Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/06/2026Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop. 1/ 181546611
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Rishi Sunak tells Radio 4 that "AI is changing every aspect of our economy and our lives, and if I was back in office and looked at my diary and where I was going to spend my time, I would spend it on that" At no point does he or the BBC mention the £373,000 given to him every year by an AI company 661549756
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/05/2026It shouldn't come as a surprise to learn that a company that uses dishonest tactics to spy on you for profit will also use dishonest tactics to sell the resulting surveillance data. 1/ 215564
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Deeply concerning that the head of the official Climate Change Adaptation Cttee, Baroness Brown, focusses mainly on narrow, defensive adaptation measures such as air conditioning - which is fragile & high-carbon. We desperately need strategic adaptation. #SAFER www.myjoyonline.com/uk-should-se...myjoyonline.comUK should set maximum working temperature rules, advisers say - MyJoyOnlineThe UK should introduce a maximum temperature for workplaces to protect people as heatwaves intensify due to climate change, the government's adviser has said. 45418
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026With its new AI-based "search," Google is literally killing the infrastructure that its entire business is built on. Instead of linking people to the web, it will lock users into an "interactive" mode that slorps up data what is rapidly becoming the now-neglected and unvisited web. (1/3) 432658735
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 08/03/20261/🌡️ Global warming passed a milestone on 17th Nov 2023 that barely made the news For the first time ever, the world's daily average temperature was 2.0°C above pre-industrial levels Here's what the data says about when that becomes the annual norm, & whether it's coming sooner than anyone expects🧵 5161131
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026this account is run by a human at NASA JPL who only posts real images with their receipts. it only has 11k followers compared to the 200k the ai slop space account has 12383643398
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/03/2026NEW: I’ve found an opaque financial vehicle owns a large chunk of the Observer. And neither it or the Guardian will say who it is. Why? Well there is a clue. Which goes by way of Saudi Arabia… 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...substack.comThe broligarchy's war on journalismThe capture of US media by Trump allies is accelerating and the UK is the next in line. Plus: the mystery money behind my old newspaper. 221187717
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 24/03/20261/ Yesterday @wmo-global.bsky.social made Earth's Energy Imbalance a headline #climate indicator for the first time. I think this could be a significant reframing of climate discourse, and it's worth paying close attention to why. 🧵 614796
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialWario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 5 Steam codes for Code Vein II courtesy of @gamesplanet.bsky.social. Giveaway closes on Jan 29th, 2:30 PM PT Game is $58.30 at Gamesplanet w/ code BLOODWARIO buff.ly/laoWLaf 299291651
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 04/01/2026A very long and important THREAD - The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974. And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself. Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/ 9323831367
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/12/20251. I hate to see good people wasting their time and energy. And there’s perhaps no greater waste of time and energy than seeking to change the trajectory of the human population. It’s not just futile, but also a massive distraction from things we CAN change. This thread seeks to explain why. 🧵1/12 43613204
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialBlush Byte @blush-byte.bsky.social · 29/11/2025 Games are constantly under attack for doing things other mediums have tackled for decades as if it's some new taboo. Just watched @charalanahzard.bsky.social video that sums things up more eloquently youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?... #Indiedev should be talking more about the freedom of the artform.youtu.bewhy is anyone ok with thisYouTube video by Charalanahzard 434167
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/11/2025CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 490166506262
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 29/11/2025This thread, damn. “this is not dunking on kids. We are seeing this at all levels--even grad students. AI + social media has had a profound impact on how we think and process our world, and we can't stop to reflect on it, because billionaires keep hurling addictive tech at us.” 38223
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9 2042346974
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/11/2025Hope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️ 942409905
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Nano Banana Pro also seems to be good at moving the camera when recreating images, which can add a false sense of authenticity to sets of images, for example: 22296100
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform. 27465102374
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 11/10/2024Literally just saw someone respond to an "AI" image being called out as "AI" with "ok yes the image is probably A.I. generated it doesn't mean the story isn't real," and I just… Y'all. We are in a bad bad place. A bunch of us warned you we were gonna get here, & y'know what? Here the fuck we are.… 18865186
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialHardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 21/02/2025This is why we need independent media outlets funded by the public. Our Byline Times story is still available to read despite attempts to suppress it. 9502244
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 15/02/2025Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious. 2443881835
Reposted by @thiscity.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHow to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole CadwalladrIn the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance 11652128210222
