It's always either a business success or an IT failure.

jstor hounded Aaron Swartz to death for making its articles accessible to people who actually wanted to read them, and now it's giving them away to scammers who want to make sure nobody ever reads at all

I hope I’m wrong but this week feels like a dark inflection point for America. The tech bros have got their man on the presidential ticket. My piece for The Observer on the tech billionaires backing Trump. Welcome to the broligarchy. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

This is insane. We have the land. We have the route. The plans. The design. The tools and people. Just bloody well finish HS2 Ltd - borrowing for capital investment is not the same as borrowing for day-to-day. Markets are not going to panic.

I hate making these posts but please, if you have a second, RT this link (in comments). Original drawings start from 30 euros, I'm in a difficult situation and it's hard to find alternative work as I'm full time carer for a three kids, one who has special needs and has a limited

Must watch on House of Commons reform Ellie Chowns Dr Ellie Chowns, "As a newly elected member, I'd like to offer observations on three elements on how this house operates: sitting, speaking and voting" ➡️ Sitting - Chamber is too small - In Council and in European parliament

Dementors on own clothes day #Olympic2024

They came after me with the cat lady shit too. So please just sit down & listen. Misogyny is one of the deadliest weapons on earth. Misogyny is electoral interference. Misogyny is a national security threat so lethal we can’t even see it. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Labour 'won't be squeamish about making money from NHS data' thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar… (£) "Anonymised" should be in scare quotes here. #NHSdata #patientdata #dataprotection #datasharing 🤑

This is my response to shameful opinion piece in the Guardian that hijacks the Boothby O'Neill inquest to push more CBT/GET propaganda. virology.ws/2024/07/29/tri…

Les queer du groupe lego gay usa ont fait une reproduction d'un des tableaux de la cérémonie des JO et je chiale de rire mdrrr

My last painted monastery of this trip: Humor, in Southern Bucovina, Romania.

To raise money for transport, Imane Khelif sold scrap metal for recycling and her mother sold couscous. Together they were able to afford the bus to the town for Imane to have regular boxing training sessions. unicef.org/algeria/en/sto…

This week’s riots aren’t happening in a vacuum. We’re living and breathing on platforms that billionaires have optimised for outrage. This is the world that social media made. My piece for The Observer with contributions from the great Maria Ressa + more theguardian.com/media/article/…

1/ 🧵Just did a network analysis of the "far right thugs unite" hashtag. It largely seems to be a simulated scandal/outrage to promote the Reform Party and Nigel Farage and - while also being an attack on Keir Starmer.

Don't love this phrase 'anti-immigration protestors' used on the BBC just now. They're not really anti-immigration. It's not like they're targeting Canadians. They're racists. And these are not protests. They're attempted pogroms.

We cannot understand this violence without reference to the conspiracy theories government has legitimised. The UK government framed asylum seekers not as people, but as a threat I.e. 'stop the boats'. They constructed a false impression of lavish treatment and a burden on the UK

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