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- Comment on Riddle 1 day ago:
Exactly. How else are you meant to “catch 'em all!”? It’s a Sisyphean task otherwise
- Comment on Royal Mail bosses to be called to Parliament over letter delivery failures 1 day ago:
They’re a private company now, no?
If the government want a prioritised letter service they should provide a publicly funded prioritised letter service.
Call it People’s Mail to distinguish it from the stain of royalty and provide a much better service than Royal Mail can offer.
But that assumes that New Labour are a) competent b) care about public services for the good of the average person. Neither of which assumptions stand up to scrutiny.
- Comment on Met apologises to Commons speaker for sharing tipoff with Mandelson’s lawyers 1 day ago:
Senior Scotland Yard officers were meeting Hoyle in person on Wednesday afternoon to explain their error, which is regarded internally as a serious breach of protocol.
An official custody document shared with Mandelson’s lawyers is understood to have referred to the Lords speaker as the source of the information – a mistaken reference to Hoyle, the Commons speaker.
After the Lords speaker, Michael Forsyth, said it was “entirely false and without foundation” to say he had tipped off police, Hoyle went public with the fact it was him.
Incompetence on top of incompetence. The Met are really putting their best and brightest on this case.
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- Comment on AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations 1 day ago:
Eight decades of research on the long-term health effects of radiation in atomic bomb survivors and their offspring
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41144264/
Long-term Radiation-Related Health Effects in a Unique Human Population: Lessons Learned from the Atomic Bomb Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
cambridge.org/…/61689AD5A1AA4A684B84DFA4F9E5D1D3
Health Impacts of Hiroshima Bombing
large.stanford.edu/courses/2024/ph241/bennett1/
Long-term Health Consequences of Nuclear Weapons
70 Years on Red Cross Hospitals still treat Thousands of Atomic Bomb Survivors - Comment on People living in UK’s poorest areas have less diverse gut bacteria, study finds 1 day ago:
The killing of kids with £2 chicken and chips
Is a tactic of war, waged on the poor
Can’t save wages on slave wages
And you don’t think fresh fruit with your face on the floor
Nah, you need money for the kids
Rent and light plus food in the fridge
But that last box can be the hardest tick
Cos scraps will suffice but they might make you sick - Comment on 2 days ago:
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- Comment on Nottingham killer was not sectioned because of his race, inquiry told 2 days ago:
Calocane, who was a student at University of Nottingham at the time, later had a mental health assessment where he described hearing voices. The assessment concluded Calocane was dealing with a first episode of psychosis, which was attributed to sleep deprivation and exam-related stress.
Langdale said a doctor involved in the assessment had been “leaning towards” sectioning Calocane due to it being his “first presentation of psychosis” and a lack of information about his risk history. However, a team of mental health professionals considered research evidence that examined the over-representation of young black men in detention.
It’s shit like this that gives the racists ammo.
I’m not a medical expert by any stretch of the imagination, so I may be talking out my arse here, but it sounds like unless it’s explicitly pertinent to the assessment the team shouldn’t be made aware of the ethnicity of the person they’re assessing. So they can neither positively or negatively discriminate.
- Comment on BBC sorry for airing racial slur shouted by guest with Tourette's at Baftas 2 days ago:
BBC are about as genuinely sorry as BP were after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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- Comment on Scottish government deletes data from school 'sex survey' 3 days ago:
Moral panic over information that aids local doctors and government strategy.
I’m pretty certain I was asked similar in my day as well, although it was a while ago so hard to remember.
- Comment on Banned Mullvad VPN TV ad criticizing United Kingdom escalating censorship and mass surveillance “And Then?” 4 days ago:
failed to load media 🥲
The full length video (4:20 one) appears to be broken on their website. Anyone got a copy?
The rest load fine (30 and 15s ones).
- Comment on Banned Mullvad VPN TV ad criticizing United Kingdom escalating censorship and mass surveillance “And Then?” 4 days ago:
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- Comment on Would you reboot the router for a Scooby Snack? 5 days ago:
I have books in languages I don’t or barely understand, some in topics I know fuck all about. Does that disbar me from being the nationality that I am?
Is this an American comment that I’m too European to understand?
Like… wtf, people can’t own books in other languages now?
Who’s to say he doesn’t know Polish? Who’s to say it’s even his and not a family member’s?
This is such an arbitrary and meaningless detail to pick up on in an attempt to disprove the legitimacy of a photograph of a guy who looks very likely to be Gottfrid, that it reeks of anti intellectualism.
- Comment on Statistics chief complains to BBC over impersonation of staff in hit drama Industry 6 days ago:
This reads like an idiot that can’t discern between fact and fiction…
Similar to this story: theguardian.com/…/play-fascism-violent-scenes-ger…
The whole point is it’s fraudsters at the door, and specifically not the ONS. It’s telling about the nature of their work that the head of the ONS is unable to make that distinction and fears the erosion of “delicate” public trust. Maybe it’s delicate for a reason.
- Comment on Local reporter ‘shocked’ over picture of his face on punchbag at UK town hall 1 week ago:
The council went under no overall control in May 2025, after being controlled by the Conservative Party since 2000.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiltshire_Council
I wonder where the child-like bullying brainrot mentality set in from…
- Comment on 'Just push us into the sea': The frustration of an area failed by politics 1 week ago:
Oh no! Smells!
Won’t somebody please think of the children’s olfactory receptors!
- Comment on Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK 1 week ago:
What does Thedogdrinkscoffee tell Trump?
- Comment on Suicide rates for UK men are a ‘national catastrophe’, says Prince William 1 week ago:
Almost as if economic inequality and social hierarchy, which he promotes and benefits from, are major contributing factors to the problem…
Fucking hypocritical toff trying to play the philanthropist to improve the royal image in the wake of the Andrew/Epstein scandal. Sod off, unless he’s calling for major constitutional and economic change this is nothing but virtue signalling.
Instead, he’s asking that we get educated and do some introspection, as if the average person has the time, energy, and privilege (like he did) to do that at the same time as working their 9-5 and potentially raising kids. Boo fucking hoo that he’s had some sad feelings while millions suffer due to the inequality his family helps to prop up.
- Comment on ‘Quite frankly, we have nothing to lose’: how the UK is going weird for its 2026 Eurovision entry 1 week ago:
Except your morals by happily playing alongside a genocidal regime
- Comment on Brushing fraud: Britons told to beware of mystery parcels as new scam soars 1 week ago:
A source if anybody else missed this news and is curious:
- Comment on YSK that Politico is a subsidiary of Axel Springer, a right-wing propaganda house 1 week ago:
I have highlighted the relevant parts. I make and never made no comment on that specific article or story but on the overall credibility of the newspaper as a whole.
The Daily Mail is one of the biggest piece of shit right wing rags to have ever existed, is outright banned by Wikipedia as a source and supported the literal 20th century German Nazi party and still occasionally manages to make credible articles. The occasional good article doesn’t make up for the overall messaging however. The same applies to Politico.
Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007.[4]
In 2021, Politico was reportedly acquired for over $1 billion by Axel Springer SE, a German news publisher and media company.[6] Axel Springer SE’s CEO Mathias Dopfner said that Politico employees would be required to adhere to the company’s principles of support for Israel’s right to exist, support for a United Europe and a free-market economy.[7]
In 2024, Politico was handed leaked confidential materials from the Donald Trump presidential campaign. Politico confirmed that the documents were authentic but refused to report on their contents. The Associated Press wrote that the decision by Politico to not report on the Trump campaign leaks stands “in marked contrast” to Politico’s extensive reporting on the leaked email communications of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager, John Podesta.[110]
An investigation by The Intercept, The Nation, and DeSmog found that Politico is one of the leading media outlets that publishes advertising for the fossil fuel industry while failing to adequately distinguish between independent journalism and native advertising.[111] Journalists who cover climate change for Politico are concerned that conflicts of interest with the companies and industries that cause climate change, obstruct action, and engage in greenwashing through sponsored content will reduce the credibility of their reporting on climate change and cause readers to be misinformed.[111]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico
Axel Springer SE (German: [ˈaksl̩ ˈʃpʁɪŋɐ ɛsˈeː]) is a European multinational mass and online media company, based in Berlin, Germany.
with numerous multimedia news brands, such as Bild, Die Welt, Fakt, and the US political news site Politico, which Axel Springer acquired in 2021.[5]
The company generated total revenues of about €3.93 billion and an EBITDA increase of 12.8% in the first half of 2023.[6][7] Following US private-equity firm KKR’s majority-stake acquisition in 2020, Axel Springer’s revenues have increased by a total of approximately €1 billion.[8][9][10] The company, including its subsidiaries, joint ventures, and licenses, operates in more than 40 countries.
In the United States, Axel Springer is ranked among the top four digital publishers, alongside USA Today, News Corp, and The New York Times.[6]
Gudrun Kruip, a scholar associated with the Stiftung Bundespräsident-Theodor-Heuss-Haus, has claimed that Axel Springer SE, along with its subsidiaries, exhibits a pro-American stance, often omitting criticism of US foreign policy.[60] This observation is then backed by allegations made by two former CIA officers in an interview with The Nation, claiming that Axel Springer received $7 million from the CIA.[61] The purpose of this funding, they allege, was to influence the publisher to align its editorial content with American geopolitical interests.[61] Although no conclusive evidence has come to light, Springer’s admission in his autobiography regarding the financial challenges faced at the outset of his publishing venture, suggesting the necessity of external funding for the company’s rapid growth led Kruip to believe that the allegations of CIA financial support are credible.[60] As of 2001, the Axel Springer SE names "solidarity with the libertarian values of the United States of America" as one of its core principles on its website.[62] This explicit stance has led to critiques from scholars and independent observers regarding the company’s perceived alignment with American interests.[60][63][64][65][66] Furthermore, an article in Foreign Policy has critiqued Axel Springer SE for a history of compromising journalistic ethics to support right-wing causes, implying a longstanding pattern of bias in its publications.[67]
- Comment on YSK that Politico is a subsidiary of Axel Springer, a right-wing propaganda house 1 week ago:
- Comment on YSK that Politico is a subsidiary of Axel Springer, a right-wing propaganda house 1 week ago:
Media bias fact checkers have their own biases though. Relying on one is like outsourcing your critical thinking to somebody else.
- Comment on YSK that Politico is a subsidiary of Axel Springer, a right-wing propaganda house 1 week ago:
To back up OP’s point, here’s some choice quotes from Wikipedia:
- Comment on YSK that Politico is a subsidiary of Axel Springer, a right-wing propaganda house 1 week ago:
UK:
Novara Media
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novara_Media
novaramedia.comThe Canary
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canary_(website)
www.thecanary.coThe Big Issue
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Issue
www.bigissue.comMorning Star
en.wikipedia.org/…/Morning_Star_(British_newspape…
morningstaronline.co.ukUK and Ireland:
PoliticsJOE
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_(website)
www.joe.co.uk
www.joe.ie - Comment on Former senior aide to Keir Starmer loses whip over friendship with sex offender 2 weeks ago:
Oh I see you’re a security guard at Elbit Systems
- Comment on [Opinion] The fall of Mandelson and McSweeney proves Corbyn was right 2 weeks ago:
Today, only former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn emerges from the scandal as vindicated by his principled stance opposing New Labour’s support for US imperial wars and corporate influence.
But the record is clear: throughout the two-year genocide Streeting loyally stuck with Starmer’s policy of maintaining the alliance with Israel, avoiding serious action over its crimes, offering military and diplomatic support, while making performative criticism to distance Labour from the horrors committed by its ally in Gaza.
Numerous MoD officials had recently joined Palantir - and pressure is mounting on ministers over what looks like state capture by a Trump- and Israel-linked US surveillance firm.
The project built by McSweeney around Starmer, aided by his mentor Mandelson, was brittle, authoritarian, factional and paranoid, as well as sexist and racist.
It cared nothing for the victims, be they trafficked women and children, or the Palestinian men, women and children of Gaza. It suspended black and Muslim female MPs for the slightest infraction.
But… But… But I have been repeatedly told that Labour are pro-worker and lefty liberal loonies! Even by Lemmy members who have signed up to servers that promote anarchism. Have I been lied to? Could it be that the pro- capitalism neo-liberals aren’t in fact left wing at all?
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!
Next you’ll be telling me that all they really care about is wealth and power.
- Comment on Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK 2 weeks ago:
You think it’s fair to hear corporate lobbying on the use of the word ‘milk’ in reference to a product that has existed since the early 1990s without confusion? Despite massive backlogs being such a national issue that prisoners are being released early, jury trials are being scrapped, and the current government campaigned on it…
Going through multiple courts, using up multiple clerks, lawyers, and judge’s time?
And that’s fair?
And now this non-milk milk, which every layperson refers to as milk, can no longer be labeled milk, despite everyone likely to continue calling it milk.
That is a fair use of limited court time and salaries?
