Fucking hell, what a goal by Kieron Bowie to put Hibs back in front!

No consensus on binding plastic treaty at talks in Geneva, delegates say reut.rs/4fzmsve

The Dark Side of “AI Productivity”: How It Trains You to Be Replaceable The more I let AI handle my work, the less of my own thinking was in it. #hackernews #news

Significant sentences for four men convicted of defrauding NHS Scotland out of £6 million, with their evidence being described by Lord Arthurson as "self-serving, arrogant and mendacious." judiciary.scot/home/sentenc...

Trump’s big ugly bill rips health care away from millions of people & ends programs that help people pay for groceries. The money saved will be handed over to the richest men in the world. Trump’s bill rubs salt in the wounds of every struggling family in America.

MAGA idiots have been tricked into surrounding Tesla dealerships nationwide, their presence alone is deterring potential buyers and collapsing sales. Psyop successful 👏

Keir Starmer is facing the biggest rebellion of his premiership as more than 150 MPs are preparing to vote against his forthcoming welfare cuts www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.

NEW: Crowd now growing at the Capitol where Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries are staging a sit-in on the steps. Is this building into something? If you’re in DC, they’re encouraging folk to come down there & support. #Resist (📸 Sen. Brian Schatz)

WSJ test conversations “found that both Meta’s official AI helper, called Meta AI, and a vast array of user-created chatbots will engage in and sometimes escalate discussions that are decidedly sexual—even when the users are underage or the bots are programmed to simulate the personas of minors.“

and here's the thing: americans actually haven't faced the real supply chain shocks or the spillover of tariffs

Battle lines are being drawn between the European Central Bank and the European Commission over whether landmark rules to govern crypto currencies are strong enough to withstand the full force of Donald Trump.

Usual response when faced with reality - insult and then block. They have nothing.

'The headline takeaway: references to sex in the Equality Act are references to biological sex; references to men in the Equality Act are references to biological males; references to women in the Equality Act are references to biological females.' Legal explanation. 🎯 knowingius.org/p/sex-has-al...

Indeed. A fresh wave of vile abuse ensued after the judgement, even though belief in biological sex is perfectly lawful and has now been confirmed once more.

www.thenational.scot/news/2510284... councillor Pete Shears wrote to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall, to say he finds it difficult to be in the same group as her over her decision to cut £5 billion in welfare funding.

This editorial is legally spot on … better than many lawyer written pieces on linked-in “the supreme court has emphasised the balancing nature of the Equality Act, which adjudicates between the rights of different groups.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW: John Swinney has said there will be no deals 'under any circumstances' between the SNP and Reform UK Swinney's comments come after Nigel Farage backed the SNP over Labour in next year's elections

I was somewhat shocked that Lord Sumption gave bad legal advice on single sex exceptions in Equality Act. I thought he had a massive brain

Call to Action New York: Saturday, April 19th | 12 PM @ West Capitol Park, Albany, NY. #3E #fiftyfiftyone

'Campaigners have called on Parkrun to scrap its “unfair” transgender policy which allowed a trans woman to finish first in the female category in nearly 60 of its Saturday morning 5km runs. The same trans woman once finished ahead of a former British Olympian.' www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Number of passengers flying to the US plunging, ships full of goods halted, price rises and employee lay-offs … it’s not Covid, it’s Trump’s tariff pandemic ⬇️

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting foreign nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. Thomas, Alito dissent.

❌ Meta’s business model is built on profiling users by harvesting personal and behavioural data. ❌ There's no effective opt-out of surveillance and targeting for users to protect themselves from harms. ✅ Users must have a clear and explicit OPT-IN option for targeted advertising. #StopStalkerAds

Outrageous. Trump has told the UK that if we want tariff relief we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves:

On February 8, 2025, kayaker Adrián Simancas was briefly swallowed by a humpback #whale off #Chile’s coast. The whale surfaced unexpectedly, engulfing him and his kayak, then released him unharmed seconds later. The incident was captured on video by his father.

This is appalling. 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour's benefit cuts www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Is this your idea of sex? Of being a woman? It's not mine! Sex is not socially decided. It's nailed down at conception. We can't avoid it. (column by Kelly Given in The National.)

When a government bribes another to imprison its own citizen abroad—despite court orders—it ceases to uphold justice. Trump is not just defying the law, he’s rewriting it by force.

I am woman, hear me roar: The Supreme Court verdict is a victory for common sense, says Mandy Rhodes www.holyrood.com/editors-colu...

England water pollution at 10-year high as sewage dumping in rivers, lakes and seas accelerates. Higher bills, more abuse. Water industry is 90% foreign owned. Shareholders have no contact with the consequences of cash extraction. Only nationalisation offers hope

This is disrespectful and a flat out lie that further stigmatizes autism. It’s not a virus or a disease - it’s a neurological condition with a wide spectrum. Many Americans with autism work, pay taxes, and are living happy and healthy lives.

"While there are arguably good political reasons for avoiding talk of Brexit, it’s delusional to ignore its economic impact, especially for a government which, according to Keir Starmer, is 'obsessed' with growth," writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

Sport England: "We are now considering what today’s ruling means for grassroots sports and clubs." Good. Please ensure you do not invest in sports which permit males to play in female sport categories or use female changing rooms. www.sportengland.org/news-and-ins...

🔴The Sheer Scale of the COVID ‘VIP Lane’ PPE Scandal Has Still Not Been Revealed Five Years On New evidence published by the COVID Inquiry suggests that at least 20 more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth £1 billion bylinetimes.com/2025/04/16/c...

The ignoring of due process and human rights, with cruel summary action, is what many women have gone through for believing sex is real, binary and immutable. The process is the punishment meted for not pleasing zealots; these things are purposefully dragged out before the inevitable clearing. Evil.

Boom

Sir Alan Bates urges victims of Post Office scandal to take govt to court over compensation delays. Wronged people browbeaten to accept lower compensation. Some died whilst waiting for compensation. No contribution to compensation from Fujitsu, PO directors, lawyers, auditors.

So, sometimes, rights are pie after all.

Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online. The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.

I listen to hundreds of podcasts and read extremely widely. Sometimes something jumps right out as being a required listen or read. One such is open.spotify.com/episode/1twk...

UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

DOGE LET RUSSIA HACK THE U.S. SYSTEMS. THEY GOT INTO THE NLRB SYSTEMS DOES RUSSIA HAVE OUR ENERGY AND NUCLEAR INFORMATION TOO?! www.alternet.org/amp/disturbi...

Straight from an episode of Black Mirror. Musk and DOGE are conducting the most brazen hack of sensitive information in the history of the US.

Calling it now: Person of the Year: Dan Berulis DOGE wasn't cutting waste, fraud, abuse. Russian ties, Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road founder, 2 life sentences, pardoned on Day 1 by DJT), Musk on site, no evidence or charges produced. They did what they know how to do: hack. Poorly at that. TY Dan!

This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason

On Monday, @popular.info reported that 29 people whose ballots were invalidated by the North Carolina Supreme Court for never living in NC had, in fact, lived in NC On Tuesday, the NC Election Board, citing @popular.info's report, told a federal court the voters would have their ballots restored

Powell: “Federal debt is on an unsustainable path. We are now running crisis-level deficits at full employment.” 😱 And the latest on the dollar? It’s sinking and now at its lowest level for three years. This is the graph since Trump’s inauguration 👇

I’ve been wondering who wins a fight between Christian & White Nationalists. My money was on White Supremacy always winning & it turns out I was absolutely right. Being ✝️ isn’t enough for MAGAts, they will always punish you for not being white. #ThisIsWhiteNationalism www.wral.com/story/they-f...