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Hey African writers of fiction or non fiction, the Miles Morland Foundation writing scholarship ($18 000 over the course of 12 months) is opening for applications from 1 July. Details here: milesmorlandfoundation.com/entry-requir... (please do share!)

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It remains ridiculous that it is cheaper and more convenient to get a Yellow Fever vaccine, required for travel to a small number of exotic destinations, than it is to get a COVID booster, for a disabling pandemic virus still actually circulating in this actual country actually now.

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Vote for change' they said. 'Things will be different with a Labour government at both ends of the M4' they said. Red team or Blue team makes no difference. Westminster isn't working. Wales deserves better. nation.cymru/news/hs2-all...

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They're still the best recommendation for streaming users seeking hardware with more privacy and fewer ads.

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London Whiplash: blogging like it’s 2006! On the whiplash of living in London versus the political and media discourse in and about it london-whiplash.ghost.io

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Maybe having to consider shareholders in decisions about people’s lives is the problem.

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New polling analysis indicates that Labour is losing more voters to the Greens and Lib Dems than to Reform

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Greenpeace activists today swooped in to snatch Emmanuel Macron’s statue from Paris’ iconic Grévin Museum and hauled it off to the Russian Embassy in a dramatic stunt to protest France’s ongoing business ties with Moscow.

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Your enemy is not immigrants. Your enemy is not refugees. It isn’t people living on welfare. Your enemies are the oligarchs; whose wage theft and greed has made this world the mess it is. Until the Billionaires have been defeated. None of us are safe.

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After reviewing reports about the chatbot that rates men “subhuman”, encourages dramatic surgeries, and repeats incel beliefs about how women are “unfair” and “hypergamous”, OpenAI has chosen to leave it available and prominently featured on their shared GPTs page.

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Farage shocked to discover newspaper has more than one journalist and is capable of interviewing more than one group in one day. Probably because for someone as lazy as him, that seems like a lot of effort.

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Far right group Patriotic Alternative has been condemned for using children to promote its white nationalist politics ahead of the by-election in South Lanarkshire. Read our latest: theferret.scot/neo-n...

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These MPs are calling for a ban on arms exports to Israel

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Almost one half of families with children in poverty who are not working contain an adult with a disability or limiting health condition. Read more in our recent research on child poverty ⤵️ buff.ly/hbdiilh

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Starmer’s new defence spending will do more to increase shareholder profits; than it will for job creation, or improved strategic defence. Worse it relies on US suppliers who can no longer be trusted. As usual Starmer’s response to a crisis is more shambolic idiocy.

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guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS

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So considering how much Russian money was put into Brexit we need to consider anyone still supporting it a security risk. Stick traitors Farage and Starmer in the same prison cell (reduce costs) and let’s get busy building a secure UK. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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🔥 FT calls for sanctions on Israel. “The Bank of Israel invests about a quarter of its relatively large stock of reserves in Europe, which a freeze would make unavailable for their financial stabilisation function and could in time be put towards any compensation due to Palestinians.”

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Analysis: poor quality homes still £550 worse off, even with energy price drop People in homes that are damp and cold as a result of poor insulation face further uncertainty on support measures as Government considers cutting its Warm Homes Plan.

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Adding the word ‘fucking’ to your Google search query disables the unwanted AI summary at the top of the results page.

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🚨 BREAKING UPDATE: We’re taking legal action against the UK’s equality watchdog, the EHRC www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...

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England must apologise to Scotland immediately for this.

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🚨Birmingham council finally presents 'watered-down' bin dispute proposal ➡️ Further negotiations necessary after ballpark offer at ACAS is ‘watered-down’ by government commissioners and council leader who have never been in negotiation room! Full statement 👇

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