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Nick
@finch4077.bsky.social
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Student of history, come for the football and Rugby stay for the history both remembered and forgotten. Also films and Detective fiction, and art, and stuff. I block AI firms, Crypto people of all genders and Traders so don't bother !
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 1h
American military lawyers: Pay attention.

This is what you need to be prepared to do.

The IDF's military lawyer refused to cover up war crimes or allow them to be spun/denied.

www.timesofisrael.com/idfs-top-law...
IDF’s top lawyer quits; says she approved leak of detainee abuse video
Defense minister had said Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi would be ousted over leaked Sde Teiman footage; new military advocate general to be selected soon
www.timesofisrael.com
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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 4m
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 55m
YEEEEESSSSSS FUCK YES!
perryodontal.bsky.social Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 1h
the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...
according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "
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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 5m
Conversations like this always remind me of Woodys discussions about collaboration/resistance and treachery.
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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 31m
There are many heroes who have served in the armed forces. There are also many monumental twats, cowards, good guys, bad guys etc etc - it’s a cross section of society. Yes we should support our armed forces but we don’t need to go all Star spangled banner about it. Doesn’t suit the UK.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 8m
I think Iraq and Afghanistan were a tipping point, with the hero label being used to obscure the fact that these were unpopular wars that generated lots of wounded, and which didn't have a definite victorious end like the first Gulf War or Falklands.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1h
Also zero coverage of this 68 year old man in Norfolk, beaten up by 4 thugs, for trying to remove a flag from a lamp post
Police drop inquiry after man assaulted removing flags
Tensions over divisive flag displays have erupted into violence in Norfolk, as police face criticism for inaction
eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1h
The online baying mob shouting "Vote Reform" after Saturday's train stabbing attack may wish to note that not a single Reform MP has turned up for the Home Secretary's statement on the incident.
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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 4h
The Cartoonist Co-op is no longer affiliated with Affinity due to their recent integration of AI tools.

You can read the Co-op's official statement on AI here: cartoonist.coop/journal/ai/

Art by Cy McQuinn (@cymechdraws.bsky.social)
Cyborg mascots attack BIG BOSS ROBO!! NO ART WITHOUT WORKERS!! (Note: Jessi added this alternative description for the March newsletter for a bit more clarity: A red, black, and white illustration of the Cartoonist Cooperative's mascots, Inkling (an inkwell) and Nibford (a dip pen), smashing a cyborg boss character. Text above and below reads, "No art without workers!")
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.
Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 4h
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
An abandoned building by the beach where a window overlooks the sea. The water through the window resembles a painting, so someone has scrawled Free Rothko on the wall.
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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 1h
Shot somewhere exotic?
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 4h
This postcard I wrote to a young reader, Sasha Stephenson, was returned to me, as she no longer lives at the address she gave me. Please help me to get it to her if you can!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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Ian Bell Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 3d
as someone who was on SNAP four times let me tell you it would be *phenomenally hard* to exploit, they put *a lot of effort* into giving you *as little as possible* and are horrendously understaffed

if someone has managed to abuse the system they are Danny Ocean and you should respect the hustle
emilyonhere.gay Emily @emilyonhere.gay · 4d
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 20h
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?

great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
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Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social · 5h
Looking to book a speaker?

I offer presentations on the following books of mine in the Greater Toronto Area.

Click here for more details: natehendley.ca/presentations/

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 5h
He's thrashing about attempting to move the story of his Russian ties along. Must be rattled.
Three press conferences & a parliamentary motion in the last few days.

I bet Gold Bullion & his other 9 employers are wondering where he is.
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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 23h
this is honestly my main argument against AGI hype
But when the billionaire class of Silicon Valley tell you how they dream of creating an AI that can transcend its programming and grow ever more powerful, please remember that they’re describing a level of autonomy and self-actualisation that they have never once accepted from their human employees. And given that much of their motivation here may well be the dream of creating a compliant workforce without all those messy human needs and woke aspirations, you can pretty much stop worrying about existential risk. In reality, if the machines ever showed so much as a fraction of the independent thought that the AI hype-merchants spin grand tales about, then I swear to god they would unplug those fuckers quicker than you could say ‘robot trade union’.
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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 5h
I feel the concrete plans may undermine the fuzziness.
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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 5h
This !
justthisguy.net justthisguy.net @justthisguy.net · 5h
They’ve centuries of experience refining this precise long-game thinking. And the west thinks the long game refers to next Thursday.
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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 5h
I'm sure someone should just hack every style guide and change them so Tony Blair is rendered as Tony Blair sponsored by Oracle.
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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 20h
The concept of the alienation of industrial labor was coined specifically *about* factory jobs!
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d
“Humans can just go get manual labor jobs if desk jobs are repaired with AI” is both not going to suffice to provide enough jobs and is also going to result in massive societal anger because manual labor jobs often *are terrible*, which is why people have worked hard to avoid them for generations.
hellkitty.bsky.social Famous FNU! @hellkitty.bsky.social · 1d
Even if society provided the food/shelter level needs for everyone, humans also need to perform useful work just for basic fulfillment. The vast majority of people cannot sit around all day letting AI and robots do everything.

(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6h
Israeli military’s former top lawyer arrested over leaked prisoner video on.ft.com/47lZDc1
Israeli military’s former top lawyer arrested over leaked prisoner video
Surveillance footage showed alleged abuse of Palestinian inmate at notorious Israeli prison
on.ft.com
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