's latest substack on how the defence versus welfare debate has been misrepresented ➡️ buff.ly/lc6ZVP4

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Radical Embroiderer @radicalembroiderer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Bye bye Starmer. Blue Labour ain’t what we need! ‘Deflated’ my piece which is in the current edition of @thenewcartoonist.bsky.social #embroidery

Kier Starmer as a deflating balloon on a blue background. Embroidery on sheer material. Hand stitched.

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