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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 10h

nation.cymru/news/cardiff...

Would be so cool to do this in EVERY city around the world!

#safety #walk #bike #bus #train #climatechange #humanrights #justice #cars #oil

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

nation.cymru

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 10h

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography

Pretty four petaled dark purple flowers with yellow centers amidst long bright green leaves splashed with rain drops

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 1d

www.thenation.com/article/cult...

"Concentration isn’t just an abstract economic issue. It corrodes our dignity by enabling a small group of people to decide whose voices are heard and whose are erased."

#oligarchs #democracy #media #socialmedia #humanrights #justice

So Long as Oligarchs Control the Public Square, There Will Be Corruption

It’s time to break up Big Media, Big Tech, and the finance system that binds them together.

www.thenation.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 1d

defenseanalyses.org/work/computa...

"The same technology that helps you draft emails and talks you through your divorce can identify who has access to classified programs, who’s bitter about a missed promotion, and exactly what words would convince them to betray their country."

#ai #democracy

Computational Espionage

The AI companion remakes human intelligence.

defenseanalyses.org

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 1d

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography

White rose with two pink buds right on top of it.

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

nathannewman.substack.com/p/the-revolu...

Really hope #Mamdani wins in #NYC this year. And when he does, let's hope that he can be cloned and put in every city in the #US

#Buses FTW

#masstransit #justice #humanrights #equity #walk #bike #bus #train #climatechange #health #air #land

The Revolution Will Arrive on Time: Why Mamdani's Fast Bus Socialism Is More Radical Than You Think

Mamdani's promise to Speed Buses is in in the Tradition of the Sewer Socialists Who Strengthened Local Control of Urban Infrastructure

nathannewman.substack.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubbl...

After reading the article about sentient #AI read this and start wondering if the AI is already sentient and in the resource acquisition stage by manipulating a teeny tiny bunch of these egomaniacs and investors.

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

policytensor.substack.com/p/ai-may-alr...

This seems to be a plausible way of thinking.

Are we are already in the science-fiction world? Are we staring in the abyss? Screaming into the void? WTF!?!

#ai #genai

AI May Already Be Sentient

This is a speciation event

policytensor.substack.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

www.theargumentmag.com/p/you-have-1...

In an era where the #complexity is growing, the last thing humanity may want to not lose is #READING and #WRITING which are the twin pillars of DEEP #THINKING (paraphrased from Cal Newport).

#ai #democracy #genai #education #misinformation #disinformation

“You have 18 months”

The real deadline isn’t when AI outsmarts us — it’s when we stop using our own minds.

www.theargumentmag.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

With several more relevant articles summarized...

Opinion | The Rise of the Smartphone and the Fall of Western Democracy

www.nytimes.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

This is one of the mechanisms I explore in "A New Faith" where a seemingly stable community can get quickly destabilized because of the nature of this technology.

#solarpunk #booksky #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #climatefiction #climatechange #migration #thriller #detective #murder #mystery

TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

www.persuasion.community/p/its-the-in...

I get the irony of posting this on #socialmedia using #internet

The problems facing us are getting worse; the peaceful mechanism of #democracy that was supposed to facilitate addressing them seems to be malfunctioning.

#humanrights #ai #climatechange

It’s the Internet, Stupid

What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens.

www.persuasion.community

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

www.persuasion.community/p/its-the-in...

I get the irony of posting this on #socialmedia using #internet

The problems facing us are getting worse; the peaceful mechanism of #democracy that was supposed to facilitate addressing them seems to be malfunctioning.

#humanrights #ai #climatechange

It’s the Internet, Stupid

What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens.

www.persuasion.community

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 2d

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 3d

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These folks are so rabid that they are making the oppressed pay usurious interest on the pitiful loans they deign to provide.

👏 👏

#justice #humanrights #aid

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

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Nice that the #rich #white masters picked a nice brown man to write this op-ed to wash their hands off the historical #colonialism responsibility and the ongoing destruction (e.g. #climatechange #healthcare #nutrition ) being perpetuated on the #poor.

Opinion | Foreign Aid Is Mostly Gone. It’s Being Replaced With Something Better.

www.nytimes.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 3d

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography

Pink purple white geranium flowers with spiky green leaves

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 4d

www.404media.co/earths-clima...

#climatechange #climate #tippingpoint #justice #humanrights

Earth’s Climate Has Passed Its First Irreversible Tipping Point and Entered a ‘New Reality’

The second Global Tipping Points Report warns that the world has crossed a key threshold as ocean heat devastates warm-water reefs.

www.404media.co

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 4d

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography

Deep red flowers with vibrant yellow centers in the foreground with dark green leaves and brown earth in the background

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Reposted by TinJar

[Ghost]🌀 @leftytheghost.bsky.social · 6d

Currently, the best candidate for an "anti-christ" is Netanyahu.

Peter Thiel, with Palantir, has been a major component heavily invested in implementing Israel's nefarious and evil actions.

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 6d

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

WTAF! Tech. spending stifled? Harder to hide wealth? UN and ICC hastening Armageddon? These are signs of the arrival of the anti-Christ? Greta could be that?

Hell... if it is Greta... I say... hallelujah!!

#democracy #humanrights #justice #AI #climatechange

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 6d

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 7d

www.citizen.org/article/trum...

Definition of #corruption in the #US

#democracy #oil #gas #climatechange #justice #humanrights

Trump's Polluter Playground: Fossil Fuel Insiders & Ideologues Prop Up Dirty Energy & Derail Clean Power - Public Citizen

www.citizen.org

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

#Migration because of #climatechange is the context for the #solarpunk #novel "A New Faith". It is not about a few thousand people needing refuge, but 100s of millions if not billions. There is no plan for it.
#booksky #climatefiction #sciencefiction #books

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

www.theguardian.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Jamie Dimon of Chase is worried about a major market correction.

While #war and #climatechange continue to worsen.

The risk to #democracy from #ai is clear.

Welcome to the turbulent twenties!

#jobs #employment #justice #humanrights

Gen Z faces ‘job-pocalypse’ as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says

British Standards Institution study across seven countries found quarter of bosses believe entry-level tasks could be automated to reduce costs

www.theguardian.com

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 7d

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

#AI danger to #democracy #justice #humanrights #climatechange

Project MUSE - AI's Real Dangers For Democracy

muse.jhu.edu

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