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• Post #4386363

  #AI is now increasingly disrupting #careers of #outsourcing workers in the #Phillipines #ESEA #TootSEA https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr7nxve05go

• Post #4244584

  I never thought in my lifetime I'd see #Wales (a country where I have personally witnessed it pissing down in high summer, only for the sun to be out the moment we went back over the Severn) with a shortage of #dŵr - this is real evidence of #ClimateChange #water #Cymru #drought https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jn1v37znvo

• Post #4239116

  Large #wildfire in #Dunwich #Suffolk (an affluent coastal town, maybe familiar if you are a cyclist as there's a yearly ride from London to Dunwich) 200 people evacuated, "make pumps 15-20" incident (currently 14 Suffolk FRS appliances remaining on scene), brigade have declared major incident.. https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2026-07-30/major-incident-declared-as-large-wildfire-rips-through-coastal-heathland

• Post #3842442

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/116925742233650791 These claims from gammons are bullshit. Some migrant support centres might have free classes to train folk on basic road safety, but someone without correct immigration documents is never going to be able to get a UK driving licence (not even a provisional, which they need for practical driving lessons) as their immigration status is checked when applying for the licence! The quote from the law firm mentions David Blunkett as Home Secret...

• Post #3696885

  I'm no fan whatsoever of the Daily Mail, but I believe the Court case and verdict was fair (at least Harry seems willing to put his hand in his pocket to assist Doreen Lawrence, who appears to have been dragged into this case for some reason and isn't a celeb like the others) However I don't think its because the Press didn't *want* to use same surveillance tactics of 90s/00s - its more that they didn't use them because they no longer work as well in the modern era, mobile n...

• Post #3583529

  This #Court case from #Wales #UK clearly shows the difference in #sentencing where a #vehicle is used as a weapon to deliberately injure or kill someone following an argument, as opposed to deaths/injuries caused by "normal" road traffic collision (charges are #murder and #GBH with intent rather than causing death / injury by dangerous driving) #law #CriminalJustice #driving https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2026-07-03/19-year-old-who-took-nitrous-oxide-and-drove-into-woman-jailed-for...

• Post #3538557

  A very slow #Police chase happened in #Cambridgeshire - an officer stopped #traffic and recovered an escaped #tortoise (who had made it 5 miles (8 km ) away from its home and was trying to cross a busy road.. The tortoise was returned to its grateful owners.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x2ye705elo

• Post #3519726

  @danv8086@newforest.social recognised that as 300 series just from the picture 😀 I've got an 8746 on my office desk linked to a Grandstream ATA (this actually gets used as well for test calls on the VoIP PABX)

• Post #3516189

  An angry middle aged white man in #Birmingham attacked several #Police officers after being prevented by the arrival of authorities from attacking a Black man he had cornered in his garden. He also threw boiling water at the Black man and a female Police officer (causing injury to both. It took multiple officers to arrest him (I'm surprised they didn't deploy Tasers, but maybe didn't have Taser trained units available) He pleaded guilty at #Court and got a 14 year sentence (will l...

• Post #3367182

  what is the pink #flower in the middle of the red #poppies ? Is it a different kind of #poppy or something else?

• Post #2446181

  This is being treated by #Cleveland #Police as targeted - if the lads simply wanted to nick the #tractor for financial gain (its worth quite a bit) it would have made 0 sense to drive it through outer suburbs of #Middlesborough (where its presence would attract attention) Other reports state the tractor was nicked from #Crathorne - and the farmer points out its not something a #driver only used to smaller motor cars could easily control (to the level of driving several km into a built up are...

• Post #2421710

  I'm wondering if one tactic of #ReformUK and their supporters is simply to try and disrupt local #government and services as much as possible (or at least let them stagnate), whilst putting the blame on the #Labour central government in the hope of a win in the #GeneralElection ? This would mean that having these sketchy candidates isn't a major loss (as they can always find someone else to replace them, and it doesn't matter if they are useless) https://www.itv.com/new...

• Post #1567519

  A #BMW #driver in #Yorkshire got several months #prison (as well as a long stay in hospital and quite a few broken bones) after trying to evade #Police and crashing into a #roundabout (he was also found to be #driving under influence of #alcohol and #drugs) Nolte that Press report says "no previous *driving* offences" in his record (which strongly suggests he might have had other previous) #RoadSafety #crime #fail https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/26036826.drink-driver-hit-1...

• Post #1467839

  Although its good these ones were handed in, the most worrying aspect of these blank firing #replica #pistols being easily convertible to fire live rounds is both #Police and civillians can now no longer assume a bright orange #gun is a blank firer or other #replica rather than a lethal #firearm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r30evzng3o

• Post #1467837

  A #cashier at a branch #Nationwide #bank in #Wales has appeared before #Court and admitted stealing money from vulnerable customers, apparently spending it on #holidays and a #bmw Bizzarely she appears to have had a blameless career until recently, and committed the #crimes in early middle age! ( the #orangutan is innocent, and not considered an accomplice in any of her offences ) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy81mm44kx4o

• Post #1467835

  How did the #Jag end up going through the whole pub wall like that? Luckily no one was hurt, but were they driving like they were being chased by the #Sweeney ? (maybe only older folk will get that one 😁 ) #Kent #RTC #RoadSafety https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/historic-pub-severely-damaged-when-jaguar-ploughed-through-w-338906/

• Post #1327641

  An #electrician from #Farnborough SE #England and his #apprentice had their #tools nicked from the van when working in #London Amongst the items nicked are specialist test equipment - which is not only pricey but only of use to other electricians - you have to know how to use it! I think there's a bleaker aspect to this - its likely *other* tradesmen buying the "cheap" stolen tools at car boot sales and maybe even commercial rivals targeting vans of those working &a...

• Post #1148752

  A whole fuckton of #violence for just one #watch - even if it was a #Rolex and they split proceeds 6 ways they wouldn't even get near 2 grand each, and with all the #CCTV these days they would be certain to get nicked, which is exactly what happened and now they have all got a lot of #porridge WTF is it with #Kent ? Easily competing with Essex to be the #FloridaofEngland #Crime doesn't even make rational sense, seems to be motivated more by #ToxicMasculinity as financial gain? #burgl...

• Post #995794

  I'm surprised the #officer actually got sent to #prison for this #RTC - but in *all* training for blue light response #drivers ( #Police , #Fire and #Ambulance ) there is a *big* warning not to let "red mist" take over (its mentioned a lot in my copy of Roadcraft, which although intended for blue light drivers is also available to civilians) I've seen a couple of incidents recently here in Suffolk where RPU officers have made sketchy manoeuvres which could *eas...

• Post #985177

  I got a cheap USB #microscope to look at car paintwork, small electronics and the ratings label of some power supply units like mobile phone chargers, which are increasingly often way too small to read with bare eyes. I also happen to have a 365nm UV torch in my kit bag, so I thought I would look at some printouts from the office printer - here you can see the unique machine identifier code added to the printouts (these are very faint yellow dots) #security #privacy #opsec

• Post #933787

  RE: https://mastodon.online/@limneticvillains/116347580331143300 FFS - whole fake girl band created with #AI which risks diverting attention and money away from real female artists and is probably one man's creepy fantasy (its buried fairly deeply in the site that its an AI project) thanks to @limneticvillains for the heads up..

• Post #933777

  I've wondered if its possible to add a #generator to a cat/dog exercise wheel, and obtain some #electricity ? Probably not enough to charge a mobile phone, but maybe enough to power a pretty light show to surround the wheel (which the pet may also enjoy looking at..)

• Post #793797

  Why even is an estate agent even auditing the age of #cars driven by their #job applicants, and in a somewhat devious way? If they won't hire people with older cars it should be stated upfront (the same way that a driving licence is a requirement for the job) rather than making them go through the whole application process. Reliability of a car is as much dependent on level of #maintenance than age , and what pushes down the figures the breakdown recovery places collect is #drivers who...

• Post #780529

  RE: https://piaille.fr/@riposte_pop/116286720429305167 Young #fash openly making nazi-salutes in a University lecture theatre in #Paris #France (this appears to be quite a large and prestigious University too!)

• Post #694801

  A #burglar has been sentenced to #prison for impersonating #UKPowerNetworks staff in #Kent SE #England and stealing #copper #cable and other #metal - putting many places off supply and causing extremely dangerous and unpleasant situations (removing protective earth cable can cause a rising neutral and phase imbalance, which results in almost 400V appearing in places where only 230V is expected) #crime #electricity #ElectricalSafety https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jxd3zz7kxo

• Post #348836

  RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/116104227806873865 #Greens need to keep up the momentum here, although ( assuming I am looking in the right place as I don't know the North that well, I think its a suburban area between #Manchester and #Stockport ) there may be less #CarDependency (and even for the car enthusiasts, the scene there has a lot of Asian lads which tends to make racism/bigotry unpopular amongst its participants)

• Post #294791

  For those who want to make a #trunk call 😁 🐘 📞 #BritishTelecom #Openreach #Exchange #telephony