Richard
@UKverifried
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Warning: Comments may contain nuance. 'Facts' are as accurate as humanly possible but the commentary comes with no guarantees.
A broken world
Joined November 2012
Red carded: My account was suspended by X for a supposed rule violation (see attached). A prime example of what happens when algorithmic enforcement replaces human judgment. Turns out that while AI might be intelligent it is not yet totally fluent in English.
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No CNBC, it’s not device hoarding it’s —MY PHONE STILL WORKS FINE AND I’M NOT GOING TO SPEND $1500 FOR A SLIGHTLY BETTER CAMERA AND AN AI FEATURE THAT I’LL EVENTUALLY DISABLE
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This was the Daily Mail’s 2016 take on Britain trapped in the EU and gazing at the freedom and prosperity outside.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has thrown out the criminal indictment of James Comey, ruling that Trump-installed prosecutor Lindsey Halligan was illegally appointed and had no lawful authority to bring the case. The court found her actions violated federal law and the Constitution’s
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I'm rich & this is a lie. When politicians lower my taxes, I don't create additional jobs (only demand does that). I simply save that money Trickle-down economics has been repeatedly debunked yet conservatives lie to you so they can give their wealthy overlords more tax cuts
If you want to help the poor, then lower taxes on the rich. What helps the poor is a productive economy that makes goods and services more abundant and less expensive, while creating employment opportunities. The capital investment that makes that possible comes from the rich.
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Twitter has disabled its new ‘profile-location’ feature hours after launch. Multiple high profile “Right Wing America“ accounts were immediately revealed to be based in Israel, India or Russia.
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The Fraud by Paul Holden. I haven’t really moved past the revelation on page 89 that Rachel Riley met with Morgan McSweeney at the Labour Together/Stop Funding Fake News (SFFN) offices in February 2019. The actual date of this meeting is not specified. At the meeting, Riley
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Correction: This is not astonishing. #bbclaurak
In the same week the Covid Inquiry concluded that introducing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives and a former Reform politician was jailed for accepting Russian bribes, #bbclaurak hasn’t expended a single second talking about it That is fucking astonishing
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Sheldon Mills: "His departure from one of the UK's most powerful economic regulators". Whereas, some would consider the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) to be both an ineffective and inept financial regulator. In fact just like its predecessor the Financial Services Authority
news.sky.com
Sheldon Mills has been asked to spearhead a review of the growing use of AI in delivering consumer financial advice when he leaves the Financial Conduct Authority, Sky News learns.
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Nigel Farage showing early signs of the onset of dementia, surely some mistake?
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Donald Trump's economic policies: What's the beef?
🚨 BREAKING: @TysonFoods closing plant with 3200 employees in small Nebraska town of 11,500. Everything’s fine.
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A rail fare freeze: Like the Fuel Duty Freeze it would be a 'hostage to fortune' on future Budgets. It is a political gimmick not sensible economics. Little wonder the tax system is in a mess when Chancellors play politics and not managing the government's finances.
bbc.co.uk
Regulated fares, which include season tickets and off-peak returns, will not see annual price rises for the first time in 30 years, the government announces.
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Offshore Gambling Companies: Tax expert Dan Neidle discovers a possible Brexit Benefit. Sky Bet's offshoring activities. "This kind of approach would be prohibited by EU law if we were still a member of the EU; but of course we are not." https://t.co/dD17W2pp5E
taxpolicy.org.uk
ITV News has just broadcast an investigation: gambling company Sky Bet has migrated its business to Malta to avoid around £55m of tax each year. We provided technical support for the investigation…
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Here are some of the most powerful AI oligarchs in the world, enjoying a private dinner with a dictator who murders his own citizens with a bone saw. Does anyone really believe that they want to "wipe out poverty” or improve life for ordinary Americans? I don’t.
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The Ukraine peace deal Steve Witkoff has ‘negotiated’ with Russia is seen in Kyiv as an all-out victory for Putin. Ukraine must lose half its army, accept the loss of Crimea and much of its eastern territory, and can’t join NATO. Russia rejoins the G-7 & its assets are unfrozen.
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Lest we forget. They partied while the rest of us were locked down, and while MANY people died…..AVOIDABLY. #CovidInquiry
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Left: Brexiter Ella Whelan dismisses the findings of the covid inquiry, "It makes it sounds like the only solution was to lockdown harder and faster" Right: Baroness Hallett literally said that if stringent restrictions short of a full lockdown were applied earlier we might not
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The decision-making in Downing Street during Covid was often taken by a hungover, chaotic senior team (not all, not the officials) and you see who by how dreadfully some of these unhealthy people are as they grow older. Alcohol had a significant role here. The place was awash
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