Pinned
Bill Berry
@whimberry.bsky.social
· Dec 14
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
A beautiful and helpful analogy
Reposted by Bill Berry
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
Reposted by Bill Berry
Okay - so - Quite a few people have noticed that big tech really seems to muddle different types of AI when talking benefits - @timnitgebru.bsky.social @shengokai.blacksky.app @sashamtl.bsky.social @bluejo.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social + others
Nicely explained by @karenhao.bsky.social here:
Nicely explained by @karenhao.bsky.social here:
February 17, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Okay - so - Quite a few people have noticed that big tech really seems to muddle different types of AI when talking benefits - @timnitgebru.bsky.social @shengokai.blacksky.app @sashamtl.bsky.social @bluejo.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social + others
Nicely explained by @karenhao.bsky.social here:
Nicely explained by @karenhao.bsky.social here:
Reposted by Bill Berry
I've noticed a bunch of stuff too - eg, so many of the projects where 'traditional' AI is being used for climate stuff isn't really panning out....we're going to see more of this fore sure
bsky.app/profile/keta...
bsky.app/profile/keta...
Top thread here - I am immediately reminded of Meta's funding of carbon removal materials discovery that.......................did not turn out great
www.ft.com/content/6922...
www.ft.com/content/6922...
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I've noticed a bunch of stuff too - eg, so many of the projects where 'traditional' AI is being used for climate stuff isn't really panning out....we're going to see more of this fore sure
bsky.app/profile/keta...
bsky.app/profile/keta...
Reposted by Bill Berry
I am pleased the Government has done another u turn.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Breaking: UK government is confirming it’s dropped plans to delay local elections at 30 English councils
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I am pleased the Government has done another u turn.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Reposted by Bill Berry
I’ve said before that I strongly believe in a progressive global maximum wealth tax, kicking in around $10 million. Think what a life you could have if you had $10m! Everything you could possibly want! Now think about how that’s just 1% of $1bn. Insane. Too much. Would make you go weird
February 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I’ve said before that I strongly believe in a progressive global maximum wealth tax, kicking in around $10 million. Think what a life you could have if you had $10m! Everything you could possibly want! Now think about how that’s just 1% of $1bn. Insane. Too much. Would make you go weird
Reposted by Bill Berry
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Reposted by Bill Berry
Indeed. How can this campaign of brazen lying be anything but career-ending.
It really is time that #Starmer and #Cooper as key architects of the ridiculous Palestine Action ban apologise to all affected. Those in #Gaza, @defendourjuries.bsky.social especially those like Tim Crosland - who have been basically persecuted, and all those farcically arrested ..
Then resign
Then resign
Now
(1) #Keir Starmer should resign
(2) #Yvette Cooper should resign
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
And time to #VoteGreen
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has been right on this all along - and should be PM
(1) #Keir Starmer should resign
(2) #Yvette Cooper should resign
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
And time to #VoteGreen
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has been right on this all along - and should be PM
February 16, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Indeed. How can this campaign of brazen lying be anything but career-ending.
Really important then to focus on the key message that Reform are racists looking to enact ICE-style mass racist terror and then some. You can vote against the failed, corrupt, self-serving establishment? Great, just do it without voting for the Gestapo.
🧵In today’s Times @joshglancy.bsky.social has a brilliant write up of our focus groups he sat in on. Definitely read it in full! But I want to focus on two voters: Kylie & Eve I think have outsized importance in explaining today’s politics
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
February 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Really important then to focus on the key message that Reform are racists looking to enact ICE-style mass racist terror and then some. You can vote against the failed, corrupt, self-serving establishment? Great, just do it without voting for the Gestapo.
Thinking about BDS movement targets. Look at all the tech companies on the list! and rightly: eg for equipping genocide in Gaza, profiting from West Bank settlements. But not easy to boycott. Not wearing Reeboks is a lot easier than deleting Google. We need serious conversations about how to do it.
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Thinking about BDS movement targets. Look at all the tech companies on the list! and rightly: eg for equipping genocide in Gaza, profiting from West Bank settlements. But not easy to boycott. Not wearing Reeboks is a lot easier than deleting Google. We need serious conversations about how to do it.
Interesting look at how the Iranian regime has created a "water mafia" whose mismanagement is important context for its current political crisis. insideclimatenews.org/news/1401202... @insideclimatenews.org @katiesurma.bsky.social
Iran’s Regime Has Survived War, Sanctions and Uprising. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down. - Inside Climate News
Decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests rocking the country.
insideclimatenews.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Interesting look at how the Iranian regime has created a "water mafia" whose mismanagement is important context for its current political crisis. insideclimatenews.org/news/1401202... @insideclimatenews.org @katiesurma.bsky.social
This is a really good read!
Everyone’s seen those renderings of cows getting beamed up into UFOs. But the darker side of the events that sparked those popular images—cattle mutilations—points to a more terrestrial cause. @tkdano.bsky.social investigates.
Ghosts on the Range - Orion Magazine
Searching for evil and finding ourselves amidst a haunting pattern of cattle mutilations in the West
orionmagazine.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
This is a really good read!
Reposted by Bill Berry
Long lyve ai;dr!
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 12, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Long lyve ai;dr!
Reposted by Bill Berry
This consultation closes at 11:59 pm tomorrow.
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
This consultation closes at 11:59 pm tomorrow.
Reposted by Bill Berry
Leafletting Denton yesterday with @mcrsutr.bsky.social. We blocked the BNP, we blocked the EDL, and who's to say we can't block Reform UK too. Next stop Gorton.
February 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Leafletting Denton yesterday with @mcrsutr.bsky.social. We blocked the BNP, we blocked the EDL, and who's to say we can't block Reform UK too. Next stop Gorton.
Off to Denton to support the @mcrsutr.bsky.social campaign against racist Reform UK.
If people in Minneapolis can face down armed quasi-fascist militia, then it's not a big ask for us in Manchester to defy the far right scammers who want to import that racist terror over here.
If people in Minneapolis can face down armed quasi-fascist militia, then it's not a big ask for us in Manchester to defy the far right scammers who want to import that racist terror over here.
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Off to Denton to support the @mcrsutr.bsky.social campaign against racist Reform UK.
If people in Minneapolis can face down armed quasi-fascist militia, then it's not a big ask for us in Manchester to defy the far right scammers who want to import that racist terror over here.
If people in Minneapolis can face down armed quasi-fascist militia, then it's not a big ask for us in Manchester to defy the far right scammers who want to import that racist terror over here.
Apart from anything else, those jeans with that shirt and shoes have got to be a job for @dieworkwear.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Apart from anything else, those jeans with that shirt and shoes have got to be a job for @dieworkwear.bsky.social
Reposted by Bill Berry
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Reposted by Bill Berry
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Reposted by Bill Berry
If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions'
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
The "Prince of Darkness" is not the man we thought he was.
Wes Streeting saying on Today that Mandelson is ‘not the man we thought he was’ but the trouble is, he is exactly the man we thought, just on a much worse scale than almost anyone thought. And there is an alternative world where none of this is this govt’s problem, because they never gave him a job
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
The "Prince of Darkness" is not the man we thought he was.
Reposted by Bill Berry
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
Reposted by Bill Berry
Mass illness is the point of concentration camps. It's not that the camps are failing, they are succeeding for their intended purpose.
“Leecia Welch, the chief legal counsel at Children's Rights, recently told @people.com that illness has been an issue in the family detainment center this winter, sharing that when she visited recently to check in on children's conditions, ‘Pretty much everyone we talked to was sick.’”
Detained five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos is sick, where are those pro-lifers demanding his immediate release? people.com/liam-conejo-...
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Mass illness is the point of concentration camps. It's not that the camps are failing, they are succeeding for their intended purpose.
"Merdas Touch" 🤣
To those saying, "but the Greens will split the vote":
1. Things have changed.
2. It's not the Green's fault that Starmer has the Merdas Touch (turns everything to shit)
3. When the Greens offer the only inspiring option, perhaps we should see the Labour candidate as splitting the vote.
1. Things have changed.
2. It's not the Green's fault that Starmer has the Merdas Touch (turns everything to shit)
3. When the Greens offer the only inspiring option, perhaps we should see the Labour candidate as splitting the vote.
January 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"Merdas Touch" 🤣