The American Dream is a very successful brainwashing marketing campaign. Whomever invented it should be given the equivalent of hell's version of the Nobel peace prize.

I think the current US government & it's tech oligarch funders are too stupid to understand this though.

The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.

The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.

How could the future be transformed by abundant renewable energy? A new approach to energy abundance

We've got a new Nesta feature on Energy Abundance out today!

Longtime readers will know I am an advocate of energy abundance, via renewables.
That would mean having a big excess of electricity only some of the time. So, how could we use those periods of abundance to improve our lives?

Oh right. Okay then.

That they know fuck all about the systems they casually want to overthrow I think probably annoys me more than the fact they're rich. I mean, at least be intelligent about it. Idiots.

On a more serious point, I can't see in the article where it mentions Lammy's position (sensory deprivation etc). Is that in a separate link?

I knew very little about the UKs views on torture when we had a Tory government. How considerate of the Guardian to start focusing on it now we have a Labour one.

Reflections at Finchley Central London Underground station

Reflections - Finchley Central

One of the benefits of UK's yearly rainy season is puddle hunting. I'm always on the lookout for unique compositions in puddles. I was very happy with this view at Finchley Central London Underground station.

I emailed my local Labour MP about this, who said they were on other major socials as well as X. I honestly think the gov aren't on here because they don't think it has much reach, ie not many users. I've also read there are a lot of disgruntled MPs trying to get the gov to leave X.

Have a look through this gallery to see one of the coolest examples of role specialisation in the insect world 🐜

They live inside twigs with small circular entrances & these workers have evolved heads the perfect shape to block those entrances - effectively, they are living doors!

They all make my skin crawl. Yuck yuck yuck

Punishing the EU by...cutting off your ad revenue from them

I was waiting for someone on here to tell me how I feel about this show!

I feel compelled to write a review thread 🧵 for The Liz Truss Show because in the madness of the content, other aspects - vital aspects - are being missed.

1. The Aesthetics

Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/

I wouldn't know how to queue in a pub. It's unnatural.

Some clarity on safe spaces for bio & trans female victims of DV. I personally think these should be separate. But I also think they should have proportionate funding. I also think that should be the case for male victims of DV. That was all I wanted the government to clarify. I'm still waiting.

Exclusive: Farage reported to police over ‘election fraud’ Former campaign team member’s claim of overspending in Clacton is rejected by Reform UK

"BERNARD MANNING!"
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...

level suppliers who are also users. Prison isn't full of kingpins, who obv wouldn't exist if drug use was legalised. The hypocrisy also being that alcohol abuse is far more destructive on the whole than substance abuse, & few people want to ban alcohol. End/

I don't know anything about those countries. But I would imagine it's incredibly expensive to enforce such harsh drug laws. I worked in the CJS & drug use and poverty went hand in hand. Enforcement was a complete waste of resources. By all means go after drug gangs, but most people inside are low 1/

The New Yorker at 100: Netflix documentary dives inside a groundbreaking magazine Film-maker Marshall Curry pulls back the curtain on the beloved institution in a revealing and celebratory new film

A really interesting intelligent #documentary about an interesting & intelligent #magazine. Well worth a watch

The #New Yorker at 100: #Netflix documentary dives inside a groundbreaking magazine | Documentary films | The Guardian share.google/hTj4cjn64luS...

Portugal is one of the countries with the lowest drug related deaths. This is bc of decriminalisation. The trouble with criminalising possession is it doesn't act as a deterrent and it puts health at risk bc users buy dodgy drugs. Drug use is a health problem & should be treated as such.

I would introduce the Portuguese model bc the current system in the UK simply criminalises the poor & eats up all our resources. However I also understand it is a long haul to get the public to follow the facts, so changing attitudes & staggered legislation would be my 1st approach.

Some hard truths.
Your lived experience does not trump science, data and facts. It is bad for you, scientists and medics are working on it. It is not a risk for the fast majority (>99.9%) of people. Don’t try to force it on other people. Those getting LongFlu, Qfever or other symptoms also didn't.

If trump said the text of the 14th amendment was “potato farts” the conservative legal movement would find twenty guys to invent an explanation of how potato farts are central to the original meaning of the 14th amendment

Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics? Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelism has fuelled Trump

I've written about whether faith and evangelism is becoming an increasing force on the right on UK politics. The short answer is: only to a fairly limited extent, and mainly because of a simple matter of numbers (there just aren't many evangelicals in the UK).

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A black and white mixed breed dog

Stole banana bread off the counter.

A poster on 8.5 x 11 inch paper saga Fishtown fish facts: red lipped catfish or of ocephalus Darwini. Then a pic of that freaky fish with 4 limbs it rests on the ground and then the words “stg this fish real red-lipped batfish walk ocean floor with they flippers RLBF have RBF, not they fault RLBF have a bioluminescent lure that glows to attract dinner RLBF lipgloss is popping, RLBF lipgloss is cool, all the fish keep jockin, they chase RLBF after school RLBF got scales like armor and shine bright like a diamond Red-lipped batfish will teach you how to dougie, I can promise u that. @yaboyni Take a moment And and realize the moment You took has already passed Thank you See you next time

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

Labour MP Says UK Should Look At Replicating Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban The chair of the Children’s Online Safety All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has said the UK should consider following Australia’s lead and ban s...

📱🚫 Chair of the Children's Online Safety APPG @joanireid.com says the UK should consider copying Australia’s under-16 social media ban if it proves successful

"The harms outweigh the benefits for kids to quite a strong degree.”

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