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Aberdeen votes for North Sea jobs (cpbml.org.uk)
How Nigel Farage Twists the Facts About White Boys in Schools to Manufacture Racial Tension in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago

Farage begins his argument with a truth, which is that white working-class boys are failing in Britain’s schools.

Farage won't fix it, all he cares about is scoring cheap political points. The problem is nobody else will even pretend to care about it, especially not on the left.

UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not really true if you read the article

Note that the analysis is based on figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Figures published by the UK Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) are based on a slightly different categorisation for hybrid cars.

All hybrids run entirely on petrol or diesel fuel, while also carrying a small battery and an electric motor. ACEA counts these cars separately to petrol and diesel models.

In contrast, the SMMT counts what it calls “mild” hybrids as petrol cars, while listing “full” hybrids – such as Toyota’s Prius – in a separate category.

The ACEA data shows that hybrids are the most popular type of car in the UK, as illustrated in the figure below, but also shows that their sales are relatively stagnant.

Hybrids, with the exception of PHEV, are still petrol cars IMO.

Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Extreme heat cancels extreme heat conference in London (metro.co.uk)
TIL that cars in Europe have grown average 1.2cm longer every year since 2000 in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Not entirely, a lot of the required curves are for pedestrians. Anything curved has less internal volume.

TIL that cars in Europe have grown average 1.2cm longer every year since 2000 in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

A lot is extra safety features. It would be illegal to sell the original mini today.

TIL that cars in Europe have grown average 1.2cm longer every year since 2000 in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 20 points 3 days ago

At least the front didn't fall off.

Big Tech is a thief and a liar, says New York Times publisher — ‘Hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products, a brazen theft of intellectual pr… in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Way too many pirates have started sounding like Lars Ulrich since this AI bubble started.

From Harvard graduate to the Unabomber in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 49 points 6 days ago (5 children)

He was an MK ultra victim.

How do I remove the sticker residue without rubbing the factory codes off? in c/3ds@lemmy.world
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mineral or baby oil.

Is there browser for 64kbps internet in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 18 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Ublock origin has the option to block all media over a certain size and JavaScript. The browser will never request the files so it will be faster (as long as it isn't inline scripts)

Alternatively https://github.com/ayastreb/bandwidth-hero/

Starmer announces resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour party in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I disagree about Starmer getting things done, but you're right about Boris.

If someone told you they were a massive fan of Boris, you might think they are wrong, but you wouldn't be surprised.

If someone told you they are a massive fan of Starmer, you'd think they are a bit weird.

Starmer announces resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour party in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Brown probably, but he didn't have much time to screw anything up.

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Stop bringing explosives to recycling centres, says Devon councillor (www.devonlive.com)
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Turns Out Rich People Didn't Really Want a Handbag Made of T. Rex Leather (www.vice.com)
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DWP hides secret ‘briefing pack’ which describes views of civil servants on call for benefit deaths inquiry (www.disabilitynewsservice.com)
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Concern and disappointment as MP brings ‘deeply flawed’ assisted dying bill back to parliament (www.disabilitynewsservice.com)
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AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs, leaving users unaware that they may be vulnerable (www.tomshardware.com)
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Nanowar Of Steel - Kotlin (Official Power Point Video) (youtu.be)
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New research reveals that thymus health may be one of the strongest predictors of lifespan, cardiovascular survival, and cancer outcomes ever found (thesciverse.org)
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Starmer’s Social Media Ban: the Reinvention of the Surveillance State (reclaimthenet.org)
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Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes (www.reuters.com)
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Petition: Reverse NHS England's decision to make its code repositories closed-source (petition.parliament.uk)
 

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/9483686

Petition closes on 10 December 2026.

Previously, the NHS Service Standard held that “public services are built with public money, so unless there's a good reason not to, the code they're based on should be made available for other people to reuse and build on.” This is what the current policy should be reverted to.

NHS England has issued guidance, called SDLC-8, which requires that all source code repositories be private from the 11th of May, 2026, unless there is an exceptional need, approved by the Engineering Board.

The Free Software Foundation Europe have warned that open repositories allow security researchers to inspect and report vulnerabilities, and that de-publishing code does nothing to prevent attackers from analysing already-deployed systems, binaries, or previously copied source code.

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