RIP Anthony Head The first TV drama that I remember him from https://youtu.be/tZw8ls5jsQ4 BBC News - Anthony Head dies at 72 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0p0rz4n0mo #buffy #nescafe

The #opensource Strategy is an important new statement from the EU - maybe the last chance towards European #digitalsovereignty The aim is to strengthen Europe's open digital ecosystems by supporting the development, scaling, deployment and sustainability of open source technologies across both […]

Not entirely unexpected but very much the end of an era thing. I'd like to wish Bob the best of luck with his medical issues going forward, and to thank him for introducing me to so much music over the decades BBC News - Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air […]

Physicists confirm ’negative time’ is real by asking the atoms themselves A new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the atoms themselves are the ones saying so […] [Original post on faithcollapsing.com]

#news #Motorsports #autosports #nascar #kylebusch https://apnews.com/article/nascar-kyle-busch-hospitalized-ce84367f25bd5bd04234f60292fde64f

Re: https://toot.community/@DuncanMSussexPol/116595881330075095 I got Eco-Socialist, and close to Progressive Liberal https://quiz.jmoxley.co.uk/

Interesting quiz doing the rounds in the other place. Based off an earlier one that was way too US-centric. 🇬🇧 British Political Spectrum Quiz My result: Progressive Liberal Economic: collectivist Social: strongly progressive Sovereignty: strongly cosmopolitan Military: leaning […]

That is a problem with Labour politicians in general these days..... #makerfields #burnham #andyburnham #greenparty #gpew #greens #labour #ukpol #ukpolitics

See how fucked Labour and the Tories are these days, not a coincidence these were the clowns who pushed Brexit through on us all... #brexit #labour #tories #ukpol #ukpolitics #andyburnham

Loving the #brexit reboot in UZk politics, and honestly 10 years after the original spectacle is a fitting time to introduce it to a new generation. Love that some of the original characters like Farage are still involved but now also some new faces. No doubt the producers will find a way to […]

"Has Brexit really been a 'catastrophic mistake' for UK?" https://news.sky.com/video/was-brexit-really-a-catastrophic-mistake-for-the-uk-the-graphs-that-tell-the-story-13545326

Race day for the 24h Nürburgring 2026 and it seems to be attracting more interest than usual, perhaps due to a certain Max Verstappen being among the drivers so a big hi to all the F1 fans venturing outside their comfort zone today 🏎️ 🏁 Full coverage over at […]

Matuesz Grosiak's SP9/SP-X/AT1 spotters guide for the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours now available at https://spotters.guide/posts/2026-nurburgring-24hrs/ Some updates will follow as the final liveries are revealed. #spottersguide #igtc #24hnbr

Race day for the 24h Nürburgring 2026 and it seems to be attracting more interest than usual, perhaps due to a certain Max Verstappen being among the drivers so a big hi to all the F1 fans venturing outside their comfort zone today 🏎️ 🏁 Full coverage over at […]

lol 'oh no' https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/14/gb-news-lose-licence-adam-boulton-ofcom-impartiality-rules #gbnews #ukpol #ukpolitics #ofcom #trump #ukbroadcasting

Will #burnham drive #pr? I am v wary of #AndyBurnham. He seems likely to merely slow the decline of the deeply rotten #labourparty, whose death is long overdue. But a Burnham regime could be transforming IF it ensures that #FPTP is abolished at all elections. That would stop ReformUK taking […]

It is absolutely ridiculous that the Online Safety Act treats all sites as businesses. #ukpol

"Videos on social media show rows between groups of people after men from Raise the Colours arrived on Pershore Road to erect flags - the group's latest visit following confrontations with local residents last year." Now who are the 'invaders?' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxp2n3eqy7o […]

The ideological distance between *all* the prospective Labour leadership runners is incredibly small.

It's taken a while compared to previous seasons but for those who don't bother subscribing to the FIA WEC streaming service or one of their broadcast partners the full race broadcast of this years 6 Hours of Imola 2026 is now up on the official FIA WEC YouTube channel […]

"Fine of nearly £1m issued against South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc following major cyber attack and data breach" https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/05/fine-of-nearly-1m-issued-against-south-staffordshire-plc-and-south-staffordshire-water-plc/

"A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2525888-a-vast-dam-across-the-bering-strait-could-stop-the-amoc-collapsing/ #paywall

I’ve been rereading the Dune book series and I’m now on the third book, the children of Dune. The following quote captures the essence of the right wing: When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your […]

Remember the early days of Uber and Lyft, when rides were dirt cheap because the companies were operating at a loss in order to capture the minds/wallets of the masses? The rug pull in the AI/LLM world when the companies adjust pricing to actually make a profit is going to be spectacular […]

I had heard about the CloudFlare job cuts, what I had not realized is that after announcing them the company lost over 23% of its value in one sitting. I guess the trick of announcing job cuts to pump up your stock doesn't work anymore.

An article from 1965 that I found quite interesting "The effects of a communications revolution" https://mondediplo.com/1965/05/01telecommunications #1965 #paywall

"Nigel Farage’s long game" https://mondediplo.com/2026/04/12reform #paywall

Very strange to me that the #brexit parties ran the #uk into the ground and now people are still voting for #reform , what do they think will happen?

If anyone is still a member of the Labour Party the Labour Movement for Europe currently has a "Time to rip up the Red Lines" campaign more information over at https://www.labourmovementforeurope.uk/redlines #Rejoin #labour

Drivers 'chucking stuff out of windows' blamed as litter on 99% of main roads. Via @bbc #Ecology #ClimateChange 🌎♨️

RIP social media. What comes next is messy. Via @arstechnica #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠 #Tech ⚙️💾📱🔌

Highlights of my music listening for the previous week as collated by https://www.last.fm #happycurrentlistening #lastfm

I like John Curtice, but #Brexit is a symptom, not a value. He should know better.

The European #greenparty has urged the #uk to consider rejoining the #eu and draw a line under the “political and economic failure” of #brexit. A text declaring that “the United Kingdom’s future lies in the European Union” was adopted by a large majority of European green parties at the […]

Good.

"We told our Left Wing supporters to fuck off and they did, it's entirely their fault" -Labour #ukpol #ukpolitics #localelections

A pleasant read. "The key criterion to judge technological development is that of the Luddites - is this improving or worsening our lives? Is it giving us more autonomy and freedom at work or less? Is it improving our world outside of the workplace or degrading it? This tradition is more […]

What Reform UK is really about: "Reform UK would rip away rights and bring in policies that would see your bills soar." https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bills-nhs-elections-reform-farage-37119187

Here is a map of countries in the world that actually use First Past The Post. We are archaic in our voting system and outside interference knows it. #ukpol

This one is a puzzler to me. Feels like it’s the first time (probably not) Wall St has gone the other direction after a tech company beats earnings and then lays off the workforce in favor of AI. #tech #ai

RE: https://flipboard.com/@flipboarduk/uk-government-iujjjkfgz/-/a-SZILyplKSbm6_s1o24Y6vg%3Aa%3A26228122-%2F0 I've seen Hamilton, I know how democracies, work...Burnham should challenge Starmer to a duel! #ukpol #ukpolitics #labour

Morning Twters. If you're struggling with your #mentalhealth (vs the news) today, suggest muting #ukpol and #ukpolitics as well as #election2026 and any other associated hashtags. Keep yourself safe as best you can. X

Not following closely this time as … well, what I've seen is consistent with Reform being below their peak but still doing very well. I don't want to see that roll in in real time. But takeaways so far: 1) FPTP is now essentially a random number generator. AV/IRV now, PR by best GE if possible […]

There's a simple solution to the increasing fascism present in #ukpolitics: Proportional Represention. OK, so #pr didn't stop Adolf Hitler gaining power in 1930s Germany, but nevertheless it would dilute the polarisation (i.e. hatred) present in English local and UK national politics. Labour […]

It seems on the results so far that the new era of multi party politics hasn't in any significant way included the Official Monster Raving Loony party 😱

Civic duty done. A surprisingly long queue for our ward given that it is only local council elections. Gave us a chance to play the "Guess the voting intention" game, and sadly, yes, it's going to be a right-winger of some fascistic flavour given that unscientific sampling. #ukpol

"There are no more juniors. There was a funeral for their passing in 2024. Nobody came. The machine does what they do now, but cheaper. Of course, juniors weren't valuable for what they produced, they were valuable for who they would become: the senior engineer who knows where the bodies are […]

Feeling a little left out as there are no local elections in my neck of the woods today 😐

🇭🇺 The victory over Orban is a welcome reminder that radical right populism can be beaten. But the battle is far from won. 🚨 The far-right continue to made advances across Europe, we must remain vigilant.