Benedict Garman

Reckon it'd work for me tbf.

Tommy Robinson arrested in connection to St Pancras assault The far-right activist was arrested on suspicion of GBH at Luton Airport this evening.

#BBCNews - Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) arrested in connection with assault
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Feel like some of this applies to adults to some extent. As the opportunities to socialise around the edge of work and childcare dwindle, screen time goes up.

What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.

“Because so many parents restrict their ability to socialize in the real world on their own, kids resort to the one thing that allows them to hang out with no adults hovering: their phones.”

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Trump Gets Rid of Those Pesky Statistics The numbers were simply not patriotic enough.

Donald Trump Declares Victory Over Statistics

Entertaining and educational, this piece is worth a read...

Tesla must pay portion of $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says A jury in Florida determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving its Autopilot technology.

Hey all -- the plaintiffs won this suit, and after the verdict today (08/01/25) Tesla is liable to pay $242.5 million.... www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/t...

Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.

Powerful investigation into child shootings in Gaza from brilliant colleagues at World Service www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

that or the alternative more common expression might have the wrong connotations!

Funny how this unusual phrase "stumbling across porn" is so popular when writing about the Online Safety Act... 🤔

For the first time, CIR has uncovered the location of a Sudanese RSF military camp in the desert of Sudan’s neighbour, Libya.

It is directly linked to the war in Sudan.

We will show you where, we will show you how.

Watch in full now: youtu.be/umaFPlwJUKM

The same account also published this drone video of a similar (or the same) scene - hundreds of people rushing trucks south of Zikim crossing (31.565437, 34.471796)

Three gunshots audible in video filmed from IDF position in northern Gaza near Zikim crossing (approx POV: 31.567980, 34.474251). Palestinians are getting aid from trucks in the distance. It's unclear who or what is being targeted. Published yesterday on Telegram: t.me/amitsegal/50...

Gaza's deadliest days linked by a pattern of attacks on families Using exclusive new data, social media obituaries and satellite imagery, Sky News has tracked the killing of families in Gaza over the past 21 months.

Dr Craig Jones, a senior lecturer at Newcastle University and an expert in conflict law, terms pattern of strikes on families: 'familicide' news.sky.com/story/gazas-...

I'm not a lawyer but would be interested in hearing from one on this. Like on consent, if you risk account deletion without consenting to this stuff, it's not freely given/ is coercive. And is Spotify even mandated to do this by Online Safety Act? Think it's outside scope, which implies overreach

Is there not a case this contravenes GDPR?

PSA on links: On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the number of links you can share, and they will receive the same visibility as your other posts 💙

We geolocated the view out of the window as Jeremy Bowen's team filmed packages falling from a plane over Gaza yesterday. They were dropped into a "dangerous combat zone", which Palestinians are warned not to enter because it would put their lives at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

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Desperation of people in Gaza is visible from space in extraordinary image from Planet Labs PBC captured on Saturday afternoon showing crowds on and around aid trucks north of Morag Corridor. The same scene is visible at street level in numerous videos like this one: www.instagram.com/p/DMkmVvNo6nj/

Gaza: BBC's Jeremy Bowen goes onboard a plane dropping aid The BBC's international editor was on a Jordanian flight as it dropped supplies into Gaza.

Such a strong report from Jeremy Bowen aboard a Jordanian flight as it drops aid packages into Gaza city www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

A major cyber incident in Russia: two groups, Cyber Partisans & Silent Crow, took credit for a cyber attack on Aeroflot, claiming they destroyed its internal IT systems. Aeroflot didn't acknowledge the attack but canceled nearly 100 flights & delayed some more due to an 'outage'

ProtonVPN @proton.me says VPN sign ups surged 1400% following Online Safety Act in UK, presumably because the alternative to VPNs has the potential to look like this: www.404media.co/women-dating...

2 Israeli military units are named in the post:
- 8105th Paratroopers Battalion of the 646th Paratroopers Brigade (Reserve)
- Givati (Brigade) Engineering Corps
What appears to be an Israeli military position is visible at the start of the video.

BBC News and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation News organisations say local journalists are increasingly unable to feed themselves in Gaza, facing the same

These journalists - colleagues, in some sense - are at risk of starving to death. Hard to believe we're here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?

He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...

Related to the reported assault on Gaza's Deir al-Balah, July 21 PlanetScope imagery from @planet.com shows a large warehouse at 31.4031, 34.3349 on fire and what appear to be clearings and airstrikes by the IDF.

This area has been full of internally displaced Palestinians since early 2024.

This appears to have been an aid warehouse. The lorries arriving to it in this video show WHO branding with a sign saying "this shipment includes medicines and medical supplies". There are also shots of the interior: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=124...

Over on X, Israeli journalist Almog Boker has shared drone footage of the city of Beit Hanoun in north Gaza: x.com/bokeralmog/s... The POV starts about here: 31.541966, 34.534210

Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions - BBC News Investigation by BBC Verify using satellite images and verified footage to show the extent of destruction in Gaza, where the Israeli military have carried out demolitions to raze entire towns and suburbs

Hard read this via @benedictgarman.com
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