Cuneiform
@8uruha.eurosky.social
Itinerant linguist with finely attuned anti-fascist radar.
A £240m contract with the Ministry of Defence, a £330m deal with the NHS, but only £2m of tax in the UK 🤔 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/palantir-corporation-tax-uk-2024-accounting-practices
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
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New from @goodlawproject.org on how it is challenging the Burnham government's trans-segregation and transphobic discrimination "guidance".
How the Code of Practice gets the law wrong | Good Law Project
We’re supporting a legal challenge against the government’s transphobic statutory guidance – here’s why
goodlawproject.org
The modern far Right are definitely using the Nazis' playbook. It's frustrating for those with any understanding of history to see this unfold, and I invite anyone to scan down this list of the Early Warning Signs of Fascism based on a 2003 article written by Laurence Britt to see what's happening.
I fear we might see a new alignment between a radical right death cult and a rural revivalist "simplicity" drive, which views collapse and a return to "organic" communities as a solution to decadent urbanism. A century ago this convergence led to a very bad place. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
monbiot.com
Europe's second-longest river is carrying less water than it has in decades, revealing shipwrecks and shutting down nuclear reactors.
World War II Nazi ships appear as Danube river dries up
Europe's second-longest river is carrying less water than it has in decades, revealing shipwrecks and shutting down nuclear reactors.
abc.net.au
fun thing with an agent scanning and summarising telegram, you can get presented surprising news articles "Putin expanded the possibilities for signing contracts with the Ministry of Defence for convicts" (Fontanka, local st Petersburg paper)
One of the most rewarding aspects of raising a bilingual child is watching them begin to use both languages. Our 2-year-old is now counting in #English and #Spanish, and every day he surprises us with new words in both languages. #bilingualism #parenthood #toddler 💙
Clever move by Burnham to hint at a public inquiry into Epstein. Not only the right thing to do but it also puts Trump on the back foot. Kowtowing and indulging Trump isn't the only option available.
Heat Waves & Data Centers: A Power Grid Crisis #PJM #ExtremeHeat #PowerGrids #DataCenters #EnergyCrisis #RenewableEnergy
Heat Waves & Data Centers: A Power Grid Crisis - Cozzy Energy Solutions
Extreme Heat Strains Power Grids Amid Rising Data Center Demand A surge in electricity consumption this summer is placing regional power grids under significant stress as they grapple with increasing demand from data centers. On July 27th, an 11-year-old girl, Madison Hermes, sought relief from the heat at a water fountain in Dallas. Three electrical
cozzyenergysolutions.com
Animal dewormer and a drug used to treat scabies are being sold and promoted as unproven cancer treatments. Amazon withdrew drugs after being exposed. Others still selling. Profiteering from vulnerable people. Yet neoliberals oppose regulation.
Undercover reporter offered fenbendazole and ivermectin as cancer treatment
A terminally ill man was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours.
bbc.co.uk
International law doesn’t apply to western/white nations. The rules based order are not written anywhere, the UN, ICC, ICJ, World Bank and IMF are tools, used by countries of the global north, to control the resource rich global south.
Julie Peel@juliepeel2327.bsky.social · 9h agoWhere is international law?! aje.news/2t1eap
Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
The destruction of the international order - As a sovereign country with democracy and rule of law, Brazil faces increasing hostility from Trump's USA. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
US revokes visa for Brazilian ambassador
Retaliatory move deepens diplomatic rift ahead of South American nation’s October elections
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🦉 Happy International Owl Awareness Day! Today we celebrate Jamaica’s owls and the important role they play in controlling rodents and keeping our ecosystems balanced. I’ve been fortunate to document several owl sightings across Jamaica. @RoostersWorldJA. #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay #JamaicanOwls
El-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.
This is why this is not just about Max Miller. It’s about “devout Christian” House Republican leadership who is standing with this guy because they crave power above all else. It’s the culture of MAGA and it comes straight from Trump. Vote them out.
Israelis abroad removed from voter rolls ahead of upcoming election www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Elections 2026 • Israelis abroad removed from voter rolls ahead of upcoming election
Citizens planning to fly home to vote struggled to verify or restore their registration, prompting a slew of complaints that eventually led to an extension of the appeals deadline
haaretz.com
Palantir earns billions from government contracts around the world, including across Europe. Yet European trade unions say the US tech giant pays next to nothing in tax. How does a company profiting from so much public money contribute so little in return?
Tech giant Palantir accused of ‘agressive tax avoidance’ at Europe’s expense
Tech company Palantir has contracts with governments across Europe yet pays minimal tax in those countries, new research shows. Trade unions and critics say European taxpayers are helping fund a compa...
ftm.eu
🔴UPD: Russian missile attack killed 15 people and injured 37 across Kyiv and the surrounding region. Exploiting a lack of air defense interceptors, Russia continues to terrorize the city, leaving civilians in grave danger with almost no time to reach shelter.
What a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.
More than 70 years after the kidnapping, torture and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi, a major new photography exhibit asks how the world would be different “If Emmett Till Lived.” If Till had lived, he would be just over 85 years old today.
New Exhibit Imagines Emmett Till’s Life If He Had Come Home Alive
The exhibit comes as the Trump administration escalates attacks on DEI and censors how history is publicly presented.
truthout.org
They knew from the 60s, the heat we are experiencing, was coming. They paid politicians to not talk about it, created greenwashing campaigns, to guilt trip people, into believing drinking from a paper straw, would be a way to cool down the planet. The world is fucked, because humans are stupid
War on Want@waronwant.bsky.social · 23h agoBP's quarterly profits have more than doubled to £4.27bn as the Iran war sent oil prices soaring. Last week, Shell also reported profits twice as high as this time last year. As deadly heatwaves sweep across Europe, the companies driving climate breakdown are cashing in.
Pirro even lugged a giant box of evidence with her to prove she hadn’t messed up the case. trib.al/e5sfY8q
Pirro Rushes to Prove to Trump She Didn’t Mess Up Reflecting Pool Case
Pirro even lugged a giant box of evidence with her.
trib.al
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
The California Democratic Party has officially endorsed a one-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires that will be on the ballot this November. They're right to support it — and Gavin Newsom is wrong to oppose it. Here's why.
Why I Support The California Billionaire Tax
Billionaires are crying foul about California's proposed wealth tax.Don't fall for their fearmongering.A one-time, 5% ta
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In May we covered some of the IDF demolitions in southern Lebanon finding that at least 46 villages within the IDF’s “yellow line” had been heavily damaged: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05...
Satellite Imagery Shows Ongoing Demolitions Across Southern Lebanon - bellingcat
Dozens of towns and villages within the IDF's “Yellow Line” in southern Lebanon have been heavily damaged or destroyed in recent months.
bellingcat.com
Trump Fails Money Laundering Investigations Who knew that Capital One closed 385 Trump Organization bank accounts after a lengthy money laundering investigation and that JPMorgan Chase also closed Trump accounts www.bettedangerous.com/p/trump-fail...
Trump Fails Money Laundering Investigations
Who knew that Capital One closed 385 Trump Organization bank accounts after a lengthy money laundering investigation and that JPMorgan Chase also closed Trump accounts
bettedangerous.com
