Sarah
@sarahwfpb.bsky.social
Artist, orchardist, motorcyclist, gardener, shoemaker, bee keeper, singer.
Be warned
Best bit of this article is when he complains he couldn't get anyone to fix it because they'd outsourced customer service to AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Be warned
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Palantir is using medical records to help ICE target its victims in the US. And Wes Streeting is pitch-rolling for Farage to do the same in the UK.
Palantir uses medical records to target people for ICE in the US – will the UK be next? | Good Law Project
Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on people’s location – a chilling prospect for the NHS
goodlaw.social
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Palantir is using medical records to help ICE target its victims in the US. And Wes Streeting is pitch-rolling for Farage to do the same in the UK.
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I’m attending my first ever book festival on 28th February in York.
There’ll be lots of authors, vendors, talks and workshops.
Very exciting!
Please share and spread the word about the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival!
www.yorkmix.com/discover-you...
There’ll be lots of authors, vendors, talks and workshops.
Very exciting!
Please share and spread the word about the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival!
www.yorkmix.com/discover-you...
Discover your ‘next favourite book and author’ as new festival is coming to York
www.yorkmix.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I’m attending my first ever book festival on 28th February in York.
There’ll be lots of authors, vendors, talks and workshops.
Very exciting!
Please share and spread the word about the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival!
www.yorkmix.com/discover-you...
There’ll be lots of authors, vendors, talks and workshops.
Very exciting!
Please share and spread the word about the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival!
www.yorkmix.com/discover-you...
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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Every ill advised social media post in the middle of the night, every off the cuff tirade by IQ47 should illicit this kind of response. Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in U.S. Treasurys share.google/aAowr0v7OXkf...
Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. government finances
AkademikerPension's move comes amid increasing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. over Greenland.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Every ill advised social media post in the middle of the night, every off the cuff tirade by IQ47 should illicit this kind of response. Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in U.S. Treasurys share.google/aAowr0v7OXkf...
You in the UK? Wake up. Reform will be no better.
What ICE is doing in the United States Nigel Farage has told us he wants to do in the United Kingdom.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
You in the UK? Wake up. Reform will be no better.
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The UK must decide how to respond – it has three obvious options
| Sir Graham Watson
| Sir Graham Watson
America’s ideological imperialism
The UK must decide how to respond – it has three obvious options
bylines.scot
January 22, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The UK must decide how to respond – it has three obvious options
| Sir Graham Watson
| Sir Graham Watson
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"Trump is getting loonier, more dangerous, and more violent, underscoring Republican paralysis and cowardice. But as he decomposes, he winds up emboldening the public backlash, which, in the end is what will stand between Trump and totalitarian control.."
Read this
"Trump is getting loonier, more dangerous, and more violent, underscoring Republican paralysis and cowardice. But as he decomposes, he winds up emboldening the public backlash, which, in the end is what will stand between Trump and totalitarian control.."
Read this
Trump Gets Worse, But the Blowback Intensifies
The authoritarian pushback is growing.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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"Trump is getting loonier, more dangerous, and more violent, underscoring Republican paralysis and cowardice. But as he decomposes, he winds up emboldening the public backlash, which, in the end is what will stand between Trump and totalitarian control.."
Read this
"Trump is getting loonier, more dangerous, and more violent, underscoring Republican paralysis and cowardice. But as he decomposes, he winds up emboldening the public backlash, which, in the end is what will stand between Trump and totalitarian control.."
Read this
Pathetic bullies
📌 ICYMI — Trump’s Greenland Delusion Runs Aground in Davos
For all his attempted bullying, taunts and threats, Trump's delusional Davos speech revealed a man who is far weaker than he appears,…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/donald-trump-davos-speech-greenland-delusion-runs-aground-in-davos/
For all his attempted bullying, taunts and threats, Trump's delusional Davos speech revealed a man who is far weaker than he appears,…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/donald-trump-davos-speech-greenland-delusion-runs-aground-in-davos/
Trump's Greenland Delusion Runs Aground in Davos
For all his attempted bullying, taunts and threats, Trump's delusional Davos speech revealed a man who is far weaker than he appears, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Pathetic bullies
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Are you filled with righteous anger about Donald Trump's fascism in the States? Good, but not enough. Now, make it your personal responsibility to ensure Nigel Farage never gets to introduce it here.
January 22, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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If we arn't listening then we should be
This is official Reform Party policy. 👇🏻
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 AM
If we arn't listening then we should be
If you can help please repost
January 21, 2026 at 10:24 PM
If you can help please repost
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Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw
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There is a short reel where you can actually watch them set Orange up, and then Putin Responds. Putin looks very joyful. They took the bait and outted themselves as Traitors to the Country and the World.
January 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM
There is a short reel where you can actually watch them set Orange up, and then Putin Responds. Putin looks very joyful. They took the bait and outted themselves as Traitors to the Country and the World.
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"ICE agents circling schools at drop off and pick up, kidnapping parents, even teargassing high school students"
"Cars left on the street with windows smashed because the person inside was brown. "
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/reality...
"Cars left on the street with windows smashed because the person inside was brown. "
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/reality...
Reality hits home – ICE in Minneapolis
ICE showes up in Minneapolis, and next thing you know a mother of three is dead. How can people deal with that? One resident reaches out
northwestbylines.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"ICE agents circling schools at drop off and pick up, kidnapping parents, even teargassing high school students"
"Cars left on the street with windows smashed because the person inside was brown. "
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/reality...
"Cars left on the street with windows smashed because the person inside was brown. "
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/reality...
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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Time that America wasn’t Britain’s options 1, 2 and 3 on defence.
When Trump says "one way or another we're going to have Greenland" - we should sit up and listen.
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Time that America wasn’t Britain’s options 1, 2 and 3 on defence.
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Found this website this morning, useful as a starting point if you’re trying to boycott American goods and services, which we absolutely all should!
https://www.goeuropean.org
https://www.goeuropean.org
Go European — Discover European products and services
Go European is a community-driven directory bringing you European products and services from across the continent.
www.goeuropean.org
January 18, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Found this website this morning, useful as a starting point if you’re trying to boycott American goods and services, which we absolutely all should!
https://www.goeuropean.org
https://www.goeuropean.org
Excellent ripostes by 'James'.
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"Motorists don't pay for roads any more than anybody else": Council shuts down backlash to 20mph speed limit to "support new cycling route" + more on the live blog
By lunchtime you'll be closer to the weekend than the start of the week, so join Dan Alexander in the live blog procrastination station as he distracts you with another eclectic mix of news, views, re...
road.cc
January 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Excellent ripostes by 'James'.
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Don't give your data to palantir
Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Don't give your data to palantir
Opt out now. Palantir is gouging for data
Too late. It’s been taken up by about half of UK Health Trusts so far, unfortunately.
How to opt out
www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-dat...
How to opt out
www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-dat...
Make your choice about sharing data from your health records
Choose if you want to share data from your health records for planning and research.
www.nhs.uk
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Opt out now. Palantir is gouging for data
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Today on Volts: Swedish tech entrepreneur Jonas Birgersson was once known in his country as "broadband Jesus" for his efforts in spreading decentralized, low-cost broadband access. Now, he wants to bring the same decentralized, peer-to-peer revolution to the electricity grid.
Making the electricity grid work like the internet
Jonas Birgersson joins me to explain how "packet-switching" for electrons can lead to energy abundance and grid resilience.
www.volts.wtf
January 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Today on Volts: Swedish tech entrepreneur Jonas Birgersson was once known in his country as "broadband Jesus" for his efforts in spreading decentralized, low-cost broadband access. Now, he wants to bring the same decentralized, peer-to-peer revolution to the electricity grid.
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