James Thrift
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Graham Readfearn
7 months ago
From me - "Itās an ashen pallor": More than 80% of the worldās reefs now hit by bleaching during worst global event on record.
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More than 80% of the worldās reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/23/coral-reef-bleaching-worst-global-event-on-record
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Lovely piece by the indubitably lovelier Jon Canter.
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Douglas Adams was a genius ā and my bathroom-hogging flatmate
A new documentary shows how the author foresaw the future in The Hitchhikerās Guide to the Galaxy (and based Marvin the Paranoid Android on me)
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/douglas-adams-flatmate-recalls-life-laughter-and-the-creation-of-hitchhikers-guide-qv6lqggzd
8 months ago
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Robin Ince
8 months ago
My latest
@bigissue.com
column is about my love for the work of Douglas Adams (and not so much love for Adamsās fan Elon Musk) - buy the big issue PLEASE
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Driving a Tesla is just like making love to your favourite pornstar.
8 months ago
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John Simpson
9 months ago
No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in the clothes he fought the war in.
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Where are you Starmer?
#keirstarmer
9 months ago
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Richard Harris
9 months ago
Here we go: the utter technological illiteracy and anti-democratic nature of the UK's RIPA Act has now led Apple to remove end-to-end encryption from the UK. So we're all now more vulnerable to the Trumps and Putins of this world, and shame on Starmer for continuing to support this PoS legislation.
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UK government blows its bloody foot off!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo
9 months ago
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Good to see freedom of speech so high on the agenda in the USA at the momentā¦ā¦ A āgreat shockā: Julianne Mooreās childrenās book under review by Trump administration
9 months ago
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Does the UK realise that making a "backdoor" for the good guys enables access for the bad?
#apple
#encryption
#ips
#adp
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20g288yldko
10 months ago
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