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Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.

Smooth move, Louvre abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

We keep being told that the perpetrators of the Huntingdon abomination are "British-born". OK. So were the killers at Woolwich barracks, Southport, Tavistock Square, Westminster Bridge, Manchester arena, London Bridge etc etc. If you insist on denying that this has anything to do with immigration policy, I'm afraid you are not arguing in good faith.

Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.

I have a very bad feeling about this...

China excludes EVs in latest five-year plan as industry grapples with oversupply China has omitted electric vehicles from its list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, marking their first exclusion in more than a decade, as the sector grapples with oversupply challenges.

China omits electric vehicles from its list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, the first time the sector has been excluded in more than a decade

www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’

The thing they never talk about is how much the UK as an economy & a functioning society is dependent on immigrants. Most of the press don’t care to share such facts either & just parrot anti-migrant rhetoric. It pains my brain to keep seeing such stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

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13 years ago today, I snapped this while crossing London Bridge on my way into town.

Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.

So what this country needs right now.

oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

An image with a black and white background and a Latin American immigrant and a title Schröinger's Immigrant. On the left, it reads, "Lazily collecting all the welfare." On the right, it reads, "But also somehow taking all the jobs."

‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry Ford CEO Jim Farley said Chinese cars have

Most in the West prefer denial, so it’s refreshing to hear Ford’s CEO eat humble pie 🥧 and admit China’s EV lead is “the most humbling thing” he’s seen. 70% of EVs, unbeatable tech, magical UX—Farley gets it. The future isn’t Detroit—it’s Shenzhen, dominating in scale, innovation & affordability.

Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Here it is, finally. The truth.

In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product

Faith in humanity restored!

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts Billionaire reopens feud with Tesla chief as he unveils plan to spend $200bn on philanthropy and close foundation in 2045

1. While announcing he is donating his remaining fortune—over $100 billion—to his Foundation, along with news that the foundation will spend down all of its funds and close within the next 20 years, Bill Gates accused Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” through misguided USAID cuts.

I'd like to think it's a small act of rebellion, by someone in the press office, that they gave him a red Sith lightsabre.

It's like that Mitchell and Webb sketch: "Have you noticed that our caps have got little pictures of skulls on them? ... Are we the baddies?"

#auspol Concise and accurate as always, Laura Tingle puts the blame for the Liberal destruction exactly where it belongs: a negative campaign by the Libs. Labour and the Independents stuck to what they could do for Australia and the voters wanted that instead. Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead.

Also, congratulations to the Aussies for taking some time away from the ceaseless struggle against their deadly wildlife to elect some (hopefully) decent politicians.

Good show, blokes!

The cantina band from Star Wars seems even weirder now we know from Andor that the bar could’ve just been playing normal techno

The 5 Dimensional Chess Master Strategists currently running the UK Labour Party might want to take a look at Canada and Australia for a hint of what happens to Centre Left parties with the courage to fight Far Right populism

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:

“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."

[applause] 🙏🏼

“The quiet Australians are the young Australians.” Patricia Karvelas.

Oh lordy, Jacinta Price. What a fiasco. Just a melange of slogans. Literally saying Aboriginal people should be heard after helping to defeat The Voice.

‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertaken

Battery size:

Tesla Model 3: 40 kWh
Hull 096: 40,000 kWh

Passengers:

Tesla Model 3: 4
Hull 096: 2,100

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Happy Giant Phallus Shaped Iceberg Floating In Conception Bay of Dildo, Canada Day to all who celebrate.

This is riveting

he bought that hat with the money didn’t he

Spain and Portugal Hit by Widespread Power Blackouts Most of Spain and all of Portugal were hit by a major blackout that impacted public transport, power and phone lines at around noon on Monday.

Electricity is the backbone of modern civilization. Two events in a matter of two months -- Heathrow shutdown and Spain blackout -- show Western consumers take it for granted at their own peril.

🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...