Kathryn
@oraclekate.bsky.social
Love working with Oracle APEX. Dislike the office and the world of corporate office culture. Former geologist now concerned about climate change, the state of politics and the lack of connection between the two. Knit/frog as therapy.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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AI seems to be an expensive way to do someone else’s job as well as you reckon they probably do it, whatever, but no use for anything you do yourself, where you can professionally tell it’s hopeless.
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
AI seems to be an expensive way to do someone else’s job as well as you reckon they probably do it, whatever, but no use for anything you do yourself, where you can professionally tell it’s hopeless.
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
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The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
The worrying rise of US anti-abortion rhetoric is in full force - how deep is Reform UK's involvement?
Money is pouring into anti-abortion campaigns in Britain, and it seems Nigel Farage’s party isn’t pushing back…
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
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russian occupation is not peace.
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
russian occupation is not peace.
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All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
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An absolutely disgraceful interview this morning on #r4today with the gove, this is appalling by the #bbc #justinwebb appears to have fallen in love with #michaelgove this is appalling
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
An absolutely disgraceful interview this morning on #r4today with the gove, this is appalling by the #bbc #justinwebb appears to have fallen in love with #michaelgove this is appalling
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#SkyNews #itvnews #C4News #LBC #r4today #bbcbreakfast #gmb #bbcpm #bbcqt #bbcaq #pmqs #politicslive #GBNews #bbcgms #scotlandtonight #SNP #independence #LBC #bbcsundayshow #bbclaurak
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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The Rock’n’Roll Doctor is IN
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Rock’n’Roll Doctor is IN
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The American car industry quite deliberately designs its products so that they kill people. They know this. They are not ignorant of how their products work.
They don't care.
They don't care.
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The American car industry quite deliberately designs its products so that they kill people. They know this. They are not ignorant of how their products work.
They don't care.
They don't care.
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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
Maybe this is a good time to get proportional representation off the ground
I cannot see any scenario in which Labour retain power in 2029.
Net result of their 5 calamitous years will be:
- A diminished horrible inward looking country which promotes cruelty to immigrants as a virtue
- A series of half-baked half-started initiatives
- Reform government
- End of Labour
Net result of their 5 calamitous years will be:
- A diminished horrible inward looking country which promotes cruelty to immigrants as a virtue
- A series of half-baked half-started initiatives
- Reform government
- End of Labour
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Maybe this is a good time to get proportional representation off the ground
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This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
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A key point about "volunteering" is that it should be "voluntary". By forcing migrants to volunteer this government not only treats us as if we are a free resource, but also ignores everything else we go through. This policy is dehumanising and exploitative.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK charities condemn ‘immoral’ plans to force asylum seekers to volunteer
Making volunteering compulsory for refugees slammed as exploitative, bureaucratic and un-British
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A key point about "volunteering" is that it should be "voluntary". By forcing migrants to volunteer this government not only treats us as if we are a free resource, but also ignores everything else we go through. This policy is dehumanising and exploitative.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Breaking. People prefer being younger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Breaking. People prefer being younger.
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More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
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Yikes! 🤮
The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…
…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…
…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
McDonald’s in Dalton Rd, Barrow: 1* food hygiene rating
Dalton Rd, Barrow McDonalds rated as ‘major improvement necessary’ in 1* from a health inspector
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Yikes! 🤮
The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…
…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…
…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
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Ffs can you stop peddling the myth that assylum seekers are living in luxury in hotel. - the truth is these hotels are squalid. Your job should be to challenge that view and stop giving it legitimacy
#R4Today
#R4Today
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Ffs can you stop peddling the myth that assylum seekers are living in luxury in hotel. - the truth is these hotels are squalid. Your job should be to challenge that view and stop giving it legitimacy
#R4Today
#R4Today
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Regarding the BBC and journalist integrity. We’ve had examples of a major lack of it before, and yet one of its journalists found guilty of it has been allowed to continue and is more prominent than ever… #newsnight #r4today #bbcbreakfast #politicsLive #bbclaurak
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Regarding the BBC and journalist integrity. We’ve had examples of a major lack of it before, and yet one of its journalists found guilty of it has been allowed to continue and is more prominent than ever… #newsnight #r4today #bbcbreakfast #politicsLive #bbclaurak
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We are forever told that the BBC has a leftist bias, but everyone in the BBC from journos (just now a former Sun editor) to managers (Gibb, Davie, etc) seems to have past links with the right. Where are those all powerful lefties?! #r4today
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We are forever told that the BBC has a leftist bias, but everyone in the BBC from journos (just now a former Sun editor) to managers (Gibb, Davie, etc) seems to have past links with the right. Where are those all powerful lefties?! #r4today
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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If our country had any dignity at all the BBC would fight the Trump lawsuit and the government would underwrite their risks. As it stands they’ll both grovel to the Mango Mussolini and shame us all in the process.
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If our country had any dignity at all the BBC would fight the Trump lawsuit and the government would underwrite their risks. As it stands they’ll both grovel to the Mango Mussolini and shame us all in the process.