Half of England’s state secondaries forced to cut staff in budget squeeze, poll finds: As well as other activities - this needs fixing urgently.

We’ve built a society on bullshit and emojis.: ‘Today’s reality is the result of actively practicing and engaging in pseudo humanity.’

Two Chinese nationals caught fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says: Happenstance or Autocracy Inc.?

UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill: Why do I feel this won’t end well?

Executions at 10-year high after huge increases in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia: Fewer states are carrying them out, but those that do so have increased the (known) count.

Woman becomes first UK womb transplant recipient to give birth

Trump tells UK to buy chlorinated chicken from US if it wants tariff relief

How the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat: Mike Waltz saved his number under the wrong contract on his phone.

‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams : ‘Begging live streams are actively promoted by the algorithm and TikTok profits from the content, taking fees and commission of up to 70%.’

Christian missionary group accused of public shaming and rituals to ‘cure’ sexual sin: ‘An Observer investigation has revealed evidence of safeguarding failings within Youth With a Mission (YWAM), a global movement that trains young Christians to spread the gospel.’

Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say: The phrase ‘safe drinking water’ may never again be uttered.

A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse: Money to help find and fix those sometimes-critical bugs.

Reciprocal Tariff Calculations: The official methodology behind those bizarre numbers, in my to-read pile.

Has the Trump administration used AI to calculate tariffs?: Well, probably , but either way their claims as to other countries' tariffs on the US are absolutely ridiculous.

Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street: Self-proclaimed great businessman doing what self-proclaimed great businessmen do.

‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings: An absolutely horrific incident.

Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that’s the price of protest in Britain today: On the heavy-handed and biased policing of dissent in the UK.

Most graduate degrees in analytics are scams: I had wondered.

We have to talk about AI “art”: It’s a difficult moment in time for moderators of communities which have strong feelings about AI.

Useful Renumeration: A work-focused positive potential vision of the future, in stark contrast to anything Curtis Yarvin might have to say.

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced: It’s as bleak as you’d expect.

Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS ‘magic eye’ surveillance camera in mental health units: Including concerns that Oxevision may be being used as a substitute for, as opposed to an adjunct to, human care.

Washington Post opinion editor departs as Bezos pushes to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’: Bezos refuses to let any opinions other than his own be published in the paper he bought.

Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British: The results weren’t exciting, and the company was in the process of imploding.

Norwegian files complaint after ChatGPT falsely said he had murdered his children