Notices by Peter Nimmo (peternimmo@mastodon.scot)

This #Politico piece critical of Kamala #Harris at a recent #tech summit in #London actually put her up in my estimation. Rishi #Sunak and the tech bros wanted to talk about the fantasy "future risks" of #AI. She pointed out that tech risks have already arrived: “When a senior is kicked off their #healthcare plan because of a faulty #algorithm, is that not existential for him?”
https://www.politico.eu/article/kamala-harris-brits-uk-vp-usa-elections-2024-joe-biden-president-downing-street/

@quasirealsmiths @RickiTarr I raise you this

Host the #Olympics and people will come to your city, they said: Air #France says the #Paris Olympics are driving away summer tourists, losing $193 million in revenue
#sport
#tourism
#AirTravel
https://qz.com/olympics-paris-air-france-visitors-down-1851570869

In the debate about Joe #Biden's mental state, this extract from an interview with #UK prime minister Keir #Starmer is interesting. Challenged directly on whether Biden is #senile, Starmer says the President was 'on really good form', very engaged with the issues during long discussions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9x8w9pxwllo

"The disappearance of the shame that used to attend a vote for the [#FarRight] RN has been a long process, but it can now surely be declared to be complete". #Fascism has been normalised...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd10g29l7y4o

@br00t4c @jstatepost who among us hadn't paid hush money to a porn star?

@BeAware @FediTips thanks for that- very helpful. The profile was very dodgy looking- I'll be less curious in future and not open on the web browser

What happened when I visited the web version of the account I mentioned in my last toot- it wants to immediately download something. I've never seen anything like this on #Mastodon before. Is momostr.pink a dodgy instance? Maybe @FediTips can help? #fediblock? #fedihelp!

I've always been sceptical about using #microblogging for discussion of complex issues such as topics in #theology. But a #toot of mine yesterday led to intelligent and thought provoking replies. Is this another way in which #Mastodon beats what came before?

@hanse_mina Reuters are usually reliable, so it's odd they describe Fico as "leftist"

2 toots about #fascist attacks on #power infrastructure, in the #US and #Ukraine
https://infosec.exchange/@kevinrothrock/112441243458131458
https://journa.host/@w7voa/112441239428210216

Vast majority of anti-immigration posts relating to protests in Ireland came from non-Irish accounts – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/05/03/vast-majority-of-anti-immigration-posts-relating-to-wicklow-protests-came-from-non-irish-accounts/

At least 100,000 people have taken part in a demo against the #FarRight in #Berlin today, with thousands out in many other cities. This has now been going on for a couple of weeks, since #AfD party leaders were revealed to have been at a conference where the mass expulsion from #Germany of citizens with an immigrant background was discussed (public post) https://ard.social/@tagesschau/111867883936658663

About 200,000 people protest across #Germany against the #FarRight #AfD party, reports The Guardian (but that may well be an underestimate). The AfD are now slipping in the polls (public post)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/03/germany-berlin-latest-rally-protests-against-far-right-afd-party

This is a very strange article in @BylinesScotland
https://mastodon.social/@BylinesScotland/111743869043107425
BylinesScotland@mastodon.social - 🆕 What labour must do to preserve the union | Martin Roche

Labour must set the heather on fire or risk the last chance saloon for the union

#scottishpolitics #labour #generalelection

https://bylines.scot/opinion/what-labour-must-do-to-preserve-the-union/

@lauravivanco @BylinesScotland that is, indeed, a weird picture. Maybe AI thinks Britain is run by school prefects

@StillIRise1963 @katmckatniss @BlackAzizAnansi quite right. It might leak

@kravietz that's really interesting. I'm not a Kremlinology expert, but I am interested in the theological games. Like Trump, Putin uses religion for his own ends, and, as in the US, he's got willing helpers to push a "Christian" extreme nationalism devoid of Christianity

Head of the #RussianOrthodoxChurch is being rabidly racist: #PatriarchKirill "blamed migrants for increasingly threatening interreligious and interethnic peace in #Russia by refusing to integrate into Russian society and forming criminal and extremist organizations". He's sounding more xenophobic than Putin wants! The leadership of the #ROC makes a mockery of #Christ
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-20-2023

NYTimes: #Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/politics/trump-colorado-ballot-14th-amendment.html?smid=nytcore-android-share