Mary Carson
@carsonmaryc.bsky.social
Curious, opinionated watching.
London by Derry | Have previous @guardian @BBC @Channel4 @Discovery @L_Sentinel | Producer MyFriendLanre | Handy with a camera |
London by Derry | Have previous @guardian @BBC @Channel4 @Discovery @L_Sentinel | Producer MyFriendLanre | Handy with a camera |
Shit just for real. We are past the red flag stage. Governments have to step up. This is still self regulation - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow down
The call comes amid growing concerns that AI models may become able to inflict serious damage worldwide.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Shit just for real. We are past the red flag stage. Governments have to step up. This is still self regulation - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tell me this why do the bond markets only get jittery when public spending goes up but think financing debt ridden private AI projects a good thing. Make it add up. Tax the Uber rich. Am done with this stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Burnham tries to calm bond market fears as sell-off threatens crucial first budget
Prime minister promises his government will make decisions ‘grounded in fiscal responsibility’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Tell me this why do the bond markets only get jittery when public spending goes up but think financing debt ridden private AI projects a good thing. Make it add up. Tax the Uber rich. Am done with this stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., renewed his push late Monday to release more of the government's investigative files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
September 1, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., renewed his push late Monday to release more of the government's investigative files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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I doubt we’ll ever see war break out with two opposing armies in identifying uniforms , rolling across battlefields in heavy armour.. it’s going to be by stealth and deception, using infiltration, hacking and terrorism type tactical operations.
September 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I doubt we’ll ever see war break out with two opposing armies in identifying uniforms , rolling across battlefields in heavy armour.. it’s going to be by stealth and deception, using infiltration, hacking and terrorism type tactical operations.
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Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers must be removed from state highways within 30 days. www.theverge.com/tech/987353/...
Florida blocks Flock cams on state highways
Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers must be removed from state highways within 30 days.
www.theverge.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers must be removed from state highways within 30 days. www.theverge.com/tech/987353/...
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WHO warns of deteriorating water quality, rising disease risks in Gaza ahead of winter
WHO warns of deteriorating water quality, rising disease risks in Gaza ahead of winter
The World Health Organization on Tuesday voiced concern over the deteriorating water quality and the disease risks rising with it in Gaza ahead of the upcoming winter, Anadolu reports. “What …
www.middleeastmonitor.com
September 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
WHO warns of deteriorating water quality, rising disease risks in Gaza ahead of winter
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Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
Read now: www.404media.co/this-digital...
Read now: www.404media.co/this-digital...
September 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
Read now: www.404media.co/this-digital...
Read now: www.404media.co/this-digital...
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Provisional Met Office data shows this summer was the hottest ever on record.
Thousands of deaths due to dangerous heat. Crops destroyed by drought. Homes threatened by fires.
Labour must not approve Rosebank or Jackdaw in this new climate chaos.
No new oil and gas.
Thousands of deaths due to dangerous heat. Crops destroyed by drought. Homes threatened by fires.
Labour must not approve Rosebank or Jackdaw in this new climate chaos.
No new oil and gas.
September 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Provisional Met Office data shows this summer was the hottest ever on record.
Thousands of deaths due to dangerous heat. Crops destroyed by drought. Homes threatened by fires.
Labour must not approve Rosebank or Jackdaw in this new climate chaos.
No new oil and gas.
Thousands of deaths due to dangerous heat. Crops destroyed by drought. Homes threatened by fires.
Labour must not approve Rosebank or Jackdaw in this new climate chaos.
No new oil and gas.
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Who are the people behind hate networks, and who funds them? On Thursday, Bellingcat researchers will explore methods for mapping personnel and financial connections, focusing on how these networks enable organised hate groups to operate across borders. Join us live: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
September 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Who are the people behind hate networks, and who funds them? On Thursday, Bellingcat researchers will explore methods for mapping personnel and financial connections, focusing on how these networks enable organised hate groups to operate across borders. Join us live: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
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Spain's Pedro Sanchez says Russian and Israeli networks helped spread disinformation over the deadly migrant crisis in Ceuta, while denying Moroccan involvement:
Spain’s Sanchez blames Russia, Israel for Ceuta disinformation
Spain’s Pedro Sanchez says Russian and Israeli networks helped spread disinformation over the deadly migrant crisis in Ceuta, while denying Moroccan involvement
www.newarab.com
September 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Spain's Pedro Sanchez says Russian and Israeli networks helped spread disinformation over the deadly migrant crisis in Ceuta, while denying Moroccan involvement:
Moratorium until ways of doing this responsibly with local communities. The speed and scale of this build is all to do with profit, rents & Nvidia chips. Think of the chemical legacies of 1970s plastic production & then think again
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #datacentres
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #datacentres
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Moratorium until ways of doing this responsibly with local communities. The speed and scale of this build is all to do with profit, rents & Nvidia chips. Think of the chemical legacies of 1970s plastic production & then think again
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #datacentres
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #datacentres
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Denise Chaila announces first Irish tour
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Denise Chaila announces first Irish tour | Nialler9
Denise Chaila brings the An Seo Tour to fruition this October, sharing a message about the upcoming dates, which are:
nialler9.com
August 25, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Denise Chaila announces first Irish tour
nialler9.com/denise-chail...
nialler9.com/denise-chail...
The same is true of the mental health system for young people. No transition. You're on your own. This is appalling - ‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18 | Social care | The Guardian share.google/uQK0AvE45Fl1... #careleavers
‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18
One-fifth of deaths of those in care occur at 18, in what experts call a ‘care cliff’, as vital support is lost
share.google
August 25, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The same is true of the mental health system for young people. No transition. You're on your own. This is appalling - ‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18 | Social care | The Guardian share.google/uQK0AvE45Fl1... #careleavers
@bylinetimes.bsky.social doing the journalism nobody else bothered to do. They joined the dots. The rest are complicit. This is the establishment in motion. Obsequious to power, weak and devoid of ethics.
bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
bylinetimes.com
August 18, 2026 at 11:13 PM
@bylinetimes.bsky.social doing the journalism nobody else bothered to do. They joined the dots. The rest are complicit. This is the establishment in motion. Obsequious to power, weak and devoid of ethics.
bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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UN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily in the region over the last two weeks.
Civilians paying price as Israeli military raises stakes in Lebanon: UNIFIL
UN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily in the region over the last two weeks.
www.aljazeera.com
August 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
UN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily in the region over the last two weeks.
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
goodlawproject.org
August 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Well, who'd have thought Toby Young and James Orr would be lurking somewhere in the background
Just to note, Toby Young and James Orr’s Free Speech Union paid the legal bills for this guy who plans to be a future ‘Professor of Eugenics and Race Science’ after ‘the revolution’
Young himself supported ‘progressive eugenics’. They’re not even hiding their fact free racism
Young himself supported ‘progressive eugenics’. They’re not even hiding their fact free racism
August 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Well, who'd have thought Toby Young and James Orr would be lurking somewhere in the background
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A moment of profound shame for academia and self-righteous integrity barons. #jasonarday #rip
According to Sayre's Law, academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. This seems cruelly inaccurate today.
We need to be kinder to everyone.
According to Sayre's Law, academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. This seems cruelly inaccurate today.
We need to be kinder to everyone.
Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims
Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
A moment of profound shame for academia and self-righteous integrity barons. #jasonarday #rip
According to Sayre's Law, academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. This seems cruelly inaccurate today.
We need to be kinder to everyone.
According to Sayre's Law, academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. This seems cruelly inaccurate today.
We need to be kinder to everyone.
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“This book is both social history, but also fundamentally a critique made in good spirit”
Read our interview with Symeon Brown. 👇
Read our interview with Symeon Brown. 👇
Symeon Brown looks at the aspirations of the Black middle class with his new book
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June 26, 2026 at 10:16 AM
“This book is both social history, but also fundamentally a critique made in good spirit”
Read our interview with Symeon Brown. 👇
Read our interview with Symeon Brown. 👇
Go buy The Good, The Black and The Boujie.
Symeon Brown on the Black British middle class and what people mean by 'the culture'
youtu.be/ScUMjDOZVqs?...
youtu.be/ScUMjDOZVqs?...
Symeon Brown on the Black British middle class and what people mean by 'the culture'.
YouTube video by Elijah 🟨
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August 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Go buy The Good, The Black and The Boujie.