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The Water Knows I Love You is out now from Black Cat Press. Pleased to see my poem All Around the World included in this anthology @blackcatpress.bsky.social
#nature #poetry
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
The Water Knows I Love You | The Black Cat Poetry
The Water Knows I Love You is the second in the nature anthology series from Black Cat Press, gathering 45 poems from emerging and established voices. Across varied styles and forms - from quiet lyric...
www.blackcatpress.co.uk
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Stop asking what victims did or did not do

A Harrods survivor’s challenge to us all: Start asking why the British establishment did nothing then and continues to do nothing
Stop asking what victims did or did not do
A Harrods survivor’s challenge to us all: Start asking why the British establishment did nothing then and continues to do nothing
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Ukraine war latest: EU to loan Kyiv €90bn and reserves right to use Russian assets
Ukraine war latest: EU to loan Kyiv €90bn and reserves right to use Russian assets
Ukraine war latest: EU to loan Kyiv €90bn and reserves right to use Russian assets
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Channel 4 News presenter @cathynewman.bsky.social says public service investigative journalism is “more precious than ever” in an “era of AI slop”

Editor Esme Wren said the programme "can’t back every story, but it chooses the ones that it can make impact with"

pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...
Channel 4 News' Cathy Newman and Esme Wren: Our investigative journalism is 'more precious than ever'
Interview with Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman and editor Esme Wren as the programme won big at the British Journalism Awards.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Parents of sextortion victim sue #Instagram owner #Meta
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parents of sextortion victim sue Instagram owner Meta
Murray Dowey from Dunblane was 16 when he became a victim of sextortion in 2023.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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‘Music needs a human component to be of any value’: Guardian readers on the growing use of AI in music
‘Music needs a human component to be of any value’: Guardian readers on the growing use of AI in music
AI promises to have far-reaching effects in music-making. While some welcome it as a compositional tool, many have deep concerns. Here are some of your responses
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Water Knows I Love You is out now from Black Cat Press. Pleased to see my poem All Around the World included in this anthology @blackcatpress.bsky.social
#nature #poetry
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
The Water Knows I Love You | The Black Cat Poetry
The Water Knows I Love You is the second in the nature anthology series from Black Cat Press, gathering 45 poems from emerging and established voices. Across varied styles and forms - from quiet lyric...
www.blackcatpress.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who went on to become one, himself, as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died. He was 78.
Rob Reiner, preeminent filmmaker and Emmy winner, dies at 78
Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who went on to become one, himself, as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#UK threatened by #Russia's desire to export chaos, says #MI6 chief
apnews.com/article/brit...
MI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia's desire to export chaos
The new head of MI6 is set to warn about Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to export chaos globally.
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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This infuriates me.

They're embedding an AI in Kindles that is empowered to analyze our books without our permission and tell the reader about them....likely inaccurately.

We have no recourse.
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
writerbeware.blog
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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LIVE: Zelenskiy meets Macron, Starmer and Merz in London on Ukraine war talks youtube.com/live/ftzgONU...
LIVE: Zelenskiy meets Macron, Starmer and Merz in London on Ukraine war talks
YouTube video by Reuters
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view reut.rs/4qefvUL
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view
The U.S. National Security Strategy described Trump's vision as one of "flexible realism."
reut.rs
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Water leak at Paris Louvre Museum damages books at Egyptian antiquities department reut.rs/4pU3jIf
Water leak at Paris Louvre Museum damages books at Egyptian antiquities department
A water leak last month damaged hundreds of books in the Egyptian antiquities department at the Louvre, underscoring the deteriorating state of the world's most visited museum just weeks after a daring jewel heist exposed security flaws.
reut.rs
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals

Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is

interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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NYT says it plans to sue the Pentagon, arguing the Defense Department infringed on the constitutional rights of its journalists by imposing new restrictions on military reporting www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
New York Times to Sue Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
The company plans to say in a lawsuit that the Defense Department’s new reporting restrictions infringed on the constitutional rights of journalists.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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UK and Norway sign submarine hunting pact amid Russian threat to undersea cables
UK and Norway sign submarine hunting pact amid Russian threat to undersea cables
The UK and Norway have signed a defence agreement allowing their navies to operate a combined fleet of warships.
news.sky.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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David Lammy expected to water down plans to scrap most jury trials
David Lammy expected to water down plans to scrap most jury trials
Justice secretary suggests he will stick to Leveson’s recommended three-year sentence threshold, after ‘cabinet feedback’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Thames Water to decide on controversial £2m payouts to bosses
Thames Water to decide on controversial £2m payouts to bosses
Directors of Thames Water will meet within days to decide whether to proceed with more than £2m of retention payments to senior executives amid fierce scrutiny from MPs.
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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US and UK agree zero-tariffs on pharmaceuticals
US and UK agree zero-tariffs on pharmaceuticals
The US has agreed to spare the UK from threatened trade tariffs on pharmaceutical products.
news.sky.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM