One Nation under Facebook! I'm quite pleased with that line I came up with it myself. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/aug/10/meme-factories-are-churning-out-pro-one-nation-ai-slop-on-facebook-im-frightened
In 1976 crops failed and the government had to buy in an extra million tonnes of grain.
Some food prices soared, potatoes for instance, and their price never went down to the pre-drought price.
If this is the new global normal there won't be extra crops to buy and we are screwed.
The most screwed will be those already struggling with the cost of living when food prices soar.
Met Office considers rare extreme heat warning as fifth heatwave brings 36C forecast
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/met-office-rare-extreme-heat-warning-5HjdfpN_2/
I still maintain my "you can't use an LLM for anything where truth matters" view, but holy shit a $20 a month Claude subscription could genuinely replace every single British newspaper columnist.
RE: https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/117066922932323690
Europe’s about to find out what the US does to places that have oil.
(Cue white folks finally realising that colonisers can get colonised too. Tiny violins and all that…)
Northwest Europe's electricity network* visualised in Blender
*mostly…
It shows all the major high-voltage transmission lines, inter-connectors, power stations, wind farms, solar farms and more.
Colours show line voltage if available, and only power lines above 132 kV are visible unless they are offshore.
What other countries would you like to see?
More evidence of the faulty thinking at the heart of the university funding crisis;
using the idea that most, if not all, benefits of university education are captured by students, the Govt. continues to load costs onto university students.
Until, the state (and our political class) accepts that university education is a social & public good, we will continue with this skewed & unsustainable financial model.
Its not just miss-selling its dysfunctional!
#universities
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/10/government-piling-debt-on-to-future-graduates-in-england-analysis-finds
🕵️Is your phone secretly listening to you?
One thing is certain: your phone knows a lot about you. So, what is the EU doing to give you more control?
Thanks to the Digital Services Act, you can now choose to see non-personalised feeds.
Discover how: https://link.europa.eu/R84FFw
Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave
Normally I'm all for a bit more whimsy in life, but it's incredibly sad when we can't seem to muster opposition to infrastructure disrupting ancient woodland or an actual sodding Bronze Age archaeological site, but can for the imaginary grave of a fictional character in a derivative series created by a terf.
#HarryPotter <- hashtag for muting purposes
@nachtet “If we consider that Meta is in a direct commercial relationship with its publishers, insofar that they’re paying them royalties and that they have a monetization agreement with them,” Rio told ABC, “then you could argue that they are liable for the content that gets produced by their business partner in some ways.”
If you've ever wondered why the heck Nazis are so loud on the internet...
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-caught-paying-nazis-to-post-on-facebook
BBC out shilling for the anti-demonstration, anti-protest government again this morning.
Apparently it cost taxpayers £150K to remove Banksy works from public buildings.
A few things spring to mind:
1) The street value of these works would have far eclipsed the cost of removing them.
2) Banksy is recognised enough now to argue removing his vandalism is vandalism in its self.
3) Funny how it's our money now, but not when it being used to aid genocide.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/116889735116919744
I *LOVE* the EU, and I say that without irony. It is one of the greatest ideas mankind has ever had, and it continues to amaze me, and makes a lot of my life so much easier.
That said: this kind of bullshit 👇🏼 is fanning the flames of the right-wing assholes who hate to see a united Europe. This isn't democratic, the majority of citizens rejects it, and it's shady AF.
I wish that this guy had a fundraiser to cover the deductible portion of his bike because I would absolutely chip in, as I know a lot of my pals here would too.
But also, be on the lookout for this guy's bike. Bike thieves are scum but thieves of adaptive cycles are the worst of the worst.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-stolen-custom-made-bike-speaks-out-9.7300503
Seven years ago, Jeffrey Epstein – the shadowy financier and pedophile intimately linked to powerful people, including Donald Trump – died in jail.
Prem Thakker takes a closer look at the events surrounding Epstein’s death and the suspicions that come with.
Read the full story: https://zeteo.com/p/8-unanswered-questions-about-jeffrey
china is racing to total solar powered electric car victory and our response is to make natural gas turbines one of the economy's hottest sectors building a technology we hope will let us never have to think again
When the 'feelings' of financial insecurity of the relatively well-off middle classes are seen as a more important shaper of economic policy than the actual financial insecurity of the poor.... then we know we are in a class-defined political environment.
This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. I'm sure the same cannot be said for the MoJ.
Bristol artist Banksy's works cost taxpayers nearly £150k
Something mulling after Tomintoul trip in July. Striking this year how many more (than usual) German and continental europe tourists there were. Those only for Highland Games day often came in campervans.
Wonder if Scotland's tourist industry might experience a boost from others seeking respite from places "too hot" to enjoy in summer? (Our own Cairngorms wildfires notwithstanding)
Are tourists now actively seeking out cooler destinations in summer?🤔
"You got some MF who's made over $251B being a United States citizen that got here and stayed here illegally before he got his citizenship, sitting here lecturing us on who we should allow into the United States of America, and giving us a f**** Heil Hitler along the way" - Hunter Biden on Elon Musk
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117065214126393261
Of course not, killing our species is our job