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“The rules will be included in the Future Homes Standard, … The government says it will be published in autumn but there will be a transitional period for developers to adjust to the regulation changes.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Scientists sound alarm over proposed 2026 NSF budget. Details released by the Trump administration on the proposed 2026 budgets for federal agencies have met with alarm from the scientific community. Free to read (and you definitely should): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-usa-...

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If you ever want a sight into general practice IT: this morning I had to go into my GP practice where I’m a patient. Routine bloods. 0835 appt. Practice turned on computers way before 0800, not a single one had finished updates before my appt. Not one usable computer in the whole practice.

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🚨 NEW RESEARCH: The energy transition is more disruptive—and could move much faster—than most people think. It’s not just about swapping old tech for new. Shift to clean energy is a complex web of feedback loops, tipping points & surprises. Our new 📖 👇 www.scurveeconomics.org/publications... 🧵

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“The blackmail message, which includes a racist term, was sent to the M&S CEO and seven other executives. As well as bragging about installing ransomware across the M&S IT system…, the hackers say they have stolen the private data of millions of customers.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Builder.ai collapsed owing money to an Israeli private intelligence outfit, a high-profile crisis communications specialist and one of the world’s most feared litigation law firms, the London tech group’s US bankruptcy filings have revealed. www.ft.com/content/ef37...

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#HS2 - what a mess, as a whistleblower tried to expose www.ft.com/content/0c36...

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‘Deliberate attack’ deletes shopping app’s AWS and GitHub resources

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Did they tell you that patient data collected for the Covid response was now being fed to a giant AI prediction project? No they didn't. www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/technol...

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‘R&D is a long-term source of prosperity, and an area of UK competitive advantage… but to maximise the impact on UK productivity, innovation policy needs to link more strongly with industrial strategy for a services based economy.’ Me in CityAM ahead of the SR www.cityam.com/dont-forget-...

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Farmers trying to do the right thing are yet again getting frozen out by this government, which seems determined to make the wrong decisions at every opportunity. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“UK workers have to make do with a third less capital per hour than their counterparts in higher-productivity peer countries… This has accumulated from decades of under-investment in equipment, research and development, training and infrastructure, by both the public and private sector.”

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Christ… red lines are so expensive. (Private Eye)

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6 in 10 households hit by the two child limit are working families. TBH I’d expect an MP keen to comment to know that. Rising child poverty is the “retrograde step”. Removing the two child limit helps children get a good start in life. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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As the Covid Inquiry Test, Trace, and Isolate Module comes to a close today, here is a look at some of the shocking evidence we have heard so far. A Thread 🧵 1/12

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Stanley Fischer, a professor and practitioner of macroeconomics who helped guide central banks in two countries, Israel and the US, and mentored a younger generation of economic decision-makers, has died. He was 81.

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We are contacting our reps. NSF funding was essential for my growth as a management scientist and operations researcher and has also helped to provide support for my students over the years. Cuts to science in the US will affect us all - we are living in dystopian times.

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There are many sources of chemical pollution in our rivers, but tertiary treatment for sewage could clean up the meds that pass straight through us & down the loo, household cleaning products, chemicals from skin care, hair care, washing clothes & food. 1/ www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

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This is both very sad and pathetic www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Maximus, UK arm of a US contractor, that tests whether some people should receive disability benefits reported 23% hike in pre-tax profits, from £23.6m to £29.1m. It has £800m govt contracts. US CEO got $10.2m paypacket. Public services increasingly privatised. We pay more, get less in return.

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Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has urged the government to strike a deeper trade deal with the European Union to improve growth and “minimize negative effects” of Brexit www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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The Evansville Press, April 10,1916

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A national scandal: millions given to Deloitte to set up and run covid testing service. They had to ask experts such as @deenan.bsky.social basic questions. Words fail.... This must not happen again. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social

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Difficult to get independent figures, but a London Economics report (for #UniversitiesUK) summarised economic impact of universities in the UK as: 768,000 jobs £71bn gross value added £116bn general economic output @houseoflords.parliament.uk summary: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/higher-educa...

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Prioritise growth by cutting core research funding. Because as everyone knows core research doesn’t do anything for growth 🙄

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I had to read this several times as “prioritise growth” and “hit universities over the head” are so mutually contradictory

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Increasing resource dependencies lead to heightened geopolitical risks. Sufficiency and ‘demand-side reduction’ are no longer just ecological—they are an imperative for security and strategic autonomy.

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In 1965, Paula Harris would find algorithmic improvements that made LP solving 50% less expensive. She was a senior mathematician in the computing group at British Petroleum Today, 60 years later, her former colleagues still speak in awe of her intelligence

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Mass Spec xkcd.com/3094/

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Just got off the planning call for this online event with @karenhao.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social hosted by @datasociety.bsky.social and moderated by @tamigraph.bsky.social -- and SOO EXCITED! This one is going to be amazing. datasociety.net/events/chall...

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“The report notes the estimated £3,000 loss per student is calculated based on course price figures produced in 2016-17, with little clarity available on how much these programmes cost to deliver today.”

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Model collapse is the result of three different factors. The first is error accumulation, in which each model generation inherits and amplifies flaws from previous versions, causing outputs to drift from original data patterns. Next, there is the loss of tail data www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/o...

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The Scottish Government has pursued a different social security agenda to the UK as a whole. Projections suggest that child poverty in Scotland fell between 2022-23 and 2024-25, while it rose in England. Under current policy assumptions, rates are projected to diverge further.

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As an O2 customer, why am I learning this from the FT rather than my network provider? www.ft.com/content/2fc4...

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We’re outraged when Trump imposes trade arrangements/tariffs without congressional approval. & that’s just been ruled unconstitutional. But the British PM, unlike US & EU counterparts, can use Royal Prerogative to sign huge trade deals without scrutiny by MPs 😳 blogs.sussex.ac.uk/uktpo/2020/0...

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Middle class consciousness is on the rise: Doctors, teachers and junior bankers of the world, unite! economist.com/britain/2025...

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Begging all the AI advocates in government to read this and start doing the carbon accounting for all the ‘productivity gains’ that are being claimed. Your normalisation of this is burning the planet. And recalling @merrrrin.bsky.social’s talks on emissions from cloud computing back in 2019.

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Help! Is there a standard for communicating to (or between) clinicians the absence of medical history on x (due to adoption)? I have seen a case where absence is being treated as 'no family history of x'. Surely there is a big difference between unknown and a definite negative?

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Taylorism comes to the middle class, as it were @sarahoconnorft.ft.com

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Help! Is there a standard for communicating to (or between) clinicians the absence of medical history on x (due to adoption)? I have seen a case where absence is being treated as 'no family history of x'. Surely there is a big difference between unknown and a definite negative?

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Banks are reporting a surge in a type of fraud where customers are tricked into disclosing online login passcodes they are sent, which has helped to fuel a 22% jump in crimes where scammers go shopping using people’s stolen details. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...

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