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2026-08-23 12:08:21 CEST

Thai basil, Chinese cabbage thriving in #Orkney
Everything from #chilis to #cucumbers is being grown at UHI Orkney, as part of an innovative experiment in vertical #farming
Dr Creissen reckons #plants have grown between two & three times as fast as they would in a normal #polytunnel
You can grow pretty much anything in this system if you have the space
https://orcadian.co.uk/thai-basil-and-chinese-cabbage-thriving-in-orkney/
#food #gardening #growing #hydroponics #VerticalFarming #Scotland #islands

2026-07-24 15:50:53 CEST

#UK military bases used by US now legitimate target for #Iranian strikes
#Iran warned on Thursday that #RAF #Fairford in #Gloucestershire, which the #US is using alongside #Chagos Island-based Diego Garcia to launch strikes on the country, could be targeted.
New Prime Minister Andy #Burnham has continued the #Starmer era policy of permitting the US to use the bases for “defensive” attacks despite pushback from HumanRights groups
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26405949.iran-says-uk-raf-bases-now-legitimate-targets/
#USAggression #USThreats #BoycottUSA

2026-07-24 10:36:09 CEST

Monster cabbage! Birsay gardener spills the beans - #Orkney
A colossal #cabbage which would — quite literally — bowl over the competition at any #horticultural show, has sprouted in a West Mainland #polytunnel.
Joan Mowat has been left to wonder whether there is something in the air — or perhaps the soil — in her #Birsay #garden, after growing the #monstrous #vegetable.
https://orcadian.co.uk/monster-cabbage-birsay-gardener-spills-the-beans/
#gardening #growing #food #Scotland #Islands

2026-07-23 11:19:34 CEST

Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS!
Rumours are Andy #Burnham wants to kick out Palantir from #OurNHS
But Palantir’s army of lobbyists won’t give up without a fight - like when they sued Mayor of London for blocking their £50mil #MetPolice deal
#Petition text
Put patients before #corporate #lobbyists
End #Palantir’s contracts with #NHS & #police. Protect our #private #data
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Kick-Out-Palantir-eoi?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse
#CorporateTerrorism #privacy #medical #BigData #corruption #lobbying #DemocracyNOW

2026-07-21 11:45:20 CEST

Using #AI makes people less likely to be correct
Accuracy collapsed when AI was available
- Baseline: 27% gave correct answer
- With AI advice, 9% gave #correct answer
Fact: Some would-be correct people got AI advice & became #wrong
AI advice made people #confident there're correct
- Baseline: 30%
- With AI help, confidence rose to 76%
People became worse, accuracy was only 1/3, but they were twice as confident
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/19/using-ai-makes-people-less-likely-to-admit-they-dont-know-something/5274567
#digital #DumbedDown #DDD = Digitally Dumbed Down

2026-06-27 13:46:00 CEST

SHUT DOWN UK’s MINISTRY OF TRUTH
#BigBrother Watch’s investigation revealed that #secretive #UK #government #disinformation units have been #spying on #political #dissent and suppressing free speech online.
Take action:
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/ministry-of-truth/#take-action
#privacy #surveillance #DemocracyNOW #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia #authoritarianism #authoritarian #ToxicPolitics #dystopian #Orwellian #BraveNewWorld #HumanRights

2026-06-21 12:03:46 CEST

Polanski slams #right-wing MPs after Edinburgh anti-Muslim attack
A video appeared to show a topless man on ground shouting that he is “protecting the country” as he is held by an officer
Following the incident, #Polanski, leader of the #GreenParty of #England and #Wales, said: "Let’s be very clear that vicious #anti-Muslim #hatred by# politicians and their trillionaire mate Elon #Musk create the conditions for this kind of #vile attack.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26213906.zack-polanski-slams-right-wing-mps-edinburgh-anti-muslim-attack/
#racism #FarRight #extremists

2026-06-11 12:12:33 CEST

ReformUK and Nigel Farage ‘fanned flames of race riots in Glasgow’
The finger has been pointed at #Reform UK #MSPs & their leader #Farage after “race #riots” broke out in #Glasgow, #Belfast
People in the #Scottish & Northern #Irish cities were targeted because of the colour of their skin, according to police, as #far-right #agitators led #disorder which saw #arson, #assaults, & clashes with police officers on Tuesday evening.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26183311.reform-uk-nigel-farage-fanned-flames-race-riots-glasgow/
#FarRight #racism #fascism #extremists #UK

2026-06-11 12:01:44 CEST

32 charities in England, Wales donated at least £28m to illegal Israeli settlements
Melanie Ward submitted a formal complaint to #Charity Commission after she came across evidence that illegal Israeli settlements have been receiving #donations from #UK
If gift aid were claimed against the donations, £5.6m worth of taxpayers’ money could be sent to settlements
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26183648.charities-england-wales-donate-28m-israeli-settlements/
#WarCrimes #Israel #genocide

2026-06-08 19:59:01 CEST

Actor & comedian Miriam Margolyes has said she doesn't believe in a Jewish state
Speaking a roundtable with fellow #Jewish #cultural figures Michael #Rosen & Alexei #Sayle, Margolyes said she would not “accept” that #Israel is a state for Jewish people alone
- When you go to Israel and you see how #Palestinians are treated, for me it was door a opening
“If people can treat people like that, they are shits..."
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26175191.miriam-margolyes-says-cannot-accept-idea-jewish-state/
#IsraelAggression #WarCrimes #Palestine #racism #violence

2026-05-08 12:03:41 CEST

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... when the #UK Government – along with 33 partner nations – issued a statement marking “World #Press #Freedom Day” 4 days after it actually happened.
Reporters covering #conflicts are afforded protection under international #humanitarian #law, and recognised by #UN Security Council Resolution 2222 (2015), yet in reality, where once a jacket emblazoned with the word #PRESS offered protection, it is now often seen as a target
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26088003.uk-just-became-complicit-israels-killing-journalists/
#FreeSpeech #violence
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2026-05-08 12:03:32 CEST

How the UK just became complicit in #Israel's #killing of journalists
#UK marked “World Press Freedom Day” by erasing the majority of the #journalists #murdered in 2025 from existence.
The insulting #omission of murdered #media workers came on Thursday, when the #UK Government ...
#murder #FreePress
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2026-05-08 11:49:26 CEST

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See you've contacted both Mullvad and ProtonMail. Would be interested to hear their reply.

2026-04-12 11:50:18 CEST

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This case shows the growing dilemma that many countries now face. In a global supply chain economy, the most capable #digital #platforms are rarely national
- They are built, operated, updated, and legally #governed elsewhere
For #sensitive domains such as #defense, #intelligence, #public #safety, and #critical #infrastructure, this creates a structural tension between performance and control.
https://zendata.security/2026/02/14/switzerland-ends-palantir-contract-over-data-sovereignty-risks/
#BigData #privacy #security #corruption #dictators
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2026-04-12 11:50:09 CEST

Switzerland Ends #Palantir Contract Over #Data #Sovereignty Risks - #Cybersecurity
#Switzerland’s decision to discontinue the use of Palantir is not a #technology story.
- It's a #risk management story. The platform was not rejected because it failed to perform. On the contrary, it delivered advanced data fusion and operational insight.
It was rejected because the residual sovereignty risk was considered unacceptable.
#security #BigData #insecure #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism
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2026-02-15 01:41:25 CET

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... inflict on their Ukrainian prisoners
- All the beatings
- Electrocutions
- Mutilations
- Sexual abuse
- Psychological violence
Not just as a war crime but as cultural phenomenon, something that Russians do decade after decade, whenever & wherever the opportunity presents itself
From Western Ukraine in 1939-1941 to #Gulag system, #Chechnya to today’s occupied territories, #torture resurfaces again & again
https://kyivindependent.com/regarding-the-torture-of-ukrainians/
#RussianTorture #documentary #documentaries #films #movies