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Seven organisations to be investigated over Grenfell Tower fire. Although Studio E no longer exists...

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Large-scale Israeli attack reported, aircraft heard in Damascus and southern Syria, raids so far on 112th Brig. near Izra and 1st Div. near Al-Kiswah, plus ground incursion into villages of Al-Bakkar and Ain Al-Bayda in Quneitra. Locations contain fighters, casualties expected. x.com/abazeid89/st...

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The perennial problem in British politics is that we are fundamentally unwilling to confront difficult trade-offs. We want growth but not infrastructure like HS2, houses but not planning reform, better services and considerably higher defence spending but not tax rises.

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Ffs 🤦‍♂️ 1. This is a virtually non existent increase in defence spending. A pathetic response in context. 2. But for the aid budget this is a painful, significant cut, coming on top of the closure of USAID, that that will cause real damage and make the U.K. less safe. Bad politics, bad policy 👎

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That is a massive reduction and really short-sighted. Aid is vital in building resilience, and it also doesn't make the UK look like a particularly principled, trustworthy partner to those who will be missing out.

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Starmer to raid the aid budget to spend more on arms. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Wind load on tall buildings in derecho storms can exceed the current facade design loads - pressures greater than in a category 4 hurricane.

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Retrofit First now policy in both Westminster and City of London, and coming in many other London boroughs. Very welcome & biggest driver of building retention & low carbon development in construction sector right now. Cities acting where states won't. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/city-of...

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Designs like this are why embodied carbon really needs to be regulated. The overhang will cause a signficant increase in the volume of concrete and steel in the foundations.

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Really looking forwards to visiting the new Sadler's Wells East. Very close to home, and a fantastic looking building my amazing Buro Happold colleagues have been working on alongside O'Donnell + Tuomey for many years.

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This is a route I often take on my cycle to/ from work. I have to deal with left-turning drivers not looking in their mirrors and crossing my path frequently.

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📢 PROTEST REMINDER 📢 📅 Monday 24th Feb 📅 ⏰ 6:15pm for 6:30pm ⏰ Make your voice heard—demand @transportforlondon.bsky.social & Newham Council fix Stratford High Street's unprotected junctions before someone else dies Delays and inaction at #DangerousJunctions must end NOW. lcc.org.uk/events/newha...

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good afternoon, HS2

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Yes. Disaster fascism is coming.

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Microsoft increased the cost of a 365 subscription by £25 per year, 31%, with no explanation other than 'value added' and rising costs. Actually it's to pay for their crazy AI outlay. They don't say this, but you don't actually have to accept it. www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/02...

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Good thread here on why GenZ think they're worse off than their parents but mostly aren't. But measuring housing by the proportion of income spent on it isn't the right approach. You need to look at what that buys you - and it's buying less today (eg a room in a shared house, not a flat).

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He nails it.

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

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The International Rescue Committee has scrubbed its website of all things DEI, and any references to Palestine. Shame on them.

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With new followers & first citations showing up it may seem to be a good time to introduce our "Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality" that @silkeroth.bsky.social, Bandana Purkayastha & @aidnography.de edited in a longer 🧵 (1/x)

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How is it the "broken planning system's" fault if you build without consent and then get challenged by the council?

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You love to hear it. 😎

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That's 31 blocks of flats - around 6,000 new homes, including social housing - empty because the government tried to outsource the new process of signing off on building safety. This failed, so they had to take it all back in house. - Meanwhile 100,000+ families stuck in temporary accommodation.

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Interesting analysis of embodied carbon in a hypothetical new residential building which argues that the impact on emissions of building taller is outweighed by decisions over the size of floor slabs to use. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

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Essential reading

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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

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Why has Wes Streeting surrounded himself with champions of the NHS privatisation experiment that resulted in the worst-rated, least caring hospital ever? And why do you maybe not know that an NHS privatisation experiment resulted in the worst-rated, least caring hospital ever? A thread 🧵

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As Wes Streeting trumpets the role of the private sector in “saving the NHS”, it’s worth remembering what happened the only time a whole NHS hospital was handed to the private sector to run. The care failings - gaining the worst CQC rating ever - were chilling (& barely reported at the time):

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Trend and trending

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Pretty much sums it up

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Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says

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Completely preventable. Yet just today Louisiana said they would no longer support mass vaccination www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/w...

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You know what the world needs? More beavers.

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Both Musk and Trump built their career on a constructed persona (tech genius / successful businessman) that was largely a product of PR and press coverage.

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Thread on the fallacy of policing 'overheads' rather than results

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USAID: The Benefits and Upcoming Losses in Numbers developed by Dr. Craig Zelizer gamma.app/docs/USAID-T...

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Heartbreaking stories of patients and medics in Gaza. Al Awda was the only hospital that managed to stay open in North. A doctor killed there left a message saying “tell them we did what we could”. And At Al Shifa I saw efforts to start to rebuild vital lifesaving healthcare.

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Andrew Rawnsley spot on in today's column. The only way that public services are going to improve in short order is by giving them more money now, not by waiting for "growth".

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