James Thrift
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From me - "It’s an ashen pallor": More than 80% of the world’s reefs now hit by bleaching during worst global event on record.
More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
From me - "It’s an ashen pallor": More than 80% of the world’s reefs now hit by bleaching during worst global event on record.
Lovely piece by the indubitably lovelier Jon Canter.
Douglas Adams was a genius — and my bathroom-hogging flatmate
A new documentary shows how the author foresaw the future in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (and based Marvin the Paranoid Android on me)
www.thetimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lovely piece by the indubitably lovelier Jon Canter.
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My latest @bigissue.com column is about my love for the work of Douglas Adams (and not so much love for Adams’s fan Elon Musk) - buy the big issue PLEASE
March 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My latest @bigissue.com column is about my love for the work of Douglas Adams (and not so much love for Adams’s fan Elon Musk) - buy the big issue PLEASE
Driving a Tesla is just like making love to your favourite pornstar.
March 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Driving a Tesla is just like making love to your favourite pornstar.
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No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in the clothes he fought the war in.
March 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in the clothes he fought the war in.
Where are you Starmer? #keirstarmer
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Where are you Starmer? #keirstarmer
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Here we go: the utter technological illiteracy and anti-democratic nature of the UK's RIPA Act has now led Apple to remove end-to-end encryption from the UK. So we're all now more vulnerable to the Trumps and Putins of this world, and shame on Starmer for continuing to support this PoS legislation.
February 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here we go: the utter technological illiteracy and anti-democratic nature of the UK's RIPA Act has now led Apple to remove end-to-end encryption from the UK. So we're all now more vulnerable to the Trumps and Putins of this world, and shame on Starmer for continuing to support this PoS legislation.
UK government blows its bloody foot off!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
UK government blows its bloody foot off!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good to see freedom of speech so high on the agenda in the USA at the moment……
A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration
A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration
February 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Good to see freedom of speech so high on the agenda in the USA at the moment……
A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration
A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration
Does the UK realise that making a "backdoor" for the good guys enables access for the bad? #apple #encryption #ips #adp
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Does the UK realise that making a "backdoor" for the good guys enables access for the bad? #apple #encryption #ips #adp
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...