Some Gen Zers are swapping their smartphones for "dumb" phones to curb social media habits.

Some Gen Zers swap their smartphones for "dumb" phones to curb social media habits

"It really opens up your mind," said one 23-year-old who ditched smartphones to wean herself off social media.

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In case you missed it ... Researchers from Cambridge University's Archaeological Journal have uncovered evidence of non-binary people existing in ancient times, accounting for around 10% of the Neolithic and Bronze Age population. #NonBinary 🏳️‍🌈

As ever, @iandunt.bsky.social provides the cathartic dose of visceral contempt that is needed in these situations… “Badenoch is a joke, but her actions are deadly serious. Her continued presence as Tory leader undermines the party and corrodes public life.” liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/468...

Staff have said incidents of racist abuse have "definitely got worse", with some pointing to the role "the media and certain political parties" have played.

Zack Polanski, "If we decarbonise by 2050, that would cost less than a single (fossil-fuel) energy shock" "We've now had two energy shocks in just a few years" "We cannot keep waiting, we cannot keep hoping for magic technologies - it already exists, what is lacking is the political will"

Neoliberalism decouples the super-rich from society and democracy.

A paramilitary group plotted to overthrow the Constitution then conducted a violent attack on America. They were convicted in court of seditious conspiracy, and jailed. Then the leader they aimed to illegally install got power and let them out, their records wiped clean. The Jan. 6 attackers won.

Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers

The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”

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Exactly! Schengen was not.the problem.

El-Sayed on Islamophobia: "That's the only play they got. They're gonna point at me, they're gonna point at my name, like, 'Wow, he's different.' That's the best you got? You can't actually talk about what you want to do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is now taking us to war."

Here's the full scientific article on the subject of non-binary people in ancient times published by Cambridge University Press. #NonBinary 🏳️‍🌈

In @bradfordtanda.bsky.social 📰: PM #AndyBurnham must break #Brexit silence. Ignoring £182bn annual #UKEconomy hit makes better public services impossible. @europeanmovement.co.uk: This isn't time to sideline #EU reset! #Bradford #UKPolitics #RejoinEU 👇 Also view & share via @bestforbritain.org 👇

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EU membership is the best way to grow the UK economy. 🔊 'Mr Burnham cannot present himself as a "step forward" while sliding backwards on Europe. To fund social care without raising taxes or borrowing, he urgently needs economic growth.'

FFS we cannot keep doing this… A handful of the richest people hoovering up wealth from everyone else while quite literally making the planet unlivable At what point does someone grow a fucking spine and do something?!

4 August 1877 - 7 July 1970 Laura Knight, British (1877-1970), Madonna of the Cotton Fields (Mighty Like a Rose), 1927, oil on canvas, 91.4 x 71.8 cm, private collection

"Portugal’s second-largest city, Porto, is introducing free public transportation for local residents. The initiative covers the entire Andante transit network, including the metro, STCP and Unir buses, commuter trains, trams, and the future ferry service to Vila Nova de Gaia."

Portugal's second-largest city is introducing free public transportation

In Porto, Portugal's second-largest city, a decision has been made to introduce free public transportation for local residents.

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The best version of The Odyssee I've seen (so far) is this 6 hour / 8 episode Italian TV miniseries from 1968 directed by Franco Rossi.

When French and German security chiefs announced plans last month to develop a “European sovereign digital backbone,” tech and defense industry insiders on both sides of the Atlantic knew what they really meant: Adieu Palantir. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

11:15am yesterday, our village. Are these the first migrants from Ceuta to reach Dorset? A number of young lads in Cub Scout uniforms leapt out of a minibus & invaded Jill’s shop. They had no idea what Apple Cobbler was and taunted Simple Sally with their woggles. Deport. Now.

OPINION: Recognizing that migration can be weaponized is not alarmism — it is realism. The EU must now equip itself with the legal and operational tools it needs to defend its external borders, writes Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/gree...

Reform just can't seem to wrap their heads around why their plans to use the Royal Navy to return small boats to French shores aren't feasible or workable

"The character of Narcissus is the origin of the term "narcissistic personality disorder", a psychiatric condition marked by grandiosity, excessive need for attention and admiration, and an impaired ability to empathize."

"Plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and avoid being caught and killed in the deadly gear. Studies have shown that using plastic bottles as reflectors on gillnets led to an 88% reduction in dolphin bycatch, while the fish catch remained the same."

Discarded plastic bottles help save dolphins from fishing nets

Newcastle University researchers have demonstrated that plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and avoid being caught and killed in the deadly gear.

phys.org

"Portugal’s second-largest city, Porto, is introducing free public transportation for local residents. The initiative covers the entire Andante transit network, including the metro, STCP and Unir buses, commuter trains, trams, and the future ferry service to Vila Nova de Gaia."

Portugal's second-largest city is introducing free public transportation

In Porto, Portugal's second-largest city, a decision has been made to introduce free public transportation for local residents.

ua.news

Sending ICE Agents to intimidate voters at polling places, declaring martial law to try to delay or cancel the election, seizing ballots-As he gets more desperate, there's nothing he won't do to try to save his pathetic orange ass. ALL states should preemptively prepare to defend Democracy! 🇺🇸 ✊

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Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

Unlike conventional batteries, sand batteries don't need rare earth materials: "Electricity is taken off the grid when there's plenty of wind or solar power. That's used to heat up the sand to very high temperatures. The heavily insulated silo can keep that energy stored for days or weeks."

Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery

A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

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Galileo facing the Spanish Inquisition vs Fauci facing the MAGA House subcommittee

This made me laugh 😅 #RefUKkers

SPOILER ALERT: Ceuta is in Africa not Europe. There was never a threat to the EU mainland.