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This is Europe's secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU must use its leverage and stand up to him, says the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ Johnny Ryan

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Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment

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The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde

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Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions

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Make polluters pay for poisoning our children 10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison...

10 years on from the Dieselgate scandal, justice still hasn’t been served in the UK. While other countries made carmakers pay, ours let them off the hook. Sign the petition now and demand accountability now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ma...

UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...

A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
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Well isn’t this lovely.

Opera star sings Habanera (from Carmen) in the airport (?)

What a terrific voice.
#opera

I don’t care if they’re staged, we need more profl free public #music and #art.

Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon

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Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
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Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Parking space-sized gardens impress Hampton Court flower show judges Surrey council’s designs for mini-parks aim to demonstrate the benefits of less car-focused public spaces

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Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN Mission to deliver help is ‘one of most obstructed aid operations in recent history’, humanitarian agency says

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US firm that tests eligibility for UK disability benefits pays £10m in dividends British arm of Maximus, which provides DWP assessments, reports a 23% rise in pre-tax profit in annual figures

When Starmer’s Labour says not everyone will lose their disability benefits money…

Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented Guardian analysis exposes lack of action taken despite major reports published over the past 40 years

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The Bezos Cannes-tastrophe Starring Jeff Bezos as himself, Lauren Sánchez as an environmentalist, and Cannes as the end-stage symptom of elite delusion.

Bezos and Sánchez off to pick up climate award on yacht that all by itself has the annual carbon footprint as 1,250 Europeans or 72,000 Africans, all for work on the Bezos Climate Fund that aimed to be self-serving for Amazon but ended up not even doing that. louispisano.substack.com/p/the-bezos-...

Swifts are amazing. A single swift can fly 2 million miles in its lifetime with a top speed of nearly 70 mph 😳 Yet they’re under pressure as never before. Please do as @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social asks - lobby your MP to overturn this Govt’s obdurate refusal to mandate swift bricks in new homes 👇

Top half of image: July 2016 Guardian article by Simon Jenkins titled: “ignore the prophets of doom: Brexit will be good for Britain”. Bottom half of image: May 2026 Guardian article by Simon Jenkins titled “From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort”

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The Guardian, July 2016
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The Guardian, May 2025
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I ❤️ Traffic shirts are going fast in every city across the world.

It doesn’t take much to add joy to our public realm. #CityOfSmiles

Graphic from 1927 showing that one electric street car moves as many people as 28 automobiles, assuming two people per automobile.

In case you were wondering how long we’ve known that mobility in cities is fundamentally a space problem, this was from Wichita Falls, Texas in 1927.

The streetcar was electric.

And they would need more cars today because of fewer average people in each car.

HT Peter Norton

Children and elderly are dying from starvation in Gaza, says health minister UN spokesperson says about 90 aid trucks have entered Gaza, but Palestinian Red Crescent says deliveries have not arrived

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Pic of Pontevedra from the air

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

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My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds

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Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, study finds Team in Belgium find improvement in air quality after launch of traffic measures in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent

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‘Bittersweet’: plaque unveiled for black footballer whose England call-up was rescinded It will be a day of mixed emotions for family of late, great Jack Leslie when ceremony is held in Plymouth

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world's most expensive dragging equipment detector

Images of Dutch urban biking infrastructure. #Dutch

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com