@sihil

Previously dev @guardian; interested in Serverless, DevOps, AWS, Functional Programming. XR "extremist". Also at https://xitter.cf/t.co/1k5dQBus1V

 Edinburgh
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Simon Hildrew retweeted
Lowkey
@Lowkey0nline16 Oct 2023
The BBC admits that it misled the public about pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the UK.
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A masterclass in journalism—and morality. Sky has massively distinguished itself with its coverage.
Lowkey
@Lowkey0nline12 Oct 2023
"Are you seriously asking me about Palestinian civilians? What's wrong with you?" Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett on Gaza war crimes.
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Compare & contrast! Attacking "civilian infrastructure, especially electricity, are war crimes. Cutting off men, women, children of water, electricity and heating with winter coming - these are acts of pure terror". UNLESS the attacker is Israel. Then it's NOT terror!?@?!!!
Ursula von der Leyen
@vonderleyen19 Oct 2022
Russia’s attacks against civilian infrastructure, especially electricity, are war crimes. Cutting off men, women, children of water, electricity and heating with winter coming - these are acts of pure terror. And we have to call it as such. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1lPKqBgDg…
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Ursula von der Leyen

Address at the European Parliament

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The new name of the street in front of the Saudi consulate in #LosAngeles
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Hamas's attack and the events unfolding since yesterday are unspeakable. We could talk about their cruel and criminal actions, or focus on how our Jewish-supremacist govt brought us to this point. But as former Israeli soldiers, our job is to talk about what we were sent to do 🧵
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I accept that the MSM fails on many fronts. But the one consistent feature of conspiracy theorists is that they have no interest whatever in real, documented conspiracies, such as the VIP lane for PPE or the Panama Papers or the funding of neoliberal junktanks.🧵
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I'd like to encourage everyone speaking of Sinéad to watch & share this footage. Newspeak has a way of obscuring context. If all you know is that she ripped a picture on live television, you miss the prophetic poise (the care, courage, & nuance) on offer here.
Dr Robert Bohan Artist@RobertBohan26 Jul 2023
By the time Sinéad O’Connor sang this (1992) some 70,000 children had been sexually abused by Catholic priests & brothers in Ireland. The state, media, bishops, cardinals & pope had covered it up. She was scorned.
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Apple joins Signal & WhatsApp: they'll pull services from the UK before compromising privacy + security. This makes sense: the alt to exiting is undermining your reputation, killing the trust of those who rely on you. See: RIM, Blackberry, Saudi Arabia. bbc.com/news/technology-6625…

Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals

The technology giant says it could remove services such as FaceTime from the UK over potential changes

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It's a new and deadly strategy for shutting down protest. Corporations have realised that any political opponent can be named on an injunction. Once you're named, you can become liable for its costs. So they can beggar you for disagreeing with them. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Punishment without trial: Britain's latest weapon in the war against dissent | George Monbiot

Companies are taking out devastating ‘civil injunctions’ against climate activists – and making them pay the costs, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Dear followers - I’m likely to disappear from Twitter (and the world in general) from tomorrow, when I will be sentenced for taking part in an Insulate Britain @InsulateLove road blocking protest in the City in 2021. I’m expecting a 6 week prison sentence, suspended if I recant.
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Simon Hildrew retweeted
Sophy Ridge@SophyRidgeSky9 Jun 2023
As reporters prepare to descend on Uxbridge & South Ruislip - spare a thought for the lady in what I think is the most viral video I’ve ever made
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"Jesus said: ‘I am the way, the truth and the life.’ Not being able to tell the truth undermines our democratic rights, but also our faith.'” Revd Sue Parfitt via @wareisjoe churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
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Simon Hildrew retweeted
Carbon Brief
@CarbonBrief31 May 2023
Factcheck: Is solar power a ‘threat’ to UK farmland? | @Josh_Gabbatiss @freyagraham_ @rtmcswee @GAViglione w/ comment from Jordan Macknick Seeta Sistla M. Ryyan Khan @SolarEnergyUK_ #CBarchive Read here: bit.ly/3orNnmP
Proportions of total UK land (blue) taken up by golf courses (red), airports (orange), ground-mounted solar panels in 2022 (dark yellow) and estimated additional land taken up by ground-mounted solar panels in the future under government plans (light yellow). The right-hand square represents 1% of the left-hand square. Source: Carbon Brief analysis using Corine Land Cover data and estimates from Solar Energy UK, using Solar Media data. Chart by Tom Prater for Carbon Brief.

ALT Proportions of total UK land (blue) taken up by golf courses (red), airports (orange), ground-mounted solar panels in 2022 (dark yellow) and estimated additional land taken up by ground-mounted solar panels in the future under government plans (light yellow). The right-hand square represents 1% of the left-hand square. Source: Carbon Brief analysis using Corine Land Cover data and estimates from Solar Energy UK, using Solar Media data. Chart by Tom Prater for Carbon Brief.

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It is Shell’s AGM tomorrow Shell is extracting fossil fuels which it KNOWS will lead to deaths on an unprecedented mass scale It is doing this because it is motivated by an unthinking GREED Many people say that Shell is an EVIL company shell.com/investors/sharehol…
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Simon Hildrew retweeted
James O'Brien
@mrjamesob9 May 2023
Very prescient.
Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@Haggis_UK9 May 2023
Adam Wagner(Barrister)tried to warn us about the public order act "The Public Order bill essentially criminalises peaceful protest.. in a way which hasn't been done before.. these are the kinds of methods we've used to disrupt terrorism, drug dealing & gang violence" (June 2022)
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The consternation of @UKLabour MPs rings hollow when you realise they did *not* do all they could in the Lords to stop the #PublicOrderBill. Labour peers must do as they are told by @Keir_Starmer and at the final vote they abstained. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65515769?x…

Police made tough calls on Coronation arrests, says minister

Lucy Frazer says police were right to factor in the momentous occasion after criticism over 52 arrests.

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Simon Hildrew retweeted
Dr. Robert Rohde@RARohde24 Apr 2023
This is getting ridiculous. OISST provides a real-time daily index of ocean surface temperature (60 S - 60 N). For the last month it has been continuously reading higher than in any previous year and still shows no sign of settling.
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Simon Hildrew retweeted
If Not Now
@ifnotnowagency24 Apr 2023
Climate protest, but make it Wes Anderson. #WesAnderson #WesAndersonEdit #TheBigOne
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If you are under the illusion that the political leaders are making decisions in the best interest for humanity - WAKE UP! Your choice is extinction or rebellion. #ExtinctionRebellion theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
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I’m a leeds resident and work and raise my family in Leeds. Today @JustStop_Oil are planning on slow walking the roads of Leeds to traffic delays and disruption. There aim in for the the UK government to stop expanding the fossil fuel industry. Here are my thoughts. – at Leeds, England
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