The Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman

England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard

Brexit dividend!

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT-5 and its hyped ‘PhD level’ intelligence struggled with basic spelling and geography Some users on social media found the model making basic errors. The chatbot repeatedly claimed there were three Bs in ‘blueberry’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The cutting edge of AI, dubbed “PhD level” intelligence by its creators, thinks there are three Rs in the words “Northern Territory”. That is what users discovered after trying out the latest advancement of OpenAI, GPT-5. Continue reading...

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT-5 and its hyped ‘PhD level’ intelligence struggled with basic spelling and geography

Oh so it does have phd level intelligence

DEMOCRATS‼️

If you’re worried about fighting dirty, remember this—extreme partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina handed Republicans three extra seats and control of the House in 2024.

Fighting fire with fire is long overdue.

The oil & gas industry has tricked Australians into gifting them our resources, subsidising their business & not requiring them to pay tax on their huge profits, in exchange for "jobs", of which there are actually relatively few, and to solve an "energy shortage" that does not exist.
#Auspol

No sorry I will not allow treating transgender people as anything less than full and equal members of American society be characterized as purity and something to be papered over to defeat the right. If people like Buttigieg and Newsom want to throw those rights under the bus we have more options.

Let's put aside the main problem of my trans friends/family no longer being safe in public, because this govt evidently doesn't care

I'm an averagely-tall, not-very-femme cis woman with big nose who sometimes has short hair. I've been misgendered before

This makes ME less safe

This is barmy. Lindsey Fitzharris is an incredible historian and UK citizen and the Home Office won’t let her back in despite having the correct docs. She has also been battling cancer. Pls email public.enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk and spread the word.

U.S. Role in Armenia-Azerbaijan Transit Corridor Sparks Controversy Executive Summary: Tensions linger between Armenia and Azerbaijan over a proposed transit route, better known to many as the Zangezur Corridor, through Armenia that would restore a Soviet-era connecti...

Wonder why Trump is bigging up the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal? Armenia has granted the US exclusive 99-year development rights to the Zangezur Corridor, to lease and develop it as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.

My favourite thing about that Marc Maron excerpt is the simple retort it offers us for when people continue to complain about "woke".
"Great, well, the governments all listened to you. You won. Everyone you hate is miserable. Now shut the fuck up about it."

Marc Maron is absolutely right here

Alabama immigration advocate detained by ICE in traffic stop, family says: ‘Just heartbreaking and discouraging’ "Her detainment is not only legally questionable — it is morally wrong," a petition demanding her release reads.

In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention story— pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...

YouTube video by Pitch Meeting War of the Worlds (2025) Pitch Meeting

I'd like to thank Ryan George for preventing me from wasting a moment watching this movie even out of mild curiosity
youtu.be/2fhLdREPEF4?...

Solar-Powered Device Turns Moon Dirt Into Bricks, a Potential Breakthrough in Lunar Construction A new invention could make a sustained presence on the Moon more feasible.

Solar-Powered Device Turns Moon Dirt Into Bricks, a Potential Breakthrough in Lunar Construction https://gizmodo.com/solar-powered-device-turns-moon-dirt-into-bricks-a-potential-breakthrough-in-lunar-construction-2000640313

Dutton blaming migrants for housing crisis ‘undermined’ Coalition at election, Andrew Bragg says Shadow housing minister tells Guardian Australia it was a mistake not to put forward a homelessness policy before election and criticises Labor for falling behind new home targets * Andrew Bragg on AI, housing and what the Coalition got wrong – Australian Politics podcast * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Blaming migrants for housing shortages in Australia alienated voters and badly hurt Peter Dutton’s prospects at the federal election, the Coalition frontbencher Andrew Bragg has warned. The housing crisis and record overseas migration were key issues for voters ahead of the 3 May poll. But Bragg, the shadow minister for housing and homelessness, said the Coalition paid a heavy price for misjudging the politics. Continue reading...

Dutton blaming migrants for housing crisis ‘undermined’ Coalition at election, Andrew Bragg says

Exclusive: Trump administration memo urges countries to reject plastic production caps in UN Treaty The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of U.N. plastic treaty talks in Geneva, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters.

No surprise that the Trump admin is trying to sink a treaty to curb the global scourge of plastics

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

"what happens after the end of your book?" look man I already told you everything I know

lol I just realized that I lived in the south as a teenager for longer than the confederacy did

NEWS: Annie Farmer, an Epstein survivor who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell, just revealed on CNN that she wrote a letter with her concerns to Deputy AG Blanche — and received no response.

She says neither she nor other survivors have heard a word from the DOJ.

A new Jobs & Skills Australia Report has confirmed that men out-earn women in 98% of the 688 occupations they analysed.

Surprise! The gender pay gap is real and not just because we’re working less paid hours or don’t want to get our hands dirty.

They Are Going to Take Everything If We Don't Stop Them The government is going to destroy unions if we don't fight now.

Trump just signed an order cancelling the collective bargaining agreements and (their system, complicated) terminating recognition of the unions for up to a million US Federal workers. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-g...

I wish I could be optimistic. I fear the next step is an EO deciding what 'lawful industries' are -- especially given that Project 2025 plans to make pornography illegal and to redefine basic sexual health education as “pornography” (using the trans ideology rubric).

Assaults against ICE agents are up more than 800% this year, but with Dean Cain joining the force I am sure we can get it up past 1000%.

To (almost) quote someone in Shakespeare, who also didn’t deserve to be in power, ‘O, their offense is rank, it smells to heaven.’

Pretty bloomin’ what? The Great Barrier Reef is a picture of health, The Australian assures us | Weekly Beast News Corp broadsheet puts Pollyannish spin on study that found a record decline in the world’s largest coral reef. Plus: Grok goes woke * Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here The Australian Institute of Marine Science’s annual monitoring study came out on Wednesday. It warned that the Great Barrier Reef could reach a tipping point where it cannot recover fast enough between major catastrophic events. The Guardian reported it as: Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching event in 2024 most widespread and severe on record Continue reading...

Pretty bloomin’ what? The Great Barrier Reef is a picture of health, The Australian assures us | Weekly Beast

It is important to put it in context in terms of the atrocities he’s causing, and not overplay this, but his sheer, oblivious vulgarity is just astonishing.

The Skydance Sidestep David Ellison admirably showed up to take tough, unscreened questions from a room full of reporters—but he danced around the biggest ones about Donald Trump, “60 Minutes,” and more.

Today I had the opportunity to ask Paramount's new leadership team—including top boss David Ellison—a number of direct questions pertaining to "60 Minutes," Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and more.

My full report in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

“We’re watching the worst president in history manipulate the worst White House press corps in history every day,” says MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell.
And to that I say amen.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com

In other words: we are paying for the tariffs

Murderer