Fyre
@amuseoffyre.bsky.social
Fyre online since 2000. Scottish. Geek. Author. Globetrotter. Technically 'grown-up'. Can be found under the username amuseoffyre in most locations :)
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#OurFlagMeansMuppets
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Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
No, brain, sitting at a departure gate is not a good time to want to write a thing
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
No, brain, sitting at a departure gate is not a good time to want to write a thing
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New look at ‘Coyote Vs Acme.’
The film will release in theaters on August 28, 2026.
The film will release in theaters on August 28, 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New look at ‘Coyote Vs Acme.’
The film will release in theaters on August 28, 2026.
The film will release in theaters on August 28, 2026.
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“The makers of AI…want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“The makers of AI…want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.”
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For so long, they said gays & lesbians were freaks who must be suppressed & converted. They lost that fight.
Now they’re saying the same about trans people.
Like gays & lesbians, trans people have been in all societies forever. They’re part of the natural order. Deal with it.
Now they’re saying the same about trans people.
Like gays & lesbians, trans people have been in all societies forever. They’re part of the natural order. Deal with it.
We’re scientists who study sex and gender. Here’s what Trump gets wrong about trans people
OPINION: Despite what President Trump would have you believe, transgender people are a natural part of the human species, Joan Roughgarden and Jaimie Veale write.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
For so long, they said gays & lesbians were freaks who must be suppressed & converted. They lost that fight.
Now they’re saying the same about trans people.
Like gays & lesbians, trans people have been in all societies forever. They’re part of the natural order. Deal with it.
Now they’re saying the same about trans people.
Like gays & lesbians, trans people have been in all societies forever. They’re part of the natural order. Deal with it.
An hour til I head to the airport and will be absent for however long it takes to voyage around the world 😅May be sporadic for the foreseeable since I will be exhausting myself with running around daft in scenic places
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
An hour til I head to the airport and will be absent for however long it takes to voyage around the world 😅May be sporadic for the foreseeable since I will be exhausting myself with running around daft in scenic places
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Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
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Maya in 1933: "I met the publisher responsible for Der Stürmer and its publication of Jewish crimes.
They told me how they they didn't want Jewish crimes recorded as German crime so they set up the publication to ensure accuracy to the Volksgemeinschaft."
They told me how they they didn't want Jewish crimes recorded as German crime so they set up the publication to ensure accuracy to the Volksgemeinschaft."
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Maya in 1933: "I met the publisher responsible for Der Stürmer and its publication of Jewish crimes.
They told me how they they didn't want Jewish crimes recorded as German crime so they set up the publication to ensure accuracy to the Volksgemeinschaft."
They told me how they they didn't want Jewish crimes recorded as German crime so they set up the publication to ensure accuracy to the Volksgemeinschaft."
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The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
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TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!!! 🏳️⚧️✨
June 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!!! 🏳️⚧️✨
They're gonna have someone make a new footie song, aren't they?
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
They're gonna have someone make a new footie song, aren't they?
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Trump commuted the sentence of convicted scammer Eliyahi Weinstein in 2021. He's now going back to federal prison for 37 years after being convicted of a committing a new Ponzi scheme involving fraudulent promises of aid to war-torn Ukraine.
Trump commuted N.J. con man’s sentence. Now he’s going back to prison for new Ponzi scheme.
The Ponzi scheme duped investors out of $44 million.
www.nj.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Trump commuted the sentence of convicted scammer Eliyahi Weinstein in 2021. He's now going back to federal prison for 37 years after being convicted of a committing a new Ponzi scheme involving fraudulent promises of aid to war-torn Ukraine.
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
Me every time I have to deal with a voice-recognition system asking me to confirm numbers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDn...
Elevator Recognition | Burnistoun
YouTube video by The Scottish Comedy Channel
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Me every time I have to deal with a voice-recognition system asking me to confirm numbers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDn...
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The “Epstein Files Transparency Act” passes the House via a nearly unanimous vote of 427-1.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana is the single holdout
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana is the single holdout
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The “Epstein Files Transparency Act” passes the House via a nearly unanimous vote of 427-1.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana is the single holdout
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana is the single holdout
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Today is just one long demonstration of the One Special Boy virus that has consumed our polity. Immediate presidency-ending stuff for anyone else from at least Truman to Biden. We're not even pretending to care about the law or the Constitution or any of the norms or duct tape anymore.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Today is just one long demonstration of the One Special Boy virus that has consumed our polity. Immediate presidency-ending stuff for anyone else from at least Truman to Biden. We're not even pretending to care about the law or the Constitution or any of the norms or duct tape anymore.
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I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
Awwww yis. Have all the things so now, it's time to pack! One more sleep :D
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Awwww yis. Have all the things so now, it's time to pack! One more sleep :D
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Yes, who would have thought. If you adopt a bash-liberals strategy, liberal voters will vote for someone else. And despite what they think in No.10, liberal voters do actually exist.
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yes, who would have thought. If you adopt a bash-liberals strategy, liberal voters will vote for someone else. And despite what they think in No.10, liberal voters do actually exist.
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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Gee, don’t threaten us with a good time… 😏
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Gee, don’t threaten us with a good time… 😏
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This moral radicalization happened at all levels in the Union army, very much including Ulysses S. Grant.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This moral radicalization happened at all levels in the Union army, very much including Ulysses S. Grant.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.