No, Mr BBC Reporter, there is no confusion as to why Farage wasn’t there. He LIED! Why can’t you say so? #Clacton
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Global nomad….the one constant is change. Looking for ways to reduce cosmetic and food toxicity. Angel investor in clean tech initiatives. https://bylines.scot Matteroftrust.org terredecouleur.com theecobricks.com No DMs pls. Opinions my own.
£5 million can only buy you so much security and there’s a good chance Binface has laser beams.
I love how TERFs try to present Sophie as the face of violent trans activism - and there's the most gentle, smiley wee Scots lass you could imagine. X-D
Judge David Swinnerton said the disorder broke out under the guise of "protecting women and girls from asylum seekers”, but scathingly added: "He (Scott) has got domestic violence all over his record and five children he doesn't look after."
He said he wanted to 'save our kids' but 'has five he doesn't look after'
Robert Scott has "a very lengthy record" of domestic violence, assaults, harassment and theft
liverpoolecho.co.uk
Well, this is horrifying. If anything worthy of the name "United States of America" exists after the next few years, we'll need some changes to ensure continued survival. Ensuring the independence of Congressionally mandated agencies and chartered organizations will be an unsexy but vital step. 🧪 ⚖️
Under pressure from Trump, National Academy of Sciences pulls climate chapter from judicial manual
The nonprofit organization said it would conduct an independent review on the climate section of its scientific handbook made for federal judges, after criticism it unfairly targets fossil fuel compan...
courthousenews.com
Count Binface on the Clacton by-election on US TV, "If Nigel Farage strikes me down electorally I will become more powerful than he can possibly imagine" "Because the parliamentary committee will look into his £5 million unconditional gift" "But he didn't declare it"
Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Thursday 3 September, 7.00–8.15pm. Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability bit.ly/politicsclea...
Edinburgh International Festival opens with Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise, a groundbreaking symphony that is also this year’s theme | Naz Saad
Edinburgh International Festival Review: All Rise - Bylines Scotland
Edinburgh International Festival opens with Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise, a groundbreaking symphony that is also this year’s theme
bylines.scot
England's water companies to hike customer bills by an extra £3.4bn. Over a trillion litres of water lost to leaky pipes Sewage dumped in rivers No new reservoirs since 1989 Exec pay and dividend bonanza Over 1,200 criminal convictions Still allowed to trade Captive customers fleeced.
Water bills set to rise for many after firms permitted extra funding
Ofwat has given provisional approval for 13 water companies to charge customers more to pay for investments.
bbc.co.uk
Nobody knows how much energy AI data centres actually use, because no tech company is obliged to say. What surfaces does so by accident: Google’s annual energy consumption is up 38%, and court filings in Virginia projected water use of two to eight million gallons a day.
Avec la sécheresse en France, 40 000 personnes face au risque de pénurie d'eau potable
Avec la sécheresse en France, 40 000 personnes face au risque de pénurie d'eau potable
Alors qu'une nouvelle canicule s'étend jeudi sur l'Hexagone, des dizaines de communes sont contraintes de se ravitailler en eau potable par camion-citerne ou dons de bouteille tandis que 70 % du territoire fait l'objet de mesures de restrictions des usages en raison de la sécheresse. Certaines localités françaises pourraient-elles venir à manquer d'eau potable ? Éléments de réponse.
france24.com
“They are trying to make the land uninhabitable. They are erasing our entire history, our entire culture, all our memories.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
Emergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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Where are all the food system experts complaining 2 years ago that posts saying “we could face global food system collapse within 5 years” are unrealistic and simply scaring people with overly negative projections? Where are they?
Greenpeace International 🌍@greenpeace.org · yesterdayHeatwaves are forcing farmers to see their harvest ruined. This is NOT normal. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Ahah! Here we go. For #BinDay #CountBinface #Clacton from the always impressive @phillipcrymble.bsky.social published in the equally impressive Crannog: "...our households brought together in a contract, bound in kind to join a common trust. Solemnity: a word tied up with suffering and love"
phillip crymble@phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 22h agoAhem
Or we could ban disposable BBQs instead? Hmm, it's a tough one 🤔 From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Newly released body-camera footage, text messages, and court records show federal immigration agents using racial slurs and explicitly discussing Latinos as targets during enforcement operations. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
New Evidence Shows Federal Agents Using Racial Slurs During Immigration Sweeps
Body-camera video and other court evidence capture federal agents using slurs and targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles
nytimes.com
Kristof sees “American complicity in the settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. The U.S. has provided some of the weapons that end up used by settlers in these assaults, has helped underwrite the security establishment [and] has been too slow to speak up.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/o...
Opinion | Israeli Settlers Are Out of Control (Gift Article)
If Netanyahu is ousted in October’s balloting, don’t expect peace to break out, but the worst violence might be reined in.
nytimes.com
It’s a shame Congress isn’t alive to see this
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoWaPo Exclusive: The Trump admin is now set to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds. The price tag is much larger than previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts. Taxpayers would cover most of it.
- watershed-wide diplomacy to reduce risk of conflict over water - targeted irrigation systems on farms to enable agriculture to adapt to water stress -moving away from water-guzzling fossil fuel generation: we already have means to prevent disaster, writes Gleick - we need to implement.
Leana Hosea@leanahosea.bsky.social · 2d agoDrought, shrunken rivers, attacks on water infrastructure: our water crisis is here: we already have the tools to fix it, what we need is political will & concerted effort, writes @petergleick.bsky.social share.google/BktvuLE9cT27...
Scottish Labour leader abandons Holyrood constituents for a peerage and job in UK Government | James Jobson
Sarwar shows Scotland his true colours - Bylines Scotland
Scottish Labour leader abandons Holyrood constituents for a peerage and job in UK Government
bylines.scot
Scotland's globally recognised flag can trace its birth all the way back to one, small village in East Lothian | James Jobson
Athelstaneford: mother of the Saltire - Bylines Scotland
Scotland's globally recognised flag can trace its birth all the way back to one, small village in East Lothian
bylines.scot
I sat down with Matilda Tsappis, co-owner and head sommelier at Killiecrankie House to talk about her life in the hospitality industry | Naz Saad
An interview with sommelier Matilda Tsappis - Bylines Scotland
I sat down with Matilda Tsappis, co-owner and head sommelier at Killiecrankie House to talk about her life in the hospitality industry
bylines.scot
"It's not just the US. Watching the Starmer administration accelerate data centres, zoning and planning, usurping local councils and saying we want to build these things in greenbelts...under a vague conception of AI growth" www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEf-...
Naomi Klein: AI is a fascist idea
YouTube video by The Maybe
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How many years will it take politicians to recognise the ‘investment’ here does not refer to the intended source of revenue. The investment refers to the money to flow into the pockets of shareholders. The ‘long term investment’ is in the health of portfolios, not in the universities to be sweated.
Benjamin Braun@benbraun.eurosky.social · 4d agoHow could things in UK higher ed possibly get worse? Hello for-profit universities run by a firm owned by the Bettencourt family and Canada's biggest pension fund. www.ft.com/content/f094...
So Inc should change the title to: "Billionaire AI company owner is upset that his employees are asking to be compensated fairly for their work" www.inc.com/suzanne-luca...
Why Anthropic’s CEO Is Surprised AI Talent Cares About Compensation
Dario Amodei is worried new hires care more about paychecks than mission. The data says they always have — and always will.
inc.com