Australia where we love our fossil fuels so much!
"‘Fake coal’ test: how to get away with manipulating data
It has emerged no regulator is watching over coal certification, even after one lab confessed to switching results for the multibillion-dollar export industry."
#AwfullyBritishSuperPowers
Being strong enough to carry the remnants of a faded empire, and being grateful for the pleasure of doing so
When will it be time to act?
#EnoughIsEnough
RT @Rachael_Swindon
Do You Really Trust Keir Starmer And The Labour Party?
New from me https://rachaelswindon.blogspot.com/2023/01/do-you-really-trust-keir-starmer-and.html?spref=tw
RT @hilliatfields
Less expensive than the Monarchy!
More truthful than @BorisJohnson !
More useful than @MattHancock !
Not as thick as @NadineDorries !
IT'S....
http://mybook.to/SFOTW
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It's not to say there isn't horrible poverty in the North, but the whole story these AI/Automation freaks use is based on a parochial view from the global North and taking the world has a whole it's junk.
/fin
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Over a billion people work in factories, more than ever have, some for as little as 10 cents an hour. The working class in the global South are effectively subsidising the one in the North. They are subject to the most vicious exploitation. ...
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You know all that stuff about how AI will replace us all, and there will be no jobs? How there's some Paul Masonite tech utopia where everything is automated?
It's a load of crap.
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I've just been listening to the Guerrilla History podcast about Workers Movements in the Global South
https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/ness
It's an interview with Professor Immanuel Ness about his book
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745.../organizing-insurgency/
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Over a billion people work in factories, more than ever have, some for as little as 10 cents an hour. The working class in the global South are effectively subsidising the one in the North. They are subject to the most vicious exploitation. It's not to say there isn't horrible poverty in the North, but the whole story these AI/Automation freaks use is based on a parochial view from the global North and taking the world has a whole it's junk.
I've just been listening to the Guerrilla History podcast about Workers Movements in the Global South
https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/ness
It's an interview with Professor Immanuel Ness about his book https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745.../organizing-insurgency/
You know all that stuff about how AI will replace us all, and there will be no jobs? How there's some Paul Masonite tech utopia where everything is automated?
It's a load of crap.
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Listen to Barack Obama’s Chilling Description of U.S. Involvement in the Gigantic 1965 Indonesia Massacre https://theintercept.com/2023/01/13/barack-obama-1965-indonesia-coup/
RT @theseandiamond
No one sane will be voting Labour after watching this. https://twitter.com/itvpeston/status/1613292102754131970
RT @Lance63
‘Playing the Blame Game: The Conservatives Love a Good Culprit’
It’s always someone else’s fault – according to the party that has been in power for 13 years (although not according to its cheerleaders)
– Byline Times https://bylinetimes.com/2023/01/13/playing-the-blame-game-the-conservatives-love-a-good-culprit/
RT @BylineTimes
🔴 'Playing the Blame Game: The Conservatives Love a Good Culprit'
It's always someone else's fault – according to the party that has been in power for 13 years (although not according to its cheerleaders), writes @iainoverton
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/01/13/playing-the-blame-game-the-conservatives-love-a-good-culprit/
10 Reasons to Oppose the Anti-Strike Laws from @tribunemagazine
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/01/10-reasons-to-oppose-the-anti-strike-laws
RT @docrussjackson
🚨YOU are HERE👇🇬🇧 https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1569649158939901952
RT @horton_official
Piece here. There is now no legal right to wild camp anywhere in England or Wales https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/13/dartmoor-estate-landowner-alexander-darwall-court-case-right-to-camp
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.