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Programmer, linocut printmaker, aikidoka, early and folk musician, cat person, he/him

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Has it ever been about the science?

05.08.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope he gets bitten by every flying insect we've got.

26.07.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is a good question to ask though because you eventually realise society would be great if nobody was scared of not being able to eat.

26.07.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The plan could include ways to reduce train ticket prices. But I'm not holding my breath for that one.

21.07.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd love to see what the Greens could do with that much media attention.

08.07.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It saves time because they didn't do the thing!!

At least social networks have a good reason to try to prevent it turning into AI talking to AI - they need human eyeballs on the adverts.

08.07.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How many times do we have to see promises of change in TV before change actually happens??

08.07.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just keep hoping the bubble bursts when people realise that you can't replace human interaction even through text with a machine instructed to interact on your behalf.

08.07.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Being thirsty while needing to pee really does feel like a major design flaw.

04.07.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...except the things that society will only accept if you were born a multimillionaire

03.07.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Qualifying for Wimbledon is still super great, but the "anything is possible" line in advertising is quite tired because we all know that the anything probably isn't possible or is at best highly improbable.

03.07.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's totally intentional. Grow a spine and say it.

03.07.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think a lot of us view Reform as like the Tories yet somehow worse.

27.06.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is extra confusing because Harris had a load of talk about the cost of living in her campaign too. It's also confusing how you could have any candidate for any party who doesn't know it's the top priority of basically everyone. Are they really running for office with that little clue?

27.06.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Radical socialist" πŸ˜‚

27.06.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's her one outstanding talent.

27.06.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

History shows us that "shoot the messenger" is never a good strategy. Trump exhibits all the signs of a terrible education in fundamental history.

25.06.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Fuck it up even worse" is basically her whole thing.

25.06.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised but our right-wing press chastising the PM for not backing Trump's warmongering is utterly bizarre. I hope Starmer doesn't listen to them. I hope he's a better man than that.

24.06.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump might be but I feel Netenyahu is a more calculated actor and that's at least as scary. He's manipulating Trump to further his own genocidal goals.

22.06.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œTell me, are any of those β€˜key allies’ currently being indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court?”

22.06.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or a horrible human. There have been plenty of those in the public sphere for a good while.

21.06.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I always tend to assume such commenters have never struggled with their own weight. It's hard and it's not a moral failing!!

19.06.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The concept of getting a deal with Trump that's really worth something is slightly absurd!

18.06.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glorious!

17.06.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like she could do with studying more Shakespeare.

17.06.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think much of people using AI to make anything. It's trained on mass copyright infringement, it uses masses of energy and they're absolutely not powering it all with low carbon sources.

15.06.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course they are, most of the media is owned by the people who put those previous governments in power.

12.06.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They would be playing catch-up if they weren't standing still and looking confused.

12.06.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Management owned, what a joy!

12.06.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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