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I feel like evacuating a city of 14 million because they are going to run out of water should be a bigger story regardless of where it is.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I feel like evacuating a city of 14 million because they are going to run out of water should be a bigger story regardless of where it is.
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I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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Hahahaha elon got all the grok hype deleted after everyone started mocking it. I think if grok said elon had the thinnest skin in human history I'd have to agree.
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Hahahaha elon got all the grok hype deleted after everyone started mocking it. I think if grok said elon had the thinnest skin in human history I'd have to agree.
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The Auschwitz Memorial is fighting with Elon Musk's AI baby. Get me out of this timeline.
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Auschwitz Memorial is fighting with Elon Musk's AI baby. Get me out of this timeline.
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This is real x.com/grok/status/.... Yangtze record swim times but in LLM form
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is real x.com/grok/status/.... Yangtze record swim times but in LLM form
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Trump: "I'm all for climate change"
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trump: "I'm all for climate change"
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Hello @ec.europa.eu , or whoever is responsible for enforcing the rules, X's AI, Grok, is denying the Holocaust. Holocaust denial is illegal in France. Please don't make an exception when it comes to a billionaire, as usual.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hello @ec.europa.eu , or whoever is responsible for enforcing the rules, X's AI, Grok, is denying the Holocaust. Holocaust denial is illegal in France. Please don't make an exception when it comes to a billionaire, as usual.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
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As the Chancellor pulls back on changes to income tax, there are lessons from Scotland - the most taxed part of the UK is also least opposed to further rises. Politicians should be less frightened by tax reform so long as they make an argument for it.
See blog below👇
See blog below👇
"The Scottish tax experiment has shown that people won’t necessarily revolt over income tax increases. It is possible to make the case for progressive increases and win the argument. The world won’t come to an end."
✒️ @caseysmithippr.bsky.social. Read more ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/sco...
✒️ @caseysmithippr.bsky.social. Read more ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/sco...
Scotland: Taxed enough already? Maybe not | IPPR
In Scotland, income tax has gone up, and the sky hasn’t fallen in. Those with incomes higher than Scottish median earnings (of just over £33k a year for al
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November 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
As the Chancellor pulls back on changes to income tax, there are lessons from Scotland - the most taxed part of the UK is also least opposed to further rises. Politicians should be less frightened by tax reform so long as they make an argument for it.
See blog below👇
See blog below👇
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UK Office for National Statistics: Average UK monthly private rents increased by 5.0% in the 12 months to October.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
UK Office for National Statistics: Average UK monthly private rents increased by 5.0% in the 12 months to October.
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The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
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Blue Owl fund redemption freeze sparks fresh private credit jitters reut.rs/43AVOgX
Blue Owl fund redemption freeze sparks fresh private credit jitters
A fresh bout of anxiety has gripped the $3 trillion private credit market after alternative asset manager Blue Owl moved to limit withdrawals from one of its funds ahead of a planned merger.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Blue Owl fund redemption freeze sparks fresh private credit jitters reut.rs/43AVOgX
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*META WINS FTC ANTITRUST TRIAL OVER INSTAGRAM, WHATSAPP DEALS
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
*META WINS FTC ANTITRUST TRIAL OVER INSTAGRAM, WHATSAPP DEALS
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BOE DHINGRA SAYS UK INCOME GROWTH IS RISING BUT CONSUMPTION REMAINS WEAK DUE TO HIGH PRICES AND LOWER REAL SPENDING POWER
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
BOE DHINGRA SAYS UK INCOME GROWTH IS RISING BUT CONSUMPTION REMAINS WEAK DUE TO HIGH PRICES AND LOWER REAL SPENDING POWER
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
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Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
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Cloudflare outage destroys all human communication except Bluesky, this is the weirdest sci-fi scenario I’ve ever seen
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Cloudflare outage destroys all human communication except Bluesky, this is the weirdest sci-fi scenario I’ve ever seen
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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...And in terms of asylum applications per 10,000 people the UK is lower down, at 16 per 10,000 people in 2024...
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
...And in terms of asylum applications per 10,000 people the UK is lower down, at 16 per 10,000 people in 2024...
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imagine if Nick Griffin had proposed in 2010 that we should be stealing jewellery from refugees who arrive here, we’d have spent 15 years pointing to it as a low point in the political discourse around immigration, but now we’re just suppose to accept it from our “””centre-left””” government
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
imagine if Nick Griffin had proposed in 2010 that we should be stealing jewellery from refugees who arrive here, we’d have spent 15 years pointing to it as a low point in the political discourse around immigration, but now we’re just suppose to accept it from our “””centre-left””” government
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POLISH SPECIAL SERVICES MINISTER: THE CHANCES THAT PEOPLE CONDUCTING SABOTAGE ARE ACTING ON ORDERS OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IS VERY HIGH
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
POLISH SPECIAL SERVICES MINISTER: THE CHANCES THAT PEOPLE CONDUCTING SABOTAGE ARE ACTING ON ORDERS OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IS VERY HIGH
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Both the Budget and the asylum bill are disintegrating before they've even been formally announced.
Absolutely dead government.
Absolutely dead government.
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Both the Budget and the asylum bill are disintegrating before they've even been formally announced.
Absolutely dead government.
Absolutely dead government.