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Just fucking stop hoping i'm well. Say hello and get to the point.
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Just fucking stop hoping i'm well. Say hello and get to the point.
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Great moments in redaction history.
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Great moments in redaction history.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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Among other things the reason is apparently "time spent looking at the CCTV footage", indicating that BTP have *still* not understood the binary chop algorithm despite having it explained to them by numerous angry computer science professors.
The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.
Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.
buff.ly
October 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Among other things the reason is apparently "time spent looking at the CCTV footage", indicating that BTP have *still* not understood the binary chop algorithm despite having it explained to them by numerous angry computer science professors.
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With Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman in the news this week, I thought some of you might be interested in my 2020 investigation into Mr Barrowman’s involvement in the loan charge tax scandal.
Produced by one of the BBC’s best investigative journalists Anna Meisel.
Produced by one of the BBC’s best investigative journalists Anna Meisel.
BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, Taxing Situations
COVID workers targeted with tax avoidance schemes that HMRC warns against signing up to.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
With Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman in the news this week, I thought some of you might be interested in my 2020 investigation into Mr Barrowman’s involvement in the loan charge tax scandal.
Produced by one of the BBC’s best investigative journalists Anna Meisel.
Produced by one of the BBC’s best investigative journalists Anna Meisel.
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Important to emphasize that the actual victims of Javice's fraud, who didn't even get mentioned in court, are the founders of honest fintech companies who didn't get an investment because of this fiasco. The cost of fraud is the legitimate business that doesn't get done.
"Javice’s lawyers argued, given JPMorgan’s $868bn market capitalisation, that a $175mn write-off would be analogous to a $58 loss for the median American family."
Is it REALLY theft if you're just stealing from a bank? They have so much money! $175 million doesn't really count.
Is it REALLY theft if you're just stealing from a bank? They have so much money! $175 million doesn't really count.
Financial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
FT.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Important to emphasize that the actual victims of Javice's fraud, who didn't even get mentioned in court, are the founders of honest fintech companies who didn't get an investment because of this fiasco. The cost of fraud is the legitimate business that doesn't get done.
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Peter Kyle has spent this week wibbling about university graduates being too lazy to start AI businesses, rather than working on a response to a cyber disaster affecting a whole manufacturing ecosystem
UK resists union calls to help Jaguar Land Rover’s supply chain on.ft.com/4ndQyaB
UK resists union calls to help Jaguar Land Rover’s supply chain
British carmaker extends production halt to October 1 as it struggles with cyber attack fallout
on.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Peter Kyle has spent this week wibbling about university graduates being too lazy to start AI businesses, rather than working on a response to a cyber disaster affecting a whole manufacturing ecosystem
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Very much enjoying Microsoft fucking-up previously rock-solid stable apps in new and exciting ways! For example: why is this dialogue so fucking huge!?!?
September 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Very much enjoying Microsoft fucking-up previously rock-solid stable apps in new and exciting ways! For example: why is this dialogue so fucking huge!?!?
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This is a novel way of describing the process whereby a company sells your their product.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
September 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is a novel way of describing the process whereby a company sells your their product.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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I mean when you think of killer apps of the past, I don't remember Excel or Mosaic needing to hijack the off switch in order to persuade people to try them.
August 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I mean when you think of killer apps of the past, I don't remember Excel or Mosaic needing to hijack the off switch in order to persuade people to try them.
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8 years ago the govt gave HMRC new powers to tackle corporate tax evasion...
They've just been used for the first time!
Unless HMRC is properly resourced, they'll continue to underutilise their powers & letting greedy corps rob the public of £billions.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
They've just been used for the first time!
Unless HMRC is properly resourced, they'll continue to underutilise their powers & letting greedy corps rob the public of £billions.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
HMRC charges Bennett Verby as first company under tax evasion powers
Stockport accountancy firm becomes first to be charged under law brought in eight years ago
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
8 years ago the govt gave HMRC new powers to tackle corporate tax evasion...
They've just been used for the first time!
Unless HMRC is properly resourced, they'll continue to underutilise their powers & letting greedy corps rob the public of £billions.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
They've just been used for the first time!
Unless HMRC is properly resourced, they'll continue to underutilise their powers & letting greedy corps rob the public of £billions.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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This is the fuckin' way.
Give 'em hell, Newgrounds.
Give 'em hell, Newgrounds.
Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
July 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This is the fuckin' way.
Give 'em hell, Newgrounds.
Give 'em hell, Newgrounds.
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A London judge ruled in favor of Ukraine’s largest state-owned bank, calling the misappropriation of funds a “fraud of Byzantine complexity.” Parallel criminal proceedings continue in Ukraine.
www.occrp.org/en/news/lond...
www.occrp.org/en/news/lond...
London Judge Rules: Ukrainian Tycoons Stole $2 Billion from PrivatBank
A London judge ruled in favor of Ukraine’s largest state-owned bank, calling the misappropriation of funds a “fraud of Byzantine complexity.” Parallel criminal proceedings continue in Ukraine.
www.occrp.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A London judge ruled in favor of Ukraine’s largest state-owned bank, calling the misappropriation of funds a “fraud of Byzantine complexity.” Parallel criminal proceedings continue in Ukraine.
www.occrp.org/en/news/lond...
www.occrp.org/en/news/lond...
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11,500 UK companies struck off Companies House register after crackdown
National crime agency news Desk Published July 17, 2025 Thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register over the last year, following a crackdown coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre.…
National crime agency news Desk Published July 17, 2025 Thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register over the last year, following a crackdown coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre.…
11,500 UK companies struck off Companies House register after crackdown
National crime agency news Desk Published July 17, 2025 Thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register over the last year, following a crackdown coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre. These companies were not compliant with Registered Office requirements under the Companies Act 2006. The project was designed to identify and enable enforcement action against high-risk company incorporation locations and corporate entities believed to be enabling criminality in the UK and overseas.
signalvanguard.wordpress.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
11,500 UK companies struck off Companies House register after crackdown
National crime agency news Desk Published July 17, 2025 Thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register over the last year, following a crackdown coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre.…
National crime agency news Desk Published July 17, 2025 Thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register over the last year, following a crackdown coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre.…
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✍️ We’re proud to be signatories to this letter, alongside our friends @transparencyuk.bsky.social, @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social, @patmillsuk.bsky.social, @cfs-rusi.bsky.social and @oliverbullough.bsky.social.
You can read the full letter below 👇:
You can read the full letter below 👇:
Our letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer: Investor visas risk rolling out the red carpet to kleptocrats, criminals, and spies — UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
Friday, 4 July 2025 Dear Chancellor, We are writing to express our concerns about reports that the UK Government is planning a new investment visa, or ‘Golden Visa’, scheme. Past experience suggest...
www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org
July 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
✍️ We’re proud to be signatories to this letter, alongside our friends @transparencyuk.bsky.social, @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social, @patmillsuk.bsky.social, @cfs-rusi.bsky.social and @oliverbullough.bsky.social.
You can read the full letter below 👇:
You can read the full letter below 👇:
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Proper “crime is legal now” stuff here, just this time for serious and organised crime worth hundreds of thousands that no-one seems to think is worth their time to investigate
July 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Proper “crime is legal now” stuff here, just this time for serious and organised crime worth hundreds of thousands that no-one seems to think is worth their time to investigate
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Thousands of seafarers are abandoned at sea each year, often stuck aboard deteriorating vessels without pay, provisions or medical care. Sanctions enforcement is also sporadic. Increasingly, maritime shipping lanes are becoming crime zones.
Read more: www.icij.org/news/2025/06...
Read more: www.icij.org/news/2025/06...
After outpacing EU naval mission, cargo ship remains stranded in Libya
Less than a year after it was abandoned off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, the Med Sea Eagle delivered military equipment to a Libyan strongman, leaked documents reveal.
www.icij.org
July 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thousands of seafarers are abandoned at sea each year, often stuck aboard deteriorating vessels without pay, provisions or medical care. Sanctions enforcement is also sporadic. Increasingly, maritime shipping lanes are becoming crime zones.
Read more: www.icij.org/news/2025/06...
Read more: www.icij.org/news/2025/06...
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Chinese forums on Telegram feature ads for “cars” or “fleets” — slang for bank accounts that can be used to collect stolen funds.
One ad offered accounts at PNC, Chase, Citi and Bank of America and boasted of “firsthand” control of the accounts.
One ad offered accounts at PNC, Chase, Citi and Bank of America and boasted of “firsthand” control of the accounts.
How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans
Asian crime syndicates’ online scams have reached industrial proportions, cheating victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.
www.propublica.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Chinese forums on Telegram feature ads for “cars” or “fleets” — slang for bank accounts that can be used to collect stolen funds.
One ad offered accounts at PNC, Chase, Citi and Bank of America and boasted of “firsthand” control of the accounts.
One ad offered accounts at PNC, Chase, Citi and Bank of America and boasted of “firsthand” control of the accounts.
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New data reveals that 40% of corporation tax due from small businesses isn’t being paid.
It’s a hidden crisis that costs the UK £15 billion a year — and HMRC has quietly lost control.
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It’s a hidden crisis that costs the UK £15 billion a year — and HMRC has quietly lost control.
buff.ly/5Ah4fP4
June 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New data reveals that 40% of corporation tax due from small businesses isn’t being paid.
It’s a hidden crisis that costs the UK £15 billion a year — and HMRC has quietly lost control.
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It’s a hidden crisis that costs the UK £15 billion a year — and HMRC has quietly lost control.
buff.ly/5Ah4fP4
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Happy Wirecard Collapse Day to those who celebrate !
June 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy Wirecard Collapse Day to those who celebrate !
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Excellent thread in progress, which I hope will get onto a subject that's always interested me - you would have thought this industry were an absolutely natural use case for crypto, but by and large they cannot be bothered with it for the most part.
On the other site I said Visa and Mastercard are the unwilling de facto rulers of the adult industry.
In this thread, we’ll dig into adult industry’s most exciting layer: financial plumbing! and explore weird content banned not by law, but by interpretation of card rules. 🧵
In this thread, we’ll dig into adult industry’s most exciting layer: financial plumbing! and explore weird content banned not by law, but by interpretation of card rules. 🧵
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Excellent thread in progress, which I hope will get onto a subject that's always interested me - you would have thought this industry were an absolutely natural use case for crypto, but by and large they cannot be bothered with it for the most part.
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🚨CORPORATE SPOOKS KLAXON🚨
Builder.ai collapsed owing money to an Israeli private intelligence outfit, a high-profile crisis PR specialist and one of the world’s most feared litigation law firms, US bankruptcy filings reveal
The trio were hired after probing FT reporting last year
on.ft.com/3ZhLIPM
Builder.ai collapsed owing money to an Israeli private intelligence outfit, a high-profile crisis PR specialist and one of the world’s most feared litigation law firms, US bankruptcy filings reveal
The trio were hired after probing FT reporting last year
on.ft.com/3ZhLIPM
Builder.ai owes money to corporate spies and defamation lawyers
[FREE TO READ] Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn hired reputational management specialists after FT reported on founder’s legal issues
on.ft.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🚨CORPORATE SPOOKS KLAXON🚨
Builder.ai collapsed owing money to an Israeli private intelligence outfit, a high-profile crisis PR specialist and one of the world’s most feared litigation law firms, US bankruptcy filings reveal
The trio were hired after probing FT reporting last year
on.ft.com/3ZhLIPM
Builder.ai collapsed owing money to an Israeli private intelligence outfit, a high-profile crisis PR specialist and one of the world’s most feared litigation law firms, US bankruptcy filings reveal
The trio were hired after probing FT reporting last year
on.ft.com/3ZhLIPM
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no they haven't
Some of the most powerful AI models today have exhibited behaviors that mimic a will to survive by sabotaging shutdown commands, blackmailing engineers or copying themselves to external servers without permission.
How far will AI go to defend its own survival?
Recent safety tests show some AI models are capable of sabotaging commands or even resorting to blackmail to avoid being turned off or replaced.
nbcnews.to
June 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
no they haven't
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The U.K. banking industry lost £1.17 billion to fraud last year as criminals carried out more than 3.3 million scams, according to trade association @UKFtweets.
Fraud now accounts for 41% of all reported crime in the country.
Fraud now accounts for 41% of all reported crime in the country.
Fraud Costs UK Banks $1.6B Amid Record Scam Surge
With fraud accounting for 41percent of all crimes and remaining the U.K.’s most common offence, the government is set to launch a new strategy to tackle online fraud.
www.occrp.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The U.K. banking industry lost £1.17 billion to fraud last year as criminals carried out more than 3.3 million scams, according to trade association @UKFtweets.
Fraud now accounts for 41% of all reported crime in the country.
Fraud now accounts for 41% of all reported crime in the country.