This is extremely serious. A former Southern Water CEO has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the Environment Agency. Reportedly, this is the first time criminal proceedings have been brought against a former UK water company chief executive.

Ex-Southern Water boss charged over alleged plan to manipulate water tests

Matthew Wright is accused alongside three others of trying to save the firm millions in penalties.

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I see Labour MPs still announcing stuff on X, a platform specifically designed to make people hate them, 100% shaped to push them out of public life and which would ideally see many of them in prison. Funny old world.

Well I guess I should immediately go buy a lottery ticket or something 🙄

Thanks Uber, that's super helpful.

And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...

Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests

Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...

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Wow. Senegal has the same amount of players in Ligue1 than France.

I started wondering which soccer leagues feed the most players into #WorldCup squads, and ended up building this little app to answer it: boots.to

Have Boots, Will Travel — World Cup 2026 leagues

All 1,248 World Cup 2026 players earn their living at a club somewhere — and for many, that somewhere isn't home.

boots.to

All the right now has to offer is conflict. Some of its key figures have moved on from culture wars towards what seems to be a deliberate effort to foment civil war. If you're a conflict entrepreneur, the worse it gets, the better it is for you. Where they break, we must mend, building community.

Tuesday is our @hypercerts.org community call. Join us for some updates from the Hypercerts Foundation and @djimoserodio.bsky.social from silvi.earth We'll also have time for your questions! Register here: luma.com/y0dxmfa9 🗓 June 2nd 📷 8am PST / 5pm CET / 8:30pm IST

Hypercerts Community Call · Luma

Join us for our monthly hypercerts community call, held every first Tuesday of the month. We’ll share updates from across the ecosystem, highlight new tools…

luma.com

This is a big moment. Massive. We are now the closest we've come to electoral reform since 1997.

Rachel Sylvester@rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Andy Burnham backs proportional representation for Westminster with a Labour manifesto commitment if he becomes leader. He also says he would work with the Greens. My interview for @theobserveruk.bsky.social Walk observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The tactical vote to stop Reform in Makerfield on 18th June is: 🔴 Labour - Andy Burnham

A progressive majority can be invisible. If we stay divided, an extremist minority wins on a fraction of the vote. We’re joining @compassoffice.bsky.social to demand strategic cooperation. Let’s act like a majority. Sign the letter: forwarddemocracy.com/neighbourhood

How to vote to stop Reform: stopreformuk.vote

“Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz,” says @billmckibben.bsky.social. “That makes it a very appealing alternative, especially now that it’s cheaper than burning coal and gas and oil.”

Hey everybody! I am taking the helm of this classic American institution with @theonion.com and want to know what you fine folks would like to see from us.

rough first version of atmosphereconf VODs up on atmo.rsvp too, more updates coming soon atmo.rsvp/p/atmosphere... really love what @stream.place is doing with that vod jam :)

What may be the most heartening part of #AtmosphereConf, besides the community, is that it's a *technical* conference at which people present on politics, authoritarianism, epistemic challenges (in the opening keynote!). Because, for technologists, *that's* the job.

Any #atmosphereconf folks interested in the PDS extension we've built for passwordless sign-up/login? Hit me up if you wanna talk

NEW PROJECT FROM ME for #AtmosphereConf remote viewers! This is a web app (and PWA for mobile) that lets you see all 3 streams in one place, with a realtime #AtmosphereConf feed (from @atmosphereconf.org) embedded. atmoco.pages.dev

AtmosphereConf - Multi-Stream Viewer

Watch all AtmosphereConf streams in one place with a live Bluesky feed and in-app posting.

atmoco.pages.dev

Excited to join @atmosphereconf.org this week 💫 @sharfyae.bsky.social @adamspiers.org @holke.xyz will be there representing Hypercerts. Come say hi:) We'll present our work on Sat, 28th, at 5pm. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones in the @atproto.com community.

Vibe-coded a couple of TUI apps for @dolthub.bsky.social from scratch yesterday. Before AI this would have taken weeks or even months. github.com/aspiers/lazy... and github.com/aspiers/madolt

GitHub - aspiers/madolt: magit-like emacs mode for dolt

magit-like emacs mode for dolt. Contribute to aspiers/madolt development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Steve Yegge is a genius, but beads is an absolute bonfire of instability and unreliability. I think people tolerate it because on a good day it can help agents achieve near miraculous productivity, but there HAS to be a better way. github.com/steveyegge/b...

beads misled AI agent into nuking 247 issues (ENTIRE Dolt DB) · Issue #2363 · steveyegge/beads

An AI agent (Claude, running via OpenCode) wiped my entire beads database — 247 issues, 134 dependency records, 92 issues with notes — because bd error messages explicitly instructed it to run bd i...

github.com

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

📣 Hypercerts Community Call Join us for an introduction to our new infrastructure on @atproto.com, a walkthrough of our latest tools, and how you can start building with hypercerts. 🗓 5 March ⏰ 08:00 PST / 11:00 EST / 17:00 CET / 20:30 IST / 00:00 SGT 👉 Join: luma.com/kvdj8lq8

Hypercerts Community Call · Luma

Join us for a community update where we introduce our new infrastructure built on the AT Protocol, showcase the tools we’ve been building, and explore how you…

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⚠️ Breaking news! ⚠️ Our exclusive new poll carried out by Opinium for Forward Democracy and Byline Times shows that tactical voting can stop Reform in Gorton and Denton with the Green Party's Hannah Spencer the clear tactical choice. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/24/e...

Exclusive Poll: Anti-Reform Tactical Voters Poised to Defeat Nigel Farage's Party in Gorton and Denton By-election

Greens and Labour are in an effective dead heat against Reform UK, with tactical voters leaning towards Zack Polanski’s party

bylinetimes.com

🚨 Over 50 leading academics have sounded the alarm on the UK's voting system ⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before 🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust

Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics

Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

politicshome.com

I built an improved OpenCode notification plugin which (as well as playing a sound) tells you exactly which prompt in which session just finished. Especially useful when running multiple agents in parallel. github.com/aspiers/ai-c...

steve-yegge.medium.com/the-future-o... from @steve-yegge.bsky.social is a great read. These quotes are so insightful. It's just like the beginning of the cloud revolution all over again, but this time with AI.

Seems like OpenCode has really been picking up momentum recently while Gemini CLI has been declining. ossinsight.io/analyze/anom...

Wrote my first AI agent skill - allows Claude Code / OpenCode to safely delete files without asking the user for permission github.com/aspiers/ai-c...

add safe-rm skill · aspiers/ai-config@beacb67

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