cts ryan

cts ryan

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Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine https://www.ciaranryan.com/

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cts ryan
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Re: Reform using polling as a persuasion tactic www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comInvestigations launched into polling firm at centre of Reform UK allegationsBritish Polling Council and Market Research Society announce inquiries into JL Partners, which has been accused of breaking transparency rules
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"Predictions create and then cover up injustice" - @carissaveliz.bsky.social .bsky.social Reminds me of the role of polling in shaping Brexit - many of the polling companies owned / funded by Brexit supporters - billionaire Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft etc. www.ted.com/talks/cariss...

ted.comBeware the power of predictionWhat do the story of Oedipus and your insurance premiums have in common? They are both driven by self-fulfilling prophecies. Philosopher and TED Fellow Carissa Véliz traces the hidden power of predict...

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.

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Library of Congress
@librarycongress.bsky.social

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

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Gil Durán
@gilduran.com

If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future. The @theguardian.com just published an amazing piece about my book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." Coming August 18! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

theguardian.com‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon ValleyAs Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

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Lloyd Shepherd
@lloydshepherd.com

I was wondering why AI-generated flyers like the one that just landed on my doorstep are so unsettling. And I think it’s because none of the humans depicted are looking into another human’s eyes. They’re just gazing into a middle e-distance waiting for instruction.

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Paul Murphy TD
@paulmurphy.pbp.ie

Nobody wants a future where the majority of the internet and 'creative content' is AI slop. That's the future unless we collectively pull the brake on generative AI. This isn't a runaway train. The narrative of inevitability is propagated by Big Tech to try and profit off pushing AI at us.

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Tom O'Brien
@fromalpha2omega.bsky.social

I will giving a talk on 'Variety and Planning' for INDEP as part of their Stafford Beer Centennial Series on 28th July @ 6pm UTC. Register below - hope to see you there! Tom

indep.networkINDEP online Event with Tom O’Brien - Variety and PlanningThis event is part of the INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial. This event will take place in English. To participate, please register here. This talk will analyse the…
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I believe Lucy Mangan's Guardian review of the C4 Gary Stevenson documentary is wrong. It is worth watching. In my opinion: 1) Stevenson is an "appealing presenter". 2) Stevenson is not "floundering" in the interviews. He's letting the interviewees have their say. 3)...

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3) Re: criticism of “separate your emotional reaction to inequality etc" Inequality is emotional. Stevenson is right to be righteously angry about the state of the UK. Poverty is not some polite media-triangulated discussion. We've tried that and nothing changes. It's obscene.

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Spectrum News NY1
@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social

New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.

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Kyle Oliver
@kmoliver.bsky.social

"Remember, the internet is not inherently worse than it was in the before times, it’s just that a cabal of ultra-wealthy oligarchs convinced that us we can’t do stuff like this [= fun, silly websites] anymore and have financially strangled any incentives to try." @garbageday.email

cts ryan
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As prophesied, the power of #HarryHill

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The Harry Hill podcast will propel Andy Burnham into a national office of one sort or another. "low level disruption", indeed.

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Private Eye Magazine
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𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝖄𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝕬𝖌𝖔… The Eye delved into Christopher Harborne's background - his dual identity, his cryptocurrency connections, his enormous political donations - long before his undeclared £5 million personal gift to Nigel Farage. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1511, December 2019.