Exc: First Government department quits Twitter over racism and violence concerns Richard Hermer sent a directive to staff last week saying the Attorney General's Office would be coming off the platform observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine ft.trib.al/TS7SOJp

Perfect summation of PL VAR in 2026

New from me: No increase in global coal power generation after Hormuz closure - solar and wind growth covered the fall in gas-fired generation. The record buildout of clean energy in 2025 helped mitigate the impact of the Hormuz closure.

Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"

"I'm sorry if your feelings were hurt but some of my best friends are daughters."

BREAKING: “It is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path our long term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe and with the European Union.. Brexit did deep damage to our economy” Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏

Breaking: Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora

“Jacket potatoes,” a British classic, are having a culinary comeback thanks to social media. They act as an endlessly adaptable vehicle for baked beans, tuna salad and all manner of other peculiarly British toppings. nyti.ms/4lRsIBU

"Meta, after laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs division, closing three VR studios, stopping new content for VR fitness app Supernatural, and discontinuing its metaverse for work, is announcing a major change for its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform." www.theverge.com/tech/881647/...

www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... massive win for the UK creative industry

Fucking hell. This is a really important one to read. Journalists getting death threats because their accurate story meant that gamblers lost money on a polymarket prediction bet.

BREAKING: The leak of Rachel Reeves's budget was not the result of hostile cyber activity, but responsibility rests with the OBR's leadership, an investigation has found news.sky.com/story/budget...

Zipcar is shutting down its UK operations, basically the only car club that worked in London. Massive kick to anyone who tries to live in capital without owning a car. Having been a customer for 17 years and used Zipvans to move house repeatedly, this is.... very bad! (Zipcar is owned by Avis)

youtu.be/0IEc6yoVf-s?... via @vox.com would love to think the slow death of independent thought and ingenuity via paint by numbers AI templatisation would inspire a revolution in education but perhaps that’s too much to ask

This is an extraordinary case, where it would seem a lawyer used AI which in turn invented five fake cases, which were then cited in submissions. Never use AI to do legal research. Ever.

Richard trialled Give Vision at Stamford Bridge for @chelseafcw.bsky.social vs @mancitywomen.bsky.social Champions League game, as part of the Unite For Access campaign.

Exclusive: Man United cut stewards’ £100 bonus and the £50 cash prize for steward of the week as Ineos continue slashing costs. "You’re pinching off people at the bottom of the ladder.” Full story @ipapersport.bsky.social ⤵️

www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba... Shamrock Rovers’ manager is a Chelsea fan and former youth team player 🙂

State of it

Good lord Cole 🫢

GOOOOOOOLLLLLLL DO PALMEIRAS!!! 🥅 Estevão ⏰ 44min/2T ⚽ Cruzeiro 1x2 Palmeiras #Brasileirão

Moises Caicedo. Special player

Wowowow

Martinez off at HT

Fair play this system is a masterstroke. Man to man all over the park off the ball

Jörgensen making an argument tonight…

Excl: Ministers will announce millions in extra funding for lawyers to represent asylum seekers to help clear the backlog of appeals that is blocking efforts to move migrants out of hotels: www.thetimes.com/article/eddb...

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"Instagram said that it would only take action on accounts if they’re reported from the rights owner...St James told us this process hasn’t worked for her, and often doesn’t work for creators...because reporting such accounts could backfire ... and cause Instagram to ban their legitimate accounts."