Vulnerable families illegally ‘dumped’ hundreds of miles away by London councils: Probably illegal, definitely inhumane.

Farage paid £83k from events linked to US anti-abortion supporters: Whilst most of his supporters in the UK are actually rather pro abortion rights.

Reform UK have decided the civil service is not to be trusted – weakness is at the heart of this ideological choice: ‘It’s an isolationism of ideas, driven by fear of the alternative or challenge.’

No Right to Remain Silent: Negative Rights in a Positive-Rights World: ‘…the right to produce no data broadly doesn’t exist.’

‘One day I thought, that’s enough’: the people fighting back against pothole-riddled roads: ‘The dire state of roads has provoked pothole vigilantes and become a political flashpoint’

Tommy Robinson’s pointless, confused, US-funded march: ‘“This event would not be happening if I didn’t go to America,” Robinson told a crowd of people who otherwise complain about foreign influences on UK politics’

Is being prime minister now an impossible job?: ‘No longer must we tolerate amateur political leaders and outdated systems of government.’

Ban private jets and cut speed limits to avert UK fuel crisis, say campaigners

Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO: ‘The international spread of vector-borne disease, such as dengue and chikungunya, as well as the health impacts of extreme weather events, global heating, food insecurity and air pollution make a Pheic necessary…’

Ice vests or daily cold showers could help people lose weight, study finds

Rich People Didn’t Look Like This Before: ‘The luxury of viewing your face-lift less as a major, potentially ruinous surgery and more as a routine to-do list item is the ultimate status symbol’

UN warns women in public life face increasingly sophisticated online violence

Nearly twice as many men as women standing in May elections in UK

Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They’re the Bad Guys: ‘Right as they picked up the call, one of them asked, “Are you tracking Palantir’s descent into fascism?"’

‘Angry Leftie women’: the real politics behind the ‘femosphere’ moral panic: ‘The question isn’t why young women are “angry.” It’s why their autonomy is being positioned as a political problem, one that is increasingly tied to immigration, birth rates, and national identity, and used to justify a broader rollback of rights’

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret: ‘legally questionable’

AI-generated Lego videos and Trump’s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars: ‘When it’s hard or impossible to identify trustworthy sources, you can choose to believe whatever you find comforting, invigorating or infuriating’.

The Team Behind a Pro-Iran, Lego-Themed Viral-Video Campaign: Turns out America isn’t the only country that can meme-war (to the detriment of the rest of us I’m certain).

The Guardian view on Britain’s religious right: using and abusing faith in the pursuit of power: The twisted and disrespectful abuse of faith by Reform et al in order to sow cultural division for political gain - nothing more, nothing less.

Welcome to the MrBeastification of British politics: the latest trick up Nigel Farage’s sleeve: Flashy stunts that don’t solve any of the country’s underlying problems.

Maybe you should have bought an electric car: Electric cars have improved a lot since they came out and are much cheaper to run than petrol alternatives, even before the incredible price rises from the Iran conflict.

‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel: If only.

Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her

Four Steps to Hell: ‘…if you’re seeking the most influential aesthetic vision on the 21st century, this is it. It’s simple to describe–but it’s ugly as sin.’

Top English schools take in half as many Send pupils as average comprehensive: ‘…in what is believed may be a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances.’