Wrote this about Southampton last week but it applies equally to what happened last night (ref X, riots and money) www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-muir-th...
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The violent chaos in Southampton, sparked by the murder of Henry Nowak, was all over social media. That’s because most of the rioters were hoping for one thing above all – to make money out of it
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They could write a simple enough law to ensure you can't get paid as easily as you can now. X will Paypal you as soon as you generate $30 of eyeballs for them.
Based on the weird nature of some of the suggested meetup points there's a non-zero chance that this list (if not the graphic) was spun up with an LLM
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Friday! Lunchtime! An immense quantity of really fun and interesting links! ALL OF THE WEB THAT'S FIT TO CONSUME (and a few bits that, on balance, maybe aren't). Web Curios! Share, enjoy, click, marvel, FALL IN LOVE WITH THE WEB AGAIN! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-12...
Tommy Robinson and allies have attenpted to call 96 simultaneous mass protests tonight, apparently by googling and listing possible meeting places
There are particular concerms about disorder in Belfast & Northern Ireland after a serious crime, attempted murder, last night.
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What are the Government, police and security services doing about the people who are quite clearly in the pay of a hostile foreign state, and using their platforms to whip up actual pogroms on our streets? This is a major national security issue and absolutely nothing seems to be happening about it
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