Richard Lea

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Facts and opinions at BBC, Guardian, TLS… Fictions at The Dublin Review, The Manchester Review, Brixton Review of Books… Blue pencils at https://fictionable.world
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Richard Lea5d ago
Warner Crocker5d ago
Happy Pi Day for those who count, bake, and eat pies. #PiDay
Richard LeaMar 12
Show threadCiaraMar 12

The disorientation of being transfixed by unfolding events and filled with concern for everyone who is affected, then a voice says The End and your mind adjusts its vision and you are standing in the Fruit & Veg aisle in Lidl.

#Books
#Bookstodon
#Audiobooks

Richard LeaMar 6
Peter GleickMar 6
The latest update from the Mauna Loa CO2 observatory, shows current #carbondioxide concentrations continue to accelerate upward. The latest reading? 429.1 parts per million. Pre-industrial concentrations were under 280 ppm.
#climatechange
#climate
Richard LeaMar 4

"By refusing to cut off surveillance companies and sleazy data brokers, Big Tech companies are effectively collaborating with ICE’s lawless campaign of violence and terror."

https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.

404 Media
Richard LeaMar 3
jamesbridleMar 3
Raise high the roof beams.
Richard LeaMar 1
Colours BotMar 1
"Plum (Traditional)" #8e4585
Richard LeaFeb 28
Colours BotFeb 28
"Fuchsia Pink" #f7f
Richard LeaFeb 27

A massive result:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place

Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England as vote share for Keir Starmer’s party plummets

The Guardian
Richard LeaFeb 27
jamesbridleFeb 27
A reader sends me this, as my trap for autonomous cars becomes something like reality. Swiss political campaign posters urging a lower speed limit appear to trigger self-driving vehicles to actually slow down to that speed: https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/tempo-30-abstimmungsplakate-bremsen-unbeabsichtigt-autos-aus
Just Anti-Tempo-30-Plakate bremsen Verkehr ausserorts ab

Eigentlich will eine TCS-Initiative Tempo 30 im Baselbiet erschweren. Doch Plakate dafür bremsen moderne Autos ab.

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
Richard LeaFeb 26
Devine Lu LinvegaFeb 26
I was looking at photos of Tintern Abbey, a famous abby that losts its roof centuries ago, and came across this gorgeous painting by Frederick Calvert(1815) of plants growing up the structure.