JaxRaffles
@jaxr.bsky.social
Politically, environmentally, technologically and socially up the creek. Hoping for a change but not for the worse.. Getting older looking for new ways of aging in place. Masking in crowded public places.
Please read this from the amazing @drshibley.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Please read this from the amazing @drshibley.bsky.social
@jmcefalas.bsky.social I think we followed each other in the old reincarnation?
December 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@jmcefalas.bsky.social I think we followed each other in the old reincarnation?
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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“NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm…We’ve set up a simple tool so you can find out if your local NHS trust has started using the software & send an email demanding they say no to Palantir.”
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Say no to Palantir in the NHS - No to Palantir
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm…We’ve set up a simple tool so you can find out if your local NHS trust has started using the software & send an email demanding they say no to Palantir.”
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
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142 deaths in England involving COVID-19: w/ending 7 Nov 2025.
🤦Data too limited
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared, continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for better infection prevention. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
🤦Data too limited
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared, continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for better infection prevention. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
142 deaths in England involving COVID-19: w/ending 7 Nov 2025.
🤦Data too limited
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared, continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for better infection prevention. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
🤦Data too limited
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared, continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for better infection prevention. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
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Friendly reminder that Covid is airborne you fuckwits. You know, like smoke. If you want to avoid it, campaign for air filtration in public places and wear a mask thanks very much bye
a black and white photo of a cloudy sky with a plane flying through it .
Alt: a black and white photo of a cloudy sky with a plane flying through it . Although I can’t see a plane and it looks like smoke
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Friendly reminder that Covid is airborne you fuckwits. You know, like smoke. If you want to avoid it, campaign for air filtration in public places and wear a mask thanks very much bye
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With some very welcome sunshine here this morning, I thought that a "bright" image might be appropriate. This is "Canvey Island" by Walter Steggles from 1933. This is one of at least four different oils by him with the same title but, to date, it is the only known survivor. #WalterSteggles
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
With some very welcome sunshine here this morning, I thought that a "bright" image might be appropriate. This is "Canvey Island" by Walter Steggles from 1933. This is one of at least four different oils by him with the same title but, to date, it is the only known survivor. #WalterSteggles
3 hours remaining to update 🍏 watch to iOS 26.1. I really hope not. Already been an hour to update my Phone the two updates needed to update my watch. Hello Liquid Glass. #Firstworldproblems.
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
3 hours remaining to update 🍏 watch to iOS 26.1. I really hope not. Already been an hour to update my Phone the two updates needed to update my watch. Hello Liquid Glass. #Firstworldproblems.
Forwarded to a couple of people I know who have experience of delirium and found it very frightening.
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Forwarded to a couple of people I know who have experience of delirium and found it very frightening.
Shaggy Inkcap taken yesterday at The Hillier Gardens arboretum
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Shaggy Inkcap taken yesterday at The Hillier Gardens arboretum
A worthwhile read as we dive headlong into AI health and social care it is not what we gain it is what we lose - thank you Eric Reinhart www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A worthwhile read as we dive headlong into AI health and social care it is not what we gain it is what we lose - thank you Eric Reinhart www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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It’s a new immunology 101 to brighten your weekend cos your weekend can’t get started until you have marvelled over monoclonal antibodies. Its a reach I know but still hope you find time to read and enjoy 🧪
Immunology 101: Monoclonal antibodies
What monoclonals are and how we use them therapeutically.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It’s a new immunology 101 to brighten your weekend cos your weekend can’t get started until you have marvelled over monoclonal antibodies. Its a reach I know but still hope you find time to read and enjoy 🧪
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If I was going to deliver "the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered" I'd start by going and talking to the community organisations all over the country who have almost zero-support from govt in meeting unmet need, and who will have little capacity to engage in a govt consultation
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
If I was going to deliver "the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered" I'd start by going and talking to the community organisations all over the country who have almost zero-support from govt in meeting unmet need, and who will have little capacity to engage in a govt consultation
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Another week has come & gone & another #SaturdayMorning has arrived! Here's our "usual" start to the day & week-end: "Interior" by Brynhild Parker from 1930. #BrynhildParker #EastLondonGroup
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Another week has come & gone & another #SaturdayMorning has arrived! Here's our "usual" start to the day & week-end: "Interior" by Brynhild Parker from 1930. #BrynhildParker #EastLondonGroup
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I would be bloody surprised if Reform UK's showboating "DOGE" efforts - which Yusuf has been smart enough to dissociate himself from - go after Councils outsourcing child or adult social care provision to private equity backed profiteers. They are in thrall to free markets
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I would be bloody surprised if Reform UK's showboating "DOGE" efforts - which Yusuf has been smart enough to dissociate himself from - go after Councils outsourcing child or adult social care provision to private equity backed profiteers. They are in thrall to free markets
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An interesting point at the Data and AI CSO Network this week was the distinction between "digital inclusion by getting everyone to adopt digital" and "digital inclusion by providing non-digital alternatives".
The first is impossible, the second shows the limits of the digitalness of digital ID.
The first is impossible, the second shows the limits of the digitalness of digital ID.
Josh Simons, the junior minister responsible for digital ID (and former Labour Together director) has promised govt will embark on “the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered in this country" to deliver digital ID. www.publictechnology.net/2025/11/05/s...
Government ‘considering physical alternatives’ for those unable access digital ID
Ministers reveal that the digitally excluded may be able to use familiar locations on the high street to obtain a more traditional ID card that could be kept in wallets
Government is exploring ...
www.publictechnology.net
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
An interesting point at the Data and AI CSO Network this week was the distinction between "digital inclusion by getting everyone to adopt digital" and "digital inclusion by providing non-digital alternatives".
The first is impossible, the second shows the limits of the digitalness of digital ID.
The first is impossible, the second shows the limits of the digitalness of digital ID.
5.47am “You’re in a queue to book a Tesco delivery”. Booking opens 6am. Wait wait wait. 6.01am. “Your wait time is 36 minutes”. I am booking groceries not Bruce Springsteen tour tickets.
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
5.47am “You’re in a queue to book a Tesco delivery”. Booking opens 6am. Wait wait wait. 6.01am. “Your wait time is 36 minutes”. I am booking groceries not Bruce Springsteen tour tickets.
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This is a grave threat to democracy, human rights and civil liberties. Everyone should be alarmed and getting organised to fight back. This is urgent.
This is the densest article I have written to date on the UK duopoly's nationwide rollout of Freeports, Special Economic Zones, and AI Growth Zones.
Please take the time to read and share it.
I would appreciate it very much if you subscribe to my Substack💚
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Please take the time to read and share it.
I would appreciate it very much if you subscribe to my Substack💚
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Silent Architecture of Control: Is a Social Credit System Being Built in UK Free Zones?
All the ingredients for Chinese-style surveillance are being assembled in Britain’s corporate-governed territories—with zero public debate
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is a grave threat to democracy, human rights and civil liberties. Everyone should be alarmed and getting organised to fight back. This is urgent.
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Anyway, if you're interesting in supporting a more socially progressive view, that puts people and planet first, come and find out what we're doing at the Society for Hopeful Technologists buttondown.com/society-of-h...
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Anyway, if you're interesting in supporting a more socially progressive view, that puts people and planet first, come and find out what we're doing at the Society for Hopeful Technologists buttondown.com/society-of-h...
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I haven't read it yet, but HEPI has a report out on AI and the Future of Universities. Includes a chapter by Vint Cerf (!!!). But also one "by" ChatGPT (who cannot be ascribed authorship). I'll read the former and skip the latter, I think.
www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/righ...
www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/righ...
AI and the Future of Universities - HEPI
A new collection of essays, AI and the Future of Universities (HEPI Report 193) edited by Dr Giles Carden and Josh Freeman, brings together leading voices from universities, industry and policy. The c...
www.hepi.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I haven't read it yet, but HEPI has a report out on AI and the Future of Universities. Includes a chapter by Vint Cerf (!!!). But also one "by" ChatGPT (who cannot be ascribed authorship). I'll read the former and skip the latter, I think.
www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/righ...
www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/righ...
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🦠Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19🦠
☝️Significant scientific evidence-based statement which should inform our approach to preventing / controlling the potential transmission of infections.
💯 @carlzimmer.com 📖 'Air-Borne'.
bsky.app/profile/drjo...
☝️Significant scientific evidence-based statement which should inform our approach to preventing / controlling the potential transmission of infections.
💯 @carlzimmer.com 📖 'Air-Borne'.
bsky.app/profile/drjo...
New study shows that 'receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in *ALL* age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.'
@sarafnovak.bsky.social @laurenjyoung.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
@sarafnovak.bsky.social @laurenjyoung.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🦠Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19🦠
☝️Significant scientific evidence-based statement which should inform our approach to preventing / controlling the potential transmission of infections.
💯 @carlzimmer.com 📖 'Air-Borne'.
bsky.app/profile/drjo...
☝️Significant scientific evidence-based statement which should inform our approach to preventing / controlling the potential transmission of infections.
💯 @carlzimmer.com 📖 'Air-Borne'.
bsky.app/profile/drjo...
Anyone help with the name of the musician playing alongside Lang Lang tonight on #strictly? Can’t find a credit anywhere. Wasn’t even introduced.
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Anyone help with the name of the musician playing alongside Lang Lang tonight on #strictly? Can’t find a credit anywhere. Wasn’t even introduced.
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My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social really needs some work.
AI has had a very detrimental effect on his earnings this year.
ChatGTP doesn’t have bills to pay and doesn’t have to worry constantly.
Please repost far and wide because I don’t like to see ‘Sad Matt’
AI has had a very detrimental effect on his earnings this year.
ChatGTP doesn’t have bills to pay and doesn’t have to worry constantly.
Please repost far and wide because I don’t like to see ‘Sad Matt’
If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social really needs some work.
AI has had a very detrimental effect on his earnings this year.
ChatGTP doesn’t have bills to pay and doesn’t have to worry constantly.
Please repost far and wide because I don’t like to see ‘Sad Matt’
AI has had a very detrimental effect on his earnings this year.
ChatGTP doesn’t have bills to pay and doesn’t have to worry constantly.
Please repost far and wide because I don’t like to see ‘Sad Matt’
And this is a man the UK government is doing business with. “Exclusive: Peter Thiel in talk on 'Antichrist' says he told Elon Musk not to give wealth to charity” - www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...
Exclusive: Peter Thiel in talk on 'Antichrist' says he told Elon Musk not to give wealth to charity
Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has urged long-time associate Elon Musk to quit the Giving Pledge under which signatories leave the majority of their wealth to charity.
www.reuters.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
And this is a man the UK government is doing business with. “Exclusive: Peter Thiel in talk on 'Antichrist' says he told Elon Musk not to give wealth to charity” - www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...