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J. Alfred Rooke
@determinedinquiry.bsky.social
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Ethnomethodologist, Production Thinker, Anarchist
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determinedinquiry.bsky.social
A dodgy donor

Is Bassim Haidar a Brit? We should be told

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/07/b...

#ReformUK #donations
Bassim Haidar: The 'Globalist' Billionaire Bankrolling Britain's Anti-Globalist Party
Why is Nigel Farage's supposedly 'anti-globalist' Reform UK being bankrolled by a globe-trotting billionaire who once advised Amnesty International and the World Economic Forum?
bylinetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Good news on clean energy

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Climate #Energy
Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’
Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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eff.org
When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online,
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so,
www.eff.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
So you think you know what a woman is?

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/enormous
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Enormous
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Enormous
www.smbc-comics.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
This should lead to the total rejection of surveillance technology. 1984 is no longer a fantasy.
fightforthefuture.org Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 10d
Amazon Ring cameras are a privacy nightmare 👹but we know there are many reasons why people get them, so we have some suggestions ….
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Despite the harm, the world’s governments provided $956bn in direct fossil fuel subsidies in 2023, which was the world’s hottest year on record until it was surpassed by 2024.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#ClimateChange
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year from combined effects of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
The Green Party are the antidote to Reform.

Join us.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Deeply disappointed' Labour politician defects to Green Party
The Labour Party said it was
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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stopfundinghate.bsky.social
As the spread of hate, misinformation, conspiracy theories and climate denial escalates on X, it's time for Stop Funding Hate and @stopfundingheat.bsky.social to step up.

Together - and one brand at a time - we will make hate and misinformation unprofitable in print and digital media.

Let's go ❤️‍🔥💪
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *SunLife *Staysure *WorldOfCruising *Agincare *WeFix London *MoneyfactsCompare *VinceTheVet *Freshpet *Reclaim Nation *Dormeo *Polish Tourism Organisation *AvantiTravelInsurance *AllClearTravel *CandlelightUK *Haltonlifts *Boxt *SimplyFactoring *Belgica
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Today's GB News advertisers also include *CelebrationOfLifeCremations *HousingUnits *Twisted Gifts *Tonic Surgery *Droylsden Glass *Whitescarcave *CityMoves *GetDrafty *FreedomShowers *SelectSpecs *HafrenFurnishers *Rangeford Living *ManeUK *PSPIT *FasterPropertySolutions *GoldReserves
Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Climate Conspiracy Theories
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom will not be opening an investigation into GB News after one of its guests spread misinformation about climate action, DeSmog can reveal. Appearing on the Neil Oliver S...
www.desmog.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Nice piece by Cory Doctorow on the links between climate activism and tech activism

pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/c...

#ClimateChange #FreeSoftware
Pluralistic: The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism (11 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
October 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Greenpeace sues King Charles

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

#PropertyIsTheft
#NoKings
#ClimateChange
Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind
Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabed
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Is there an alternative to Windows 11?

One solution is to install Linux, which is a family of free operating systems that come in various flavours or “distributions”.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Just saying

#Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Linux
What does the end of free support for Windows 10 mean for its users?
Computers running software will still work but steadily become more vulnerable to viruses and malware
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Catastrophe is imminent

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Climate #ClimateChange
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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globaljusticenow.bsky.social
"A different way of making medicines is possible. Increasingly, our national health service depends upon it."

Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @mirror.co.uk

www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
‘Trump and Big Pharma are holding the NHS to ransom - don’t give in’
Americans pay four times as much for medicines than Brits as campaigners demand the UK government resists Trump's threats - amid fears the NHS could ‘go broke’
www.mirror.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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eff.org
EFF and 20 other organizations urge Congress: General counsels play too important of a role in the intelligence community to be appointed unilaterally. Maintain Senate confirmation and accountability for these roles. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF and Other Organizations: Keep Key Intelligence Positions Senate
In a joint letter to the ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, EFF has joined with 20 other organizations, including the ACLU, Brennan Center, CDT, Asian Americans
www.eff.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
I had my suspicions…

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-7
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Life
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Life
www.smbc-comics.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Bad food, lousy living conditions, and gigantic profits.

These are the parasites who should be targetted, not the poor bloody asylum seekers

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#immigration #MigrantHotels
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
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Bad food, lousy living conditions, and gigantic profits.

These are the parasites who should be targetted, not the poor bloody asylum seekers

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#immigration #MigrantHotels
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
October 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
What a surprise! US and India agree to protect tech monopolies

www.bilaterals.org?india-us-agr...

#monopoly #FreeSoftware #trade
India, US agree not to seek info on source code
Selling of products and services by US companies in India is likely to get easier with the two countries renegotiating a trade deal, with focus on facilitating digital trade.
www.bilaterals.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
the EU can hedge against Chinese hegemony by turning itself to manufacturing and selling disenshittifying technology – tools to jailbreak computers, phones, consoles, and embedded systems in cars and solar inverters and medical devices

pluralistic.net/2025/10/02/t...

#FreeSoftware #security #EU
Pluralistic: Decarbonization at a distance (02 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
October 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Reason is the new sex

(i.e. taboo and badly done)

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/priors

#truth #sex #reason
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Priors
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Priors
www.smbc-comics.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
determinedinquiry.bsky.social
What I want to know is when will someone face justice for this?

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

#ThamesWater #capitalism
Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules
Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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climate.us
With news of the government shutdown, we wanted to let YOU know that we are still here!

One perk of taking our mission into the nonprofit sector, we still get to work toward our mission of keeping trusted climate information up to date and easy to find without the "politics" of government involved.
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Sep 29
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM