2026-11-05T13:51:59Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz Simon Brooke https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub1rtc9e36k2rqy8e42ns364yg0klj2ym2yts42wnsk5tsv36vpyd2qdvmlvq https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/252/274/874/045/781/original/172e8f7530627e87.png https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/252/274/874/045/781/original/172e8f7530627e87.png https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsptgga494le7y2s7d0k25vyqexzxzyu22rs0q5jd8w8y9w9hmwdfszyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g8yz5m3 Petition to stop the Duke of Roxburgh building a #GenAI data centre in the Lammermuirs.<br/><br/>Everyone (especially in Scotland) please sign.<br/><br/>#ScotPol <br/>#ButlerianJihad <br/><br/><a href="https://www.change.org/p/save-the-lammermuirs-stop-the-data-centre">https://www.change.org/p/save-the-lammermuirs-stop-the-data-centre</a> 2026-11-04T08:01:16Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswz2dkhu0hruetd7edlvg767runv7s7h88mdxq6wfqy8a7hx3crjqzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gxt4752 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst6k3f3uuq322gflzgl3zavxzdwf3gt44x3zw9l47k3z7cgs4vu4c8dgql5'>nevent1q…gql5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(An aside:<br/><br/>When I post a link to an essay on <a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/</a>, I get, in the banner that&#39;s generated, a link with a mastodon logo, the text &#39;More from Iris,&#39; and [@iris_meredith](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith">https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith</a> ) &#39;s avatar.<br/><br/>Can anyone tell me how this trick is done? I&#39;m working through her HTML source at present, but I haven&#39;t spotted anything obvious yet.)<br/><br/><a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think</a> 2026-10-27T10:35:12Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqst6k3f3uuq322gflzgl3zavxzdwf3gt44x3zw9l47k3z7cgs4vu4czyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g97828n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr7w9nlwfk6yyz020rrwap6ugx79ezumptlpnnx2kajn8zj9waazs3f9r4l'>nevent1q…9r4l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Keeping your thinking to yourself isn&#39;t an option if you want to compete for work that pays a living wage: you have to sell your ability to think to the highest bidder, using precious capability that you could be using to make the world a better place on playing silly status games, and both doing bad work and being made to explain why the bad work is actually good.&#34; -- [@iris_meredith](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith">https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith</a> ) <br/><br/><a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think</a> 2026-10-27T10:22:11Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsr7w9nlwfk6yyz020rrwap6ugx79ezumptlpnnx2kajn8zj9waazszyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gu3y5y7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspe9a9tctz3qn3ude5yvu6cg6vv4ly0c6uv75jpcvmzmq3xgerakgv7xh6c'>nevent1q…xh6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The kind of thinking-adjacent process that our prestige games prioritise relies on reasoning from a conclusion to premises: it relies on knowing what conclusions are useful for gaining status in your particular area and then coming up with a convincing sounding route to getting to them.&#34; -- [@iris_meredith](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith">https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith</a> ) <br/><br/>This is a GREAT essay. Recommended.<br/><br/><a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think</a> 2026-10-27T10:18:42Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspe9a9tctz3qn3ude5yvu6cg6vv4ly0c6uv75jpcvmzmq3xgerakgzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gg59dmt &#34;The people who are in power are in power (so we&#39;re told) because they&#39;re smart, because they&#39;re innovative, because they just thought harder than us and prestige is tied, more than anything else, to the perception of intelligence. Given that this isn&#39;t actually the case, what this means is that status contests in our society are mostly about correctly performing the impression of thinking&#34; -- [@iris_meredith](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith">https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith</a> ) <br/><br/>The theatre of power.<br/><br/><a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think</a> 2026-10-27T10:15:38Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqst46y3fq6unf66yv8m9t44rpkqfkefy6h7mhuewpatdmz2hgz4zrqzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gxmplt4 Yet another of my good friends in #Palestine has had their account on mastodon.social suspended this morning, for a post that looks to me like perfectly fair comment.<br/><br/>I do not believe that mastodon.social is any longer a safe place for #Palestinians, and would recommend all my Palestinian friends to migrate their accounts to servers not located in Germany.<br/><br/>If you can recommend servers which welcome and are safe for Palestinian users, please comment below.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/117/512/234/617/080/077/original/a21867d565c0299e.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-27T09:54:30Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs09wtye7gj04jrajjdtqd6xfyvjsnzpr4m9ph4n3y2h6jp5du4acgzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gng92e3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0hj6yn2qn0kyz2wunwh2wh5mgc8kupu4nvmjg4c3xzmefnf8k96gkgs5t9'>nevent1q…s5t9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If anything we should be strengthening data protection legislation. Take for example #Tracking #Cookies and &#39;#Facebook pixels&#39;: these should be absolutely illegal under all circumstances. It is no one at all&#39;s &#39;legitimate interest&#39; to create a map of all the websites I visit.<br/><br/>Similarly, it should be absolutely illegal for #GenAI companies to pass any part of the information they infer about their users to third parties.<br/><br/><a href="https://gizmodo.com/ai-chatbots-are-building-an-algorithmic-self-portrait-of-you-2000775529">https://gizmodo.com/ai-chatbots-are-building-an-algorithmic-self-portrait-of-you-2000775529</a> 2026-10-26T14:16:22Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2qx677sprxknq7pwf69p3xxsxjldusv65dwz6llfr7upmakaew9szyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34ghvmcan In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvr7u3qns8anhe0q2vl3xurpks3gwdv4axfypn7fexemhpsqmrtrgzr25a0'>nevent1q…25a0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;As professional journalism has been progressively annihilated, ordinary #Palestinians have assumed its burden, determined that neither they nor their people will disappear. <br/><br/>Every image, fragment of video and testimony that has left Gaza stands as an act of resistance against colonial erasure.&#34; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pkn8nleu739e48hu7cd0r5z0uwxpxkmnz7vcqfswh2hlqtwhw8yqm8px5y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pkn…px5y</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Tribute to my friends Layan, Rania, Lina and Angham, who are very much part of this effort.<br/><br/><a href="https://docs.un.org/en/A/81/249">https://docs.un.org/en/A/81/249</a> 2026-10-26T10:22:33Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvr7u3qns8anhe0q2vl3xurpks3gwdv4axfypn7fexemhpsqmrtrgzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gttrtzm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswz5g7yfnvd8dfc084ezw9wxle5zqnwhzantwxxeucffxarphrd3cj902gq'>nevent1q…02gq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Hundreds of journalists, photographers, videographers, editors and others have been killed, injured, arbitrarily detained, tortured, intimidated and smeared as terrorists while documenting the destruction of their own society. Their elimination has progressively deprived the world of its primary witnesses&#34; -- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pkn8nleu739e48hu7cd0r5z0uwxpxkmnz7vcqfswh2hlqtwhw8yqm8px5y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pkn…px5y</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#GazaGenocide <br/><br/><a href="https://docs.un.org/en/A/81/249">https://docs.un.org/en/A/81/249</a> 2026-10-26T10:19:50Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswz5g7yfnvd8dfc084ezw9wxle5zqnwhzantwxxeucffxarphrd3czyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g8g9exa &#34;Perpetrators and enablers of genocide often seek to shape how genocidal destruction is perceived and remembered. Eliminating those who bear witness, inciting violence through “sympathetic” media and deploying information systems to shield perpetrators are among the means by which this is achieved. In Palestine, these appear as interconnected features of a long colonial project&#34; -- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pkn8nleu739e48hu7cd0r5z0uwxpxkmnz7vcqfswh2hlqtwhw8yqm8px5y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pkn…px5y</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#GazaGenocide <br/><br/><a href="https://docs.un.org/en/A/81/249">https://docs.un.org/en/A/81/249</a> 2026-10-26T10:15:31Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2zcadzq8uuapa28dj4u5dn20edjj2cd7rqq7pkzrysry40fljh6szyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gfpr7tc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqx06t8mduq9w8de5yu02jpse2suxj739rrzufnznkzhmsqyuefuq5lynfv'>nevent1q…ynfv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not going to agree with this. The failure of schools (and my parents) to recognise and make allowance for #Autism in my childhood has had devastating consequences for my whole life.<br/><br/>Yes, medicalising it would also have been bad. But we should be pushing for more enlightenment, not less. 2026-10-23T07:59:54Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw055kmj5hl9974k7kfkznp23plwxw6053tdlr9rxquflzc0g7y9qzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g2sp06w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0eukrsvdd84uvexm2q3czlqnwawrvfn0s53g2njjyh4cn5y3t4rg6604z0'>nevent1q…04z0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>those who seek to drive you from your homeland have no honour, or shame, or humanity. You share the same ancestry, the same God, most of the same customs and festivals and all but a few of the same prophets. And yet they will not see you as family,, nor even as fellow humans.<br/><br/>If they are indeed God&#39;s chosen people, then God has poor judgement. 2026-10-20T18:39:22Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqnn03mh6m6v8wj57jfu33x2kdw6qvfezx3zhangf4j26kpg6n4tszyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34ghy69ur &#34;Google Ireland, which runs Google Search in the EU, now faces a fine of up to €250,000 for each breach, or detention of its managers...&#34;<br/><br/>Or the detention of its managers.<br/><br/>OR THE DETENTION OF ITS MANAGERS!<br/><br/>This is the only punishment that can bring firms like #Google into line<br/><br/>#Defamation<br/>#Search<br/>#GenAI<br/><br/>German courts rule Google liable for what its AI search says<br/><a href="https://madrobot.blog/2026/10/18/german-courts-google-liable-ai-overviews-ai-mode-aachen-munich-ruling/">https://madrobot.blog/2026/10/18/german-courts-google-liable-ai-overviews-ai-mode-aachen-munich-ruling/</a> 2026-10-19T08:49:40Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyr624dtp3tmeqhyccm3lkv4yhnwagaak96tkts68f3k4dzhyczyczyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gxmapcs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2c5ksgvvsmqjutkqapfhv7ljwnmq968tc4u5as2z0vxk6ech3aqrwh4rp'>nevent1q…h4rp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you kindly; but supporting people in #Gaza is something that far too few people do, and that none of us can do alone.<br/><br/>I too have very little income and must be careful what I do with it; I too am facing the tidal wave of genuine need. It is very hard not to overspend in such circumstances.<br/><br/>In the end only political change -- in #Israel, but also in countries which support Israel -- can end this crisis. 2026-10-18T07:30:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfdujuw6zh9epvullw5ywrx7qf7zlut4y6je6yr6thzjzm8zcmlxszyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gmq4juw RE: <a href="https://mstdn.social/@kathimmel/117457727888260912">https://mstdn.social/@kathimmel/117457727888260912</a><br/><br/>I know Kat to be someone who has worked hard for people in #Gaza, and who runs campaigns for people I support. I can completely understand how she has got herself into this problem; she genuinely deserves your help.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ky8gmgwtu3a6s6vqfq53q43l3g07m6yjr9qn6cw3udf0ta724njqjfwtsa" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ky8…wtsa</a></span><br/> </div> at every point in the process, there are fees. i am not an accountant & didn't realise how complex it would be to keep an accurate record of them. thus, i have found myself in a £1800 deep hole. chuffed takes 2-3%. stripe takes anywhere from 40p to £10, depending upon the amount of the transaction. whichever method i use to transfer (paypal, western union, remitly, bank transfer, crypto) takes a cut. <br/>#banking #charity #palestine #campaign </blockquote> 2026-10-17T20:07:09Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdas8sl3rdzv8rr836yqk5ypu6gq677hzf65d43afzsekyzgv9j2qzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34ggzp8t5 &#34;I am convinced that the question of #Palestine has become a stress test for European democracy itself. Democratic societies can only thrive when there is space for #dissent, including dissent that is uncomfortable, disruptive and politically inconvenient. Yet today, across Europe, governments – which speak up against undemocratic conduct abroad – are now unapologetic in imposing restrictions on free expression and peaceful protest at home&#34;<br/>#PalestineAction<br/>#GazaGenocide<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/15/how-gaza-changed-europe-exposing-cracks-that-grow-bigger-by-the-week">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/15/how-gaza-changed-europe-exposing-cracks-that-grow-bigger-by-the-week</a> 2026-10-15T08:04:50Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrqd740rhgfv65ag5fm4tsmaurvkuvns4w89sslq03y3z8v0xaemczyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g33vzej In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy30rhhgyf2v0yqu666mwyspgzxctvu6jahctk2athmmf7692lzncxhym6q'>nevent1q…ym6q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Kinda and Oreo will not be forgotten! 2026-10-13T18:40:48Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs9yc8cfn7nzgl770gexs2wfr5q2xkruxx6cuk5e42levw6p22jmhqzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gj849kn &#34;for the moment... there&#39;s considerable belief in the power and potency of #LLMs: a belief that is convenient for a lot of people but also fundamentally irrational&#34; — I&#39;m very slightly misquoting [@iris_meredith](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith">https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith</a> ) here, but I doubt this will cause offence.<br/><br/>#LLM<br/>#GenAI<br/><br/>There&#39;s little that&#39;s &#34;inevitable&#34; about AI | deadSimpleTech<br/><a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/llms-arent-inevitable">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/llms-arent-inevitable</a> 2026-10-11T08:14:22Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs9r73fx2v7xe6lhuancn98nsewe0cp36lkfyu3wclaq2zg0c4n32qzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g4fsz5u RE: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/117415912292895275">https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/117415912292895275</a><br/><br/>Sanctioning the #InternationalCriminalCourt #ICC is so much more than just &#34;regrettable&#34;. It marks the end of the 1945 settlement, and of the so called #RulesBasedInternationalOrder. <br/><br/>To describe this as &#34;regrettable&#34; is mealy-mouthed and grossly inadequate.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note14mnclxyj22273a92k4s2v9u0kuw988gzv229pk8tf3nvgqqtmw7s4z5an3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note14mn…5an3</a></span><br/> </div> EU calls US sanctions on International Criminal Court 'regrettable'<br/><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/09/eu-calls-us-sanctions-on-international-criminal-court-regrettable">https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/09/eu-calls-us-sanctions-on-international-criminal-court-regrettable</a><br/>The ICC was established to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity that might otherwise go unpunished.<br/><br/>Criminals like Netanyahu, Putin and tRump... </blockquote> 2026-10-10T10:16:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv3x6lfpfrtn9xmq36l4etpldp377xl3km7nr3l9qxuwzpxctytlszyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gyutaea Fairly characteristic picture of me: I do fall over a lot, especially when trying to wrestle an awkward carpentry trestle through a bramble patch.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/117/400/629/253/583/956/original/ab3675db888c8ad0.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-07T16:46:23Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs9jmqgrqjk5k9wgsrqw4k7vdxrlzmr6x94l9v2jj5hk4grkvfrykczyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gu7xrw5 I&#39;ve just received one of those<br/><br/>&#39;ᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍɪɴᴏʀ ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ.<br/><br/>ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴠɪsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ.&#39;<br/><br/>messages.<br/><br/>If you see one of these, it is DEFINITELY a #phishing attack. Mastodon does not have &#39;automated systems&#39; to do this. You should report it immediately.<br/><br/>Edited: and immediately after, I received a second, identical. Looking at the bot activity, it&#39;s targetting pro #Palestine activists. 2026-10-02T07:47:57Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvcu855nvwrt6ql75kahfjs8ehcf6typ64m7kftx9pvkkqw5tz3ygzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gezspac In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst44efq9req3554p0fl7hgg9ycqxh8jc4kl3qcjqrvm4rt63y028cm4wwe7'>nevent1q…wwe7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The thing is, none of the young uns will receive a pension,either state or private. A private pension is a bet that the #capitalist system will outlive you; a state pension, that the nation state will.<br/><br/>For people under 40, neither of these is a good bet. So yes, a pension is a cost to them, for which they will probably see no return. We are in end times.<br/><br/>#PolyCrisis <br/>#ClimateCatastrophe <br/>#Ecocide 2026-10-02T06:31:53Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs9rqgqutfnnnjw0hpuaq09nm0332zrc4fdk3j4t0wsuphhyv3wktczyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gm6va3m &#34;This is the logic of carbon offsetting and it fundamentally doesn’t make real, physical sense: no matter how much more renewable energy you fund, emissions are emissions and they still cause climate change. We solve this problem when we stop emitting&#34; -- [@ketanjoshi.co](<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/ketanjoshi.co">https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/ketanjoshi.co</a> ) <br/><br/>#ClimateEmergency <br/><br/><a href="https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/ecosias-green-ai-false-hope-for-corrosive-tech/">https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/ecosias-green-ai-false-hope-for-corrosive-tech/</a> 2026-10-01T07:06:35Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2magm4mkh73ktvmlhd4mwt9s6dmxykhqz0cvs4x3ez0ayxk8lfmczyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gwzqu7c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw24s8hs03yh6m57lnrzhycau5qr8xxhga5pvctyczz020us3vydccuvc4p'>nevent1q…vc4p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can personally confirm that Rania is not a scammer and is from a small farm east of Gaza City, which is now on the wrong side of the yellow line (so she has been forced to move). Satellite imagery shows that the farm has now been entirely flattened. 2026-09-30T18:36:47Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsq2z2c6jamxyvr6s8xzh3y03e2td74xxx7ylj2djlqz8vwszpz2hgzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gwa7hln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8rpeard378qypxy3y2vpdwg5z9ysz8s29ccyv4kdgqskn0ekpnyq234cp5'>nevent1q…4cp5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#Nazi is a fairly specific term related to the now defunct German Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. I think it is generally unhelpful to refer to #Jews and to #Israel using this word, although it may be fair comment to observe that Israel has adopted many of the methods the Nazis made infamous.<br/><br/>/Continued 2026-09-28T16:42:12Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs93pfw9zax4emykdxhuur0r0mmncw9th5ena3uwtkq0yjzx0m7asczyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gwappdr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxj3craev7z3hve4z8hdhkdcawctzvagu0wq06fk9ytsgevprfezctqfzhu'>nevent1q…fzhu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m still investigating the data and I&#39;m not sure I&#39;ve got everything right. But if I have, 145 of the 338 current active #GazaVerified accounts received no donations at all in the week beginning 13th September. Three accounts received over 2,000 of the currency units recorded (I think it&#39;s USD but it may be EUR), with the most successful receiving almost 3,000.<br/><br/>The total donated in the week was 39,536.28<br/><br/>#Gaza 2026-09-27T23:38:58Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxj3craev7z3hve4z8hdhkdcawctzvagu0wq06fk9ytsgevprfezczyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gerw4ew In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszv02djk0xh33pjtw7eknlmv8mrfj9ue66en2n6cecxmm97chv6lg9gyj6u'>nevent1q…yj6u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The number of donations made each week is also rising:<br/><br/>#Gaza <br/>#GazaVerified <br/>#GazaGenocide<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/117/343/728/355/408/049/original/cf1eba53718a1985.png"> <br/> 2026-09-27T15:35:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdc4s90n9zdspdwlkzgr0cg4pg0g6vt2gl2zxklqjd2dfvfuf7q6szyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gt8e743 According to the Sunday Times rich list, Rishi #Sunak and his wife have between them £651,000,000, up by £122,000,000 last year alone.<br/><br/>Approximately 3 million people in the UK use foodbanks.<br/><br/>So the Sunaks could afford to give EVERY SINGLE foodbank user £40 each out of income alone -- and he&#39;d still have his full Prime Minister&#39;s salary and allowances to live on (and two rent-free houses to live in).<br/><br/>So why doesn&#39;t he? 2024-06-19T22:25:30Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsp3w8y7mcygeedwc7ea5ejk2dtydgv4snkhn8t72mzd4v9pthga0qzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34ghhnxua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9kmhed57ujla72qxnjmqth98jrzfvtnzvy5qmfkhe2sx5yrk4tsan5pep'>nevent1q…5pep</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and part of the answer is, #gift back. Not necessarily to the same people – if we develop a culture of generosity, everyone benefits. And almost whatever it is you do, you can afford to gift some of it. Got slack time? Find someone in your community who needs your skills, but can&#39;t afford them.<br/><br/>That&#39;s how we make the world better: step by step, where we are, with the skills we have.<br/><br/>#GiftEconomy 2024-06-15T12:08:27Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2clxe80p3p7khzht8hxe03hnr7jszw3l0ztyxyf9fw3xazfsclfgzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g6q09le In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswepulktqk2jpfjse26dzc8mn4mzgm200fdrw6rm8z98lymypptkq3p4dfv'>nevent1q…4dfv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most #OpenSource software is produced by software engineers and enthusiasts in their spare time as an act of curiosity, generosity, or social conscience: a contribution to making the world a (slightly) better place.<br/><br/>It is neither &#39;product&#39; nor &#39;by-product&#39; but conscious #gift -- and this is a good thing.<br/><br/>Viewing open source as something produced primarily by industry and academia is not merely wrong: it&#39;s missing the point entirely.<br/><br/>#GiftEconomy 2024-06-15T07:50:26Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsffh0aze6j4xhxv3vk9f7h4w840rrtta9f6xqsq55skkkm2s59etqzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gvvjlfj If you&#39;re saying that #Trans people cannot use lavatories of their legally assigned and recognised gender, you&#39;re essentially saying they cannot safely use lavatories in public places at all. Which means you&#39;re saying that they cannot travel, and cannot exist in the public realm. Which means you&#39;re also saying that that legal recognition is meaningless and worthless.<br/><br/>Trans people are our brothers and sisters, our comrades. Is this really the world we want to build for them? 2024-06-04T06:38:38Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszum34p804sjpxvpjvrg36vg29cz9498q337tjhysn89z6h799msqzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gvxp2sa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxa69hq3xy6u5nr7q2y3y3whdtu036z8tyucjanthgsz52hpa07lgvxdean'>nevent1q…dean</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I truly hope you are wrong about the EU.<br/><br/>I have no evidence that you are wrong, this is just hope. But yet more crises seems impossibly hard to cope with. 2024-05-29T05:14:22Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxjv8ne7n9qn3gdgskcppzpnfhmnylyx03dfs60dvjn5437k07a4gzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gylyngh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswq3t2qtsur2yc4qk97yrg7x2g9js0q99rt86z37la03gwzs7nnhqkpq8tk'>nevent1q…q8tk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also think we&#39;ve run out of time.<br/><br/>By the time #Starmer has frittered away his first term in government (as he will) on &#39;steady as she goes, don&#39;t frighten the #Tories&#39; policies, the world will have reached the point where even mitigating the #ClimateEmergency will have become an impossible, cliff edge cost; and at that point there will be no space left for people of good will to do anything but put their shoulder to the wheel in the task of saving the planet. 2024-05-29T05:06:02Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswq3t2qtsur2yc4qk97yrg7x2g9js0q99rt86z37la03gwzs7nnhqzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g3eejk8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyu45ph7gzh9fusvl4hqy674ayu5khyh9k34cvdr83hj2fvqeuqwct6sdmg'>nevent1q…sdmg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Voters will return, I think, and in very large numbers. I cannot see #Starmer&#39;s government being anything but a huge disappointment to voters in #Scotland.<br/><br/>But I think it will make no difference. The #SNP could win 80% of the vote in Scotland and Westminster would still not concede #ScottishIndependence; and, unless they can recruit much more able people, as long as the SNP seek to be in government in Scotland, they will never achieve that large a share of the vote. &gt;&gt;&gt; 2024-05-29T05:00:48Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2xtayd5sypj3g3hz8da36r0pcx2qqdqfngw6st307mnp2zr3utqszyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gqya32s Lesley Riddoch here arguing, essentially, that we all have to bite our tongues, haud oor whischt, and vote #SNP, because &#34;they&#39;re the only parliamentary route to #ScottishIndependence. I count Lesley as a friend and as someone I greatly respect, but I think she&#39;s wrong here: there is no longer a parliamentary path to independence.<br/><br/>The Lesley Riddoch Podcast: Campaign Pains<br/><br/>Episode webpage: <a href="https://share.transistor.fm/s/981581dc">https://share.transistor.fm/s/981581dc</a><br/><br/>Media file: <a href="https://media.transistor.fm/981581dc/601cf266.mp3">https://media.transistor.fm/981581dc/601cf266.mp3</a> 2024-05-29T04:37:37Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsquhkge3vcg9sf8lxll7xf76nfny2qv3t20q2mfjxjesds9ms4mzszyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34g6x4cp2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtnrl58fmj4zy9sflvptmewuw97ystcgpyjehnpxew6ns6jls8ns7jnf7u'>nevent1q…nf7u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wrote about this three years ago. I really don&#39;t want to be proven right.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2021-11-15-the-everyone-dies-event-class/">https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2021-11-15-the-everyone-dies-event-class/</a> 2024-05-27T12:59:25Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfe8gt2h23un4m8j03clz8fau5wqkaqduwjv9vqkedchsnztkdpvqzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gz36pvn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nmyu33dvt3ch7n3cqr96c04wktzl8n5qa9vtndpec48t5k5q37s6kznms'>nevent1q…znms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is the solution not to tax the absolute fuck out of speculative profits in #housing, and spend the proceeds on building a shit-ton of new #SocialHousing rented at such low rates that it forces rental prices down in the private rental sector?<br/><br/>Subsidies just drive the speculative bubble higher. What we need to do -- everywhere in the world -- is destroy it. 2024-05-23T05:06:33Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyllfpq4u2upe53dknw67v0f6hde6a762uz2tjgy7wn0vydlrda5gzyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gm5304e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstspkcman39pqul8ewvzcysqjtwpy80j8eeacmywcgtqe9smkmx6cdfvkna'>nevent1q…vkna</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Name one democratic constitution written in the past fifty years anywhere in the world which mandates a second chamber. 2024-05-19T20:03:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs00kxmedmhk5de2n6dkt9vzp7hu6e0uja9rz4zzr2hdj86746se3szyqd0qhx82egvqslx42wz8253p7m7fgndg3wz4f6wz63wpj8fsy34gstj3nj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszrdfqlmwmag8mw46teeeq62hmw0qwwj70rprsmp3h9ls052ny95c8rnqv5'>nevent1q…nqv5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or you could have no second chamber at all, like all modern democracies. 2024-05-19T19:52:46Z