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I just heard someone call our PM "Rishi Soon-Axed"...

... That's it - he mustn't be called anything else until after 5 July (except a variety of four letter expletives, obviously)...

..Thereafter there will be no need to give him a second thought, so no one should be referring to him!

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Apparently it kicked off between Fury and Usyk at their weigh-in.

Whenever I see pictures of boxers squaring up to each other, it always looks to me like they're getting married and staring intensely and lovingly into each other's eyes.

Am I an overly pacifist dove; or do others see this as well?

#FuryUsyk #Fury #Usyk #Boxing #WeighIn #News #NewsTooter #Newstodon

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Such sad news. Daniel Dennett was such a brilliant thinker. RIP - thanks for the wonderful thoughts!

https://dailynous.com/2024/04/19/daniel-dennett-death-1942-2024/

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Who do you think would come out top on a Tory -vs- opposition parliamentary-punch-up?

Controversially, I think the Tories would win by underhand tactics like hair pulling and crap "look over there" diversion tactics!

Massive brawl breaks out in Georgian parliament:
https://youtube.com/shorts/8kGx4u7mJbM?si=wgiN9lwv7QlX1oKp

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #Brawl #GeorgianParliament #UKPolitics

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Interesting analysis showing that trees providing shade for concrete lessens the impact from heat waves preventing 100s of deaths across the US. With climate change this is going to become increasingly important.

How long before planners skip the obvious solution and incorporate the likes of water cooled green tarpaulin into their design?

Heat waves cause more illness and death in U.S. cities with fewer trees:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/heat-waves-illness-death-cities-fewer-trees

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Cougar attacks mountain bikers on Washington trail:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cougar-attacks-mountain-bikers-on-washington-trail/ar-BB1iu6YM

Sounds actually terrifying. I mean, I can out-peddle antsy geese I've encountered on the canal towpath! To decide as a group that you're going to stop and wrestle with a mountain lion until help arrives must have been one hell of a decision!

I also like the double meaning in the headline, like a randy middle-aged woman smelt fresh blood!!!

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #BikeTooter #Cycling #Cougar #WashingtonTrail

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Labour ditches £28bn green investment pledge:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68232133

Absolutely shower of shite.

We could be world leader in a strong immerging market of "green jobs", but why not forsake that long term growth opportunity for short term financial gain?

And who needs a habitable planet anyway?

Pathetic.

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If standing shoulder to shoulder with my queer, trans, black, Asian (and any other identity that's persecuted but not listed here) brothers and sisters makes me an extremist then colour me an extremist!..

Former prime minister Liz Truss has provoked anger after she listed supporters of LGBT groups and ethnic minorities as "extremists":
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-rishi-sunak-general-election-keir-starmer-12593360

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #LizTruss #LGBT #LGBTQ #BlackLivesMatter

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I know Kigali is Rwandan capital, says Therese Coffey:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68021260

...who also expressed concern that she is in the House of Commons, yet no one lives there, so it can't be a house. Also being part of the Tory party wondered where the party music is.

#News #Newstodon #Newstooter #ThereseCoffey #Coffee #Kigali #Rwanda

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Pilot: Wild horses wouldn't stop me from reaching our destination.
Co-Pilot: You are not going believe this but...

Plane Forced to Return to Airport After Horse Gets Loose on Board:
https://news.sky.com/story/plane-forced-to-return-to-airport-after-horse-gets-loose-on-board-13008688

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #WildHorses #Plane #Horse

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Never really stopped to consider the energy impact of AI before.

Given the likely exponential rise in AI, is a Manhattan Project style investigation into how to optimise energy efficiency essential from a climate change perspective as well as economic efficiency?

AI's Electricity Use Is Spiking So Fast It'll Soon Use as Much Power as an Entire Country:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-electricity-use-spiking-power-entire-country

#News #NewsTooter #Newstodon #AI #ClimateChange #ClumateCrisis

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Excellent article by @davevolek (thanks for the follow) on the political party system in the US. I think that this equally applies here in the UK.

I've often thought that the wrong type of person is elected to lead us. "Tiered Democratic Governance" may be a useful remedy to this.

Life Inside a Political Party:
https://medium.com/politically-speaking/life-inside-a-political-party-2aaef1501437

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #TieredDemocraticGovernance #TDG

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There is a campaign of bomb threats against synagogues in the US. (These things have a habit of spreading to other countries).

Needless to say I stand with multitudes against any Nazi or fascist action. (Important to have a concrete and united response against any such action).

All you fascist are bound to lose.

US synagogues evacuated after campaign of bomb threats and antisemitic calls:
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/online-trolls-targeted-26-us-synagogues-with-bomb-threats-and-antisemitic-calls-say-adl-WFDqXwcWcXG2CsfEVTv0f

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Wow! Such a great read!

Ever wonder why something is there and gone down the rabbit hole to find out? This fella did big time too!

The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge:
https://tylervigen.com/the-mystery-of-the-bloomfield-bridge

#LocalHistory #Histodon #History #News #Newstodon #Newstooter #Bloomfield #BloomfieldBridge

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Bloody hell! This is such bad luck!!!

Texas woman injured after hawk drops snake on her:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66446697

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This is what solidarity looks like! ✊

Over 100 Trans Men Enter Miss Italy Pageant After Organiser Says Only Women from Birth Allowed:
https://www.joe.co.uk/life/over-100-trans-men-enter-miss-italy-pageant-after-organiser-says-only-women-from-birth-allowed-401043

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Excellent article covering the undemocratic influence that the Tufton Street think tanks have on UK policy.

The corrupt constitution of UK politics needs to be torn down and rebuilt.

The Tory donor, Soviet-born Billionaire and Fossil Fuel Interests Bankrolling British Politics:
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/20/the-tory-donor-soviet-born-billionaire-and-fossil-fuel-interests-bankrolling-british-politics/

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #TuftonStreet #55TuftonStreet

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It may be a controversial opinion...

...All this headline will do is make people comfortable with their excessive driving habit because they had a veggie burger once!

Eating less meat 'like taking 8m cars off road':
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66238584

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #Climate #ClimateChange

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I thought that this only happens in cartoons and sitcoms!

German police hunt for lioness on the loose in Berlin’s suburbs:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/20/german-police-hunt-for-lioness-on-the-loose-in-berlins-suburbs

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #Lioness #Berlin

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I had no idea that gravity on earth fluctuated that much.

The Indian Ocean has low density matter beneath it that causes it to be 100m lower than if it were average gravity at sea level.

Giant ‘Gravity Hole’ in the Ocean May Be the Ghost of an Ancient Sea:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/giant-gravity-hole-in-the-ocean-may-be-the-ghost-of-an-ancient-sea1/

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"If my thoughts and dreams could be seen, they'd probably put my head in a guillotine" Bob Dylan.

Kind of scary to think where mind reading technology will progress to in a dystopian future. Not sure how we put up robust barriers to stop us getting there, whilst allowing useful technological advances

Neuroscientists use brain scans to decode people’s thoughts:
https://www.snexplores.org/article/brain-scans-decode-thoughts-read-minds

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #Science #Neuroscience #MindReading #MindReader

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