Pete Slater

Given the number of old Tories in Reform now, it appears that the future is actually the past and the past should be forgotten.

Sigh.

Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"

"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"

"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"

Starbucks Turns to AI and Robots to Win Back Customers and Speed Up Service - gHacks Tech News Starbucks is investing heavily in AI, automation, and robotics to revive slowing sales, betting that technology can reduce friction while restoring the personal coffeehouse experience.

I don't drink at Starbucks because their coffee is pretty nasty and their constant push to upsell me shit I don't need offends me.

Now there's another reason to avoid them... AI.

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YouTube video by Jonathan Pie Terror in America.

Terror in America.
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NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.

It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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I really don't understand the mentality behind all this.

They wanted us to split away from our closest friends and allies in mainland Europe so that we could... get our sovereignty back or something ?!?

Now they wants us to be a vassal state to the USA?

I don't get it. Maybe I'm not supposed to.

457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.

Zack Polanski to hand in NHS contract termination notice to Palantir Zack Polanski is telling defence surveillance corporation Palantir to 'pack its bags and get the hell out of the NHS'.

BREAKING - @zackpolanski.bsky.social is telling defence surveillance corporation Palantir to 'pack its bags and get the hell out of the NHS'

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YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump?

Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump? youtu.be/DwoIrxZn47I?...

Remember.

This is the politics of the playground right here.

The man has no intellectual capability at all beyond that which he possessed at school.

I tire of listening him and feel sorry for the people of America. It must be a constant struggle to stay chipper with that buffoon in charge.

Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn While Grok has introduced belated safeguards to prevent sexualised AI imagery, other tools have far fewer limits “Since discovering Grok AI, regular porn doesn’t do it for me anymore, it just sounds absurd now,” one enthusiast for the Elon Musk-owned AI chatbot wrote on Reddit. Another agreed: “If I want a really specific person, yes.” If those who have been horrified by the distribution of sexualised imagery on Grok hoped that last week’s belated safeguards could put the genie back in the bottle, there are many such posts on Reddit and elsewhere that tell a different story. Continue reading...

Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn

I don't understand why KK is allowed on that show. He's rude, arrogant, frequently wrong and enjoys talking over other people.

Calling Reform UK Party a pound shop Conservative party is doing a disservice to all decent pound shops out there.

I haven't seen/heard the whole interview but does nobody correct him?

Does nobody explain this stuff to him or do them let him talk shit all the way through without letting people know he is full of crap?

I have enough stuff already.
I don't need any more, no matter how cheap it is.
I'm done with consumption tbh.

AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says workers need to be trained to move into jobs that use AI, but adds it might not lead to mass unemployment.

AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor.

It is already displacing jobs. No govt had strategy for education, training, jobs. Markets won't provide answers.

AI stock market bubble also waiting to burst, will cause havoc.

Need an active state but passivity is the vogue.

Norway says 'mission accomplished' on going 100% EV, proposes incentive changes For years, Norway has been the poster child for electric vehicle adoption, a perfect example of how a combination of...

Norway hits its target of 95% of new cars being EVs in 2025 whilst the UK conservative party want to remove the 2030 ban on new patrol and diesel cars for... reasons.

Once again the world moves forward while the UK moves backward.

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Daily Mail owner's wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK The wife of the owner of the Daily Mail made a £50,000 donation to Reform UK earlier this year.

Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK

Nothing to see here...

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Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion' The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms

A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye

Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.

I implore someone, anyone, in the media…

Do your job

And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:

…what were the motivations behind this?

The truth about impartiality at the BBC And the hysteria of the current "crisis"

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

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It's pretty extraordinary timing in a case that has been running since 2020 & publication of Russia Report.

@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.

Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???

Another great video from @richardjmurphy.bsky.social

Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) pump out 5 times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show.

Running costs understated.

PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol/diesel cars

Underestimate of emissions lets carmakers avoid fines.

Why do govts not corroborate industry claims?

Jesus Christ... Watching Richard Holden MP on politics live is tiring.

He just won't shut up.

He loves the sound of his own voice.

He doesn't listen to anything, just shouts over others.

Imagine trying to hold a civil conversation with him.

What a muppet.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first?

Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first? youtu.be/9oP9HPhB-VI?...

AI doesn’t think. Crypto isn’t money. Both claim to be revolutionary, but both are built on fantasy.

From the greed driving crypto to the fear driving AI, I argue that both reflect a deeper crisis in capitalism itself.

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

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