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Tell the AI giants to stand together against killer robots The US Secretary of War is on a rampage. He’s trying to bully the world’s top AI companies to rip out their safety guardrails and "tailor" their models for Trump’s military. He wants to turn AI into a

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Mondelēz: Stop stuffing Oreos with deforestation Mondelēz is double-stuffing its Oreo cookies with bulldozed orangutan habitat. The candy giant knows its palm oil is wiping out Indonesia’s last rainforests, but it’s falling short of real action. No

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End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

US HAS PROBLEM DEFENDING FROM DRONES

Remember: what Trump and his administration are doing is only possible because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional functions of check and balance.

US did not share details with the UK before attacking Iran, sources say Donald Trump has also criticised Keir Starmer’s initial decision not to allow the US to use UK military bases in the war The US did not share exact operational details or timings with the UK before the joint strikes with Israel on Iran, sources have told the Guardian. The US decision to cut the UK out of the official loop on the airstrikes came alongside Keir Starmer’s decision to decline permission for the US to use British military bases for the operation. Continue reading...

US did not share details with the UK before attacking Iran, sources say

The Pentagon and at least one Gulf government are in talks to buy Ukrainian-made interceptors to fend off attacks by Iranian drones, according to the Financial Times

The mask slipped during Karoline Leavitt’s press conference on Iran Leavitt is one of the smoothest operators in the Trump administration. But today, she was flustered from the start — and it only got worse when she opened for questions, reports Holly Baxter

The mask slipped during Karoline Leavitt’s press conference on Iran

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"That’s not weakness, that’s civilisation - and it’s something you can’t buy in Dubai, no matter how good the view from the terrace"

The operator of the STING anti-Shahed drone overtakes his colleague and intercepts Shahed faster.

/2 Also this is the Trumpist/Modern Right exemplar of performative needy masculinity. Look at me using violence! I am a big tough man! I demonstrate the righteousness of our side and the evil of the other side with force!

At least he didn’t strangle the guy. Must not want an Andreesen job.

I’m not law enforcement but I am pretty sure they don’t like a civilian jumping into a use of force.

UK to further curtail rights of asylum seekers Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will tighten rules on access to accommodation and financial support

I see lessons have not been learned from the spectacular loss of Gorton and Denton.

If Labour insists on continuing down this route, then they do honestly deserve to lose the next GE.

Utterly infuriating.

Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

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Pentagon identifies two soldiers killed in Iran war The Pentagon on Wednesday identified two more soldiers who were killed in the war ​against Iran.

The Pentagon identified two more soldiers who were killed in the war against Iran. It said Major Jeffrey O'Brien, 45, of Iowa, was killed in the attack and announced the ‘believed death’ of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California reut.rs/3N55tXY

AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor of White Bear Lake, MN was killed in Kuwait while serving our country. She was an avid gardener who made salsa from peppers and tomatoes in her garden with her son. She also loved rollerblading and bicycling with her daughter. Here she is with her husband Joey. 🙏

The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here's what remains. The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released.

The Trump DOJ has been taking down Epstein files.

The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released, according to a CBS analysis — and the number continues to fluctuate.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

The precedent is eerily, chillingly precise. What the current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is doing to immigrants and refugees today is almost a carbon copy of what Sir William Joynson-Hicks was doing 100 years ago. And that's not a good thing. My column.
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‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain The global fertiliser supply chain could face significant disruption if the effective closure by Iran of the strait of Hormuz persists, prompting concerns from analysts about crop production and food security. Passage through the waterway, located off Iran’s southern coast, has mostly stopped since the US and Israel launched their attacks at the weekend. Continue reading...

‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

Billionaires won’t leave if we tax them – and even if they do, so what? YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

Billionaires won’t leave if we tax them – and even if they do, so what? We might well be better off. youtu.be/XW0TQjabXNA?...

Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran; Iran claims to have targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq Tehran says it hit groups ‘opposed to the revolution’, amid reports the US is looking to arm Kurdish militias. Follow the latest news * Airstrikes hit Iran-Iraq border as US and Israeli plan to mobilise Kurds gathers pace * US may not have capacity to take down full barrage of Iranian drones, officials warn Iran says it has targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq and warned “separatist groups” against action in the widening war. Tehran said on Thursday it had hit Iraq-based Kurdish groups “opposed to the revolution”, as reports said the US was looking to arm Kurdish militias to infiltrate Iran. We will not tolerate them in any way. Continue reading...

Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran; Iran claims to have targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq

Good grief. I’m not sure she’s thought this through. Unless, of course, she actively *wants* allies & enemies to believe that she would happily order the British military to commit war crimes.

the Trump administration is flying historic American documents around the country, and administration officials are asking you to pray for the pilots and plane