Catnot
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Addicted to Pride & Prejudice + #crochet, #schnauzers, #books, #gardening
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Dark thread.
Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
October 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Dark thread.
Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
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We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country...
Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
October 1, 2026 at 7:55 AM
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country...
Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor's offices and other spaces people generally consider private.
Newsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record people
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces people generally consider private.
bit.ly
October 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor's offices and other spaces people generally consider private.
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“It’s not ALL men.”
None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it.
Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it.
Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
September 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
“It’s not ALL men.”
None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it.
Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it.
Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
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Many men would rather engage in violent fantasy about what they WOULD do instead of doing what they easily COULD.
September 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Many men would rather engage in violent fantasy about what they WOULD do instead of doing what they easily COULD.
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The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together."
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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation
Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation
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September 25, 2026 at 7:16 AM
The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together."
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🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time
It's an out-and-out lie
But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀
*They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻
In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄
1/33
It's an out-and-out lie
But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀
*They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻
In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄
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September 25, 2026 at 1:57 PM
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time
It's an out-and-out lie
But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀
*They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻
In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄
1/33
It's an out-and-out lie
But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀
*They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻
In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄
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🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences
Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access"
Full story on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access"
Full story on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 25, 2026 at 6:10 PM
🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences
Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access"
Full story on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access"
Full story on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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And what did he do on that livestream, huh, BBC? What did he do?
September 23, 2026 at 5:20 AM
And what did he do on that livestream, huh, BBC? What did he do?
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PAY LOCAL ARTISTS FFS.
Scarborough's 'AI slop' art trail cost £11,688, figures reveal
Artists and residents in Scarborough criticised the trail when it was launched in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM
PAY LOCAL ARTISTS FFS.
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What on earth is happening?
September 18, 2026 at 7:11 AM
What on earth is happening?
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
September 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
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One of the key problems with AI is that the AI bros and their behemoth companies have absolutely no governance or guardrails. It's not that the AI is conscious or going rogue or whatever. It's that it's run by feckless arseholes. www.ft.com/content/2c34...
September 17, 2026 at 9:24 AM
One of the key problems with AI is that the AI bros and their behemoth companies have absolutely no governance or guardrails. It's not that the AI is conscious or going rogue or whatever. It's that it's run by feckless arseholes. www.ft.com/content/2c34...
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All day Piddington's womminfolk have been telling news how they will be terrified of "hundreds of young men nearby, free to come and go as they please." NOT ONE JOURNALIST has asked: "How did you cope when it was an army base? Who came and went then? Nuns?"
Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.
Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.
The people of Piddington have spoken. I say, grant them independence. Border controls. Visas to cross into the UK. Tariffs on goods. No GBP. No NHS. No benefits or pensions.
Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE!
Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE!
September 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
All day Piddington's womminfolk have been telling news how they will be terrified of "hundreds of young men nearby, free to come and go as they please." NOT ONE JOURNALIST has asked: "How did you cope when it was an army base? Who came and went then? Nuns?"
Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.
Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.
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Not only will data centres steal our water, cannibalise renewable energy that could be used for decarbonising our economies, & provide a demand lifeline for planet-destroying fossil fuels, they will also comprehensively & eternally poison our air, land, & waters with PFAS
A 'tidal wave' of forever chemicals are being pumped out to satisfy the AI industry, according to The Guardian.
Nearly all of the 10 biggest manufacturers of Pfas are planning to increase production for use in semi-conductors and data center cooling systems.
Nearly all of the 10 biggest manufacturers of Pfas are planning to increase production for use in semi-conductors and data center cooling systems.
‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Not only will data centres steal our water, cannibalise renewable energy that could be used for decarbonising our economies, & provide a demand lifeline for planet-destroying fossil fuels, they will also comprehensively & eternally poison our air, land, & waters with PFAS
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🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals.
“If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.”
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
“If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.”
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals.
“If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.”
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
“If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.”
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
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Farage / Reform already face numerous investigations for corruption. Now this.
Why TF does this guy get to buy our democracy? Why does his say and his wallet get to wield such influence? This isn’t a “level playing field” at all. It’s a richboys’ membership club.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why TF does this guy get to buy our democracy? Why does his say and his wallet get to wield such influence? This isn’t a “level playing field” at all. It’s a richboys’ membership club.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Farage / Reform already face numerous investigations for corruption. Now this.
Why TF does this guy get to buy our democracy? Why does his say and his wallet get to wield such influence? This isn’t a “level playing field” at all. It’s a richboys’ membership club.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why TF does this guy get to buy our democracy? Why does his say and his wallet get to wield such influence? This isn’t a “level playing field” at all. It’s a richboys’ membership club.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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How it started / How it's going
September 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
How it started / How it's going
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If you think we don’t have privacy now, I can’t fully express how much you will hate a society where you have to enter in to every human interaction with the question of whether or not you are being recorded.
September 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
If you think we don’t have privacy now, I can’t fully express how much you will hate a society where you have to enter in to every human interaction with the question of whether or not you are being recorded.
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If a lEgiTiMaTe dEbATe aBOut iMMigRaTioN leads to people turning up with pitchforks to demand credentials from every group of young non-white men arriving in town, you’d think even Labour MPs would start asking themselves if it’s really a legitimate debate
September 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
If a lEgiTiMaTe dEbATe aBOut iMMigRaTioN leads to people turning up with pitchforks to demand credentials from every group of young non-white men arriving in town, you’d think even Labour MPs would start asking themselves if it’s really a legitimate debate
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6/ That's potentially a problem. Articles 12–13 GDPR require people collecting personal data to provide basic information including who the controller is & how to contact them.
It's quite hard to exercise your data rights against [Insert Company Name]. gdpr-info.eu/art-12-gdpr/
It's quite hard to exercise your data rights against [Insert Company Name]. gdpr-info.eu/art-12-gdpr/
Art. 12 GDPR – Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
1The controller shall take appropriate measures to provide any information referred to in Articles 13 and 14 and any communication under Articles 15 to 22 and 34 relating to processing to the data sub...
gdpr-info.eu
September 10, 2026 at 6:36 AM
6/ That's potentially a problem. Articles 12–13 GDPR require people collecting personal data to provide basic information including who the controller is & how to contact them.
It's quite hard to exercise your data rights against [Insert Company Name]. gdpr-info.eu/art-12-gdpr/
It's quite hard to exercise your data rights against [Insert Company Name]. gdpr-info.eu/art-12-gdpr/
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I am the very model of a modern day typographer
A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
September 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I am the very model of a modern day typographer
A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.
September 8, 2026 at 7:49 AM
A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.