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Currently sat in the back of a taxi, it's a Tesla. What an uncomfortable vehicle, the seat is far too low-my knees are about 10cm above my hips. I'd never buy one for obvious reasons.I can't believe they were designed like this. Almost all Marseille taxis were Teslas, guess they are cheap to run.

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Beyond redemption.

Yet again... some are protected, some are vilified.

'edit with copilot' is more irritating than that paperclip was. The imposition of pointless AI into everything is just wasting time and effort and planetary resources.

Lots of police hanging around Tottenham Court Road tube. Wonder if they are looking for red diesel thieves?

"Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has "lost confidence in the UK"... A man who is so 'patriotic' to our country that he doesn't even live here! He lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties." via Jay Church

A message to the people in #70Up: we have grown up together, and I’ve always watched with fascination, but the current series fills me with such unspeakable joy and grief at the same time. Thank you. A true epic. I salute you x

So Ratcliffe's Ineos is stopping production due to gas prices. The BBC mentions that despite being a supporter of brexit he's been Monaco resident since 2020. They don't mention *why* he moved to Monaco... According to reports at the time it was to avoid paying large amounts of tax. Some patriot.

Reading the news is just depressing. Misanthropes throwing large sums of money at Reform. Britain First having remigration demonstrations. Knuckle draggers having 'stop the boats' rallies. And all this time... silence from our government.

9/11 I'd been at a meeting and was in a taxi to the airport in Germany when my partner called telling me about the first plane. Second was on the airport news screens. Business as usual at security. Hadn't put two and two together until my plane landed late and the pilot explained why...

Nirvana released "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as the lead single from 'Nevermind' 35 years ago on September 10, 1991 album.ink/NirvanaNvrmnd

Decimalisation I think.

Oh I saw this the other day and it cracked me up. Too true!

Please help me sign this petition! Teaching Assistants, of whom the lovely Mrs Chu is one, deserve better ❤️

“The Third World War is already underway, has been for a while, but remains unrecognised because it doesn’t follow the patterns we know.”

A brief view of a rainbow encouraged me outside... And there are small drops of rain for the first time in weeks...

This is really bad news. Putting Science/Technology into the same ministry as Culture, Media and Sports... It's large enough and important enough to require its own ministry.

What I hate about the 'culture wars' of the last ten or so years is how it has sapped my generosity of spirit. I find myself reading bad news about someone whose views I despise and find myself lacking the empathy I once had.

Every time I use copilot it fails to meet my low expectations of it. Good old Microsoft.

Resigning and standing. Waste of money.

Get to the point FFS.

Farage claiming he's a longstanding advocate for crypto and gifts buy no influence. It doesn't pass the 'sniff' test; -on the one hand he claims 'he doesn't do computers', - on the other hand he claims he has his own views on crypto. It's bullshit. One of those statements is a lie (or both).

End of an era! The BBC is switching off the 198kHz R4 service tomorrow. I've listened to this all over (bits of) Northern Europe in the 90s when I did a lot of driving. Oh well, time moves on.

Jake Richards on Radio 4: asylum hotels damage social cohesion. Fuck Off. Fascists rioting damage social cohesion and pandering to them encourages riots.

SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec...

Surely when we have a new government all of our existing problems just disappear. That's how it works isn't it?

Well, what a fucking mess. Burnham will undoubtedly do a worse job than Starmer but with more confidence.

The lesson also is that people who hate Reform really hate Reform and that's the majority of people in this country. I've never believed the "Nigel Farage will be our next PM" thing but now I don't believe it even more than ever.

That Reform UK electoral campaign in Makerfield in pictures:

Our discourse is now so corrupt the Russian firebombing of the PM’s home, and the Kremlin-backed lies about Starmer using rent boys, are ignored by supposedly patriotic conservatives We have proof that the country is under attack and they are so lost in culture wars they look the other way

It has been ten years since Jo Cox MP was murdered by a far-right extremist while serving her constituents in Batley and Spen. Today, we pause to remember Jo and her belief that “we have more in common than that which divides us”.

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Well said, Eddie 👏👏 youtube.com/shorts/XdSk6...

Who knew that all it took to make Nigel Farage disappear Was to devote a barely half decent amount of time investigating his finances More of that I think

Morrisons blames Labour for closure of 100 lossmaking stores share.google/oeTErz83FzVX... Funny. I blame PE loading it up with debt as part of the purchase.

📺 CLASSIC CLIP: Akala leaves Tommy Robinson lost for words Rapper and activist Akala absolutely nails the question of race and class in the face of racist Tommy Robinson 👇

To anyone considering a leadership challenge I say - put the country first, not your own interests or those you might claim are the interests of the party. Keir Starmer has a massive democratic mandate from the public, nobody has the right to seek to depose him, nobody. buff.ly/cI7lfBP