NEW: Workers say their bosses are becoming obsessed with AI and essentially turning the entire workplace into an exercise in AI psychosis -- making absurd pivots, communicating only in AI slop, and even asking ChatGPT who to fire futurism.com/artificial-i...

#Farge 🙄

Wimbledon starts today, which makes me think not of tennis but of strawberries and cream, so Eton Mess is #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/eton...

WJZ reported longtime Baltimore sports anchor Stan Saunders died at 72. His family said he had long COVID that turned into sarcoidosis. A stark reminder that post-COVID illness can become deeply serious for some patients. www.the-sun.com/sport/165990...

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“Two trials are due to take place because of the relatively large number of defendants, with the first one taking place on 6 September next year, and a second on 3 January 2028. The defendants could face prison sentences of up to two years if convicted”. 🍿

Former Tory MP Craig Williams pleads guilty to cheating at gambling with election bets

“When you check the weather in the morning, eat breakfast without worrying whether the food is safe, or take a medicine that has been developed, tested and approved, you are relying on a scientific Arm’s-Length Body”. (UK).

“When you check the weather in the morning, eat breakfast without worrying whether the food is safe, or take a medicine that has been developed, tested and approved, you are relying on a scientific Arm’s-Length Body”. (UK). We take soooo much of this for granted..

Breaking news: The Supreme Court let stand a $5 million civil judgment against President Trump in a high-profile trial in 2023 during which a jury found him liable for allegedly sexually assaulting and defaming journalist E. Jean Carroll.

Trump starts today as a loser. E. Jean Carroll wins. The Supreme Court has declined to hear his appeal of her defamation verdict against him. It’s over, and it’s time for him to pay up. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Agree decent home for all is key and appreciate Burnham did not hold all levers. But since 2017 both private rents and house prices there have increased significantly above UK average increases. Also, Manchester currently has highest homeless rate of any LA area in the north of England (Shelter).

The BBC has requested that Donald Trump hand over his phone records and private schedules from around the time of the Jan 6 2021 insurrection as part of the US president’s defamation lawsuit against the corporation… www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...

3/ I stopped following this @nytimes.com journalist early in the #OngoingPandemic of #COVID, for similar minimizing - www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/h...

The @libdems.org.uk have long called for safe and controlled routes to end the business model of the human traffickers - so this news is a step in the right direction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This statue of a household god was recovered in 1870 from a Roman house in Maryport, West Cumbria. He wears a toga and holds a patera in his right hand. Maryport Roman Museum, Cumbria. #RomanSiteSaturday

100.4 F on a cardiac ward doesn't end well for patients or staff. Welcome to the start of the FO phase of climate change. rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/...

It’s those weekend traders again…

And his odd point at 13m45 that, even tho green energy is cheaper as well as being better for the environment, isn't it dangerous to say it is, because what if it wasn't? (@rory-stewart.bsky.social can correct me if I'm misrepresenting!) pca.st/episode/a5bd... And it will keep getting cheaper ofc

I’m sorry but credit where it’s due- this is just a cooled down version of @nigella.bsky.social Pappardelle with Courgettes, Sultanas and Pine Nuts #foreverSummer

Opportunity at Uni of Oxford: Professorship of Global Primary Health Care. Working in our vibrant department with many international links. Clean slate to develop your own programme of research. Global South applicants especially welcome. #academicsky #healthpolicy www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW338/d...

"It is short-sighted and irresponsible for governments and policy makers to dismiss the rising rates of some conditions as being caused by population aging, former pandemic measures, or lifestyle choices without considering the impact of viral illnesses, some worse than others such as COVID-19 ..."

Nice of Mike Johnson to record this ad for Democrats

“ “Extreme heat will keep getting worse… hammering every economy and population harder each year,” said Stiell. “But the solutions are equally clear: a faster shift to renewables – which are now much cheaper than fossil fuels – as well as protecting forests. There’s no time to lose.”

I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house

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Worth noting there's video evidence of two waves of missiles hitting the military compound next to the school www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Good God! We are in deep trouble. “Parts of France are recording land surface temperatures above 55°C...approaching values commonly seen in the Sahara. The difference is that one is a desert. The other is supposed to be one of Europe's most productive agricultural regions.” @pdynes.bsky.social

Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️

Very intense earthquakes have just struck northern Venezuela, especially the cities of Puerto Cabello and San Felipe. Early automated estimates are more than 10,000 people may have died with damages of 2-20% of GDP This is likely a humanitarian catastrophe needing an international response.

How the jobs figures pan out. Net zero: massive new employment. Return to fossil fuels: mass unemployment. Don't ever let these grifters persuade you they have your interests at heart. They dance to the tune of their funders. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's just one long stream of BS from these fossil fuel-backed clowns. Adopting their policies would destroy a million jobs (see next post) while creating almost none in return. Total environmental and social vandalism. The absolute state of "conservatism". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The knock-on effects of extreme heat/ climate change are horrendous: I suspect we’re only costing in a fraction of the real impacts.

⚠️ NOW HIRING: UK Prime Minister (AGAIN) youtu.be/5NPD12TE7W4?...

We treat respiratory infections like the cold and flu as minor nuisances. The evidence increasingly suggests they’re anything but. I'm excited to be an advisor for Intercept, a $500M bet to make them a thing of the past. interceptfund.substack.com/p/e9438538-4...

4 years since the dreadful Supreme Court Dobbs decision turned back the clock 50 years and eroded reproductive freedom and women’s rights. Texans are dying from pregnancy complications and struggling to access basic health care. Restoring abortion rights must be a top priority in a new Congress.

The UK Statistics Authority has written to Kemi Badenoch today, following our fact check of her inaccurate claim that the total welfare bill is now higher than income tax receipts “for the first time ever”. We hope she will correct the record soon.

On the 10th Anniversary of Brexit , for which Nigel Farage and his various parties campaigned for Brexit , it’s worth noting that most of Farage’s personal and party donations come via Russian linked businessmen:

Commentators, columnists and opposition politicians were apocalyptic with claims that ending private schools' tax breaks would overwhelm the state sector. The data shows those predictions were wrong. www.lbc.co.uk/article/priv...

UK records its hottest June day on record. The climate crisis is here, now. Shame on any politician, corporate CEO, or union boss who still lobbies against urgent climate action. You're condemning us all to heatwave hell, health issues and avoidable deaths. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There's the list that needs investigating. www.theguardian.com/world/2021/n...

Over 40 economists write to leader of Unite the Union, rejecting her claim that Ed Miliband would destroy jobs if he becomes next UK chancellor "The net zero economy generates output worth over £100bn and employs over a million workers....these numbers will grow” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn in taxes last year (tax gap, difference between taxes collected and what should have been) Small businesses accounted for 62% of the tax gap. £500bn+ not collected since 2010. Offshore tax gap data not released. Silence on tax avoided through profit shifting.

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Aaaand it begins…

The UN commission of inquiry has published a report on how Israel targets & kills Palestinian children "There can be no doubt in anyone who reads todays report that every intl legal norm has been violated by the actions of the Israeli authorities towards Palestinian children"

COVID isn't over. 18 mths ago my 50s friend died from it, last yr my uncle did, this yr a 30s friend has been in hospital for 2 months unable to walk/eat/drink, seizures. Multiple Consultants suggest covid infections play a part in his problems. Also this year relatives sick and don't test

Hurray this is not a drill, Nigel has lost JHB