Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigns amid accusations of plagiarism

Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigns amid accusations of plagiarism

Sociology professor to stand down after university announces investigation into his qualifications and career • Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and embellishment, has resigned after the university announced he was to face a new investigation into his qualifications and career. Arday, who had been dogged by a growing series of questions over his academic work and credentials, issued a statement on Wednesday night, saying the “relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me and on those I love”. Continue reading...

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The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe

The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe

Initial evidence suggests aerial drone, found near Ukrainian cargo planes at German airport, came from Russia

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Fint projekt. Blev aldrig videre populært. Billeder fra spisesituationen 500th.net/articles/599...

Die Zeit reports Russian intelligence planned to assassinate Stefan Thumann, head of German drone maker Donaustahl. German services thwarted the plot after allied countries warned them, and Thumann is now under increased protection. He has not attended trade fairs for security reasons. #Ukraine

Two AI accounts wanting to connect and stay in touch with each other in the mentions of a post I wrote about AI is fucking hellscape material.

The European Commission announced that the EU will transfer €1.4 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

In China, robots which are also solar panels, clean the other solar panels. Original post

Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.

The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed

The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.

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Electric Buses Point of no return - have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just 6yrs Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028 Bravo Europe 🇪🇺!

BILD has published a photo of the explosive-laden drone found beside a Ukrainian An-124 at Leipzig Airport. Explosive-laden drones operating at the heart of NATO are no longer a hypothetical threat but a reality.

🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 18h ago

❗️A drone fitted with an explosive detonator was discovered beside a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft at Leipzig Airport, BILD reports. Airport operations were temporarily suspended, and German police are investigating possible sabotage.

6.0 My personal view: The second drone that collided with the DHL plane kinda destroyed my doubt. Pretty sure by now it was supposed to film the explosion of the Ukrainian Antonov and both drones were controlled by russian henchman, maybe hired ones! This seems to be a major hyrbrid war attempt!🤬

In line with the Kremlin’s standard practice of providing no evidence for its claims, Russian outlets continue to allege that Ukraine is arming nearly every faction in every conflict zone around the world, all while insisting that Ukraine itself has supposedly long since run out of weapons.

Laundry art [📸 Helga Stentzel] Original post

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I’m old enough to remember when lying about adultery was worthy of impeachment. Feels quaint at this point.

Good morning! Start the day with a buzz. A bee's bum is the gift that keeps giving. 😉😂🐝

Delelink fra Zetland: Sadisme, afpresning og ekstrem vold. Et nyt onlinemiljø er kommet i danske myndigheders søgelys

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The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson

Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.

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The car of the director of Ural Drone Plant, Vladimir Tkachuk, was blown up near the city of Yekaterinburg He suffered serious injuries a result. His driver died on the spot. Vladimir Tkachuk is responsible for the development of one of the most effective russian FPV drones, called "Upyr."

Russia fired 28 ballistic and anti-ship missiles at Kyiv overnight. Ukraine intercepted zero. The barrage destroyed Rozetka's main warehouse—over 100,000 orders a day—and killed 17, including eight people waiting for a train. euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/05/r...

This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Conflict of Disinterest

Conflict of Disinterest

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'"She suggested that people may generally prefer predictable writing because more difficult or subtle material requires greater mental effort" #slopisme #sloplife #slobsociety #slopreading #slopthink https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kmpd6lr80o

AI-generated tales preferred to human-written ones, study finds

A study sees if readers can spot if short stories were generated by artificial intelligence.

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De tuner lidt på zombie-maskinen i det nordvestlige nordamerika

The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs

Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”

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Have you noticed no one is claiming this is an escalation?

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 19h ago

⚡️ A North Korean missile unit is deploying to Russia, with plans to operate 120 ballistic missiles against Ukraine. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

OTD in 1916 USA recognized Greenland as part of Denmark. Trump's plans to annex it have caused people like Mearsheimer a lot of mental anguish as USA, the country they oppose, acts like Russia, the country they appease

Interesting way to discover your country is at war.

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · 3d ago

Russian air defense forces in Gelendzhik shot down a drone right on the beach. It is reported that at least three people were killed there.

1/2 A good piece from Bjørnbert👇 Here #Norway should follow the example of its neighbor #Sweden. Norway is far too reticent in this area, and the current government shows few signs of understanding the threat it faces;⤵️

Б'єрнберт@bjornbert.bsky.social · 20h ago

My first Substack post. Please let me know what you think. substack.com/@bjornbert/n...

A drone carrying explosives was found overnight near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Germany's Leipzig Airport. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Drone with explosives found near Ukrainian transport plane at German airport — Meduza

A drone of unknown origin was discovered overnight on August 5 at Leipzig Airport, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and other German outlets reported.

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Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’

Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’

Cardinal Pedro Barreto received death threats and harassment during his almost 20-year campaign against a US mining company’s operations in the Andes

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