IS LONDON AS DANGEROUS AS YOU THINK? Video made by @theeconomistnews.bsky.social and posted to Insta by @nitinsawhney.bsky.social All sources are cited on the relevant info frames.

London man angry at ‘Orwellian’ incident in supermarket using facial recognition tech ‘I shouldn’t have to prove I am innocent,’ said man misidentified by Sainsbury’s staff using Facewatch system A man was ordered to leave a supermarket in London after staff misidentified him using controversial new facial recognition technology. Warren Rajah was told to abandon his shopping and leave the local store he has been using for 15 years after an “Orwellian” error in a Sainsbury’s in Elephant and Castle. Continue reading...

London man angry at ‘Orwellian’ incident in supermarket using facial recognition tech

It seems the Liverpool manager’s shoes are too big for Arne Slot to fill after Jürgen.

Bank of England chief warns of ‘worrying echoes’ of 2008 financial crisis Andrew Bailey says a close look is needed at the private credit market after collapse of two big US firms

Here we go !

“The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has warned recent events in US private credit markets have worrying echoes of the sub-prime mortgage crisis that kicked off the global financial crash of 2008.”

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Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

“Choosing to stand with the far-right foreign football hooligan against the local police force: this, apparently, is what British patriotism looks like in 2025. Truly, we are through the looking-glass here.”

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Monitoring changes in UK temperature Multiple sources of data agree on long-term observed trends

Air temperatures, soil temperatures and reanalyses all agree on how the UK’s climate has warmed & varied over the past decades.

Don’t listen to the usual critics who try to claim otherwise…

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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

Yet another good reason for locals to resist data centers: "electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did five years ago in areas located near significant data center activity"

Gift link from @bloomberg.com

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What else does not makes you racist? Wearing white hood and carrying torch? Seems, these lovely labour elites are trying to normalise racism in UK while targeting conservative votes.

The Burial (film) - Wikipedia

Worth to spend time within ✌️

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Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles Four people have been arrested after images of Donald Trump alongside deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected on to Windsor Castle, where the US president is set to be hosted by King Charles during his state visit to Britain. Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit, and will be greeted by Charles on Wednesday for a day of pomp at Windsor Castle, about 25 miles west of London. Continue reading...

Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield quits saying Unilever ‘silenced’ social mission After nearly 50 years, Greenfield says he cannot ‘in good conscience’ continue and suggests promise of independence has been dishonoured Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has stepped away from the ice-cream brand after nearly 50 years, according to a post by the other founder, Ben Cohen. Cohen’s post shared what he said was a letter from Greenfield in which he called it one of the “hardest and most painful decisions” he had ever made. Continue reading...

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield quits saying Unilever ‘silenced’ social mission

B.B. King with Slash "The Thrill Is Gone". Amazing. YouTube video by GuitarXplosion

Happy Friday everyone!

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‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops o...

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Robert Kennedy Jr: Could he really revolutionise US healthcare? The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is bringing drive to healthcare areas that have long been neglected

The BBC taking a dangerous man too seriously

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Italian lawmakers say Italy used spyware to target phones of immigration activists, but not against journalist | TechCrunch A parliamentary investigation answered some — but not all — the questions related to a spyware scandal involving the use of the Israeli company’s spyware, Graphite.

Italian lawmakers say Italy used spyware to target phones of immigration activists, but not against journalist | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/italian-lawma...

here is the recording of my book launch at LSE Middle East Centre 👇

MIT Says It No Longer Stands Behind Student’s AI Research Paper The university said it has no confidence in a widely circulated paper by an economics graduate student.

AYFKM

There is special circle of hell for those who fabricate data

Immeasurable harm to all of us who break our backs to collect real data, to brilliant students who deserved that position, to other students who won’t get trust they deserve — just obscene

Why did Grok suddenly start talking about “white genocide in South Africa” even if asked about baseball or cute dogs?

Because someone at Musk’s xAi deliberately did this, and we only found out because they were clumsy.

My piece on the real dangers of AI.

Gift link:
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We must stop the rise of destructive, divisive politics - Ed Davey Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, speaking at the Spring 2025 Liberal Democrat conference about the threat posed by Nigel Farage, Reform and their d...

We know where destructive divisive politics will lead. We know what’s at stake. And it falls to us to stop it.

youtu.be/C4I0YPATcJQ

Very ashamed today of Starmer/Labour's comments about 'island of strangers' and 'incalculable damage'. It's the job of the government to leave the country in a better place than they found it, not to appeal to the base instincts of a nation in order simply to carry on governing.

I am thrilled to launch my new book and hear feedback from Banu Bargu and Elise Massicard, two outstanding scholars!

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The $200 Billion Gamble: Bill Gates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation

Bill Gates on Elon Musk: "…the world’s richest man has been involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children."

One of the important comment from him is :

“Schneier said, and legislators can't afford to fail this time.”

"We failed with social media. We failed with search, but we can do it with AI," he asserted. "It's a combination of tech and policy."

Schneier warns that AI loses integrity due to corporate bias RSAC: Can we turn to govt, academic models instead?

During his RSA keynote, Schneier asked: "Did your chatbot recommend a particular airline or hotel because it's the best deal for you, or because the AI company got a kickback from those companies?"

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Hazar Sahilinde - Yuhu (Hazar Sahilinde Albümü) YouTube video by Uzelli

Guitar solos are absolutely next-level in that one 🎸

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Şapka (Enstrümantal) - Yuhu (Hazar Sahilinde Albümü) YouTube video by Uzelli

Joy of reuniting with an old friend after a long time.

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Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program Because vulnerability management has nothing to do with national security, right? US government funding for the world's CVE program – the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database of product security flaws – ends Wednesday.…

Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program

Lego drops diversity terms from its annual sustainability report Move by Danish toymaker appears to reflect US pressure on inclusivity initiatives worldwide

Et tu, Lego? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs

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