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Today MPs backed an EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme. Thank you so much to the thousands of you who took the time to email your MP. The formal Bill is scheduled to be introduced on 25th July. Highlights below 🧵

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Thames Water fined £18.2m for 'unjustified' £131.3m dividend to shareholders. At the same time OFWAT allows Thames to hike customer bills by 35%. Capital raised from customers who will own nothing, shareholders will get returns. Privatisation is a scam. www.independent.co.uk/business/tha...

OpenAI is begging the British Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's supposedly "impossible" for the company to train its artificial intelligence models — and continue growing its multi-billion-dollar business — without them. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

Another @humanists.uk date night!

@nowtv.bsky.social @amazonprime.bsky.social In retaliation for advertising being added to the programmes I already pay a subscription for, I have decided to avoid all the products and services featured. A bit sad as the Waitrose Xmas dessert looks quite nice ... on your heads be it!

Where all of our journalism will be if the Guardian succeeds in 'selling' us to 🐢

So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.