Alison Hardie retweeted
I think that if you’re going to write a piece in the Times urging the government to use and boost more AI, the fact that you are paid by a major AI company should be in the first sentence, or at least first paragraph.
I also think that the best scenario for AI is that it destroys millions of jobs with the prosperity, dignity and community that goes with them.
The worst scenario is the destruction of the human race - a fear openly expressed by an increasing number of senior and experienced AI engineers who are leaving the industry.
And somewhere in between a myriad of horrors such as yet more screen learning and screen addiction for our children.
But I do see that it will make rich men even richer. And that’s the most important thing of course.
Alison Hardie retweeted
Fact they think Scots with the first education system for all & today we have higher education. Who voted against brexshit 62%, every constituency will believe the guff. We are the most politically aware nation & refuse en masse for BBC propaganda, its now all channels being used – at Dunollie, Scotland
Alison Hardie retweeted
This is the top story on the BBC Scotland website. Someone has left the NHS. It's further evidence of the BritNat tabloid culture that's dominant at the station and the desire to create cheap populist news narratives that can be used to undermine the SNP.
Alison Hardie retweeted
The EU has every right to exclude British supply chains.
We told them we’d rather “trade with the world” — just as globalisation was going into reverse.
We’re getting exactly what we voted for.
EXCLUSIVE: The UK has become seriously concerned that more protectionist policies pursued by the EU could exclude British companies from its supply chains in key sectors, derailing a reset in post-Brexit relations and costing firms billions of pounds.
Keir Starmer’s government is lobbying the EU against restricting market access for British businesses under the bloc’s “Made in Europe” initiative, sources tell Bloomberg.
The push has become the focus of UK-EU relations behind the scenes in recent weeks and will be raised at high-level meetings in London this week.
Britain is urgently trying to dissuade the European Commission and EU member states from pursuing a course it fears could badly hurt both sides, the sources said.
It has been a driver of Starmer’s recent remarks about taking the UK closer to the EU’s single market.
The EU has been considering proposals to promote the use of goods and services produced within the bloc, in response to Trump’s tariffs and wider geopolitical and trade uncertainty. That’s been most evident on steel. The Commission’s proposals for the Industrial Accelerator Act, delayed until later this month, will set further requirements for goods in sectors including cars and green technology to be EU-made.
Britain is concerned that if it is excluded it would badly disrupt UK-EU supply chains. This would be particularly damaging for car manufacturers that have sites in both Britain and Europe, such as Stellantis, Volkswagen, BMW and Ford. Advanced technology and green energy companies could also be severely impacted, risking aiding competitors.
An outcome that weakens UK-EU supply chains would increase costs and uncertainty for businesses on both sides, as well as damaging their national interests, so it would be in their mutual benefit to consider the UK’s position as a leading trade partner of the bloc, one source said.
They warned that penalising British firms with protectionist policies triggered by trade threats from the US and China risked being in breach of the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the commitments made between the UK and EU at a summit last year. We know from the SAFE debacle these issues aren’t always resolved rationally.
The discussions highlight the vulnerabilities faced by the UK since Brexit. Outside of the bloc, Britain has little protection in the event of a global trade war and is reliant on negotiating favourable ongoing trading terms with Brussels, something which may result in further concessions from London.
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Alison Hardie retweeted
Peter Mandelson sold Government secrets to foreign agents for personal profit.
He doesn't need to be thrown out of the House of Lords, he needs to be thrown in jail.
Alison Hardie retweeted
Is the print on the wall behind him an aspirational infrastructure project involving doing the same with Scottish water as they do Scottish energy?
Alison Hardie retweeted
That is, without doubt, the most miserable Burns Supper I’ve ever seen.
They didn’t even give him a Jimmy Hat or get Nessie in the background.
CAN THEY DO NOTHING RIGHT.
Alison Hardie retweeted
Dear American friend,
with regards the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent, you are missing the whole point.
The question is not if it was self-defence or a killing, whether she was driving away or towards the agent, nope.
The big question you should be asking yourself is when did you accept that border patrol agents were entitled to wreak havoc in your communities, behaving as a militia much in the same way the SA did in 1930's Germany?
That is the point.
Alison Hardie retweeted
Walz just said the quiet part out loud:
A medical professional tried to help the woman ICE shot, identified themselves clearly and an ICE agent replied, “I do not care.”
That’s not law enforcement. That’s a complete collapse of humanity.
Alison Hardie retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Border Patrol just illegally arrested a U.S. citizen… a TEENAGER… in Richfield, Minnesota.
The teen was working at Target when agents tackled him and arrested him, while his passport was in his pocket, fully identifying himself as a U.S. citizen.
None of it mattered.
Why? Because he looked Latino.
When a coworker asked who to call, he said, heartbreakingly: “my mom.”
Think about that. Your teenage son goes to work, and Border Patrol kidnaps him.
This isn’t an isolated incident. ICE and Border Patrol have repeatedly illegally arrested U.S. citizens, especially in Minnesota. And after agents murdered a U.S. citizen who tried to drive away from illegal detention, this should outrage every single American.
U.S. citizens do not have to prove their citizenship. Yet, ICE and Border Patrol agents are routinely violating the Constitution, demanding proof anyway… and even refusing to accept drivers licenses or real IDs.
And now? Even a passport doesn’t matter.
This isn’t enforcement… it’s targeting Americans based on fear and appearance, treating citizens like criminals in their own country.
When will this end? When will the government stop stripping citizens of their rights and labeling them terrorists for simply existing?
Alison Hardie retweeted
ICE not welcome in this church!
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This video is not real but AI-generated.
It depicts telltale signs of AI generation (deformed faces, background artifacts, clothing inconsistencies, etc.), it is identified as AI by AI detection platforms.
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Alison Hardie retweeted
In the UK it's already an offence to use AI to create indecent images of children.
If you're in the UK and you asked Grok to put a child in a string or cling film bikini, or asked for cream to be smeared on their face, there's a strong chance you're one of the 34 UK accounts that have been correctly reported to police today.
Those who think they're anonymous can take it from me, there's no such thing.
Of the 34, 12 were positively identified with minimal effort and that information was included as appropriate.
You can look forward to having your devices seized for forensic examination, and even if nothing else is found, being convicted of making an indecent image of a child and being placed on the sex offenders register.
Good luck explaining to colleagues, friends and family members how you aren't a paedophile, you just thought seeing a child dressed in such a manner would be 'funny'
I'm sure they'll be fine 🫤⬇️
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Alison Hardie retweeted
This is dark
Pope Leo XIV warns the post-WWII rule that bans invading other countries is being destroyed.
While Keir Starmer stays silent and sucks up to Trump, even the Vatican is saying it out loud: might is replacing law and that puts everyone at risk. ⚠️
Alison Hardie retweeted
Tim Miller: “I will not be fucking gaslit by these people. I will not tone down the rhetoric. Jonathan Ross murdered her. She talked to him calmly, said dude I’m not mad. This is fucking insane. This is not a tough call. He orphaned her child and called her a fucking bitch after he killed her. Do not let Donald Trump, and JD Vance, and Kristi Noem, and these thugs try to convince you this is anything other than murder”
Alison Hardie retweeted
If you want Michelle Mone removed from the House of Lords and to repay the £136,000,000 owed to taxpayers, please retweet!
