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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 6h

An interesting read.

theconversation.com/could-digita...

Could digital currencies end banking as we know it? The future of money

Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. What does this mean in the new era of digital currencies?

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Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 17h

Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 22h

Extraordinary nonsense. The Trump administration's *stated aim* is to force production onshore.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

Righty-o.

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 3d

This sounds... bad.

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AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 3d

We have a society which still holds late 20th century assumptions about what the state should do, how living standards should improve, when people should retire, when they should buy a house and so on.

Alas, we don’t have late 20th century growth.

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 3d

Interesting result, given the recent history of this cc.

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Ardgay and District Community Council election results

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 4d

"Progressives, bizarrely, have paid far more attention to campaign finance reform than to media reform, acting as though the ads candidates buy with their big bucks affect votes but the material people see between the ads doesn’t."

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide.

Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform.

www.thenation.com

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 4d

I asked for the DPIA for the soon-to-launch mycare.scot app via #FOI. The new service is supposed to provide a "digital front door" to Scotland's health services, and it's due to launch in the next few weeks. It will be dealing with a lot of personal data. But the DPIA is still "in development" ...

Screen shot of an FOI response confirming that there is no completed DPIA for the mycare.scot app.

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 5d

I see the SNP have delayed Muirburn licensing again.

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 5d

Who knew that gambling on gambling was a thing? theconversation.com/why-people-a...

Why people are watching livestreams of influencers gambling – and how it could be fuelling addiction

A new study finds gambling livestreams, where influencers bet to huge audiences, are normalising risk and fuelling addiction among young viewers.

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 6d

37% of those surveyed who used AI to help plan their travels reported that it could not provide enough information, while around 33% said their AI-generated recommendations included false information.

www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...

The perils of letting AI plan your next trip

An imagined town in Peru, an Eiffel tower in Beijing: travellers are increasingly using tools like ChatGPT for itinerary ideas – and being sent to destinations that don't exist.

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 6d

The IDF are problematic for a number of reasons – mass murder, other war crimes – but I'm disappointed to see they are also poisoning the digital commons:

The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum's 3D models in propaganda videos theferret.scot/idf-scottish...

#opendata #dataforevil

The Scottish Maritime Museum confirmed some of its models are available online through Creative Commons licensing, but stressed it has no control over how the data is used. Following our request for a comment the museum's 3D scans used by the IDF are no longer publicly available.

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 6d

Alex Salmond has become more popular, despite being dead.

yougov.co.uk/ratings/poli...

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 7d

Ouch!

thecritic.co.uk/rob-whistle/

Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the...

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 7d

Seems material, somehow. I mean if this is working, what on earth are we doing?
eciu.net/analysis/rep...

Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and…

Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 8d

Privatising provision equals lousy service and huge company profits, wherever it is done.

“Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper” - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8d

Another astonishing sign of incredible incompetence from the UK Conservatives. They can’t even get right the name of the country they want to represent.
(Image via LBC political editor Natasha Clark)

Promo bar of chocolate saying
"When Labour negotiates,
Britian loses"

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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 9d

If you read only one thing today, read this letter written from prison, where she has been languishing for several months, by the awesome Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghobeli.
She dared to speak the truth to the Moscow's puppets.
EU leaders don't have her courage.
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From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli

My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli

www.theguardian.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10d

Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his register of interests in months.

Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 10d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 10d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 11d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who owns Scotland's offshore wind assets?

Our new interactive map with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social lets you explore who really owns ScotWind projects – and who stands to benefit

Highlights in 🧵
Explore the map 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/scotwind

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 11d

Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results are lukewarm about their value. One-in-five say they find the information extremely or very useful, 52% say it’s somewhat useful, and 28% say it’s not too or not at all useful.

A horizontal stacked bar chart showing that 1 in 5 Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results find them extremely or very useful.

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Who Targets Me @whotargets.me · 15d

An interesting side-effect of Meta's decision to ban political ads in the EU is that it will ban itself from running ads like these, which lobby against significant further regulation of social media for under 16s in the EU.

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Spotlight on Corruption @spotlightcorruption.org · 16d

💥 The independence of @electoralcommission.org.uk must be fully restored to safeguard the UK’s electoral integrity from a future authoritarian government, our new report warns. Covered exclusively by Rowena Mason in today’s @theguardian.com 👇

UK government urged to restore Electoral Commission’s independence to protect democracy

Oversight of watchdog could be abused by a future authoritarian government, report warns

www.theguardian.com

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 16d

Just dragged this humongous bit of fish farm pipe up the beach at Gairloch and reported it to the Salmon Scotland collection service. Let's see how many days it takes them to remove it...

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