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This @cwarzel.bsky.social piece is right: it's very telling that, at the same time Elon Musk was fretting about birth rates and having a "legion" of kids, he was entirely indifferent to his USAID cuts killing thousands of children in Sudan and elsewhere: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Real photo of the week From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Ministers refuse to name companies that lobbied them over foreign ownership of UK newspapers

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Every time I read these stories I cant help but think of Vance who came to Munich to tell Europe that we have freedom of speech problem.

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Second study finds Uber used opaque algorithm to dramatically boost profits

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Dear heads of state: Donald Trump won’t love you back. He may be the worst boyfriend the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde

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Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: ‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’

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Police warn of SMS scams as ‘blaster’ is used to send thousands of texts

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Tobacco exposure killed more than 7m people in 2023, study finds

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An early "Reds Under the Bed" cartoon, published by the Conservative Party in 1922.

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Huge implications from this: Microsoft cut off the email of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, because of his work on Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...

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I suspect X is particularly radicalising for those, like Frost, who have lost the buzz of being at the centre of events. It offers an instant hit of applause, the more they amplify extreme content. They're swimming in a sewer and swallowing great gulps - while crowds on the shore cheer them on.

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Astonishing: 3% of UK people take 30% of all flights According to a new report, these ultra-frequent-flyers, UFFs (>6 flights/yr) were responsible for 63% of new passenger traffic over the last 20 years. New infrastructure is largely fulfilling the carbon burning habits of this tiny minority

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@nationaltrust.org.uk Thank you for your reminder about membership, which was delivered today, 19 June, & is dated on the letter May 2025. May I remind you that my membership is valid until 31 August, a clear 10 weeks away. I feel a reminder with four weeks notice would be more appropriate.

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UK transport secretary calls HS2 an ‘appalling mess’ as she confirms delay - business live

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