Apples n Spice
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Interests: Politics, Scotland, Nature, Orchards, Crofting, Permaculture, Gardening, Forestry, Scottish Gaelic, Social policy, LGBTQ, 💚 Green, hEDS, YES Scot Indy, 🏳️🌈
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1/2 Been thinking a lot today about how creating, building, organising, healing and growing are higher power options and actions in times of unchecked destruction, negligence, cruelty and decay.
Jeremy Corbyn is yesterday's news pretending to still be relevant. Why is anyone on the left bothering with this obvious spanner? So out of touch from the reality he is in. Sure Corbyn, tell us more about the Greens 😂https://youtube.com/shorts/3ujyMSxY9Yo?si=JD_liUN_-s5KDpj5
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Jeremy Corbyn is yesterday's news pretending to still be relevant. Why is anyone on the left bothering with this obvious spanner? So out of touch from the reality he is in. Sure Corbyn, tell us more about the Greens 😂https://youtube.com/shorts/3ujyMSxY9Yo?si=JD_liUN_-s5KDpj5
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
This, AI or AI influenced writing is actually useless. Authentic communication or GTFO.
I've started ignoring all work emails because they're obviously written by copilot and might not have correct information. Then I wait for the inevitable correction my manager posts in Teams. AI has essentially turned my entire Outlook inbox into Spam
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This, AI or AI influenced writing is actually useless. Authentic communication or GTFO.
Big tech's AI is definitely not beating the cult allegations. YouTube adn tiktok just adding AI slop filters to everything without consent. People want the turn off ALL AI button now. AI is so wrong/gross on every level. www.youtube.com/watch?v=12-0...
How Artists Discovered YouTube’s Hidden Ai Filter That Ruins Drawings
YouTube video by Mohammed Agbadi
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Big tech's AI is definitely not beating the cult allegations. YouTube adn tiktok just adding AI slop filters to everything without consent. People want the turn off ALL AI button now. AI is so wrong/gross on every level. www.youtube.com/watch?v=12-0...
Of course it did. "South Korea’s Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster" thankfully it seems the AI companies will have to eat the costs of the failure. As they should.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
South Korea's Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster
The South Korean government's billion-dollar AI textbook initiative has been a complete failure from start to finish.
futurism.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Of course it did. "South Korea’s Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster" thankfully it seems the AI companies will have to eat the costs of the failure. As they should.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
This entire fiasco has shown Jeremy Corbyn to be what many have suspected, useless and a spanner for the policy we need. He's been taking up space on "the left" he doesn't actually deserve to take up anymore. The longer Zarah stays, the more she loses reputationally that she might never get back.
Jeremy Corbyn declines to call Zarah Sultana a friend as Your Party holds first conference
Jeremy Corbyn declines to call Zarah Sultana a friend as Your Party holds first conference
Jeremy Corbyn has declined to say his Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana is a friend as supporters of the new grouping gather in Liverpool.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This entire fiasco has shown Jeremy Corbyn to be what many have suspected, useless and a spanner for the policy we need. He's been taking up space on "the left" he doesn't actually deserve to take up anymore. The longer Zarah stays, the more she loses reputationally that she might never get back.
We ❤ David Tennant! Thank you Doctor
"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We ❤ David Tennant! Thank you Doctor
Labour amplifying/continuing the steep stupidity of Brexit, a racist anti-immigration vote and that means financial pain, inflation and a shrunken economy because it is expensive to isolate against the reality of the diverse world that you are actually dependent on. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Labour amplifying/continuing the steep stupidity of Brexit, a racist anti-immigration vote and that means financial pain, inflation and a shrunken economy because it is expensive to isolate against the reality of the diverse world that you are actually dependent on. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why the hell is the US still hosting the next World Cup? Why is there any tourism to the US at all right now? Why are people buying ANY US products? Why aren't all other countries sanctioning this pure evil regime?
What he's suggesting is blatantly racist and illegal
Even if he could convince the MAGA Supreme Court justices to go along with any of this, it would tear this country apart
And-unsurprisingly-not a single moment of empathy for Sarah Beckstrom or self-reflection on his role in her being killed
Even if he could convince the MAGA Supreme Court justices to go along with any of this, it would tear this country apart
And-unsurprisingly-not a single moment of empathy for Sarah Beckstrom or self-reflection on his role in her being killed
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why the hell is the US still hosting the next World Cup? Why is there any tourism to the US at all right now? Why are people buying ANY US products? Why aren't all other countries sanctioning this pure evil regime?
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
The delusional AI cult and ideas of infinite growth are going to be hitting all the walls of reality and finite resouces on repeat. This CEO could not look more insane. Meanwhile new data centres must be stopped because ofc they do. We can have civilisation or AI, not both bsky.app/profile/jael...
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The delusional AI cult and ideas of infinite growth are going to be hitting all the walls of reality and finite resouces on repeat. This CEO could not look more insane. Meanwhile new data centres must be stopped because ofc they do. We can have civilisation or AI, not both bsky.app/profile/jael...
I find it intresting how living in Edinburgh, other mum's on the school run used to scoff at me for putting up Christmas Lights and tree by 1 Dec. "It's just not done here until 2 weeks at most before Christmas" however now out of Edin, been seeing house lights up and some trees since mid Nov!
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I find it intresting how living in Edinburgh, other mum's on the school run used to scoff at me for putting up Christmas Lights and tree by 1 Dec. "It's just not done here until 2 weeks at most before Christmas" however now out of Edin, been seeing house lights up and some trees since mid Nov!
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If only your niece knew someone in charge of the Government who could provide better protection for her & her community by introducin tougher laws n sentencin for hate crime & then led by example to encourage other politicians not to fan the flames of bigotry, sadly she doesn't know anyone like that
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If only your niece knew someone in charge of the Government who could provide better protection for her & her community by introducin tougher laws n sentencin for hate crime & then led by example to encourage other politicians not to fan the flames of bigotry, sadly she doesn't know anyone like that
Love this for her.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Love this for her.
It is crazy to me that AI chatbot toys for kids are even legal. We are a failed species. gizmodo.com/do-not-under...
Do Not, Under Any Circumstance, Buy Your Kid an AI Toy for Christmas
Somehow worse than screens.
gizmodo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It is crazy to me that AI chatbot toys for kids are even legal. We are a failed species. gizmodo.com/do-not-under...
Woke up to fine someone had driven across our lawn for some distance in a place that clearly isn't for driving and thankfully it is just grass and can be fixed but it's literal boundary violating and feels bad. We didn't see or hear who did it and that is frustrating.
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Woke up to fine someone had driven across our lawn for some distance in a place that clearly isn't for driving and thankfully it is just grass and can be fixed but it's literal boundary violating and feels bad. We didn't see or hear who did it and that is frustrating.
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Something that should be laid at the feet of Wes Streeting and likewise the SNP dragging their heels in Scotland -
If hormone therapy saves the lives of trans youth, what, logically, does that mean denying that care achieves?
If hormone therapy saves the lives of trans youth, what, logically, does that mean denying that care achieves?
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Something that should be laid at the feet of Wes Streeting and likewise the SNP dragging their heels in Scotland -
If hormone therapy saves the lives of trans youth, what, logically, does that mean denying that care achieves?
If hormone therapy saves the lives of trans youth, what, logically, does that mean denying that care achieves?
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When is the rest of the world going to get together and do something about America?
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When is the rest of the world going to get together and do something about America?
Dumped X over a year ago but very curious where many of those accounts that were trying to pull Scottish Independence support to the political right are based from. It all felt so bot-like and fake as Scottish Independence is most naturally a progressive response to the further right UK Govt.
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Dumped X over a year ago but very curious where many of those accounts that were trying to pull Scottish Independence support to the political right are based from. It all felt so bot-like and fake as Scottish Independence is most naturally a progressive response to the further right UK Govt.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
When Monopolies take themselves down. Keep going doubling down on AI, Microsoft, I'm sure you're too big too fail. #AI #AISucks #AIcangetinthesea
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
When Monopolies take themselves down. Keep going doubling down on AI, Microsoft, I'm sure you're too big too fail. #AI #AISucks #AIcangetinthesea
1/ UK study on prevalence of family estrangement and people going no contact and the numbers are fascinating. 🧵Key Findings: "8% of people surveyed referenced that they themselves had cut contact with a family member, implying at least 5 million people in the UK
www.standalone.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.standalone.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.standalone.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
1/ UK study on prevalence of family estrangement and people going no contact and the numbers are fascinating. 🧵Key Findings: "8% of people surveyed referenced that they themselves had cut contact with a family member, implying at least 5 million people in the UK
www.standalone.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.standalone.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Every time I think I might just manage to hold my nose and vote SNP, Swinney reminds me that he can’t be trusted. Not with education and DEFINITELY not with women’s fundamental right to healthcare and freedom. I’m a Green Party member but unlikely to have a constituency candidate 😭
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Every time I think I might just manage to hold my nose and vote SNP, Swinney reminds me that he can’t be trusted. Not with education and DEFINITELY not with women’s fundamental right to healthcare and freedom. I’m a Green Party member but unlikely to have a constituency candidate 😭
I kinda love that IKEA is selling heat pumps in the UK now. www.ikea.com/gb/en/energy...
IKEA Heat Pumps for Home | Air to Water Heat Pumps
Explore IKEA air to water heat pumps for efficient home heating. Save energy and reduce costs with our innovative heating solutions.
www.ikea.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I kinda love that IKEA is selling heat pumps in the UK now. www.ikea.com/gb/en/energy...
Anyone who loves growing peonies, Thompson and Morgan have pre-order peonies for £2 each!! www.thompson-morgan.com/newsletter-s...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Anyone who loves growing peonies, Thompson and Morgan have pre-order peonies for £2 each!! www.thompson-morgan.com/newsletter-s...