Helen B
@tanedra.bsky.social
Goth, gamer, trekkie, feline addict
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One of many examples of why AI recruitment is a terrible idea. Chat bots are not actually intelligent in any way, and just parrot words without understanding.
August 28, 2026 at 12:59 PM
One of many examples of why AI recruitment is a terrible idea. Chat bots are not actually intelligent in any way, and just parrot words without understanding.
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Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3:
www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We 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.
www.404media.co
August 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3:
www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year.
Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.
Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.
May 4, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year.
Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.
Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.
Today's delightful and unexpected news 😂
Scientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenic www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Scientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenic www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Scientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenic
Bread and biscuits made from Crispr-edited wheat showed substantially reduced acrylamide levels
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Today's delightful and unexpected news 😂
Scientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenic www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Scientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenic www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Hard to know which is more shocking - the dire warnings of the potential collapse of our food system in the UK or the fact that governments have tried to cover it up. Their complacency is off the scale. We urgently need to switch to growing more food domestically & to restore nature now
Britain’s food supply ‘at risk of catastrophic failure by 2030’
A report written before the 2024 election says climate change, habitat loss and geopolitical instability are a danger to food security — and it has been ignored
www.thetimes.com
March 25, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Hard to know which is more shocking - the dire warnings of the potential collapse of our food system in the UK or the fact that governments have tried to cover it up. Their complacency is off the scale. We urgently need to switch to growing more food domestically & to restore nature now
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genuinely why does anyone report anything he says at all as if it means anything still
March 23, 2026 at 4:25 AM
genuinely why does anyone report anything he says at all as if it means anything still
Earlier this week at a leadership course we concluded by delivering statements on what we want to achieve in life, and what we want our legacy to be.
I ended mine with this fabulous LOTR quote: "There's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for"
Turning a corner for kindness and hope 💚
I ended mine with this fabulous LOTR quote: "There's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for"
Turning a corner for kindness and hope 💚
February 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Earlier this week at a leadership course we concluded by delivering statements on what we want to achieve in life, and what we want our legacy to be.
I ended mine with this fabulous LOTR quote: "There's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for"
Turning a corner for kindness and hope 💚
I ended mine with this fabulous LOTR quote: "There's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for"
Turning a corner for kindness and hope 💚
Absolutely fascinating way to repudiate the purity culture which is so prevalent on the left.
I see so often the 'I won't vote for X, they don't do Y' comments, even though they align on almost everything else.
Also, in a culture that wants to divide us, a pluralist approach is really radical.
I see so often the 'I won't vote for X, they don't do Y' comments, even though they align on almost everything else.
Also, in a culture that wants to divide us, a pluralist approach is really radical.
February 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Absolutely fascinating way to repudiate the purity culture which is so prevalent on the left.
I see so often the 'I won't vote for X, they don't do Y' comments, even though they align on almost everything else.
Also, in a culture that wants to divide us, a pluralist approach is really radical.
I see so often the 'I won't vote for X, they don't do Y' comments, even though they align on almost everything else.
Also, in a culture that wants to divide us, a pluralist approach is really radical.
Absolutely incredible result. So many people choosing hope over hate 💚
I'd forgotten what it's like to wake up with good news in politics.
I'd forgotten what it's like to wake up with good news in politics.
‼️ BREAKING: Greens WIN Gorton and Denton by-election in a landslide victory
🟢 Grn: 41% (+27)
➡️ Ref: 29% (+15)
🔴 Lab: 25% (-25)
🔵 Con: 2% (-6)
🟠 Lib: 2% (-2)
Green GAIN from Labour (+/- vs GE2024)
‼️First-ever Green win in an MP by-election
🟢 Grn: 41% (+27)
➡️ Ref: 29% (+15)
🔴 Lab: 25% (-25)
🔵 Con: 2% (-6)
🟠 Lib: 2% (-2)
Green GAIN from Labour (+/- vs GE2024)
‼️First-ever Green win in an MP by-election
February 27, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Absolutely incredible result. So many people choosing hope over hate 💚
I'd forgotten what it's like to wake up with good news in politics.
I'd forgotten what it's like to wake up with good news in politics.
Savage update to this review of the Melania movie 😂
February 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Savage update to this review of the Melania movie 😂
I'm having the opposite experience with Starfleet Academy - enjoying it more than I was expecting.
Yes, it's a school show so does have teens and common tropes. But, I also found it charming, with lots of fun easter eggs. Holly Hunter as the Chancellor is also a strange delight.
Yes, it's a school show so does have teens and common tropes. But, I also found it charming, with lots of fun easter eggs. Holly Hunter as the Chancellor is also a strange delight.
I tried to like it. I really did. But #StarTrekAcademy is terrible.
It's just one long American frat school story with jocks and nerds, and teenage hormones.
Every single character just grates on the nerves.
It's the worst kind of American TV garbage dressed up in a Star Trek badge.
It's just one long American frat school story with jocks and nerds, and teenage hormones.
Every single character just grates on the nerves.
It's the worst kind of American TV garbage dressed up in a Star Trek badge.
January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I'm having the opposite experience with Starfleet Academy - enjoying it more than I was expecting.
Yes, it's a school show so does have teens and common tropes. But, I also found it charming, with lots of fun easter eggs. Holly Hunter as the Chancellor is also a strange delight.
Yes, it's a school show so does have teens and common tropes. But, I also found it charming, with lots of fun easter eggs. Holly Hunter as the Chancellor is also a strange delight.
This is a great thread about the resistance in Minneapolis.
Glimmers of hope.
Glimmers of hope.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 8:35 AM
This is a great thread about the resistance in Minneapolis.
Glimmers of hope.
Glimmers of hope.
Starmer is a spineless coward with zero integrity.
Trying to 'both sides' this blatant illegal act and stay on Trump's good side.
Fuck dictators and those who appease them.
Trying to 'both sides' this blatant illegal act and stay on Trump's good side.
Fuck dictators and those who appease them.
BREAKING: Statement just posted by Keir Starmer
January 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Starmer is a spineless coward with zero integrity.
Trying to 'both sides' this blatant illegal act and stay on Trump's good side.
Fuck dictators and those who appease them.
Trying to 'both sides' this blatant illegal act and stay on Trump's good side.
Fuck dictators and those who appease them.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
What the fuck.
Will be interesting to see whether other world leaders keep up their tactic of appeasement and try to act like this is normal or understandable, or if any are willing to stand up to him.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Will be interesting to see whether other world leaders keep up their tactic of appeasement and try to act like this is normal or understandable, or if any are willing to stand up to him.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Trump claims US has captured Venezuelan dictator and wife
US president says om social media that operation to capture Nicolás Maduro carried out with US law enforcement
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:46 AM
What the fuck.
Will be interesting to see whether other world leaders keep up their tactic of appeasement and try to act like this is normal or understandable, or if any are willing to stand up to him.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Will be interesting to see whether other world leaders keep up their tactic of appeasement and try to act like this is normal or understandable, or if any are willing to stand up to him.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers.
It is a brilliant, hopeful story about people and connections, that makes me feel better every time I read it. I recommend it every chance I get. (The subsequent books in the series are awesome too.)
It is a brilliant, hopeful story about people and connections, that makes me feel better every time I read it. I recommend it every chance I get. (The subsequent books in the series are awesome too.)
January 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers.
It is a brilliant, hopeful story about people and connections, that makes me feel better every time I read it. I recommend it every chance I get. (The subsequent books in the series are awesome too.)
It is a brilliant, hopeful story about people and connections, that makes me feel better every time I read it. I recommend it every chance I get. (The subsequent books in the series are awesome too.)
Loved the Stranger Things finale. They did a brilliant job bringing everyone together, showing how much they'd grown (levelled up), were confident in themselves, and gave us a massive team up boss battle. The extended epilogue was so welcome too.
Seeing the stage show in March, can't wait.
Seeing the stage show in March, can't wait.
January 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Loved the Stranger Things finale. They did a brilliant job bringing everyone together, showing how much they'd grown (levelled up), were confident in themselves, and gave us a massive team up boss battle. The extended epilogue was so welcome too.
Seeing the stage show in March, can't wait.
Seeing the stage show in March, can't wait.
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THIS is positive masculinity. 💚
When do you actually just see two men on a screen talking about how much they love their partners?
Jordan Stephens talks learning to love and be loved by Jade Thirlwall on the latest episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski 💚
Jordan Stephens talks learning to love and be loved by Jade Thirlwall on the latest episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski 💚
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
THIS is positive masculinity. 💚
It was wonderful to wake up this morning to such good news from across the pond. I can't remember the last time I felt this kind of hope, like we might actually be able to make it back to sanity and empathy.
Now we need to keep the progressive wave going over here.
Make hope normal again!
Now we need to keep the progressive wave going over here.
Make hope normal again!
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It was wonderful to wake up this morning to such good news from across the pond. I can't remember the last time I felt this kind of hope, like we might actually be able to make it back to sanity and empathy.
Now we need to keep the progressive wave going over here.
Make hope normal again!
Now we need to keep the progressive wave going over here.
Make hope normal again!
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We're just getting started.
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We're just getting started.
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
There are a ton of reasons why mandatory ID cards are a terrible idea, especially if it's run by an awful American data mining org like Palantir.
Petitions themselves don't do much, but media pressure can help if the signatures get high enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petitions themselves don't do much, but media pressure can help if the signatures get high enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
There are a ton of reasons why mandatory ID cards are a terrible idea, especially if it's run by an awful American data mining org like Palantir.
Petitions themselves don't do much, but media pressure can help if the signatures get high enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petitions themselves don't do much, but media pressure can help if the signatures get high enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Green Party - Nationalise the water companies, tax the super rich, invest in our public services, stop the genocide, lower bills.
The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."
The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."
September 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Green Party - Nationalise the water companies, tax the super rich, invest in our public services, stop the genocide, lower bills.
The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."
The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."
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We asked the EHRC whether they consulted any trans, intersex or LGBTQ+ groups before intervening in the 2024 Supreme Court case For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.
Their answer? They didn’t. 1/
Their answer? They didn’t. 1/
September 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We asked the EHRC whether they consulted any trans, intersex or LGBTQ+ groups before intervening in the 2024 Supreme Court case For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.
Their answer? They didn’t. 1/
Their answer? They didn’t. 1/