Making the news today....

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, tree-fancier123 said:

It's basically putting pressure on Zelensky to make a deal - a third of Ukraine probably.

The West wasn't prepared to shed blood over this, only give up some supplies

I tend to agree, whilst the US has picked up the slack and Trump gets slated the fact of the matter is the western NATO countries with the exception of a couple of members have gutted their armed forces to the point that they are virtually useless. The UK in particular has huge problems at the minute, whilst we have politicians grandstanding about “ the coalition of the willing” the reality is we couldn’t even begin to defend our own country never mind  venture farther afield. We can’t even stop a few dinghies crossing the channel at the minute. 

[Johnsond]

Could the Epping asylum hotel injunction set a precedent for other councils?

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Ministers are bracing for the potential of further legal challenges over asylum hotels, after Epping Forest...

Let’s hope so, it will be interesting to see how hard Labour fights this. 

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[Mark J]

Early ripening of berries in UK shows nature is under stress, say experts | UK weather | The Guardian

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Hot summer also causing trees to shed their leaves as concerns raised over ‘food gap’ for wildlife in autumn

 

[Anno]

Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters | The far right | The Guardian

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Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park

 

[sime42]

Look out for an outraged LinxedIn post featuring the video popping up on here soon.................

[Oldfeller]

There's so much ai generated bullsh1t and clickbait on the internet nowdays the truth barley exists.

sensationalism sells better than truth, editing and cropping can appear to produce alternative views and the sheeple lap it up as hard fact.

 

 

Edited August 20 by Oldfeller

[Johnsond]

19 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

There's so much ai generated bullsh1t and clickbait on the internet nowdays the truth barley exists.

 

More asylum hotels face legal challenge after court ruling

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Nigel Farage says Reform UK-controlled councils will do everything in their power to close the hotels.

That’s from the BBC it must be true, strange how some here tend to focus on the source of information 🤔

The same types suspicious of you and your “assumed” former existence Oldfeller. 

Edited August 20 by Johnsond

[sime42]

16 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

There's so much ai generated bullsh1t and clickbait on the internet nowdays the truth barley exists.

 

 

I know. The truth is oat there somewhere still though. 

[sime42]

AI itself is bullshit. The problem is that it is increasingly being believed.

 

You just have to keep your critical thinking hat on and avoid garbage on LinxedIn or anything from that lovely Tommy bloke. Unless of course you believe in Trumpian "alternative facts" or "alternative truth".

 

 

[sime42]

I don't know rye AI is being so relentlessly pushed by the government. Think how many better uses there are for all that land that's being taken over for data centres.

 

Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount

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The number of data centres is set to jump by a fifth in the coming years, figures seen by the BBC suggest.