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it's more complicated than they thought
Reintroduced carnivores’ impacts on ecosystems are still coming into focus arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Reintroduced carnivores’ impacts on ecosystems are still coming into focus arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Reintroduced carnivores’ impacts on ecosystems are still coming into focus
Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect the environment.
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
it's more complicated than they thought
Reintroduced carnivores’ impacts on ecosystems are still coming into focus arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Reintroduced carnivores’ impacts on ecosystems are still coming into focus arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Amazing amount of treatments they have pioneered already
After his son was paralyzed, an NFL Hall of Famer resolved to find a cure. 40 years and $550 million later, his foundation is credited with improving millions of lives: | Fortune fortune.com/2025/11/28/n...
After his son was paralyzed, an NFL Hall of Famer resolved to find a cure. 40 years and $550 million later, his foundation is credited with improving millions of lives: | Fortune fortune.com/2025/11/28/n...
After his son was paralyzed, an NFL Hall of Famer resolved to find a cure. 40 years and $550 million later, his foundation is credited with improving millions of lives: | Fortune
“The Buoniconti Fund has lasted because we’re relentless,” Marc Buoniconti recently told The Associated Press.
fortune.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Amazing amount of treatments they have pioneered already
After his son was paralyzed, an NFL Hall of Famer resolved to find a cure. 40 years and $550 million later, his foundation is credited with improving millions of lives: | Fortune fortune.com/2025/11/28/n...
After his son was paralyzed, an NFL Hall of Famer resolved to find a cure. 40 years and $550 million later, his foundation is credited with improving millions of lives: | Fortune fortune.com/2025/11/28/n...
American elections are a fucking joke and a stain on democratic rule and they just keep getting worse
The Latest Thing AI Is Accelerating Is How Much U.S. Elections Suck gizmodo.com/the-latest-t...
The Latest Thing AI Is Accelerating Is How Much U.S. Elections Suck gizmodo.com/the-latest-t...
The Latest Thing AI Is Accelerating Is How Much U.S. Elections Suck
AI super PACs are threatening to drown out the rest of politics.
gizmodo.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
American elections are a fucking joke and a stain on democratic rule and they just keep getting worse
The Latest Thing AI Is Accelerating Is How Much U.S. Elections Suck gizmodo.com/the-latest-t...
The Latest Thing AI Is Accelerating Is How Much U.S. Elections Suck gizmodo.com/the-latest-t...
Another fine mess they have made of the UK tax situation which was already a dog's breakfast
State pensioners with no other income will not have to pay tax www.bbc.com/news/article...
State pensioners with no other income will not have to pay tax www.bbc.com/news/article...
State pensioners with no other income will not have to pay tax
The chancellor says those who only receive the state pension won't have to pay income tax before 2030.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Another fine mess they have made of the UK tax situation which was already a dog's breakfast
State pensioners with no other income will not have to pay tax www.bbc.com/news/article...
State pensioners with no other income will not have to pay tax www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
Amazon Web Services owns the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs, says the leader of MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
Excellent responses
Per-mile EV tax is just the first stop on the road to vehicle taxation reform | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Per-mile EV tax is just the first stop on the road to vehicle taxation reform | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Per-mile EV tax is just the first stop on the road to vehicle taxation reform | Letters
Letters: Taxing EVs on the amount of electricity they use is fairer than the per-mile system outlined in the budget, writes Edward Leigh, while David Abrams reckons EV owners are being penalised for t...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excellent responses
Per-mile EV tax is just the first stop on the road to vehicle taxation reform | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Per-mile EV tax is just the first stop on the road to vehicle taxation reform | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Self censorship at this level in the media means we are a long way down the path to fascism
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Self censorship at this level in the media means we are a long way down the path to fascism
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable | Science | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable | Science | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Capitalism Subverts Democracy jacobin.com/2025/11/capi...
Capitalism Subverts Democracy
In recent decades, the American economy has been characterized by rising inequality, shrinking free time, and the growing concentration of economic and political power, increasingly undermining the de...
jacobin.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Capitalism Subverts Democracy jacobin.com/2025/11/capi...
IGaza is treated as a problem to be managed, while Israel, the state that committed genocide and destroyed all stability here, is protected from accountability.
t is Israel, not Gaza, that needs stabilisation | Gaza | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
t is Israel, not Gaza, that needs stabilisation | Gaza | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
It is Israel, not Gaza, that needs stabilisation
Global powers are trying to stabilise Gaza with the help of its tormentor.
www.aljazeera.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
IGaza is treated as a problem to be managed, while Israel, the state that committed genocide and destroyed all stability here, is protected from accountability.
t is Israel, not Gaza, that needs stabilisation | Gaza | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
t is Israel, not Gaza, that needs stabilisation | Gaza | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side? | Trump administration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side?
Bloomberg publishes extraordinary transcripts of secret discussions, but their provenance remains unclear
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side? | Trump administration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hardly the redistributive budget that the country really needs but one hip hooray for an end to the iniquitous 2 child cap
Budget 2025: key points at a glance | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Budget 2025: key points at a glance | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Budget 2025: key points at a glance
Rachel Reeves is announcing her financial update – here are the main points, with political analysis
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hardly the redistributive budget that the country really needs but one hip hooray for an end to the iniquitous 2 child cap
Budget 2025: key points at a glance | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Budget 2025: key points at a glance | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
How awful
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How awful
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
IKEA is releasing a new family of Bluetooth speakers in partnership with Swedish designer Tekla Severin www.engadget.com/audio/speake...
IKEA is releasing a new family of Bluetooth speakers in partnership with Swedish designer Tekla Severin
IKEA is launching new Bluetooth speakers with colorful designs.
www.engadget.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
IKEA is releasing a new family of Bluetooth speakers in partnership with Swedish designer Tekla Severin www.engadget.com/audio/speake...
An appalling attack on the fundamentals of justice and human rights. What the actual fuck is wrong with this so called Labour government?
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases
The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
An appalling attack on the fundamentals of justice and human rights. What the actual fuck is wrong with this so called Labour government?
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Ethiopian volcano subsides, leaving a trail of disruption and canceled flights | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/air-ind...
Ethiopian volcano subsides, leaving a trail of disruption and canceled flights
Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano has subsided after an eruption over the weekend
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ethiopian volcano subsides, leaving a trail of disruption and canceled flights | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/air-ind...
Good riddance to bad, no lethal, rubbish
US-backed GHF ‘aid mission’ in Gaza ends – a timeline of violence | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
US-backed GHF ‘aid mission’ in Gaza ends – a timeline of violence | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
US-backed GHF ‘aid mission’ in Gaza ends – a timeline of violence
GHF is halting operations after more than 2,000 Palestinians were killed in and around its distribution sites.
www.aljazeera.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Good riddance to bad, no lethal, rubbish
US-backed GHF ‘aid mission’ in Gaza ends – a timeline of violence | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
US-backed GHF ‘aid mission’ in Gaza ends – a timeline of violence | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Looking iffy for OpenAI
Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT's Lunch gizmodo.com/marc-benioff...
Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT's Lunch gizmodo.com/marc-benioff...
Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT's Lunch
ChatGPT who?
gizmodo.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Looking iffy for OpenAI
Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT's Lunch gizmodo.com/marc-benioff...
Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT's Lunch gizmodo.com/marc-benioff...
"... self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us,”
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"... self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us,”
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Doesn't surprise me at all
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women | Women | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women | Women | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
Venues designed for people to smash things up safely are seeing an enormous rise in bookings. But why? And what explains the pronounced gender gap?
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Doesn't surprise me at all
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women | Women | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women | Women | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
All-solid-state EV batteries hit a milestone, promise to double range electrek.co/2025/11/24/a...
All-solid-state EV batteries hit a huge milestone in China, promising to double range
China’s first all-solid-state production line is up and running. With the equipment in place, GAC Group becomes the first automaker...
electrek.co
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
All-solid-state EV batteries hit a milestone, promise to double range electrek.co/2025/11/24/a...
This is worrying
According to the US constitution the president would need congressional approval before attacking a foreign nation (Venezuela), EXCEPT when the strikes target a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The U.S. has officially designated Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a member of a foreign terrorist organization
This move enables additional sanctions on the regime's assets and logistical networks.
This move enables additional sanctions on the regime's assets and logistical networks.
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is worrying
IThe government should first test whether efficiency reforms to the crown court estate, prisoner escort and custody services, and court technology would make a difference before making any major constitutional change.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
It’s not jury trials that have left Britain’s justice system in crisis | Letter
Letter: The introduction of an intermediary court that has not been properly piloted is not the answer when other efficiencies plaguing the system could be tackled first, says Barbara Mills of the Bar...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
IThe government should first test whether efficiency reforms to the crown court estate, prisoner escort and custody services, and court technology would make a difference before making any major constitutional change.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire’. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
www.aljazeera.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire’. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...