Russian war criminals attack civilians in three districts of Dnipropetrovsk region (PHOTOS and more)
Trump and maga Republicans begin target political opponents using FBI to raid John Boltons home: Why does Bolton 'annoy' Trump so much (MSNBC Media VIDEO)
Russian war criminals shell private sector of Kramatorsk, three people wounded (more)
UKTranscript Ruben Amorim press conference part one previewing Fulham on 24 Aug 2025
Ruben, you say well see who starts, but regardless of who plays in net, do you feel you
Two women injured in Kherson due to Russian war criminals drone attack on civilians (More)
Royal Mail still missing delivery targets after sale to Czech tycoon Ketnsk Royal Mail The Guardian
Nationalise it!
Putin just proved Trump and maga Republicans are impotent cowards as he destroys Texas based American interests in Ukraine receiving no US response (Silicon Curtain VIDEO)
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What's with all the Union Jack's
Gaza residents: My youngest child doesnt know what fruit tastes like
Mandy Blackman, a British nurse working for the charity UK-Med in Gaza, said 70% of mothers attending their
Apparently the UK's Online safety act has no provisions for small ops exemptions so if you have a small Mastodon instance hosting even a few "users" for example, you still need to do an assessment yearly. Good luck folks
Performing an Online Safety Act Assessment For mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
Who are the best replacements for Frimpong and Konsa in FPL
With Aston Villas Ezri Konsa (4.5m) suspended for Gameweek 2 and Liverpool right-back Jeremie Frimpong (6.0m) sidelined until
There has been a LOT of human job losses due to in the industry. Good to see folks taking a stand!
Pay rises, AI regulation, and layoff protection: what 's newly unionised employees want from
A big development.
By Connor Makar, Published on Aug. 22, 2025
Excerpt: "Scott Alsworth from the 's Union credits the increase in efforts to several factors: (especially poignant with the push for ), a greater number of people joining the video game industry who bring a greater awareness of unionisation, and a response to the state of the industry as a whole."
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Putin-Zelensky meeting 'not ready at all,' Kremlin says despite Trump push for peace deal
"Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn has called for the British government to investigate reports that the former UK prime minister, David Cameron, threatened the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan"
"...on 23 April 2024, then-British foreign secretary Cameron privately threatened Khan that the UK would defund and withdraw from the ICC if it issued warrants for Israeli leaders" Mafia style
So I hear the massive national QA testing of the online safety act is going swimmingly. Lots of rework needed I'd say. Bloody hell, kids are literally using video game character faces to bypass these facial based age verification systems. Good God what a catastrofuck this is. I can't wait to see the impact reports on how effective (not) this thing has been at "protecting kids". And then there's the almighty EU chat control initiative. Stay tuned
For this week's , an intense, weird one that's been crawling (ha) under the radar, the new self titled LP from Northampton, UK's HIDEOUS CRAWLING ABOMINATION. Ten excellent tracks. A grinding, crunching, growling, brutal and riffy abomination indeed.
Government to appeal against court ruling blocking asylum seekers being housed at Epping hotel UK politics live UK news
Home Office to appeal against high courts Epping hotel ruling The Home Office will seek to appeal against
In Uk wurde ein Age Verification fr viele Webseiten verfplichtend eingefhrt!
Es wurde auch schon viele ausweich option genutzt wie vpn oder fake faces.
Viele Webseiten wie Spotify, Reddit, Wikipedia etc!!!
Das zerstrt nicht nur Anonymitt sondern auch die Freiheit und Wissen.
Denn es wurden auch schon viele lgbt Seiten gesperrt!
Der "kinderschutz" ist wie oft nur Kulisse.
Norwegians take notice: Mr Nobel Prize aspirant would rather not be present at Putin-Zelensky meeting (more)
President Zelensky: It's too early to say which countries will provide troops for security guarantees (more)
AFU defenders have shot down Russian Orlan UAV carrying FPV drones for first time (more)
President Zelensky: Ukraine still does not have enough F-16 fighter jets to ensure air security (more)
SBI foils fraud scheme to misappropriate nearly 500 hectares of state-owned land in Dnipropetrovsk region (more)
Turkey seen as key venue for prolonged peace efforts in Ukraine expert (more)
Tick tock, drip drop... Weathervane highs/lows so far (17:00) Friday 22 August 2025:
High temperature 18.9C at 15:51 hrs
low 13.7C at 00:51 hrs
High humidity 82%RH at 06:46 hrs
low 67%RH at 16:46 hrs
Max wind gust 8.5mph at 09:39 hrs
Daily rainfall 0.0mm
EUs financial support for Ukraine reaches EUR 168.9B, President von der Leyen says (more)
DM Shmyhal discusses Ukraine-NATO defense cooperation with Rutte (PHOTOS and more)
"British MPs have warned that the government must not allow British nationals to fight in the Israeli military after it emerged that Israel is mulling the recruitment of Jewish youths from abroad to fight in its army due to severe manpower shortages.
Middle East Eye asked the Home Office and the Foreign Office what the government's stance on UK nationals enlisting in the Israeli military is.
The Home Office declined to comment and referred MEE to the Foreign Office. The Foreign Office declined to comment and referred MEE to the Home Office.
Scottish National Party MP Chris Law told MEE: "The UK government must warn against enlistment and ensure that anyone who ignores these warning and does enlist is subsequently held accountable to international law."
Army Radio reported this week that the Israeli government was looking at a possible campaign to reach out to the diaspora to fill vacancies within the ranks of the military."
AFU General Staff reports 60 clashes on frontline since day-start, intense fighting in Pokrovsk sector (more)
Russian war criminals struck civilians in Kupiansk, killing one woman and injuring four other people (more)
"Implementation of the UK's Online Safety Act is giving internet users around the globe including those in US states moving to enact their own age verification laws real-time proof that such laws impinge on everyone's rights to speak, read, and view freely.
The new OSA rules require all online services accessible in the UK social media, search engines, music sites, and adult content providers to enforce age checks to keep children from seeing "harmful content". Online services also must change their algorithms and moderation systems to keep such content from young people.
Social media platforms Reddit, Bluesky, Discord, and X all introduced age checks to block children from seeing harmful content adult websites implemented age assurance checks on their sites asking users to either upload government-issued ID, provide an email address for comparison against use on other sites, or submit personal information to a third-party vendor for age verification. Sites like Spotify are requiring users to submit face scans to third-party digital identity company Yoti to access content labelled 18+.
The scope of so-called "harmful content" is subjective and arbitrary, and often sweeps up content that governments and CEOs of online services might not want online regardless of whether this is legal content or not. Add to this the law threatening large fines or even jail time for non-compliance, and platforms pre-emptively over-censor content to ensure they won't be held liable."
++Analysis and Info by Kenneth Gregg++ 22.08.2025 update.
Ukraine receives EUR 4.05B in international support PM Svyrydenko (more)
Thornaby transgender woman guilty of sexually assaulting man
Instagram/Terry Blackburn Ciara Watkin was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault A transgender woman who lied
Sky News foreign secretary calls out for 'manmade catastrophe' after declared
Israel's refusal to allow sufficient aid into is a "moral outrage", Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said.
to be expanded across as concerns mount
Zoe Kleinman & Krystina Shveda, August 22, 2025
"The number of data centres in the UK is set to increase by almost a fifth, according to figures shared with BBC News.
"Data centres are giant warehouses full of powerful computers used to run digital services from to online banking - there are currently an estimated 477 of them in the UK.
"Construction researchers Barbour ABI have analysed planning documents and say that number is set to jump by almost 100, as the growth in artificial intelligence (AI) increases the need for processing power.
"The majority are due to be built in the next five years.
"However, there are concerns about the huge amount of energy and water the new data centres will consume.
"Some experts have warned it could drive up prices paid by consumers.
"More than half of the new data centres would be in and neighbouring counties.
"Many are privately funded by US such as and and major investment firms.
A further nine are planned in , one in , five in and a handful in other parts of the UK, the data shows.
"While the new data centres are mostly due for completion by 2030, the biggest single one planned would come later - a 10-billion AI data centre in , near , for the American private and wealth management company .
"It would involve building 10 giant buildings covering 540,000 square meters - the size of several large shopping centres - on the site of a former Blyth Power Station.
"Works are set to begin in 2031 and last for more than three years.
"Microsoft is planning four new data centres in the UK at a total cost of 330 million, with an estimated completion between 2027 and 2029 - two in the Leeds area, one near in Wales, and a five-storey site in , north west London.
"And Google is building two data centres, totalling 450m, spread over 400,000 sq m in north east London in the water system."
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FBI raids home of former Trump national security adviser John Bolton
Alec Russell interviews John Bolton on the US and Israel-Iran conflict A few days ago, he was talking
Two of our favorite tea purveyors in the UK emailed this week to say that they are temporarily suspending shipments to the US. The reason both cited The tariffs. We can still get good tea, but this is only one small example of the pain this tariff lunacy is causing.
Ha! Just had a short conversation with my Westminster MP and suggested they try Socialism and maybe see if it agrees with the current leadership team and the UK government
I don't think MP was expecting my comments but maybe the message will get through.
I might follow-up with an email, just to keep the lines of communication open.