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The European Union has missed a key milestone in its effort to rein in the riskiest artificial intelligence models amid heavy lobbying from the US government.
EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition
The latest attempt to curb AI companies is ensnarled in an epic lobbying battle involving the Trump administration.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Socialism.
Feminism.
Ecology.

Long before today’s debates, these authors a century ago were already imagining the answers.

Martin Waller has been reading them.

Meet the forgotten visionaries of utopia:
On utopias, past and present
Three early utopian novels – socialist, feminist, ecological – offered radical alternatives to society before dystopias claimed the spotlight
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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The public are behind our plans for a Mass Transit network.🚊

This will be our region’s biggest infrastructure project in decades, and the message was clear: it’s time to deliver a tram and get spades in the ground by 2028.

Read our full consultation report: westyorks-ca.gov.uk/all-news-and...
February 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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The petition must now be considered for parliamentary debate.
February 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
February 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Please sign and share! Water is important!

weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
Bring Thames Water into public ownership
weownit.org.uk
January 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
January 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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🚨Private healthcare companies are lobbying the Health Secretary to sign up to a new PFI deal.

⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal.

📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS.
#NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!
weownit.org.uk
December 6, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Date for the diary: 21.1.25, 20:00hrs
...Renee DiResta on disinformation. How it spreads. How to counter it.
Forewarned is forearmed
December 23, 2024 at 1:56 AM
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🔴Government by ‘Talking Shop’? Hardly – Here’s Just Some of the Major Reforms Keir Starmer Has Introduced So Far

Starmer’s Government has been far more active than the Daily Mail is telling you

bylinetimes.com/2024/12/03/g...
Government by ‘Talking Shop’? Hardly – Here’s Just Some of the Major Reforms Keir Starmer Has Introduced So Far
You don't have to look very hard to see that Starmer's Government has been far more active than the Daily Mail is telling you
bylinetimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:13 AM
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If you are a #gamestudio or #gamedev in the North of England - tag us to be included in this list bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 20, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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🔴The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear

Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation’s accounts

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/t...
The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear
Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation's accounts
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Hello BlueSky. Let’s try to make things better this time around.
November 19, 2024 at 3:49 PM