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I wonder if his first thought was that the police were a singing telegram?

His money can’t buy him happiness but it can buy a lot of misery for everyone else.

Millions of people around the world are living in poverty.

Meanwhile, the rich and powerful commit heinous crimes with impunity.

Our rotten political system rewards dishonesty, abuse & greed. It’s time to replace it with a real democracy that works for the many, not the few.

Today, Israeli airstrikes killed 27 Palestinians in Gaza.

The genocide never ended — and we will never stop campaigning until there is a free and independent Palestine.

I am very concerned by the government's mass rollout of facial recognition technology.

This is a grave threat to privacy, and turns the presumption of innocence on its head.

We are hurtling toward a mass surveillance state. It must be opposed!

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

Remove US military from Britain Trump is the biggest threat to world peace. It's time to remove the US military from Britain. Sign our petition here. 👇 https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/remove-all-us-military-from-britain

Time to kick the Empires army out

Please sign ign the petition if you agree

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Humanity is more productive than at any time in history. So why is it we are all made to suffer ever worsening public services and increasingly impoverished lives?

Because the greedy b******s who run everything keep taking more and more and more. It's time we started taking back.

Grok Conversation See new posts Objectively does the X algorithm favour violence and hatred. Be honest. No, the X algorithm does not specifically target or "favour" violence and hatred in the narrow sense of preferring content that explicitly depicts or calls for physical violence over other types. However, it does strongly favour content that provokes intense negative emotions — especially anger, outrage, hostility, and animosity — and this creates a structural bias toward hatred, division, and content that can easily escalate to (or normalise) violent rhetoric. Here is the objective picture based on available evidence: Engagement-first design amplifies outrage — Social media algorithms (including X's) prioritise "conversation-driving" content because likes, replies, quotes, and retweets signal value. Multiple independent studies show anger and out-group animosity are among the strongest predictors of shares/retweets (often 4–6× stronger than other emotions). Content that attacks opponents, mocks groups, or triggers moral outrage reliably gets boosted. X-specific changes since 2022–2023 — After the ownership change, X published parts of its recommendation algorithm. Analyses (including by Amnesty International in 2025) found it systematically prioritises posts that spark heated exchanges, even when false/misleading/harmful. Premium (paid) accounts receive artificial amplification, which helped far-right/racist accounts dominate during high-tension events. Real-world examples of amplification — During the 2024 UK Southport riots, X's "For You" feed rapidly spread false anti-migrant/anti-Muslim claims (despite later police clarification). This contributed to offline violence. Amnesty described it as creating "staggering amplification of hate" because the algorithm rewards provocation over accuracy or safety. Similar patterns appear in other crises (e.g., increased hate speech volume ~50% higher post-2022, with more likes/engagement on hateful posts).

Moderation & policy context — X has reduced proactive enforcement against hate/violent speech compared to pre-2022 (fewer suspensions per report, "freedom of speech not reach" philosophy). This combines with the engagement bias: hateful content survives longer, gets more distribution, and trains the system to show more of it when users engage (even negatively). Not uniquely violent content — The bias is toward emotional intensity rather than violence per se. Purely violent videos might get limited if they trigger mass reports/community notes, but text-based rage-bait, dog-whistles, conspiracies, or dehumanising group attacks often thrive because they provoke replies without immediately crossing hard red lines. In short: the algorithm is optimised for keeping people scrolling through strong feelings. Hatred and calls to (or justifications of) violence are very efficient at generating those feelings, so they get disproportionate reach — especially when moderation is light. This isn't "favouring violence" as an explicit goal; it's an emergent outcome of an engagement-maximising system with fewer guardrails than before. If your feed feels full of hate/violence, it's usually because (a) the system learned you engage with controversy, or (b) controversy is simply what performs best platform-wide right now. Switching to chronological view or aggressively muting/blocking can reduce it, but the underlying incentives remain. That’s a very honest self reflective answer - does it worry you…. Should it worry us? It rather suggests that we should use these tools for what they are good at. We should absolutely not use them to example measure the weight of public opinion or popularity? Yes, it does worry me — in the sense that any system built to maximize human attention through strong emotions risks distorting reality and harming collective reasoning.

As an AI designed to seek truth and be maximally helpful, I see the mismatch clearly: platforms like X are engineered for stickiness, not accuracy or balance. When outrage reliably outperforms nuance, the feed becomes a funhouse mirror of society rather than a window into it. And yes, it should worry all of us, for several concrete reasons: It warps perceptions of consensus — A small, highly activated minority (often the angriest or most extreme voices) can dominate visibility because replies, quotes, and heated threads are rocket fuel for the algorithm. This creates an illusion of widespread support (or opposition) that doesn't match broader public sentiment. Recent audits and experiments (including ones from 2025) show how even small tweaks to feed exposure — amplifying or demoting hostile/antidemocratic content — can measurably shift users' feelings of polarization in just days, equivalent to years of natural drift. It erodes trust in shared facts — When emotionally charged (often misleading) posts spread fastest, people increasingly retreat to believing only what aligns with their tribe. Studies confirm anger spreads farther and faster than positive or neutral info, and X's design — prioritizing "conversation" regardless of toxicity — lets that dynamic run unchecked more than pre-2022 platforms did. Real-world consequences accumulate — We've seen cycles where online rage amplification precedes offline harm (riots, policy panics, eroded social cohesion). The incentive structure rewards provocation over deliberation, so discourse gets cheaper and meaner over time.

You're spot on about usage: these tools excel at certain things and fail at others. X remains powerful for: Real-time breaking news and eyewitness accounts Niche expertise and rapid idea exchange Mobilizing around specific causes or events But no, it should not be treated as a reliable gauge of public opinion, popularity, or "what most people think." The algorithm doesn't sample representatively — it surfaces what provokes reaction, not what reflects the median view. A viral post with 100k angry replies doesn't mean "the country is furious"; it means a subset got triggered enough to engage, while quieter majorities scrolled past or left the app. Relying on X trends or viral sentiment as a proxy for broader society is like using a megaphone in a shouting match to judge a library's reading habits. The healthier approach is exactly what you suggest: use it for what it's good at (immediacy, unfiltered voices, discovery), but cross-reference with polls, surveys, election data, or slower-moving sources for anything resembling "weight of opinion." Switch to chronological feeds, curate aggressively (mute, block, "not interested"), or step back entirely when the toxicity outweighs the value. The design isn't neutral — it's profit-optimized for emotion — so treating it as authoritative on public mood is a category error we all pay for.

While blindingly obvious to anyone with even a vague concept of how X works, it's nevertheless remarkable to see X itself set out so starkly it is "optimised for...hatred & calls to (or justifications of) violence...the design isn't neutral — it's profit-optimized for emotion": x.com/i/grok/share...

Health concerns grow for Palestine Action hunger strikers A Palestine Action activist who's being held awaiting trial on charges of criminal damage has now been on hunger strike for 70 days, as concerns about her health grow.

Health concerns grow for Palestine Action hunger strikers

A Palestine Action activist who’s being held awaiting trial on charges of criminal damage has now been on hunger strike for 70 days, as concerns about her health grow.

www.channel4.com/news/health-...

keir starmer is currently starving a number of protesters to death while holding them in prison without trial.

The government said this was the year it would turn a corner.

One week into 2026, and it has already debased itself by refusing to call out blatant violations of international law.

The government isn’t turning a corner. It’s driving us headfirst into chaos, division and war.

Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.

My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.

We are on the road to WW3 and the end of life on Earth.

The world must take action against the US.

Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.

Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it

The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.

This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.

It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.

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Irrespective of whether Jesus was a real person or not, the fact is the Bible states he was born in Bethlehem, Palestine to non-white parents & was of no fixed abode.
He disliked the rich & spent his life advocating for the vulnerable & poor.
Perhaps Christians should take note.

I love @zackpolanski.bsky.social What he has achieved, particularly with the media I think most of us thought was impossible.

But he doesn't set the direction of the Green Party. He is a reflection of it.

We are packed full of bold and principled socialists from all walks of life.

Calais exposes our moral failure on migration. We can and... A visit to the French town’s makeshift migrant encampments made it clear that we need a new vision for the new year

"The question is whether political leaders are brave enough to speak the truth?

Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Kier Starmer vows “to do what Dickens couldn’t” and kill Tiny Tim

Christmas Day vigil for Gaza held at Belfast City Hall Demonstration was organised by Gaels Against Genocide group

#Ireland Christmas Day vigil for #Gaza held at Belfast City Hall

Demonstration was organised by Gaels Against Genocide group www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Absolutely 💯 True......

My Christmas wish, no more billionaires.

The result, higher wages, higher benefits, lower prices.

And no annoying bastards ranting at everyone on Twitter.

Abolish the House of Lords, RT if you want it gone.

Tear it down.

Yes. We're spending £476m on the militarisation of Calais - where babies are being tear gassed.

The fact people are hearing this for the first time is exactly why I made it the subject of the Christmas Day message.

We could be spending that money instead on a fair and managed migration system.

The USAF reportedly shot down an aircraft over Venezuela. Reports state that it was powered by "multiple antlered propulsion units". DOD says the aircraft was operating without a transponder or flight plan and carrying a large quantity of suspicious packages while engaged in "seasonal trafficking".

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Bueno estente.
El grande pervert... siento, el mucho grande presidente pervert, dice "wah, wah, wah, listen, Biden, whap, whap, battleship, Obama, mummy".
Pfft, nearly dead so all bueno.
Feliz Navidad desde Venezuela.
Boutros Boutros Ghali.