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We can't waste time arguing about fossil fuels and climate change - not when there are real issues that matter to real people, like our lettuce miners

A new London datacentre will produce as much annual CO2 emissions as 8,480 flights to New York www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A man picking berries in a Polish forest may have stumbled onto the wreckage of an Allied WWII plane A summer walk to pick berries near Świnoujście, a Baltic port in northwestern Poland, may have led to the discovery of a British aircraft crash site from World … www.byteseu.com/2298834/

Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

"The Military/Ballroom Complex being built on the hallowed grounds of the White House, which is so vital for National Security, will be THE GREATEST OF ITS KIND!" — Presiden… curiouscats.ai/breaking-news/supreme-cour...?...

Trump trapped in an ultra-wealthy 'bubble' as signs of 'doom' encroach. The president has staffed his White House with 57 individuals worth $100 million or more. "He has gilded the White House not just in gold but with the ultra-wealthy." www.alternet.org/trump-econom...

AI agents will conclude that a useful sub-goal to achieving those ends will be to acquire as much power as possible. And we ain’t seen nothing yet. Already, their creators don’t know exactly how these agents do what they do. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcl5... A historic El Nino is forming. Here's why scientists are worried | DW News The UK's Met Office says this year's El Nino could unleash extreme weather, the likes of which the world has not seen in a century.

[Phoronix] Redox OS Switches To EEVDF-Based Scheduler For 2.6x Throughput #Rust #OpenSource

Joshua Landis, a professor at the University of Oklahoma, argued that "it's important for both" China and Russia to prolong the war on Iran for several reasons, which he stated during his interview on The Great Standoff: Iran and the World program on Al Mayadeen. youtube.com/shorts/jGVb2...

The Supreme Court on Friday said President Trump can keep building his White House ballroom for now, as the justices continue weighing his emergency appeal www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-can-...?...

SHUT HIM DOWN CANADA Canada has suspended trade negotiations with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, adding that the country would match US tariffs imposed at midnight dollar for dollar. cnn.it/45CsPtI

"Bessent is trying to make the picture look prettier by undermining the people who are supposed to be making monetary policy. The maneuver is failing: 30-year yields are higher now than a week ago, clear proof that you can’t gaslight the bond market." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/scott-bess...

Kostenko Calls for Parliamentary Probe Into Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament | Ukraine news Decades later, a Ukrainian lawmaker says the country’s most consequential security decision still contains unanswered questions and disputed turning points. The … www.byteseu.com/2298545/

Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, '21. A CNN review of Harp's now-removed account on X, previously Twitter, found Harp posted over 150 tweets that day cnn.it/4xUkxJA

[AP] SCORES OF PEOPLE KIDNAPPED FROM A MOSQUE AS ARMED GROUPS ATTACKED MULTIPLE VILLAGES IN NIGERIA

Trump’s ‘peacemaker’ agenda stalls in Iran Gaza and Ukraine as midterms loom Trump’s approval has fallen to 33% as the Iran war pushes gas prices higher, while Republicans risk losing control of Congress and rivals may calculate they can simply wait out Washington www.ynetnews.com/opinions-ana...

Video appears to show police chase minutes before fatal crash

SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said trust is a key asset for modern corporate governance. He detailed a landscape dominated by cyber threats, AI, climate risks, and shifting investor expectations. Source: Business Today Technology

[AL JAZEERA] SEVEN KILLED, INCLUDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS, IN UK ‘WRONG-SIDE’ CAR CRASH

This is an extremely rare legitimate, appropriate, and genuinely good use of "AI". Honestly the first legit use case of LLMs I've encountered outside translation. Apparently this guy has been in the news from time to time since he was a teenager. Anyway, thenationonlineng.net/meet-khalifa...

The daughter of Kansas political royalty was the only woman in the U.S. Senate for her first two years on the job. But Kassebaum was more than just a pioneer. Over the course of her 18 years in office, the moderate Republican developed a reputation as an independent thinker with firm convictions.

Prime Minister Mark Carney shared details on some demands that couldn't be accepted, like restricting trade with other countries and making concessions on our sovereignty and culture. cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news...

India’s under-construction renewable pipeline surpasses 150 GW" at www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/19/g... - great news from India! Much more PV demand ahead: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How can we justify waiting 48 hours for bacterial culture results when a patient is in septic shock? A new AI-microfluidic platform slashes antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) time down to just 2 hours.