It's two and a half weeks until the UK votes. The UK has a first-past-the-post electoral system with 650 constituencies (632 in Great Britain, 18 in Northern Ireland which has a completely different set of parties that I won't cover here)....
It’s not on the table. The odds a vanishingly small that it will be raised as an issue. Starmer says he will take another stab at negotiating a trade deal with the EU. He may or may not succeed.
The Lib Dems have rejoing the EU as a manifesto pledge, non of the other main parties do.
For a long time I religiously reported spam, but the volumes are two high, and it’s not clear it really achieves anything, so I’ve started blocking....
I know this magazine is dead and that kbin isn't federating so I'm probably just talking to the void, but I just had to have a little vent about how sad I am it's over because I enjoyed it so much. I really hope they're already working on more!...
The long read: Having created a watchdog for the environment, the government took its teeth out and muzzled it. Can public outrage rouse the Environment Agency to action?
I have been away from home for a long time now and do not have all accesses. I will try to restore access in the coming days. The care of the instance will also be handed over....
Dr Clare Bailey says her husband ‘almost made it’ after his body was found close to a coastal resort. Greek authorities have confirmed that the body of a man believed to be the missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley has been found on the island of Symi....
It’s not at all weird and very easy to explain. The BBC positions itself as an impartial reporter. Anything that appears to be a judgement call by someone else is (quite rightly) put into quotes.
In this case, I would have simply left out the words “innocent victim “ myself, as it’s a bit odd - but that is the rationale.
Plans to close the only school of no religious character in its area and replace it with a Church of England school have been scrapped. The move has been welcomed by Humanists UK, who has been working with teachers, parents, and the National Education Union (NEU) to stop the proposal
Certainly, if you on an ‘agile’ tariff in the UK it can be a lot cheaper. There were times a few month ago when it was particularly windy - they were paying me to use electricity/charge my solar batteries from the grid.
The public are being urged to be vigilant for any sightings of oak processionary moth caterpillars, a tree pest which can strip oak trees of their foliage and leave them susceptible to disease....
- Volkswagen (VW) in 2023 commissioned a deeply flawed audit at a plant in China’s Xinjiang province operated by a subsidiary of Volkswagen’s joint venture with SAIC, a Chinese state-owned carmaker....
Exclusive: Footage shows private event, attended by representatives of firms including StubHub and Viagogo, where £73,000 was raised for political lobbying
UK general election - state of play at 16 June
It's two and a half weeks until the UK votes. The UK has a first-past-the-post electoral system with 650 constituencies (632 in Great Britain, 18 in Northern Ireland which has a completely different set of parties that I won't cover here)....
Sorry, I’ve given up downvoting and reporting, now just blocking
For a long time I religiously reported spam, but the volumes are two high, and it’s not clear it really achieves anything, so I’ve started blocking....
Supreme Court rules ban on gun bump stocks is unlawful (www.nbcnews.com)
The ban was imposed by the Trump administration after the accessory was used during the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas....
We Are Lady Parts finished today and I miss it already, why do they make it so short?? 😭
I know this magazine is dead and that kbin isn't federating so I'm probably just talking to the void, but I just had to have a little vent about how sad I am it's over because I enjoyed it so much. I really hope they're already working on more!...
Dirty waters: how the Environment Agency lost its way (www.theguardian.com)
The long read: Having created a watchdog for the environment, the government took its teeth out and muzzled it. Can public outrage rouse the Environment Agency to action?
PSA: Ernest addressed his absence on Codeberg (codeberg.org)
I have been away from home for a long time now and do not have all accesses. I will try to restore access in the coming days. The care of the instance will also be handed over....
Michael Mosley: TV presenter found dead on Greek island, wife confirms (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Clare Bailey says her husband ‘almost made it’ after his body was found close to a coastal resort. Greek authorities have confirmed that the body of a man believed to be the missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley has been found on the island of Symi....
Hypersonic weapons: Why is Russia accusing its own scientists of treason? (www.bbc.com)
Rights groups warn of state paranoia as experts on hypersonics, the science behind ultrafast missiles, have been jailed.
So who fixed kbin.social? I just managed to log in and log in.
Ernest, where are you?
Apple News+ subscription growth blows away major media sites (www.cultofmac.com)
Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict (www.reuters.com)
Hackney shooting: Girl, 9, critical after four shot in Dalston (www.bbc.co.uk)
Trump guilty on all 34 counts in hush money trial, in historic first for a former U.S. president (www.cnbc.com)
Donald Trump reimbursed Michael Cohen for the $130,000 in hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is reportedly worried about an OpenAI deal with Apple (www.businessinsider.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/13258718...
Plans dropped to replace community school with CofE school (humanists.uk)
Plans to close the only school of no religious character in its area and replace it with a Church of England school have been scrapped. The move has been welcomed by Humanists UK, who has been working with teachers, parents, and the National Education Union (NEU) to stop the proposal
Orcas are still smashing up boats – and we've finally worked out why (newatlas.com)
Orcas just want to have fun…
Rapid rollout of clean technologies makes energy cheaper, not more costly (www.iea.org)
Farming News - DEFA: Public to be vigilant against oak processionary moth (farming.co.uk)
The public are being urged to be vigilant for any sightings of oak processionary moth caterpillars, a tree pest which can strip oak trees of their foliage and leave them susceptible to disease....
Kent hosts hundreds of wild beavers, survey finds (www.bbc.co.uk)
A new survey suggests the number of wild beavers now living in Kent runs into the hundreds....
German carmaker Volkswagen says forced labour in one of its sub-supplier's plants in China was not identified as 'no full supply chain transparency exists' (www.hrw.org)
- Volkswagen (VW) in 2023 commissioned a deeply flawed audit at a plant in China’s Xinjiang province operated by a subsidiary of Volkswagen’s joint venture with SAIC, a Chinese state-owned carmaker....
Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Footage shows private event, attended by representatives of firms including StubHub and Viagogo, where £73,000 was raised for political lobbying
[Kind of weekly thread] Men over 30, how is your week going?