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Thanks to initiatives like ULEZ, deaths linked to toxic air in London have fallen by 40% between 2019 and 2024. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Toxic air death estimates in London drop by 40%, study suggests
A new study suggests estimated deaths linked to toxic air in London fell by about 40% in five years.
bbc.co.uk
Looks like the EV revolution is here to stay. UK EV sales have out-stripped petrol sales for the first time across a 12-month period. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Analysis: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time - Carbon Brief
For the first time in the UK, more new electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold over a 12-month period than petrol cars, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
carbonbrief.org
So as parts of Europe are without power from reactor shutdowns due to record low river levels, & the UK suffers from insufficient resovoirs and badly managed water companies; ask yourself if you really want AI data centres using your drinking water supply? earth.org/9-3-trillion...
Data Centers Could Consume 9.3 Trillion Liters of Water By 2030
A UN report used primary data from a range of sources to quantify the carbon, water and land footprints of AI's electricity use.
earth.org
Nothing to worry about here. news.sky.com/story/uk-exp...
UK experts sound alarm after AI caught trying to trick human with malicious code
The incident – involving Anthropic's Mythos 5 – was uncovered during testing by the UK's AI Security Institute. A powerful OpenAI model was also found trying to take "autonomous, unauthorised action" ...
news.sky.com
Oh look, #Infantino is trying to once again revert to bribery and corruption to keep his job as #FIFA president. Worth noting several competitions' worth of prize money have mysteriously been withheld from their due recipients until after the presidential vote. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Gianni Infantino latest: Fifa chief calls executive meeting as criticism mounts
Gianni Infantino summons senior leaders to a meeting on Wednesday, after facing more fierce criticism of his plan to sell off Fifa's commercial and event operations.
bbc.co.uk
The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
Clarkson is by far the bigger parasite. bsky.app/profile/nett...
Nettlecake@nettlecake.bsky.social · 2d agoBrilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7d ago"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
That was fast. Google sent me a statement saying it is now “rolling back“ this AI feature after our demonstration and others from OSINT researchers www.404media.co/google-earth...
Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
404media.co
“MPs’ code of conduct is clear: “if there is any doubt, the benefit should be registered.” Farage obvs had doubts because he consulted a “top international lawyer” rather than ask “parliamentary authorities whose job it is to know whether something is declarable” theconversation.com/why-the-ques...
Why the questions about Reform UK and its wealthy donors won’t go away
Reform leader Nigel Farage is attempting to win the Clacton byelection.
theconversation.com
The worst part about this isn't event the theft—& it is outright THEFT—of the IP of writers, it is the absolute vandalism of sacred objects. Books are more than words: they're thoughts & research of writers, arguments with peers, sacrifice to personal lives, toil & tears with often little reward.
The Listening Politician@barmanpolitics.bsky.social · 4d ago
🗳️ BREAKING | Labour surge to 5pt lead 🔴 Lab: 28% ( +5 ) ➡️ Ref: 23% ( -4 ) 🔵 Con: 20% ( - ) 🟠 Lib: 10% ( -1 ) 🟢 Grn: 10% ( -3 ) -- Seats -- 🔴 Lab: 267 ➡️ Ref: 115 🔵 Con: 102 🟠 Lib: 68 🟡 SNP: 48 🟩 Plaid: 11 🟢 Grn: 10 Poll: BMG Research, 28-30 July (+/- vs 25 June) x.com/LeftieStats/...
Now let's have a vote of no confidence in Infantino - it's time for him to go and #FIFA voting to be reformed with more transparency and accountability. Delegates should not be allowed to receive "gifts" from bidding nations. www.espn.com.au/soccer/story...
Infantino scraps FIFA World Cup sell-off plan after backlash
FIFA president Gianni Infantino scrapped his proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup after widespread backlash, including from within global soccer's governing body, and a threatened boycott by European nations.
espn.com.au
I just signed the petition backing the UK’s football associations’ decision to boycott the World Cup if FIFA’s plans to sell it off to private investors goes ahead. Add your name too and tell them to stand firm under pressure! 38d.gs/t2e-
WE BACK THE BOYCOTT: STOP THE WORLD CUP SELL OFF!
I just signed the petition backing the UK’s football associations’ decision to boycott the World Cup if FIFA’s plans to sell it off to private investors goes ahead. Add your name too and tell them to ...
38d.gs
And that goes for heads of state as well.
The Democratic Coalition@thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 6d ago“Term limits and regular appointments would make the Court more representative of everyday Americans and help restore the Supreme Court to the proper independent body it was created to be. More than ever, it’s important we get this right.” - Sen. Whitehouse
This is absolute vandalism of human culture by #Anthropic - the only possible explanation is trying to deliberately deny humanity access to rare knowledge via any means other than their own software. They are stealing the IP of the authors for their own personal gain. This is criminal vandalism.
Alexander Chee@alexanderchee.bsky.social · 7d ago‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’
Now let's see #UEFA lead a vote of no confidence in the failed and grossly corrupted #FIFA presidency of #Infantino. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations
UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.
uefa.com
Fascinating thread on professional irate pensioner Elaine Yates and her remarkable media career. Not British journalism's finest hour
Legal C@legalclaret.bsky.social · 2w agoThis disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1
About bloody time—we must end "profit before environment" economics.
dkn60.bsky.social@dkn60.bsky.social · last wk.Facts They Don’t Teach You July 20 at 8:12 AM Millions of perfectly usable clothes can no longer be routinely destroyed by large companies across the European Union under new rules that have now taken effect.The measure bans major businesses from destroying unsold clothing, footwear, and accessories
Are you outraged by the greed, incompetence, neglect and environmental crimes committed by UK water companies? You should be. Please sign the 38 Degrees petition here: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/big-publ...
“Neither the Starmer government, nor Andy Burnham’s, can say it didn’t know”: former Green party leader @carolinelucas.bsky.social on the shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see www.thenerve.news/p/caroline-l...
![Caroline Lucas: The shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see. Illustration of a report with much of the text reacted: "Britain's [redacted] water supply, together with its [redacted], are [redacted] etc", over a red image of woodland burning](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lkvrabjcnztzl3nsbzj53tal/bafkreieup3pb6voy3pb6zr6adjnegxhbvtsgqvtmml3d77jhhxxjwd7iwy)
What is it going to take to put an end to the grossly unjustifiable salaries & payments to the incompetent cowboys failing to run British water companies to any acceptable level? Do customers need a mass nationwide direct debit cancellation & payment refusal? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution
Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal
theguardian.com
Elon Musk is a neo-Nazi, but most of the political and media establishment give him a pass—and continue to use his propaganda website. Incredible piece from @jamellebouie.net with the receipts.
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
nytimes.com
About effing time! Start with 100% tax for billionaires and work back from there. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Andy Burnham doesn't rule out tax rises to fix social care
The prime minister holds cross-party talks as he speeds up review of social care in England.
bbc.co.uk
Damned straight. Cut out the cancer now. #SlavaUkraini www.kyivpost.com/post/81340?u...
Lavrov Says West Has United Against Russia, Warns of Its ‘Dismemberment’
Lavrov also accused Western governments of issuing ultimatums to Moscow over ending the war.
kyivpost.com
The Listening Politician@barmanpolitics.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnd 🇷🇺 Defeat Putin. May democracy come for Russia and its 40-odd colonially occupied countries. newlinesmag.com/wp-content/u...
