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1/ Enslaved people are being sold to the Russian army for up to 100,000 rubles ($1,240) each, according to anti-slavery campaigners. The issue highlights Russia's hidden but chronic problem with modern slavery, which Putin's government has failed to tackle. ⬇️

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I’m Not Panicking. I’m Outraged. Read more here.

#brainworms latest: Not posting on x.com is now evidence of guilt / deep state conspiracy apparently.

www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...

Scottish Government gave £77m to secretive tax haven firms: https://theferret.scot/scottish-government-77m-secretive-tax-haven-firms/

It does give the impression they're looking for goons with prior experience.

The basically nazi Ukip party are asking people to sign up to their "border protection force" brown shirts. The form specifically asks for details of people's criminal records. Totally normal.

www.ukip.org/border-prote...

Trump Media: GB News laut Medienbericht künftig exklusiv auf Truth+ in den USA Die Medienfirma von US-Präsident Trump wird den britischen Sender GB News einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge künftig in den USA ausstrahlen. Die Inhalte laufen demnach exklusiv über die hauseigene Streamin...

WTF?

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified - Ars Technica Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

"Copyright Class Actions Could Ruin AI Industry"

Ih dear, what a shame.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

How many well paid senior news execs were involved in coming up with this SEO wheeze?

Loch polluted by radioactive waste from nuclear bomb plant Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store, official files reveal.

It's not reassuring to find out that a key UK nucear weapons facility has been so badly maintained.

theferret.scot/radioactive-...

The ‘harmful pseudo-science’ infecting Sheffield’s family courts Dr Maria Downs and the extraordinary growth of ‘parental alienation’

Brilliant reporting from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social. Terrifyingly, a widely discredited pseudo-science from the 80s described as pro-paedophilic by an attorney in the US is still used in UK courts, leading to child victims placed with their abuser.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-harmful-...

‘Hopeless’ UK database prevents public seeing tax-exempt artworks Historic items including Picassos are available for viewing, but out-of-date HMRC records render many inaccessible

Sterling work by @joshspero.ft.com.
The FT looked at 100 of the tax exempt art list and only 44 contact details were correct or easily obtainable. Worth exercising your right to see these pieces!
on.ft.com/4luieGQ

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Parliamentary committee labels China ‘flagrant’ perpetrator of transnational repression on UK soil - ICIJ: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/08/parliamentary-committee-labels-china-flagrant-perpetrator-of-transnational-repression-on-uk-soil/

The Enshittification of American Power | WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/enshittification-of-american-power/?src=longreads

I have absolutely no idea what this is, I have no intention at all of touching it with a barge pole, but the very idea of it has made my soul shrivel.

Energy bills cut for communities helping electrify Britain People living near pylons to get £2,500 off electricity bills over 10 years, as smart meter plans are unveiled to give consumers better rights and compensation.

This is a crap public subsidy if you ask me. I'd sooner they put the vast cost of this discount into community energy subsidies and mandates. There would be far greater public benefit.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

@mattmuir.bsky.social on Bluesky @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social p8 of the new Eye, fyi

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Three Discover screenshots on the Google app for iPhone as seen by Press Gazette on 6 August 2025

Why publishers should worry about growing reliance on Google Discover: https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/google-discover-traffic-news-websites-2025/

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Amnesty slams Elon Musk's X for 'central role' in fueling 2024 UK riots: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/amnesty_x_uk_riots/

An earthquake, a big summer storm and Rona sold Read to the end to watch a viral video from Applecross filmed during Storm Floris.

Well that was quite a week! Earthquakes, storms, power cuts, and a whole island changes hands...

It's all in the latest Wester Ross Round-up: gairlochtimes.org.uk/earthquakes-...

(If you'd like to get this every week don't forget to subscribe - it's free!)

Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for future vaccine develop...

It’s mind boggling how many additional people this administration is killing.

“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”

So this allotment story is absolutely blowing up everywhere and the government will prob U-turn soon due to UNEXPECTED VIRALITY IN THE BAGGING AREA.

But because I'm a sad git I spent 5mins chasing the aggregated Nottinghamshire Live story back through the Telegraph and the Express and found....

How brilliant is this www.weregildcalculator.com

Met arrested woman after Facebook posts about ex-partner – a serving officer London force sent three officers at 4.45am, who put her in the back of a van and seized her phone and computer

I'd like to live in a city where the cops took bike theft as seriously as they take "being rude to your cop ex-boyfriend". www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Column | Zuckerberg fired the fact-checkers. We tested their replacement. Our tech columnist drafted 65 community notes, Meta’s new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods. It failed to make a dent.

Community notes are crap and probably dangerous. Who would have guessed?

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

1/ A senior Russian officer was reportedly killed by his own men after boasting that he would be promoted for sending them to die in assaults, and declaring that he would bring funeral notices to their families and "fuck their wives". He allegedly planned who would die for his financial profit. ⬇️

Ghost 6.0 Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers

Looking forward to taking this for a test drive soon. V.impressive update on the face of it: ghost.org/changelog/6/

'Claudio is Scamming' How an Italian charmer is duping the owners of London’s priciest properties

Great investigation by @coramazov.bsky.social about an amazing character and London's high-end sub-letting market
www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-s...