Richard Woodcock

We got are country back though. Thanks, Nigel Farage 🙄

Bed

Hear hear! I wrote a song about it :) open.spotify.com/track/33JWxn...

Opinion | "Now that Labour is prepared to say that Brexit was a mistake, a question naturally follows. What are you going to do about it?", writes Ian Dunt trib.al/A1EIad3

'Every child deserves the chance to explore the world through evidence and reason, not to be confined by dogma. Education should open minds, not close them.

There are 6,000 children trapped in illegal schools in England – many hidden behind claims of ‘part-time’ education. In reality, they’re confined to cramped rooms, forced to study scripture for hours each day. Donate today to stop this.

Important piece..

Margaret Thatcher Privatised Fossil Fuel.

Norway didn't.

It's called Socialism, which Richard Tice hates.

James Meek · Computers that want things For all the fluency and synthetic friendliness of public-facing AI chatbots like ChatGPT, it seems important to remember...

"The most devastating shortcoming of LLMs is that however many things they appear to know about the world, and however smoothly they express these things, they don’t actually know that there is a world." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

James Meek · Computers that want things For all the fluency and synthetic friendliness of public-facing AI chatbots like ChatGPT, it seems important to remember...

Very interesting exploration of the possibilities around AGI and ASI by James Meek - in the London Review of Books: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I would like to hear similar sentiments expressed with as much conviction by leading UK politicians.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com/story/ice-so... Chilling stuff - Palantir will be running the NHS’s Federated Data Platform. Yippee..

Let's have some proper journalism, please. A quick look at the study shows its methodological weakness - based on a survey of just over 1000 people, for a start.

Very few people in the UK hold a Christian Nationalist political philosophy.

Yet due to well-positioned people in UK politics, friends in high places in the United States, and *millions of pounds* pouring in from the 'anti-rights movement' to fund highly visible CNat activism, you wouldn't know it.

An image of an audio cassette announcing the release of "Fractal" by Uncle Wally and Uncle Steve.

Here it is, thanks to #Distrokid for getting it out there. Now you have to listen to it!

Fractal, by Uncle Wally and Uncle Steve 9 track album

Out now on Bandcamp, and available on all the streaming platforms tomorrow. Go on - have a listen. It's the fifth fabulous album from me and my talented friend Steve Andrews. unclewallyandunclesteve.bandcamp.com/album/fractal

Why We Need to Talk About Englishness English identity is not something to be afraid of or suppressed within the notion of ‘Britain’ – but to be valued and explored, writes Caroline Lucas

Good piece from Caroline Lucas here: www.bylinesupplement.com/p/why-we-nee...

Yes - glib is the right word.

Shut him up, Paddy, for goodness' sake. #newsnight

More presidential, statesmanlike stuff from the leader of the free world.

What is it that makes people who don't fly the flag choose not to? I know why I don't. #bbcqt

Save Square Chapel for the people Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community.  Square Chapel was a popular arts centre with good ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Farage's Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK's Mass Deportation Plan Exclusive: Reform's plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis suggests

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Give up listening to it, like I did about fifteen years ago. Go for a swim instead :)

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Good news if true.

The sort of thing the #BBC does best.

Good discussion of the recognition of a Palestinian state on #UnspunWorld

Absolutely this - it's so important. We need to teach young people how to ask good questions, to reflect on what they hear, and then ask better questions. It would make such a difference.