A Lefty Progressive Goes To The Tank Museum I was born in the south-east of England 17 years after the end of the Second World War, the most destructive conflict in human history.

Cogitation: A Lefty Progressive Goes To The Tank Museum
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I see Shane Jones appears on far-right network that regularly platforms, & promotes Christchurch terrorist's violent extremist ideology (rebranded as 'remigration'), & amplifies the same anti-Indian racism, & xenophobia through his "butter chicken tsunami" framing. Dangerous, & disgusting. #nzpol

NZ @greens.org.nz Co-leader, Chlöe Swarbrick 19 April 2026

Green Party delivers 'state of the planet' address | RNZ YouTube video by RNZ

Kia ora Marama and Chloe! Getting really excited about this coming Greens election campaign. Chloe nailed it: "how about some joy, care, compassion, happiness"? Shit we need that atm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwoa...

This is the question I constantly ask of pro-AI people, like I know someone who constantly talks about how integrated it is into his work now, and I ask them, "what are you going to do when the tools are no longer available because Anthropic goes bankrupt?"

You've seen the signs, now join the call for safe, separated, connected cycling infrastructure! Sign our open letter at the link below.

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my way of showing love for others is removing the tracking cruft from a url before i share it

A very reasonably sized car

Unless someone has a genuine need, no car should be bigger than this.

David Seymour: put me in charge and *everybody* dies!

Touché, Daily Star
Cc @ericidle.bsky.social

Cartoon by Robert Ariail | Andrews McMeel

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

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This month’s ACMe accumulation stack is written by @brettdn.bsky.social
Moving from Melania, Iran, Brett weaves in Jäger’s hyperpolitics as a diagnostic and critique of hegemonic power without a public.

@versobooks.bsky.social

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In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.

Statement on AI in Universities from Aotearoa Communication & Media Scholars We speak as a network of Aotearoa academics working in the inter-disciplines of Communication and Media Studies across our universities.

Our debut stack was a collectively written polemic, stating ACMe members’ strong concerns about AI 🤖 and higher education in Aotearoa.

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We also welcomed @islates.bsky.social Leon Salter to write on ‘The Algorithmic big Other’

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Pregnant skies

A small Ford car sandwiched between two massive modern SUVs.

If you havent seen this, make sure you read.

“You’re not supposed to use your phone while driving.”

“Got it. Let’s install large tablet touchscreens in almost every single new car.”

Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu
He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli

The charities which shall not be named... #nzpol sketch

They’ve tried to give her a kinder softer look with a new haircut and getting her to smile. You can see cracks in her face as she’s using muscles she’s never used before

I get the feeling there are a faction of the National Party who want to see Nicola Willis "do a Jacinda" and win the election for them. What they fail to understand is that Nicola holds none of the attributes that Jacinda won with & Luxon has none of the humility of Little to stand aside #NZPol

“.. appears to be the first time any U.S. municipality will go to the ballot to kneecap data center development. .. an aggressive new tactic in an escalating movement to oppose the hulking artificial intelligence factories ..”

@politico.com #Wisconsin
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The Nurses Union Breaking Ranks to Fight AI in Hospitals One nurses union has been an early and outspoken critic of AI use in hospitals, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports.

National Nurses United has distinguished itself as one of the earliest and most forceful labor voices against the adoption of artificial intelligence in their members’ workplaces, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports.

Kurdish astrophotographer Darya Kawa Mirza stitched 81,000 photos into a single 708 GB Moon mosaic at 159.7 megapixels