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Monday’s Only Connect is the Grand Final, the last in the series and THE 500th EPISODE! To mark the occasion, my TV column this week is a quiz… (sorry about the paywall) www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/500-epi...

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It's back . . . and it's electric Two teams, two batteries, and a junkyard: what could possibly go wrong? youtu.be/thifCyml94Y

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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

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I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.

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There’s a fun hidden message in the official iPhone 16 wallpapers

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Civil servants have complained that a rule requiring them to work in the office three days a week is making them less productive.

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Signal's CEO: Then We're Leaving Sweden Government wants Signal and Whatsapp to be forced to store messages sent using the apps. If it becomes a reality, we'll leave Sweden.

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London bus stop. #Swasticar

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More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against UK government plans to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission, as a celebrity backlash builds against the proposals.

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The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people’s talent, is an outrage, and the nation would suffer.

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Cloudflare takes legal action over LaLiga’s disproportionate blocking efforts

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Happy Brand-New-Goodish Day everyone. See you on U&Dave at 9

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Hearing Aid feature available today with AirPods Pro 2 The clinical-grade, over-the-counter Hearing Aid feature is available as a free software update.

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Ride & The Charlatans 1992 & 2023

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Shirt of the year

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Great music trivia question: which song has been a genuine one-hit wonder for two different bands? (ie number one hit and then no other top forty songs)

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Research shows that LGBTQ+ inclusion can drive economic activity. Open For Business’ latest report shows the economic case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Poland: open-for-business.org/poland

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Apple is pulling its Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK: - Starting today, the feature is unavailable to new users in the UK. - Timetable unclear, but UK users who have already enabled the feature will eventually have to DISABLE IT to continue using their iCloud account. Apple statement ⬇️

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British Antarctic Survey From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Introducing Pi-hole v6

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I truly don't want to come off as really mean, but it's so bizarre to see the glut of folks on social media with nothing to contribute and the seemingly pervasive idea that every post they see online is directed toward them personally

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Every single piece of software I use quite obviously needs a lot of work, and yet somehow nobody is hiring engineers.

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"-2..." UI like this makes me certain that no one on the iOS development team has ever lived through a real winter. ❄️

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I was DELIGHTED to see a newspaper listing describe last week's episode of Only Connect as "two teams battling to make the third place play-off". The last opportunity to qualify for that key match is TONIGHT AT 8pm on BBC Two. (And whichever team doesn't make it will be in the final).

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6 months ago you wrote this no one would believe it possible: "Fire those 'woke' nuclear scientists, they're a waste of money." They're fired, but you discover 2 minutes later that you need them back immediately, but you'd erased their records because you're an emotional 12 year old pillock. Funny

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I've seen Canadians be quietly resentful of America, sometimes... but normally? They're our cousins to the south. Loud, sometimes embarrassing, but still family. Now? Active rage. Even my normally-apathetic parents are changing their buying habits, full of indignation whenever I call. Unprecedented.

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Can farms operate without burning fossil fuel? I met a farmer who thinks they can, and he's doing it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhnU...

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Going inside the Pixar script mrschristine.com/blog/2025/02... #disneyplus #equality

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C'est magnifique, Hooky Street mrschristine.com/blog/2025/02... #musicals

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⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid. On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.

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ME: did you save it? ONEDRIVE: hypothetically, yes

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I am happy to say the "Followers only" reply setting is getting implemented. We're also adding a way to set default reply settings If you want your posts to default to "Followers only," that'll become an option

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Russia is blackmailing Moldova with energy, just like it once tried with the EU. Our comprehensive strategy for Moldova will put an end to this. We will support Moldova in its immediate needs. And offer it full integration into the EU's energy market decoupling it from Russia.

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This is so good.

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Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.

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TORONTO (AP) — Fans at Raptors game continue trend of booing US national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada.

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hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

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Charing Cross Road, pedestrianised today. Glorious. Because whenever you take cars away, cities get better.

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Apple is open sourcing Swift Build, a powerful and extensible build engine that provides a set of build rules for building Swift projects. www.swift.org/blog/the-nex...

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china surpassing renewable energy expectations in 2024: 45.2% increase in solar capacity, 18% in wind (both new records)

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lmfao

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I pulled out a few illustrative quotes from Baroness Kildron's barnstormer of a speech yesterday in the House of Lords opposing the UK's proposed new copyright-exempt AI training legislation simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/29/...

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Why does every man between 25 and 65 have a podcast, who listens to all these podcasts, do they know there are other hobbies than recording podcasts?

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Aww, shame… Nvidia sheds almost $600 billion in market cap, biggest one-day loss in U.S. history

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Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent Britain’s working week.

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The #AusOpen final between Sabalenka and Keys was a great match, with a surprising result. I didn't get to watch too much of this tournament, but what I saw, I liked!

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Work-life balance has soared in importance for workers around the world, becoming their top motivator and pushing pay into second place, according to an annual international survey of thousands of employees. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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New fav Youtube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=xWY_...

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