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  Just heard somebody described as the “shadow welfare spokesman” on BBCR4 saying that some people should not get full universal credit. If you reduce universal credit any further people will starve. It is barely enough to eat and certainly insufficient to cook or heat your house. It gives you just enough for food - nothing more. If it is reduced, people will starve to death.

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  https://mundoobrero.es/2026/07/31/marruecos-y-la-extrema-derecha-manejan-la-migracion-marroqui-para-sus-intereses-politicos/ “La entrada masiva de decenas miles de personas en Ceuta ocurrida el jueves 30 de julio ha sido permitida por las autoridades marroquíes, quienes en la práctica han dejado abiertas las fronteras. Igual ocurrió en la crisis de mayo de 2021 en Ceuta, cuando Marruecos dejó entrar en la ciudad a casi 10.000 personas, como represalia por la atención médica dada por España a Br...

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  https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookware-got-worse-on-purpose “The American Pyrex on shelves today is tempered soda-lime glass, a different material with a thermal safety margin an American Ceramic Society analysis described as borderline, roughly 55°C of headroom against 183°C for borosilicate. Consumer Reports collected 163 shattering incident reports, 42 of them involving injuries. *European Pyrex, made by an unrelated company, is still borosilicate*.”

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  https://news.stv.tv/west-central/scottish-airline-loganair-to-become-first-in-europe-to-run-fleet-of-electric-planes An excellent idea!

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  https://www.byteseu.com/2207203/ “While there’s no guarantee a pink basket will find you true love, it’s definitely easier than incessantly swiping on the apps, and frankly, I’d rather take my chances in the cereal aisle.”

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  RE: https://mstdn.social/@Amaru_Ca/116941741069453769 English NHS seriously compromised by Palantir

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  Know your socialists:

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  https://electrek.co/2026/06/01/byd-gods-eye-accepts-liability-tesla-never-has/ BYD will accept liability for at-fault crashes

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  https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hantavirus-hondius-cruise-ship-positive-spanish-passenger-9.7211446 The symptoms can take from one to eight weeks to appear, but usually around two weeks.

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  @jeffowski@mastodon.world but if you don’t have any of the First things on that list then the press will be focusing on Epstein and the president doesn’t want that because he will be exposed

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  https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wind-and-solar-have-saved-uk-from-gas-imports-worth-1-7bn-since-iran-war-began/

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  A wealthy lady’s view of children in care in the 1960s- “I had always imagined they were horrid, vicious young hooligans who set fire to their own homes, strangled their baby sisters or attempted to murder their parents and that was why they had landed where they were and richly deserved it. It was quite an eye-opener, therefore, when I gradually began to piece together the tragic histories of some of the children who were put into care through no fault of their own.” She became a benefactor.

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  https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05/05/the-world-is-in-denial-about-what-is-coming-our-way/ “the media no longer know what is happening and are ceasing to care. The claims are themselves the story. The reality is not.”

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  @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt he wasn’t first with evolution. But he was the first with enough money to self-publish a book on it He came to Edinburgh University, dropped out of his course but saw the work that was being done there on evolution. Robert Chambers was the first to write on evolutionary theories, but he wrote anonymously and published in England so as not to offend the church https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Chambers_(publisher,_born_1802)&wprov=rarw1

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  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6w15vgp7lo the BBC chooses to highlight Australia in eliminating cervical cancer but vaccination rates are higher in Scotland. Scotland is closer to eliminating cervical cancer than practically any country in the world. But the BBC’s default position is: Scotland’s shite living in Scotland is shite and being Scottish is shite. “nothing good ever happens in Scotland” Here’s an impartial report: https://globalhealthnow.org/2025-04/scotlands-mission-banish...

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  https://electrek.co/2026/03/27/iran-war-spikes-energy-prices-uk-homes-ditch-fossil-fuels-fast/ “Octopus has rolled out a fast-track installation program for homes currently using oil boilers. The company says it can now replace them with heat pumps in as little as 10 days from quote to install.”

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  @Tutanota age verification is not for the teenagers. It’s for the adults. The presumption is you are a teenager unless you can prove otherwise, so basically all Internet users will have to register..

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  The truth about homelessness in the USA

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  “As a veteran, I can state categorically that IDF are not 'soldiers'. Soldiers are professionals, with a code of conduct, in the service of a state. Green clothes and a rifle does not make a religious thug a soldier.” https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/111594129700456724

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  RE: https://kolektiva.social/@paynesofren/116438561445590665 What a brilliant way to promote modal shift! Build a bridge that cars can’t use, and everybody crosses it by bicycle….. edit- also walking and by tram

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRpco6R1g9Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRpco6R1g9M https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cRpco6R1g9M for over 100 years North Berwick has been Edinburgh‘s Seaside resort. And it still is…

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  @jik disarming society, including the police and prohibiting the carrying of arms, as as the case in virtually every other country would be a good start. The right to bear arms is from the days of the Wild West, 200 years ago. Incidentally, most other countries also have a de facto right to bear their arms but only with a licence and only in certain circumstances. It’s not rocket science.

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  https://reneweconomy.com.au/stunning-growth-of-battery-storage-puts-it-at-centre-of-global-energy-security-needs-for-cars-and-for-grids/ “the installation of home batteries in Australia in the month of March accounts for around 10 per cent of global grid scale battery installations, an extraordinary number.”

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqzo_RAIywhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqzo_RAIyw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqzo_RAIyw Una entrevista muy interesante con el actual presidente de Colombia, Petro.

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  @ncdominie@mastodon.scot I assume friendly refers to the custom of friendly societies which were kind of support networks that you contribute to when you were working and they supported you when you couldn’t. One of the oldest buildings in the Dean Village has been a residence for elderly decrepit bakers

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  https://www.alternetamerica.com/p/breaking-scientists-with-nuclear “Ten people with classified nuclear access. Dead or missing. The White House will get back to us. Sleep tight.”

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  @claesdevreese has anybody done a projection of when the you will no longer import Russian or US gas?

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  @HighlandLawyer the levels of entitlement seen amongst some cyclists (not all by any means) is absolutely incredible. It seems that pinging the bell and/or shouting abuse are the default response. Very rarely do they apply the brakes, and only as the absolute last resort. The only explanation I can find is that for years they have been bullied by motor vehicles and now they bully the pedestrians. It is depressing how often the bullied become the bullies.

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  Pre 1948 Palestine was part of the British Empire and Palestinians held British passports. The British authorities held property records for the country. But the Balfour declaration released large numbers of immigrants and seems to have removed all the citizenship and property rights of the local inhabitants. It seems to me that Britain has more responsibility than any other country towards the appalling conditions in which Palestinians now find themselves. Why are we doing nothing?

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  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74w48d8epgo “In the UK, poor air quality is thought to kill 30,000 people a year, as well as harming babies in the womb and exacerbating conditions from asthma to dementia. Most of the air pollution I was breathing in came from traffic”