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SubtleBlade

@SubtleBlade@mastodon.scot

Retired IT bod. Father, husband, friend. Trying to survive cancer since 2014, current status: score-draw. Interested in interesting ideas, people & things. Does not bite. Refugee from the bird site (https://mastodon.scot/@SubtleBlade). He/Him.
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me
#ClimateCrisis #Environment #Sustainability #GTTO #nobridge

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SubtleBlade, to Jewish
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‘I’m and feel totally safe marching for ’: protesters defy ’s ‘extremist’ slur

Marchers on Saturday came from wide range of backgrounds as rightwing press characterises city as ‘no-go zone for Jews’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/09/im-jewish-and-feel-totally-safe-marching-for-gaza-london-protesters-defy-sunaks-extremist-slur

SubtleBlade, to uk
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When a has to close despite demand being ‘off the scale’

In , the council could not afford the funding needed by a service that is vital to one of the ’s most deprived areas
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/03/citizens-advice-closing-mansfield-council-funding

SubtleBlade, to random
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'‘In the they think we’re !’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living

The 's is the globe’s largest , with workers paying for the right to share in its profits – and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more back'
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/24/in-the-us-they-think-were-communists-the-70000-workers-showing-the-world-another-way-to-earn-a-living

SubtleBlade, to languagelearning
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‘It’s catastrophic’: restaurants in struggle to find staff post-

hospitality industry hit by crisis as thousands of young Italians are forced out by latest round of rules and
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/apr/14/its-catastrophic-italian-restaurants-in-london-struggle-to-find-staff-post-brexit

SubtleBlade, to random
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SubtleBlade, to ConspiracyTheories
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Ministers prioritised in partly due to -

Exclusive: Documents show shift in influenced by unfounded fears about loss of freedom of movement in ‘

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/10/shift-from-15-minute-cities-in-england-partly-due-to-conspiracy-theories
#ToryIdiocy

SubtleBlade, to BBC
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bosses secretly decided in April 2014 to sack forensic accountants who had found bugs in their IT system, documents obtained by the show.

They also reveal the government had knowledge of the decision, taken by a Post Office board sub-committee, codenamed ""

SubtleBlade, to random
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'Imagine waking up every morning wondering if your government has intentionally exposed you to lethal , and is lying to you about it.'

: The ’ Search for Justice - https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/nuclear-veterans-case/?utm_source=CrowdJustice&utm_campaign=9c1a10f932-NVOCT2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7304756a43-9c1a10f932-167374973

SubtleBlade, to uk
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' government adviser on disruptive accused of

, whose review proposes bans for protest groups, has links to firms in and sectors

“It is a sham for the government to try and claim is an ‘independent’ adviser.”'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/17/government-adviser-on-disruptive-protest-accused-of-conflict-of-interest

SubtleBlade, to climate
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‘Smoking gun proof’: industry knew of as early as 1954, documents show

Documents show industry-backed uncovered the severe harm would wreak
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/30/fossil-fuel-industry-air-pollution-fund-research-caltech-climate-change-denial

SubtleBlade, to random
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'Exit of two more ministers forces into mini-reshuffle

and join exodus of Tory MPs from Commons as party languishes in polls

just over a fifth of the Tory MPs elected in 2019 are quitting.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/26/exit-of-two-more-tory-ministers-forces-sunak-into-mini-reshuffle

SubtleBlade, to uk
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government lawyers say is breaking , claims top Tory in leaked recording

Ex-Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence official , chair of the House of Commons [] said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all to Israel without delay

• Analysis: scale of suffering will make harder to deny
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/30/uk-government-lawyers-say-israel-is-breaking-international-law-claims-top-tory-in-leaked-recording

SubtleBlade, to Palestine
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civilians afraid to leave home after bombing of ‘

Analysis of aerial photos and social media posts confirms attack on road identified as safe by
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/14/gaza-civilians-afraid-to-leave-home-after-bombing-of-safe-routes

SubtleBlade, to random
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Spring water for drink brands may be unsafe, say French authorities

Swiss food giant warned of risk of faecal matter contaminants, E. coli and ‘pollutants’ after illegal purification treatment scandal emerges
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/04/spring-water-nestle-brands-unsafe-pollutants-france/

SubtleBlade, to space
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SubtleBlade, to random
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Former base to house is , government letters say

in is one of ’s three main accommodation sites, with first arrivals due within weeks

UK military base due to accommodate up to 2,000 asylum seekers under controversial plans has been found to be contaminated with ground gases and unexploded ordnance, according to government documents.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/01/former-raf-base-to-house-asylum-seekers-is-contaminated-government-letters-say-scampton-lincolnshire

SubtleBlade, to disability
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is a poorer, sicker place. No wonder claims have trebled in a decade

denies it: but the government’s own figures tell us how the country’s has been afflicted by
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/12/disability-claims-britain-rishi-sunak-government-health-austerity

SubtleBlade, to uk
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The government is about to make some claimants even poorer.

Payments for those receiving [Disclosure : me included] have been quietly axed, forcing many to choose between charging their wheelchairs or staying warm
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/01/disability-cost-living-payment-pip-personal-independence-payment

SubtleBlade, to climate
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: breakthrough could slash - News -

Scientists say they've found a way to cement from demolished concrete buildings.

Cement is the modern world's most common material, but it is also a huge source of planet-warming gas .
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxee01m5yero.amp

SubtleBlade, to Horizon
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'Rev wept but couldn’t remember much about sending innocent subpostmasters to jail. All so long ago

As the former CEO faced the inquiry and her victims, she said ‘sorry’ a lot. About what? It was never really clear'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/rev-paula-vennells-innocent-subpostmasters-jail-post-office-ceo-victims

SubtleBlade, to Plants
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SubtleBlade, to Norway
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#Norway sued over #DeepSeaMining plans

#WWF says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/23/norway-sued-over-deep-sea-mining-plans-wwf
#Environment

SubtleBlade, to uk
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town has ’s highest concentration of ‘

contamination recorded in groundwater on site in , and includes chemicals with known impacts
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/24/yorkshire-town-angus-fire-bentham-forever-chemicals-pfas

SubtleBlade, to AirBNB
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and .com allowing illegal social housing sublets, say councils

providers claim platforms are refusing to cooperate with requests to remove illegally listed
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/26/airbnb-and-bookingcom-allowing-social-housing-sublets-say-english-councils

SubtleBlade, to uk
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Next government urged to wake up to ’s ‘shocking’ levels of

Charities call for law within first 100 days after to ensure annual rises in the financial help parents receive
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/25/next-government-urged-to-wake-up-to-uks-shocking-levels-of-child-poverty

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