BREAKING: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after holding a sign that reads:
“I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.” - Novara Media
BREAKING: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after holding a sign that reads:
“I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.” - Novara Media
BREAKING: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after holding a sign that reads:
“I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.” - Novara Media
Interesting reframing. Cost of aid to #ukraine in cups of coffee per month.
(by @topleadEU)
Japan donates 6 billion more to Ukraine.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/21/japan/ukraine-leader-financial-aid/
"More than 100,000 applications for UK heat pump subsidy"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #HeatPumps #Energy
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/more-than-100000-applications-for-uk-heat-pump-subsidy/
"More than 100,000 applications for UK heat pump subsidy"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #HeatPumps #Energy
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/more-than-100000-applications-for-uk-heat-pump-subsidy/
@john @pluralistic and this is why Meta are happy with the #UK #OnlineSafetyAct with its multimillion pound minimum fine - they can afford to pay, whereas many small hobby/fan websites in the UK cannot.
Cory Doctorow explains why you have to evaluate supporting Facebook very succinctly here @pluralistic:
"10% of Meta's gross revenue comes from ads for fraudulent goods and scams, and; the company knows it, and; they decided not to do anything about it, because; the fines for facilitating this life-destroying fraud are far less than the expected revenue from helping to destroy its users' lives:"
@john @pluralistic and this is why Meta are happy with the #UK #OnlineSafetyAct with its multimillion pound minimum fine - they can afford to pay, whereas many small hobby/fan websites in the UK cannot.
"Premier Foods invests £2m in onsite solar at Mr Kipling bakery"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.edie.net/premier-foods-invests-2m-in-onsite-solar-at-mr-kipling-bakery/
"Premier Foods invests £2m in onsite solar at Mr Kipling bakery"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.edie.net/premier-foods-invests-2m-in-onsite-solar-at-mr-kipling-bakery/
My Robin friend Blackberry chatting. Blackberry hatched this spring and came into my life as a very inquisitive fledgling, and now waits for me every morning to turn up with a snack.
This 'chatting' behaviour is technically known as 'subsong' and it's still a bit of a mystery as to why birds do it.
In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #bathnature #bird #birdsong
My Robin friend Blackberry chatting. Blackberry hatched this spring and came into my life as a very inquisitive fledgling, and now waits for me every morning to turn up with a snack.
This 'chatting' behaviour is technically known as 'subsong' and it's still a bit of a mystery as to why birds do it.
In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #bathnature #bird #birdsong
"One study suggests the #Amazon provides around $40,000 of value per square kilometre of standing forest each year, giving it a fair asset value of around $3trn, about 50% more than the retailer that shares its name." "carbon price of $25 per tonne would squeeze out cattle ranchers, since landowners could make more money by allowing reforesting." "the EU’s emissions-trading system charges €80 ($93)"
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/10/23/the-obvious-economics-of-preserving-the-amazon
https://archive.is/QxNYH
meanwhile, in the #UK: "LONDON — The British government is divided over whether to stump up the cash for a flagship environmental pledge meant to protect tropical forests, jeopardizing a potential announcement by Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Brazil."
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-treasury-cop30-brazil-tropical-forest-pledge/
#environment #Amazon #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ukpol #politics
UK tech policy is shambles.
50%+ dependency on foreign cloud service providers, and instead of doing any work to reduce it Labour gov't does the opposite and placates American big tech for more investments into critical digital infrastructure...
now, after the wide outage a week ago, they want to just "draft a blueprint" in case situations like this repeat? this isn't serious.
we can't defend democracy on foreign servers.
#Tech #Technology #TechPolicy #BigTech #UnitedKingdom #UK #OpenSource
UK tech policy is shambles.
50%+ dependency on foreign cloud service providers, and instead of doing any work to reduce it Labour gov't does the opposite and placates American big tech for more investments into critical digital infrastructure...
now, after the wide outage a week ago, they want to just "draft a blueprint" in case situations like this repeat? this isn't serious.
we can't defend democracy on foreign servers.
#Tech #Technology #TechPolicy #BigTech #UnitedKingdom #UK #OpenSource
One week to opt out or be fodder for #LinkedIn #AI training
LinkedIn announced changes to its data use terms as of Nov 3 it would start sucking up data from "members in the #EU, #EEA, #Switzerland, #Canada, and #HongKong" to train AI. While not mentioned by name in the notice, update page on #UK indicates previous exceptions which rendered Blighty safe from LinkedIn scraping are being eliminated too.
As for what's up for harvesting, it's pretty much everything on LinkedIn
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/linkedin_ai_profile_scraping/
One week to opt out or be fodder for #LinkedIn #AI training
LinkedIn announced changes to its data use terms as of Nov 3 it would start sucking up data from "members in the #EU, #EEA, #Switzerland, #Canada, and #HongKong" to train AI. While not mentioned by name in the notice, update page on #UK indicates previous exceptions which rendered Blighty safe from LinkedIn scraping are being eliminated too.
As for what's up for harvesting, it's pretty much everything on LinkedIn
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/linkedin_ai_profile_scraping/
"The rest of UK desperately needs to learn the lessons from what transpired in south Wales last night."
Will Hayward observes Plaid Cymru's "biggest selling point was its unequivocal opposition to, and rejection of, all that Reform has stood for".
#cymru #wales #UK #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/24/reform-caerphilly-byelection-britain-labour
"The rest of UK desperately needs to learn the lessons from what transpired in south Wales last night."
Will Hayward observes Plaid Cymru's "biggest selling point was its unequivocal opposition to, and rejection of, all that Reform has stood for".
#cymru #wales #UK #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/24/reform-caerphilly-byelection-britain-labour
"Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site"
"Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site"