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Probably better to call it the Czech Republic or Czechia if you want the gig to go well
"It is the mental equivalent of outsourcing your exercise routine – you may conserve energy in the short term, but over time, your own strength diminishes." Dean Ngaire Woods explores the increasing impact of AI on our critical thinking abilities👇
NEW: 1000s gathered to say farewell to the Gaza flotilla in Barcelona earlier. 🇪🇸 This was Greta Thunberg boarding one of the boats, wearing a T-shirt which said “We are all Palestine Action”. A T-shirt that would have her charged with terrorism offences in the UK. (🎥 Global Sumud Flotilla)
His charisma always gets me
Farewell to the Lewes Pound, the UK’s last local currency. "I don’t think any of us thought it would change the world, but it was just something everybody got behind,” said Miles Jenner, head brewer at Harveys Brewery. Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Amazing video, Donald Trump genuinely cannot understand why parents want their dead children brought back to the USA so they can bury them. He's a 100% psychopath.
What do Jenrick, Farage, Goodwin, the Telegraph etc think will be the consequences of their actions? And what does Starmer think will be the consequence of his inaction?
Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer Stanford University ex-staff and experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16, saying it is an impossible scenario www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@laylamoran.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/blad...
Palantir CEO laughs about profiting from killing Palestinians using AI. He calls them 'Hamas' 'useful idiots' and 'mostly terrorists'. But there is only one terrorist here, and Palantir are war criminals.
youtu.be/loqtUyNgnAo
At what point can we just call this whole Farage-led-flag-shagging-moral-breakdown the brazen racism that it is? Asking for the ignored, decent majority who are completely sick of this hate-mongering shit pretending to be “legitimate concerns”.
Protecting London 24/7. Wait till the end for a show of adoration for the bollards….💛💛💛 #WorldBollardAssociation 🫡
The power of music. Enjoy!
youtu.be/nhnmPadl290
For all those guitar snobs who used to slag off Rick Parfitt youtu.be/r1G6eVg6wG0
Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll. Here's how to check and turn it off 👀
The sad reality in America, perfectly captured by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
Ever wonder what it takes to stand up to the President of the United States? 🇺🇸 Jocelyn Benson shares her incredible story of defending democracy against all odds! 💪 Listen now: bit.ly/purposefulwarrior
NEW The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Yet another blatant war crime.Netanyahu and his murderous IDF are completely out of control because there are no consequences... edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/m...
Never hold a candle if you don’t know where it’s been youtu.be/vcgQFYOYaT8
Let them conquer us! Imagine the bike infrastructure and work/life balance…
You want another ‘king’?
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
Some fans are upset about Deep Purple's new logo. We kinda like it!
Trump: "I'm trying to have people learn about wind real fast and I think I've done a good job, but not good enough, because some countries are still trying and they're destroying themselves. I hope they get back to fossil fuel."
Has this small boats story got wider coverage than just Euronews? i might have missed it.
not exactly news to say the people at the tops of these businesses don't have any skills or awareness, but you can really easily peg AI for the average consumer as a novelty, not something people would drop hundreds of dollars a month on like it needs to be viable
Neighbourhoods built after the advent of the car don't need to be designed around the car. Consider the Weespergilde development in Weesp—a suburb 20km outside of Amsterdam—which consists of seven car-free blocks and 42 homes including single family, starter apartments, maisonettes and townhouses.🧵
Good luck expecting people to come to the forthcoming Olympics and World Cup
“For many, the idea of a ‘frog sauna’ might sound bizarre,” but this simple solution is saving some Australian frogs from a deadly fungus. [nature.com]
It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
What a fucking headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sod JD Vance and all of his free speech rubbish - he won’t understande the British irony of this - and there’s ;other of irony youtu.be/Qa1wdUkeuvE
Time elapsed between bringing in the clean laundry and this...? About three minutes.
If you want to learn how to say “holy fuck” in various languages, just station yourself at the foot of the stairs in the Norrington Room.
Planes removing a tail number is equivalent of a car removing a license plate. With tail number, civilians, journalists, & immigration organizations, can keep an eye on which deportation flights are leaving, & to where. Helps loved ones track deported family members. newrepublic.com/post/199077/...
I seriously await the day we can have a serious discussion of why regulation is all about ~the children~ when half the OAPs in this country are frothing racists and the other half will fall for any old shite on a screen and then expect their families and the social safety net to clean up their mess.
I love this new track from The Last Dinner Party youtu.be/4T5nNmaTPEY
This is what the Met should be focusing on. Truly sinister stuff.
Wait until your dog rolls in it
A great compilation of WILTY
The Times has got some basic legal points wrong. There's no requirement for visa waived visitors (such as UK citizens) to have travel medical insurance. Nor is there a requirement to have a return ticket, just the means to buy one (or being in a position to acquire such means lawfully).
Yes, of course it’s “younger Americans.” Not all the tourist from Canada and Europe who don’t think visiting Las Vegas is worth 2 weeks in ICE detention.
There’s no way that Motorhead would endorse this
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
You don’t need 2 clocks on the same screen
Somewhere in the background behind an ugly white boat
All very well but it has re-introduced this bug again for me with my Time Machine backups. 9to5mac.com/2025/02/05/m...
Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
@dnanian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy 9to5mac.com/2025/02/05/m...
@dnanian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy I think I’m seeing this issue again after the macOS15.6 update
@9to5mac.com @gruber.foo I’ve updated my Mac to 15.6 and this nasty bug has re-appeared. Very annoying. 9to5mac.com/2025/02/05/m...
Dave Winer will be relieved
The Brief – $750bn for US fuel… Weren’t we meant to be buying less of this stuff?
Truly shocking. Appalling.
Your privacy ≠ safety. We argue that restricting minors from social media under the EU’s Digital Services Act undermines young people’s rights—forcing age checks risks privacy, free expression, and access. Instead, platforms should build safer design and moderation. eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Daily Mail lead with a photo of triumphant Irish and Ghanaian heritage Lioness players + another anti-immigration story. What hypocritical graceless fuckwits.
She’s also twice been convicted of perjury
The U.S. wants to track the location of every AI microchip. And it also wants the ability to remotely shut them down. But this isn't just about smuggling. In a new post, I argue this might be the power play of the century. #polisky #econsky #tech mileskellerman.substack.com/p/this-chip-...
Police station stormed in Egypt as outrage over Gaza blockade reaches boiling point - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/young-egyptians-storm-police-hq-over-gaza-blockade-rare-act-resistance-0
Trump is gutting the State Department #GI5051 #GI7037
Good luck hosting the World Cup and Olympics with this attitude
At last a president who can suck his own cock!
Especially the trafficked girls
RIP Ozzy #blacksabbath
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website! Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
My friend Tony has been doing a Dr Who/Tom Baker re-watch, and spotted this excellent Van der Graaf Easter egg, a character from 1978's The Ribos Operation. 'K' was one of Peter Hammill's nicknames, though not, I think, widely known at the time, which is doubly intriguing...
I see what you did there (but with words)
Wow. Kenya is planting trees with seed balls covered in charcoal dust to keep animals from eating them, fight climate change, and combat #deforestation. We have the solutions; implement them. #ActOnClimate. #ClimateAction #climate #energy #nature #rewilding #GreenNewDeal
I’ve explained to bewildered clients and contacts for years that the UK Online Safety Act is not about law or regulation, it’s about public relations campaign partnerships with selected media outlets working to scripted narratives, and then… they just go out and say it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not even the FBI can get Premiere to export correctly the first time.
Into the Arena by Micheal Schenker is amazing - it’s like he’s channeling Bach duck://player/KSqj7IAMnXo
On the London Overground. I’ve just asked a young guy playing loud music out of his phone to turn his music down. He asked stroppily why he should. I said because it was uncivilised. He then turned it off and said “yeah, that’s fair” I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
We still have not found a remedy to this problem 150 years later.
Local paper reporting on my buddy Beano, a friendly, hefty, orange cat who went on a three day pub crawl round Hastings Old Town, then, after his humans got a tip-off and collected him, he wandered off again for Sunday lunch at another pub. www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/...
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
I’m not sure Trummp would be brave enough to come up face to face with Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lisa Nandy used to be chair of Labour Friends of Palestine
I wouldn’t mess with them.
At Oasis show, Noel just said 'fart if you love England' and thousands of young men began farting this is horrible not what I wanted at all.
This has been known internationally for years if not decades
Will they sink barges next?
And for the race?
Trump and Elon made massive cuts to all US weather tracking and warning systems in the spring of 2025.
Missing Silverstone?
"Attorney General Pam Bondi told tech companies that they could lawfully violate a statute barring American companies from supporting TikTok based on a sweeping claim that President Trump has the constitutional power to set aside laws, newly disclosed documents show."
My son has many disabilities including an incurable skin cancer syndrome & epilepsy. We document everything for his medical team for better meds and quality of life. Republicans are hellbent on ruining his life. Please don’t let them. He’s my ♥️. Keep calling. 202-224-3121 #CutMedicaidLoseYourJob
It’s not new but why isn’t a top story?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvmry71q5yo
Will they get arrested if they sing the great son War Pigs? @iandunt.bsky.social
We’ve got the fantastic celebration of Black Sabbath’s final gig coming up.
The answer is because they must be accountable to parliament. For a party that says it defends ‘the British way of life’ it seems pretty determined to destroy parliament as the political fulcrum. Any leading Tories got the guts to challenge him on the substance here?
Current state of the murder budget: The GOP is staging a kabuki performance intended to make the people who voted for these rotten bastards think their representatives actually give a shit about them.
Feeling this- youtube.com/shorts/H8qrb...
Difficult to overstate how depraved, racist, sociopathic, and fascistic the modern Republican Party has become.
Rosaanna Tennant too
Alice Roberts is the most amazing F1 pundit
Jane 