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Reform UK’s pledge to remove all low-traffic neighbourhoods from the council areas it now controls looks to be achieved in record time - the 10 councils say they do not have any ... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Drinking in the park

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Beano #563, May 2, 1953

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Please don't put in the newspaper that 28 children laughed at me

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A world historical crime, taking place in full view, with the perpetrators so convinced of their impunity that they can brag about genocidal intent, and it’s hard not to agree with their calculation that no one will stop them and no one will be held accountable

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A generation of infants are being born HIV+ today who should have been born HIV-free because one of the principal propagandists of AI bullshit in the world dismantled PEPFAR and USAID.

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The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

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Sainsbury's up to their old tricks again www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Not sure how this will Augment Warfighter Lethality but let’s give him the benefit of the doubt

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I gotta say, “women are going to space” sounds a lot nicer than “the ultra rich are taking hyper-polluting joyrides to space while the planet descends into climate chaos”

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'Sci-fi fans are notorious for rejecting or trolling any non-white actors who enter their favourite worlds...' No, they absolutely are not. Star Trek was the original woke show with a diverse cast. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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1. I've been banging on about the existential crisis facing our food system for years. But don't take it from me. Take it from the food professionals now risking their careers in an urgent and devastating warning to their own industry. Key quotes from their memo in 🧵 drive.google.com/file/d/1tATF...

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What if tech bros had held their nerve? What if ABC had told Trump they’d see him in court? What if Ivy League Universities had defended Columbia? What if big law firms had sued Trump? Cowardice is contagious. Welcome to the Great Grovel www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...

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The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers. AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege

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I just deleted instagram. I’m spending way too much time flipping through reels and Mark Zuckerberg is a dick.

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Public luxury vs Private luxury in an image. We can move in private cars and use huge amounts of land, concrete, metal and fuel. Or we can design long-distance transport systems for everyone to travel swiftly and efficiently in trains and luxury buses. Inspired by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

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Next time Starmer and Reeves say there's too much regulation, remember this. This is what a deregulated economy looks like, and we all pay for it, with our health, our ecosystems and, eventually - when the massive clean-up / land abandonment bill can no longer be avoided - our wallets.

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