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• Post #4499590

  How polarised is European politics? Here’s how your generation, gender and where you live affect what you believe https://theconversation.com/how-polarised-is-european-politics-heres-how-your-generation-gender-and-where-you-live-affect-what-you-believe-289071

• Post #4496340

  UK faces ‘worst food security crisis in decades’ due to repeated heatwaves https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-food-security-crisis-heatwave-drought-farmers-nfu-b3030874.html But just carry on driving everywhere, everything is just fine, nothing to worry about... 😱 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChangeIsReal

• Post #4488586

  Palestine protester found not guilty of criminal damage https://goodlawproject.org/win-palestine-protester-found-not-guilty-of-criminal-damage/ Paula Akpan should never have been hit with a harsh charge for direct action opposing Israel’s genocide – two years later the court has cleared her name

• Post #4468931

  Harry Potter fans force diversion of £430m high voltage power cable to protect Dobby’s ‘grave’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/harry-potter-dobby-grave-beach-pembrokeshire-wales-energy-b3029927.html Harry Potter fans’ outcry meant the project to transport electricity from the UK to Ireland had to be diverted.

• Post #4433305

  Train passengers left without toilets on five-hour Scotland to London journeys https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/lumo-train-toilets-trains-london-scotland-b3029298.html Lumo services have been making extended stops at stations to allow passengers to use platform facilities. Don't travel Lumo...

• Post #4430661

  Environmental Groups Want US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Reverse Plans for Space Mirror Satellite https://uk.pcmag.com/topic-3/166595/environmental-groups-want-fcc-to-reverse-plans-for-space-mirror-satellite The FCC has approved a plan from Reflect Orbital to launch its Earendil-1 satellite, which features a 60-by-60-foot mirror. Earthjustice claims it could disrupt wildlife, blind people, and more.

• Post #4427784

  How Europe’s drought exposes ‘weakness of fossil fuels’ as Poland forced to shut down coal plants https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/07/how-europes-drought-exposes-weakness-of-fossil-fuels-as-poland-forced-to-shut-down-coal-pl Oh, the irony...

• Post #4425429

  London cops handed victim's new address and number to her stalker, watchdog says https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/05/london-cops-handed-victims-new-address-and-number-to-her-stalker-watchdog-says/5283382 The UK's data protection regulator has criticized London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) after its officers handed a victim's stalker details about her new phone number and home address, among other failures. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) today...

• Post #4418269

  The Income Needed to Be Happy Around the World https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-income-needed-to-be-happy-by-country/ • Slovenia is the only country where the average wage exceeds the estimated “price of happiness”, the point beyond which additional income no longer improves life evaluation scores. • Luxembourg, Estonia, and Singapore are the next closest, with average wages reaching about 90% of the income level where well-being plateaus. • In the United States, the average wage covers j...

• Post #4373407

  RE: https://fediscience.org/@eumbot/117036890361105281 Isn't this beautiful? Just a reminder that it is the only one we have, so we should protect it from damaging climate change and biodiversity loss...

• Post #4370854

  AI flooded the Scottish Government with wind farm objections. So they stopped accepting emails https://www.theferret.scot/ai-ban-emailed-objections-energy-projects/ The Scottish Government says the move was needed to tackle the "burden" caused by the growth in AI-assisted objections to energy projects. Critics say it is a way to mute public opposition.

• Post #4370297

  TotalEnergies to buy Shell's wind and solar businesses in Europe https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/04/totalenergies-to-buy-shells-wind-and-solar-business-in-europe French energy giant TotalEnergies said that it had signed a deal with Shell to buy its European onshore renewable energy businesses for an undisclosed amount.

• Post #4353180

  Green spills: Peer effects in pro-environmental behaviours https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272726001581 A study by researchers from the Universities of Passau and Lausanne shows that when a household installs a solar PV system, neighbouring households respond as well – and not only by installing solar panels themselves.

• Post #4319121

  Met Police set new record and seize 2,500+ illegal eBikes and escooters https://cyclingindustry.news/met-police-set-new-record-and-seize-2500-illegal-ebikes-and-escooters/ Note, these are genuinely illegal...

• Post #4319120

  "I Test Portable Power Stations for a Living. This FCC Ruling Could Kill Off-Grid Energy" https://uk.pcmag.com/batteries-power/166501/i-test-portable-power-stations-for-a-living-this-fcc-ruling-could-kill-off-grid-energy The ban on robot vacuums is getting all the attention, but the FCC's decision targeting connected power inverters could reshape the future of home batteries and residential solar across the US. An interesting and thoughtful read...

• Post #4319119

  Middle Meadow Walk: the thread about Edinburgh’s original traffic-free thoroughfare https://threadinburgh.scot/2023/07/16/the-thread-about-middle-meadow-walk-how-and-why-it-has-remained-a-traffic-free-route-despite-over-a-century-of-attempts-to-open-it-up/

• Post #4319118

  Using past, present, and future genetic knowledge to inform the conservation and management of plant biodiversity around the globe https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/138/1/1/8719694

• Post #4319117

  The tax-evading Princes Street shops costing taxpayers thousands https://www.edinburghminute.com/tax-evading-princes-street-shops/ Dodgy dealings at former Debenhams. Sadly there is a lot of it about...

• Post #4319116

  Up in Smoke: the thread about Princes Street’s fiery history https://threadinburgh.scot/2026/07/23/up-in-smoke-the-thread-about-princes-streets-fiery-history/ From @threadina

• Post #4319115

  The tangled financial web at the heart of Deform UK https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/01/tangled-financial-web-reform-uk-nigel-farage Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships.

• Post #4275948

  UK wants datacentres to pay a fee for grid connection requests https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/07/31/uk-wants-datacenters-to-pay-a-fee-for-grid-connection-requests/5281248 Refundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized

• Post #4246531

  Earth's Biggest Mass Extinction Reveals Chilling Parallels to Today's World https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-biggest-mass-extinction-reveals-chilling-parallels-to-todays-world Original research paper here https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2533086123 But who listens to scientists anyway...?

• Post #4243679

  EU's competition chief Ribera slams climate deniers as fires rage: 'They are lying' https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/30/they-are-lying-teresa-ribera-slams-climate-deniers-as-fires-rage-in-euronews-interview In an interview, Ribera took aim at 'dangerous and stupid' European politicians who cast doubt on climate science and dismiss environmental policies as ideological rather than grounded in evidence. At last!!!

• Post #4204010

  Burnham's spanner in the works leaves UK government tech scattered across Whitehall https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/07/29/burnhams-spanner-in-the-works-leaves-uk-government-tech-scattered-across-whitehall/5279437 Splitting up responsibility for digital transformation and procurement while AI gets a seat at Cabinet risks incoherency

• Post #4202174

  Polio will come roaring back if the task of eradicating it isn’t finished soon https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02308-8 Eliminating polio is within reach — if countries see it as an essential public-health priority.

• Post #4193130

  VPN Provider Fights Microsoft's Hidden Windows Device Tracking https://uk.pcmag.com/vpn/166426/vpn-provider-fights-microsofts-hidden-windows-device-tracking Windscribe VPN creates an experimental computer script that removes the mysterious Global Device ID (GDID) from a Windows PC, though it does break some functionality.

• Post #4172059

  Microsoft's solution to AI security: more AI and more acronyms https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/27/microsofts-solution-to-ai-security-more-ai-and-more-acronyms/5279140 MDASH stuffed with MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and a side of GPT-5.4 Such is the Microslop way...

• Post #4171969

  This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02293-y Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights. 2026 "These wildfires are crazy" 2027 "Hold my beer, I ain't seen nothing yet..."

• Post #4171143

  AI-found bugs aren't proving any easier to exploit despite the hype https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/28/ai-found-bugs-arent-proving-any-easier-to-exploit-despite-the-hype/5279637 VulnCheck says fewer than 2% of AI-assisted vulnerability discoveries have been weaponized, casting doubt on claims frontier models are handing attackers a major advantage

• Post #4170705

  Government invests £7m in electric aircraft for future flying taxis https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/government-funding-flying-taxis-zero-emission-flights-b3022350.html Funding will help eight British companies develop infrastructure for green flights. £7m for pie in the sky...