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Sir Keir Starmer has told Labour MPs he is deeply concerned about the impact of excessive smartphone use on children and teenagers, in the latest signal that the British government is warming towards an Australia-style crackdown.
www.ft.com/content/d0d2...
Uk government statement on Grok/government use of X
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Alternative headline: humiliating and abusing women on X by digitally undressing them is now a privilege reserved to paying users.
I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.
Happy holidays! Probably my favorite stop-motion from the past few years. Really enjoyed creating this one.
Wait until you hear that LLMs can only train on digitized/datafied info.
Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.
Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.
Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.
A view over a rural scene dotted with winter trees, as the early winter evening casts a grey sky orange yellow, illuminating hard frozen ploughed fields
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 9
‘Evening Snow’
Artist: SR Badmin
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Knole Park, Kent
3 OCTOBER 2025
Save this map for the books because this is HISTORIC
From 36C in SPAIN to snow in the Balkans
Unbelievable maximum temps <5C at low elevations;
One for all:Kraljevo,SERBIA 215m asl Min 0.4 Max 4.2
with few hours of snow.
Not even Centenarians had ever lived this
Dutch late night TV has its take
www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...
New study, published in the journal Nature, found that 213 heat waves were substantially more likely and intense because of the activity of major fossil fuel producers, also called carbon majors. They include oil, coal and cement companies, as well as some countries.
"By proudly sharing photos and information about children on social media, parents are unwittingly putting them at risk of harm, both online such as cyberbullying, and in the real world – not just now, but also years down the line." www.bbc.com/news/article...
There is still beauty in the world. (Monsanto, Portugal 📷 unknown.)
National Guard troops spread mulch around the Tidal Basin on Tuesday morning in Washington. (Tom Brenner/For the Washington Post )
The Battle of DC (2025, Colourised)
The Battle of DC is underway, brave US troops march on the nation’s Capitol, meeting the enemy head on in a desperate struggle against littering. With steel in their hearts and plastic bags in their hands, the troops brave behind enemy lines.
Motherfucking wind farms…
Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Fathers plan legal action to get smartphones banned in England’s schools www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
A small group of Friesian cows stand in the shade of an oak tree at the edge of a meadow. Somehow the picture conveys the heat and haze of the day
“Under the oak tree, whose leaves are now fully expanded, cows are resting in the shade”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Summer, 1960)
Chris Judge’s “A Daily Cloud” project began in 2020, born from quiet days in the garden during lockdown. With simple lines and a touch of imagination, he turned everyday skies into playful scenes - one cloud at a time. [1/3]
Credits: adailycloud [FB]
#clouds #creative
The world needs more of this and less of most other things
Perfect spring day
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
Looks like garden phlox
Oh. One more thing
