Whoa. You know it’s bad when even @reuters.com loses patience with the strait jacket lunacy of the Straits situation.

❤️ What a beautiful creation! 👏 A memorial angel in bronze, sculpted by @eleanorcrook.bsky.social commemorates the Lying-in-State of Elizabeth II.

BREAKING: EU ambassadors approve €90 BILLION loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto, reports Radio Free Europe journalist Rikard Jozwiak.

The envoys also approved the bloc’s 20th sanctions package against Russia.

Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids in answer to a question about increasing support for childcare. Way to support modern families, not! #ReformWatch #darkage

The image shows the Yorkshire countryside with black smoke floating above it. A rusty sign says: "Welcome to West Yorkshire, twinned with Cameron Parish, Louisiana". The text reads: "UK public pensions are funding US fossil fuels – and it's hurting vulnerable American communities"

Billions of pounds from UK public pensions are being used to bankroll the expansion of US gas companies

And the gas terminals being built as a result are impacting the health of poor American communities

🎯 Who would imagine that expert rogue hackers would be tempted to access an AI model that is adept at detecting cybersecurity flaws?🤔 🧐 Mildly surprised that it took as long as two weeks for Mythos to be hacked ... #achillesheel

I'm just relieved nobody is talking about how I said I bought a house in Clacton, then admitted it was in the name of my girlfriend, Laure Ferrari, even though she couldn't afford £885,000, which conveniently meant I avoided £44,000 in tax.
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‘Your photos will be deleted’: Apple users warned over ‘nasty’ iCloud storage scam Fraudsters send emails claiming storage is full or nearly full, then trick people into clicking on links that can expose bank and personal details

👏Thanks @theguardian.com I received the legit email, rather than the scam, but was able to safely check what it claimed due to the very helpful directions in this useful article. 💯 #journalism #newsyoucanuse #Scamprotection

www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...

The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe

“Jaws dropped.” British diplomats were stunned as a young American railed against migration levels in Britain, accusing migrants of stoking a crime wave. (While stats show violent and property crime has fallen).

The Diplomats Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/w...

Exclusive: Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data Meta is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture ​mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its ‌artificial-intelligence models, part of a broad ...

Even more reason to ditch Meta as they are poised to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data - Exclusive by @reut.com
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

The pro-life party.

Earthquake off Japanese coast prompts tsunami warning for country's north-east - follow live The earthquake struck with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.

Tsunami warning after 7.4 magnitude quake at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles ) in waters off coast of Japan.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Earthquake Hits Japan’s Tohoku Region; Tsunami Warning Issued <p>A lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 was recorded in Tohoku region.</p>

Earthquake Hits Japan’s Tohoku Region; Tsunami Warning Issued japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...

Why Fashion Suddenly Loves Older Women

Why Fashion Suddenly Loves Older Women “For all women, there’s that line between choosing to be malleable and pleasing and to conform with the collective norms or refusing it.” More and more, she said, they are saying, “No, I’m not playing that game.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/s...

NEW: This might be the perfect visual metaphor for the war in Iran.

Courtesy of today’s Virginia Tech Spring game.

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

😳 Warnings over the potential dangers of Meta’s smart glasses and the facial recognition that might identify to strangers anyone who’s a user of a Meta platform & recognizing anyone with a public account on a Meta service such as Instagram. Say goodbye to anonymity.

www.wired.com/story/meta-r...

Disenfranchisement by one awful law: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make legally present immigrant seniors ineligible for Medicare.

Reform. Making things up? Perish the thought 🤦🏻‍♀️

You gotta love these Reform candidates 👀 But perhaps don’t trust peeps with judgement calls like this to run your councils #justathought

BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs in biggest downsize in 15 years Announcement comes before Matt Brittin replaces Tim Davie as director general next month * Business live – latest updates The BBC is to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in the biggest down-sizing of the public service broadcaster in 15 years. Staff are set to be informed of the cuts, which will affect about 10% of the BBC’s 21,500 staff, at an all-staff meeting on Wednesday. Continue reading...

BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs in biggest downsize in 15 years

Booking.com customers warned of 'reservation hijack' scams after data breach The travel platform said it had changed Pins to protect customers but would not say how many were affected.

Be on the lookout for "reservation hijacks" where criminals contact Booking.com customers pretending to be hotels in order to trick victims into sending them money based on bogus reservation problems.

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Realised for the first time today that Trump uses the outline of the map of the States as his make-up guide 👀

Behold the infallible Vance! Between Trump’s Christ post and Vance schooling the Pope on theology that’s quite the God complex at the top of the US administration. I’m sticking with the Flying Spaghetti Monster …

Not only did UAE punish many social media users who posted footage or images of strikes online, it also encouraged Dubai influencers to promote official government narratives that downplayed the strikes. #knowwhototrust

A Maida Vale candidate, standing for Reform in the May elections, has worked for the UK branch of an US-based Christian fundamentalist pressure group which aims to target your UK abortion rights.

EXPOSED: How Viktor Orbán Bankrolled the Network Around Reform UK As Hungary’s Prime Minister suffers a historic electoral defeat, Byline Times maps out how his government’s funding arm channelled hundreds of thousands of pounds into organisations at the heart of Britain’s hard right.

EXPOSED: How Viktor Orbán Bankrolled the Network Around Reform UK

As Hungary’s Prime Minister suffers a historic electoral defeat, Byline Times maps out how his government’s funding arm channelled hundreds of thousands of pounds into organisations at the heart of Britain’s hard right.

Reform sure knows how to expel embarrassing campaigners …Might be better if they’d spend even two minutes on vetting!

You’ve got nailed … seems the least Google could consider, given its prior claim to ‘Do no evil’, is to not allegedly give customers data to ICE 😖

A big thank you to the Friends of Verulamium Park team, including Nick, Malcolm and Bill, for recently helping keep Verulamium Park looking its best with a litter pick 💚 If you’d like to join in with their activities, visit their website at: https://f.mtr.cool/trqkmotbhw

#VerulamiumPark #Verulamium

The allegations in the article are truly shocking and, if true, raise significant questions over the treatment of workers in Amazon warehouses.