Music (mainly prog rock) and veggie loving, geeky cat butler living in Hertfordshire UK. A lover of all things LOTR (since I first read it over 50 years ago) scifi and what have you. Ex soldier (Royal Artillery) and other trades ;-)
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Time to ditch Amazon Prime? (www.bbc.co.uk)
This will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for me.
GUILTY ON 34 COUNTS (www.washingtonpost.com)
You crooked motherfucker
Waitrose only major supermarket with majority Tory customers, polls show (www.theguardian.com)
New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds (bgr.com)
What if charging your phone took less time than brushing your teeth? A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could very well hold the key to a next-gen charger capable of recharging your phone in just 60 seconds....
Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service (www.bbc.co.uk)
Espionage: In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines (www.wired.com)
The United States Department of Justice is quietly prosecuting a novel Espionage Act case involving a drone, a Chinese national, and classified nuclear submarines....
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
“You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness.”
UK cabinet minister calls shoulder surfer ‘little weirdo’ (www.theregister.com)
In setting the date for the UK’s next general election, prime minister Rishi Sunak this week essentially announced the start of open season for political reporters all hunting for the top scoop of the day by any means necessary. He may need, however, to brief his ministers on basic opsec if he’s going to stop any more...
Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service (www.bbc.com)
The problem with GIMP (www.spacebar.news)
Adobe roofies all of their customers (Louis Rossmann's reaction) (www.youtube.com)
Even though there are already a couple of other threads about this Schweinerei, there wasn’t a good place to insert this into the discussion, and for those unfamiliar, this video’s a good starting point.
Nigel Farage expected to declare he is running for parliament (www.independent.co.uk)
Britain’s Conservative Party Is Facing a Historic Defeat (jacobin.com)
When Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, stood in the pouring rain last week to announce a general election, there could hardly have been a less auspicious beginning to the Conservative Party’s campaign. In the space of a few days, it has gone downhill from there....
Redfield & Wilton: Labour are more trusted than the Conservatives on EVERY policy issue prompted. (feddit.uk)
Source: RedfieldWilton@twitter...
What's the closest any animal species has come to evolving to have telepathy?
‘No one going to jail’ for avoiding UK national service, says Cleverly (www.theguardian.com)
So… not compulsory then? Or do you just get fined or something? Anyway, earliest policy U-turn of the Conservative campaign so far - will it be their best?
'Why Do You Hate Young People So Much?' Rishi Sunak Skewered By Student (uk.news.yahoo.com)
Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee (www.theguardian.com)
General election: Tories announce 'Triple Lock Plus' pension allowance (www.bbc.co.uk)
Rishi Sunak says sorry for leaving D-day events early to record TV interview (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak has apologised for leaving D-day anniversary events early to take part in a TV interview, admitting it was “a mistake not to stay in France longer”....
Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom to stand down at general election (www.theguardian.com)
Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom have joined the now record-breaking exodus of Conservative MPs from the Commons, with the former saying it was time for a “new generation” to lead the party....
Starmer unveils ‘GB energy’ logo – a stock graphic for 57p that ‘looks like it’s farting’ (skwawkbox.org)