The whole tech sector thing - where if other countries don't subscribe to American tech services, and switch off privacy protection - has been criminal

Things to celebrate today, it’s St George’s Day, and the cows are back in the field.

Now that Farage has ditched the £ for crypto, presumably he won’t object if the UK does the same and joins the €.

One for all the cat lovers out there, time to get yourself to Frome if you’re in the UK, and get yourself to Frome even if you’re not a cat lover because it’s a beautiful town with something for everyone.

This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong.

The Press knew. They laughed. The Tories knew. They didn’t care. All I see now is hypocrisy.

Another #Brexit benefit, I never wanted to be able to replace my mobile phone battery so that I didn’t have to buy a new phone every few years anyway ⬇️

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027. The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

Boris Johnson didn't pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary. The media must have missed that one.

Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use. Lovely People. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Who knew that spitting is one of The Pope’s no-no’s?

This ⬇️

Here’s a feed cleanser. Dogs catching treats.

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 The internet never forgets!

The village historical reenactment society met last night. We are currently recreating great moments from American history. This is us reproducing the moment when President Trump acted out the role of a doctor helping others. As you can see I proudly played the leading role.🎭

BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists

Something like this will have to happen in this country once Trumpism is defeated. In the absence of accountability, the world will rightly assume that it will happen again.

“I have a future!" “We will abandon the Russian way" "It means hope". A generation of Hungarians, who’ve only ever known Orbán’s pro-Russian government, take to the streets to celebrate what they see as a reclaiming of democracy, and a future closer to Europe. @maitlis.bsky.social

“Angela Rayner ‘dodged’ paying the correct amount of tax. Her position is morally indefensible. If she had any integrity, any moral decency she would resign.” (Dick Tice, Reform Ltd)

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

You all know how much I love cartoonists Always on the pulse .

The correct way to deal with this particular negative externaility is to tax SUV ownership so that the cost of fixing the damage is born by those who cause it, rather than everyone else.

One of the most reassuring things I learned from Artemis II is that the public does give a shit about crewed space flight, they just don't care about SpaceX. When NASA does something it feels like a collective accomplishment of humanity. SpaceX? Not so much.

Some proud parents

I'm so shocked. Said no one ever.

Don’t mean to boast but look at the chops on that - over 4cm thick (or 1 & 3/4 inches in old money)

Meta will not allow trial lawyers to profit from their platform while simultaneously claiming they are harmful, meanwhile Meta simultaneously profits from its platform which has proven to be harmful.

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it. ~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years. Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability. Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it. This IS system replacement. ⚡#Bettrification

I’m Team Pope Leo. And you don’t have to be a practicing Catholic to think — what the hell is wrong with the Pentagon’s mouthpiece? This is repugnant.

"Reform UK is so desperate to field candidates for the local elections that it has resorted to cold calling complete strangers, including a Guardian journalist, and asking if they would like to put their name on the ballot paper" via Truth Against Hate

For any US followers out there complaining about the price of a gallon of diesel. The price of a litre of diesel here in the UK is about £1.85, which with the current £GBP to #$US exchange rate, and conversion from litres to gallons = $9.38 a gallon. Stick that in your tank and smoke it.

That's for sure. He is definitely not American citizens first.

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿

Just seen my first swallow of the year.

He looks like the bad guy in every Hollywood movie you’ve ever watched, but he isn’t role playing.

Pretty obvious.

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

Every one of his stated objectives for starting this war are further from being achieved than they were before it started. Struggling to see how he can spin this as a success when the whole world knows he fucked up bigly, because he is the bigliest of fuck ups.

Won’t be long before he starts claiming this was the weave all along www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nothing says expert like a weekend talk show host. When he gets fired the orange balloon will hire Sylvester Stallone as Secretary of Defense because, well, you know…Rambo. 🤨

An Easter message from the president which should really force the VP and the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.

All ready for the Easter bonnet competition later this morning

Oh noooooo

Nothing to see here. There literally is nothing to see either way on this deserted beach in Thailand, which is exactly why I would like to go back.

Things Iran was doing in the Stone Age:

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H/T to @allangpaterson.bsky.social Thames Water's creditors want to set a new low for privatised water by asking Ofwat to sign off on a deal which allows them to break the rules. Ofwat are poised to agree. We can't let them. Email your MP now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...