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Using #AI makes people less likely to be correct
Accuracy collapsed when AI was available
Fact: Some would-be correct people got AI advice & became #wrong
AI advice made people #confident there're correct
People became worse, accuracy was only 1/3, but they were twice as confident
#digital #DumbedDown #DDD = Digitally Dumbed Down
In 2022 NHS trusts raised #Ukrainian flags & shipped ventilators to Kyiv. Nobody got suspended
Then came #Gaza
Thousands of NHS workers are saying: apply the rules consistently, or don’t apply them at all. Do you agree?
https://the.organise.network/campaigns/6642?utm_source=mastodon_fediverse
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The #Labour manifesto promised it would regulate AI. But #Starmer succumbed to pressure from #BigTech and pursued ‘growth’ over our rights
It’s time for our new Prime Minister & Minister for AI, Narayan, to introduce legislation that will #regulate AI and ensure that works for all of us and does not harm our #HumanRights
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-andy-burnham-regulate-ai
#safety #security #privacy #DigitalAlert
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In Belgium, #workplace #heat thresholds are explicit:
When these temperatures are exceeded, #Belgian #employers must take measures such as #cooling, #ventilation, extra breaks and providing drinks
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US & Israel’s attacks on Iran breached international law – so both nations’ militaries would be banned outright from an independent #Scotland, John Swinney has said
We have always been an outward-looking country, it’s part of who we are. That is what #Westminster parties misunderstand when they say Scotland has no right to speak out on international events
That defending #HumanRights & #InternationalLaw is, somehow, not Scotland's business
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25937109.us-banned-independent-scotland-illegal-iran-war-fm-says/
This case shows the growing dilemma that many countries now face. In a global supply chain economy, the most capable #digital #platforms are rarely national
For #sensitive domains such as #defense, #intelligence, #public #safety, and #critical #infrastructure, this creates a structural tension between performance and control.
https://zendata.security/2026/02/14/switzerland-ends-palantir-contract-over-data-sovereignty-risks/
#BigData #privacy #security #corruption #dictators
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Hold an immediate parliamentary vote on #US use of #UK bases
We call on Govt to hold parliamentary vote on decision to grant US permission to use British #military bases for strikes on Iranian missile sites
PM announced via video statement the Govt agreed to US request to use British military bases for strikes on #Iranian missile sites, as part of ongoing conflict involving US, #Israel & #Iran
#Petition
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762994
#USAggression #WarCrimes #StarmerOut #war #dictators #StopTrump
Can I Lick It?
At some point in human history, someone licked every element in #periodic table
Not the same person, obviously—that would require an impressive tolerance for radiation & poor decision-making
But collectively, across centuries of #scientific #inquiry, accidental exposure, & sheer #human stubbornness, tongues touched all 118 known elements
Some of those encounters went fine. Others ended careers, relationships & vital organ function.
https://fazzler.com/can-i-lick-it-a-periodic-table-for-the-curious-and-the-doomed/
Stop Fossil Gas
While #Trump is setting the world on fire, #Europe is signing long term deals for billions of euros of dirty fossil #gas
Deals that last for decades and make Europe vulnerable to Trump’s destructive agenda. #Dirty energy deals with Trump have to end.
Sign:
#Austria blocks US warplanes from its airspace
Vice Chancellor Andi Babler said his country wants “nothing to do with #Trump’s policy of chaos and his #war”
Under #Austrian #law, all foreign #military #flights must apply for permission & declare their purpose before entering country’s #airspace
Requests tied to active #conflicts are rejected
https://www.politico.eu/article/austria-blocks-us-warplane-overflights-citing-neutrality/
The US must not divert weapons for #Ukraine to Iran
#Finland’s Defence Minister Häkkänen said he expects all #weapons destined for #Ukraine, purchased from #US by #European countries, to be delivered
He said Helsinki will check & ensure US honours contracts signed with European #NATO countries that bought weapons for Ukraine from US military contractors
#Reform candidate: ‘Nigerians should be melted down to fill in pot holes’ wins
He ranted on social media he ‘carnt [sic] believe amount of #Nigerians in town’ & they ‘should melt them all down and fill in the pot holes’
Another #ReformUK candidate said #Holocaust was a #hoax also won in #elections
Jay Cooper won set on #Sefton Council accused of spewing out #conspiracy theories, labelling #genocide of millions of #Jewish people propaganda
... Our system of #electing #MPs, #FPTP, means national outcomes often bear little relation to how people actually #vote
#UK #elections #voting #ProportionalRepresentation #Starmer #ToxicPolitics #DemocracyNOW
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No, BlackRock: #OurNHS is not for sale
#BlackRock, #US #multinational asset management firm, trying to buy up NHS #GP surgery buildings
They just signed a deal with Greater #Manchester #Pension Fund (GMPF) to work together to increase the grip of privatisation on our NHS.
But you can tell them now
- OUR NHS IS NOT FOR SALE
The deal has only just been announced. If you act now, you can stop it in its tracks.
Petition:
What West doesn’t understand about Russia - a Lithuanian who knows
#Lithuania's parliamentary speaker Juozas Olekas said #peace with #Russia can be secured only from position of strength warning unless #Moscow is stopped in #Ukraine, it will continue aggression deeper in #Europe
Lithuania’s #security approach shaped by its history of #Soviet #occupation & by belief Russia’s #imperial attitudes extend beyond #Kremlin
#Scottish #Labour would let controversial tech giant #Palantir “gain control of our #health #data”, an MP has told The National
“But people must be under no illusions; if Labour were in Government in #Scotland, Palantir would gain control of our health data and Scottish patients would become beholden to their services as they further entrench their #monopoly on #NHS data management.”
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25969145.anas-sarwar-will-give-palantir-control-scots-health-data/
Candela flying #ferries to bring #commuters back #boats
Over 17kts she lifts above the water & then we fly at around 25kts
The 30-seat vessel rises smoothly above the surface, lifted by #hydrofoils controlled by onboard #computers
“When we lift the #boat, the drag from the water reduces 80 to 85 percent,” says the captain. “And we can charge this boat fully in approximately one hour.”
Former #US general got drunk in Kyiv, suffered concussion, left classified maps on train
A former U.S. #Army #general tasked with overseeing U.S.-led military support for #Ukraine lost #classified #maps on a #train in #Europe and was concussed after an "overindulgence in #alcohol" during a dinner in Ukraine, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Inspector General.
What is Security Theater?
#Security #theater refers to highly visible security measures that create the #illusion of increased #safety but don’t stop #threats.
The term is often used disparagingly to describe #superficial security practices that don’t reduce risk. Simply put, security #theatre is all about #appearances, not #results.
https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/security-theater
#SecurityTheatre #ignorance #incompetent #IT #CriticalThinking #Internet #banking #airports #QuestionAuthority
#Fascist #America: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents
Artist #Kapoor considering legal action after border patrol agents posed for photo with his #CloudGate sculpture in #Chicago
“Abducting street vendors, breaking doors, pulling people from cars, using teargas on residential streets,” he said who were reportedly celebrating after military style #immigration enforcement raids. Fascist America beyond belief
Should MPs be allowed to drink on the job?
Should #MPs should be allowed to #drink at #work?
Because the rules that apply to the rest of us don’t seem to apply to the people who make them.
Express your view. Yes or No:
#UK #alcohol #Westminster #drinking #Parliament #intoxicated #drunk
US accused of meddling in #British politics with $500k grant for public #education
Documents on #US embassy website prompt claims of attempt to export #Maga #propaganda to #UK
Using language of Maga movement appropriation, funding identifies goal of fostering “national conversation” about “shared civilizational values” underpinning US-UK ties
Priority goes to applicants claiming freedom of speech & limited government
🚨Fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer is suing #Greenpeace organisations for hundreds of millions of dollars for solidarity with the ongoing Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access #Pipeline.
Can you sign the petition calling on #corporate #bullies like Energy Transfer to stop these attacks on free speech?
