The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

Eight healthy babies have been born in the U.K. using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/science-health/ivf-trial-baby-diseases/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #parenthood #children #uk

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Yogthos
@yogthos@social.marxist.network  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

The UK government is secretly paying foreign YouTube stars to publish “propaganda” videos.

A three-year investigation has found that online influencers are made to sign legal contracts banning them from disclosing the government’s involvement.

Whitehall officials give “feedback” on each video before the influencers are allowed to publish them.

https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-government-secretly-paid-foreign-youtube-stars-for-propaganda/

#uk #propaganda
MediaFaro News Digest
@mf_newsdigest@mastodon.mediafaro.org  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

The UK will let 16 and 17-year-olds vote in general elections.

16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the next UK general election.

The change marks the fulfilment of a Labour manifesto commitment and will bring UK-wide elections in line with those in Scotland and Wales.

The government highlights that young people “already contribute to society by working, paying taxes and serving in the military.”

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250717-the-uk-will-let-16-and-17-year-olds-vote-in-general-elections?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UK#Elections#Politics#Democracy#Youth
Tony
@copysent@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday
@fehrtrade This legislation has absolutely no place in a modern British society and should never have been passed without serious amendments. There are a myriad of emergencies and services in crisis which politicians must prioritise in the #UK because of over a decade of serious incompetence and neglect but instead they have rushed through a set of laws on a topic which they demonstrably cannot possibly understand, even at the most basic of levels
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@peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Shop keeper Phyllis used her computer system to automate book keeping, taking the time to prepare from five hours to five minutes.

Having learned the system down to hardware level, Phyllis is now building an electronics kit. Her aim? Build a computer herself; Or as we called it an “electronic gadget”.

What Phyllis doesn’t say is she was a maths graduate from University and “#Cypher Clerk” in “Hut 5” at #BletchleyPark during the war.

The”Official Secrets Act” was in force in 1983 😂🤣☺️

#UK / WW2 / #computing / #bombe / #SigInt / #accounts / #hardware #kits / #Commodore / #PET / #RetroComputing
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

France and the U.K. have agreed to coordinate their nuclear forces more closely in response to growing security concerns, signaling both deeper European defense cooperation and unease about the future U.S. role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/world/france-uk-nuclear-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #emmanuelmacron #keirstarmer #uk #france #us #russia #defense #nuclearweapons #nato