Blackrock US Billionaire is using 13,000 gallons of water a day to keep his grass green and trees watered in Wessex, England, where drought has been declared. They just think they can use everything up because the rules only apply to you.
Steve
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But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d agoLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Wild how much England has turned into Northern Ireland
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d agoLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
What a repulsive man. I had eye problems. Everything from routine cataract surgery and laser work for retinopathy in both eyes, to a vitrectomy. Some of the surgeons and nurses didn't have flawless English. But as they were busy saving my eyesight, it would have seemed churlish to whine about it...
One of the most incredible and also devastating interviews of my life. I got to speak with Cherisse Du Preez, head of deepwater ecology at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. She is that scientist that has been piloting ROVs and exploring Canada's incredible deep seas. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
Deep-Sea Mining Would Devastate Ocean Life, DFO Scientist Warns | The Tyee
Some creatures that ‘survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions’ might not make it if we go ahead.
thetyee.ca
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN MIDDLE EAST WORLD MOST EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN HISTORY Brutal hot nights -Unprecedented MINIMUMS IN EMIRATES 39.2 Musaffah 38.2 Dubai 37.0 Al Ain MAX. Temperatures up to 51.2C Bada Daffas Records smashed everywhere and will get even worse!
These tolls are *dramatically* higher than Iran was asking for a couple of months ago.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14h agoReuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
It’s likely that very warm or hot conditions will return to Europe / southern UK through the early part of next week with temperatures peaking on Wednesday. Potential for >30°C once again in the UK, some models peak temperatures around the mid 30’s. Heatwave number 5?
This is pure extraction of wealth from one group of people to another We urgently need: Windfall tax on oil giants Windfall tax on banks Both are creaming money off us during a cost of living crisis Even Thatcher had the balls to tax the banks Will you @andyburnham?
*It'll be a little hard to put this entity in jail, but these are serious computer crimes including wire fraud, identity fraud, unauthorized access, malware distribution, and supply‑chain tampering laws. *A human blackhat could do 20 years for that in the USA
as we saw with Charlie Kirk it’s extremely notable that no fans of Rod Liddle include any of their favourite quotes from him in their tributes
The US military while conducting a GPS jamming exercise could have caused a civilian aircraft to crash into the side of a mountain, killing everyone on board.
A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.
wired.com
These could have saved lives in Ukraine instead of being part of a strategic catastrophe in the ME.
Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · yesterdayUS military has used up nearly 80% of THAAD missile interceptors and roughly 50% of its Patriot interceptors since start of the Iran war, according to two sources speaking to CNN.
The Times, one of the leading voices when it comes to 'protecting women and girls' calling a man who assaulted his young pregnant girlfriend, said he would rape the kids if he was a teacher and called for child sex abuse porn to be legal, 'brilliant'
Since MAGA brought up Covid again..Some MAGA brains thought this was a good argument.
Not only is his senseless war killing people, destroying the economy and causing untold harm to the stability of the region but now it’s also threatening ocean habitats with invasive species.. apple.news/AjavOSk1zQKK...
Nearly 1,500 Ships Are Stuck in the Strait of Hormuz—And Something Dangerous Is Growing on Them — Popular Mechanics
Scientists say idled tankers are incubating invaders built to survive anywhere on the planet.
apple.news
“He was an absolute arsehole to vast swathes of people but you have to remember that I once had a drink with him and he made me laugh - although I probably shouldn’t repeat what he said lol! So overall a decent guy” - the press, this morning.
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity About 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year by the rapidly developing El Niño weather system, according to forecasting. This is in addition to the hundreds of millions of people already facing dangerous levels of hunger, owing to years of drought in parts of Africa and pressure on food prices from the war in Iran. Continue reading...
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He's accusing his ex-wife of violating their shared custody agreement because she took their daughter to the emergency room with a broken collarbone? bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · yesterdayMax Miller: When I was reported for child abuse, for my daughter, for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days, and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan
understand why Ben decided to highlight the sentences he highlighted here but I would argue that the sentence that comes immediately afterwards was the real gut punch for me
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterdayOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
"Are you still talking about the Epstein files?" These are the kinds of pictures Epstein had on his shelves. #EpsteinFiles
There’s obituaries…..then there’s a rather alarming self own from Tim Shipman on Liddle “Tim Shipman, a colleague at The Spectator and The Sunday Times, says in his piece on Liddle that he was “a guilty pleasure, someone who would write down what the rest of us were thinking”.
LeedsBookClub aka Drneevil@leedsbookclub.bsky.social · yesterday“So anyway, Rod Liddle is dead.” The only obituary for that person worth reading.
California's Drought Has Now Caused Irreversible Damage to a Crucial Aquifer www.sciencealert.com/californias-...
California's Drought Has Now Caused Irreversible Damage to a Crucial Aquifer
The cracks in parched soils are only a superficial, if harrowing, sign of drought.
sciencealert.com
Dear BBC News, Showing a video of an easily definable war crime (Russia in Ukraine) with the phrase "which Ukraine have said is a war crime" is the same mealy mouthed BS you do every time a war crime is committed in Gaza "according to the Hamas-run health ministry". If it's a war crime just say it.
Good Lord! Water leakage losses FAR exceed the water saved even if a hosepipe ban were imposed nationwide. The latter would 377 mill- 572 million litres a day if the restrictions were applied across the whole of 🏴 v the 2.6 BILL litres lost every day through leaks apple.news/AN8mQDIXOTiO...
Water farce as firms lose 2.6bn litres a day… more than hosepipe bans save — The i Paper
Leaky infrastructure means companies imposing hosepipe bans are losing enough water to supply millions of people
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“The first time Miller shared the folder, it contained private images of Miller and Ms. Moreno's daughter and left her name unredacted. At least one of those images could be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material (SAM) because the daughter's genitals appear to be visible. ...
if any of you know anyone who still thinks that the flagshaggers are 'just proud of their country', i want you to sit down with them and read these court documents together
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d agoLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Brilliant 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.
The GOP's official party-wide slogan marching into the midterms: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"