After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.
Democracy dies w/o critical thinking - and it gets buried early.
A large majority of our schools...still...value compliance over critical thinking...still...
I suspect this structural disrespect for thinking in the U.S. has fluctuated depending upon how authoritarian leaders are. NOW, tho, WHEW!
Remarkably, despite how bad this story is, the trend seems to be towards worse not better. And neither of the cited responses to these findings, from Shabana Mahmood's department or the National Police Chiefs’ Council, even pretends to address the issue of racism.
Somebody posted this on a Discord server I frequent. Possibly the most Edwardian feline gentleman I have ever seen.
#caturday
Free League has announced a revised edition of Symbaroum, ten years from its original launch.
It'll also have a new setting region, some distance away in the same world. Coming to Kickstarter in May.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/119...
John Bond
“Window Gazing”
Gouache and Watercolor
Temps have uptrended later this week a string of low 20s is likely between Thursday and Saturday.
With nagging E’ly wind starting to ease from Thursday it will feel warm in the unbroken sunshine. Nights remaining cool.
Not to be seen on the BBC TV News, doesn’t suit their agenda .
Also not to be seen in the Telegraph, Express, Mail, Sun, etc.
And nowadays not in the Guardian either.
This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.
Morning all, hope everyone has a good day, spent half of last night chatting to eldest whilst they walked home across LDN, Tube strike eh! Buses very few n far between! Good exercise, bad planning on her part as only ballet flats…..
Reform seem to be planning attack on women’s rights - source: Reform
Save the NHS 💀 🇬🇧🏴🫖☕️
Keep Walking The Walk,Mayor Mamdani.......
Weather typically warming up for the end of the week, the bit where I’m covering lots of other people’s holidays, bah!!!
Labour MPs need to realise this isn’t about getting rid of Starmer it’s about destabilising the Labour govt and getting rid of all of you .. for Nigel and his mates ! The media have been on overdrive on this since July 24 .. it’s the latest attempt but not the last !
Happy Birthday!
Global drought extremes in 2025
In 2025, global annual drought affected ~30% of the global land surface.
Drought is no longer just about rainfall.
It’s about temperature and evaporative demand.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Some high birch tree 🌳 pollen, and moderate to high UV levels during the week ahead
EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.
The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
Susan Entwistle.
The Garden Path.
#Acrylics #Pointillism
Morning all, dragged myself to the gym, weekend went far too fast, here we go again!
Tesco says it will do everything it can to keep food prices down.
In other news, Tesco profits rise to £3,152,000,000.
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
It’s not that these people still exist. That’s just biology. It’s that they are still being paid to shit in their own hands & start clapping.
Someone airlift them some vegetables, jeez
A further taster of very pleasant spring weather is expected next week.
Looking at widespread cloudless skies ☀️between Wednesday and Friday, Thursday seems warm in the south. Uncertainty with next weekend possibly cooler and cloudier but still dry.
Cracking night out doing The Time Warp again at Rocky Horror 50th anniversary last night, time for a reboot for the younger generation, Young Blud would be great as Eddie or Frankfurter!
Five Minutes After You Leave the House. Dog looking out the window and saying What If they never come back?! Cat says, Who?
#FridayFunDay and early #Caturday
"Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care that Led to Deaths of Two Pregnant Women."
"Porsha Ngumezi & Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas. The state’s medical board ... ordered them to complete extra training." NOT ENOUGH!
www.propublica.org/article/tmb-...
pro tip to folks trying to break into the Pokémon creator space: we don't like bigots, we don't like scalpers, and we don't like AI. pretty easy to not screw up, but here we are again.
It's hit £20,000 in just the first few hours.
Thank you so much for your donations! 💚🙌🏽
Making hope normal again:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-deserve...