Akru
@akru.bsky.social
Cyclist, gamer, metalhead. Vegan - broad church kind, not the militant kind. Mostly quiet, occasional ranter. Here for climate, rewilding & politics.
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My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’
October 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’
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Here is how politics, in most cases, works:
Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it.
The government adopts it.
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Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it.
The government adopts it.
Please read whole🧵
September 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Here is how politics, in most cases, works:
Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it.
The government adopts it.
Please read whole🧵
Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it.
The government adopts it.
Please read whole🧵
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Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments.
But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments.
But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
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Why is it that the *opinion* of a billionaire tax dodger who hates his country of birth is deemed worthy of a full-length feature on the website of the public broadcaster?
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Why is it that the *opinion* of a billionaire tax dodger who hates his country of birth is deemed worthy of a full-length feature on the website of the public broadcaster?
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As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed".
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
September 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed".
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
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A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:02 AM
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne has now matched Ben Delo's record-breaking £36m donation to Reform, months after Nigel Farage's party promised to slash crypto sales taxes in half
Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
www.adambienkov.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne has now matched Ben Delo's record-breaking £36m donation to Reform, months after Nigel Farage's party promised to slash crypto sales taxes in half
Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
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I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.
September 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.
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You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.
September 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.
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werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...)
![Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films.
A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it.
I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period.
It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam.
When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5vphilwcf6nunioeyrpxw6g/bafkreibeadpx66jtqlttglhgbgkew6g65haxqngz5yt6p3ybwyi5zney54)
September 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...)
This is of course not enough and it comes much too late, but it is still a significant step in the right direction.
He's not at all perfect, but imagine how much better the UK's situation might be if the nation hadn't lost its mind over how this man ate a bacon sandwich one time.
He's not at all perfect, but imagine how much better the UK's situation might be if the nation hadn't lost its mind over how this man ate a bacon sandwich one time.
Ed Miliband says the UK now considers Israel’s occupation unlawful.
The government will ban imports from illegal settlements, sanction those who finance or facilitate settlement expansion, and tighten restrictions on arms exports.
“You will face the full force of UK sanctions.”
The government will ban imports from illegal settlements, sanction those who finance or facilitate settlement expansion, and tighten restrictions on arms exports.
“You will face the full force of UK sanctions.”
September 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
This is of course not enough and it comes much too late, but it is still a significant step in the right direction.
He's not at all perfect, but imagine how much better the UK's situation might be if the nation hadn't lost its mind over how this man ate a bacon sandwich one time.
He's not at all perfect, but imagine how much better the UK's situation might be if the nation hadn't lost its mind over how this man ate a bacon sandwich one time.
Camp Miasma was amazing! Not at all what I expected but completely brilliant.
September 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Camp Miasma was amazing! Not at all what I expected but completely brilliant.
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In the UK, blackshirts can get away with almost anything while elderly nuns get arrested for opposing the Gaza genocide
September 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
In the UK, blackshirts can get away with almost anything while elderly nuns get arrested for opposing the Gaza genocide
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"No arrests made"
One rule for fascists, another for the rest
If this had been a peaceful climate or Palestinian protest, they would have been dragged off to jail in no time
Disgusting double standards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
One rule for fascists, another for the rest
If this had been a peaceful climate or Palestinian protest, they would have been dragged off to jail in no time
Disgusting double standards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"No arrests made"
One rule for fascists, another for the rest
If this had been a peaceful climate or Palestinian protest, they would have been dragged off to jail in no time
Disgusting double standards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
One rule for fascists, another for the rest
If this had been a peaceful climate or Palestinian protest, they would have been dragged off to jail in no time
Disgusting double standards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Content warning:
Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
September 5, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Content warning:
Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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As per @financialtimes.com, Eldridge Capital Management Services (UK), majority shareholder: Chelsea FC chairman Todd Boehly, made a £75,000 donation to Reform UK in May of this year.
Boehly has also donated at least $2 million to Donald Trump and MAGA Inc.
Boehly has also donated at least $2 million to Donald Trump and MAGA Inc.
Company linked to Chelsea FC co-owner Todd Boehly donated to Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s party received total donations of more than £5mn in second quarter according to Electoral Commission figures
www.ft.com
September 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM
As per @financialtimes.com, Eldridge Capital Management Services (UK), majority shareholder: Chelsea FC chairman Todd Boehly, made a £75,000 donation to Reform UK in May of this year.
Boehly has also donated at least $2 million to Donald Trump and MAGA Inc.
Boehly has also donated at least $2 million to Donald Trump and MAGA Inc.
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Why is environmental protest necessary?
Because Government won’t listen to the science
Exploitation of the Jackdaw gasfield by overseas businesses will provide a handful of jobs & will not help energy security
But it will push us further into climate catastrophe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because Government won’t listen to the science
Exploitation of the Jackdaw gasfield by overseas businesses will provide a handful of jobs & will not help energy security
But it will push us further into climate catastrophe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say
The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Why is environmental protest necessary?
Because Government won’t listen to the science
Exploitation of the Jackdaw gasfield by overseas businesses will provide a handful of jobs & will not help energy security
But it will push us further into climate catastrophe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because Government won’t listen to the science
Exploitation of the Jackdaw gasfield by overseas businesses will provide a handful of jobs & will not help energy security
But it will push us further into climate catastrophe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning.
No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
September 4, 2026 at 6:27 AM
The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning.
No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
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RIP to all the managers who will now starve to death, sobbing 'what do I want to eat?' at an uncaring phone
ChatGPT down: OpenAI chatbot not working in major outage
ChatGPT just stopped working
ChatGPT has gone offline in a major outage.
www.independent.co.uk
September 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
RIP to all the managers who will now starve to death, sobbing 'what do I want to eat?' at an uncaring phone
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THE most impactful thing you can do as an individual, right now, to help stop the mass nature die-off humanity is driving?
Reduce or stop consumption of beef and other animal-based foods.
Reduce or stop consumption of beef and other animal-based foods.
📝 New article on Our World in Data: Beef production in Brazil has been the largest driver of global deforestation in recent decades.
The largest driver of deforestation globally is the expansion of agricultural land.
The largest driver of deforestation globally is the expansion of agricultural land.
September 3, 2026 at 6:42 AM
THE most impactful thing you can do as an individual, right now, to help stop the mass nature die-off humanity is driving?
Reduce or stop consumption of beef and other animal-based foods.
Reduce or stop consumption of beef and other animal-based foods.
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"Keir Starmer Is Why Everyone Hates Politicians"
The former PM misled his way to the top and now he’s walking away from politics altogether. His decision to quit Parliament so quickly is a reminder he was only ever interested in power.
From Zeteo UK:
The former PM misled his way to the top and now he’s walking away from politics altogether. His decision to quit Parliament so quickly is a reminder he was only ever interested in power.
From Zeteo UK:
Keir Starmer Is Why Everyone Hates Politicians
The former PM misled his way to the top and now he’s walking away from politics altogether. His decision to quit Parliament so quickly is a reminder he was only ever interested in power and ambition.
zeteo.uk
September 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
"Keir Starmer Is Why Everyone Hates Politicians"
The former PM misled his way to the top and now he’s walking away from politics altogether. His decision to quit Parliament so quickly is a reminder he was only ever interested in power.
From Zeteo UK:
The former PM misled his way to the top and now he’s walking away from politics altogether. His decision to quit Parliament so quickly is a reminder he was only ever interested in power.
From Zeteo UK:
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In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
Artificial Intelligence Policy
Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]
www.law.berkeley.edu
August 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
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Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years
Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years
Pair are offspring of two beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December
Wild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in more than 500 years.
The pair of newborns are the offspring of two free-living beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years
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EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
August 17, 2026 at 2:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...