Notices by Peter Nimmo (peternimmo@mastodon.scot), page 2

#Barclays #bank are '#debanking' charities. A #Yorkshire #charity for the #blind almost had to close for first time in 150 years.
(I'm sure the #media supporters of Nigel #Farage will be all over this!)
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/charity-debanked-by-barclays-on-how-it-almost-had-to-close-for-first-time-in-150-years/ar-AA1ljHZ1

The #BBC received a complaint about bias against Liz Truss on the fact checking Radio 4 programme More or Less.
What I'd really like to know is who on earth would write to your BBC to complain about bias against Liz Truss.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/ecu/more-or-less-radio-4-20-september-2023

@emilygorcenski your essay on AI and associated stuff, was amazing- thanks

@ocdtrekkie @ariadne @davidgerard the "volunteer" data gathering is the reason why you shouldn't trust Google Maps. I've come across non existent road closures, as well as a road that was closed for months for bridge repairs that wasn't marked

Emily F. Gorcenski sums up #cryptocurrency beautifully. Just part of an amazing essay on the perverse #ethics of the #techbros. I think she's mostly correct on the #theology parallels. A long read, but highly recommended
#AI
#tech
#EffectiveAltruism
#Web3
#longtermism
#metaverse
#singularity
#OpenAI
#ChatGPT
@emilygorcenski
https://emilygorcenski.com/post/making-god/

@emilygorcenski I'm looking forward to finishing that

@futurebird checkmate

Crumbs... if there's trouble on #Saturday, says a Tory MP, #Braverman will be to blame
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-top-civil-servant-who-made-chickenpox-parties-claim-set-to-face-covid-inquiry-labour-frontbencher-quits-over-gaza-stance-12593360?postid=6740512#liveblog-body

@HistoPol @MaJ1 put the tea on...

@rotfarm @Poe @mho fair comment. It occurs to me that there was never a time when our communications were entirely private. The UK security service, MI5, are supposed to have used kettles to steam open envelopes so they could read letters sent via Royal Mail!

@Poe @mho Mastodon doesn't really have DMs

#BBC report on the #LutonAirport car park fire: 'The woman who filmed the car was there to pick up relatives. “We saw there is a fire [but] the fire extinguisher from this floor was used so we went to another floor to take another. But at that moment when we came to the car it exploded and we couldn’t come near," she said'.
If I was in a multistorey car park and saw a car on fire, I'd be getting out, and not searching for fire extinguishers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67075159?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6526b8418ae7803bb6842db6%26Footage%20emerges%20of%20burning%20car%20which%20may%20have%20started%20blaze%262023-10-11T15%3A03%3A42.012Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:07405208-dec7-437a-9ced-7294f0bf604f&pinned_post_asset_id=6526b8418ae7803bb6842db6&pinned_post_type=share

@FirefighterGeek I'm glad to have that confirmed by an actual firefighter! I had been told that before. It's a constant surprise to me how many people seem to lack an awareness of dangerous fires actually are. Lives are far more important than property

@loke @major or that you could fix your computer problems like this

@major and apps used to be on cassette tapes