Todd Blanche confirmed, and Epstein survivors say DOJ has failed them
https://19thnews.org/2026/08/epstein-survivors-todd-blanche-attorney-general-confirmation/
"Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’
Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in Texas"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/kurdish-hunger-striker-ice-force-feeding
RE: https://mastodon.social/@futureplanet/117069029952394853
There are so many golf courses in Edinburgh, that this would likely affect the whole city!
cc @kim_harding
In 1999 on the day of the partial eclipse I left my Cambridge office and walked down to the meadows near the river. I experienced the unearthly light and heard the birds go silent.
Don't let this pass by on Wednesday. If you have the opportunity, make your way to somewhere a little bit wild and untamed, and just live the experience. On no account use your phone. Maybe even leave that at home.
Green Party leader Polanski interviewed French economist and co-founder of the Paris School of Economics Thomas Piketty about how a wealth tax should be applied in the UK.
After Neil shared a clip of the interview on X calling it a "word salad of drizzle", Polanski hit back at him saying: "Listen to a right-wing commentator the BBC gave far too much airtime to for decades vs an actual economist."
Polanski takes swipe at Andrew Neil after wealth tax jibe
A total of 12,000 people alongside The Good Law Project have complained about a broadcast of Alex Armstrong Tonight at 9pm on July 5 which featured a segment entitled “Is Pride suitable for families?”
A further 3000 complaints were submitted about a similar incident on Saturday Five on broadcast on June 20 following a campaign by Drag Race star Bimini and influencer Liam Rondi.
Ofcom launches investigations into anti-LGBT+ hate speech on GB News | The National
#HongKong records hottest day ever as #TyphoonDolphin fuels #heatwave
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/10/hong-kong-heat-record-hottest-day-ever-typhoon-dolphin
I've just packed, and unpacked, every backpack I've got only to end up back with the one I had intended to retire. Just a 5 or 6 day hike this time. Surely it can't be as wet as the Hebrides?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining
Kinda got bored with how all things web, internet, computer language worked, (I’d rather be on my m/bike), but when equipment starts reducing our quality of life it’s time to make a stand imho.
Fight the machines brothers & sisters!
Bezos investing in Liverpool can't end well.
RE: https://wandering.shop/@KarchWrites/117071454624995986
Even if you don't use Gmail, Google AI is reading every email you send to every Gmail address.
Have you, a non-Gmail user, consented to this massive invasion of privacy?
Anytime I get a message from a Gmail address I'm going to tell them I can't properly respond until they confirm that those settings are turned off.
Questions for Andy Burnham on the cost of living https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/08/10/questions-for-andy-burnham-on-the-cost-of-living/ Andy Burnham is out and about this week. If you see him, ask these questions.
How #Trump made $59.5 million from foreign real estate licensing in one year
Early chestnuts 🌰 this year, guessing the weather has brought them on earlier than usual.
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My review of the EIF opening concert, Wynton Marsalis' Symphony No1 "All Rise".
tl:dr I loved it. Really, really loved it.
BTW the concert is going to be broadcast on R3 in September - date to be confirmed.
Palantir are ripping off the NHS:
Using revised estimates on the benefits to the NHS of Palantir's software (which you recall NHSE misrepresented) the benefits are lower than the (now revised & higher) costs of deploying the technology.
In other words the use of Palantir's software imposes a cost on the health service (costs are now projected at over £1bn, while projected benefits have fallen to less that £900m) leaving a clear logic for ending the contract!
"I beg your pardon"
is a phrase no longer heard during Trump's Golden Age.
Under the Trump 2.0 Regime, you're gonna have to pay for your pardon.
#USpol #TrumpCrimeFamily
#Trump #GOP #MAGA #CorruptDOJ
#Sleaze #Corruption
#ImmunityWholesaler
#PardonPowerAbuse
#GrifterInChief #CommanderInThief
#TyrantTrump #PloysRUS
https://youtube.com/shorts/Xsmml97RYjU?si=bcHqTyNwvLQTv44z
Pure Partridge. 😂
Radio Caroline has been found to have breached broadcasting rules over the extraordinary blunder, which saw listeners hear a pre-prepared announcement of the King's death followed by the national anthem and around 16 minutes of silence.
After realising what had happened, the presenter stopped the files before panicking and leaving the premises.
Essex radio presenter accidentally announces King Charles's death | The National
The survey of more than 5000 UK voters, conducted from July 30-August 3 and published over the weekend, estimated that Labour would win 27% of the vote if a General Election were held tomorrow.
This put Andy Burnham’s party nine points ahead of Farage’s, which polled at 18% – just three points ahead of the Greens on 15%.
Nigel Farage's Reform UK slump to third in major new Westminster poll | The National